Shooting Gallery #2

Photo by: DerrickT


Pre -Valentines Edition
Feb 12, 2009


The Day the Muzak stopped
It was reported on Nightly News that Muzak has filed for bankruptcy. Thats right the people who make elevator muzak not the singer from philly. Unfortunately Muzak is not going to go away the filing is a business move to stay afloat. I hate Muzak it makes the dentist office even worse and reminds me of pathmark.


The New Disrespect
By now you are aware that 50 cent and Rick Ross are beefing. Im pretty sure you dont care either however on top of their equally corny diss records have been some youtube madness.
50 threatens Dj Khaleds mom and takes Rick Ross' baby mama and her friend shopping after a quick interview. Im not sure how that hurts Ross but it is funny. Now when Jayz slept with Nas baby momma we all went WOW, but shopping?!! I know exactly how to get you back take someone shopping.Man bags and skinny jeans now this. Rappers are getting less masculine by the moment



Words of Wisdom
Only fools rush in. Its the second mouse that gets the cheese from the trap.

shoot the messenger

Fashion Magazine one year anniversary party

Fashion week is here!
Got this invite from our friends in 'Way Over Budget'...please support

Come kick off Fashion Week with Pinstripe Magazine (www.pinstripemag.com) and Kicks And Toys Magazine (www.kicksandtoys.com) as they celebrate their one year anniversaries this Thursday Feb. 12th at Greenhouse (150 Varick St). Complimentary beverages from 9-11pm courtesy of Corona and Ron Barcelo Rum (www.ron-barcelo.com). Rsvp to poull@wayoverbudget.com for guest list no later than 12noon Thursday.

Please click here to view the official invitation:
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Cotton Club

Emperial Nation Historical Fact of today:

Did you know??

Cotton Club:
The predecessor of the Cotton Club was Club DeLux which was owned by heavyweight champion Jack Johnson.
Johnson sold his club to gangster Owney Madden.
Madden changed the name to Cotton Club to make the club appear as a stylish plantation.
In its prime, the Cotton Club was the king of New York City nightlife,
only the wealthy elite, celebrities and notorious could get in ..







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Calling all Producers and Beat Makers

photo by: Darwin Bell

Hey All,

Thanks for the love and the suggestions on how to update and upgrade our brand new website. As you can see, we have a movie that plays on the homepage. The theme song is "Get Ready." While creating the site we sorta kinda thought that song fit because we were trying to get our launch on...
Now, we have launched and are HERE! We need an NEW instrumental that will give life to our new one minute piece. If you want to have your track be the background audio of our new 1 minute video video please email us:

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Many Many Many Mey – Dynamite Custom Show

Big Show on Saturday Night! Its the 6th Anniversary Special: Many Many Many Mey – Dynamite Custom Show presented by Fig Lab and Mishka. The show is a collection of over 40 artist customized figures from all over the world. GID finger puppets and full-size Many Mey GID blanks will be on sale.

Show info:
Saturday – February 7th
Time: 7pm to 10pm
Address: 350 Broadway space in Brooklyn

Rugged N Raw....

Damn, he really sounds like Wu Tang. One of them anyway. While I hate to critique music by throwing together a myriad of rappers and painting the artist in question as a hybrid of the known, the resemblance is inevitable. Rugged N Raw sounds a little like Ghostface Killah.

Take that with a grain of salt because while Ghostface spent his tenure as an emcee rhyming amongst many and created introspective heavy tracks, Rugged's style is more hubris, more attention-demanding and whimsical. How hubris? As much so as the "I'm Better Than You" t-shirt available for sale on his Myspace page. How whimsical? His strength is his lyrical jovialness. He's playful, as exemplified by lyrics such as "the only way that I'm riding dirty, is if the pissy cars on the train goin' take me" on "Broke n Proud", the reverse anthem for those few who take pride in a meager existence.

The album doesn't have a cohesive message, but it doesn't need one either. I can't critique an artist for what he is not attempting to do. Perhaps this is purposely done to emulate someone with a dose of Truth Serum -Unconsciously spilling the beans…without a care…without control. Truth Serum plays like one freestyle. You may not know more about him by the close of the album, but the truth is, he may not want you to.

Great tracks on this album are:

• That's What It Is ft HiCoup
  


• Broke N Proud ft. Hasan Salaam
  


• I'll Stay
  

Purchase the album here:
http://www.ruggednraw.com/
-Makila M.

Emperial Nation; ALPHA-TEAM

Hey Guys,

Our friends from Emperial Nation sent us this Historical Fact today:

ALPHA PHI ALPHA:

Alpha Phi Alpha is the first established African American intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity.A handful of African American students at Cornell University founded this organization to unite against the intense racial environment on campus. The founders of this fraternity went on to become prominent professors, physicians and architects.

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