This One Time at Band Camp

So, as I was searching Youtube for things to post... and I came across this..

Norfolk State University during homecoming...

I understand that homecoming was sooo last semester, but this has to be shown

I loved Drumline (Nick Cannon stick to acting PLEASE), and this band can do their thing..

Check it out




Mr. Talented

Obama Wins, Student Volunteer Work Pays Off - Nation & World

Obama Wins, Student Volunteer Work Pays Off - Nation & World

Big Monday Recap: UConn vs UNC

It's been almost a week since these two stalwarts played. But it took that long for me to recover from watching it.

Marked off on my calendar as one of the most important games on UConn's schedule (second only maybe to the home and home series vs Rutgers), this game lived up to all the hype. It reminded fans that March isn't the only time college basketball is fun.

#1 vs #3 is certainly a game with a feasible chance of an upset and in the first half it certainly looked as if that's exactly what would happen. UNC came out of the gate strong with an 8-0 run that quieted down a capacity crowd in Hartford.

It took nearly 5 minutes for UConn to get a rebound by which NC had 7 and 2 second chance shots. Charde Houston, after starting just her 5Th game this season, had been relegated to the bench because of lack of effort. She was once again in Geno's proverbial dog house. Tina Charles remained on the court mostly because without aching Brittany Hunter there was a lack of depth at the post position.

All this resulted in an 11 point galf time lead for the Tar Heels. A lead that could have been substantially bigger if it were not for the hot shooting of Renee Montgomery who was 4/6 from behind the arc.

The second half started with the run that you knew the #1 team in the country was bound to make. The run was 15-3 and it gave the Huskies their first lead of the night.

It was any body's game from there and both teams knew it. The Huskies built a 65-59 lead before the Tar Heels rattled off 10 straight. But UConn wasn't finished yet and they responded with a 9-0 run to give themselves a 74-69 lead. Latoya Pringle would cut the deficit to 3 at the 3:27 mark but that would be the last basket UNC scored.

During the second half Charde Houston redeemed herself scoring a season high 15 points. A performance that everyone involved with UConn hopes is the start of her season turning around. Sh ewent on to say that it was Having Mel Thomas (who is out for the season with a torn acl) sitting behind the bench yelling at her to play to her potential inspired her to that performance.

The Huskies ended the game on a a barrage of free throws. The ladies of Uconn seemed determined to come out victorious in the first real test since losing Thomas to her injuries. Thomas is the second starter to go down this season so UConn's depth is not what it used to be.

It was a hard fought game that truly had a final four feeling to it. Two Teams. Two Hall of Fame coaches. Two freshman point guards. Two All American post players. This was about as good a matchup as one could find at any point in the season.

Game Notes:
-The crowd of 10,167 marks the first women’s basketball sellout at Gampel Pavilion since Jan. 27, 2007 vs. Notre Dame.
-UConn senior Mel Thomas was honored prior to the game for scoring her 1,000th career point on Dec. 5 vs. Virginia.
-UConn improves to 177-9 when playing as the nation’s No. 1 ranked team
-UConn junior Renee Montgomery became the 30th player in UConn history to register 1,000 career points

Click Here For Box Score

Next Up..Tennessee Vs Duke

JayD

Successful Relationships in College….I think not!!

What exactly is the definition of a relationship, and why do students get into them while in college? Is it the spending the time with that special one who you will grow to love and care about? Is it being with the one you think about even in your dreams? Is it to hopefully find that one to call your husband or wife OR….is it just the SEX or just the LUST or just the COMPANIONSHIP?

When entering a relationship, what is it that you see in the other person? Is it there personality? Is it the way they make you laugh and smile. Is it the way they hold you so tightly in your arms? Is it the way you can be yourself and talk to that person about any and everything without them judging you or looking at you different or weird? Or is it because that person is “sexy as hell” or “fine as ever” or “p.h.a.t. as ****”?

Through experience and from what I’ve seen, the art of relationships while in college is DEAD. Both partners get into it thinking it’s going to be so great and perfect.

