Ya'll don't nuttin about this: Throwback NBA season breakdowns!!

We back again with the fifth installment of your weekly Throwback NBA season breakdowns!!! Up until now we have seen Magic take 2 trophy's, Bird take one, and in the last post Dr J finally got his!! From now on things will be heating up, this next season will be the first time Larry and Magic meet up in a Finals series, and the beginning of the David Stern era!!! I can't tell you what happened though, you gotta read for yourself!!

ENJOI!!!

The season began with a significant change off the court. Larry O'Brien, who had presided over the peaceful merger between the NBA and ABA, retired as commissioner. In O'Brien's place came David Stern, an energetic attorney who had been the NBA's Executive Vice President. As the league's fourth Commissioner, Stern would oversee tremendous expansion in the marketing of the NBA, develop a cohesive and profitable broadcasting strategy and become the driving force behind the NBA's profound increase in global popularity. Stern would move quickly to ensure the stability of NBA franchises by increasing licensing revenues, developing corporate sponsorships and bolstering the league's image with a ground-breaking anti-drug policy.
On the court, the Playoff system underwent a radical expansion. The format was expanded to include 16 teams instead of 12, which eliminated the First Round, best-of-3 miniseries. Instead, each First Round series would be a best-of-5, and even the division winners would have to play in the First Round. Now the NBA Champions would have to win four series for the first time in NBA history.

The Celtics emerged as the dominant team during the regular season, winning 62 games and taking the Atlantic Division by 10 games over the defending champion 76ers. Philadelphia won 52 games, but was ousted in the First Round by New Jersey, the high point in that franchise's NBA history. The Celtics eased past Washington, defeated the Bernard King-led New York Knicks in seven games, and easily moved past Milwaukee to reach the Finals. The Lakers, who won 54 games, defeated Kansas City, Dallas and Phoenix, losing only three games along the way, to meet Boston. In what would eventually become a trilogy of epic meetings in the NBA Finals over the next four seasons, Boston outlasted the Lakers to win a 15th NBA Championship.
LARRY'S CELTICS PREVAIL OVER MAGIC'S LAKERS IN SEVEN Four seasons had gone by since Magic Johnson and Larry Bird had entered the NBA in 1979. Magic's Lakers had won two titles and Larry's Celtics had captured one. But the two greatest players in the game had yet to meet in the NBA Finals, with their on-court meetings limited to two a year during the regular season. But 1984 was going to change all that.

For years afterward, the Lakers would rue the title that got away from them. The Lakers won the first game in Boston, and led Game 2 115-113 with 18 seconds left and possession of the ball. With the series shifting back to Los Angeles after Game 2, the thought of a series sweep was on the mind of players on both sides. But James Worthy's crosscourt pass was intercepted by Gerald Henderson, who went in for an uncontested layup to tie the score. Boston won the game in overtime, and after winning again in overtime in Game 4, managed to pull it out in seven games.

"To be honest, they should have swept," Bird said.

Award Winners:

Most Valuable Player -- Larry Bird, Boston

NBA Finals MVP -- Larry Bird, Boston

Rookie of the Year -- Ralph Sampson, Houston

Courtesy of NBA.com

Keyshia Cole is having her first baby with Boobie!!!!

I was watching the Cavs game yesterday and I saw that Boobie was still dropping them 3 pointers like a pithcfork. But the shots he took in Keyshia's camel, gotta be worth about 50 points SON!!!. Nigga got himself a real bitch!!!

Keyshia, according to a source close to her, is due to give birth in March next year. The gender of her not-yet-born infant wasn't disclosed though. In related news, S2Smagazine.com claimed that though they are expecting a baby, Keyshia and Daniel are in no rush to walk down the aisle. As of the press time, there has been no official confirmation released by either Keyshia or Daniel if they really are expecting a baby. But, Examiner has claimed they will be parents to a baby boy. Rumors that Keyshia Cole is pregnant first emerged last month after she was spotted at several ocassions sporting an apparent baby bump. Most recently she was seen courtside at a Cleveland Cavaliers game cheering on her man, Daniel Gibson.

Iverson is Back!! With Braids!!!!!!

PHILADELPHIA -- A tearful Allen Iverson is happy to be back with the Philadelphia 76ers.
Iverson is returning to the franchise where he was an MVP, calling it an opportunity he couldn't turn down. The 10-time All-Star guard signed a non-guaranteed deal with the 76ers on Wednesday, and said at the Wachovia Center that he's ready to prove he can still play.
Iverson
"I want to retire here," Iverson said Thursday.
The 34-year-old Iverson was teary almost from the start of his return news conference. He said he retired after his ill-fated stint with the Memphis Grizzlies because he felt like "the basketball part of my life was over."
Iverson will play his first game for the 76ers against Denver on Monday.
"Coming back home, all I could think about was the people who made me who I am," said Iverson, the NBA MVP in 2001, when he led the Sixers to the finals.
Philadelphia hasn't won a playoff series since 2003.
In 10 seasons with the Sixers, Iverson posted the highest scoring average in team history (28.1), was second on the points list (19,583) and holds the record for 3-pointers (877). He was a seven-time All-Star, won four scoring titles and two All-Star game MVPs.
He had a bitter parting with the 76ers in December 2006 and was traded to Denver. He's also played with Detroit and three games this season with the Grizzlies.
"I always thought it was strange having another uniform," Iverson said. "I couldn't feel comfortable with another uniform."
Flanked by team president Ed Stefanski, Iverson said he dreamed of returning to the 76ers.
"I watch other NBA teams. I can't watch the Sixers," he said. "Ever since I left, I wasn't able to. Not because there was any bitterness, it was just a feeling I get. I gave everything I had here for 10 years. It was just always tough for me to watch them, so I didn't."
Iverson was apologetic for his past behavior and said he acted a lot on anger.
"I don't want to prove anyone wrong in this situation. I'm not in it for that," he said. "If I can help my team win basketball games the way Coach wants me to help, then I'll be satisfied."
Stefanski said he didn't promise Iverson would start, but added he didn't bring him back to Philadelphia to serve as a role player.
"I am bringing him back here to help us going forward to win basketball games," he said.
The Sixers need all the help they can get to avoid falling out of the Eastern Conference playoff race. The Sixers (5-14) have lost eight straight entering Saturday's game at Charlotte.
"I want to fit in. I want to be a part of any success we have," Iverson said. "I just want to be one of the guys. I don't need a whole bunch of praise. I don't need a whole lot of accolades. I just want to play basketball."
Iverson will not travel to Charlotte. He will practice Sunday and on Monday pull on his 76ers jersey for the first time since Dec. 6, 2006, in Chicago -- when he refused to play in the fourth quarter of what became his final game with the team.
Iverson was the No. 1 overall pick in the 1996 draft, but his 10 turbulent seasons in Philadelphia were marred by rants about practice, run-ins with former coach Larry Brown, arrests and a failed rap career.
In one infamous blowup at the end of the 2002 season, he repeated the word "practice" nearly 20 times during a rambling monologue.
His returned generated the kind of buzz the Sixers haven't felt in Philly since he left in 2006. The Sixers said they had 327,657 page views on their Web site Wednesday once his signing was announced -- up from 36,000 the previous Wednesday.
The Sixers have not yet sold out Monday's game. His official No. 3 jerseys are expected to be on sale at the team's merchandise store on Monday.

