Welcome Back DMX

Music invokes memories and emotions for most people the music they listen to are their own personal soundtrack to their life. With that being said one of my favorite artists listening to growing up was DMX. I can remember the first time I remember hearing DMX it was back in 1998 while I was in middle school (damn that long ago). Now back than a lot of my friends I grew up with listen to a range of music from Jay-Z to Master P lol yes Master P was relevant once a upon a time. What caught my attention about DMX was his fourth single Ruff Ryders’ Anthem from his debut album It’s Dark and Hell is Hot I went and bought  his  album and been a fan ever since than.

 Fast Forward to the present as many of you have known DMX has had some run in with the law and a drug addiction. It came to my attention DMX was doing a show in Dallas at the House of Blues his first show after being released from prison. Now the week leading up to the show DMX gets in trouble with the law for speeding. In my head I was like here we go again is he going to get arrested? Is he back in drugs again? I still went through to go check him out and man I’m glad I didn’t back out. Check out the video below of DMX performance at House of Blues.

Up and Coming Stars In 2011 Part One

In a music industry that is watered down with mediocrity music, where  radio station play the same music everyday and labels now signing acts for ringtones rather than quality music it’s becoming harder and harder to find good music. But it’s always refreshing when you listen to a new artist that makes you hit the repeat on your IPod or whatever you use to play your music. These four artists are here to stay and will stay in your CD/iPod rotation.

Frank Ocean- Singer/songwriter also a member of Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, Ocean has written songs for acts like Beyonce, Brandy, Justin Bieber and John Legend. At the beginning of the year Frank released a mixtape called Nostalgia, Ultra to which has been well received from music critics and fans. You can find Nostalgia, Ultra at datspiff.com or buy the Nostalgia, Lite when it comes out which contains songs from Ultra. You can also check Frank on Jay-Z and Kanye West “Watch the Throne” which Oceans lends his vocals for “No Church in the Wild” and “Made in America”. Word has it Ocean has also landed himself a feature on Jay-Z next album.

With the R&B lane open due to the inconsistent music of artists such as Ne-yo, Chris Brown, and Usher.

Ocean is a talent to be recognized and a warning to the current R&B singers to stepped their game up.

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Miguel – Is another singer/songwriter who has seen his stock increase this year Miguel last year had the smash hit single “All I want is You” the same title of his album which was released in November 2010. The reason Miguel stock is rising he only sold 11k copies the first week when his album came out.  The singles “Sure Thing” and “Quickie” are receiving heavy rotation on the radio as of July 2011 “All I Want Is
You” has sold over 200k copies and single “Sure Thing” has sold over 800k of digital/ringtones sales.  You can’t turn on your radio without hearing Miguel which is impressive for a guy whose first single came out last summer. If you haven’t already go cop Miguel’s Debut album “All I Want is You” I promise you won’t be disappointed.

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Winter Break for English Premier League

The Bundesliga, La Liga, Serie A, Ligue 1 and the Eredivisie all have produced some of the greats of the modern game and all have a winter break. I personally feel that the English Premier League should have a winter break, not only for a club teams, but for our country! English clubs play 38 premier league games; we have 2 cups (the League Cup and the FA Cup) along with Europa League and Champions League football for those lucky and skilled enough to do so! So that is a massive amount of football our teams and players play per season. Now if there is an international tournament during the off season then there is little time for these players to rest, and during such tournament they could get burnout resulting in yet another fail on the biggest scale! I am by no means blaming the long and heavy season on our previous summer tournament fail, but I defy anyone to say that it wasn’t one of the major contributing factors.

So, how would it work, having a two week break in our season? Well take this season for example, there is the regular Saturday games on the 17^th of December, if we then allowed for a 2 week break the fixtures would start again on the 31^st of December, now during that 2 week period there has only been a total of 2 games missed, we could fit them in mid week at almost any time. Or start the season a week earlier and get rid of that useless international friendly that has been put in. However that would disrupt the charity/community shield, so I suggest we make that a week earlier also and clubs involved in that match can use it as one of their pre season games, the final pre season game.

