Both artist are backed by major artist, with Lil Wayne praising Drake’s abilities and Kanye West co-signing Kid Cudi’s music. Kid Cudi’s track, “Day N Nite,” was a major success and he has more potential hits with, “Sky May Fall,” & “Pokerface.”

Drake, “So Far Gone,” mixtape is one of the most popular tapes of the year. “Best I Ever Had,” & “Successful,” off the mixtape are actually getting radio play across the country. Drake has been getting exposure while appearing during Lil Wayne’s recent tour & in Young Money’s, “Every Girl,” video.

With that said who do you see taking over the Hip Hop game? Do feel they are over rated or the real deal? And if not one of these two, what other young artist has potential to blow up?

“This is Jim Jones,” chronicles Jim Jones’ preparation for his new album while looking at his entire life. Damon Dash plays a prominent role in the documentary, showing Jim Jones right from wrong and trying his best to guide him to success. In one of the funnier moments of the film Damon Dash takes Jim Jones to an upscale art exhibition, where Jim looks completely out of place. Dame wants to expand Jones’ horizons and get him into acting.

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Written By Nigel D.

Jim Jones – Blow The Bank

The documentary is broken down in chapters in chronological order. Chapter 1 and 2 discusses Jim Jones’ growing up in Harlem, the drug use, HIV in the family, blood affiliation, and reckless behavior are shown to depict how rough Jim had it growing up. At the same time Damon Dash mentions Cam’ron should be here while Jim is working on his latest album.

Jim Jones speaks candidly about his relationship with Cam’ron and how the whole Dipset movement got successful. We see Jim Jones evolve from a hype man to an actual artist, producer and executive. Chapter 4 is about the Dipset’s problems at Def Jam. Damon Dash says he told Cam’ron and Beanie Sigel he would make them Vice president but Cam’ron went on the radio first and told it to the public. Of course as we all know Jay-Z wasn’t too pleased.

The problems with Dipset and Jay-Z only got worse. Kanye had sold Dipset the, “H to the Izzo,” beat but Jay-Z took it and they didn’t find out until he performed it on the BET awards. So in return Cam’ron strong armed the, “Oh Boy,” beat from Just Blaze even though it was suppose to be for Jay-Z. Jay-Z refused to be in the video for, “Oh Boy,” and to add insult to injury Cam’ron rejected Jay-Z’s remix verse for the song. Damon Dash says he can’t believe Jay-Z messed his plans up. Jim Jones later comments on Jay-Z,” he is too old to be doing what he doing and he dress horrible.”

As the documentary continues we see Jim directing videos, becoming an A&R and starting to make music. The documentary shows the good and the bad, depicting all the drama Jim Jones gets involved in such as the Hot 97 Summer Jam incident and problems with bouncers. Jim Jones talks about Stack Bundles passing away and losing friends to the streets. Damon Dash through out the movie wonders why Cam’ron isn’t in the picture and is clearly upset by it. Jim Jones says it was part of the plan for him and Cam’ron to separate but it is also part of the plan for them to get back together. Jim Jones states he is waiting for them to get back together. The documentary is very interesting and I think everyone should check it out. It may change some opinions on Jim Jones or at least help people understand him more.

View from my hotel room @ The Bellagio

Decided to take my first trip out to Vegas and do it big @ the Bellagio. My hotel was pretty pricey, a bagel cost $9.25 and the lowest amount you could take out an ATM was $200. But you don’t need to have a lot of money to enjoy Vegas. There are plenty of free shows and you can stay at a cheap hotel and then explore the expensive hotels. The trip was fun but I didn’t wild out, maybe next time.

Check out some pics below…

View of the Vegas skyline, with the MGM grand causing the green sky

Fountain show at the Bellagio during the day

Hourly Volcano show @ the Mirage(You can feel the heat)

The mini Eiffel Tower @ the Paris Paris hotel

The Pyramid & Sphynx @ The Luxor




Real Flamingos @ The Flamingo Hotel