New York rapper Joell Ortiz plans to give his fans a minuscule taste of what is to come in the near future with an EP called Farewell Summer. His Yaowa mixtape and album by the name Free Agent are supposed to be coming soon.
One song has been released from the extended play is "Battle Cry", a song where Joell Ortiz demonstrates his consistency and premier lyrical ability. Ortiz is one of the most vivid at describing where he is from. Here he says," I from where the cut throats cut coke".
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Saturday, September 4, 2010
B.o.B- Magic featuring Rivers Cuomo of Weezer
B.o.B shows his versatility in "Magic", his most pop friendly effort yet. Rivers Cuomo makes the chorus sound really lighthearted and fun to listen to. For what it is, the video is pretty simple and non-innovative but once again lighthearted. Nothing
The Ravens Sculpt Roster to Their Liking, Ousting Two Fan Favorites in the Process.
Two players thought to be retained on the 53 man roster, quarterback Troy Smith and wide receiver Demetrius Williams were waived today by the Baltimore Ravens.
Today teams were required to cut their roster down to 53 players. This meant several players would be traded, waived or put on PUP or Injured Reserve.
Smith was drafted in the fifth round of the 2007 draft by the Ravens after winning the Heisman Trophy his senior year in college. One he arrived in town he never really earned many chances to start. He started two games his rookie year because quarterbacks Steve Mcnair and Kyle Boller both got injured during the season.
After his rookie year, he was pretty much deemed a backup. The John Harbaugh regime began its reign in Smith's second year and in the same year quarterback Joe Flacco was drafted in the first round pretty much declaring him "quarterback of the future". This left 26 year old Smith in an unenviable position falling victim to a tonsil infection, losing the competition for the starting position in the process. From this point, Smith was sentenced to the back-up position and once the Ravens signed veteran Marc Bulger, he became expendable.
Now the team's choice to keep only Flacco and Bulger on the roster has left Smith without a job.
27 year old Demetrius Williams fell under a similar series of circumstances. He was once the chosen receiver when he first arrived in Baltimore because of his potential to create big plays. As time went on his potential remained just that, he never became the dominating force people expected him to be.
This offseason proven veterans at the wide receiver position were signed and younger players demonstrated their team value outshined his.
Other noteworthy players waived were: Shayne Graham, Justin Harper and KJ Gerard.
Where will these players end up is yet to be seen? There is no doubt a market for players of their talent is open and these players will be picked up soon to add depth at their respective positions.
Today teams were required to cut their roster down to 53 players. This meant several players would be traded, waived or put on PUP or Injured Reserve.
Smith was drafted in the fifth round of the 2007 draft by the Ravens after winning the Heisman Trophy his senior year in college. One he arrived in town he never really earned many chances to start. He started two games his rookie year because quarterbacks Steve Mcnair and Kyle Boller both got injured during the season.
After his rookie year, he was pretty much deemed a backup. The John Harbaugh regime began its reign in Smith's second year and in the same year quarterback Joe Flacco was drafted in the first round pretty much declaring him "quarterback of the future". This left 26 year old Smith in an unenviable position falling victim to a tonsil infection, losing the competition for the starting position in the process. From this point, Smith was sentenced to the back-up position and once the Ravens signed veteran Marc Bulger, he became expendable.
Now the team's choice to keep only Flacco and Bulger on the roster has left Smith without a job.
27 year old Demetrius Williams fell under a similar series of circumstances. He was once the chosen receiver when he first arrived in Baltimore because of his potential to create big plays. As time went on his potential remained just that, he never became the dominating force people expected him to be.
This offseason proven veterans at the wide receiver position were signed and younger players demonstrated their team value outshined his.
Other noteworthy players waived were: Shayne Graham, Justin Harper and KJ Gerard.
Where will these players end up is yet to be seen? There is no doubt a market for players of their talent is open and these players will be picked up soon to add depth at their respective positions.
Fabolous Banking on Popular Underground Work.
Fabolous plans on cashing in on superb mixtape , There is no Competition 2: The Funeral Service, and promoting upcoming album Loso's Way 2 by selling an EP labeled with a similar nomenclature, There Is No Competition 2: The Grieving Music Mixtape.
The compilation is a 10 track set featuring the best of the mixtape like "Tonight" featuring fellow Desert Storm artist Red Cafe and the remix to the dark, Cam'ron and Vado assisted "Body Bag".
The EP is available on iTunes and other music stores.
The compilation is a 10 track set featuring the best of the mixtape like "Tonight" featuring fellow Desert Storm artist Red Cafe and the remix to the dark, Cam'ron and Vado assisted "Body Bag".
The EP is available on iTunes and other music stores.
T-Pain- Rap Song featuring Rick Ross
T-Pain ft Rick Ross - Rap Song | Audio | Rap Basement
T-Pain knows he made the auto-tune trend popular and obviously won't stop until he's ready to regardless of what anyone else deemed "dead". Here is telling a girl he will make love to her while listening to random rap songs.
Rick Ross is also featured here but doesn't make the song sound anymore ridiculous then it already is.
T-Pain knows he made the auto-tune trend popular and obviously won't stop until he's ready to regardless of what anyone else deemed "dead". Here is telling a girl he will make love to her while listening to random rap songs.
Rick Ross is also featured here but doesn't make the song sound anymore ridiculous then it already is.
Friday, September 3, 2010
Ed Reed to Start the Season on PUP List.
Did we honestly expect Reed to be ready by week one when the Ravens travel to the New Netherlands to battle the New York Jets? If so... surprise!
