"Flame On!" -Signs Your Homie Lover Friend May Be Gay!

Ladies, let's be real...cuffin' season is now upon us! The time when summer madness turns to winter sadness, and you're looking to get boo'ed up by at least one of your "3am callers" that may have some type of spooning potential. Yeah, I know your pain (not personally), but I understand your plight. It's hard on the boulevard right now! Guys (speaking from a African-American perspective) are either married, in some type of committed relationship (it's complicated), has a baby momma or two...or three, serving time, unemployed or just broke. Then there's the ones that have money and a lady for every zero in their bank account. The workaholic/hustlers with NO time. Plus the well put together, highly educated cats who come off as well...corny! It's tough! I GET IT! But DON'T go out there rushing to jump the broom with your jump-off! Hold your horse hairs a minute. There's one last situation we haven't mentioned yet...the GAY dude! As "acceptance" in the hood increases, women have been voicing their methods of detection are failing them miserably! So I've enlisted some helpful hints from my single male friends without kids that have their own apartments with good paying jobs IE "the Last Mohegans" to assist with some tail tail (oops sorry tale tale) signs to spare yourself the embarrassment of "the Closet Monster" story you'll be telling your close girlfriends. LOL!

1. You met him in a beauty/nail salon
2. He sometimes texts you back "Kk"
3. He grabs YOUR arm on the scary parts at the movies
4. Your 1st road trip he brings a show tunes mixed CD to play.
5. He cried when Oprah went off the air.
6. You caught him using your razor in the shower...on his LEGS!
7. He has a ENTIRE album on Facebook with just pictures of his male "good friend" in it.
8. Your male hairdresser asked "Girl, how you KNOW him? Hmmm!" When he dropped you off.
9. After sex he "mistakenly" puts on your panties in a rush and swears he "didn't notice"
10. He's carries his brief case in the crease of his arm.
11. He's crosses his legs more than you do!
12. He eats bananas, popsicle, lollipops, hot dogs sensuously in public with BOTH hands!
13. He sags not only his jeans but, this underwear too.
14. He squeals like a young school girl whenever a Beyonce' song comes on...EVERYTIME!
15. And lastly he wears a freakin' rainbow belt! DUH!!!

Hopefully this clears somethings up for you. If not I truly hope you & Tremaine have a happy life together! Oh, and one more last thing... don't panic, the Chris Brown screen saver he has on his computer could be just a faze he's going thru. Deuces!

"All The Ugly People Be Quiet!!!" -Beautiful People Of Brooklyn Dedication Video

So here's the story, I was working on a video (which I have to still finish BTW) based on my "adventures" so far this summer, when ANOTHER idea came to me, and I got distracted and started on THIS video you're about to view now. That freakin' fist pumpin' Chris Brown song was in my head (for some odd ass reason) so I used it to edit the clips around. Anyways, long story short, I hope you enjoy my "beautiful distraction". LOL! This is dedicated to the wonderful world called Brooklyn courtesy of the Block Association. @theBlockAssoc on Twitter & theBlockRSVP.groups.facebook.com on Facebook...obviously!

"Flashing Lights" -Paparazzi Pics (Pt.229)

Last Wednesday, I have NO clue just how, but I attended not one but TWO parties back to back and STILL had the strength to get up to grind (no not sexually) the next morning! First I began my "tour of duty" in LES at Happy Ending for one Reese Splendid's birthday gathering. Which started at a decent time, cause Lord knows ANYTHING later I would have tapped out early, and been mad I slept through it. I was comrade-less most of the night so I called in "the Calvary" aka Block Association gang members Silky Valente' and L.A. for the assist. Rumors spread fast that BET'S 106 & Park anniversary party was going down at Marquee, and we NEEDED to get over there pronto before our link to get in was mummified...a wrap! Luckily we found parking rather quick, and was inside lickity split, thick in the middle of the madness. Trey Songz posted up RIGHTNEXT to us so we were bombarded by all the loose groupies, security, and flung panties thrown in his direction. Once one fell into our ice bucket (EWWWW!) it was time to get our coats outta coat check. Trey "seemed" preoccupied by whatever Chris Brown was doing in his booth (note him looking off in the pic posted below). But I brushed it off thinking "I must be beef from their rival Virginia high school wrestling team days." Eh? Who cares? I'm gone.

"The Leak" -Gotta Be A Leak Of The Week!

Shhh, I had to go through high level security to cop these joints for you so appreciate it! I got something smooth from "I drop a new track hotter than my album" Drake. Then there's a lil' something from Chris "Did you NOT see me cry on the BET Awards, now let's move on" Brown, New ish from Ush(er) with a verse from Jigga. Then a (WTF!) Waka Flocka Flame joint remixed by Rick Ross which is the ONLY reason you'll see me write Waka Flocka Flame on here D'oh! Just writing that name sucks!


Drake -"Do It All"



Chris Brown -"Your Love" (Redo)



Usher feat. Jay-Z -"Hot Toddy"



Waka Flocka Flame (?) feat. Rick Ross -"Hard In the Paint" (Remix)

"West Of Eden"-Ain't No Love The Heart of the City, Where Is The Love?

