The NBA 07 Christmas Mix

Thats right, made by me!

Rnb Mixtapes

More mixtapes lol. This time though RnB. I don't dabble alot in this genre because I don't really feel the music and that makes me not like it. Anyway heres what I downloaded.

Common, Kanye West, and Lupe Fiasco video Mash Up

Audio mixed by Terry Urban. Grabbed off of Mick Boogie's Kanye West "The Graduate" mixtape.

Video mix by me!

Bye bye Mr. Hamilton.

Youtube took down my the Anthony Hamilton video I uploaded which was also in my last post. So heres something else instead.

Vaction, Jay-Z Mixtapes, Paper Planes, and Anthony Hamilton

Haha I've been having a "busy" vacation. I've been playing Resident Evil 4. Gonna try to beat the game before Christmas break is over. I've also been playing Grand Theft Auto San Andreas Multiplayer. Joined LS_KINGS clan. I'm not too bad if I do say so myself.

I've also been downloading a good number of mixtapes. Heres the covers of the ones I downloaded.











Have you hear M.I.A - Paper Planes? It's a weird song. It's catchy. The flow would even attract a little kid. But it talks about shooting people and taking their money.



Whats up with all these American Gangster mixtapes? I'm not complaining though, some of them are really good.

Once again, a going away music video until next time.

Anthony Hamilton - Coming From Where I'm From (Live)


Please, drop a comment if you are reading my blog.

I Am Legend + Lupe Fiasco

Just saw I Am Legend. It was a good movie. I'd give it a 9/10. Enough action to satisfy me. The plot was good. In the movie we are not given the whole picture of what happened to his family. It is given to us little by little. I have a problem grasping the plot of the movie. If I can understand it a little better, then I think would enjoy the movie much more.

On the other note my favorite artist Lupe Fiasco was front page on The LA Time's Image section. Heres some pictures.

This is a pending video project but I might make a music video out of I Am Legend and other Zombie movies...................................

In the meantime here's some music by De La Soul.

Anyone reading this?

Updates from last post. NBA Live 08 sucks and the sliders suck. Still waiting for an update. I might join my school newspaper. Man I got alot of stuff to do, I'm typing as fast as I can. I got a bunch of video project I wanna do and stuff I wanna download, but I'm just too busy.

Preorder 3 orders of Lupe Fiasco's The Cool. Got 3 XL shirts because their was only XXL sizes left. Just went on myspace and saw that theres only 13 shirts left. Anyway thats it for now.

Good song, listen to this.


A preview of a song called "Gold Watch" from Lupe Fiasco's The Cool!


Mos Def & Talib Kweli - What's Beef (from 2003)


Enjoy the videos, and until next time..............

Updates

Well a the NBA 07-08 season starts today! Lakers open vs the Rockets. Go Lakers!

Well anyway I have been invited to Japan for the summer by People to People! I really hope I get to see new friends from my last trip to Austrlia.

Um, I'm getting NBA Live 08 soon, so I can start a dynasty story soon. Oh, and I made two more mixes. Finished my NBA Format mix and made one about the Denver Nuggets.





Thats all for now. I'm really looking forward to going to Japan.

A Tribe Called Quest!

Man I just aquired 3 albums from the 90s Rap slash Hip-Hop artists A Tribe Called Quest. The albums are called, Midnight Marauders, People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm, and The Low End Theory.

Oh man, they are great! What can I say about them? The 90's seems to blair out of their music to me, I don't wanna stop listening! I can hear, and feel, remember the 90s. Music is powerful.

Give them a listen if you haven't already, their rythem is amazing. You won't be disapointed.

Athlon Sports - Quality for $6.99

http://www.athlonsports.com/

Time for a review! Well, with me being a strickly basketball fan, this magazine is fits my needs. I first bought this magazine before the NBA 04-05 season started. I was just getting into basketball and the nba at the time. This was like my NBA Bible for awhile. I carried it almost everywhere I went, and reviewed it constanly. Why?

I was not into fantasy sports at the time, it was just how good the magazine was. It has previews for every team in the nba and has every players stats on that team from last season. As a Laker fan, I would constantly look at the magazine during games and compare it to the real thing. It also makes predictions at players stats per 48 minutes of play and answers some questions about the teams at publishing time.

Include the fact that the magazine is packed with numerous strange facts,information about previous draft classes, lots of colorful pictures, and a section dedicated to cheerleaders makes this a grade A magazine!

Other links:

But their 2007-2008 season preview maazines, with player covers exclusive to each team!
http://www.athlonsports.com/store/index.php?cPath=33_160

Their site.
http://www.athlonsports.com

Their Youtube Channel.
http://www.youtube.com/user/AthlonSports

Justice League Unlimited Music Videos

This is amazing.



Poetry....................

This is for fun.




Both are not made by me.

M2 VIP Fantasy League

Well the VIPs at Mixmakers.net, me being one of them, just finished their fantasy league team draft.

Heres tlo450's team.




And here is mine.