Reed is still rehabilitating his hip after having it surgically repaired in May so he will not be returning to the field anytime soon. He missed all of training camp and the preseason.
Landing on the Physically Unable to Perform list (PUP list) means Reed will miss the first six games of the regular season. Reed not even be allowed to practice with the team until he is removed from the list.
Third year player Tom Zbikowski has performed extremely well in the preseason and makes me feel a little better about the absence of the Ravens' best defensive player.
Reed is still rehabilitating his hip after having it surgically repaired in May so he will not be returning to the field anytime soon. He missed all of training camp and the preseason.
Landing on the Physically Unable to Perform list (PUP list) means Reed will miss the first six games of the regular season. Reed not even be allowed to practice with the team until he is removed from the list.
Third year player Tom Zbikowski has performed extremely well in the preseason and makes me feel a little better about the absence of the Ravens' best defensive player.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
The Final Preseason Game is a Key to the Future For Some.
There is no such thing as a meaningless game, especially when livelihoods are at stake. Tonight the Ravens will take the field with the St. Louis Rams to do the same thing every other team plans on doing, assessing what talent they should keep and which ones they should cast off.
Young players like cornerback Prince Miller will receive a huge opportunity to leave a lasting impression on the coaches. His first impression was a very good one returning a punt for 43 yards in his first preseason game versus the Carolina Panthers in conjunction with exhibiting good coverage skills against the likes of Armanti Edwards and Dwayne Jarrett. Miller is a new father as of a few weeks ago and having a roster spot would make his families future look much more secure.
Do Curtis Steele and Jalen Parmele stick around? Both are behind excellent running backs in Ray Rice and Willis Mcgahee and fullback/runningback hybrid Leron McClain, all of whom will share carries this year. Neither back has given anyone reason to guarantee them a place. Parmele may have an edge because his experience as a special teamer. Parmele returned kickoffs successfully last year finishing with an average of 31 yards/return in the regular season. Steele is inexperienced and hasn't shown well in preseason but busted a few eye-popping runs in training camp. A good performance tonight may decide whether or not he is worth keeping on the practice squad.
Underachieving wide receiver Demetrius Williams is also on the bubble after years of not tapping his potential and an offseason of new receiver acquisitions in Anquan Boldin, Dante Stallworth and David Reed. Williams has shown he can get deep and make big plays on occasion but has not been able to stay healthy and dominate consistently enough to be a mainstay. He will see a lot of time in this final preseason game because the coaching staff must see if he is the player best suited to be that fourth (while Stallworth is injured) or fifth receiver.
If not, there are even younger receivers like Marcus Smith and David Reed who could be valuable options for that final receiver spot. Smith is a standout special teams player posting six tackles last season but has never caught a pass in the regular season. Fortunately for him, he is catching passes in the preseason so a strong performance helps his cause.
David Reed left Utah State with a reputation as a tough, strong handed receiver who could go over the middle and take hits. So far, the Ravens haven't seen a whole lot of that. Reed dropped a lot of passes in training camp and besides the four catch performance he put against the Redskins, we haven't seen much else from him on offense. He is capable of returning kicks which makes all the more valuable.
To the dismay of a few, some of these players won't be a Raven much longer. There are numerical requirement teams must follow and in order to comply cuts must be made.
Young players like cornerback Prince Miller will receive a huge opportunity to leave a lasting impression on the coaches. His first impression was a very good one returning a punt for 43 yards in his first preseason game versus the Carolina Panthers in conjunction with exhibiting good coverage skills against the likes of Armanti Edwards and Dwayne Jarrett. Miller is a new father as of a few weeks ago and having a roster spot would make his families future look much more secure.
Do Curtis Steele and Jalen Parmele stick around? Both are behind excellent running backs in Ray Rice and Willis Mcgahee and fullback/runningback hybrid Leron McClain, all of whom will share carries this year. Neither back has given anyone reason to guarantee them a place. Parmele may have an edge because his experience as a special teamer. Parmele returned kickoffs successfully last year finishing with an average of 31 yards/return in the regular season. Steele is inexperienced and hasn't shown well in preseason but busted a few eye-popping runs in training camp. A good performance tonight may decide whether or not he is worth keeping on the practice squad.
Underachieving wide receiver Demetrius Williams is also on the bubble after years of not tapping his potential and an offseason of new receiver acquisitions in Anquan Boldin, Dante Stallworth and David Reed. Williams has shown he can get deep and make big plays on occasion but has not been able to stay healthy and dominate consistently enough to be a mainstay. He will see a lot of time in this final preseason game because the coaching staff must see if he is the player best suited to be that fourth (while Stallworth is injured) or fifth receiver.
If not, there are even younger receivers like Marcus Smith and David Reed who could be valuable options for that final receiver spot. Smith is a standout special teams player posting six tackles last season but has never caught a pass in the regular season. Fortunately for him, he is catching passes in the preseason so a strong performance helps his cause.
David Reed left Utah State with a reputation as a tough, strong handed receiver who could go over the middle and take hits. So far, the Ravens haven't seen a whole lot of that. Reed dropped a lot of passes in training camp and besides the four catch performance he put against the Redskins, we haven't seen much else from him on offense. He is capable of returning kicks which makes all the more valuable.
To the dismay of a few, some of these players won't be a Raven much longer. There are numerical requirement teams must follow and in order to comply cuts must be made.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Cee-Lo- F*** You
The profanity littered online phenomena that is Cee-Lo's old school ode to heartbreak, "F*** You", has an official video to match the vibe and era that inspired the sound. This track is to appear on Cee-Lo's next solo project Cee-Lo Green is a Lady Killer
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