Fashawn - The Ecology / The Score

Here's the official video for "The Ecology" off of Fashawn's album, Boy Meets World. This is definitely one of the hardest songs to learn off of his album (trust, i've tried lol), yet it's one of my faves. Check the chill video taken on what seems to be the streets of his hometown.

Grafik - Dear Nikki

Apparently, Grafik has the hots for miss nicki minaj. check this latest track he did not too long ago, sampling her latest song out on the radio "Your Love".



Listen to "Dear Nikki"

Kanye West - "Power" (Music Video)

(The video premiered after tonight's episode of Jersey Shore.)

I was on my laptop when the video came on and right when it reeled me in and had me step away from my laptop, the video ended. WTF?! I was really getting into it and all you give me is about 2 minutes of the song, Kanye? T__T

Eminem - "Love The Way You Lie"

The video is seriously something intense, as Eminem would want to have it. Lost star, Dominic Monaghan, and sex symbol, Megan Fox, star in the video as a couple in an abusive relationship.

Sidenote: (Source justjared) Megan Fox donated the money she received from appearing in the music video to Soujourn House, "a shelter that provides abused women and their children a safe space to regroup, rebuild, and reestablish their self-esteem and lives." Props to Mrs. Green for doing that!

Throwback Thursday

I was notorious for losing lots of pieces to any board game my sister and I received as birthday or Christmas presents when we were kids and this game was no exception. But even if I lost half of the pieces, it never stopped my sister and me from playing Pretty Pretty Princess... even if we played it wrong. xD

Shannon Brown signs two-year contract with Lakers

Yessir! Shannon Brown is back with the 2010 NBA Champs Lakers for two years. I'm happy about that. :)

Source: LA Times

Shannon Brown had suitors. Six of them or so. Some offered the free-agent guard more money than he might make if he returned to the Lakers. He thought about that.

But in the two years Brown had spent in purple and gold, he won two rings. He thought about that too. Eventually, the idea of three in a row was too much to pass up, and the guard agreed to a two-year contract worth about $4.6 million to stay with the Lakers, his agent, Mark Bartelstein, said Thursday.

"Obviously, the process took a while, but Shannon wanted to be here and they wanted him," Bartelstein said. "Shannon had a number of other opportunities out there, but he had been in L.A. for two years and they won two championships. The chance to go for a three-peat is very special to him."

The athletic, high-flying dunker averaged career highs in points (8.1), rebounds (2.3), assists (1.3) and minutes (20.7) last season. Brown, 24, had opted out of a contract that would have paid him $2.1 million next season, the second year of his previous deal with the team.

The Lakers like his potential and own his "early bird rights," meaning they could have paid him about $5.5 million in the first season of a new contract. But Bartelstein said Brown, whose new deal includes a player option in the second year, was willing to take less money to stay in L.A.

"It was important for him to go through the process and hear what people wanted to say, but his heart was with the Lakers to stay here and try to win a third title," he said.

Wale - "More About Nothing" Mixtape

I've yet to listen to the mixtape in it's entirety, so I can't really put my 2 cents in this right now, but so far I've heard really good things about this mixtape. Download "More About Nothing" here.

Alicia Keys & Swizz Beatz Marry

The talented, homewreckin, beautiful, and very pregnant Alicia Keys and producer Swizz Beatz tied the knot over the weekend in a private ceremony in a home in the Mediterranean Sea. She wore a Grecian inspired dress from Vera Wang and he word a Tom Ford tuxedo. Family and close friends were in attendance to witness the couple exchange vows. Congrats to the couple.

DISCLAIMER: yes, i wrote that about Alicia Keys. i do believe she is one, but i still think she's one of the most talented people out right now. I'm just stating my opinion.

Shawn Chrystopher - "Lost In Translation"

Image source: 2dopeboyz

Download the song here.

Free Show hosted by Backside & Rocksmith

Backside in Burbank along with clothing company Rocksmith will be hosting a Free Jump off for Agenda Weekend at Backside this Friday, August 6 from 7-11 PM. There will be performances by Casey Veggies, CurtAin$, El Prez, and UNI and DJ Vick One of Power 106 will be spinning through the night. There will also be an open bar. Seems like a hell of an event you shouldn't miss.