Freddie Gibbs Speaks On His Upcoming Album (Video)

Peter Parker had a chance to speak with Gangsta Gibbs while in Massachusetts where, among other things, he revealed some of the people he is working with on his upcoming project, Baby Faced Killer.


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New T.I. and Pharrell_So Amazin

T.I. ft Pharrell-Amazing (Dirty) 1.mp3


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Crooked I 'Villian'

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Daymond John

The Legendary Karl Kani

Can You Do It ?!

-attributed to my mentors at 'mycomeup'.

Oh, you a Gorilla huh ?!

A Moment of Thought

Riv Locc and Mak 90- These cats is Sicc, outta that big KC !
Much Respect to the whole camp they represent.. Ive been a fan personally for Years now.

Stick to the plans

Inspiration To Stick To Your Plans
Take a look at the intense routine ‘Mike Tyson’ used to follow everyday which made him become the Boxing ‘Heavy Weight Champion Of The World’.
5am: Wake up and go for a 3 mile jog
6am: Back home for a shower and then back to bed
10am: Wake up and eat oatmeal 

12pm: Do ring work (10 rounds of sparring) 

2pm: Eat another meal (steak and pasta with fruit juice drink) 

4pm: More ring work and 60 mins on the exercise bike
5pm: Floor exercises: 2000 sit ups; 500-800 'dips'; 500 press ups and 500 shrugs with a 30kg barbell
and 10 mins of neck exercises (working the biceps, triceps, chest, abs and shoulders) 

7pm: Eat steak and pasta meal again with fruit juice (probably orange juice)
8pm: Another 30 minutes on the exercise bike 
o 9:30 Watch TV and then go to bed

Relentess Work_The Greatest, Ali himself

Ari Gold layin the game down flat

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Hip Hop Mogul, Russell Simmons reflecting on his early downfall

 Starting to promote was great for my spirit, though it had a terrible, ultimately fatal effect on my schoolwork. I actually did more schoolwork while selling drugs. Maybe i started f**king up in school because i felt I'd already found my life's work. What was the point of chemistry when i knew my job was to sell tickets?

Eventually i left City College in my senior year, just four or five credits short of sociology degree. This really upset my father, who thought i was a fool. Over and over he lectured me that the only way for a black man to make it was to get a degree and a job. For a while there i felt like i was a failure in my father's eyes, which hurt a lot, but promoting felt right in my gut. I knew that to be a man i had to follow my heart. My mother was always more open to Danny, Joey and me pursuing more nontraditional, entrepreneurial way.

Early in promoting career i lost all the money I'd saved putting on a show in Harlem no one cam out to. I came out to Hollis and no one would help me. My father just wanted me to go back to school and told me so. What could i say? I had no money. Then my mother went back in the house and came out with $2,000 in crisp $100 bills from her personal savings. It was that money that kept me afloat until Kurtis Blow broke and i entered the record business. That act of love and faith, which is what kept me in business at a key time, is my favorite memory of her.

Sicker Than Your Average v.1

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Lyfe Jennings sentanced to 3 and a half!!!

*c/o HipHop News 24/7*
Futuristic Blogger - Cobb County got another one!!! Lyfe Jennings got 3 1/2 years in prison today for a high speed car chase. Officers, originally responding to reports of gunshots in the area, observed Jennings’ red 2005 Chevy Corvette jetting the scene and gave chase, which led to him crashing the vehicle.

At the conclusion of their investigation officers, arrested and charged Mr. Jennings with Criminal Trespass, Discharging a Firearm Near a Public Highway, DUI-Refusal, all misdemeanors. Mr. Jennings was also charged with Attempting to Elude and Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon, both felonies.

Mr. Jennings was lodged at the Smyrna City Jail where he was later transferred to the Cobb County Detention Facility. suspect vehicle leaving the area. The vehicle was a red 2005 Chevrolet corvette, later determined to be registered to Chester J. Jennings, of Marietta, GA.
I’m not clear on whether the crash or the officers caused the scars on Lyfe’s face, but since Jennings is a convicted felon he may NEVER get out of that mutha! I keep telling y’all transplants not to f*ck around in CC…but you won’t listen

The Art Of Persuasion

The art of persuasion represents the history of shrewd but diplomatic manipulation -- getting people over the fence and onto your side without the use of force. Its ultimate goal is basic, but difficult: To convince your audience to internalize your argument, then embrace it as a part of their core belief system.