But after the trust issues, jealousy, flirting, arguments, and more, a thing called REALITY kicks in.

Is there such thing as the perfect relationship……HELL NO!

College is an experience of its own in which many will never forget. It is where we make stupid mistakes, where we learn from them, where we grow past them, and become even better people than before.

It is where you also learn who YOU really are, who your REAL friends really are, and what your place is in society, and throughout the campus community.

Who‘s to blame for the break up? Why are things so difficult? Why can’t the relationship last?

As the saying goes, “It’s easier said than done” and relationships in college fit in with that category without a doubt.

Being in a relationship while in college is a task of its own. Having to worry about your classes, a job, ones social life, athletics, and more is already a lot to handle and also stressful at times, and being in a relationship may add to it.

What are the problems you ask, and why are your friends or maybe even you single?

Tune in next week to find out………………

Young Fresh

Lebron has the Sole of a Yankee

So, he might be born, raised and played his whole life in Cleveland.

But the King ( or prince) has I Love New York surrounding him.

He's good friends with the King of New York (Jay-Z), is so much of a Yankee fan that he even wore a Yankee fitted while in the stands at last years Indians vs Yankees playoff game. Oh and word has it, that's his favorite city. Oh and did I mention he's a free agent at the end of the year?????


Well for the second time, Nike and Lebron have dropped a New York themed shoe. The first time was only 225 pairs at a pop up Nike Store in Soho of the Lebron Zoom IV. This time around it's a Yankee inspired (pinstripes and all) Lebron Zoom V.



Maybe it's all conspiracy theory, or Nike knows that the New York market is one (if not) the biggest for selling kicks. Oh and the Yankees sell more merchandise than any other baseball franchise. So they're going after that $$$$$$$$. Smart move Nike Marketing.

What do you think????,

Mr. Talented

I'm feeling them though, especially the "Fresh for 08 Suckers!" ..

Political Mess....."Who Let the Dogs Out"

Now, I haven't been keeping up with the Political Race as much as I should. However, it's been getting more and more racially intensified.

So with that here are two different clips this week.

1. Barack was asked if he thought "Bill Clinton was the first Black President?"
I like his response because first he answers the question, then he closes it with on a lighter side, joking at the end.




2. WTF was Mitt Romney thinking. Well, he thought he was being cool. He wasn't, but it sure is funny to see. 2 things to listen to:
a. "Who Let the Dogs out, woof woof"
b. While looking at a toddler, "I see you got your bling bling on"



Hilarious....Priceless
oh these candidates....

Mr. Talented
p.s.
John McCain voted against Martin Luther King Day as a National Holiday... not once, not twice, BUT THREE TIMES ... Damn

Rick Ross on the Sean Taylor incident

So, as I was checking through the aftermath of the Sean Taylor death (R.I.P. so tragic)...

I came across an article in which Rick Ross chimed in on the subject.

I respect Rick Ross alot, and his presence makes me concur with lots of statements that he makes.

During the discussion, comes his stance on how Sean Taylor, because of previous situations, was underprepared for the situation. As Ross states:

"You know he had to take a little heat for the past situation and he felt like he couldn't have that in his possession."

In essence he's almost blaming Taylor's inability to use "tools" necessary to defend himself and his family because of the media scrutiny that came while he had the necessary "tools".


My take is that Rick Ross is speaking on the naivety of the media, fans, and public about people that are from or live in certain places.

The incident comes from the first time Taylor defended himself from a "robbery" and the "tool" that was found at that moment.

So the same thing he was once chastised for having, could've saved his life.


I think it was a death that could have been avoided by many different measures, however, we don't know Taylor's full life and what people saw about him to try and get to him in particular. But, Stars/Athletes/Entertainers are like everyone else and need ways to protect themselves against others that try to "touch" them. As Ross says:

"You know he had the previous charges and whatever and he couldn't have one (a gun). That's just it though, you got to protect your life and your family. Anybody out here reading this...I'm sorry that's just my stance on it."

But what do you think.???

are athletes who keep "tools" to protect themselves in the wrong????