Courtesy of ESPN.com

Budsmokers Only: Weekly Review!!

By Harry Pothead

This week we bring you an oldie but goodie, people like to talk about the kush's, the sour Diesels and what not, let's take a blast from the past enjoy a well known E.U strain, its just takin a back seat for a while!!!

Enjoy!!

The Jack Herer strain is Sativa Dominant, which is light green color with a light orange to brown hairs covering it. Great quality medical marijuana, dense buds easy to break up and work with. The taste and smell was very unique and skunk like, sharp musty and spicy. The effects should be felt immediately after you toke up, with a very airy light headed high, just makes everything seem very delightful. Very easy to become interested in things, easy to concentrate on more then one task, overall great strain.
- One of the best strains to take your mind off whats going on and just relax.-THC Content: 15-20%

Baby's head tat is crazy!!!!

Y'all niggas thought Marbury and Tyson's head and facial tats were crazy? some even thought Games red star on his cheek was crazy, you gotta check out my homie here!! This is a 45 year old man who supposedly became a Blood at 40, shit don't make sense and neither does the tat!!!

Beans is ready for Jay and Nas!!!!

BEANIE’S TALKING….

Rumor has it, there is a new Jay-Z diss on the way. Beans said he wouldn’t stop until Jay responded. Also, Beans isn’t fearing a Nas/Jay alliance. Here is what he had to say to DJ On & On:

“I credit him for the moves he make, but I'm nice at chess too. They say he got a record [that's] supposed to come out, the remix to that “New York” sh*t. He poppin' shots at me. He poppin' shots at 50.”

“I'm not worried about Nas. I did that already. I did that already, in defense of [Jay]. I was there when dude was in the studio, on the couch, scratching his head under pressure.”

LMAO! At that last line, I actually visualized in my head: Jay-Z scratching his head after “Ether.” Man, you can’t do anything any more. It will comeback and bite you.

Courtesy of allhiphop

Ya'll don't know nuttin about this: Throwback NBA season breakdowns!!

Oh man we are weeks into the reviews and 4 seasons into the 80's decade. This season in particular is special to me for 2 reasons, 1) it was the year Dr.J was king of the hill 2) it was the year I was born!!!

ENJOY!!!!

Moses Malone delivered on his promise to bring an NBA championship to Philadelphia.
When Julius Erving came to Philadelphia prior to the 1976-77 season, an NBA Championship was predicted for the 76ers. While the 76ers did make three trips to the NBA Finals in Dr. J's first six years with the team, the title continued to elude them. But when Moses Malone, the league's MVP, played out his option and became available as a free agent, Philadelphia swooped in and signed him, giving up Caldwell Jones and a first round draft pick to Houston as compensation. The trade solidified the 76ers up front, and Philadelphia went on to 65 victories and the Atlantic Division title. When asked how Philadelphia would perform in the Playoffs, Malone issued what would become a famous prediction: "Fo', Fo', Fo'," meaning that the 76ers would win each round in a sweep on its way to the Championship.

But the Lakers would have something to say about that. Bolstered by the addition of smooth forward James Worthy, the top pick in the 1982 NBA Draft, the Lakers won 58 games and another Pacific Division title, their third in four years. But in the last week of the season, Worthy fractured his leg coming down from a tip-in. It would be a bad break for the Lakers. In the Playoffs, the Lakers easily moved past Portland and San Antonio to advance to the Finals. The 76ers swept the Knicks and defeated Milwaukee in five games to meet the Lakers. But Los Angeles, already without Worthy, were without Norm Nixon and Bob McAdoo for much of the Finals and Philadelphia swept to its first title since the days of Wilt Chamberlain. Malone's prediction had to be updated to `Fo', Fi', Fo' for the championship rings.

MOSES LEADS SIXERS TO PROMISED LAND Julius Erving had won two ABA Championships with the New York Nets in 1974 and 1976. Although Erving and the other ABA players proved they were good enough for the NBA from the start, the NBA title forecast for the 76ers with Erving had not come to pass. Then Moses Malone, another ABA star, came to Philadelphia. The 76ers went 12-1 in the Playoffs and recorded a sweep over the Lakers in the Finals.

"Let's not make believe," said 76ers Coach Billy Cunningham, a member of the 76ers' last title team in 1967. "The difference from last year was Moses. He gave us the consistency inside that the Lakers had always gotten from Abdul-Jabbar. We got that and more from Moses."

Allen Iverson's retirement has Ray Allen feeling old!!!!!

BOSTON — Allen Iverson was born on June 7, 1975. On July 20 of the same year, Ray Allen was born. Iverson was the first pick in the 1996 NBA Draft, considered one of the landmark classes in the league's history. That class features three most valuable players, Iverson, Steve Nash and Kobe Bryant. With the fifth pick, Allen was selected.

The two were the biggest stars in the 2001 Eastern Conference Final, a series Iverson's Philadelphia 76ers pulled out in seven dramatic games over Allen's Milwaukee Bucks.

So, then, it is no surprise that Iverson's retirement is making Allen feel a little bit old.

"It's sad," Allen said after his Boston Celtics beat, fittingly, the 76ers last night. "Not only do I think about him, but then I think about my whole class, and all of the guys that are starting to fall off. Before you know it, it's a generation past. It's like everybody's taking off and heading off to greener pastures. And then they're looking back and they're looking at me still standing here.

"These days, when I see guys going, this is like gravy time for me."

Of the top 15 from that draft — that final pick is notable because it is where Nash was selected — eight, including Iverson, are now either retired or currently out of an NBA job.

Iverson, though, is different from the other seven. A distinct player if there ever was one, he came to define a culture at times. After three games in Memphis, he was gone. Now, unwilling to adapt to a role as a bench player, he is done - at least for now, and maybe forever.

"He had issues in Memphis. What are our other teams thinking? Are other teams going to reach out to him? That's hard to say," Allen said. "Overseas is looking very attractive. If he still feels like he has basketball left in him, overseas looks very attractive. I'm sure he could make a good sum of money going overseas and playing basketball. Whether it's it in for him in the NBA, I wouldn't think basketball is out of his blood yet because I feel great, and if he feels like I feel, then he still wants to play."

"I think he still has the heart," Celtics forward Paul Pierce added. "I still think he has so much left in the tank. It's hard to believe.

"And while Pierce talked, his teammate Kevin Garnett, drafted the year before Iverson and Allen, could only stare down at the podium, shaking his head!

Courtesy of the NationalPost

Riri's Camel!!!

I told ya'll it's no preservatives with me, I say it, I show it!!!! Here is Riri's camel chillin in the sand dunes!!!

Fabo still in the streets!!!!!

The homie fab just can't take both feet out the streets and take his place as rightfull King of New York after the boi Hov retires, this nigga was linked to BMF now his niggas are jacking cars, expensive cars!!

