i can't stop cryin'...

Guess whose blog reached 10,000 hits yesterday?

This crazy muthaf**ka right here!

If you haven't been to RoadTo-Zion.blogspot.com yet, you're slipping and you should take a couple minutes out of your busy ass day to indulge yourself and see for yourself why and it was viewed 10,000 times by people from who-knows where. I know for a fact that I go to it everyday. I may even steal something every once in a while. Just being honest.

Congrats sweetheart!

I'm extra proud...

my bad, fam.

Really quickly, I'd like to apologize to some of my closest for what, I promise, was a mistake. It's been brought to my attention that I seem to have gotten the majority of my inner circle in Philly sick. It started with allergies about 10 days ago, then it turned into a serious cold sometime last week, and was actually feeling a lot more like the flu this weekend. I woke up this morning feeling surprisingly good, my nose is just runny. Unfortunately for the fam though, they're all messed up now.

So to Verlencia, Kyle, and Don....... My bad.

knawdimean?

Some serious heat came out today. One of them you can download for free right here and the other I'm going to have to kindly ask that you purchase.... I tried.

Download: Charles Hamilton - Staff Development Mixtape


T.I. - Paper Trail

recap.

If you happened to catch the post that I put up late last night/early this morning, I'd like to sincerely apologize for my buffoonery. I mean, these things happen from time to time. It's crazy because I didn't pay for a single drink. They just kept appearing. I could definitely get used to this style of royal treatment but I highly doubt it will happen again. In the event that it does, it wont be on a Tuesday or any of the other sacred "school days", for that matter. Celebration was called for, though. My dude VJ threw an uber successful event and I am genuinely proud of him for how well things came together in the end. Congratulations, sir.

As I mentioned in the now deleted and never to be spoken of again post, I was given the opportunity to throw back shots of Henny with none other than Mr. Wale himself before he went on stage. Then I rapped nearly every word during his performance and sweated most of the liq right back out of my system... then went back to the bar with a significantly larger crowd than early and... well you can imagine the rest. Altogether it was and enjoyable evening and more or less what you'd expect during homecoming. I'm actually happy to be committing my time and energy to my never-ending schoolwork again.

I usually don't do drops on my KTH but there were some people who had all star performances last night and deserve a little credit...

VJ: for making the whole night possible and literally running the show
Donovan: for being one of the illest and most underrated producers and not only making moves with his talent, but also managing to remain the definition of humilty
Aden: for being "super friend" to everyone with a smile on her face... don't think you go unnoticed
Dizzy: just for being "that n**ga"... that's all some people have to do
Sock: for having a performance that so greatly surpassed my already high expectations, and for kicking off a week that most up and coming rappers only dream of (opening for Wale on Tuesday, opening for Nas on Friday)
Kyle: for being gorgeous and helping the models get undressed backstage (shwing!) and also for finishing my drink when I'd had enough
Maddie: for giving me a spot to crash and literally sleep all day while allergies had its foot up my a** so that I could even attend

The little things that all of you did seriously turned my night into an event and I appreciate it. I have stories for days now thanks to you.

Oh yeah, and I found this...
Lupe Fiasco ft. Sarah Green, Q-Tip, and Pharrell - Paris, Tokyo Remix

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Here is a video of Wale and Tre from UCB performing at the Fashion Show. Periodically, you'll here this really obnoxious voice singing along. I'm pretty sure that's me.
Sorry.

*Thanks for the video, Domo.

i'm sure you heard...

Saturday morning...
Donovan 11:24AM: You hear about the travis barker plane crash?
Chris 11:26AM: What the f**k?!
Donovan 11:28AM: Yeah him and dj am were the only survivors. They crawled from the wreckage on fire to a nearby highway... crazy!
Chris 11:36AM: ...That doesn't even sound remotely believable but you've never lied to me before so I guess that's some f**ked up s**t.

Don't get it confused. Our prayers go out to all those involved and their friends and families.

Life is short. This is proof of that.

Kid Cudi x Travis Barker x DJAM @ 2008 VMAs

gotcha b**ch!

This is for you Aden. I have another post for you on the way but I haven't finished watching the videos yet. This s**t is intense, though. You'll understand when you see it. But until then, here's something to hold you over.
"Clickity CLOW!!!"

"Gonna tell your mother I'm cussin' in the house?! That's right! S**t!"

outta my system.

