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Rodriguez – Sugar Man (The Goldfish Remix)

Monday, October 20, 2014

Often we become so comfortable with our opinions and cognitive biases that our thoughts become escape and coping mechanisms for our weaknesses. Through these mechanisms we become addicted to defining things that happen in our lives and consequently create a world in which those definitions become horse blinders for our perception of life and it’s […]

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La Roux – Let Me Down Gently (Playless Club Mix)

Friday, July 4, 2014

As we sit here letting the matrix manipulate us into giving up our freedoms for the illusion of security we foolishly tell our selves we’re celebrating our independence. Yet how many of us know what July 4th, 1776 was really about? I’m not going to sit here retelling the great American story or preaching to you about […]

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Rainbow Arabia – Without You

Sunday, September 8, 2013

Man I tell you, once you find yourself you realize there’s no going back things get weird… Odd times took your mind And I’m still here by your side…” The crazy thing about it, the thing that all your friends, loved ones and family will have a hard time dealing with is letting go of who […]

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EMPT Classics: Say Goodbye to Hollywood

Friday, July 26, 2013

No I’m not leaving LA but I was curating the music for a latin restaurant called Paladar Latin Kitchen this morning and I came across one of my al time favorite songs – La Fama by Hector Lavoe. The song is about Fame and all it’s complexities, a salsa classic. In this world, when you chase something […]

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RRod – With The Suit & Tie On (Marvin Gaye vs. Justin Timberlake feat. Jay-Z)

Saturday, April 27, 2013

Here’s the thing. Both Marvin Gaye and Justin Timberlake are two of my favorite musicians in the whole world. I stand by that statement for. Ever. JT’s debut album was one of the first CDs I owned. It wasn’t the first one, okay? Shakira holds that spot, but only because I found that CD first. I’m an honest and loyal supporter of Mr. […]

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Jay-Z — Open Letter

Thursday, April 11, 2013

The game controls you. Every choice you make, every corner you try to hide in, and every possible outcome of your life, but not in the way you think. High level control is deep rooted, it comes in the form of values, norms, culture, institution and the perception of need. It takes hundreds of years to fully […]

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Big Sean feat. Jay-Z & Kanye West – Clique

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Big Sean is on total fire these days and I for one am a complete fan.  He has managed to come from the bottom ranks of the music business to the top in what has surely not been the smoothest of rides.  Signed to Kanye‘s GOOD Music label in 2007, and then Def Jam Recordings […]

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Bag Raiders – Not Over

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Last weekend I was at what was probably the best club in NYC, or LA for that matter, on a Saturday night. I’m saying so because the crowd of girls that existed in that space was just phenomenal. If you’re anything like me and love tall chicks with pretty faces and beautiful smiles that remind […]

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Treat My First Like My Last & My Last Like My First

Friday, September 30, 2011

I’m just, tryin to stay above water y’know Just stay busy, stay workin Puff told me like, the key to this joint The key to staying on top of things is treat everything like it’s your first project, know what I’m saying? Like it’s your first day like back when you was an intern Like, that’s […]

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Sample Saturday – Isaac Hayes et Jay-Z: Can I Live?

Saturday, September 10, 2011

We invite you to, somethin epic y’all know? Where we hustle out of a sense of hopelessness Sort of a desperation Through that desperation, we ‘come addicted Sorta like the fiends we accustomed to servin But we feel we have nothin to lose (everything to gain) So we offer you, well, we offer our lives […]

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