Police are investigating rapper Fabolous and his connection to a luxury car stolen from an upscale hotel in Atlanta.According to Channel 2 Action News, Atlanta police claim men in Fabolous’ entourage stole a rare 2008 Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder.The vehicle, which was one of only two brought into the United States, was taken on January 31 and has not been seen since.Surveillance video shows two men in Fabolous’ entourage approach a bellman at the Intercontinental, received the keys to the Lamborghini and left as if it was their property.

Budsmokers Only: Weekly Review!!

By: Harry Pothead

This week we take a look at another strain that I am lucky to have tasted myself. This one is for the true Chronic Connoisseur's who really enjoy an exotic strain and a different type of high!!

Put this in your pipe and smoke it!!!

Enjoy

Cheese, the name says it all, literally it smells and tastes like cheese. It kind of reminds me of the days in grade school when i would pop open some good ol’ cheese Cheetos. The taste is kind of like a fusion of fresh cheese and Marijuana, thus very pleasant. The smoke was very smooth, not hard at all, allowing a massive hits! Cheese is a light green color, (I’m still talking about the weed) with compacted buds, its not brittle at all. With a moderate amount of pistils and trichomes. This Strain is very fun, definitely when your out with friends. The high creeps up on you through your face down to your neck area. non-stop laughs and surly is going to be hard to take that smile off your face. Definitely brings up your appetite almost instantly. Great for people suffering eating disorders. Also can help with depression issues, the high is very happy/uplifting type.

-Good for apatite-Could help with depression.-THC Content: Mild 10-15%

Courtesy of strainreview.com

Dre and Pharrell to executive produce Game's new album!!!!

Dr. Dre and Pharrell will be serving as the executive producers of Game's upcoming effort, The R.E.D. Album.Game made the announcement via his twitter on Wednesday (November 25)."The R.E.D. Album is gonna be classic, that’s a promise," the rapper wrote. " Executive produced by Dr. Dre and Pharrell. The music is phenomenal."The R.E.D. Album is slated to hit stores on February 16, 2010. The set will feature appearances from Chris Brown, Gucci Mane, Cuba Gooding Jr and Akon.Just Blaze, Cool & Dre, Timbaland and Polow Da Don are among the other producers who will contribute to the album.

Ya'll don't nuttin about this: Throwback NBA season breakdowns!!

Oh yeah boy another week of NBA that's what I love about the beginning of the season. But this article is not about enjoying the current NBA superstars, it's actually about enjoying the past. This week we look at the years 81-82 when now both Larry Bird and Magic Johnson had NBA rings, the playing fields was even again and the rivalry had truly entered it's next phase of greatness!! This was the year Magic ushered in the Reilly era!!!!!!!

Enjoy

Frustrated by their Playoff failure in 1981, the Lakers started the season determined to make a better showing. But an early-season disagreement between Coach Paul Westhead and Magic Johnson led to Westhead's dismissal just 11 games into the season, despite the coach having won 50 games in each of his two seasons at the Lakers' helm. Johnson, cast as the villain, was actually booed at the Forum, which had previously been unthinkable. But out of the chaos stepped Pat Riley, the former Laker who had been part of the 1972 Championship team. Riley had been brought down by Westhead from the broadcast booth to serve as an assistant coach a year earlier, and was thrust into the top job when Jerry West, then a personnel consultant to the team, declined.
Riley installed a freewheeling offense and aggressive, trapping defense, and the Lakers responded by winning 57 games. Boston won a league-high 63 games and the Eastern Division, and Philadelphia and Boston advanced to meet in the Eastern Conference Finals for the third straight year. Philadelphia went up 3-1 for the second straight year, but Boston again won two games to send it to a seventh game in Boston. This time, Philadelphia triumphed 120-106, and moved on to meet the Lakers in the Finals. Los Angeles had swept Phoenix and San Antonio to reach the Finals, and had been enduring two-a-day practice sessions in order not to be rusty for the Finals. The Lakers won Game 1 by seven points, the closest game of the Finals, and captured the series in six games.
McADOO TRADES PERSONAL SUCCESS FOR CHAMPIONSHIP RING Bob McAdoo had won three consecutive league scoring titles as a member of the Buffalo Braves. But his teams never got past the Eastern Conference Semifinals, and after several injuries and trades, the former All-Star had fallen into the category of many high-scoring players: admired for his point-producing ability but disdained for his team's lack of Playoff success. The night before Christmas, 1981, the 30-year-old McAdoo was traded to the Lakers. Although the trade received little notice, McAdoo became a key player for Los Angeles, averaging 16.7 ppg in the Playoffs. The Championship ring was a fine fit for McAdoo.
"This is the happiest moment of my life," he said in the moments after the Lakers' victory. "People have said bad things about me during my career, but this makes up for it."

Award Winners:

Most Valuable Player -- Moses Malone, Houston

NBA Finals MVP -- Magic Johnson, Los Angeles

Rookie of the Year -- Buck Williams, New Jersey

Damn 5th is still going in!!!!!

Yo when it comes to rap beef and really taking it to the next level, 50 cent has to be the all time leader in crushing crews, destroying squads, and squashing beefs at the same time. He single handily took out Murder Inc, he had the Lox leave Double R (a label they fought so hard to get on) and Fat Joe.... But one person he broke all records with, was this ongoing feud he has with Ross. Don't get me wrong I still believe the best album of 09 is Deeper than Rap, BP3 doesn't even touch it, but what 50 cent has done to get at Ross is uncharted territory!!! With Ross's baby mom getting flown to N.Y to get a book deal, and the other baby momma getting exposed on a sex tape by pimpin Curly. if it was a beef in my days of hip-hop it definitely would be shot fired man down. Anyway here is a new picture of 5th, Ross' new enemy Money Mayweather and not only the baby mom but Ross' son too!!!

(I'm sure the kid is thinking, chilling with Uncle 50 is better than chillin at home, kickin it with Gunplay!!)

Budsmokers Only: Weekly Review!!!!

By: Harry Pothead

Ayo dudes I have been giving you strain reviews on the illest oohwee across the globe. Yes I started out in California but now I am moving on to other parts of the globe. There is one thing that I learnt as a pot smoker; that the grass is always greener onn the other side!! LOL!! So this week I have decided to give you a strain that is one of my personal favourites, this one is for the real homies back where I stay some Amsterdam good!!

CHOKE UP!!

