Hip-Hop Hates Valentine's Day...

What's up my people.  This time around I decided to experiment and do something a little different - I made a vlog instead of writing.  I don't know how well this will be received, but I figured a "holiday" as trippy as Valentine's Day was as good a day as any to try something risky and new.  Pause the playlist to the right and take a look and listen to my thoughts on the subject of love in hip-hop...

Super Bowl Weekend Keeps Things Poppin' in D/FW

Thanks to Jerry Jones’ brand new and all-purpose state-of-the-art Superdome, for the second year in a row the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex has supported two zeniths in American sports.  Last year around this time, we partook of NBA All-Star Weekend, and two days ago we witnessed the pinnacle of all things American-made, the Super Bowl (number XLV, to be exact).  Despite iced-over roads and snowy weather conditions that had Texans feeling like God was punishing us, a number of high profile celebrities made appearances at the weekend’s festivities.  Schools might have shut down, but the show would not be stopped, as Diddy, Lil Wayne, Drake, Birdman, Nelly, Ludacris, Jermaine Dupri, Rick Ross and the Wayans Brothers all hosted parties from Thursday through Sunday night.  For me, the shocker appearance was discovering that Nicki Minaj had made her way to Club Avalon right in my own backyard in downtown Fort Worth on Thursday night.  (If anybody was there, after seeing her in person can somebody comment and answer the million-dollar question: is that booty real or not?!?)

Despite a hectic work schedule last weekend, I was fortunate enough to get out on Saturday night, and I made my way to Club Rain down at the stockyards in Fort Worth.  The man of the hour was Curren$y, who had also made an appearance at Shogun on University Drive for a meet and greet earlier that evening.  Among the opening acts for the Hot Spitta, representing the Funk was the Dru B Shinin’ trio, who held down a strong set of songs from the Dirty Money Painting album, with additional sets from Houston act G. Bailey and Dallas cats The Nice Guys.  Curren$y himself did not disappoint, as he charismatically blazed through a 30 minute set that included his most popular songs and features.

It’s not often that a city can say that they have hosted the NBA All-Star Game and the Super Bowl in back-to-back years.  I’m not one of those people who gets over-hype about being on the scene every time celebrities come to town, but I am grateful that D/FW got the chance to experience this taste of the high life and play host to some great hip-hop talent (which is kind of rare for us).  If we can’t thank Jerry for finding ways to get the Cowboys to play well consistently, we can at least commend him for keeping the city live in other ways.