OMG!! Does Supra ever stop?!! NOOOOOOO!

Supra NS Trinity - White

It seems like there's a never ending supply of hotness coming from Supra. Just when you thought that after so many nice releases you would be bound to see a bad one, Supra then hits you with another pair of really hot kicks. Here you have the Supra NS Trinity in a pure white colorway. We're not sure what makes this all white shoe so great. Is it the crackled leather and the croc skin? Or is it the elegant style of these hi-tops? Maybe it's a combination of both. However, I'm not too big on straps. Anyhow, the shoes will retail for $210 and will be available at Supra dealers.

Found at Hype beast. only problem is the lame writer hates straps. While I can't speak for Travis, I myself Love the Strap on that thing, All I'd need is a matching belt and I'd be over! hahah like Busta said him self: " When I step up in the Place, Ay Yo I step Correct! Woo Ha! I got you all in check!" hahahahaha

Glow in the Dark Mixtape [DL]

OKay OKay OKay! Now don't hate on me for this; I don't really know how Authentic this Mixtape is. But I found it on a blog during a blogspot search, and the kid there said he made the album art. Although he didn't say whether or not he made the mixtape. But either way it's tracks You might want.


Tracklist:

Intro 1:17 Mahito Yokota

Locked Away 3:30 Mickey Factz, N.E.R.D.

Gold Watch 4:13 Lupe Fiasco

Good Girl Gone Bad 3:30 Rihanna

Hey Mama (2008 Studio Version) 2:38 Kanye West

Dumb It Down (Live) 3:32 Lupe Fiasco

Sell Me Candy 2:46 Rihanna

International Swagger 4:14 Pharrell

Flashing Lights(Remix) exclusive 3:58 Kanye West, Dwele, Colin Munroe

Tape You/Nasty Naughty 7:41 N.E.R.D.

Push Up On Me 3:15 Rihanna

What It Do 3:57 Lupe Fiasco

Hater Family 3:36 PM

I was Waiting For You 2:49 N.E.R.D.

I Wonder Freestyle Live 3:26 Kanye West

Streets On Fire 4:40 Lupe Fiasco

Umbrella (Unplugged) 4:39 Rihanna

Good Night 3:07 Kanye West, Mos Def

Finer Things (Bonus Track) 4:15 Felli Fel, Neyo, Fabolous, Kanye, JD

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Fresh New Music!!!!!!

Kevin Michael "Ain't Got You"

One of the best young singers out right now. Yes even better than Chris Brown (vocal wise). He is like a mixture of John Legend, Prince, and Maxwell all in one. Very talented vocalist and soulful singer. With two previous singles released "It Don't Make Any Difference To Me" and "We All Want The Same Thing". This is his 3rd single from his self titled album Kevin Michael. Get into it!

Estelle feat. Kanye West "American Boy"

This is song is hot. And Kanye delivers yet another BANGER! But the verdict is still out on whether we are feeling this Estelle chick or not. I mean her voice is average nothing spectacular or great like Jill Scott or Marsha from Floetry, and her rapping style is a far cry from that of Lauryn Hill's. Maybe we are asking for too much from her. But this song and video is hot nonetheless. Check it out!

Thanks to http://freshfromthestreetz.blogspot.com/ Check the Site they keep it nice!!!

Hip Hop Roots Awareness: Poppin/Boogaloo

What is "Funk Styles"?

In the 80's when streetdancing blew up, the media often incorrectly used the term "breakdancing" as an umbrella term for most the streetdancing styles that they saw. What many people didn't know was this within these styles, other sub-cultures existed, each with their own identities.

Breakdancing, or b-boying as it is more appropriately known as, is known to have its roots in the east coast and was heavily influenced by break beats and hip hop. The term "funk styles" was coined to give what we do it's own identity and separate it from hip-hop. Popping, locking and boogaloo were styles that were created in the WEST COAST during the FUNK ERA, and while these styles were adopted into the hip-hop movement, its roots should still be recognized as pure funk. Hence the term, FUNK STYLES.

The Birth of Popping and Boogaloo Style

In a town called Fresno, California, there lived a shy boy named Sam. Inspired to create his own style of dance after seeing the original Lockers perform on TV, in 1975 Sam started putting together movements which later became known as boogaloo or boog style.

The name came from the old James Brown song "Do the Boogaloo". One day when Sam was dancing around the house, his uncle said "Boy, do that boogaloo!" A puzzled Sam asked his uncle, "What's boogaloo?". "That means you're gettin down" his uncle replied. From that day on he was known as Boogaloo Sam.

