Away We Go Widget

Goodbye to a Legendary World Icon

Rip Michael…

Houston Hip Hop DJ’s Put Their Heart and Soul Online with their Brand New Website

If any of you are familiar with The KrackerNuttz from Houston, Texas, you know they are synonymous with hype parties, after-dark specials, and craziness in the club scene. But what makes the atmosphere what it is when they’re around is their incredible music mixes! These truly gifted DJs have the in on brand new hip hop, pop, reggea, dance, old school, and more to blast phenomenal mixes for the Houston clubs. And not only for the clubs, but for 97.9 The Box, the only Hip Hop station in Houston worth listening to!  Yes, these talented DJs have graced us with their mixes in the air waves on their shows every night from 7pm – midnight and on Saturdays from 6pm – 9pm. But what people love to tune into is The Saturday Night Specials running all the way to Sunday from 1am -4am. Seriously, these guys are always on the move making brand new mixes for everyone’s listening pleasure!

And they’ve put it all online. Their brand new website launched Feb. 21st 2009 is fully packed with brand new hip hop mixes, videos with guest celebs, info and photos of these crazy KrackerNuttz, and the Event list you don’t want to miss! They always have something going on for the Houston club scene and an action packed nightlife.

Just to give you a lil taste…DJ KleanCutt in the Mix

Did i forget to tell you that you can download all of their mixes for free? Yep get it while you can! These mixes are hot and they can run anywhere from 10 mins to hours long! So if you know the fabulous mixes by DJ Baby Jae, DJ KleanCutt, DJ Cipher, DJ Akshun Kid, DJ Kosuri, DJ ElRoy Boogie, and the rest of these Nuttz, you know you’ll want to grab as much as you can. Seriously, playing their mixes on rotation can mean the difference between throwing a crazy/fun and entertaining social at your crib, or just a ho hum, so-so get-together.

So check it out! Leave them a message or comments, they love hearing from new people! Their brand new website is updated regularly, so brand new mixes always get added!

All Things Weird and Wonderful

One of my all time favorite on-line destinations is the one of “All Things Weird and Wonderful” by Dark Roasted Blend. Here, you can find beautiful art in all sorts of places and on all sorts of things. Weird gadgetries, clever povs, insightful and (let’s face it) crazy advertisements, and in whole, this montage of eclectic photos and scenarios–truly weird and wonderful things.

Some of the weird, wonderful things you can see on their latest posts:

Their post titled “Painted Castles: Graffiti to the Max“

Painted Castles

Painted Chimney

One of the craziest Ad photos, but I absolutely love it:

Add for a Lubricant...LOL

And a post on some very cute and intricate Robot Art

Robot Art

And these are only some of the very wonderful things found on this blog. Check them out! You’ll be going to their blog daily, since it’s updated daily!

Dark and Roasted Blend

ABDC Season 3 Brings Strong Femme Action

It’s about time we see some really strong female groups this season! I know I’ve been all about SoReal Cru from last season. And I still love them now! (You’re my cru!)

But, as for this season’s America’s Best Dance Crew, I’m so glad to see an all girl group that stays true to themselves and represents strong females and strong spirit everywhere. B-girls doing head spins, amazing choreo, and still embodies sexiness?? I mean…..WOW!

Check out these lovely ladies of Beat Freaks, and you’ll see what I mean!

Beat Freaks Week 3

Beat Freaks Week 4

These girls are HOT, and they don’t go around showing off skin to prove it! Keep on reppin ladies…Good luck this season!

On Getting Older and Still Kicking with Entrepreneurial Spirit

At this turning point of my life, being only 26 years of age, I find myself thinking “Great. Now what?” I had left a great company I had worked with for a year, not because I wasn’t doing well, but because I craved more. I even went on more interviews, learning about other great companies and sizing them up to see if i would be a great fit for them… or the other way around rather… (I’m very picky about where I settle down). I believe that parking at a full time job is like settling down into a marriage. You have to really enjoy the company and love being with them despite any flaws or imperfections. And if you don’t, well you’ll probably be extremely unhappy, and would try to find a way out, one way or another.

