Monday, June 29, 2009

Top 10 Reasons the BET Awards Made Me Want To Vomit


I know I am very hard on REGGINS (If you don't know what a Reggin is, spell if backwards), but there is a war going on outside between intelligent, educated, driven Black Americans. BET is a Reggin's greatest weapon in their war on intelligence.


The only reason that I watched this BET Crap is because of the tribute to Michael, which is all Buffoon Entertainment Television has been bragging on since Michael went into a coma! So needless to say BET struck a mighty blow for COONERY! So in order to try and fire back, I proudly present the Top 10 Reasons the BET Awards Made Me Want To Vomit:


10. The muth@$#% sound man: How in the world do you leave a night dedicated to (arguably) the greatest musician of the past 40 years up to someone who obviously took a correspondence course and got a D- in turning up microphone volume. Some of these performances sounded incredible to my imagination because I had to strain to hear them.

9. T-Pain: I don't even know where to begin. This reincarnation of Stepin Fetchit not only embarassed all of us by that waste of precious metal he calls his "BIG ASS CHAIN". Yes I know it's his money, but there's a time and a place for everything, and (I know it was BET) this wasn't it. He had a great-looking Michael shirt on that no one could see because it was eclipsed by his coon medallion. Then, to add insult to injury, when accepting an award, this buffoon decided to drink out of a plastic red cup. REALLY?!? How classless.


8. Zoe Saldana: Why in the world would you go out to present an award with the legendary Nichelle Nichols (The Original "Uhura") from Star Trek and embarrass the very legend who paved for you by telling the WORLD that Nichelle is in the restroom? That was so classless and unladylike. Yes Zoe, you can STILL GET IT, but you need some etiquette lessons.


7. Soulja Boy: No I didn't expect him to pay tribute to Michael Jackson, nor did I expect him to be able to SPELL Michael Jackson, but the performance was lackluster at best. Not unlike the Reggins, the use of pyro didn't distract me from how much you sucked.

6. Tiny and Toya: This is why I stopped watching Bamboozled Entertainment Television in the first place. All you have to do to be a success is let a a rapper get you pregnant and you get a reality show? Way to go BET! This is going to set us back 350 years.

5. Frankie and Neffie: See Number 6, except for the fact that instead of having a baby by a rapper, One is the crack addicted mother of a lackluster (although good-looking-in-a-hoodrat-sort-of-way) R&B singer and the other is a sister who is the Black version of Khloe Kardashian - sort of looks like the chick you wanna bang but she got the shallow end of the gene pool! Horrible!

4.The Censors: These idiots couldn't bleep their way out of a wet paper bag! I counted 2 sh*ts and they beeped out h*? SMDH.

3. Debra Lee: The New head of BET is such a pioneer! No one thought that BET could sink any lower than Bob Johnson's level of coonery and you proved us all wrong! Moron! I bet you think you've done something substantial, but you have only managed to embarrass us on an international stage due to the fact that CNN has been covering this abomination!

2. Joe Jackson during the pre-show, you were an opportunist, plugging a new record label and YOUR CHILD'S BODY ISN'T IN THE GROUND YET! You, sir, disgust me more than the collective casts of all 800 seasons of College Hill. You should be ashamed!

1. Drake's performance of "Every Girl In The World": This was okay until they brought those little girls onstage! How Canadian and pedophile-like of you. We tolerated that nonsense with R. Kelly and he's a musical genius.


Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Dawn Okoro




Artist Dawn Okoro emphasizes her eye for color, shape, and the womanly figure. Her use of shadow and light within her pieces are incredible and it brings the form of reality to her paintings with bold lines, and warmly lit colors. If you want to study color theory, just take a look at her paintings, from rich monotone reds, and greens with a splash of contrast, Dawn creates original creations that would make any room pop.

Born in Houston, Texas, Dawn Okoro holds a Bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at Austin and a Juris Doctor from Thurgood Marshall School of Law.


You can purchase her work in person or you can purchase online by emailing her about a particular piece or for a price list.

Who is J*Davey?



J*DaVeY is female vocalist Briana Cartwright (who performs under the name Jack Davey) and male producer Brook D'Leau. Yes! Jack is a girl and Brooke is a boy. The music is a mix of neo-soul, electro-fuck, alternative hip-hop, and jazz. Their sound is quite unique.

J*DaVeY independently dropped the double-disc The Beauty In Distortion / The Land Of The Lost on Interdependent Media back in 2008. However, they are currently signed a major-deal with a division of Warner Brothers Records.



On the The Beauty disc "Private Parts" and "No More" are so unabashedly Prince they make me blush. "Camera (Gangsta)" is fearless but check out "Mr. Mister (The Future Screw Mix) nothing like electronica screwed.




The Land holds its own with the sexy "Rock The Dancehall" with Kardinal Offishall, "Just Because" featuring Phonte from Little Brother and a live 2006 performance of "No More" at the Temple Bar in Santa Monica.


J*DaVeY is the future of electro-funk and soul. They are a cross between Erykah Badu and Prince. Definitely be on the listen.