Now to get to the answer of my question, does the Premier League need a winter break? In my opinion YES it does, and I base this opinion on that so many top flight players and managers are calling for this and the fact that 78 players were injured before the end of February in the EPL last season! Now I am not saying a winter break would stop players getting injured, but how many of us as fans have seen a player go down in those vital stages of the Premier League and thought “we’re screwed” or “please get up ok” or even the extreme of “that’s us down now then” I think that a winter break would rest our players, re charge there batteries and mount an attack on the premier league like it were a new season. A winter break may not be a concern to for example Chelsea and Man City as they have 2 teams that are of great talent each, but it does to those fans and teams that depend heavily on one or two outstanding players in their team and I feel a winter break would keep these players fresh and give other teams a chance at success towards the end of the season. If nothing else it makes the closing weeks more interesting.  I also think that a winter break would benefit our national side because players wouldn’t be as ‘burnt out’ after a season had finished, which we saw recently with Jack Wilshere and the drama of him not being able to play in the U21 European championship, and you have to think that with him and Andy Carroll (one of the victims of the 78 injured) England would have done a lot better than they did.

Now a lot of you may be reading this and thinking that you like your Boxing Day game, it’s a tradition etc, and I sympathize with that as I love my away day games on Boxing Day or alternatively the home day game in your own city/town. But think about all the times you have seen a player go down at a crucial point of the season or watched our national side struggle once more on the big stage. Surely if these things can be prevented a winter break is worth a try? Even if it is only a 2/3 year trial period!

Saacey

Best place to Scout for Women

Summer holidays are coming to an end and everybody has enjoyed their time off from work. But now it’s back to the daily ground of going to work and scouting to find players to add to your team. The best place to find that hidden gem or that diamond in the rough is church.

                   4 reasons why church is the best place to scout women:

1.       It’s free! How much you think you spend at a bar or club looking to pull. Let’s break it down if you go to a club on a Saturday night entry about $15 dollars, another 20-30 dollars down the drain for drinks plus tips. Don’t forget that parking too is going to cost you as well that’s another $10, if you took the cab you’re looking at another $20. So if you drove total that night its $55 but if you took a cab $65 total for the night. With the way the economy is why wouldn’t anyone spend $0 to meet women

2.       The same women you saw at the club Saturday night most likely will be at church the following morning, you can talk to her in a friendly environment without her thinking you’re hitting on her. Think  about it why do most people go to the clubs anyways? And no it’s just not to dance either they trying to hook up with someone.

3.       Church is an untapped resource to meet women cause of the negative stereotype about church girls.

4.       You might actually learn something

*Disclaimer*  To all religious people we all know church is a place to worship god we're just having fun so please save I'm going to hell comments for people who are doing more harm than good to people in the world

5 Signs that you are Eric Murphy

In honor of the last season of Entourage we’ve decided to do a test to determine if you are an Eric Murphy. If you’ve followed Entourage from the first season you already know who Eric Murphy is, well for the readers who don’t  know who Eric Murphy is;  he is the hopeless romantic of the group who always wants to commit, never single, and naïve when it comes to women.

So here are 5 signs you are or someone you know is a Eric Murphy

1. Whenever a girl calls your phone, and you’re with your friends, you screen the call, and even walk away before you pick up. After the call you won't admit who you were talking to, even though everyone knows who it was. Sometimes you even answer the phone to an Ex when on a DATE with a current girlfriend.

2. You always overdress - ever find yourself wearing a shirt and smart pants when everyone else is in jeans and a tee? This is classic Murphy, whether you think it'll make you stand out from the group or maybe you’re just insecure about your appearance, who knows. 

3. You love being right. Ever hear somebody say something you disagree with and can't help yourself from butting in, or laughing. Even if your best mate is dying to do something, and you know it's none of your business, you still try and argue your point. And then if you lose the argument, you go in a huff.