I've had a couple of videos on my mind for the past few days. I was going to post them individually until I realized how many there were. So instead, I'm just going to get them all out right now. Enjoy.

I ran into this a couple days ago and I'm seriously hoping that it's really him. Last year, Barack Obama aka "the next President of the United States", was on Ellen and he mentioned that he had danced on Soul Train once before. Now, we all love Mr. Obama, but at the end of the day he's still a politician. And politicians are known for saying anything to get people to like them. I don't know too many people in their right mind that still need a reason to like him, but we all enjoy proof and like to be entertained. Its blurry so I don't really know if that's him, but I'm hoping it is...


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I'm sure you're all tired of me telling you how vicious Drake is but I guess I don't care. My faithful readers are already up on Drake because I mention him too often for them to not be. But I can't help but to feel like there's someone who is on KTH for the first time today and they have no idea who Drake is. I will not be held responsible for their ignorance. Dig?


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Asher is that dude but Mos is role model.


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Ryan Leslie is beyond talented. It's actually a little scary. I love the way he kind of emerged out of no where and everyone's acting like its okay. I feel like he's just collecting checks right now for something that's a hobby to him. And who knows... maybe that's the way its supposed to be.


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Please please please watch this video if you haven't seen it already. To answer your question Ms. Cassell, the video debuted in July so yes, we are late. But s**t happens and the point is that we know no so we have to make sure everyone else isn't left in the dark. WARNING: If you've recently dealt with a messy break up, are having issues with unrequited love in your current relationship, or if your ex is nearby, this video may hit a little harder than otherwise. Personally, I froze up when I was shown this. The metaphor is obvious but you have to really listen to the conversation. That's real s**t. Trust me.

• MTV
• Music Videos
• MTV Shows
• Celebrity News

*Not to get off topic or anything but did you peep the Jordan I's in the video? Nice little cameo.

c'mon dude... that's gross.

No, thanks.
I'm good.

so sincere.

The flyer pretty much speaks for itself... but since this is for son I'm guess I'll go ahead and sice it some more.

On September 23rd, my dude VJ and student fashion group Xpressionz are hosting the most exciting fashion show to ever hit Temple's campus (or the first one I actually want to go to, at least) and this s**t's about to be pretty ridiculous. Models from up and down 95 are going to be there and there will be representatives from at least 15 colleges and universities in attendance. The best part is that Sock will be performing live (Happy Birthday, son) along with Selina and Meladesol, and special guest performance by Wale.

I'm definitely in there.

My bad... UP AND COMING DESIGNER ZAY IS GONNA BE IN THE BUILDING TOO WITH SOME NEW S**T FROM HIS CLOTHING LINE BLACK CLOUD. IF YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT YET THEN YOU'RE LATE!!!

OD

This man very well may be the luckiest dude to ever lived.
This isn't your ordinary 8th grade dry hump, people.
This is Janet Jackson...

I gotta give props to son, though. He lasted about 3 minutes and 30 seconds longer than I would have.

middle school like....

I didn't tell you guys this but about three weeks ago my car got broken into and all of me and Don's s**t got stolen. I mean, all of it. It was pretty tragic and although the recovery was quick, it was still a crazy time.

One of the items that was stolen was my iPod, which you all know is like my third nut. Donovan's Pod got stolen, too, and you know music is an ENORMOUS part of both of our lives. Well Mom Dukes, who recently kicked me completely out of the tree, felt bad for her baby boy, knowing how much my iPod meant to me so she ordered me a new one. She loves me so much that she ordered me a 30 GB one, then she remembered that over the summer I had told her I was saving up for an 80 GB one, so then she ordered that. I love that lady. I was talking to her on the phone while I was taking a dump in the library this morning and she said "I kinda love you", to which I replied "Yeah ya do." We got a kick out of that.

