Paid Dues 2011 Lineup

               In terms of hip hop, I would much rather go to Paid Dues 2011 than Coachella. Intuition, the artist that I interned for during my 1L summer is going to tear up Paid Dues. Congrat's Lee Shaner, aka Intuition.



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5 Star recruit reconsiders USC for UofO. GO DUCKS.

  
              
Rumor is the #1 college 'athlete' just visited UofO and is considering UofO over USC. Come on 'Black Mamba'. Check his Highlight Reel. Oregon also just got commits from Hawaii's #1 and #2 prospects. Trying to get that top #5 recruiting class.




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Egypt's President needs to get the boot

              Egypt has pretty much fallen apart. Gotta love an autocratic ruler like President Hosni Mubarak. He's held the most powerful political seat in Egypt for more than thirty years and refuses to give it up. The majority of the 80 million Egyptians live in hopeless poverty. Internet is down in nearly all of Egypt. It's all pretty sad really.



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BeN GZ's debut Mixtape "Under Construction"

           If your from Portland, you've likely heard of (or soon will of heard of) BeN GZ. If your not local to the Pacific Northwest you can still be privy to BeN GZ's music by checking out BeN GZ's Youtube Channel. BeN GZ's debut Mixtape drops New Years Day 2011. W/ the recording studio in his pad, look for leaks to go viral often in 2011...

NBA ALL-STAR Team Announced

               The sun rises in West but Sets in the East: Amare Stoudemire, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Derrick Rose & Dwight Howard.
               How the West was won: Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul and Yao Ming lastly whoever David Stern is stuck choosing b/c the fans choose a guy who is all but retired in Yao Ming. The NBA should have fans go live via USTREAM/Facebook/Twitter to vote in some creative way that Im too lazy to think of. The reserves will be announced next week. Can you say Lamarcus Aldridge?






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Intuition does what he does best

            You better believe that whenever Intuition, Macklemore, Lupe, The Roots or Royce da 5'9 drop something new, it will be on www.thejourneythroughlawschool.blogspot.com within a matter of seconds. Intuition is one of the few rappers that possesses a voice that, even when recorded live, sounds as if it was recorded in the studio. I could literally name 50 rappers that you can't say the same thing about. As such, it only make sense to check out his Official Website. Below is what I consider to be one of the cornerstone Mixtapes of the last 10 years. Intuition | I ruined these songs for you. 






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Macklemore - America

            From Macklemore's 2009 Mixtape 'The Unplanned Mixtape'. In all fairness, It wasn't more than about 7 years ago that I held a lot of these retarded 'conservative' views that Macklemore is hating on.



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Mike Coursolle

                 |Who knew Coursolle and Kenjon Barner went to the same barber|

             Headin back to Portland this weekend for the first time in quite some time. Due to check out BeN GZ's studio. If all goes well, Mike Coursolle, shown in the video above, will be lending his chorus skills this weekend at GZ's private studio. If your diggin Coursolle's presence as a singer, you gotta check his Dancing Skills. Kid's mouth needs to be washed out w/ soap.



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Macklemore - The Unplanned Mixtape

                   In case you didn't hear of The Unplanned mixtape back in 2009, now that Macklemore is on your radar, feel free to go ahead and check it out.

MACKLEMORE X RYAN LEWIS need YOUR help

             If I wasn't already 180k in debt thanks to law school, I'd probably be more action than talk. Macklemore's looking for funding help w/ their upcoming music video "wings". Did I mention Macklemore is pretty much prime to change the game in 2011?



