After numerous delays and push back on dates for the Blackberry Bold, Rogers has finally announced an official release date. Initially rumored as August 19th, the date is now officially August 21st, so Canadian berry users, throw your muthaphukkin’ hands up for this. Word on the street is that it’ll be roughly $399 on 3-year contract (yelps!) or $649 to purchase the phoen outright.

Visit rogers.com for more information.

Friday, Aug. 15
Rhome and Fritz are still missing Red, the old south-of-Dupont dance club with a come-as-you-are attitude, great vibes and two of the city’s finest soulful house DJs, Sam “The Man” Burns and Doug “95 North” Smith. When one of them was on the decks, the atmosphere in the candlelit room changed: everyone relaxed, everyone got funky and you never knew what kind of journey you’d be taken on. No wonder the regulars compared it to “going to church.” Since Red closed, to be replaced by Fly, it’s been hard to find a venue that could recapture the old Red spirit, a place for laidback, friendly folks who didn’t want to deal with dress codes or bottle service. Well, the Everybody Loves Music promoters think they’ve found the perfect spot — the Trinidad and Tobago Association Hall in Petworth, ordinarily used for reggae and soca nights — and they’re kicking off a series of events with the appropriately titled Hometown Heroes. Sam the Man and 95 North are in the DJ booth for the night, ably supported by Rusty B of the All Good Funk Alliance and Chris Burns of Disco City, so expect to start dancing at 10 p.m. and go until, well, your legs fall off. The cover charge for this 18-and-over is $10, and it includes free Flying Dog beer until midnight.

So the above excerpt from The Washington Post should be evidence enough that this party should not be missed.  Especially for DC house heads that miss the now defunct Red.  On a side note, the flier pays homage to Red as well.  Come early as this event will be packed.  And take advantage of the free locally brewed beer and cd giveaways  while they last.

Text Source: Washington Post
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Sad weekend as we lost two legends in entertainment, Soul / RnB singer Issac Hayes at the age of 65 and Comedian Bernie Mac at the age of 50. Both men are in the movie Soul Men which is being released this November.

Bernie Mac passed away on Saturday from pneumonia.

Issac Hayes was found unconscious in his home next to a still-running treadmill.

Source: CNN

Oh my lord, Stephen Colbert is easily one of the funniest dudes around. Here are a couple of clips from  his episode last night where he discusses the whole Nas protest against Fox News, followed by an interview with Nas and then a live performance of the song “Sly Fox”, which we’ve posted the video for here. The other two clips are available after the jump.

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Looks like Nas’ new Untitled album is setting out to be a successful one despite all of the controversy. It’s on track to top the Billboard 200 chart next week, with current sales numbers at 113,000 copies. Should this happen this will be the fifth time the MC has reached the top of the charts, the last album, Hip Hop Is Dead, released in ‘06 reached this mark.

With that said, peoples if you haven’t copped this album yet, go do so now. This is definitely one of his best albums.

Love or hate him, you can’t deny the fact that Nas never hesitates to speak his mind.

As you all know, Nas’ new album “Untitled” dropped yesterday. As many of you also know, the album originally had a different and far more controversial title - namely one that had masses of people who understood his plan supporting him, while the rest assumed the logic behind the original title was precisely the opposite of what Mr. Nasir Jones actually intended. Ultimately the original album name, Nigger, was dropped.

I swung by Union Square to get a signed copy (I’m still like a teenage fan when it comes to Nas) and the picture above is how Nas himself signed my cd - and pretty much the majority of the other thousand or so people who also purchased @ the signing.

Anyone who still doesn’t understand the intent behind the original album name should have a listen to it and read what is written inside the CD inlet- I’m talkin to you Media (Fox News and friends), Labels (who fronted on the support - Def Jam) and March Organizers (nut-ripping Jesse & Big hair Al).

DC was last blessed with Neighbour’s set a year and change ago at Casablanca in Old Town, Alexandria.  By special request from ELM fans, he is back stateside bringing out his unique blend of house, boogie, funk and mid tempo breaks.  For round 4 of ELM @ Geisha Lounge, alongside with Calgary’s youngest prolific dj, we will also be blessed with sets by ELM’s Joe L and Logo of Neighbourhood Watch.

Joe L+Logo+Neighbour and you = an eventful Saturday eve @ Geisha Lounge.  Be there. And don’t sleep on the free double mixtape cds.

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Geisha Lounge | 727 15th Street, NW

Wow. Here’s a new powerful viral music video for Nas’s song “Sly Fox”, which basically focuses on the whole controversy of Nas being invited to perform at Virginia Tech and Bill O’Reilly (yes the guy that was hit with a sexual harassment suit), the bitch ass cock blocker, discrediting Nas and the University. Bill O’Reilly put Nas on blast by calling him a “Gangster Rapper”, c’mon son, Nas ain’t no “Gangsta Rapper”, pretty fuckin’ far from it. Anyways after the disappointing “Hero” video, things seem to be back on track visually for the album. Video directed by Rik Cordero, who actually also did Nas’s first video for this album “Be A Ni*ger Too”. Cameos in this video include Miss Info and Jay Smooth, both are well known radio personalities and internet bloggers. Anybody else notice the guy in the black shirt hitting the keys on the keyboard with his middle finger, symbolism?

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Nas “Be A Ni*ger Too”
Nas ft Keri Hilson “Hero”