Mr. Talented

shout outs to all the r.i.p. sean taylor facebook groups and the outpouring for the situation he was faced with

Scoring Machine

He's Scoring, Scoring, Scoring...da da.. he's a Scoring Machine...

He's almost automatic, especially from 3pt.

His scoring to minutes ratio is almost one to one.

He's a beast and a walk on freshman. Who might you ask??

Conner Teahan

The Freshman from the number 2 Kansas Jayhawks. He's like a mini celeb now, he has 4 Facebook groups ( my favorite Your Damn Straight I Love Conner Teahan!), and has clips of him scoring on youtube.

At one point he was shooting 80% from behind the arc (8-10) and my favorite stat in 44 minutes he had 45 points.

don't believe me, here's what the coach and media have to say about him



Teammates won't even play H-O-R-S-E with him.

Imagine when he starts gettin real minutes...
We'll have to change his nickname to "Buckets"

I HAVE A DREAM

the speech, cause many have not seen it and need to...

Peace to all

Y'all Must've Forgot

For those that don't know about Roy Jones Jr, here are some stats....
8 world champion...
winning belts in the
Middleweight...
Super middleweight...
Light heavyweight...
Heavyweight divisions...

And in his prime one of if not the best Pound for Pound boxers of all time...

So you know who I'm going for...

also, the only boxer to put all his wins in a rap song .. check it out

Bring on the Titans

So, with the fight night going on tonight...

I was able to find some interesting story lines in the fight.

Some Good, Some Bad and Some Ugly (who said Don King)



A- Trinidad has never fought at 170

B- RJJ aka Roy Jones Jr. bka Y'all Must've forgot (his song), is nice but still has that questionable chin.

C- Rick Ross is brining out Roy Jones, however Pastor Troy's camp put out a press release saying that P.T. was bringing Jones out?

D- Both Roy Jones and Felix Trinidad are giving $50,000 a piece from tonights fight to the

"Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the world's largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists, to help educate and raise awareness regarding the deadly disease."

E- Roy Jones is trying to raise $1million for Breast Cancer Research and the Cure

F- Is this a fight of aged, old fighters???
Personally, I think not, but some people seem to...

G- So what do you think ??????



Jones in like 6 or 7 rounds

For me, I'll be at Love night club in D.C. watching the fight...holla at me... here is the flyer


Mr. Talented...Y'all Must've Forgot

Club Update pt 2

Still in tha DMV??

Still unsure of what to do??

Check this out....

Club Update

So, for those in the DMV (D.C., Maryland and VA) and not sure what to do tonight...

here is some help

Me watching my favorite Women

So, I finally got to see some of my favorite women in person.

No not Alicia Keys, or Laura London ( that will come later aka "there's a meeting in my bedroom, bedroom, bedroom)...

I am talking about the Lady Terrapins of The University of Maryland.

I went to their Historic (first home win against duke in ten years and my first wms game there) win against the Lady Blue Devils of Duke.

I loved it.
And DAMN... Marissa Coleman came to ball...she did it all, post moves, played the point, hitting 3's and was real smooth all game. Like George Gervin Smooth, like Baby Oil smooth. She dropped 30 on them.

The game was great and the atmosphere in the arena was electric. They really gave the fans a great time....

They use a lot of video of the team to motivate the crowd and it worked like a charm.
Here are the pics

I think I'll go to another game very soon....
Mr. Talented

Big Monday recap: Duke vs. Maryland

At the beginning of the season the seniors on the University of Maryland women's basketball team set goals. One of them was to end the Terrapins 9 game home losing streak against the duke blue devils. On a chilly Monday night they accomplished just that and by doing so became the first team this season with 20 wins (10 straight).

This rematch of the 2006 championship game (which the Terps won in overtime) looked as if it would be a route as the Terrapins came out the gate with a lot of energy and jumped out to a big lead before Duke battled back with a run of their own. Maryland ended the first half with and 11 point lead.