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....One more reason it should be legalized

      
            This article is meant for progressive thinkers. If you believe that patients with cerebral palsy, terminal cancers and other body crippling ailments do not deserve safe access to medicinal marijuana, then stop reading this right now. Your likely an idiot intolerant or irrational person. Possibly both.
            Working @ the student Rec Center on the campus of UofO, I was fortunate enough to get to witness one student in particular come in and rehab weekly on the treadmills. With the help of a rehab therapist, this student who suffered from cerebral palsy, was able to 'walk' on the treadmill for short stints at a time. It was remarkable. Seeing the smile on the kids face as he got to achieve something he never thought he would; being able to walk. All the while guests at The Rec starred at him like he was a freak. Broke my heart. Imagine having full recognition of your environment around you, down to being able to discuss your favorite sports team, or who is the cutest chick or meathead at the gym, yet, at the same time continual and habitually 'spazzing' out to the point that your arms and head flail helplessly and wildly, while often, your simultaneously unable to stop yourself from drooling excessively. Ya, that's the kind of hell this poor kid has to endure daily. His rehab therapist explained to me how the only medication powerful enough to lessen this kids continual body pains was medicinal marijuana. Without it, the kid claimed life was hardly worth living.                    
              Patients have 3 choices. Grow it. Buy it from a private party. Buy it from a dispensary. Growing can interfere with the landlord-tenant relationship, relationships with your neighbors, etc. Buying medication from a dispensary likely means paying 2x the price it would cost to go to a private party for your meds (upwards of $400 an O here in San Diego). And the last option? Buy from a private party. I find this site fascinating. The 'rippers', or the bad guys who steal from unsuspecting patients, basically know that your average patient is not going to run to cops claiming how he or she has legal rights subsequent to their 'drug deal' going afoul. The 'rippers' have effectively figured out a way to 'rip' the system at the expense of honest, unassuming victim/patients. This is one of many ramification that result as a bi-product of irrational and wholly illogical state and federal laws. Our generation can change this people.



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Asian's Sleeping In The Library

| Napping through yet another all-nighter @ UC Davis. |

               We all sleep. Asian's just do it the best. No doubt. If you enjoy smiling, you've likely already been here, but if not, check it: http://asianssleepinginthelibrary.tumblr.com/.



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The History of Hip Hop

               Never been a big fan of this. But damn, this guy has a lot of skill. @ :47, 1:31, 1:50, 2:05, 2:24, 2:49, 2:58, 3:07, 3:33.



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Flavor Flav vs. KFC

             Betcha FFC gets pwned by KFC in 2011. No way Flav will be able to afford all the legal fee's stemming from KFC's inevitable lawsuit in addition to his 7 monthly child support payments...





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BeN GZ | Under Construction

             Dude is better than half the industry, and its only his debut. Did I mention he's spitting out of a $400 home-studio? Industry competition have the luxury of relying on their corporate record label backings to get recording time at million dollar studios. GZ doesn't have that luxury, nor seems to really need it. To give you an update, BeN GZ's debut Mixtape | Under Construction, officially leaked virally New Years Eve. Thus far, GZ has logged more than 6,000 downloads and listens. www.coast2coastmixtapes.com premiered BeN GZ's track 'Root Of All Evil' feat. Derek White.
             www.coast2coastmixtapes.com apparently liked the track enough so that they have decided to place it on their upcoming Mixtape slated to leak in February titled "Coast 2 Coast Mixtapes Indie top 50". www.rap4ever.net.com, A popular hip hop downloading site also started posting BeN GZ's tracks nightly, and is due to drop BeN GZ's mixtape in its entirety on their site on Tuesday of next week.
            Thanks to the following sites for posting BeN GZ: www.rap4ever.net , www.gosong.net. , www.bigsong.net , www.coast2coastmixtapes.com , www.myrapnews.com , www.videos.wittysparks.com , www.fullsongs.net.
            You can find BeN GZ on these sites: www.datpiff.com , www.reverbnation.com , www.soundcloud.com , www.youtube.com , www.rap4ever.net, www.twitter.com, www.facebook.com page & fan page, www.mediafire.com , www.zippyshare.com , www.myspace.com.




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Intuition + Equilibrium + AKAI MPD32 = Good Times

             These dudes are pretty good. Smooth beat.






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The Game - Purp & Patron (mixtape)

                Not a huge fan of Game anymore, but his Mixtape just leaked minutes ago. Some Production by Dr. Dre.