Anyway, I digress. My 80 GB iPod came yesterday so I immediately put my entire iTunes library onto it, and as I was walking to class this morning with it on shuffle, this song came on. I had to pause for a minute so I could slow down all of the memories that were once way in the back of my mind but were now racing to the forefront. I gave a slight, barely noticeable smile for each one.

a PSA from my favorite rapper.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

"London bridges are fallin' down,
not "bridges" but britches when Jigga's in town.
Ladies, show me your knickers.
I might let you kick it if you don't tell the misses.
Quit run 'fore the tabloids come.
Run from the night or we end up in The Sun.
I'm just takin a piss... unless you gon' do it.
Whoa nelly! Na I'm so Makaveli,
bring two pack (2Pac) of condoms when you come to the telly.
Tell me if this is true:
If diamonds are a girls best friend, my crew
would like to extend an invitation to you.
We'd like to invite to our family....
Jewelry, I mean.
Cuz my jewels currently is being guarded by the Queen."

And for your viewing pleasure...

PS - Apparently, in England, to say you're "just takin a piss" is the same as saying you're "just kidding." But you knew that already....

keep bouncing.

If you couldn't tell from previous posts, I'm slowly becoming a big Asher Roth fan. This kid is a beast and he's extra humble. Humility in rap is something that you rarely see and when you do, it generally fades away as fame increases. Best example of this: Lil' Wayne. I f**kin LOVED The Carter. Loved it. But then he started to lose me with all the cocky-ness. That's not my style so I wasn't rockin with it, and consequently, I know longer rock with Wayne.

Anyway, this song is from Asher's The Greenhouse Effect Mixtape which was crack. I played this song over and over again in the car this weekend. Its just one of those songs that's fun to bump when you got a packed car on the way to a party. Not to mention its about one of my favorite topics of discussion.

I'm almost positive you'll love it. Beat by Will.I.Am. S**t bumps.
Asher Roth - Keep Bouncing (zshare)

Here's a hint...

got 'im.

You know, I'm sure that someday I'll stop stealing stuff from Zay's blog.
Today's not that day however.

Enjoy.

And for your listening pleasure...
The Cool Kids - Delivery Man.mp3

never fails.

Wanna hear something gross?.... I've been eating a BLT for lunch everyday for the past two months. On Temple's campus we have a variety of food trucks that are hot spots for upperclassmen and faculty/staff during lunchtime. They have them at Rutgers, too, only theirs stay open til around 3 AM and they're referred to as "grease trucks", which I think sounds kinda fly so that's what I call the ones we have at TU.

When I came back to Philly in July after being back home in Md./DC for 6 weeks, I went to a couple different grease trucks trying to find which one I liked the most. Well I found one and I've been stuck ever since. I get a BLT with extra bacon and no mayo on toasted white bread. EVERYDAY. I literally walk up to the truck, look at the lady, she recites my order, we smile at eachother, then I walk away and chill for about 5 minutes, and when I come back my food is waiting for me. Its a beautiful thing. An opportunity for me to practice something that is sadly a new concept for me: commitment. The ultimate "give and take." Both parties are happy because both parties get what they want. Its a sense of security in knowing that what you want is consistently going to be there for you. The truck doesn't move. Ever. The wooden planks that are wedged under the tires to keep it from moving, haven't moved either. And the four spots where the tires meet the pavement haven't been rained on in who knows how long. I don't take 30 minute lunch breaks.

I take 30 minute vacations.

s**ts and giggles.

My boss showed me this video when I came into work this morning and it was great. I'm big on comedy and my sense of humor is pretty broad, but I was never too much of a Saturday Night Live fan. Mad TV was more my style. I've seen some absolutely hilarious SNL skits but I can't say that I've ever sat down and wathed an entire episode.

Both Tina Fey and Amy Poehler and great actresses and it's great to see them together as Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton. The entire sketch is funny and the impressions are on point. Its so trippy how much Tina Fey looks and sounds just like Sarah Palin. It's genius. My favorite parts are when Clinton is talking and Palin is completely ignoring her and making the poses from her well known photoshop scandal, and also when Clinton responds to Palin's statement that anyone can make it to the White House if you want it enough. Watch and see for yourself.

yeah, she's bad.

Future ex-wife #2: Lily Allen

i just gave my alarm clock the evil eye...

but then I remembered that it was an inanimate object and really didn't care what I thought about it. So...... yeah.

Anyway, this post is for Aden. I generally turn my brain off when I brush my teeth and don't think about anything but today all I could think about was this. No further explanation should be needed. You know what time it is.

good morning, bloggers.

Here's some goodness to get your day started right.
The quality is pretty bad but we're just gonna rock with it 'til we can find a better one.
Dig?

that's crrraaazzzyyy.

