Archive for July, 2010
Bun B’s new album Trill O.G. is being release this Tuesday. This album will be an instant classic, and I already know that it won’t ever be leaving one of the six CD slots in my Range Rover. Features include Drake, Trey Songz, Tupac, Yo Gotti, Gucci Mane, T-Pain, Young Jeezy, Twista, Raekwon and Slim Thug. Make sure you support the artists and BUY this one. Check out this recent interview with Fader TV to hear all about the album from the man himself.
This is his 3rd solo studio album, therefor Trill O.G. is also a play on the word Trilogy. Get it?
If you’re viewing this from Canada then you are probably already familiar with Nardwuar. If not, he is a television and radio personality known for his sometimes awkward interviews and extremely unique personality. Drake was recently in Vancouver to perform and sat down with Nardwuar in the studio for this extremely entertaining interview. I have had the chance to meet Nardwuar several times and all I can say is that there is NOBODY like him. Watch this.
“This is the best interview I’ve ever done in my entire life.” -Drake
My longtime friend Sharad Khare recently interviewed (my uncle) Calvin Ayre, the founder of Bodog, while he was briefly in Vancouver. You may remember way back when I posted these photos from a party I hosted at his Yaletown penthouse last summer. Well… on top of an awesome interview, this video also has a mini tour of the place. Take a look and take a listen.
I previously posted a video from the release party for Teflon Don at King Of Diamonds in Miami, but now I have some photos from the inside to share with y’all. My homie Corey Shapiro from The Vintage Frames Company was in attendance and shared these with me. Enjoy.
Click HERE to see more photos.
To promote his recently released album Sir Lucious Left Foot, rapper Big Boi has teamed up with Converse to create these limited edition high top Chuck Taylor’s. Click HERE for a video interview with the man himself to hear what he had to say about all of this.
You probably are not familiar with the rapper P. Reign from Toronto but, after seeing him perform live last Sunday when he opened in Montreal for Drake, I am confident you will be familiar soon. My personal favorite song (from him) is his current single In My Hood – which they recently shot the music video for. Check out this behind the scenes (BTS) footage from the shoot, and look out for the cameo from Drizzy himself.
Another one of my favorite rappers is Wiz Khalifa – a dude who, up until now, has remained overlooked by far too many. I say “until now” because the dude just won MTV News Hottest Breakthrough MC of 2010. Not only did he win, but Wiz almost doubled the amount of votes as the runner up Nicki Minaj. Congrats to the kid from Pittsburgh!
When I was an 18 year old freshman attending Florida International University in Miami, I did something that will likely (forever) remain one of the most spontaneous things that I will ever do. On a Wednesday night, I was bored in my dorm room browsing Expedia for cheap flights (just out of curiosity) and I came across the best deal I have ever seen. For $450, with all taxes and fees included, I could fly round trip from Miami, Florida to Venice, Italy for 6 days. The only catch was that the flight departed in 12 hours, on Thursday morning. I was immediately excited and knew that I wanted to go, because travel is one of my favorite things in life, but I had no one to go with. Fortunately, my roommate had a friend over at the time who overheard my excitement. His name was Jimmy. This was the first time I had ever met him – but he was equally as crazy as me – so we flipped a coin to decide if we would take the trip or not. The coin flip determined that we would book the flights, and the rest is history. Less than 24 hours later we landed in Venice – having told no family members back home about our travel plans, and having shown complete disregard for the classes we should have been attending. Over the next 5 days we explored the mazes of canals that make up the city, we drunkenly walked out on a $800 bar tab after drinking WAY more than we could afford, we hopped a train to Milan to eat pizza, and we slept on the ground outside in Saint Mark’s Square after missing the last bus to our hotel – which is, by the way, not very comfortable at all in January. HAHA! Needless to say, this was a CRAZY trip. Check some of the photos.