Download Mixtape Free | LiveMixtapes.com Mixtape Player



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50 Cent takes down Worldstarhiphop

           One of the most popular hip hop sites in the world, World Star Hip Hop, shut down recently. 50 Cent is now taking credit for it. 50 unleashed this statement via Twitter:

           "I don't know why people underestimate me. I just shut down WORLDSTAR, for future advertising contact thisis50.com suckers lol."

            The rumor was that Homeland Security had shut down the popular site due to the sites alleged copyright infringement, alongside other popular music sites such as Onsmash and Dajaz1. Back in 2009 50 Cent filed a lawsuit against World Star claiming the website had used his image and content without his permission. Nowadays, I dunno who to be more worried about...The Feds...or 50....



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Moscow's On Fire

             WTF? A sad creature we are. The reptilian complex that our species (and all modern mammals) possess leads me to believe these kind of acts are more or less the result of our fragile, underdeveloped psyche than the result of any form of 'evil' or 'sin'.



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Macklemore (Seattle) & BLUEPRINT (Portland) - On Tour

               I pretty much want to go to every date on the west coast leg of this tour. Macklemore - Wings, Macklemore - Otherside (rmx).






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Ya Boy - 100 bars of death

              Another slow day when it comes to music industry leaks...oh well. Check out Ya Boy. 4 years ago I would have told you this guy was going to change hip hop. What happened? He used to be down w/ Game's BlackWallStreet, then he signed w/ Akon's label and has been completely non-existent since. Ya Boy flows 5 minutes straight w/ creative bars. You may have heard him here; Ya Boy - We Run LA, Ya Boy - we takin over, Ya Boy - Aquaman that hoe, Ya Boy - 100 more bars, Ya Boy - Whats my name, Ya Boy - Bang Bang, Ya Boy - Vato Freestyle . Please come back Ya Boy.





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Give you some background.

            My names Crosby Connolly.I am a 2L at California Western School of Law. I grew up in Tigard, Oregon, and just recently moved down to San Diego. I love San Diego. I am keenly interested in the legal fields of Intellectual Property, Sports & Entertainment, Corporate, Alternative Dispute Resolution and constitutional law(specifically, the legalities revolving around Prop.8 and Prop.215). I currently am the Event Coordinator for The Sports & Entertainment Law Society.
            When I'm not at school or studying, I like to boogie-board and surf at Pacific Beach. I love wrestling my dog Rudy. Video games are always good. Pretty much just activities that keep the sanity during my journey through law school.
             I really like all the friends I have made thus far in law school. Before I started law school,I bought into the idea that all law students are ruthless gunners, motivated solely by their ability to outperform their competition. I have made a lot of good friends in law school. Honest, kind , compassionate people. The characteristics my colleagues display definetly give me hope that the legal industries ethical credibility can be restored.

Scheme – Billion Dollar Dream BTS (Video)

               Behind the scenes video on the set of Scheme's upcoming video off the Deluxe Edition of Same Rebel, New Cause. I posted DJ Scend's tracks and a link to Scheme's tracks a few weeks back on the blog. These are some humble Chicago native's with a lot of musical talent.
               Check www.2dopeboyz.com. Scheme's Billion Dollar Dream BTS (Video) was just premiered on there. Vibe magazine listed www.2dopeboyz.com as the #3 hip hop blog in all the world. Pretty cool. About as incredible as the beat playing in the background of this video. Expect these guys to absolutely blow up in 2011.

Listen to | Scheme - Billion Dollar Dream


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Soul Khan – Shot Glass Magnified (rmx) feat. Sene

               Wow. Audible Doctor just gave us one of the better beats to have been leaked in early 2011. He remixes Soul Khan and Sene’s single Shot Glass. Soul Khan, found on the second verse of this track, is one cool white dude. I kinda slept on Sene. Definitely on my radar now. Download Soul Like Khan. Koncept, A fellow Brown Bag All-Star just dropped a 5 track EP with Tranzformer entitled More Than Meets The Eye EP. DJ Premiere said The Brown Bag All-Stars are one of the dopest acts in NY. I can see why.



