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Jae Millz | Freestyles On Flex | Freestyle #114 (Video)
Okay. I saw the ‘heat’ in the comments for K-ShiNe’s freestyle for Flex that we just posted… Apparently, Jae Millz took that L. But even whisper the battlecat’s name and he’s back at you. Heavy bar talk with a double side serving of ‘petty’ for every hater. Ha!
– @ojones1
Jemele Hill Has Nothing But Love For ESPN (Video)
… Yeah, now that she is outta there, and cashing BIG checks!
I will admit to being in my feelings (not in the fun Drake way) about the drama ESPN was giving Jemele before her departure, but it looks like she is doing alright now. Better than alright.
Jemele Hill Talks Leaving ESPN, Mental Health, Lebron James + More
– Breakfast Club Power 105.1 FM
– @ojones1
KShine | Freestyles On Flex | Freestyle #113 (Video)
Battle Barz Bxtch!! KShine got ’em locked & loaded, and he lets them fly. Whoever and whatever can get it in the temple! Dead! Grab the body bags and… ZIP ‘EM UP!
– @ojones1
Michelle Williams (Of Destiny’s Child) & Chad Johnson (Not Ocho Cinco) Need Prayer And Therapy [Video]
Michelle & Chad sitting in a tree… praying and meditating on God’s greatness and their future together… Yes, for real.
Michelle Williams & Chad Johnson On Saving Themselves For Marriage, Couples Therapy + Their New Show
– Breakfast Club Power 105.1 FM
Sure, they talk about ‘saving themselves’ for marriage, but they talk way more about us as a people needing to get comfortable with seeking out counseling – couples & individual. Great talk.
(Watch through to the end for the most biblical, lyrical, pimp-tastical line ever… “What did Moses do with his staff?” Haha!)
– @ojones1
Styles P x Dave East | Freestyles On Flex | Freestyle #112 (Video)
Beloved Styles P and Beloved Dave East came back to snap on Part 2 of the freestyle fest they brought to Flex’s mic!
DAVE EAST X STYLES P – BELOVED (ALBUM)
– @ojones1
Tonight Show Host Jimmy Fallon On Day Time Hip-Hop Radio (Video)
His Tonight Show homie Black Thought (of The Roots) was on Hip-Hop radio late last year. Now Fallon is on a different station, no freestyling, but still a great time. Though we don’t get ‘bars’ for Breakfast from Jimmy, there is talk of bars…
Jimmy Fallon Discusses Fatherhood, Politics On His Show, Cultural Appropriation + More
– Breakfast Club Power 105.1 FM
– @ojones1
Charlamagne Tha God Speaks On Mental Health, Anxiety In Business & Relationships (Video)
Very conversational. Grounds for real talk, and a lot of ground gets covered as Gary Vee and C Tha God get to the real tea. Whether or not you follow them, they have a lot of things in life to juggle. How do they do it without going crazy (really)? Watch and see how they deal.
Jarren Benton Speaks On Signing To Roc Nation And Spits Fire Into The Mic (Video)
Jarren Benton is in the family section and ‘in the family’ with Jay-Z for real now. Bootleg Kev & DJ Hed get the scoop on the move from Funk Volume to ‘funkin’ with Roc Nation.
Jarren Benton is one of the most recent signees of Jay-Z’s Roc Nation label, and one of Bootleg Kev’s longtime friends. He rips a freestyle over a classic Dr. Dre beat after you get to know the guy.
-REAL 92.3 LA
Okay, that #RiskItToGetTheBiscuit is new to me and hilarious. I’m hashtagging the sh!t out that sh!t.
– @ojones1
Tiffany Haddish Speaks On What She Wants In A Man, Her Love Of Cartoons, And Katt Williams (Video)
Interesting. Tiffany is a lot less silly in this interview than I’ve noticed in a long while, perhaps ever. Make no mistake, she is still fun in this, but in more a Will Smith funny-but-this-one-has-something-to-say way.
Tiffany Haddish passed through Ebro in the Morning to discuss a variety of topics including, what qualities a man needs to have to date her, why hosting SNL was so difficult, what really happened when Katt Williams spoke to her after dissing her publicly, and is she trying to bring an old classic back?
– Hot 97
Wow. That list for qualifications for her man though. Dudes (like me) will have to step CORRECT. Fair, but substantive. And Tiffany’s side of the Katt Williams drama… well worth watching this through to the end.
– @ojones1
Styles P x Dave East | Freestyles On Flex | Freestyle #111 (Video)
Yea mon! The bredren SP and Dave E have been moving as a pack, promoting the album and doing interviews. But when they pull up on Flex, you KNOW they have to bless with RAW freestyles. And this was labeled “Part 1” on the ‘Tubes. Expect another ASAP!
