"Flashing Lights" -Paparazzi Pics (Pt.258)

MAN! I've been "constipated" with work, so I apologize for having you in limbo waiting for a picture you maybe in. But honestly it's summer and a ni**g's trying to LIVE! IE late nights, early mornings, ray ray ray, this that and the other. So when you see me please know that I'm not carrying luggage those are bags under my damn eyes from lack of sleep! I'm even nodding off while I'm writing....I'm writing...I'm writing...sorry! See, dosing off as we speak. Anyway enough of my rants I FINALLY got a chance to post some joints up from (deep breath) Vinnie's Style BBQ, Voodou Lounge on Nostrand Ave, a b'day pool party at Jimmy (at the James Hotel), a Gary Grant/Black Essence event at Hotel Indigo, Sundays at Sugarland in BK, the Block Boys "toast to life" at Beauty & Essex, the Ft. Greene Fest, RSVP at the Bryant Park Hotel on Tues., "Sweet & Vicious" at the Empire Room on Saturdays, a Petals-N-Belles fund raiser at Hotel Chantelle, and something else I'm probably leaving out but mistake. Ol' man s**t. If you see someone you know in these batch of picture share the link w/ them. Pt.2 come soon mi yout! Spread love is...

"Can We Get Much Higher?" -Put Yo Hands Up, We Touching The Sky AGAIN! Roof Top Pt.2

Just when you Thought the summer fun was winding down? We've decided to squeeze in one more buzz worthy event that will forever set the bar for measuring DOPE summer day time roof top events! Think Hamptons meet Miami with a spectacular view of New York City and VOILA' you have "Touch The Sky...AGAIN!" A sequel to the still talked about 4th of July roof top event we (the Block Association) hosted for last month's holiday. We humbly request your presence to join for the day time event for the fashionable & social set. Those that attended (or even tried to) "Touch the Sky" pt.1 knows the importance of this invite! THANK YOU again for the support.

Saturday, Aug. 13th
Gary Grant, Lyshaan Hall, Alanzo Dale present

"TOUCH THE SKY...AGAIN!"
Fashion 26 Hotel Roof Top -152 W.26th betwn 6th & 7th
1pm-7pm
Hosted by the Block Boys & the Journ3y Men
Dress in mature summer time attire
Think Miami Vice, Hamptons, Polo Match attire
Ladies 4 guest limit w/RSVP, Guys 2 guest limit w/RSVP
RSVP full names to theBlockRSVP@gmail.com

After Party
"SWEET & VICIOUS"
10pm-4am
@the EMPIRE ROOM -33rd St. bewtn B'way & 5th)
FREE till 12am RSVP to theBlockRsvp@gmail.com

"Thought I'd Remind Ya!"-Watch The Throne Album Review, H.A.M Sandwich!

I decided I'll review the album from a different per-
spective this time around track for track with my favorite line(s) that are winners. Why? Cause quite frankly the $#it is DOPE! So if you was looking for a co-sign...GO COP IT! BONG! Review done. So now can I move on to the lyrics cause honestly this is what were here for huh? Right? Have a seat, put the kids to sleep and let's commence the review shall we?

"OTIS" -Safe to say this is the song of the summer ! Sorry Drake ("I'm On One"). When you hear the whole album in it's entirety
you'll completely understand why this made it as the first single. My favorite lines: Jay-Z - "...Looking like wealth, I'm about to call the paparazzi on myself..." Kanye-"I wrote Jesus Walks I'm never going to Hell.." or "...Sophisticated ignorance I write my curses in cursive..."

"GOTTA HAVE IT" -Hypnotic track that I just couldn't get past! TOO SHORT if you ask me, and I'm not talking bout the rapper either! How can you hate on a track where Kanye shouts out Nostrand Ave? Jay-Z & Kanye - "Ni**gas hate ballers these days, ain't that like LeBron James? Ain't that just like D-Wade?" and "I wish I could give you the feeling, I'm planking on a million..."

"ILLEST MOTHERF**KER ALIVE!" - A corny line like "...Staples in my dick cause I f**k so many centerfolds" only Kanye could make that work. Even HE laughs at the end of that line! "F**k your awards like Eddie Murphy's couch!" is Jay-Z's input I'm digging on this one.