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Lupe - Lasers (Artwork)

             March 8th. So stoked. Somehow, I feel like Lupe knows how great the momentum is behind this release, and will not disappoint. I expect this album to be near perfection. Can't wait.



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The rumors are over - COACHELLA official line-up

|Is it me or does the 16th pale in comparison to the 15th and 17th line-up's?|

              Thank you law school. This will likely be my second straight year living in San Diego and missing California's best music festival; Coachella. I have a final on the 16th...BUT, I got nothin' on the 15th or 17th.....That would be an epic pre-final 1 day road trip. The Black Keys, Kanye, The Strokes, King of Leon, Cee Lo, Nas, Damien Marley, Lauren Hill, RATATAT and Nas, to name a few. Pretty dope line-up, IMO.



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Low - "Breaker" feat. Intuition

Well there's a war over seas and a battle on the home front. 
Don't know what we need, or agree on what we don't want. 
But we proceed to keep looking for a shortcut 
to satisfy our greedy needs to no avail with no luck. 
Oh fuck, what do we have here? 
The same headlines that appeared for the past year. 
Same drunk fight we had over the last beer. 
Still having trouble pin-pointing exact fears. 
And that's weird, so I'm running for the hills. 
A dollar for the bus and another for a meal. 
Might not be in 2012 but the end is coming still. 
I'm just trying to avoid all that blood that's gonna spill. 
There's gotta be an end to that, 
feel like atlas at this moment but my body's bending backwards. 
Faster...we all fall down, 
'til life's last moment is beyond all sounds.


I'm an idiot, I dunno why I haven't posted any tracks off what might be my favorite Mixtape of all time: Intuition | I Ruined These Songs For You . Check out the rest of the Mixtape: Intuition | I Ruined These Songs For You.




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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Irish Celebration (Video)

            This is visuals #3 from Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' new album The VS Re-Release. You gotta love a rap/rock group that consists solely of a front-man, drummer, guitarist, violinist, trumpeter and the pianist. I was going to save this for Saint Patty's Day, but it's too good not to unleash now. Leaked about an hour ago. Download the entire album here | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The VS Re-Release



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Throwback Classic: Lupe Fiasco - Conflict Diamonds

           It's a slow day in the music industry. No biggy, appreciate one of the greatest hip hop tracks of all time. Kanye really should have given Sierra Leone to Lupe in the first place. Conflict Diamonds. Lupe is on some serious shit folks. Think about this track before you 'invest' in the diamond trade.



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Even in defeat.....God Bless Our Cheeleaders

             Not ideal, but still, being the 2nd best college football team in the country ain't that bad. We got a dope squad returning next season. Still got the greatest jerseys in all of sport. The greatest helmets in all of sport. The most entertaining offense in the country.....And lets not forget about the most respected Cheerleaders in all of College Football. Go Ducks. 

Tassho Pearce – Starship (prod. Bad News)

             Leave it up to Bad News and Tassho Pearce to mix, master & murder a great Ratatat beat. Check out my interview with Tassho Pearce, Hawaii's best spitter.

Tassho Pearce - Starship (Prod. Bad News)

My trip was pretty gnarly....how about yours?

             "While the arena itself is great, the court looks like a mushroom trip gone horribly wrong" - Brian Floyd from SB NATION on Oregon's new basketball court. 
              Haha, personally? I really like the visuals. To be fair, I am pretty bias though. And to the naysayers, I concede that the half court line needs to be painted onto the court asap. IMO, Boise's smurf turf is uglier, and just about as distracting. Tinker Hatfield, the artist behind Oregon's new court, pictured above, has also created numerous classic Nike kicks, including argubale the greatest pair of basketball sneakers ever invented; Nike Air Jordan XI Space Jam editions Seen Here.




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Wale – I Don’t Know f. Apollo The Great

|We really should have marketed that track with Lady Gaga more| 

               You already know I'm a huge Wale fan. This just leaked a few minutes ago. Diggin it all the way up until Wale passes the mic @ about two minutes in.

