Jul 18, 2008

July 18, 2008

NFL Hires Experts To Look For Gang Signs

The NFL told the LA Times that it has reason to be concerned that its players may be celebrating plays by throwing up gang signs and get this … HAS HIRED EXPERTS TO EXAMINE GAME TAPES TO IDENTIFY ANY GANG GESTURE!WOW! Can you believe that ish? It’s one of the dumbest things I ever heard in my life.What I really want to know is who are these so called “experts?” Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube and Mack 10!? What in the world?With mostly brothers in the NFL, this has more racial overtones to it than the NBA’s dress code rule. But the whole thing just seems like a waste of time to me.My thing is why isn’t the NFL spending more time teaching them Zebras to get calls RIGHT!? We all know they got suspect whistles.The other part of this is the NFL is overreacting to when the NBA fined Paul Pierce for allegedly throwing up a gang sign in the playoffs against the Hawks. Guys come from all over the country, and who knows what they're really doing?" said Jacksonville Jaguars receiver Dennis Northcutt, adding he cannot remember seeing a gang gesture in his nine NFL seasons. "People have got signs for their kids, signs for their fraternities. How do you differentiate who's really throwing up gang signs?"
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T.I.'s Album Pushed Back

T.I.’s upcoming album, Paper Trail, has been delayed until September, MTV News is reporting. The Atlanta rapper’s LP is now set to be released September 9. His latest single, “Whatever You Like,” was recently leaked online an now Tip is supposedly going to collaborate with Fall Out Boy for his project. Said F.O.B.’s Pete Wentz: “[It’s like] something from The Nightmare Before Christmas. After hearing about the chance to do a collaboration with someone like T.I. we thought, ‘How amazing would it be to send him something with strings and a Danny Elfman-like intro that Patrick [Stump] came up with? Lyrically you can take it as [being about] a friend, a lover, or even a fan.”

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Foxy Brown and Jeezy Cover XXL Magazine

According to September's Issue of XXL Inga is The Boss B*tch and Young Jeezy is on his grown man sh*t. How did Foxy Brown make the cover of XXL? Is she even still relevant to Hip Hop? Maybe her stint in jail has given her ghostwriter something good to write about and just maybe she can stay out of the Beauty Supply store long enough to record one good song to make a come back.