Not many people know what boogaloo style is or how to do it. Boogaloo is a fluid style that uses every part of the body. It involves using angles and incorporating fluid movements to make everything flow together, often using rolls of the hips, knees, head. Making your legs do wierd things, and covering a lot of space on stage using "walkouts" or other transitions to get from one spot to the next spot. Although it is described as fluid, please note that boogaloo is different from the style known as waving.

Popping was another style created by Sam. People get confused about what this style is. They think it is the name for all the styles that came out of the funk movement (1970's California). It is not. Popping is a style in itself, that involves snapping the legs back, and flexing your muscles continuously to the beat to give a jerky/snapping effect. Popping is a unique style. It's not the universal name for all the funk styles. If you pop, then you're a popper. If you wave, then you're a waver. If you Boogaloo, you're a boogalooer, and so on.

Sam would say the word "pop" (under his breath) every time he flexed while he danced, similar to the way someone might make machine noises when they do the robot, Sam would say the word "pop, pop, pop". People would always say to him, "Hey do that popping stuff!"

A lot of people ask what Electric Boogaloo style is. Electric Boogaloo style is combining popping and boogaloo style together. The two styles compliment each other well and is known worldwide as the signature style of the EB's.

OTHER STYLES

While Sam was creating popping and boogaloo, others were creating and practicing unique styles of their own. Back in the day many different areas in the west coast were known for their own distinct styles, each with their own rich history behind them. Some of these areas included Oakland, Sacramento and San Fransisco.

Although the EB's primarily pop and boogaloo, we still like to mix it up and encourage all dancers out there to learn and mix other styles as well.

Some of these styles include:

Air posing Animation Boogaloo Bopping Centipede Crazy Legs Cobra Dime Stopping

Filmore Floating/Gliding Hitting Popping Puppet Robot Saccin Scarecrow

Snaking Spiderman Sticking Strobing Strutting Ticking Tutting Waving

The Electric Boogaloos would like to give respect to the other OGs and innovators of all styles who contributed to make the street dance scene what it is today. Keep the funk alive!

These are two videos By a new Dude on the Block, that reminds me of the Electric Boogaloos. His name is Poppin John, but he actually in these two videos does everything discussed in the text above. But he mostly Pops and Boogaloos and Tuts. You'll Notice Tuttin because it looks like Egyptian stuff, it's also known as the "boxes" Chris Brown makes in his videos.

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Video two:

Glow in the Dark Tour Dates

Glow in The Dark Tour ft Lupe Fiasco, N.E.R.D. & Rihanna
4/16 - Seattle, WA @ Key Arena
4/18 - Sacramento, CA @ ARCO Arena
4/19 - San Jose, CA @ HP Pavilion
4/20 - San Diego, CA @ Sports Arena
4/21 - Los Angeles, CA @ Nokia Theatre
4/24 - * Tucson, AZ @ University of Arizona's McKale Auditorium
4/25 - * Las Vegas, NV @ Red Rock Casino Resort Spa
4/26 - * Albuquerque, NM @ Journal Pavilion
4/27 - Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center
4/29 - Oklahoma City, OK @ Ford Center
4/30 - Austin, TX @ Frank Irwin Center
5/1 - Dallas, TX @ SuperPages.com Center
5/2 - Houston, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
5/4 - Atlanta, GA @ Gwinette Arena
5/5 - Tampa, FL @ Ford Amphitheatre
5/6 - W. Palm Beach, FL @ Cruzan Amphitheatre
5/8 - Charlotte, NC @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
5/9 - Raleigh, NC @ Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
5/10 - Washington, DC @ Nissan Pavilion
5/11 - Virginia Beach, VA @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
5/13 - New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
5/15 - Boston, MA @ Tweeter Center
5/16 - Hartford, CT @ North East Dodge Music Center
5/17 - Philadelphia, PA @ Susquehana Bank Center
5/18 - Scranton, PA @ Toyota Pavilion
5/20 - Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
5/21 - Toronto, ON @ Molson Centre
5/22 - Auburn Hills, MI @ The Palace of Auburn Hills
5/23 - Chicago, IL @ United Center
5/24 - Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center
5/27 - Saskatoon, SK @ Credit Union Centre
5/29 - Edmonton, AB @ Rexall Palace
5/30 - Calgary, AB @ Saddledome


Lupe Fiasco - More Tour Dates
2/26 - Occidental College, Valencia, California
3/01 - Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
3/02 - Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
3/25 - Great Hall Fredricksburg, Virginia
3/29 - University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
4/09 - Ferrum College, Ferrum, Virginia
4/10 - St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
4/11 - Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

And for everybody who was Excited about Lupe Fiasco being at Dook (aka Duke) University in April, Get Un-Excited, because of scheduling conflicts (Glow in the Dark Tour) he won't be able to make it. But they did replace him with The Roots, and its still a FREE SHOW...So Nobody really loses because in the press release they said that Lupe will try and get to Dook sometime in the Fall...(side note: Go to the better school Lupe...UNC-Chapel Hill)

Found at www.Lupethefiasco.blogspot.com check the site, they keep it mad nice.