Download | Wale – I Don’t Know f. Apollo The Great



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rip B-Roy

            I should have appreciated Brandon Roy's bursts of athleticism, like pictured above, a little bit more, as it seems we never see him back to his old self. The Blazers confirmed this week that Brandon Roy will have arthroscopic surgery on both knees. Yes, both knees. Expected time out? career 3 to 6 weeks. I really hope everyone is wrong and somehow, someway, B-Roy can return to his old self, but sadly, I'm kinda skeptical of that. Arguably our two best players of the last 10 years sidelined by premature career ending injuries. That sucks.



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TiRon & Ayomari – Good Food

             A song about one of my top 5 passions; food. These lyrics crack me up. Beautiful beat too. A win win. Garlic knots. Cheese bread. Bruschetta. Lobster. Marzipan. Now and Laters. Gumbo tuna. Huggin all the hummus. Hahaha, dudes don't forget anything. Pass that huarache sauce.

Download |  TiRon & Ayomari - Good Food

AYOMARI:
Just hit the fish market chilling off Slauson/
Bossing on some shrimp, side of fries on the go/
Spotting hood chicks feeling gooder than a mug/
Only spent 9 bucks, gotcha boy bout to blow/
I’m pausing, call in an order from Pioneer/
Quarter water memories still in me lying there/
Trying beer battered, iron grilled cattle, dranking brapple/
Frankly I chew Frankenberry from Ralphs too/
Boo, General Mills shouting orders with clam chowder all over his snout saying it ain’t called pop it’s soda/
Cereal killers on the loose, victims with dairy still in ‘em, various minutes of juice that I’m sipping on/
A Food Nazi in a peacoat, drinks like its cinco, de mayo on flax seed loafs I eat on/
So what you be on? you recommend, I recommend/
This what I be on? I recommend, you recommend/

CHORUS:
We eatin’ good food!
So what you eating on?
Catfish (I Had that!)
Brisket (I Love that!)
We eatin’ good food!
Pizza (I Love that!)
Macaroni (I Had that!)
Curly Fries (I Love that!)
Fried Shrimp (I Like that!)

TIRON:
Holy Top Ramen that’s a whole lotta Parmesan
Shimmy shimmy pop coconut marzipan
Flan pon’ my plate, but I don’t like the taste
And I fuck with Roscoe’s but I don’t really like the wait
Savory is Lawry’s but hourly is minimum
Suckin Now & Later’s, I wish it was alligator though
Garlic powder, flour battered lemon pepper everything
Tapatio, pots of creole gumbo, tuna bumblebee
Humbled by all these ovens, loving all of these dishes
Hugging all of the hummus, kissing all the knishes
Visits to all my kinfolk when Christmases come around
And if you eat like we eat then you know we gets down like…

CHORUS:
We eatin’ good food!
So what you eating on?
Garlic knots. (I Had that!)
Cheese bread (I Love that!)
Tacos (I Love that!)
We eatin’ good food!
Bruschetta (I Had that!)
Lobster (I Love that!)
Sushi (I Like that!)




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3 scoops and 4 bolts on Gucci's mug

             It's not often you can put your friend on blast via your blog, but when given the chance, you gotta take advantage. About two years, when I was going to school @ UofO, Mike Coursolle lived in my apartment for a short stint. This was a good 6 months before Asher Roth's 'I love College' blew up. Our stereos would battle back and forth, trying to assert dominance over the communal spaces of the apartment. At max volume, I got to hear Gucci, Shawty Lo, Nickatina, Plies and a few other idiots I can't think of at the moment. The worst part was, he had the nerve to hate on Royce, Wale, Lupe and crooked I, yet, blast that garbage at absurd levels. Cracks me up. Although Shawty, Plies and Nickatina are no longer relevant, it seems Gucci still is...albeit, maybe not for all the right reasons...