– @ojones1
Angela Rye Speaks On Why The Coming Midterm Elections Matter And Kanye Being Down With Trump (Video)
The mid-terms are coming up, and you may even have ‘early voting’ going on in your community right now. I’m not going to try to guilt you into anything, but you REALLY ought to vote this go ’round… the local representation is where it’s at. There are no ‘electoral college’ counts; your vote helps chose DIRECTLY – Congress, Governors, local offices, ordinances and amendments are all chosen by your vote.
See? If you did not vote in 2016 and you let President Trump happen… we’re not harping on that anymore. It’s done. And the insanity that the President and Senate just put on the U.S. Supreme Court… that was a ‘done deal’ back in 2016 when Trump won. Your action or lack thereof in 2016 affected 2018 politics which affected your LIFE; if the ‘right to choose’ for your body and yours & your children’s schooling means anything. Cavanaugh is the swing vote on those issues coming before the Supreme Court for the rest of his LIFE!
Okay, okay. I will stop and get down off my soapbox. Just VOTE DAMMIT!
Maybe you will listen to fine as wine and woke af activist Angela Rye tell you why.
– @ojones1
Belly | The L.A. Leakers | Freestyle #060 (Video)
Gotta be dope if they have you back a second time, right? Better be. We’ll see, Belly. As soon as we click play!
– @ojones1
Swizz Beatz x French Montana | Freestyles On Flex | Freestyle #110 (Video)
Definitely a ‘zone’ and a ‘feeling’ for this Funk Flex freestyle. Has there ever been hooka on the set for one of these? Okay, French, let’s go! Live overdubs provided by Swizzy… until he had to jump the track and beat the beat with some barz himself!
– @ojones1
NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert Series Presents: Big Boi (Video)
Big Boi comes down from The Planet Of Stankonia to do a Tiny Desk Concert… ON IT!
The energy in the room was buoyant and vibrant from the moment they walked in the door. OutKast star Big Boi, Sleepy Brown of the prolific Atlanta production collective Organized Noize, and their eight-member backing band have been working together for 20-plus years, and their chemistry is instantaneous and undeniable.
– NPR Music
This the loudest I have ever heard a Tiny Desk Concert be. Dope!
– @ojones1
Mike Tyson Speaks On His Comedy Show, Mental Health, And Tupac (Video)
Crazy to think that if history would have worked out differently, Tupac would likely telling stories about how he was there at the Tyson fights. Instead, we get Iron Mike talking about ‘Pac and the night he was shot. Understandably, this saddens The Champ; as it does us all.
Good interview. You can even fire one up and smoke out while you watch… That way you can truly be like Mike. Haha!
Erika Alexander Speaks On Her Road In Life And Her Career So Far And Her Future Outlook For Entertainment And Her People (Video)
That title is a mouthful, and I swear it STILL does not begin to address the ground this interview covers. So full DJ Envy couldn’t even stay for the whole thing. Had Erika so ‘full’ talking about it she teared up at one point. And wow, Erika is still so gatdam beautiful… and insightful. Watch and digest. May need to rewind at a couple of points.
Erika Alexander On Reviving Good Black Characters, Working With Bill Cosby, Her Parents + More
– Breakfast Club Power 105.1 FM
And Charlemagne (we DO control the ‘cool’) had a great line & hashtag near the end; speaking on the POWER of Black people and our influence on life and culture worldwide.
#WeControlTheCool
#RepresentationMatters
– @ojones1
NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert Series Presents: Tuxedo (Video)
A Tuxedo Tiny Desk Concert? Best ticket you didn’t even have to purchase. Check it out!
When Tuxedo arrived at NPR and Mayer Hawthorne spied a small ‘Ho!’ button sitting on Bob Boilen’s desk, he immediately beamed. “We use a big ‘Ho!’ button on tour,” he said. They didn’t bring a drummer, opting for a boombox — yes, a real boombox playing a real cassette tape, kids — and it was nostalgic delight from the start of the cassette’s hiss. The band was tight as ever, while their ace in the hole, Gavin Turek provided dance moves and the sweetest harmonies. Tuxedo set things off with a fan favorite from their first album, along with two [more] before closing it out with a red light special. It’s one thing to go against the grain for the sake of it — and another completely make it good. In this Tiny Desk concert, Tuxedo accomplished both.
– NPR Music
– @ojones1
Styles P Is Dave East’s Favorite Rapper, Styles P Deems Dave East Torch Worthy, And Their Album Will Be ‘Beloved’ (Video)
Wowwww… Sway’s interview intros are always fire! Though they’d never admit it, Styles P and Dave East (and Heather B) had to be GASSED with the setup to start this interview. Talk about the greatest rappers, their collabo project and recording process and more.
– @ojones1
Comedian Jerrod Carmichael Speaks On ‘Black Excellence’ On TV & Social Media (Video)
The Carmichael Show was canceled? Wasn’t it just getting started? Well, count on Jerrod speaking on that plus some.
Jerrod Carmichael Talks ‘Rel’, Ending The Carmichael Show, Stand Up, Social Media + More
– Breakfast Club Power 105.1 FM
– @ojones1