Baron Davis
Kobe Bryant
Jason Terry
Ron Artest
Al Jefferson (I chose him over Jermiane O'Neal)
Zach Randolph
Marcus Camby
Nene

Utlities

Richard Jefferson
Andres Nocioni
Jose Calderon

Bench

Quentin Richardson
Eddy Curry
Shaq O Neal

I really love my team. I got the 2 best centers in the East, a top 5 pg, the best player in the game, and last years defensive player of the year! Also remember I could have drafted Jermaine O'Neal over Al Jefferson.

Also, check out this guys NBA Live 08 LA Lakers vs Chicago Bulls game.



Thats it for now, thanks for reading!

No Homo

When the Term "No Homo" goes to far!

Digimon AMVs in my future?

Possibly. Something sparked and I started to look up Digimon AMVs. I only really got into the first 2 seasons. But if you can consider the fact that I was like 7 or 8, I was never really into it then, hardly understanding the story. Maybe this time I'll understand.

Let me not get ahead of myself though. I haven't even made 1 amv in my life yet.

In the mean time, check this Digimon AMV out before leaving my blog.



Wasn't that moving?

New Sports-Evolution Mix Intro

Still not offical, but I wouldn't mind having this as our intro.

Preview of my next mix

This is a preview of my next mix, which will be a highlight mix.

My first time doing a highlight mix.

Handcuffs - Akira

Just a good anime music I found with "Handcuffs" from Lupe Fiasco. The anime is Akira.

My incomplete amv

My first amv, I made it for a little contest between 3 of my friends and me but I scraped it and ended up making another amv.

The reason for the empty part in the video is that I didn't know what clips to put there at the time so I just skipped on to later in the song and started there again.

The Scars of Time

The Scars of Time can be many diffrent things. But to me it is the case of rest. Every summer night I stay up late due to excess energy. And in the morning I wake up late. With nothing to due I rot away on the computer or tv. And the cycle repeats itself. With summer coming to a close a week from today, I constantly ponder to myself if I can break this chain and get to bed early. Maybe it's my lack of rest that contributes to me not finishing mixes or amv projects that I have set up.

Only one way to find out.

Sports Bloopers Galore!

If your having a bad day, need some humor in your life, or feel like the world can just use more fun, check out these sports bloopers.

Fort Minor - We Major (Mixtape)

We Major Mixtape was put together by DJ Green Lantern. Released before The Rising Tied, it promoted it, and showed listeners what Fort Minor could do. Well not just Fort Minor.

Lupe Fiasco, Ghostface, Juelz Santana, Celph Titled, and Styles of Beyond get a chance to show what they can also do. Some of the melodies come from great Rock Artists like Led Zeppelin and Guns N' Roses.

Produced by Mike Shinoda and Jay-Z, this all-star lineup produces great music for Rap and Hip-Hop fans.

Notable tracks include,

S.C.O.M.
Remember The Name (Funkadelic Remix)
Bleach (Jimi Remix)
Spraypaint & Ink Pens
Petrified (Doors Remix)
Be Somebody
Remember The Name (Album Version)
Petrified (Album Version)

You want good beats? This mixtape got them. You want good lyrics? This mixtape has that. You want rock with your rap? This mixtape got that as well. Most of the rappers do a great job in this mixtape. Some of the songs told stories though, and I liked that. Definality a mixtape to download (it was released only on the internet).

The RZA Presents: Afro Samurai Original Soundtrack

Tracklist:

1 "Afro Theme" (RZA)
2 "Afro Intro" (Instrumental)
3 "Certified Samurai" (Talib Kweli, Free Murda, Suga Bang Bang & Terra Tory)
4 "Just a Lil Dude (Who Dat Ovah There)" (Q-Tip, Free Murda)
5 "Afro's Father Fight" (Instrumental)
6 "Oh" (Stone Mecca)
7 "The Walk" (Stone Mecca)
8 "Bazooka Fight 1" (Instrumental)
9 "Who is Tha Man" (Reverend William Burke)
10 "Ninjaman" (Instrumental)
11 "Cameo Afro" (Big Daddy Kane, GZA & Suga Bang Bang)
12 "Tears of a Samurai" (Instrumental)
13 "Take Sword Pt. 1" (RZA, Beretta 9)
14 "The Empty 7 Theme" (Instrumental)
15 "Baby" (Maurice)
16 "Take Sword Pt. 2" (60 Second Assassin, True Master)
17 "Bazooka Fight 2" (Instrumental)
18 "Fury in My Eyes/Revenge" (RZA feat. Thea)
19 "Afro Samurai Theme (First Movement)" (Instrumental)
20 "Afro Samurai Theme (Second Movement)" (Instrumental)
21 "Insomnia" (RZA)
22 "So Fly" (RZA feat. C.C.F. Division)
23 "We All We Got" (RZA feat. Black Knights)
24 "Glorious Day" (RZA feat. Dexter Wiggles)
25 "Series Outro" (Instrumental)

All in order, 25 tracks.

Afro Samurai is a great anime, but most of the time what makes movies and anime great is the music. Music is powerful, it sets tones and expresses emotions.

