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Quote of the Week

"To be successful you have to be selfish, or else you never achieve. And once you get to your highest level, then you have to be unselfish. Stay reachable. Stay in touch. Don't isolate."

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Blu Is Major

Blu one of my favorite rappers right now just signed with Sire/Warner Bros Records.We brought him down to San Diego last year and it's great to see his growth. I can't wait to hear the next album.

Soul Train San Diego

18+ in Downtown San Diego. Come through

You Our What You Think

This book is classic material on getting your mind right.

Just Like Old Times

Seeing the All Star game this weekend reminded of the good old days in LA. Imagine if the Lakers would have stayed together. A couple more titles would have been ours definitely. At least we had this game

Quote of the Week

Fools look to tomorrow; wise men use tonight.

Scottish proverb

Hip Hop 101@ LA Sports Arena

HIP HOP 101 @ LA SPORTS ARENA
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST
AT 6:30PM
ALL AGES
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Saturday February 21 Champ Funds proudly presents Hip Hop 101: Music & Arts Festival Doors at 6:30 pm

Over 4 hours of beats, culture and positive expression LUDACRIS (Theatre of the Mind world tour) COMMON (performing live with full band; Universal Mind Control world tour) MIX MASTER MIKE (of the Beastie Boys) KERI HILSON (album tour support of In a Perfect World…) JANELLE MONAE (Bad Boy records) DJ SLEEPER (hip hop congress 2x dj champion) VISUAL SYMPHONY (old school hip hop visual jam) LA's top dance schools join together in a tribute battle for scholarship & expression.

Live graffiti art exhibition, visual art installations & more. special guest host(s) TBA Early arrivals get to see the South Bay Music awards with tix purchased www.hh101.com




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Don't Mourn for Me

No longer mourn for me when I am dead
Than you shall hear the surly sullen bell
Give warning to the world that I am fled
From this vile world, with vilest worms to dwell:
Nay, if you read this line, remember not
The hand that writ it; for I love you so,
That I in our sweet thoughts would be forgot,
If thinking on me then should make you woe.
O,if,I say, you look upon this verse
When I perhaps compounded am with clay,
Do not so much as my poor name rehearse,
But let your love even with my life decay:
Lest the wise world should look into your moan,
And mock you with me after I am gone.(Sonnet LXXI)

William Shakespeare

No one can do it better

It's about time

Rumor has it we will finally get blessed with the return of Reflection Eternal this summer.
Now if we can get a Black Star reunion life will be good. (Only if the album is)

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Wednesday, February 11^th 7:00 PM




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Just do it

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly so that his place shall never be with those timid souls who know neither victory or defeat.” - Theodore Roosevelt

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Quote of the Week

There is a difference between imitating a good man and counterfeiting him.

Benjamin Franklin

I'm feeling it

This song grabbed me when I first heard it. I've been waiting for this cat to drop something in like forever. I believe the times we are facing is going to bring the best out of our culture.The future of hip hop is what we make it.

And you Don't Stop

This is a site I discovered from Cool Kids myspace page. They interview a wide spectrum of the hip hop community. What I saw looked pretty ill. Check it out www.247h.com

4th and Inches

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I got to say it was a good day.It seems like everything is starting to fall into place. Our faith and perserverance is paying off even with this economy in the dumps
Just got back from celebrating Just Chills birthday. Morena Club was dope. Windz did it up. Tonight were going to be performing in Mission Beach. Parker and the Numbermand and the mighty Pac 10 (I'm the one in the pink polo) Come down, you will not be disappointed.

What's next ?

I probably don't have to put you up on what the world is facing this year. It seems like everything we know to be true is being challenged and our reaction naturally is fear. We have never faced anything like this in our lifetime. All of the institutions we are suppose to trust have failed us. Greed and corruption have held our economy hostage and the perpetrators our suffering along with the victims. Our government has been generous enough to give 20-40% of our income to keep the major antagonists with enough money to throw Super Bowl parties and give executive bonuses .

I don't want to sound bitter, thats not the case at all. I understand the roller coaster because I'm strapped in the seat right beside you. My future is just as much at stake as anyone else's. I mean we our a part of the same world. And frankly I feel we our in the best of times as well as the worst.

The world is searching in a way that only happens out of discontent. Discontent is the father of change and innovation so I say ...what's next

What Storms May Come

Demar Douglas is one of the most creative individuals I know. This is a painting he did called "Soul Intent" for a Magnetic Flux project. On the 20th of this month he's unveiling a new masterpiece check out his blog page(www.demardouglas.blogspot.com) for more info

DJ Windz @ the Morena Club

The dj from my label spinning Old school hip hop, rare grooves, and electro every thursday.

Happy Birthday J C !!!

Come wish Just Chill a Happy Birthday @ Morena Club this Thursday

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Advance Screening of Pink Panther 2

Tuesday, Feb 3rd @ 7pm





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Told You

I told you Steelers would end up victorious. Bruce Springsteen must have got the Cardinals hyped cause they made Pittsburgh work for it in the second half. Chargers going all the way next year.LT it's yours

Quote of the Week

All that a man does outwardly is but the expression and completion of his inward thought. To work effectively,he must think clearly; to act nobly, he must think nobly.

William Ellery Channing

Finally!!!

"I congratulate Michael Steele on his historic win as the first African-American to chair the Republican National Committee (RNC) and I congratulate the RNC for his selection. I think in a strange way the selection of Michael Steele further clarifies the need for continued civil rights leadership in the 21st century. With an African-American president and now an African American heading the opposition party to that president, we must have strong advocates that will clarify where our interests lie because clearly that cannot be decided by the color of those in power of either party. As we now in my generation have the leaders of both parties African-American, our generation must clarify and pursue our interests to close the race gap in education, the economic crisis, health care and the criminal justice system, which means we may at times find ourselves challenging people who share our color."

All I have to say is duh. Our country can not afford a population that votes on anything but merit. It frustrates me when people make their decisions based on color. People who voted for Obama because he is black are just as much to blame as the racist who would never vote for an African-American. If we our truly going to stay competive as a country the only thing that matters is we vote our conscious. Regardless of race,gender,religion or political party may the best person when.

Spread love it's the Brooklyn way

This song from Charles Hamilton is so fly. And just like him I'm not from Brooklyn but damn what makes that borough so tight. Here's some of my favorite Mc's period, enjoy.