White Widow marijuana seeds, Simply one of the best seeds you can get. This strain was originally developed by a breeder about six years ago. A continuous cannabis cup winner. And it is a must have for anyone who grows and uses their own marijuana regularly.
Description
Taste: The major player is a freshness laced with many fruits, but because of the strength of the crystals - the only real taste goes hand in hand with the expectorant effects of the THC. You better try it for yourself.
Smell: A strong pungency first hits you, then follows a sour sweetness with the final whiff ... turning sweet. If a plant could have a strong body odor then the White Widow needs a deodorant.
Visuals: If you have ever seen a green plant grown in a snowfall then that's it. It has a dense covering of the sort of hairy crystals we all craving for.
Touch: If you manage to touch this plant without sticking to the leaves or stem then you probably did not grow it properly. It has intense crystal formation that needs to be touched to be believed!
Stone: After the first puff, that daunting warm feeling of impending stoniess comes over you. You feel it just under your eyes and throughout your body in time. It is a serious heavy highness.
Family Heritage: Originally the union came from a Brazilian and an Indian - Suffice to say the combination is 60: 40 sativa to indica ratio.
Specifications
Vegetative Time: At least 2 to 4 weeks if on Bio. On Hydro it is only recommended to grow it for 2 weeks.
Flowering Time: On both mediums it is suggested to flower (12 hour light) the White Widow for 8 weeks, but 10 weeks will really give you the crystals you are after. We suggest the final 2 weeks of the flowering cycle to turn the lights off altogether - or at least down to 8 hours. This keeps the flowers from regrowth and stresses the plant into giving up its last drop of goodness as crystal to protect the flower...try it!
Achievements: 1st Place - BIO - HTCC - Award 1995.

Review courtesy of Whte-widow-seeds.com

Where will he go, weekly!!!

Where will Lebron go next season, is the big question on everybody's mind this season because any team that picks him up is almost guarateed a title. Even after bringing over the Shaqnosis, and tryin to woo over Trevor Magriza, the fact is he didn't sign an extension this year!! Here is a weekly break down of the most likely teams for the King to move too!!!

It better be a CASTLE!!

ENJOY!!!!

Those of you who dread this topic will be thrilled with the NBA's scheduling computer.
Friday night's trip to New York is the only time that the Cleveland Cavaliers will be playing on the Knicks' floor this season … barring an unlikely reunion in the playoffs.
So maybe that'll cut down on the incessant chatter about LeBron James' future.
OK, OK. Maybe not.
I nonetheless tend to believe that the majority of you understand why so many NBA pundits go here so often and fully expected (and wanted) this to be the thrust of the latest Weekend Dime. Eleven days into the season can't be too soon to start digging into the LeBron Landscape if the league office is going to serve up Cavs-at-Knicks this quick.
We say so even though we've long endorsed the theory that LeBron genuinely can't know what he's going to do yet. Why would he? Why would he make the biggest decision of his professional life so many months before he needs to?
Yet you'll also note that LeBron said the following to reporters in Cleveland on Thursday night: "Every team in the NBA, I've thought about playing [for] at one time in my life."
See? It's an irresisitible game.
And after close consultation with a handful of experts as close to the pulse of this madness as possible, here are the five teams most deserving of a spot in the discussion, as things stand exactly 237 days away from July 1, 2010:

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS
You could probably come up with at least 23 reasons to slam home the idea that the Cavs are still overwhelming favorites to find a way to re-sign the most anticipated free agent in the history of American sport.
You probably already know most of the main reasons, too.
The contract Cleveland can offer LeBron will be one year longer and nearly $30 million richer than any other suitor. The Cavs are on the short list of teams with a spare-no-expense owner who will keep spending until Dan Gilbert puts a supporting cast around James that's championship-worthy. My own favorite take, which I've clung to for years, is that James is clearly proud of his roots in nearby Akron and thirsts to be the guy who beats all the supposed Cleveland curses.
The local hero who proves that you actually can win something on Lake Erie.

Views courtesy of NBA.com

Tahiry is quick!!!

Damn I tell ya boy if I was at least in the States right now I would have been at her doorstep as soon as I found at Joey's dumbass brokeup with Tahiry's ass!! That shit just brightens up a niggas day!!! Joey gets the 09 Sonny Liston Brick Head of the Year Award for trying to get away with dissin Wu, gettin snuffed by Raekwons goons, then loosing his girl!! Well playa there are more sharks in the sea and your boy Trey is up on it, here is what Tahiry said, “Single life is great, I love it. I miss Joey. We were together for a long time, but he’s doing his thing now and I’m doing mine.”

Damn, Damn Damn!!!!!

Ya'll don't know nuttin about this: Throwback NBA season breakdowns!!

This week in our throwback NBA breakdowns we look at 1980-1981. This was the season Larry Bird, brought back the Celtics fever!! With his rival Magic Johnson already owning a NBA ring he knew that it was now his time to shine!!

The biggest news of the season came a full four months before the season started. On June 9, 1980, Red Auerbach pulled off the type of trade that had earned him a reputation for thievery in his more than three decades in the league. Auerbach dealt the first and 13th picks in the 1980 NBA Draft to Golden State for the third pick in the 1980 Draft and four-year veteran center Robert Parish. The Warriors selected Purdue center Joe Barry Carroll with the first pick and tabbed Mississippi forward Rickey Brown 13th. The Celtics took forward Kevin McHale of Minnesota, and thus added Parish and McHale to a frontcourt that already featured Larry Bird and Cedric Maxwell. In one trade, Auerbach had acquired a frontcourt for the next decade.
Thus, the NBA's 35th season started with the Celtics in a strong position just over a year after a 29-53 finish in 1979. The Lakers, meanwhile, were dealt a big blow when Magic Johnson suffered torn cartilage in his left knee just one month into the season, forcing him out of 45 games. As a result, the Lakers failed to win the Pacific Division and were knocked out of the Playoffs in the First Round by Houston, which made it all the way to the Finals despite a 40-42 record in the regular season. Moses Malone, the 25-year-old center already in his seventh professional season, averaged 27.8 ppg and led the NBA in rebounding with 14.8 rpg. The Celtics swept Chicago, defeated Philadelphia in seven games after trailing 3-1, and overmatched Houston in six games to win their first title of the Bird-Parish-McHale Era.
In conjunction with the NBA's 35th Anniversary, pro basketball writers selected their "All-Time NBA Team." It included Bill Russell, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Elgin Baylor, Wilt Chamberlain, Bob Cousy, Julius Erving, John Havlicek, George Mikan, Bob Pettit, Oscar Robertson and Jerry West, and the coach was Red Auerbach.

BIRD'S SHOT FOREVER ENSHRINED IN CELTICS LORE. A shot by Larry Bird late in the fourth quarter of Game 1 of the NBA Finals remains a staple of highlight videos. Bird launched an 18-footer from the right side, knew instantly that the shot was off, hustled in to rebound his miss, caught the ball as his momentum was carrying him to the baseline, switched the ball to his left hand in mid-air and swished a 12-footer. The Boston Garden faithful fell about the place.
"It was the one best shot I've ever seen a player make," Auerbach claimed.

Award Winners:

Most Valuable Player -- Julius Erving, Philadelphia

NBA Finals MVP -- Cedric Maxwell, Boston

Rookie of the Year -- Darrell Griffith, Utah

Courtesy of NBA.com

Budsmokers Only: Weekly Review!!

By: Harry Pothead

Wat it do we back for week 2 of the strain review, and we staying in California for this one. This week we got that brrrrr, that denver nugget for you to put in your pipe and smoke, anytime you can get your hands on this shit right here send a shout out!!

