This is all i have to say about this story…a picture is worth a thousand words.

Birthdays was the worst days
Now we sip champagne when we thirst-ay

Today is gift for your mp3 player.
We produced this track sometime ago with our homegirl Dee Ferguson on the vocals.
She’s in Rotterdam, Netherlands, we sent the track, she wrote the tune, recorded the vocals and emailed them back to us and this is the beautiful result.

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It’s almost hard to believe that blatant racism still runs rampant in America in the 21st century.
But it’s complete “Jim Crow” down in Jena, Louisiana that includes:
“a tree for ‘whites only and nooses,
and a black high school student who was involved in a fight with a white student was convicted by an ALL white jury and faces a sentence of 22 years….
Watch the report and see the facts for yourself

So far 26953 people , including myself have signed an online petition to the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.

Please sign the petition
by clicking here

I just received this from my man Kevin Powell, so i figured ‘d post it to get the word out

Please join, Kevin Powell, and other members of moveon.org, from the Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens councils of moveon.org, for an IMPORTANT rally and press conference against the War in Iraq

THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2007
1:00 pm
City Hall Park (right near City Hall in Manhattan)
Park Row and Lafayette Street, facing the Brooklyn Bridge
NEW YORK CITY

ABOUT THE RALLY AND PRESS CONFERENCE
We are told, in billion dollar increments, the escalating cost of the war but never in terms of what the war is costing each of us, what price we all paying for this unending war. At this event we will announce the actual dollar price we are all paying for this unending war in Iraq— money taken from local healthcare, education, infrastructure, and other basic needs of our everyday lives. With over 100 other moveon.org councils across the country holding their own press conferences on the same day, we expect to raise wide-ranging public consciousness about the cost of this war right here at home to each and every one of us.

And we will hear from 2 individuals who will speak of the cost of this war on a very different levels:

Nasreen, an Iraqi schoolteacher and one of only 133 to get a visa to the U.S. this year, helped begin an email exchange four years ago between her students and those of a Brooklyn teacher. Despite significant hardships they have been sending messages on the very real costs of war to ordinary people like you and me living (and sometimes despairing and wishing to die) in Baghdad. Kevin Powell is widely considered one of America’s most important voices in these early years of the 21st century. Legendary feminist Gloria Steinem asserts that “as a charismatic speaker, leader, and a very good writer, Kevin Powell has the courage…to be fully human, and this will bring the deepest revolution of all.” Kevin will speak about the war from the perspective of someone who organizes and lectures across America.

Please join us at this very important event to learn more about the toll this war is taking on us all and the price we are all paying. And please invite friends, family, co-workers, everyone needs to hear this.

Directions:
2, 3 to Park Place A, C to Broadway-Nassau Street
J, M to Fulton Street
R, W to City Hall
4, 5, 6 train to the Brooklyn Bridge station or Fulton Street station

Host: Jill Howell
Status: Free, open to the public

For more information about moveon.org, visit www.moveon.org

So I’ve been so busy that I’m finally getting around to writing about LAST saturday.
It was the Zune, Live @ the BBQ event, which sent out emails 3 weeks ago and you had to print out a barcoded ticket for entry.
It was promoted as an actual BBQ with a concert featuring Large Professor and Brand Nubian. (so you know I had to go)
The Zune mp3 player is impressive, and in many ways is abetter device for your money in terms of functionality than an Ipod.
Built in wifi, the ability to share songs with other Zune players, fm radio, pics, videos, and cheaper price.

Apple is winning because the marketing is so strong, but Microsoft is totally smashing Apple with events like these.
free beer and eat free barbecue chicken , free concert along with a nice view of the city from Planet Brooklyn.

I even got to capture a slice of hiphop history as i got to see the Original Crooklyn Dodgers, Masta Ace, Buckshot and Special Ed perform along with OC.

I recorded it for prosperity:

OC even did his verse from “Return of the Crooklyn Dodgers”.

Next up was Large Professor:

I know its BK and the chick was japanese but where was the fashion police?
If style is letting people who you are without saying anything, then we all know this woman is crazy.
The Clipse performed by at that time I was sitting elsewhere eating, it “sounded” like an ok performance.

next up was The Lox/Dblock…ripped it

Seriously,Why haven’t they arrested her yet?

The also had free water fountains with Poland Spring water (not tap water)
and a lounge where they had some Zunes and a few Xbox 360 systems with flat screens sitting inside actual BBQ grills.

I hate the xbox controllers and I old school in the way of you like one system and stick with it….Playstation for life!

Next up was Brand Nubian

I was really looking to see Brand Nubian perform, but Lord Jamar missed his flight from LA, so it was only Sadat X and Grand Puba.

I left shortly after that.
I heard after awhile there was a surprise performance by LL Cool J, but I got issues with that cat after seeing him “act out’ backstage and a certain awards show and I’ll leave it at that…for now.

Overall was a pretty cool event and a very nice state park, Empire Fulton Ferry Park.
I have to remember to go back there just to chill out one day.