If you ask me, this is the hardest Ozone cover ever!

View the Ozone October/Patiently Waiting issue here.

With the way hip-hop has been selling the last couple of years, I’m filling out my UPS application right now.

Other Side Of The Block: UPS Is Hiring

Certain parties really make me question what I’m doing with my life until I realize that I’m a bum azz nucca. So, instead of attending, I just stay my broke azz home. For example, T.I., Lil Wayne and Jeezy celebrated their birthdays last night (all of their birthdays weren’t last night. Matter of fact, none of their birthdays were last night, but they’re all in September and people with money can celebrate their party on whatever day they fuxing want to because they got it like that), and I’d much rather stay home than be in the presence of nuccas that can make it rain with my entire salary at any given moment.

But luckily for you my peeps aren’t haters like me. They didn’t have a problem hitting the party and taking some pics. And according to the homie Sohh Gyant, the party made for a festive evening.

Photo Gallery: T.I., Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy Birthday Party

Hot Boys reunion album? I’ll believe it when the album is pressed up, packaged and in my hands.

Other Side Of The Block: Whatcha Talking About Weezy?

By no means is “Blue Magic” a hit record but I’m prolly the only mudafuca that’s rocking to this song. But just off his deliveries and cadences, it’s cool to me.

Other Side of the Block: Hovie’s Home

Myself and other bloggers have been kicking up dust about Jena 6 for awhile now but today is the sentencing for Michael Bell, the first to be tried in this Jena 6 bullshit, and thousands of people have made the trip to Jean, Louisiana today in support. (Source).

Me and my homie were trying to plan the trip to Jena but we waited last minute to really plan things out. But when we mapquested the directions and found out Jena was about 9 hours from Atlanta, we pretty much fell back on making the drive last night. Still, I’m rocking my black tee in support of the cause and I hope you’re rocking black today too.

We’ll see how the sentencing plays out today but Kanye was right.

Def Jux is still bullshittin’ on Danny!’s project, so he’s going back to basics and putting out his next album And I Love Her, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and film on the indie tip. His album covers are always hot but this Beatles throwback is super official. This album just jumped up on my Most Anticipated of 2007 list but that’s just because I love my fuxing state like that. Hopefully Danny! will leak a joint to the internet soon, although according to his myspace blog, he’s still in the kitchen cooking. I’ll keep you all posted and quit talking that retire BS, D. Swain. I don’t wanna hear that shit.

Word on the streets is the homie Charlamagne has officially joined the blogosphere. Yeah, he blogged from time to time on his myspace page but that shit doesn’t count. Today the homie started a new blog over at hiphopdx.com. He’s still gonna continue his monthly column with Sparta OZONE but there’s nothing like being able to wake up in the morning, write a blog and tell the world to kick rocks whenever you feel like (well at least that’s why I blog). Anyways, peep my dude’s shit and now that Charla’s coming over in my lane, it might be time for me to try radio (Hmmmm).

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