Ties Tieng: October 2009

Saturday, October 31, 2009

I Got Swag / Strong Enough / Death To My Enemies / Then Days Went By - 50 Cent

4 New Joints from the new 50 Cent album, Before I Self Destruct.

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Triumph / Contemplate / Prescription / Beautiful Bliss feat J. Cole & Melanie Fiona - Wale

4 New Joints off the upcoming Wale album, Attention Deficit. Unfortunately none of the dope joints that were on Wale's Back To The Feature mixtape are on the album...

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Forever Fresh / Splitting Image / Hello Karma ft Phonte / No Substitute / Nobody's Fool / Give Out Give In - Kam Moye

6 New Joints from Kam Moye off his new album, Splitting Image. I slept on this album, but you shouldn't. Go buy that shit.

Download: Forever Fresh (Prod. by Marco Polo) - Kam Moye

Download: Splitting Image - Kam Moye

Download: Hello Karma - Kam Moye feat Phonte

Download: No Substitute (Prod. by Jake One) - Kam Moye

Download: Nobody's Fool - Kam Moye

Download: Give Out Give In - Kam Moye

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Crack Rocks & Jumpshots / Cadillac Music / Close 2 Ur Soul - Jaysaun

3 New Joints from Boston MC Jaysaun's new album, Game of Breath.

Download: Crack Rocks & Jumpshots - Jaysaun feat Ashy Knucks & S. Castro

Download: Cadillac Music - Jaysaun

Download: Close 2 Ur Soul - Jaysaun

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Make Way feat Buckshot, Reef The Lost Cauze, & Chief Kamachi / The Ill Bunch feat Tribeca, Nut-Rageous, & Termanology / Survive The Mess - Snowgoons

3 New Joints from the latest Snowgoons album, The Trojan Horse.

Download: Make Way - Snowgoons feat Buckshot, Reef The Lost Cauze, & Chief Kamachi

Download: The Ill Bunch - Snowgoons feat Tribeca, Nut-Rageous, & Termanology

Download: Survive The Mess - Snowgoons feat El Da Sensei & Kaze

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Dunk of The Week: Carmelo Anthony Dunks On Paul Millsap

'Melo comes through with the steal and poster dunk for Dunk of The Week honors, via You Got Dunked On.

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Say Hello Mixtape (Hosted by Clinton Sparks) - Supastar LT

Download: Say Hello Mixtape (Hosted by Clinton Sparks) - Supastar LT

E-Mail Bag Mix: Braggin' Rights - Wordsmith, DRAGONHAWK - THE MIDWEST MASSACRE, Barbershop - Jerms Black, Cupid's Got A Gun - Trends, & More

Braggin' Rights - Wordsmith

Download: Braggin' Rights - Wordsmith

DIGIWAXX.COM PRESENTS: THE BLAST: THE MIXTAPE SIDE A - MIXED BY DJ GYVIS

Download: THE BLAST: THE MIXTAPE SIDE A

DRAGONHAWK - THE MIDWEST MASSACRE MIXTAPE

Download: DRAGONHAWK - THE MIDWEST MASSACRE MIXTAPE

Barbershop - Jerms Black

Cupid's Got A Gun - Trends

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When U Find - Wiz Khalifa

Download: When U Find - Wiz Khalifa

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Thursday, October 29, 2009

2009 World Series Game 2: Jay-Z & Alicia Keys Perform Empire State of Mind at Yankee Stadium (Photos & Video)

Jay-Z is the 1st hip-hop artist to perform at Yankee Stadium (new or old)....hip-hop has sure come a long way huh? I would have never imagined something like this when I was growing up.

Hot Like Summer - Saukrates feat Andreena Mill

New Joint from Saukrates and it's dope as hell...one you can just zone out too.

Download: Hot Like Summer - Saukrates feat Andreena Mill

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Mr. Magic Tribute - Juice Crew

New Joint from the Juice Crew in tribute to Mr. Magic.

Download: Mr. Magic Tribute - Juice Crew

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Good Ol' Dayz - Cambatta feat Nino Bless

Tight New Joint from Cambatta.

Download: Good Ol' Dayz - Cambatta feat Nino Bless

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Say Yes, Pt. 2 (The Art of Storyrhymin') - Saigon

New Joint from Saigon.

Download: Say Yes, Pt. 2 (The Art of Storyrhymin') - Saigon

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2009 World Series: Game 1 - Phillies vs Yankees - Cliff Lee Shuts Down The Yankees (Video/Highlights)

Cliff Lee was absolutely filthy in Game 1 of the 2009 World Series. There's no if's, and's, or but's about it. The movement on his pitches was outstanding and it's amazing that Lee who had to be sent to the minors just a few years ago is now clearly an ace and one of the best pitchers in baseball.

I have no problem with how C.C. Sabathia pitched in this game. I would take 7 innings and 2 runs from him every time out and I would say the Yankees would win those games most of the time. Chase Utley touched him up for 2 home runs, but this loss has to be chalked up to Cliff Lee just being unhittable last night.

I didn't do a World Series preview, but my prediction would have been Yankees in 7. I'm going to stick with that as I am not phased by the first game of this series. This is going to be a series that will not be easy for either them and the fans and players for both teams will be sweating it out. There's no home field advantage in this series because both of these teams can win anytime, anyplace.

A.J. Burnett and Pedro Martinez square off in Game 2 and I think the Yankees better make sure they score some runs off of Pedro because Burnett is hot and cold on the mound. The core of the Phillies lineup actually doesn't hit too well against Burnett over his career, with just Jimmy Rollins and Chase Utley having moderate success. The rest of the Phillies struggle big time, so this could be a good matchup for the Yankees.

However, the Yanks have also not faced Pedro Martinez in years, so I'm not sure how they adapt to the "new" Pedro and it may take a time through the lineup before they figure him out. I really think the Yankees need to jump on Pedro early and get into the Phillies bullpen.

One thing to look at is that Jerry Hairston is a lifetime .370 hitter off of Pedro in his career and with Nick Swisher looking awful at the plate lately, I have to wonder if Hairston will somehow work his way into the lineup. I doubt it, but it is at least something that is worth bringing up as something that Girardi might do that would surprise some people. Actually, Hairston may even DH for Matsui, since Matsui is just a .143 hitter lifetime against Pedro. That is probably the more likely scenario. However, I think Girardi will stick with the guys who got him here for better or worse.

With Jay-Z set to perform before Game 2 maybe it will get the Yankees energized and bring some life back to a team who was stifled by a dominant Cliff Lee in Game 1.