I'm from the place where hardcore is beautiful

So goes a portion of the chorus from AZ's hot joint, The Come Up. With DJ Premier laying down the smacketh, this track comes off as the smoothest thing this year since sliced bread. So to take it to the opposite extreme of musical wizardy, there's some dude named Cowboy Troy, who I will not do the free publicity of linking to his site directly because that would be a heinous breach of integrity on my part and constitute of conflict of interest for which I will burn. So anyways, he shouldn't be hard to find, but let's just say that his fan club is called the Hick-Hop Federation. Nuff Said.

And in other head-shaking events, I do not know when this picture was taken or where it was from (I'm guessing a lakers game) but this shT is HILARIOUS.


It pains to me to see that gun play is not just a American 'hood phenomenon. But what is really beautiful is the announcement of Michaelle Jean as Canada's new Governor General. She is replacing Adrienne Clarkson, who was born in Hong Kong. Mrs. Jean, a Haitian-Canadian, is now a new role model for people whom just her ascent will do much to uplift their lives. And that truly is beaitiful.