"LIFT OFF!" -Not much rapping on this one so the winner by default is "Earth is boring too, $#it is making my dick soft" from Jay-Z LOVE the track ending after the countdown!

"MADE IN AMERICA" - 'Ye spits -"This ain't no fashion show, we LIVE it!' & "I'm rapping on them beats they was suppose to buy. I guess I'm getting high on my own supply" and Jay-Z retorts back "Our apple pie was supplied by Arm & Hammer..." and "No papa, Bad Santa, the streets raised me pardon my bad manners..." rounds out the few lines I like on this one.

"Murder To Excellence" - Jay -Z goes -"I'm giving you respect you I expect the same thing..." plus "I'm out here celebrating my post demise" & Kanye says- "Shop class, EVERYONE got a tool" & "Time for us to redefine Black Power. 41 black souls killed in an hour." is his contribution to the "Murder" half of this song. On "Excellence" Jay goes in saying "No cheap colonge, whenever I shhhttt shhhhttt, success never smell so sweet!" "Domino! Domino! Only SPOT a few blacks the higher I go.." DOPE! Mr. West comes back with "When you picture events called black ties, what's the last thing you expect to see? Black guys!" NICE!

"NEW DAY!" - This track sounds real Dilla-ish to me for some reason. Kanye spits a zinger stab at Amber Rose with lines like "...And I never ever let 'em hit a strip club, I learn the hard way that's not a place to find love" Jay-Z tells his future seeds "Sorry junior, I already ruined ya, you ain't even alive paparazzi pursuing ya.." Deep ish fellas!

"NI**AS IN PARIS" - LOVE the sample line "I don't know WHAT that even means! No one knows what it means, but it's provocative?" But the winner her lyrically are Jay's line "If you escaped like I escape you'd be in Paris getting f**ked up too!" 'Ye replies "Bougie girl grab her hand, F**K the bitch she don't wanna dance. Excuse my French but I'm in France!"

"NO CHURCH IN THE WILD!" -I need a remix w/ just Frank Ocean on this one! Fa real! But "Think about the girl in all leopard, who was rubbing the wood Kiki Shepard!" And "We formed a NEW religion no sins if there's permission..." Kanye says convincingly!

"PRIMETIME" -Lines like "NEW money I found the fountain of youth!" "DAMN Yeezy why they all gotta be dimes? Adam gave up a rib, so mine better be prime!" are arrogance at its BEST!

"WHO GON STOP ME?" -"You heard Yezzy was racist? Will I guess it's somewhat basis, I only like green faces...", "I went through Hell I'm expecting Heaven!" are sure to be SOMEBODY'S Facebook status soon I see it now!

"WHY I LOVE YOU" - Jay-Z goes H.A.M w/ "F**K you squares that why the circle got smaller!", "I'm I my brother's keeper? As long as a ni**ga don't creep up!" "Me or the money, what are you loyal to?" are the stand outs on this track. But it honestly fire all the ways through.

Too bad Soul Train is no longer on I would've LOVED to see these two on Sat morning w/ Don C. performing these tracks "live"

"I Got That Sticky Icky!" -Spidey Goes Black & I Ain't Talking Bout His Costume Folks!

Yep you read it right, your friendly neighborhood Spiderman is from the 'hood now! Brooklyn to be exact! In a retelling of Spiderman's origin, Marvel's new direction after the death of Peter Parker was to pass the touch to a half Black half Hispanic teen named Miles. I applaud the move being that ALL races should view a hero as just that...a HERO! Not base it on skin color. So after a Black President (the leader of the free world) why can't the most recognizable superhero (next to Superman & Batman) be a person of color? I say f**k it why not? I just pray the writers keep it tasteful. No "Yo son, whenever I wear the suit chicks be on my WEB!" and none of that "Hey shorty, You know I swing both ways right? Uptown & downtown...Holla!" Or corny lines like "I'm off the wall like MJ baby!" Now let's see how long it takes Hollywood to cast a BLACK ACTOR as Spiderman. Even switch it up and have a black nerd from the South bit by a radioactive mosquito (in NYC it would probably be a bed bug)! Oh yeah I forgot, it HAS to be a spider right. DUH!