Enjoy

Headband…GENETICS= OG Kush x Master Kush x Sour Diesel

Very good pot. This is a great treat to start the day off right! Careful though as you can over do it, leading to a slightly sleepy effect, not feelng like an indica but like an overpowering sativa, it pops your eyes out your head for a better view above the clouds and puts em back in right before ya doze off. The initial high from it is speedy and doesnt seem to have a ceiling, bowl after bowl it gets ya higher.
The taste of it was very much like OG kush, with a slight aftertaste of fuel which I guess comes from the diesel as regular OG kush doesnt have this ime. Really pleasant to smoke except for the expansion which is very strong. It will make you cough on the exhale even though it is very smooth herb.
Smells pretty mush like OG kush, a little bit of astringent smell in there, this stuff would stink up a room really quick if its jar was opened.
overall a good morning and early day smoke, it has plenty of uplift to it, but if you smoke enough of it you can be put to sleep or made drowzy.

Review courtesy of: strainreview.com

Let the games begin!!

Tomorrow is the tip off of the NBA 09-10 season, all of us have been waiting in anticipation to see how all the teams will fair out, because this year the cards are stacked! Tomorrow will also be the ring giving ceremony where yours truly no 24, will be getting his fourth NBA championship ring, now tied with Tim Duncan, Shaquille Oneal and teammate Derek Fisher for the most in the league. I hope EPSN don't f%ck us over by playing a Utah game or something, because I want to see the One get his ring!!! With the West looking the way it is, the Lakers' biggest competition is themselves. The locker room entertainment would make for great reality T.V with thuggems joining the gang and Lamar's high profile wedding!! On the East it looks like a toss up, if Boston can stay healthy they will be the team to beat this season, and that's on both coasts. But with the two Kings coming together in Cleveland for what many are calling the last hurrah, you just don't know what might happen. Tip off at at 7:30 ET. that's 12:30am. Cleveland and Boston, I guess they wanna go ahead and get it done and over with!! Thats bragging rights till Christmas!!! See you in the playoffs

LA-KERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This Is What Happened To The Dips

Niggas went from Dipset to Dipsex to Gay Gang. No shots!

Don't you just love Combat Jack!!

For those who haven't seen it here is Combats break down of Pac!! His B.K ass should get his teeth knocked out for this!!

Written/Hidden by Combat Jack

I know, I know, I’m from the East Coast and happened to be down with P. Diddy and the Bad Boy crew (no homo) during the middle of the East/ West coast beef, but I never saw myself as a hater. As a matter of fact, one of my favorite hip hop songs ever is “Hit Em Up” where he basically told me “fuck you too” for being down with Bad Boy. Anyways, I was extremely saddened by Mr. Shakur’s untimely demise back in 1996 and even commemorated his death by purchasing all of his cd’s that I didn’t own at the time. At the time of his death, there was a lot of talk about how dude was a poet, a leader of our generation and so on and so on. Of course I associated all this talk with the type of sentimental shit that’s said upon someone’s passing. As time passed though, I became intrigued by how dude was becoming some type of legend. I also became annoyed as fuck.
Last week, I was going through all my songs on my ipod and since all of 2pac’s material came up first, I decided that I would give dude a second chance and listen to his music, just in case I had been unfairly judging his status as a hip hop icon. I listened to his first lp, “2Pacalypse Now”, released in 1991, and believe me when I emphatically say that that album sounds like pure effin garbage and I’m somewhat pissed off that I shelled out some of my hard earned cash on this piece of possum shit. There’s like no decent sounding track on it and I can’t decipher what’s worse, his feeble attempt to rhyme or the piss poor sub par production. Even the “breakout” hit single “Brenda’s Got A Baby” was pure kaa kaa, but being that that was like the first rap song dedicated in it’s entirety to every hood rat ghetto single mother across the country, it was deemed to be prolific by every baby momma alive. Eff that, that shit was weak by any hip hop classic standard. “2Pacalypse Now” got a expeditious delete from my library and I realize I must have been pretty effin amped up a year ago, upon getting a new ipod , what with me importing trash like this unto my itunes library.
Next up was his 2nd Lp, “Strictly For My N.I.G.G.A.S” released in 1993. First and foremost, the title deserves a huge NO HOMO sticker on the cd cover, what with some gay ass title like that. Secondly, I don’t know if the periods embedded in “N.I.G.G.A.S.” is supposed to mean something encoded or some strange Tupac form of Ebonics, whatever, I couldn’t give a rats scrotum about it’s meaning as it’s just plain stupid, then and now!!! The only song on that album that comes even close to being hot is “I Get Around”, but I always saw that as being a Digital Underground song featuring Pac as their weed carrying side artist. What with his first LP being all whack, the Underground decided they would help their lil homey out, similar to how Jay Z helps his lil homey Memphis Bleek out every now and then. Production on that song was tight, Pac’s flow improved dramatically overnight, but Shock G stole the show with his classic line “I’m Shock G, the one who put the satin on your panties.” The rest of the album really really really sucked much moose cock and once again I was pissed that I spent some cash on this vile piece of cat vomit. As I expeditiously deleted this crap from my library, I realized that I must have really been emotional when dude died, what with me including this shit in my music collection. Now I know this lp was released shortly after Pac’s “stunning” acting debut “Juice”, and a whole bunch of people got caught up in his portrayal of the “Bishop” character, but to me, his character suffered from a severe case of bi-polar based mental issues and since I actually knew cats like that back in the day in Brooklyn, I wasn’t impressed since they were all mental bitch made niggas until they had a gun in their hands. In addition, since “Juice” was Pac’s movie, why was the hottest song on the actual soundtrack “Know The Ledge” by Eric B. and Rakim? Sheet, Pac’s music was nowhere on the whole effin cd!!! A lot of people bought into it, but I for one didn’t sip the “juice”.
Next up was “Me Against The World” released in 1995. Now I gotta hand it to that nigga Pac, the hype surrounding this album’s release was incredible and effin unheard of at the time. First, dude got all shot up with five hot ones in his ass (no homo) in a New York studio in 1994 and SURVIVES!!! He then checks himself out of the hospital for “security” reasons and also, because he has to make it to court on a rape charge. I remember the image of Pac getting wheeled out of the courthouse days after being shot, all bandaged up with his middle finger pointed straight to the heavens and thinking “What a gully ass crazy muh fucker this dude is turning into!” He then gets sentenced to a bid in jail and starts blaming like the entire East Coast for all of his misfortunes and I’m feeling really sorry for dude, what with his little ass getting all plundered (no homo) all Oz style behind bars. Then the single “Dear Mama” comes out and it’s the first time dude has great production, rapping skills are intact and he’s saying some shit EVERYBODY can relate to. That song right there is genius in the same way Stevie Wonder’s “Happy Birthday” is geniuos, its an effin holiday song that will get played like forever and ever. An effin Mother’s Day song!!!! The only other song on there that’s worthy of a playback is “Old School” what with its tight production and Pac’s improved rhyme cadence. The rest of the album is ehh, lukewarm, not as bad as his prior two releases, but decent enough, especially since the hype behind it made it damn near impossible not to wonder what this crazy ass nigga was talking about!!! Other than the two aforementioned songs, the rest of the lp got deleted from my library.
1996 was the year “All Eyez On Me” hit the streets. With this lp, the world was introduced to the “new and improved” Tupac Shakur. Now down with the infamous Suge Knight and signed to the most dangerous record label of all time, Death Row Records, Pac was geared to drop a classic, especially since he was now armed with one of hip hop’s greatest producers of all time, Dr. Dre. In addition, Pac single handedly orchestrated the weird but historical East/West coast beef and spit venom in every interview about Bad Boy, Diddy, B.I.G. and almost all things East related. Man, dude was like one unstoppable train wreck, impossible to turn away from. Album wise, dude was at the top of his game with the instant classics “Ambitionz As A Ridah” and“Hearts Of Men” (no homo), but now that dude has demonstrated that he has finally learned how to rhyme, he fucks it up by putting too many corny sounding weed carriers on his album. Yeah, cats like Snoop, Richie Rich and even Nate Dogg I can understand, but what in the eff is a Big Syke and a Rappin 4 Tay doing on this joint? Even “Got My Mind Made Up” featuring Method Man and Red Man sounds forced what with Pac declaring civil war on New York. How the fuck did they end up on that track? Finally, I don’t know whose idea it was to make this lp here a double cd, but with too many cuts and too many effin weed carriers, shit just got confusing along the way and would’ve been a better (not classic) cd with like only ten songs.
Finally “The Don Killuminati, The 7 Day Theory” recorded right before and released right after his death in 1996. (I in no way count the hundred or so other albums released after this one, since dude is dead and who knows what the fuck type of “studio magic” went into putting those other shits together.) I have to admit, this was really Tupac at his best, with his new character Makaveli sounding all raw and angry, dude really let you know he had gone way the fuck off the deep end and had become one crazy mother fucker!!!! Beats were tighter than anything ever produced for him, dude had rabid venom in his voice like he was infected by rage, and boy did he let everyone have it, from Jay Z on down to his own producer and label mate Dr. Dre!!!! No one was safe from his insane verbal ass whipping. This was the closest dude had to having a classic album. The reason it fell short? 25 more unknown weed carriers included in almost every effin joint!!!! If I were Pac and had blazing tracks like “Hail Mary” or “Intro/Bomb First”, there’s no way in hell I would allow my whack ass lackey’s to be featured on those tracks, NO EFFIN WAY!!! That being said, this lp had like four solid joints on it, the two I just mentioned along with “Toss It Up” (no homo), “Me And My Girlfriend” and “Against All Odds” which was the perfect song to end his career with. Throw in my favorite “Hit ‘Em Up” which was also recorded around the time this album was being produced (sans weed carriers off course) and you have a decent discography of like 16 strong records (actually 10 strong records once weed carrier and side artist elements are factored in).
After taking all of this in, I can understand the Tupac hype, which comes down to two points:
1) Tupac, if he deserved any accolade, was that throughout the course of his career, he never let go of his initial acting role in “Juice” and lp by lp, he perfected that role until he eventually and actually became that psycho bi-polar crazy ass nigga “Bishop”. If anything, he should have been nominated for a new type of Oscar, one where the actor really and truly becomes the character like five years after the movie came out.
2) You know how every chick with mental/emotional issues loves Sade? Well Tupac touched (no homo) every gangbanger, thug and thug wannabe with mental/ emotional issues. I’m sure most of those dudes are pretty eff’ed up in the head what with them losing homey after homey every other week in ‘da hood due to gunfire and gang warfare. Instead of going to see a therapist (which I can’t even imagine those dudes ever doing) ‘Pac became like their Sade. I even remember some dude posting on this site about how he sits in his truck, listens to Tupac and starts crying like a lil bitch. So yeah I get it, Tupac is like a thug’s Sade,, difference being that Sade dropped like 4 classic albums
That being said, the late Tupac Shakur is waaaaaaaay overrated.

