In today’s music industry, the market has made it extremely difficult for past artists to stay relevant with today’s time. With record sales being pissed out the back, its a struggle for artists to make a buck. Only a few can maintain their spot in the ring and Mariah is that chick. Her latest album, being her 11th, is flooded with quality tracks and genres that reach out to everyone. Believe me, there is something there for everyone. The girls can definitely vibe out to tracks like “I’ll Be Lovin’ U Long Time”, “Last Kiss” and the radio burner “Touch My Body”. While the guys can bang out bass-heavy tracks with the features of Damien Marley, T-Pain and Young Jeezy. Production on the album is contributed by Danja, Swizz Beatz, Tricky Stewart, DJ Toomp and, ofcourse, Jermaine Dupri. Whether you’re a fan or not, get used to a Mariah Carey summer. The radio stations are gonn grind her songs into the ground.

*She can still get it.

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The graffiti veteran is back on the surface. His latest attempt is one of his most impressive, as he paints his slogan “One Nation Under CCTV” on the side of the post office. FYI, that’s 3 stories high.

Source: HyperBeast

This video is too inspiring. I can never get bored of it. Watch how Chad strolls through and steals the show.
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Natasha Ramos – Midnight Hour (Produced by The Neptunes)

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*Link provided through Wale’s MySpace page.

23 year old Washington rapper, Wale, has finally hit the jackpot by signing a deal with Interscope. Don’t be surprised if you see his name being splatter over everyone’s records this coming summer. Since his signing with Interscope a couple weeks back, he has begun recording for his. Wale claims to have Just Blaze produce a fair chunk of the record. Interestin’!

Wale – Uptown Roamers *heavy beat

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Wale – Flashing Lights Freestyle

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Wale – Warm It Up Kane

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Lloyd Banks – Crack

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Lloyd Banks – I Am Legend

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Lloyd Banks – Money Rules The World

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They still doing this? Either way, roll one and roll back!

Usher feat Young Jeezy – In the Club: Chopped & Screwed by DJ Young Redd

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Direct quote from the VP of Maybach’s movement, “The Landaulet is for a superrich individual who wants something that is extremely extraordinary and enjoys being driven in a car with acres of sky above them.” This bad boy will be the first luxury whip to run for $1.35 million. Bananas!

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Madlib cuts through new material off Beat Konducta 5 and unreleashed remixes. He needs to do this more often. 2 fingers!

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Puma is too stupid to put these out. Wow! (Don’t call it a comeback . . . )

Easily the video of the month. Camoes are heavyyyy!
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French designer, Frédérique Daubal, has teamed up with Nokia for the latest release of the Crystal Prism. The inspiration came to the designer from the way crystals are formed. Along its neat layout, the Crystal Prism has a 2 mp camera, 1 GB of internal memory and a music player. Click here to learn more.

Source: TEC

Graphic Designer/Illustrator E. Jordan is heating the game with his unique style. View his gallery right here.

GQ magazine has put together a list of 50 most stylish men in the past 50 years. Winners on the list, which was no-brainer, included the likes of George Clooney, Michael Caine, Steve McQueen, Michael Jordan, Beck, Al Pacino and so on. The odd ball on the list award definitely goes to Woody Allen. How the hell did he make that one? Click here for the full slide show.
P.S. – These are some of the dopest snaps captured by vet photographers.
P.S.S. – Andre 3000 beat both KanYe and Pharrell, hah.

Pics via GQ

This is my shiiiiiiiiiiiiit! Peep the GUEST appearance. Mad props to the creators!
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I know these are waay over due. Enjoy!

Sticks doing an interview with Wanna Be A Star.

Yessurr! I should have this on the intro page.

Wong’s magic. TopBlack everyday!

Wong working that magic.

Courtesy of Wizard Wong.

Heavy!

Too much going on.

This is the scene from Akira that Ye re-created for his Stronger video. If you don’t know Akira, shame on you!
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