In his book, Influence: the Psychology of Persuasion, author Robert Cialdini defines six weapons of influence: reciprocation, commitment/consistency, authority, social validation, scarcity, and liking/friendship. Below, we’ll look at a number of persuasive techniques and how some of Cialdini’s "weapons" can be applied, along with some hints from Aristotle and one rather innovative technique offered up by two guys with distinctly Hollywood backgrounds.

Manufacture a need

Attempting to persuade others to believe you when you lack an identifiable urgency is pointless. If the thing you want -- support, money, approval -- isn’t obvious, you’ll need to make it obvious by manufacturing a profound need and lacing it with urgency. Cialdini’s weapon of scarcity comes into play. He writes, “People find objects and opportunities more attractive to the degree that they are scarce, rare or dwindling in availability.”

Advertisers rely on first creating a need for you (Nothing else can dehydrate your food like a Ronco Food Dehydrator), then on creating the notion of scarcity (and you have five minutes to buy one at this amazing price). In the professional world, you have two such agents on your persuasive side: time, and the indeterminate actions of your competitor. In order to get your audience on your side, you have to convince them of a need they may not be aware they had. For example, you need to get a program off the ground immediately because now is the only time it can be implemented with the best possible results.

Use loaded words

Politicians and advertisers use loaded words every day. Consider the commonly used phrases "war on terror," "defending democracy" or "all natural." What precisely do they mean? Not even an effectively drawn-out response could deliver the connection and the true meaning of these terms. In the desire to persuade, meaning itself is often secondary when loaded words are used.

For example, Warren Buffet rarely fails to refer to his investors as “partners,” though they do not meet this definition. He knows, however, that doing so instills a sense of equality and fraternity in them without his having to give up a single thing. Cialdini’s ideas of both reciprocation (“People are more willing to comply with requests from those who have provided such things first”) and liking/friendship (“People prefer to say yes to those they know and like”) can be seen in Buffett’s simple, but loaded, choice of words.

Speak their language

Again, “People prefer to say yes to those they know and like.” To that end, a basic means of persuasion involves not only using jargon they understand and recognize, but simply using the name(s) of your audience. It’s as fundamental as meeting someone for the first time; if later on you’re able to remember their name, you’re bound to make a far better impression. It massages the ego and convinces the listener both that somebody has remembered their name, and that they proved worthy of having their name remembered.

The next three techniques -- ethos, pathos and logos -- appear as modes of persuasion in Aristotle’s On Rhetoric. Combining all three modes properly has the potential to craft an extremely persuasive argument.

Appeal to authority (ethos)

Of authority, Cialdini writes, “People are more willing to follow the directions or recommendations of a communicator to whom they attribute relevant authority or expertise.”

An appeal to authority is meant to satisfy your audience that you come from a position of power, whether you are demonstrating your own in-depth knowledge on the topic; your own qualifications; a display of your own interest of commitment in the matter; or you're introducing the words or work of an individual who is an established authority in order to align their views with your own.

Appeal to emotion (pathos)

Too often, people incorrectly assume that the business world is only concerned with facts. While numbers have their place and should never be ignored entirely, an appeal to emotions can prove especially effective in a business setting.

The key is to evoke an emotional response by using metaphors or appealing to a sense of risk and adventure -- without overdoing it.

Appeal to reason (logos)

Appealing to reason is the application of unimpeachable facts and figures to influence your audience. For many in the professional world, there may be no better form of persuasion. In conjunction with ethos, using reason and logic will help to convey the impression of authority, in part because you appear supremely prepared.

Tell a story

Finally, former Hollywood consultants Robert Dickman and Richard Maxwell, the authors of The Elements of Persuasion, warn not to overlook the persuasive power of storytelling. They believe that we organize our thought processes according to stories and argue that “every great leader is a storyteller.” To them, a story is “a fact wrapped in an emotion that compels an action, which transforms our world,” and as such, can be utilized as a technique in persuasion.

They outline the five elements of a successful story: The story is told with passion, through the eyes of a hero, one who first encounters an antagonist, then experiences an awareness, and this awareness leads to the ultimate transformation.

The point, then, is to dress your presentation to persuade in the skin of a story. Position what you’re chiefly trying to persuade (a financial opportunity) as the hero; known obstacles as the antagonist (risk of financial loss); insert your primary argument as the awareness (reasons risk is reduced); and the ultimate transformation as your perceived outcome (financial reward). And, of course, tell it with passion.