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Just to keep YOU updated

Whether your a longtime viewer of the blog or a new fan (or hater), follow what I'm currently a part of that's separate and additional to the blog;

http://www.facebook.com/crosby.connolly
http://twitter.com/#!/CrosbySClaw


Take a second to check out the BeN GZ pages I set up in anticipation of his debut Mixtape | Under Construction:

http://twitter.com/#!/_BeN_GZ_
http://www.reverbnation.com/#!/bengz
http://www.mediafire.com/?f8y9bkcjb59c8y6
http://soundcloud.com/user2543289
http://www.datpiff.com/BeN_GZ__Under_Construction.m184448.html
http://rap4ever.net/
http://www.facebook.com - Official Artist Page & Fan Page

Mathew Knight Arena set to open today

            Anybody thinking Oregon athletics is going to fall off anytime soon post the BCS game, think again. As if Oregon Football didn't bring enough attention to the University, Mathew Knight Arena, a $227 million dollar marvel, opens it's doors officially today. Take a look at the jumbo-tron, its incredible. Mathew Knight Arena is on par with any NBA arena and may be then nicest in college basketball.

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – My Oh My (Video)/ Otherside

Google Dave Niehaus if your not familiar. This is Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ tribute to Dave Niehaus (1935-2010). Pretty epic. Even if you don't like hip hop there's still a good chance you'll dig this. Take 5 minutes to check it. Makes me miss The Great Northwest. I'll be in Portland the end of January, get @ me. More tracks need to take sampling directions from this.

Download the entire mixtape | Macklemore x Ryan Lewis – VS. (Redux) EP


Below is one of the coolest concept tracks in hip hop history. Macklemore goes over The Red Hot Chili Peppers classic Otherside. For those unfamiliar with the samples, that's Bun-B at the end explaining his former UGK member Pimp-C's sudden death resulting from an overdose of 'purple stuff', a drink that was all the rage in hip hop a few years back. Cant wait to see them live in San Diego March 10th.

Intuition - Dear John (Live at UCSD)

          This was the video that I was telling you about the other the day of yours truly enjoying his evening. Why is it when I drink I feel like my dancing both looks and feels on par? Lord knows when I see the video the next day I cringe, haha. My dancing is a PSA to not drink too much my friends. On a side note, I have about 100 cutoffs identical to Intuition's, and if it was socially acceptable, I would wear them everywhere.

Download | Intuition - Dear John

Slaughterhouse and Yelawolf sign w Shady Records

              Even though I am pretty much tired of Em's voice, as its just gotten, well...kinda annoying IMO, it's still pretty sweet that the two greatest hip hop lyricists of all time; that being Eminem and his mentor, Royce DA 5'9, are now under the same label. No hate to Yelawolf, but I'm just not a huge fan of his product. I may be by tomorrow though, as the inevitable naysayer will PM me the usual ish talking, likely accompanied with a Yelawolf track I need to hear.

Convert your favorite Youtube to MP3

            I love this site. It lets you copy & highlight a Youtube URL into the site, then it spits out a high quality mp3 in a matter of seconds. So many tracks on Youtube that I can't find elsewhere to download. It's clutch. Click here to try it out | www.listentoyoutube.com.

50 Cent v SEC - Get Rich or Get Sued Trying

            In classic Street Fighter voice, "Round 1.........Fiiiiiight" (all you videogame heads know what I'm talking about). 50 is in some hot water w/ the SEC after telling his more than 3 million Twitter followers to purchase a penny stock called H&H. A few days later and 8.7 million dollars richer, 50 Cent is making history yet again. To get to litigate this case, lucky bastards. What a 8.7 million dollar grey area 50 Cent and the SEC find themselves in. A precedent case. The naysayers will say 50 artificial manipulated the market prices of securities. The lovers will claim it's capitalism at play at its finest. What do I say? 50 Cent sure has fallen off musically, but he gets after it on a business level.