The album starts off with the theme song for the anime. RZA raps about Afro, and how he is a man with no friends, who only lives for revenge and lives on the edge. He also talks about the headband Afro is trying to find. Although that is the theme song for each of the five episodes, it is important. It helps us focus on the ultimate objective, and reminds us what this is all about.

The next track is "Afro Intro", which is Afro's father and the current number 2 talking a little bit. You can hear a dark tone in this song. And it matched the situation. Afro's father was about to die.

The next track, Certified Samurai Features Talib Kweli, Lil Free & Suga Bang. There rhymes are great and they stay of point with Afro.

Just A Lil Dude "who Dat Ovah There" (Feat. Q-Tip & Free Murder) talks about Afro as a kid. How theres killing going around but it's natural for little Afro.

Who Is Tha Man (Feat. The Reverend William Burk) talks about Afro, and how mysterious he is. How nobody knows anything about him.

Fury In My Eyes/revenge (Feat. Thea) is about calmer then most of the tracks. It plays in the last episode of the anime. Because it is calm, they talk about Afro and his lifestyle.

The outro is a bit up tempo. I usually take that time too look back at each episode. It starts up beat and it sounds happy, but then it gets a little sad and calmer. A great way to end the series.

The soundtrack had big names such as Big Daddy Kane, Talib Kweli, Q Tip, and GZA. I came out of this getting more then I expected. The music told a story that I could see even I hadn't seen the anime. RZA and company did a great job on this soundtrack. 10/10 from me!

Produced by Japanese Anime Studio GONZO.
Music by RZA of The Wu-Tang Clan.

This TV anime is set in a futuristic, yet feudal Japan. Meaning technology are advanced enough, yet ideas and lifestyles are not. This anime stars around a Samurai named Afro, people have dubbed him the "Afro" Samurai. In this world, power and greed dominate and corrupt. Power is not achieved by bribery or money, but through a headband.

You see there are headbands, although it is unclear how many there are. The one who wears the Number One headband it said to have powers of a God. But the only rule is that the one with the Number Two headband can challenge Number One to get that headband. Whoever kills the owner of the headband gets it. But anybody, usually everybody, can challenge Number 2.

When Afro was just a boy, his father was Number, and was killed at the hands of Number 2. The man who killed his father challenged Afro to one day kill him. After that day Afro is set for revenge.

Well not at first. At first when we see him he is brutal. Slaughtering people who attack Him without remorse and keeping a straight angry look on his face. You may think he is cold at first, but his Number 2 status forces him to keep small relationships with people. He is haunted by his memories and past relationships, and it seems that only killing Number 1 can fix everything.

Through out the 5 episode series we see Afro's past, and realize what he had to go through. He had to make some tough decisions, and lost people close to him because of it.

Anyway if you are looking for action and/or blood and guts, you got it. Afro fights off many different weapons such as arrows and bullets using only his sword. However this anime is very bloody and not recommended for the faint of heart.

GONZO's costs are estimated at One Million Dollars per episode. But the money they put it was worth it. Famous voices include American actor Samuel L. Jackson and Phil LaMarr who voiced Vamp in Metal Gear Solid 2.

Music I will review in another thread at another time, I believe it deserves it own review thread.

Top notch story with great action scenes make this, in my opinion, a 5 star anime series.

Only second review, what do you think?

My Review of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

Grand Theft Auto - Vice City is a video game modeled after Miami Florida.

The player takes the role of Tommy Vercetti, who has recently been released from prison in Liberty City. While attempting to re-establish himself within the Forelli Mafia family, boss Sonny Forelli sends Tommy to Vice City to supervise an important drug deal. At the exchange, masked gunmen kill three of the people involved in the trade (two Forelli henchmen and Victor Vance, Lance Vance's brother, a man who you late team up with), stealing both the drugs and the money Tommy was charged with protecting. Vercetti narrowly escapes and informs Sonny, who demands that Tommy get back both the "product" and the money. Both Sonny and Tommy wish to kill those responsible for the theft.

That paragraph was from wikipedia.

To find out more information about this, Tommy has to get deeper into Vice City. I was greatly educated about the 80's through Rockstar's great choice of music, humor, and culture. Gangs ruled these times, and Tommy has to interact was some to find out who messed up their deal.

The music is 5 star. Popular hits from that dominate the waves and humorous talk show hosts guarantee a good laugh with their many guests.Parodies are spotted many times.

Gameplay is quite simple to pick up and enjoy, and the wide variety of cars, weapons, and people can only add to the replay value. Even when you finished the game, their is so much more to do, and your imagination helps you with that.

In conclusion this game gets you from start to finish, and I found myself playing this game long after I had finished. So go and grab it off the 20 dollar bin of your local carwash and start enjoying.

Saturday Night

Well it's a saturday night. I plan on working on, maybe finishing my first amv. I need to enter it on the 23rd for a small friendly contest between my friends. i'll also try to make my first sig. But first I need the resources, and I also need to learn how.

First post

Well like the title says this is my release blog. If I'm mad or something I can vent here. I really dont think anyones gonna bother reading.