At the start of the second half after being down 13 Duke used a 10-0 run to cut the lead to 47-43. Maryland responded by extending the lead back to 9 but couldn't put the game away. The Blue devils were resilient though. They kept battling and eventually tied the score at 65 on 7-0 flurry.

There were 7 minutes left. All of the sudden this was anybody's game.

Then the Maryland Terrapins kicked back into gear. They closed the game on a 17-2 run.

Marissa Coleman tied a career high with 30 pts as the No.4 Terps came away with the 85-70 win over the No.13 Blue Devils. The junior guard seemed to be on a mission to make sure her senior teammates went out with this win, leaving even her coach a little in awe.

Krisit Toliver scored 19 of her 21 points in the second half and added 6 assists. Crystal Langhorne added 16 points and 7 boards in a game where the Terps sometimes looked bored with big leads.

Jasmine Thomas and Wanisha Smith netted 17 points a piece for Duke who saw a 8 game winning streak snapped.

The Blue Devils fought valiantly but in the end poor free throw shooting and a lack of execution down the stretch proved detrimental.

Overall the game was a great one for fans to watch and a great start to a series of 8 potentially exciting Big Monday games on ESPN.
Next up is the much anticipated match up between Connecticut and North Carolina.

*Game Notes*
-The rivalry match up drew a crowd of 15,531. That's the 5th largest crowd in ACC history.
- Maryland's victory was its first against Duke since the 2005-2006 national championship game victory and the first regular-season win since Feb. 3, 2000. It was the first home win against Duke since Jan. 30, 1998.
-With nine rebounds, Laura Harper moved into fifth place all-time at Maryland with 724, passing Christy Winters.

Click Here For Post Game Quotes

Next up, UNC at UConn....
JayD

Do U Know Mychael Knight

Hey Everybody,

I been gone for awhile, but I am back as usual to bring another fashion segment. But, do any of y'all remember Mychael Knight?

He was one of the designers on Project Runway that created many elegant and sexy pieces for women. He comes from sunny Atlanta and at 29 years old has a good sense of fashion. I fell in love with his clothes that he made on the show, and now he has his own clothing line.

I visited his site at www.mychaelknight.com, and I must say he has done it again. Ladies, he has graced us with his magical touch of beautiful clothing for the trendy women. I think every woman that wants to be stylish should indeed take a look at his clothes. I know that when yall see what this man has done you will fall in love just like me.

As always, send me a comment and let me know what you think.

Signing Out,

TWO TIMES

Just When You Thought There Was Parity

From 1995- 2004 other than wins from Purdue and Notre Dame, the national championship resided in Knoxville(Tenn) or Storrs(CT). People started to wonder if the Huskies and Lady Vols would be dominant forever. Some even made note not to watch games.

Then, Diana graduated.

The following season you had Baylor win an improbable championship over Michigan State. The NCAA's encore, was to have Maryland and Duke play a beautiful game and eventually crown Maryland as the champs. Fans were happy (well except UConn and Tennessee fans). There was parity in the game now. You could tune in on the nights where women's basketball was on and never know who was gonna win until the final buzzer sounded.

Then Candace Parker took over.

She led the Lady Vols throughout the season. Proving them to be dominant. They ended the storybook run of a great and talented Rutgers team. Once again one of the Powerhouses emerged champion. Pat Summit aka Queen Pat (Long Live the Queen) had won lucky number 7.

Now its Maya Moore's turn.

The freshmen is looking to guide UConn in the same kind of season Tennessee had last year, and she has plenty of support including the last two Big East freshman of the year (Renee Montgomery and Tina Charles). The Huskies looked poised for greatness. Geno the Great (who already has 2 undefeated runs) has this team playing better defense than any UConn team before them. Their scoring margin is higher than that of the two undefeated teams and they are #1 in the country.

But Candace Parker isn't finished yet.

In what will most likely be her final season CP3 looks as dominating as ever. She is still the number one player in the country (although as read in my first blog, thats arguable). Her talent added to the experience she has just makes Candace Parker hungry to repeat. Despite a loss to Stanford early this season Tennessee is just as good if not better than they were a year ago.

So what's this mean?