MJ's Thriller Returns

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25 years later, Jackson's 'Thriller' remains the one to beat

By Steve Jones, USA TODAY

Michael Jackson thrilled the world 25 years ago with Thriller, and he's ready to do it again, this time with help from some friends.

He celebrates the lasting success of his masterpiece with the release today of Thriller 25, an expanded anniversary version of the nine-song original that includes seven bonus tracks. Among them: remakes featuring collaborations with Akon, will.i.am and Fergie, and updated vocals and production by Jackson. Kanye West contributes a remix, Billie Jean 2008. The set closes with For All Time, a song recorded but not finished during the 1982 Thriller sessions.

Also included is a bonus DVD with the Thriller, Beat It and Billie Jean videos and Jackson's Emmy-nominated performance of Billie Jean from the NBC special Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever.

The set comes in three versions: one with original cover art, one with a new "zombie" cover and a deluxe edition with a booklet.

Thriller sold more than 27 million copies in the USA, and Jackson earned a record-setting eight Grammys and 12 nominations in 1984. The album transformed pop music with its groundbreaking videos and an unprecedented seven top 10 singles.

Producer Quincy Jones says he's amazed the songs are still club staples.

"I'm astounded by it," Jones says. "I just went around the world — Cambodia, China, Brazil, Africa — and at (midnight), they're playing Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' or Billie Jean. It blows my mind that a record stands up that long."

Fledgling MTV, which until Thriller hadn't played videos by black artists, took off once Billie Jean and Beat It hit the airwaves. "Michael and MTV rode each other to glory," Jones says.

Then came the 14-minute Thriller video. "That defined the standards for video."

Will.i.am, who produced new versions of Beat It, The Girl Is Mine and P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing), says the album inspired him as a youngster.

"It was the first time you saw things that were happening in the ghettos, and kids in the suburbs were copying it," he says. "It was like Broadway fused with street performance, and his wardrobe was fly. He made it possible to be yourself, and be free, and just do you."

The new album is part of a year-long celebration. Legacy Recordings today launches a 40-episode Thrillercast podcast available through iTunes, Zune, RSS and michaeljackson.com, featuring celebrities talking about hearing the original album. Also, XM Satellite Radio will launch a new channel, XM Thriller, dedicated to Jackson's music, which airs in March.

Thriller (25th Anniversary Edition) Track Listing

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Click to listen to Music Samples

			Song Title
		1.	Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
		2.	Baby Be Mine
		3.	Girl Is Mine, The - (featuring Paul McCartney)
		4.	Thriller
		5.	Beat It - (featuring Eddie Van Halen)
		6.	Billie Jean
		7.	Human Nature
		8.	P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
		9.	Lady In My Life, The
		10.	Vincent Price Excerpt - (from "Thriller" voice-over session)
		11.	Girl Is Mine, The - (previously unreleased, 2008, featuring Will.i.am)
		12.	P.Y.T. - (previously unreleased, 2008, featuring Will.i.am)
		13.	Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' - (previously unreleased, 2008, featuring Akon)
		14.	Beat It - (2008, featuring Fergie)
		15.	Billie Jean - (Kanye West mix)
		16.	For All Time - (previously unreleased)

Lupe's lupEND to Become a Double Album??

Word has it Mr. Fiasco wants to make the 1984-inspired Streets on Fire the basis for his third and final album.

"It shows this really weird world that's half-destroyed. I think storytelling is one of my strong suits and I might expand on that song," he says.

"I've been planning this real grandoise idea, which I'm still battling with. So many good ideas are coming out of it. So far, it's all only in my head."

Its still unknown whether or not if those ideas will formulate into his next album. So will it??

"I don't know," he says. "I'm about 85% certain that LupEND will be my last record, and what's stopping me is these ideas from Streets On Fire.

"See, that could be a concept record before LupEND. But I've said for so long my third record would be my last. Hey, maybe I could do a double album!"