Art Basel 2009

I'm a sucker for art. I love it. Especially these urban artists and their work, I have a crush on. YES. I said CRUSH; Wish I was at Art Basel...

Mac & Retna - Miami Mural: Art Basel
Thiago Rocha Pitta
Youth, 2007
Photograph
100 x 100 cm
by Galleria Millan
Meret Oppenheim
X-Ray, 1964/81
Silber gelatin print
40 x 30 cm
20/20 by Levy Hamburg
Nari Ward
West LiquorsouL, 2009 by Lehmann Maupin
Salon 94
Wangechi Gold #3, 2009
C-print
60 x 40 inches
Edition of 5 by Salon 94 Freemans Takashi Murakami
Warp, 2009
Acrylic on canvas mounted on board
300 x 234,4 x 5,08 cm
9.10 feet x 7.8 feet x 2 inches
Photo: Kaikai Kiki Studio staff
©2009 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
Courtesy Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris & Miami
Wayne Gonzales
Waiting Crowd, 2007 - 2008
Acrylic on canvas
127 x 152.4 cm
50 x 60 inches by Stephen Friedman Gallery
Wallace Berman
Untitled #87, c. 1964-76
Single negative photographic image
6 x 6 1/2 inches by Michael Kohn Gallery

http://www.artbasel.com/

Looks Like It's About To Happen...

Pacquiao-Mayweather bout closer

By Dan Rafael
ESPN.com

The proposed super-fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather is getting closer.

Mayweather agreed to terms for the welterweight title bout on Tuesday, multiple sources with knowledge of the negotiations told ESPN.com.

The proposed date is March 13, although there is a chance it could move to May 1, sources said. Mayweather, according to a source close to him, is OK with either date.

Pacquiao and Mayweather have fought recent bouts at catch weights. However if they complete their deal, the bout would be contested at 147 pounds, the maximum for a welterweight fight, a source said.

Top Rank's Bob Arum, who promotes Pacquiao (50-3-2, 38 KOs), was flying to the Philippines on Tuesday night to meet with Pacquiao and try to close his side of the deal.

Arum spent much of Tuesday getting open issues resolved in his negotiations with Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer, who represents Mayweather, sources said. Once Arum was able to do that, he left for the Philippines and is expected back on Monday.

If the HBO PPV fight happens on March 13, it would force the tentative HBO PPV fight between light heavyweights Roy Jones Jr. and Bernard Hopkins to move to another date. Hopkins and Jones both fight Wednesday and must win for their fight to go through.

The site for Pacquiao-Mayweather remains up in the air. There is interest from Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones to bring the fight to his new stadium. There is also interest from venues in Las Vegas, including the MGM Grand (which has hosted several Pacquiao and Mayweather fights), and the Superdome in New Orleans in hosting a fight many believe will break the all-time record for pay-per-view buys, which is the 2.44 million units sold for Mayweather's 2007 split decision victory against Oscar De La Hoya.

The fight moved front and center with heavy public demand for it following Pacquiao's dominant 12th-round knockout of Miguel Cotto to win a welterweight title on Nov. 14. The victory gave Pacquiao a title in a record-breaking seventh weight division and 1.25 million pay-per-view units.

Mayweather (40-0, 25 KOs), who has won titles in five divisions, came out of a brief retirement in September to dominate Juan Manuel Marquez in a fight that generated 1.05 million buys.

Just a few days after Pacquiao's win over Cotto, Arum and Schaefer began negotiations.

One wrench in the talks was the date. Arum, Schaefer and HBO wanted to slot the fight on May 1. However, Pacquiao announced his candidacy for a congressional seat in the Philippines on Tuesday. With the election scheduled for May 10, it rules out a May 1 fight unless Pacquiao runs unopposed. Pacquiao lost the election for a congressional seat in 2007.

If Pacquiao-Mayweather isn't finalized, Arum has talked about matching Pacquiao with junior middleweight titlist Yuri Foreman, which would give Pacquiao an opportunity to win a title in an eighth division. Foreman defeated Daniel Santos to win a 154-pound belt on the Pacquiao-Cotto undercard.

Schaefer has talked about bringing Mayweather to England to match him with Matthew Hatton in the event Pacquiao-Mayweather isn't made. Hatton is the brother of Ricky Hatton, the former junior welterweight and welterweight titlist whom Mayweather knocked out in 2007.

Dan Rafael is the boxing writer for ESPN.com.


Source: ESPN.com
Article Source: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=4705330&campaign=rss&source=ESPNHeadlines

Fantastic Vol. 2.10

10 Year Anniversary Edition. And I'm gettin' it! AGAIN.


01. Intro
02. Conant Gardens
03. I Don't Know (Featuring Jazzy Jeff)
04. Skit #1
05. Jealousy
06. Climax
07. Hold Tight (Remix) (Featuring Q-Tip)
08. Tell Me (Featuring D'Angelo)
09. Skit #2
10. Fourth & Back (Featuring Kurupt)
11. Untitled
12. Fall N Love (Original)
13. Get Dis Money
14. CB4
15. Once Upon a Time (Featuring Pete Rock)
16. Players
17. Eyes Up
18 2U 4U (Live Drums)
19. Hustle
20. Hustle (Featuring Busta Rhymes)
21. Go Ladies
21. SKIT #3
22. We Be Dem #1 (Bonus Track)
23. We Be Dem #2 (Bonus Track)
24. Get It Together (Bonus Track)

Introducing Lower Life Form

Hold tight. I know it's been awhile since I posted up anything--I just came back on today and I'm feelin' like I need to--but I'll get on to more writing and other thangs, hopefully, soon. There's more to come out of me. But anyways, check out this tight group, Lower Life Form (via Rappers I Know)...



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Tell Me...Who IS Bobbito Garcia...?

I spotted this vid posted on "For Products Of The Concrete Jungle" on Blogspot (via RubyHornetTV). Basically, this 13:36 video introduces who Bobbito Garcia is (for this who are in the know, er, who DON'T know, respectively saying...) and this dude is just about everything; who he is and what he does. Peep...Oh, just a little sidenote, the background beat playin' in the vid is pretty smoooooth, don't you think...?

RH TV: Who is Bobbito Garcia? from Ruby Hornet on Vimeo.

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Stevie Cries For Mikey J...

Wow.

R.I.P. M.J.--I KNOW MIKEY J. AIN'T DEAD...!


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The Return.

Thought I'd throw this in just in case you people out there missed it...'Cause to tell you the truth, I'm excited...

http://twitter.com/bTilinfinity/statuses/6256530722

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World AIDS Day

Represent Red.

http://www.worldaidsday.org/




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