Lately, I’ve been on this Boricua craze with one of my amigos.
Women, pasteles, rooting for Miguel Cotto, and days of listening to Lavoe, Marc Anthony and Santa Rosa on the iPod.
I don’t know what’s happening, but I’ve become a Boricua enthusiast within the last month or so.
Anyways, this is Hector Lavoe live in [...]

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Last night, I was running through my extensive CD collection and got down to ranking all my favorite albums, songs, and artists. I actually had fun doing it late into the night.
All of this is in order and I figure I’ll raise some eyebrows here and there, but my list is my list.
I will always [...]

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Chip on my shoulder
Big enough to feed Cambodia
See I never fit into they quotas
Sneakers wasn’t fittin’ and my knees needed lotion
Long before I knew the significance of a comb
I roam like phone with no vocal reception
Immigrant parents had me feeling like a step kid
And black Americans never did accept me
That’s why I thrive so much [...]

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Event: Melissa’s 25th Birthday Party
Location: The Volstead
This past Saturday, I attended the birthday party of my friend for close to 20 years, Melissa. I’ve known this fabulous girl since Kindegarten.
I remember when me and her used to arrive at school at the same time when we were 5; and she would cry all the [...]

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Two Fridays ago, I came home from a long day of work and logged onto my Twitter account at about midnight. I was about to scroll through to see what people were talking about. To my surprise, I saw something I would never imagine seeing as the #1 trending topic and that was rapper Jay-Z.
While [...]

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The feature cut, “You’re My Life,” from the new Rik Cordero movie “Inside A Change.”
A special shout-out to my close friend J.A.M.E.S. Watts for continuing to raise the bar on his new song. A true inspiration for his hard work and creativity.
For more info on J.A.M.E.S, visit his website
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A girl I grew up with from Kindergarten till 8th grade and then out in Westchester for 2 collegiate years. I’m happy to see that she’s done everything from billboards in Times Square to Hip-Hop videos. Kudos.
As for the video, its weak. I actually dig the song when I’m in the club, but in the [...]

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Jay-Z My President is black Remix LIVE 1-18-09 from pleasedontstare on Vimeo.
For one day - MLK day which is today…
I knew Jeezy was going to be out in DC considering he got a song called “My President is Black” which Hov appears on the “D.C. Mix” (and destroys lyrically) at “Love” (A guess, but Jeezy [...]

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A new commercial and joint from my close friend J.A.M.E.S. Watts. Inspired by the movie Juno. Creative, fun, and chill is the three words I use to describe this song.
James Watts - The Gray Area (listen here)
“The Gray Area” Commercial from J.A.M.E.S. WATTS on Vimeo.

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“The Quickstrike” (Click on link)
Earlier this year, James Watts was asked to appear on the popular mixtape titled “HypeClub,” which is put out by HypeBeast.Com yearly. At the same time of the request, his “Twelve Minute Mixtape” hit the net. Compiled of six songs each at a length of two minutes, the mixtape had popular [...]

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