"When Awesoneness Turns To Epic!" -It's All Love, However..."F**k Yo Couch!

You Remember every summer that pasts it's at least ONE banger of a party that you praise the heavens for reminding you "Life is good?" Now let me ask you this, are you tired of going out to affairs where the crowd looks absolutely fabulous but act like it's a damn tea & biscuits soiree' even when the DJ is going "H.A.M." on the set? Now what if the two were married? A party where "the Beautiful Ones" didn't care about breaking a motherf**kin' sweat and still looked damn good doing it! We like to call that (say it with me now) "Sophisticated Ignorance" folks. That perfect pairing between glitz and gangster. "Gangster glam" and guess you can say. That moment where the music is SO right that them red bottoms start coming off, and those cuff linked shirts become unbuttoned and swung around in the air helicopter style! EXACTLY! Now allow me to introduce you to "F**k Yo Couch!" -a once a month event so focused on both the music and a great looking mix/vibe of invited people (like yourself) that it's bound to go international by next year...Trust! The future starts tomorrow...

(1st) Friday Aug 5th
the JOURN3Y MEN invite you to say
"F**k Yo Couch!" -Sophisticated Ignorance at it's BEST!
@the Livingroom -602 Pacific St. (betwn. Flatbush & 4th ave)
9pm-3am
Rowdy 80's, 90's & now music powered by The Block Boys
(DJ Trauma, DJ Frei, & Danny Ocean)
FREE ADMISSION
Kitchen menu open all night!
Couch surfing is highly encouraged!
#FYC, #F**kYoCouch!, or #Sweatboxflow on Twitter

"Weekend Planner UPDATED!" -#Hotelflow w/The Block Boys This Weekend 8/2-8/7

Seems like hotels are the latest trending hangout spots now! Here are three for just this week alone to attend!

Tonight 8/2
"RSVP"
@Bryant Park Hotel-40 W.40th St betwn 5th & 6th ave
9pm-2am.
Music by the Block Boys
FREE!

Wed 8/3
"Kickoff Cocktail Reception For The Black Enterprise Golf & Tennis"
@Hotel Indigo NYC -127 w.28th 6th & 7th ave
6pm-11pm
FREE!

Thurs. 8/4
"A Cut Above" -Celeb Groomer Vernon Scott's B'day
@The Mercel Hotel -corner of 24th St and 3th ave.
10pm-4am
Hosted by the Minority Report
Music by the Ahficionados

FREE! RSVP to party4vernon@gmail.com

Friday 8/5
"F**k Yo Couch!" -Sophisticated Ignorance
80's, 90's, NOW!
@the Livingroom-602 Pacific St near Flatbush & 4th
9pm-4am
Music by the Block Boys
FREE!

Sat. 8/6
"Sweet&Vicious" Grand Opening
@The Empire Room-33rd St betwn 5th & 6th
10pm-4am
FREE till 12 on list only!
RSVP theBlockRsvp@gmail.com

Sunday 8/7
"Splash!"- B'day pool party hosted by Renee Neufville (of Zhane')
@The James Hotel-15 Thompson St. NYC
for the launch summer rooftop pool!
7:00 pm - 1:00 am
MUST send names to
rsvp@suninleo.com

PRESS RELEASE: "A Cut Above Them All" -Vernon Scott's B'day Invitation

Attention people of Gotham! Celebrity groomer Vernon Scott (Maxwell, Pharrell, Common, Lupe Fiasco, Ne-Yo etc.) has contacted the Minority Report NYC/the Block Boys to help extend an invitation to you to join him in helping usher in yet another fruitful year of LIFE! YES it's his born day and to make it a memorable one he'll be taking over the Mercel Hotel's Polar Lounge...YOU HAVE BE WARNED!

Thursday August 4th
"I'M A BOSS!" -Vernon Scott's B'day
10pm-4am
@Polar Lounge (inside the Mercel Hotel) -24th St 3rd ave
Hosted by the Minority Report
Music by the Ahficionados
PLEASE RSVP ASAP (full names)
party4vernon@gmail.com
Dress zip lock fresh!

