6th Sense – “Love Lockdown” Remix
6th Sense puts his spin on Kanye’s “Love Lockdown” and spits a verse to boot.

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Kanye West – “Love Lockdown” (Catharsis Remix)

Racism is nothing new to me. I always joke that my life is full of full-time jobs and being black is one of them. Essentially, racist people don’t bother me as long as they don’t decide to go on a killing spree. It’s mostly a defense mechanism, if you ask me. This woman was either racist or crazy. Or both.

So, I was sitting at Starbucks today working on a college paper in between blog posts. I looked up briefly and caught an old white lady directing some laser stares at me. She muttered something with a frown on her face, but I couldn’t make out the words.

After ordering coffee, the lady who looked like she might be in her 60s or 70s, headed straight to my table and sat opposite me. At this point I was still playing it cool, because I thought she just needed a place to sit.

“You’re in my space now,” she exclaimed. “This is my territory. You don’t like it, get an office space. Fuck you!”

All this while, I’m struggling to make sense of it all. Nothing made sense to me. There were probably 4 or 5 empty seats within eyeshot. Then it dawned on me that she just might be the owner of the store. I was wrong.

She continued, “You’re a piece of shit! Fuck you!!”

I replied, “Look, this isn’t necessary. There’s plenty of space here for everyone.”

She lost it. “You’re a hacker! Fuck you! Tomorrow the stock market opens. $700 billion takeover. I’m in, you’re out. Fuck you, you piece of shit. You think you’re safe because you’re at Starbucks. The FBI has all your information now, John Worthington.”

I ignored the cranky old bitch for the remainder of her disjointed rant. Anyway, she went on for another 2 or 3 minutes before she finally got up and walked away, but not without knocking my empty cup of coffee to the floor. I thought to myself, “May God help the next victim of this lout’s preconceived notions and overall douchebaggery.”

What’s the moral of this story, people? If you’ve been entrusted with the sorry task of babysitting a mentally derailed septuagenarian, never ever ever let them loose on the streets without equipping them with the proper medication.

So, here’s my question to you: What would you do if an old white lady walked up to you and called you “a piece of shit” for no apparent reason?

Everytime a reporter lures Obama into talking about hip-hop he seizes the opportunity to rehash these 4 talking points:

1. I’m older than hip-hop
2. Jay-Z and Kanye are my favorites (Luda was stricken from this list after his politically incorrect “Politics As Usual”)
3. I respect the hustle of hip-hop entrepreneurs
4. Rappers need to stop saying “bitches” and “hoes”

Well, not in those words. But you get the point. Anyway, Obama shouting out hip-hop is obviously a big deal. It’s such a big deal that news sites can’t get enough of it. So, in the spirit of celebrating Obama’s historic endorsement of some hip-hop, here are some excerpts of a recent dialogue between MTV’s resident Rastafarian Sway Calloway and Barack Obama.
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So you say, “OK, Riz, I see the artwork but where the fuck is the tracklist?” Well, Q-Tip being Q-Tip opted for a unique approach by listing the tracks right on the cover. So if you’re the type of buyer that tends to gauge an album’s quality by the genius of its tracklisting, this might come in handy.

Street Date: November 4, 2008 [Election Day, no less]

Count Bass D has decided to bless you mindless drones of the Internets with a free download of his new instrumental album, Robbed Without a Pistol. There’s one catch though. You have to agree to buy Bass D’s L7 (Mid-Life Crisis) album next month or your free copy of Robbed Without a Pistol will self-destruct at midnight.
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New music video from Postell’s LP, The Good Thief. Directed by Josh Senior, who is not a Rik Cordero impostor.

Kanye West – “Love Lockdown” (Catharsis Remix)
Ever since Kanye released “Love Lockdown” stems on his blog, remixes of the song have been raining down on the Internet like confetti. This one, by French producer Catharsis, and that LMFAO remix I Cuban Linked the other day are my favorites so far.

Jim Jones has a new DVD on the way and you can bet your kufi that it’s going to be chock full of comical moments. I’ll probably end up buying 2 of these just so I can mail one to Cam as a birthday present.