Boy, talk about blame it on the alcohol huh? After Kanye did his own remix last Sunday (VMA awards), you sware he'd slapped some one's baby four times w/ the mother standing right there (which btw someone DID do, do you even watch the news?) Well the way I see things this is all going to be some big SNL skit soon, folks will laugh it off, he'll drop a hot single and all will be forgiven...right? Though I think it was a WILD move (even as I was witnessing it first hand) I had to stop and think just WHO he was. DUH! Kanye is known for doing wild $#it! I'm I correct? This time instead of Bush he picked on "Middle America" ie Taylor Swift. A peer in the music community. NOT saying he was right, but you do get my point. Anyway enough "soapboxing" I really came here tonight to expose him. Oh not in THAT way! Just bringing the focus BACK to the music he USED to be known for (at least). Here's some cleverly sampled stuff I "dug" up for you to reflect on his talent. One final note* I don't remember Chris Brown getting this type of "riot act media mobbing" Was it cause a black on black crime was committed? Hmmm I'm just saying...

"Nothing to Lose, Everything To Gaines!" - Ya Boy Is The Truth!

Can I get a "HELL YEAH!" Almost a year after meeting this phenom, "Ryan Leslie meets Chris Brown (w/out the violence)" singer Ernie Gaines has been OFFICIALLY signed under the Truth Label/Motown
/Universal Records label folks (hold your applause till the end)! With the help of two highly buzzed leaked singles out "Sip It!" & "So Sorry" it was just a matter of time that this HAD to happen! If not, I was ready to start my own label "Minority Music" (Wow! That has a NICE ring to it) just to get his hot new sound out. So you know us, we like to celebrate major movements around here so be sure to listen out for a date that we'll be toasting this joyous occasion. In the meantime click HERE to peep some of his music if you haven't heard about the kid yet. "D.O.A." fo' reals! Hopefully we can get 'em for Rock the Block BK this year too!

"Are You Following Me?" -Somebody's Getting A MTV Award For Sure Man!

Man this should've been a single a loooong time ago. But now being that it has a HOT video accompanying it, hopefully it'll pump new life back into the track. Which by the way is one of my favorite songs off Kanye's Heartbreak & 808's album. Also it's good to see "Ri Ri" back in the spot light again...for GOOD reasons this time. Take that Chris Breezy! That court case is something to be "Paranoid" about!

"The Last Temptation of Chris" -More Chrihanna Introspecting.

I was trying to stay real far from touching on the whole Chris "I get around" Brown & Rihanna "Anna Anna A" controversy that's been making the gossip mills. Only cause for one, domestic violence is NOTHING to joke about. And two, as of now all the details concerning the matter has yet to come out. But being the blogger that I'm I had to post these latest findings. Pay REALLY close attention to this Doublemint Gum ad that's been running on HD tube for a while now. If he HAS attacked her anywhere close to the way he's kicking around that gum then...Oh man! Now come on, I'm just saying bro. I'm just saying.

"And The Award Goes To..." The American Music Awards In Review

Did you happen to catch the American Music Awards (AMA's) last night? If NO, then I'll bring you up to speed so you won't feel like an outcast around the ol' water cooler today. In my opinion the BIGGEST winner of the whole night was...Disney!
The parent company of ABC made sure that this year's award show promote basically all the talent they run. The show opened up with a medley (?) from Christina Aggie-whatever. A former Mouseketeer btw. Why a medley you ask? Who knows, it's not like she was receiving a life -time achievement award or anything! Oh, but she DOES have a greatest hits CD to promote right (exclusively at Target, a sponsor for the show. hmmm). Awkward moment of the night; Some dude walks out high/drunk or something to announce a song called "Sober." Loved the irony. Best performances top three (not in any order); Cold Play, Beyonce', and Ne-Yo. Hot! Top Head Scratches; Flo Rida up for ANYTHING! Kanye GIVING an award away (to Lil' Wanye). Chris Brown winning Artist of the Year(?) over Cold Play, Alicia (I wanna lick you) Keys, and Lil' Wayne! Even he was shocked! Other Disney plugs; Miley (freakin' Hanna Mon-freakin' -tana) Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers performing, plus another former Mouseketeer Justin Timberlake as a surprise host. Other highlights (or rather low points) were the (stray) Pussycat Dolls set singing "When I Grow Up." Ummm, like grow up already! And ya'll remember when Jamie Foxx use to be funny? I miss the funny Foxx (no homo)! Two of the biggest acts had the biggest yawns, Kanye West & Rihanna (dude, where'd my accent go)...Dope haircut BTW. The Dream brings out Beyonce' ? Man I could've done that! New Kids On the Block looked like "Ol' Men Off That Rock!" Stiff, but happy to still be moving. Long story short. I missed the 24 season premiere for THIS!?! And P.S. Jimmy Kimmel sucked...So not funny!