Ass injections are in!!!

At first I didn't know what to think when I heard about this issue, but when a person at one of the major clinics where they do the injections, spilled the beans on a couple of artists including Nicki Minaj I got over that shit real quickly!! Now for a nigga like me more cushion for the pushin, but some of you might disagree. Just lookin at Nicki makes you want to do the stanky leg. Brrrrr!!!

Nick Cannon got some explaining to do!!!!!!!!

What happened to the Dips???

I don't know about you but the more I hear these stories, I repeat stories about the Dips, the more I can't fuk wit them..they scream LOYALTY but they all about they self and they own paper!! Jim never came out with nothing about Stacks...Cam n Jim beef over jealousy...hell rell is sueing Jim...JR writer get shot n no one but Rell call n see if he good,,,wtf!!!.. Dipset is really starting to look like sum Byrd ass niggas!!!

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I still don't believe it but Lamar is Hitched!!!

Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom have finally settled on a pre-nup. WHEN they divorce Khloe will recieve a flat sum of $500,000 for every year they are married, $25,000 a month in spousal support, their new house, a new luxury vehicle at the end of every lease cycle, $5,000 a month for shopping and $1,000 for beauty care. She definitely came up. But hey maybe it is love she did cancel her trip to Vegas for Kim's birthday to be with Lamar after he injured his knee. This sounds like sum Federline shit to me!!!!

Call me old school, but ya'll don't know nuthin about this!!Throwback NBA season breakdowns

While most kids are running around on basketball courts today wearing the number 23 jersey, most of us folks, 24 and up are still in shock that the 23 doesn't have Jordan written on top of it! Yeah the name still starts with a J, but the letters that follow spell out James. Even though he is the only man alive that can actually take on that type of responsibility, or let me say feet are big enough to walk in those shoes, sometimes I think the kids of today tend to want to jump on the newest thing and end up forgetting about the essence of the whole thing! Malusi and I were talking the other day, and he was saying how he was going to get all the Bulls Championship seasons and put them on his 1.5tb! So I did him one better and told him I want the 80's decade! So with the help of NBA.com I will be able to provide you with a weekly breakdown of all the seasons in the 80's!!I'm starting at the top 79-80, where the real hype all began and basketball would never be the same again!! Know your history!!!

ENJOY THE READ!

