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Dumela Bitches!!

HBO's new series "No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency" (which airs on Sunday 30th) has been getting a lot of hype as of late. From the cast - Jill Scott plays the lead role of Precious Ramotswe, a long side Anika Noni Rose ("Dreamgirls"), Colin Salmon (Brosnan-era James Bond, "The Bank Job"), Lucian Msamati, Desmond Dube - to the setting (Botswana).

Based on the book series of the same name by Alexander McCall Smith, the series follows the day to day sluething shinannigans of Precious in the city of Gaborone. If the excitement about this show is anything to go by it promises to be another HBO banger. Take a look see...

G.L.C. ft. Kanye West: "The Big Screen"

Kanye sifts through his library of beats (is "library" what you call a collection of instrumentals?) for this one. I can't help but feel that G.L.C got short changed. Oh yeah and as my Japanese hombres T-Shirt often reminds me " Friends do not let friends grow mullets"...so I guess G.L.C. gets the last laugh.

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Passed by this article on TheDailybeast.com (a site I would recommend for anyone who wants to seem smarter than they actually are*). Anyways back to the skinny, the article entitled "Is Angelina Bad for Africa" Zambian economist, Dambisa Moyo, talks about the effects of aid in Africa and takes swipes at Angelina Jolie, Bono (I know!) and even her old professor; renowned economist Jeffery Sachs in the process. Quantum leap on the links.

* Check out Supernews! to appear seemlessly witty and well informed all at the same time.

"Wild thing, I think I love ya"

This is the trailer for the cinematic adaption of Maurice Sendak's classic kiddy-winx book "Where the Wild Things Are". With Spike Jonze ("Being John Malkovich", "Adaptation") behind the camera apparatus it promises to be epic. As epic as the book? I'll let you decide, but by the looks of the trailer it should at least be visually swanky.

Konichiwa Bitches!

Lupe's new outfit Japanese Cartoon bring some politically aware cartoon punk for ya ear...oh and word through the grapevine is the L.U.P.End project has been abandoned and he's working on some disgruntled high school outcast themed LP called "Lasers", so keep an eye out. But in the mean time in between time...

Japanese Cartoon: Crowd Participation

The Ballet Is Back!

In celebration of Spandau Ballet's reunion (quantum leap for full story) here's a couple of songs you may recognize and their respective swagga jackaz.

*Quick side note before we being..as reference to those unfortunate enough to be born in the 90s: think Maroon 5's "It Won't Be Soon Before Long"...except good and sung by people with penises.

"True"...best song of the 80s?



P.M. Dawn take a respectable crack at it and get kudos for the Tony Hadley feature component on "Set Adrift on a Memory Bliss"...



Nelly...well..um..yeah...evidently even Chris Robinson fell asleep.



"To Cut A Long Story Short"...feel the power of Spandau bitches!



Freestylers give Spandau a breakbeat-ing and they come out relatively unscathed...



"Chant No.1 ( I Don't Need This Pressure)". You ain't know Spandau Ballet could kick a rhyme or few did ya?...on some Blondie "Rapture" type steez.



Yeeeeahh Boy!...2 Live Crew jump on the band wagon (amongst other things) on the Dick's Delight Mix of "We Want Some Pussy".

Put up or shut up. ("bo! bo!bo!")

I could start this off with excuses as to why the mix tape ain't down pat yet...but I don't do excuses on G.P. So here's a track from the "Meanwhile in Malawi" mix tape, the track is called Hip Hop 101. It's the un-mastered version so it's still sketchy in parts. Hope you dig it.