Q: What is it like trying to break the color line from the other side?

Thicke: When I did a recent interview with Vibe magazine I asked, “Why can’t I get the cover? This is a magazine I love. If there’s one magazine that I’d want to be on the cover of, it’s Vibe.” Their response was they don’t have white artists on the cover; that the only white artist they’ve had on the cover was Eminem. I guess if that’s what it is, it is what it is. And I respect that because I live in a house with a black woman.

I won’t use the word “racism.” I will say it’s a tough — but rewarding — fight.

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Not feeling the reverse racism by Vibe magazine, a Robin Thicke cover would sell in the black community.

Sen. John McCain has picked Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate, a senior McCain campaign official told CNN on Friday. Palin, 44, who’s in her first term as governor, is a pioneering figure in Alaska, the first woman and the youngest person to hold the state’s top political job.

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Is this a move by McCain to get some Hillary supporters?

Here I am   Props to Onsmash

Kobe MVP… this year is the year Laker fans… (here comes the hate) Jason Kidd gold medal giveaway below:

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Statik Selektah, spell his name right

90% done w/ his album, coming out late october…

LOUD.com, a top-rated growing online resource for aspiring recording artists and producers, has successfully launched its second $100,000 Online Rap Battle and Producer Challenge. Scores of users have already visited LOUD.com and registered to compete to win the mammoth cash prize and recording contract with SRC/ Universal Motown. Over 2,000 entries have already been cast for the contest’s first round.

The current competition not only grants registered users the chance to upload their original compositions as entries for the chance to win the big prize, but also allows multiple users to work collaboratively to enter. The main contest tool is LOUD.com’s patented Online Recording Studio.  This virtual studio houses brand new tracks from some of hip-hop’s biggest producers (including Sha Money XL, Play*N*Skillz, DJ Green Lantern, Havoc of Mobb Deep, DJ Khaled and Cool and Dre). With just a few clicks registered users can begin laying their vocals over these beats and then entering the finished songs in the competition without any additional hardware.

For all you up and coming rappers/producers, submit your work, you never know.  Its time to put your work to the test.  The judges are some of the top producers in hip-hop, if your work is hot, they should know. The rest of the press release is below: read more »