I don't know. Although teams are much closer to UConn (I say this lightly because even Stanford lost pretty handily) and Tennesee than in past seasons when they were at thier peak, the difference is still pretty great. But then again anything can happen come on any given day. My guess though? One of these two teams will be champions this season and judging from the potential of their recruiting classes, parity is not as close as most might like it to be.

vs.

Jay D

Part 2

OH Shit, Just when you thought it couldn't get any better...

Elephant Man has a part 2 to the Dancehall Workout Tape.....




Someone, Anyone....
If you find this, please send me a copy of the dvd

Mr. Talented

Spring Break Dancehall Workout

So, Speaking of Elephant Man.....

The Energy God is Back, to give the people who are ready for SPRING BREAK, a workout tape that is going to get your body moving ... and keep you in shape....

So everyone,,,, Shelly Belly.... Signal Di Plane...



So everyone Keep it Jiggy...

Mr. Talented

Elephant Man @ Zanzibar D.C.

To all my Caribbean West Indie, Reggae Lovers....

The Energey God himself, Elephant Man will be performing in D.C. at the Zanzibar... check the flyer.........Out and Bout...

This Georgia Heat Ain't Playing Tricks On Me

Oh, so Georgia won?
I didn’t notice. Who woulda thought that a team that couldn’t win its own conference, and couldn’t make it to their own conference title game would be capable of not only beating, but destroying the nation’s last undefeated team by 31?
Not this guy.
No, not after ripping off six straight wins against pushovers like Florida, Auburn, Kentucky, and Georgia Tech, and that god-awful bye they had the first weekend December. In fact, after beating Hawaii, it’s only fitting that they move down the rankings.

What’s amazing is how the other national title contender fared. Oklahoma got rocked by West Virginia. Georgia could have just as easily been on their heels after being ridiculously snubbed on BCS money day, but they weren’t. They were champions even when they knew there was no chance at a national title. If this, coupled with USC’s dominance in the Rose Bowl, isn’t damning proof for a playoff system, I’m not quite sure what is.

Fierce. Dominant. Tenacious. Georgia football, 2007.

Bowl recap next.

Minus the BCS of course,

The Sports Guy

Ciroc Taste Test

So, I went out and got Ciroc.

It has been tried
And Tested.
And I love it.

It goes great with grape juice or cranberry juice is real smooth.

It's okay with Coke (the drink, I am not Ms. Lohan) but better with the fruit drinks.


If your of age (21), and like to drink responsibly I would suggest trying out Ciroc.


Earns my Stamp of Approval.... Grade A Vodka...

Mr. Talented

and the bottle takes cool pics...

Ciroc x Diddy = Official Drink of New Years Eve parties

So what do you do when you put together a good brand of Vodka (insert Ciroc) and one of the biggest celebrity marketing/promotions/"make things hott" man (insert Diddy)?

You get The OFFICIAL DRINK of New Years Eve

Ciroc and Bad Boy aka Diddy have agreed to a multi-year deal to develop the Ciroc vodka brand for a 50-50 share in the profit$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. thanks billboard.


After 50 did the Vitamin Water thing

and Jay did the Budweiser Deal

It's part three of the Billionaire Boys Remix to get in on the action.

Diddy's deal could reach upwards of $100 million, if the brand meets/exceeds targeted goals.

Here is one of the Commercials Promoting it.......




Hey Everyone knows Diddy is one of my Heroes (yea i said it).... Get that money Playboy...Take that Take that













Mr. Talented

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!

Welcome to 08' ....

So with the first thing everyone talks about is Resolutions...

Mr. Talented's New Years Resolution

To do what I do, but do it better than I did it last year.

I mean, you can't really change a good thing to much or else it'll become bad.Anyway,

Some Questions that need to be answered before I really begin the New Year...

What's up with B2K vs. B2GAY????

What's up with 2girls and 1cup?????????

Who are the Winners of YHTN Awards?????

Where can I buy the Elephant Man Workout Tape???

Who drank Ciroc as the drink of the New Year???

Welcome to the Great 08'

Mr. Talented