Although the season would forever be known as the year Larry Bird and Earvin "Magic" Johnson entered the league, several other important changes also occurred. The three-point field goal, a popular facet of the ABA game, was adopted by the league. The New Orleans Jazz moved to Salt Lake City and took the unlikely team name of Utah Jazz. And the schedule was altered so that teams faced rivals in their own division more often than teams from other divisions.
But the big story of the season was the arrival of two charismatic and talented rookies, Bird and Johnson, materializing on opposite coasts on the rosters of two of the NBA's most successful franchises. The turnaround in Boston was dramatic. Havlicek had retired after the 1978 season, and Boston went 29-53 in 1979. Along with Bird, the Celtics still had Cowens and third-year forward Cedric Maxwell up front, with Archibald and Chris Ford in the backcourt. The team posted a remarkable 61-21 record, a 32-game improvement. But Philadelphia won 59 games and behind Erving's stellar play, defeated the Celtics in five games to advance to the Finals.
In Los Angeles, the Lakers experienced a little "Magic," as Johnson's enthusiasm seemed to rejuvenate Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, propelling the Lakers to 60 wins and a berth in the NBA Finals. With Abdul-Jabbar leading the way and Johnson stepping in for the injured center in the clinching game, the Lakers won the first title of the 1980s in six games.
"IT'S MAGIC!" JOHNSON Abdul-Jabbar, who hadn't won an NBA title since 1971 with Milwaukee, dominated the NBA Finals as Johnson fed him the ball in all the right spots in the first five games. But Abdul-Jabbar badly twisted an ankle in Game 5, and couldn't make the trip to Philadelphia for Game 6.
The Lakers, figuring they had nothing to lose, came out and played loose in the Spectrum. Jamaal Wilkes enjoyed one of the finest games of his career and finished with 37 points. But the newspapers the next day heralded the only headline possible--"It's Magic!" Johnson, filling in for Abdul-Jabbar as the starting center and eventually playing every position in the court, scored 42 points, added 15 rebounds and seven assists as the Lakers wrapped up the title.
"We know you're hurting, big fella," Johnson said over live television for all America, and Abdul-Jabbar, to hear. "But we want you to get up and do a little dancin' tonight."

Most Valuable Player -- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, L.A. Lakers

NBA Finals MVP -- Magic Johnson, Los Angeles

Rookie of the Year -- Larry Bird, Boston

Budsmokers Only: Weekly Review!!

By Harry Pothead

For all my buddha luvas/budsmokers/indo chokers and those catchin contacts here is a weekly strain review of the best tweed strains a true chiefer can get their hands on anywhere in the world! Today we will start with a famous California strain used for medical marriage, yeah that Chronic!!! Enjoy!!

The Famous Grand Daddy Purple! Genetics-(Big Bud X Purple Kush) A pungent powerhouse producer. Cant open up a bag of this stuff inside buildings, unless you want that building to literally reek of Grand Daddy! Golden hairs cover these lavender/velvet and forest green buds, with a medium leaf to calyx ratio. Very enjoyable high, one of my favorite purple strains. Much more potent than most of the purple strains that sometimes can leave you a little less buzzed. Its real heavy in the eyes and face. Stereotyped half closed eyelids, giggly high. Great for wake and bakes, catching up with friends, or just impressing everyone with some syrupy cheescake smelling buds (Yep thats what it smells like). Great strain all around.This strain would benefit patients with Glaucoma, Anxiety, Depression, Gastrointestinal issues, Bi Polar disorder, Migraines, Apnea, Insomnia, Asthma

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T- Pain in the ass in Mzansi!!

By Ismael AbduSalaam
T-Pain’s performance at South Africa’s annual Macufe African Cultural Festival has been lambasted by local artists for the star’s alleged elitist and disrespectful behavior.

Several artists have reported that they were kicked out of the backstage changing area because T-Pain refused to share space with them.

Others stated they were harassed simply for attempting to watch the American star’s set from the vicinity of the stage.

Artist Thembi Seete verified that she had a confrontation with security guards, and feels that the U.S. artists look down on their peers from other countries.

“I want to thank Macufe organizers for allowing me to perform there, but what happened to me was unacceptable,” she explained to the Sunday World. “I wasn’t allowed to stand next to the stage when T-Pain was performing. It is sad that these U.S. artists think they are all that and [can] treat local artists the way they treated us.”

Seete’s manager Kgomo Modise said these issues are nothing new, and happen every time an international star makes their way to the country.

“My artist was seated next to the stage waiting to perform when local security guards came and ordered us to leave the vicinity,” Modise explained to Sunday World. “We asked him why because we had ‘all access’ cards and artists tags but he insisted we leave the place. It was only when we threatened to expose them in the media that they left us alone. It is bad that local artists are treated like this every time an international artist is here.”

Festival organizer Joe Chakela vehemently denied the accusations, but conceded there was a policy in place to make sure no artists remained on stage after a performance.

“People must not come with their own stories. Nobody was manhandled or chased away from the stage,” he stated. “The policy was that artists who had finished performing must not go on stage or near it to watch T-Pain perform.”

T-Pain is working on a new album, tentatively titled Revolver.

LeBron has a cancer scare!!!

ESPN.com news services
CLEVELAND -- Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James tells a newspaper that a cancer scare earlier this year was "nerve-racking" and had him on edge for a few days.
James
James had to wait for biopsy results in January after doctors at the Cleveland Clinic found a growth in the right side of his jaw. He tells The Plain Dealer that doctors didn't think it was cancer but had to make sure.
"I was working with some good professionals," James said. "They were telling me they didn't think it was cancer, but we had to be sure, of course."
He says his family was nervous, too. James says he was glad the season was under way, so he could focus on basketball.
It turned out the growth was benign. James had surgery to remove it in June, a few days after the Cavaliers' season ended.
"I wasn't scared," James said, "but it wasn't something I was comfortable with."
He says the week of bed rest following the operation was some of the best sleep he's ever had.

BET Hip-Hop Awards Goes Down!!

By: Ismael AbduSalaam

After the BET Awards’ dedication to Michael Jackson, which was met with mixed reviews, the network went back to the drawing board for the 2009 BET Hip-Hop Awards, held annually in Atlanta. In spite of the obvious skepticism, this year BET put together a surprisingly balanced event showcasing the underground, mainstream, and past stars of Hip-Hop culture.

Unfortunately, this year security was very strict about any type of cameras or recording materials. Of course, this couldn’t stop people from furiously tweeting throughout the show.
The festivities kicked off with an orchestral ensemble of drums and string instruments backing Young Jeezy, who came out promptly for the Blueprint 3 track “Real As It Gets.” Jeezy was shown love as a hometown favorite, but it was almost as if the crowd didn’t expect Jay to appear. When he did, there was a huge ovation as both men spit their verses in matching black outfits and mist effects behind them. In an allusion to his stolen MTV Awards moment last month, Jay hit his b-boy stance again, and thankfully this time pint-sized spoiler Lil Mama was nowhere to be seen.

Mike Epps was solid in the role of host, never going overboard with any jokes and keeping the crowd amused after being forced to repeat a segment several times for mispronouncing “choreographer.” (“I know how to say choreographer! You didn’t have to bring the white man out here.”). Of course he had Lil Mama jokes as well, explaining that she was really 46 years old, and just hopped on stage to check on her grandkids.

For 2009, this event’s theme was “Hip-Hop giving back.” Here, emcees got to answer the ever recurring question of what they were doing for their communities. The acknowledged organizations included 50 Cent’s G-Unity Foundation (http://www.gunityfoundation.org/), Busta Rhymes with the Orange Rock Corps (http://www.orangerockcorps.co.uk/), Young Jeezy’s Street Dreams Foundation (http://www.usda2day.com/), and Jim Jones with the Entertainers 4 Education (http://www.e4ea.org/).