So what did I do then you ask? I did a little twiddling of my thumbs and some hard core deep thinking about what my options were and what would really make me happy. Here’s what I found out.

1) What would probably make me happy is most definitely the hardest path to take.
2) It may be close to being impossible to succeed in.
3) I would be the happiest of all people if it were to sustain itself.

What it was was simple. Work for myself and be my own boss. But how can I? Do I have enough experience? Do I know enough about the industry, multi-faceted industry, to become successful? All of these thoughts did cross my mind, and all I did for about 3 weeks during the Hurricane Ike incident here in Houston, was think and type. I created my business plan, so far about 30 detailed pages of the ins and outs, the goals, the market research, and any other things I had been thinking about in order to take a better look at the company I wanted to begin.

Also, I spoke with a number of people who have started their own business and got some first hand responses about what to do, what to watch out for, what’s the best way to sustain it, and so forth. So, that gave me more motivation to really just dig in and begin.

So far, it’s been challenging, but I find myself really liking it. I’m still very nervous about it and I still have those lingering “What ifs” in my head at times, but what keeps me going are my hopes and dreams about the success of this venture. And it also helps to know that I am not alone. There are many that I can turn to for advice and assistance. Also, I’ve found that there are so many people out there who are young entrepreneurs going through these same situations as me! I’ve even read an article from Sitepoint.com that covers an interview with a young entrepreneur who was only 14 years old! (And I thought I was young! HA!)

So all you young entrepreneurs out there, Kudos to you and best wishes to us all! We can make it, I know it! Soon, we’ll look back in retrospect, sigh, and just smile.

SoReal Cru on ABDC Tour Houston, TX

Just in case you all missed the show, here’s a close up. They wrecked shop once again..and (i keep stressing this) they did it without the aid of masks….haha!

Just goes to show how supremely talented this group is without all of the fancy props..

SoReal Cru Party in H-Town a Smashing Hit

Just had to blog about it. The SoReal Cru party was mad fun! The club was packed with SoRealians alike (including myself) and the cru put on a spectacular performance-as usual!

They weren’t the only performers last night either! There were surprise performances by guest performers, Distorted X and Wyld Styl. You might remember Distorted X as the other dance cru to put on awesome performances on America’s Best Dance Crew 2 (blogged about them awhile back), also hailing from H-town. And Wyld Styl is super sick if you haven’t caught any of their performances yet. We’ll probably be seeing them on ABDC 3 in the future!

SoReal Cru’s Performance at Club Roxy

Performance by Wyld Styl

Performance by Distorted X

If you missed out on last night’s bash, don’t worry. I’m sure there are more to come! And don’t miss SoReal Cru as they will be performing with ABDC Tour on the Houston tour dates.

For More information on upcoming performances, check out www.sorealcru.com and their new blog The Official SoReal Cru Blog

Reppin That Filipino Pride

I gotta give it up to these folks… they’re freaking awesome, and they’re from my home country, Philippines!  Check out perfomances from the champions of the 2008 World Hip Hop International dance competition.

The Philippine All-Stars

Watch them at the 2007 World Hip Hop International dance competition.

Watch them at the 2006 World Hip Hop International dance competition. I love this performance!

Oh yea…and word on the streets is that they were guest performers at this past taping of the Bonus Episode of America’s Best Dance Crew, yet MTV neglected to show them when they aired the show a few hours ago…hmmm…. just sayin is all.

Calling All Houstonians and SoRealians Alike: Vote for SoReal Cru to Perform for MTV VMAs

Hey SoReal Cru friends and supporters! Let’s give our fave crew a chance to perform at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards! Watch their performance as they battled it out with 4 other crews! Watch their performance and vote! Call 1-877-RJCrew2  or text 2 to 22444

Voting Ends tonight August 30th at 9pm ET or 8pm CT.