4. Never moving on. You think that special girl is going to be around for ever, and every other girlfriend in between is just temporary. You compare girls to her, you do favors for her, you think about her more than you know you should.

5. You can't hookup with a girl without catching feelings for her; typical Murphy behavior through out the series there's always some girl who he starts to like after messing around.

Goal Drought

Every players and managers worst nightmare a goal drought, it happens in football a talented player for whatever reason has stopped scoring for his team. So how do you end the goal drought? Most managers put that player on the bench till they snapped out of it and replace you with somebody else. Real life scenario how do you snap out of a goal drought? And no own goals do not count. Well you look to your reserve and see if there’s anyone who can do the job if not it’s back out to the transfer market you go hitting the clubs, bars, and parties till that awful drought ends.

Sometimes even the most seasoned pro can't bring himself to pick on of the reserves, and it can be difficult to take such a gamble, how will you be judged by team mates? And how will it affect your reputation?

In a drought, you can do two things, either change your style of play, or change your scouting network. In real life this means either start getting ruthless, or ditch the gentleman act, and just goes in for the kill, or you can start looking for dates and women in new areas.

I would recommend the previous, stick to the same people but stop messing around, and go in with a huge bid that can't be refused. This means pulling out all the stops. Like someone? Ask her out, matter of fact tell her your taking her out, and that she's gonna have the night of her life - in football terms, show her your clubs ambition. Give her no choice but to sign. 

The last option which usually ends a goal drought is an easy tap in, you know were we’re going with this that one woman you know that is easy who has quite the reputation in your town and you know a friendly hello and compliment will get you in.

Summer Transfer Market

In football summer time is the busy period for a lot of clubs to buy players and get rid of players, you read the newspapers and newsnow to figure out which club being linked to which player. In real life we use facebook and twitter to figure out who is hooking up with whom and who is available.

You know It’s summer time when the skirts and dresses are getting  shorter, relationships  are coming to an abrupt end, you are  seeing more people in your local gym and of course everybody going on holiday. The summer holiday is kind of like one big long scouting trip, people expect you to stare, so stare as much as you want. Use bribes (buy drinks) lies (pretend you play in the Champions League instead of league 1) and tricks (catch her offside) while on this scouting trip. Nobody knows what your job is (which club your from) or how much money you have (go from basic salary to top earner) or how many shags you've had (go from a dry spell to prolific scorer). Do your research because a scouting trip without any signings is a wasted scouting trip!

Here are our five hot tips to help with your summer acquisitions...

1) The Gamble - 

Uncover a diamond in the rough - there's always that one player who nobody's seen before, none of the big guns have looked at them, and they're available, and often open to offers. In real life, she's young, she's inexperienced, but she's eager. You be the experience, you show the faith, and you offer her that first professional contract!

2) Summer Budget - Keep your budget open until the end of the window - don't blow your whole kitty at the start of the window, keep some funds back. This applies to those summer pulling holidays, weigh up the options then at the last possible minute make your decision. Nothing like committing to a signing early doors then seeing someone else scoop the top prize. Patience is a virtue, and a patient man is a wise man but don’t become too patient i.e. Arsene Wenger/

3) The Trial - Offer her a trial. Many clubs use trials as a way of testing out potential signings. Don't give out your number, don't commit to anything, keep things casual. At the end of the holiday if you want to extend the deal then you can. 

4) The loan Deal - The same applies to loan signings, sometimes boyfriends let girls go on holiday, the same way clubs let players out on loan. If you loan a girl, make sure you honor the agreement and release your interest at the end of the period, remember it was only a fling.

5) Older players- All else fails you can acquire an older women you know what we are talking about the older women who go on vacations with their friends looking to feel young again. Easy acquisition because they are experience and willing to be admire about younger men.

Enjoy the summer before the winter transfer market kicks up!!

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