Law professors are technologically inept

      
            Seriously though. Every one of my professor's bitches and bitches and bitches about how the decline of the modern class is a result of the laptop. That students are no longer engaged in class. That we disrespect professors by not paying attention to the professors rambles. Utter RUBBISH. seriously though, seriously. It's 2011.
            When my professors even attempt to incorporate technology into the classroom (as simple as turning on the projector, the computer, or god forbid....playing an video or mp3), it is usually preceded by a 5 minute cluster %^&* of failed attempts to turn whichever given interface on. It's really sad. To give the Professors the benefit of the doubt, some of them were 40 years old before they owned their first computer.          
             We live in the internet era. We live in the social network age. We live in an age where in the past 6 months EVERY website has gone to incorporate the FACEBOOK 'like' option into it.
              I guarantee few of my Professors has Facebook, let alone could even navigate a social network site. My point? Until law Professors can utilize technology in the classroom to compete with the visual stimulation that student's personal laptops give them, Professors are at a losing battle. And more so, they are flat out WRONG. "it's really disrespectful for you to sit there and stare at your computer and not engage with me". NO, professor, its really disrespectful of YOU and the University to charge each of us student more than $150 PER CLASS to utterly bore us to death.
              Law Professors rarely attempt to incorporate powerpoints, or on topic videos or audio. We listen to THEM listen to themselves talk. Seriously though, seriously.
              We need young, highly educated professors that can come in and make class relevant again. At universities of higher education, the passed down from year to year student class outline or commercial outline is exponentially more helpful to students than class lectures. And you wonder why we don't pay attention. I just hope that I'm at that age, I can still level with the youth in such a way that is relatable.

The one that got away....

            Congrats to Auburn. They played a hell of a game. Sucks to know we were one crazy fluke play away from winning down the stretch in last nights National Championship game. Thomas never seemed to fully find his rhythm, and Auburn did an excellent job of scheming Lamichael James and Kenyon Barner (as hard is that is to admit). Maehl looked like a flat out stud. Thanks for everything you did for the program. Heres to hoping we get to see those crazy hands in the NFL.
            Chip has really brought our program a long way in a short period of time. Don't be sad Duck fans, this is only the beginning. We have 4 key sophomores all returning next year (Cliffy, DT, La2012Heisman and Kenjon Barner). No doubt those jerseys won over a lot of neutral fans last night. Breathe of fresh air in a sport clogged by declining traditional powers that lack the creativeness needed to reinvent themselves to reflect the times. CFB is tired of boring ass traditional teams. The Notre Dame's, Michigan's, Florida's and USC's will quickly start to see their recruiting classes get eaten up by this emerging powerhouse.
            Again, congrats to Auburn, and thanks to the OSU fans that kept it classy and repped their state. Here is to hoping Oregon and OSU can rise to the top of the CFB crop in 2011-2012.

Vonnegutt - Going Home

          I diiiigs Vonnegutt. Vonnegutt is a Purple Ribbon (Big Boi's label) affiliate, and this track will be dropping with their latest project Free.99. To me, Vonnegutt sounds like a mix of Gym Class Heroes and Patrick Stump. Never a bad thing. I saw GCH's at WoW Hall in Eugene during college, under 300 people in the venue, it was pretty cool. Vonnegutts lead singer, Kyle Lucas, also does a lot of solo freestyles, remixes, etc. This track has a good party feel to it.

Download | Vonnegutt - Going Home

"................convincing Lil B fans that it's cool not to cook"

             Don't ever let your parents tell you hip hop isn't musical kiddies. All you need is some old Zildjians and a good voice and BAM, you got some entertaining shit. Don't let they're attire fool you either, its Southern Cali, it's always beautiful here. This was just posted to Youtube, kinda makes me wonder how Intuition would sound next to The Roots...

15k+ rally for The Ducks on eve the BCS Title Game in AZ

| Look at all those Duck Fans. Rock Star status. |

               Win or lose, it doesn't even matter (well, it kinda does), I'm so damn proud of my Ducks. We're all so damn proud of our Ducks. Beavers fans are proud of their ducks too. I'v talked to lots of them. And if they're not, they should be. The Ducks are trying to do something that hasn't been done in the modern era; bring the Crystal Ball home to Oregon. Skip work. Skip class. Skip out on your family responsibilities. Wish The Ducks all the luck in the world tomorrow, and tune in on ESPN at 5:00 pm pacific.