"Back In The Days On The Blvd of Linden..." -ATCQ Movie Review

Question, do you consider yourself a TRUE Hip-Hop aficionado? Do you STILL get "musical goose bumps" when you hear the opening chords of "Awards Tour" or that other Tribe classic "Scenario?" If you answered "YES!" to just one of these questions, then you BETTER tell me "Yep, seen it!" when I ask have you checked that Tribe doc that's out. What did I think about it? I'd say without question "GO SEE IT!" And here's why. As a ATCQ fan you HAVE had to have been scratching your head wondering just how did the groups demise come about? What and (even better) WHO Jarobi was in the group. And WHAT was the driving force behind all those unforgettable funky jazz samples that were the Tribe's signature sound? All that is answered in this film. However this is NOT a Tribe (the group's) film. This is a movie about Tribe the friendship! And how being a good leader requires GREAT listening at times. It's a "Bromance" if you may say, about one of the best rap units in the game. I'm not sure if it was all marketing, but the "con"-troversy before it's release about Tip not feeling the end result of his on screen portrayal, may have been helpful pushing folks to go see it! I gotta add this one to my DVD collection (YES I still but those) one it's released, it's a "must watch." I'm giving it 4 out of 5 M's

"Building Blocks"-THREE New Weekly Soirees' For The Sophisticated & Fly!

Last Tues. we got off to a GREAT start! So let's continue the movement THIS Tuesday & EVERY Tuesday the uber sexy Bryant Park Hotel’s Cellar Bar during the convenient work week hrs of 9pm-2am! SWEET right? Just enough time to run home get right and get back before your hangover kicks in. LOL! Am I lying? The Rat Pack era movement continues beyond!

EVERY TUESDAY!
The Block Boys, IXP, the American Hype
along w/ the Minority Report NYC present
“RSVP” Respondez S’il Vous Plait
@ Bryant Park Hotel Cellar Bar -40 W.40th St betwn 5th & 6th
9pm-2am
Music by the Block Boys
DJ FreelikeFrei /DJ Trauma /Danny Ocean
All drinks will be half price from 9pm – 9:45pm
2 for 1 Martinis (ladies) from 9:45pm - 10:30pm
Dress in mature summer time apparel

Right in the shadow of that huge stadium been built for the Brooklyn Nets (and a Jay-z retirement concerts I bet). Right on the SAME block as the old Vinnie's Styles location this venue will be our newest digs on Friday nights if all goes according to plan! PLEASE support on our/the venue's GRAND opening night and every Friday afterwards! Oh yeah peep the prices and the budget friendly menu!

EVERY FRIDAY!
"the Livingroom" -602 Pacific St. near Flatbush and 4th Ave
9pm-3am
Music By the Block Boys
DJ Trauma, DJ Frei, & Danny Ocean
Food served kitchen, NEVER closes!

MENU:
Chicken wings & finger ($6 each), Fried shrimp ($8),
Wraps (buffalo, chicken caesars, veggie, shrimp) ($6-$10)
Crab cakes ($12)

Wine ($5-$8) a glass
Draft beer ($4-$5)
Bottled beer ($4-$7)
Signature drinks ($7-$10)

Wanna celebrate a b'day w/ a dinner party?
contact us at theBlockRSVP@gmail.com w/amount of guest
it's FREE of charge

YEP! Yet ANOTHER grand opening is going down THIS Saturday right underneath the iconic Empire State Building! Done with both taste & confidence

THE GRAND OPENING SATURDAY 8/6/11
EVERY SATURDAY!
"SWEET & VICIOUS"
@the EMPIRE ROOM -33rd betwn 5th & 6th ave
10pm-4am
Weekly Female / Male DJ line ups
EVERYONE on guest list FREE till 12am!
E-mail FULL names to theBlockrsvp@gmail.com

**** Drink Specials****
2 for 1 from 10pm-12am for Bacardi mixed drinks
Moet Nectar $125
Moet Rose $175