Word on the streets net, this cover with The-Dream digging in Christina Milian’s jeans will be the final cover of Vibe that you’ll ever see. After this, the magazine that’s been around for as long as I can remember is shutting its doors for good. Damn. Every time a magazine folds, I cringe. Magazines are dying, B. The only rap nuccas left are the Source, XXL and us. R.I.P. Vibe.
Get the scoop here at RR.
Now, that I’m completely over Lauren London, and since Transformers 2 is only weeks away from hitting theaters (which I’m fuxing stoked about, I might add), ya’ll should know it’s about to be all about Megan Fox in the media and here on The Block. I mean, ya’ll know how I feel about Meg Fox, no woman is touching her right now…sorry. So, I’m about to turn up the Meg posts over here, and if you don’t like it, you can take your azz to Dime Wars or something.
Anyways, I spotted this cover of British GQ with Meg on the cover, it’s no where near as sexy as this GQ cover, but it’s still Megan, and I love her. Peep the video below and you’ll understand why:
There are a couple more pics from her British GQ feature after the jump.
You’ll probably need to click on this imagine, and enlarge it to really understand what I’m talking about. But Vibe.com put together what they call “The Best Rapper Ever” and what makes this funny, is they put the game’s best rappers ever into a NCAA tournament style bracket and they gave each rapper a seed number. So, for example, you have 2Pac as a #1, seeded against Plies as #32. Did ya’ll get all that? It’s hilarious. So, you have Eminem, Rakim, Notorious B.I.G. and 2Pac as the top seeds and then LL Cool J, Ice Cube, Lil Wayne and Jay-Z as #2 seeds. I’m not going to go through all the seeds, so you have to look at the brackets yourself to really get it. But if you know how the NCAA tournament works, it’s just like that.
But what they’re doing is allowing people to vote, and who ever gets the most votes moves on to the next round, until they get down to a winner who will be crowned “The Best Rapper Ever.” Pretty creative and funny, if I do say so.
They even have a play in bracket with the new cats like Wale, Jay Electronica, Asher Roth, Bobby Ray, Drake, Blu, KiD CuDi and Charles Hamilton. That bracket already began voting, and you can go here to see it.
But what’s really giving this whole thing the most pub, is the Joe Budden video, where he goes through the list and calls over Vibe.com for placing him as a #32 seed, and basically calls out half the list by saying he’s better than most rappers. Watch for yourself:
Joe Budden does have a point in some of this, but man, he’s funny. Actually, this whole thing gets deeper. Joe Budden went on Ed Lover’s radio show to talk about this whole thing, and in the process, he kinda pissed Method Man off. I’m going to post the videos from those interviews after the jump, but it looks like we could be seeing a Joe Budden vs. Method Man battle real soon. Man, look what Vibe.com started. Anyways, I’m gonna keep my eyes on the brackets and I’ll probably fill one out for myself. And I’ll probably let you all know when it gets down to a winner. This should be interesting.
The Block didn’t make the cut (*sighs* sorry, mama. I tried), but shouts out to all my homies (Maurice Garland, Dallas Penn, eskay, Rizoh, Zillz, Sohh Gyant & them) that did.
1. Nah Right
2. Kanye’s Blog
3. 2dopeboyz
4. Missinfo.tv
5. OnSmash
6. You Heard That New
7. Cocaine, Blunts & Hip Hop Tapes
8. Ill Doctrine
9. AllHipHop.com Rumors
10. RapRadar
11. Dajaz1.com
12. The Smoking Section
13. Fake Shore Drive
14. Get Right Music
15. World Star Hip Hop
16. Mixtape Monday
17. H.E.R
18. The Meaning Of Dope
19. The MegatronDon
20. The T.R.O.Y blog
21. The Rap Up
22. Beats and Rants
23. SOHH Blogs
24. Vladtv.com
25. Elitaste
26. KidCudi.com
27. Don’t Get Gassed
28. Kim Osorio’s Blog
29. Byron Crawford
30. Hip Hop Is Read
31. Fat Lace
32. Notes From a Different Kitchen
33. Nola Bounce
34. Rosenberg Radio
35. Xclusives Zone
36. DallasPenn.com
37. So Many Shrimp
38. Zilla Says
39. Unkut.com
40. Bust The Facts
41. Uggh…Nice Watch
42. Maurice Garland
43. Slang Rap Democracy
44. Mista Jam’s Blogs
45. Metal Lungies
46. ThePressPlayShow
47. Prancehall.com
48. Straight Bangin’
49. Passion of the Weiss
50. Twankle & Glisten
So, Vibe put together a list of the 50 Hottest Rap Blogs, (The Block ain’t gonna be on there, because, like I said before, this blog isn’t really hip-hop), that will be featured in their next issue. But they’ve began unveiling some of the blogs on the list and they even interviewed some of the bloggers. I went to the site today and I just saw my homie Maurice Garland on there. His blog, MauriceGarland.com, is ranked #42, and it kinda made me proud…in a “hey, I know that guy” kinda way.
For those that don’t know, me and Maurice are both editors for Ozone Magazine, so I see and converse with him on the daily, and since we pretty much have the same taste in music, we end up going to a lot of shows and concerts around Atlanta together (no fishsticks). And a lot of the topics we discuss and events we attend end up on his blog (and my blog, too), so seeing my dude’s blog up on the list feels like a vicarious victory.
I’m glad someone is finally showing some love to bloggers, and actually recognizing the power of blogs and the people that run them. I mean, I’m not trying to big myself up, I’m just sayin’. Anyways, shouts out to Vibe, shouts to Maurice, eskay, Rizoh, and all the other bloggers that will be on the list, and that have supported The Block over the years. We major now.
(Read Vibe’s interview with Maurice Garland below and the Hottest Rap Blogs 50-41).
This Is What It Links Like: Maurice Garland (via Vibe.com)
The homie MGG just sent this over to me because he knows how much I love this women (good look, Maurice). This might have just made my day (I needed a pick me up). I know I said I still love Lauren London earlier today too, but I can’t help it…I love both of them. They have a video from the photoshoot too, but I couldn’t find the embed code, so you all have to go here if you wanna see it. Trust me, it’s worth it. (Man, I can’t wait for Transformers 2).
I’m officially back no my New-New ish. Fux it, I love her. Pics from the shoot are here.
Wait til ya’ll read this Rick Ross interview. SMH. I might have to put some excerpts and post them online. Give me a couple days.