So appaerently KickTheHabit turned one year old yesterday and I didn't even notice. That's wild s**t. I remember being at the Sneaker Expo that VJ threw on Temple's campus and pitching the idea for KTH to Don and him telling me to go for it. I took a minute to read the first couple of posts and damn! Talk about humble beginnings. I'm just thinking about how far we've come in the past year and I'm anxious to see where the next year's going to take us.

Understand me when I say that I truly appreciate you checking in with us, however frequently or rarely that may be. I realize that many of you don't leave comments and that's cool with me. As long I keep you interested enough to come back again, I'm happy. And speaking of coming back, don't think I didn't notice that we hit 24,000 views yesterday. How fitting. Let's keep this thing rolling.

One thing that I will ask of you, however, is if you're reading this right now and you have or are a part of a blog yourself, leave me a link to your site in the comments so I can return the favor and hopefully become a fan. Even if you're blog is already on my list of respected sites, leave me the link anyway. I appreciate it. And by "it"... I mean EVERYTHING!

nice.

In this months issue of XXL, Wale talks about his favorite episodes of Seinfeld...
That's a pretty big deal. Oh, and I was a party at the Animal House maybe two weeks ago, and Tone of Best Kept Secret (produced all the majority of Wale's best tracks to date) was there, and he told VJ, Don, and I that Wale's album is gonna be on a completely different level.
I can't wait.

why not, right?

I've come to the realization that some people have way too much time on their hands. I'm definitely not one of those people. Its too bad they don't use that time to save the world or figure out how to convince people to be more energy efficient or some s**t like that, but who am I to judge. Plus, its not too bad for me because I don't have to worry about making dumb/funny stuff on the internet, I just get to enjoy it. Sweet deal. Anyway, i just out of class so I'm at work now and I'm already bored. So I went on to facebook and noticed that Don's status refers to a hilarious Chappelle's Show skit that we revisted while I was at his crib over the weekend. I then went onto youtube to see if it was there and instead of finding the actual skit, I found a Baltimore Club music video type thing version of it, if that makes any sense.

Enjoy.

*Not that you care or anything, but my current status on facebook was taken from a line in Drake's song Where To Now.

"Man, if '09 is when I'ma see mine, being cool aint enough. Homie, I'ma freeze time."

True s**t.

LMAO!!!!

Please tell me I'm not the only one who thinks this is hilarious.
I can't be.

get high.

Every once in a while, something will pop up on yahoo's homepage that catches my attention. So I'll look into it and usually its something pretty interesting and cool to know, but not mind blowing. I just watched this video and I was f**king amazed. What's even more unbelievable is that it got no love from ESPN whatsoever. Like, NONE.

The video is of Georgia's Knowshon Moreno straight leaping over some bamma during a game against Central Michigan. Seconds .42 to .48 is what you really need to see. Straight disrespect.

c'mon son... stop doin that.

Dear Drake,
You're a vicious rapper and I have a feeling its not going to be too much longer until everyone realizes that. Your wordplay is phenomenal and I honestly believe you're just an overall talente dude. I'm going to keep supporting you and I hope you blow up soon. However. I'd really appreciate if you stopped making songs with Lil' Wayne. Put bluntly: he's trash... well except for like 10 songs where he's actually spitting, but that's only 10 out of like 300. A candle in the sun, dig? I'm happy whenever I see a new track put out by you but this Weezy F(ucks) Baby s**t has got to stop. Please. Keep doing you thing, son.

-KTH Family

Drake ft. Lil' Wayne - Ransom

creativity at its finest

I came across this video today and was pretty pleased with what I saw. This is a fan made video for Swagger Like Us and its put together really well. The movie and music video clips that were put in are good and relevant and the transitions are smooth for the most part. Overall, I thought it was decent.

I also saw the trailer for Lakeview Terrace for the first time today. Maybe its because I don't really watch tv too much anymore but I'm surprised I'm just now seeing this and it comes out in two weeks. None the less, it looks pretty ill so i'll be taking date applications til it drops. lmao.

i told you i got you.

My dude VJ has been hustlin lately tryna plan out this fashion show for Temple's Homecoming week. So if you live in Philly and you're at lest semi-attractive, you should come out to the model call tomorrow at 13th and Berks Mall.


for more info go to http://www.tuhomecomingshow.blogspot.com

Happy First-Day-Of-Class, TU!

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