Gucci Mane’s presence was the musical centerpiece of the show. The east Atlanta representer was a part of several performances, first starting with his verse on Mario’s hit single “Break Up.” His appearance was treated like a big event, and pyro flashed in the background as Gucci strutted on stage clad in a garish fur coat. His audience reception was bigger than Jay-Z’s and after Mario and his dancers vacated, Gucci went into “Wasted,” and OJ da Juiceman ran out to another huge ovation. It came across very good live, but we’ll see how it translates on TV.

Later, Gucci returned for protégé Soulja Boy’s “Gucci Bandana.” SB’s collection was determined by tweet requests from his over 1 million followers. Gucci was still the most popular rapper among the performing trio (SB, Shawty Lo, Gucci), but Shawty Lo’s appearance was the most memorable courtesy of an outfit ensemble featuring a Mary Poppins-esque umbrella and galoshes. Finally, Gucci ended his night hitting the stage with Wale and go-go band UCB for “Pretty Girls.”

The first great moment was Kid N Play coming out to hit their classic dance steps after the New Boyz claimed that “Hip-Hop needed a change” and they were bringing dance to the culture. Kid N Play brought everyone to their feet with their kick, spin routine, and encouraged the New Boyz to keep cultivating their sound.

Undoubtedly, the main reason to watch this show is for the three cyphers. DJ Premier was on the boards for all three, and the first featured Wale, Nipsey Hussle, G-SAN, and KRS-One. The preceding three did well, but as a veteran freestyler it was the Blastmaster who emerged with the best verse. The second group featured Nicki Minaj, Buckshot, Crown Royal, and Joe Budden. Minaj surprised many in the crowd with an engaging verse highlighted by a clear, precise flow, and several vocal inflection changes mimicking the chipmunk soul sample effect and the snobbish accent of an aristocrat. The flair and energy Minaj showed had everyone thinking she took this round. That is, until Joe Budden ended matters.

The controversial Jersey lyricist casually strolled front and center and shut down the mic. Even though this type of Atlanta crowd wasn’t familiar with his history, his bars were too good and an audience that was previously going wild over Soulja Boy and Gucci Mane was mesmerized by his performance. Even with the physical assault from the Wu and scrutiny from other vets like Melle Mel, Budden didn’t hesitate to throw a few subliminals their way (“I said something that got the vets upset/But I’m a student of the game/Not a teacher’s pet.”). There were further nice lines about artists needing majors to succeed, while he just needed an "ethernet cable,” which was juxtaposed with a previous line reference to the classic diss “Ether.”

And when everyone thought the cyphers were done, we saw Premier again flashed on the screen surrounded by Mos Def, Black Thought, and Eminem. Before they said a word, the crowd started buzzing and clapping (especially among press row), because anyone with a semblance of Hip-Hop awareness knew what was about to go down.

Mos started first, and ripped it with a verse showcasing veneration for Islam and its offshoots like the Nation of Gods and Earths. Midway, Mos started going back and forth between traditional rhyme schemes and the Jamaican toasting that originated Hip-Hop, eliciting claps from the audience. Black Thought went in next, and brought his usual rapid-fire, flawless flow. He spit longer than Mos, and got the crowd even more engaged as Eminem stood next to him nodding and taking in the bars. The crowd buzzed anytime Em appeared on screen, no doubt anticipating a great closer as each emcee’s verses built further anticipation.



People have marveled at Eminem’s verse of “Forever.” It you were impressed with that, just make sure to tune into this award show. I gave up trying to write down what he was saying because the flow was too nasty and fast for my hand, but I can verify the crowd went crazy when he brought an assonance heavy rhyme scheme that brought together several Arabic names to highlight how he was mixture of several figures like Barack Obama and Saddam Hussein. Honestly, once he finished the show could’ve ended right there.

Ice Cube was honored with the “I Am Hip-Hop Award,” acknowledging his achievements as an emcee, actor, and film producer. Chuck D introduced him, and Cube had words for both Hip-Hip newcomers and veterans.

“We gotta do what we feel. We can’t be slaves to video programmers, labels, or networks,” Cube explained. “To the veterans, don’t let yourself be pushed out… If you have a tongue, you’re not too old to rap.”



The closing performance was from the newly reunited Goodie Mob. Cee-Lo began the two-song set with a piano melody before going into the classic single “Cell Therapy.” ATL fans knew their history, and rose to their feet to sing along with the influential collective. They ended with Big Boi joining them for “Get Rich to This” to close out the show. While originally maligned by fans when it was released, fans gave the track love, and Goodie looked rejuvenated and ready for their just announced nationwide tour.

All in all, the BET’s 2009 Hip-Hop Awards has something for everyone. The award winners won’t be spoiled here, but the real meat and potatoes of the show are the cyphers and Ice Cube’s award win. In addition, the show will have an all-star remix (Snoop, Jim Jones, Soulja Boy, and Nipsey Hussle) of Dorrough’s “Ice Cream Paint Job,” Fabolous and the Dream (“Throw It in the Bag”), new tracks from Ludacris and Lil Scrappy, and Snoop Dogg featuring the Dream (“Gangsta Luv,” “Gin N Juice”).

Crack is Wack!!

For those of you who did not get to see Maia Campbell, spaz out on video, No-Phd got the footage you been waiting for. This girl is still fine, even after crack, but she do need help though!!! I told ya'll about California, that place can turn anybody out, ' and once a good girls gone bad she's gone forever!!'

Shyne going to LAX!!

SHYNE SIGNS TO BLACK WALL STREET AND CZAR ENT!
Well that was very fast! Jimmy Henchmen’s son – Lil Henchmen – posted the news! Shyne has signed with Black Wall Street and CZAR and his own Gangland. Peep the tweet!
Lil Henchmen:
"WELCOME HOME THE BIG HOMEY OF 'HIP-HOP' SHYNE!!!!! YES SHYNE IS HOME...... SHYNE IS NOW UNDER CZAR-ENT/BWS/GANGLAND ! cut the check suckerz"
Uh oh! I don’t think there are any wars about to break out. Lets just say that there are a few key people that need to do Shyne very nicely. Lets all get along and let us all make some GREEN. Me too…I need some green that doesn’t require me going to jail for 9 years

XXL Celebrates Def Jam's 25th!!

In celebration of Def Jam’s quarter century in the music business, XXL has selected a handful of the label’s roster, past and present, to grace the cover of the November issue. I think it's sad they couldn't get your boy LL, he is Def Jam, he didn't get along with Camel lips so Rick Rubin ain't even taking his calls!! Yo what happend to Fox???

Salute!!

Here is a beautiful, I mean BEAUTIFUL strong black woman who is promoting natural hair for the ladies. They need to listen and take advice from her instead of listening to Beyonce songs!!! Brazilian hair ain't an upgrade!!

What is a man to do??

When two sisters are looking that Good nothing can go bad!! I like to see the sisters of famous women, not like the Braxtons though, that nose only worked for Toni!! Meagan should keep her away from Weezy though!! 'I SUCK A PUSSY, FUCK A PUSSY!!' Those are his words not mine!!!