TRACE is back!

TRACE Magazine's latest issue is out at a newsstand near you. The mag has been revamped and will now only be published 4xs a year. The blog site however, www.trace212.com, will be updated daily, starting March 2, 2009, and will feature a column by yours truly...ME! So check me out here and at trace212. I got some shit in store for yall!

Softwear

Common and Microsoft...yes, Microsoft...have debuted a line of t-shirts. The first design features the lyrics to Common's 1994 hit, "I Used to Lover H.E.R.". The others will be vintage themed; showcasing 80's Microsoft computer font. View them all at the Microsoft website.

LMAO!

My dude Mavado man...this is too funny!

Tidbits of News

Yo...I'm back! I know it's been damn near 2 weeks since I posted anything, but that's cuz there ain't really been nothing to post. The Rihanna/Chris Brown and 50Cent/Rick Ross sagas are washed up now. Everybody's talking about them but the shit is corny. Well, I got some stuff to report...not much, but it's something. Hopefully some more important news will swing my way. I'm not trying to jump on the bandwagon and beat dead horses. Enjoy!

Shyne might be released this April because of good behavior. And yes, he plans on hitting the studio. I'm anxious to see what direction his music will take because he's now practicing Judaism. Well...stay tuned!

Diddy's next album will be entitled, "Last Train to Paris", and will feature production by T-Pain. It is slated for a September 09 release.

Bone Thugs n Harmony will be collaborating on a new project with Kevin Federline and Vanilla Ice....smh. I can't. Bone Thugs are talented...I hope they know what they're doing. They better do ALL the writing.

Uncle Luke (Luke Campbell) got locked up yesterday for not paying 10 stacks ($10,000) in back child support to one of his kids' mothers, Shakera Morgan. He won't be released until the entire debt is cleared. Damn.

Justin Timberlake was crowned GQ Magazine's "Most Stylish Man in America". Huh?

MC Hammer has a new reality show debuting on A&E about him, his wife and their 5 kids...YAWN.

Lil Wayne Does Letterman’s Top 10

“Pause” LOL! This is comedy. Weezy tells the top 10 reasons he’s looking forward to the Grammy Awards. Weezy is too cute.

DAMN

New Rick Ross online game at officerricky.com. There's even an Officer Ricky facebook page. There's no recovering now. There goes that Def Jam deal. His album better make major sales.

Impeachment!

Word in the music world is that DJ Khaled might be replaced as President of Def Jam South by current Core DJS President Tony Neal. Sources claim that the reason behind Khaled's termination is because of embarrassing total sales for Ace Hood's debut album, (roughly 50k units) and the current 50 Cent/Rick Ross feud.

Diddy's Dollar

LMAO! I got this pic from thisis50.com and I think it's hilarious. I love their caption; but I had to do my own.

Inside Diddy's Head:

"1 hunid, 2 hunid, 3 hunid, four hun...what da fuck is...oh shit! I remember this! This is a single. I aint seen one of these since...hold up...fuck is this doing on me?"

LMAO!

New Music

Biggie & Jay-Z – “Slam” Freestyle

Biggie’s the best. Hands down. “My style gushy like a hooker’s pussy”. “Slam Larry Johnson and his Grandmamma NIGGA!” “Stuck to ya ass like tissue when you wipe it fast”. Come on man!

Jay’s right behind him. No question. "I diddy-bop like Diddy back when Big cock eyes hypnotized the masses behind Versace glasses”. Dope. But what would the game by like if Big was here? He’s truly missed. Nobody can rap like this no more.

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Lil Wayne - “Yeahhh”

This is aight. As always, some bars make sense and some are senseless. “Shout out to Nas for helping me tap into my inner nigga”. Damn.

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Yung Chris ft. Wale & Bun B - 3 Rap generations (so to speak) on one soul-full beat spitting the truth. My favorite song of 09 so far.

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Snoop Dogg – “I Walk the Line” – Johnny Cash Sample. Snoop uses the late Johnny Cash on this Hip-hop meets Country single.

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New Music

Bussa Buss: “Wack”. But please believe this song isn’t!

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Vi – “Over Here”. Straight outta Chi-town. I like this dude.

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