Janet Jackson was photographed wearing Christian Louboutin lace up boots for an article featured in Prestige Magazine.

During the 2008 RTW (Ready to Wear) fashion shows, Lace up boots were seen all over the runways. Lace up boots have also become an instant hit with Celebrities this year. This season offers a variety of colors and styles, from ankle to knee length boots and peep toe ankle booties.

Boots are a universal accessory that can be worn with leggings, skirts, dresses, shorts or skinny jeans.  I would rock all the outfits below:

A model wears suede ankle booties at Balmain’s 2008 RTW Show (Courtesy of Sytle.com)

Rhianna made an appearance on TRL rocking black from head to toe (Courtesy of MTV)

Sarah Jessica Parker wore white L’Wren Scott lace up boots at the MTV Movie Awards (Courtesy of MTV)

Erin Wasson pairs her lace up boots with ripped skinny black jeans and a gray blazer.  The first picture is not relevant to this post but I love Alexander Wang and decided to post a picture of Erin with him (Courtesy of Teen Vogue and )

Daisy Lowe’s ’90s Grunge inspired look was completed with hot pink Dr. Marten’s (Courtesy of Teen Vogue)

From the streets of Europe, a Fashionista wears blue lace up boots with skinny jeans and an oversized blazer, I love her outfit! (Courtesy of the Sartorialist Blog)

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1.  Calvin KlienWomen’s Sadee Boots

2.  Dolce VitaCher Cutout Bootie

3.  Minnetonka Moccasin Boots

4.  Giuseppe ZanottiPeep Toe Bootie

5.  Rock and Republic Lace Up Boots

6.  Colin Stuart Knee Length Lace Up Boots

It feels like it’s been a minute since we’ve done a hip-hop mix, but quite honestly I haven’t come across anything quite inspiring, until now that is. Q-Tip is the shit, ’nuff said. He has a new album coming out and teamed up with Dj Dub to present an array of songs that he’s been featured as an artist or produced. This soon-to-be classic features new, classic and unreleased from Q-Tip. Artists like Busta Rhymes, Andre 3000, Kanye West, D’Angelo and more all make appearances on this momentous mixtape.

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Tracklisting:

1. Intro – DJ Dub
2. Verses From the Abstract – A Tribe Called Quest
3. Midnight – A Tribe Called Quest
4. Midnight 08 Smirnoff Signature mix – Q-Tip
5. Wild Hot – Q-Tip / Busta Rhymes
6. Oh My God – A Tribe Called Quest
7. Got Til Its Gone – Janet Jackson / Q-Tip / Joni Mitchell
8. Footprints – A Tribe Called Quest
9. The Promo – Jungle Bros / Q-Tip
10. Buddy Remix – A Tribe Called Quest / Jungle Bros / De La Soul
11. Check The Rhime – A Tribe Called Quest
12. Groove Is In The Heart – Dee-Lite / Q-Tip
13. Sh. Fe. Mcs – A Tribe Called Quest / De La Soul
14. Excursions – A Tribe Called Quest
15. Drink Away The Pain – Mobb Deep (Prod by Q-Tip)
16. Get Down Q-Tip Remix – Q-Tip / Craig Mack
17. Dont Curse – Heavy D / Kool G Rap / Grand Puba / CL Smooth / Big Daddy Kane / Pete Rock / Q-Tip
18. Make It Better – Kanye West / Talib Kweli / Q-Tip
19. A Rolling Skating Jam Named Saturdays – Q-Tip / De La Soul
20. Heels – Q-Tip
21. Abstractionisms – Q-Tip
22. I Believe – Q-Tip / D’Angelo
23. Vivrant Thing – Q-Tip
24. Can I Kick It (Spirit Mix) – A Tribe Called Quest
25. Lyrics To Go (Tumblin Dice Remix) – A Tribe Called Quest
26. Get It Together Remix – Beastie Boys / Q-Tip
27. Sucka Nigga – A Tribe Called Quest
28. Get A Hold – A Tribe Called Quest
29. Lets Ride – Q-Tip
30. One Love – Nas (Prod by Q-Tip)
31. Give Up The Goods – Mobb Deep (Prod By Q-Tip)
32. The World Is Yours Remix – Nas (Prod by Q-Tip)
33. In The Sun – Large Professor / Q-Tip
34. Bonita Applebum (Hootie Mix) – A Tribe Called Quest
35. Glamour & Glitz – A Tribe Called Quest
36. Feva – Q-Tip
37. Practice Session – The Ummah
38. Thats Sexy – Q-Tip / Andre 3000
39. What The Fuss (Hard Remix) – Stevie Wonder / Q-Tip
40. Ill Vibe – Busta Rhymes / Q-Tip
41. Gettin Up – Q-Tip

This week’s Throwback Thursday, Force M.D.’s “Tender Love”. I haven’t heard this song in a minute, like literally YEARS, so when Alicia Keys played it the other night after “Diary”, I didn’t immediately recognize it. Initially I thought it was a Janet Jackson song and I wasn’t the only one, as a few people I talked to thought it was as well. But alas the mystery was solved and it was revealed that it was Force M.D.’s “Tender Love”.

So here’s some knowledge for you. The group, from Staten Island New York, originally formed in 1983 and were signed to Tommy Boy records a year later. The M.D.’s (stands for Musical Diversity) were a vital crew in the early history of street hip-hop and one of the first groups to fuse doo-wop influenced harmonies with hip-hop. They had a few hits here and there, but “Tender Love” was the first that hit top ten. It was in the movie Krush Groove (ahhh classic) and was penned by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, which may have been the reason why I thought it was a Janet Jackson song as they produced some of her work as well. Songs that came to mind from Janet were “Again”, Let’s Wait Awhile” and “Everytime”, it’s the piano.

Anyways sit back and enjoy an oldie but goodie for the very first time again.

How fuckin’ gangsta is this? The Pinkie Nail Ring by Bijules NYC is made of high polish brass and rolls in at $156… Not too big of a price to pay to increase your bad-assness by 10-fold.

The Pinkie Nail Ring is part of the Serpensive collection, which features serpentine-inspired bling including cobra handcuffs, body armor, eye chains, and full-on three-fingered nail rings, if covering just your pinkie ain’t enough.

Jules Kim is the brains behind Bijules NYC, and her designs have already won the hearts of M.I.A., Santogold, Rihanna, Peaches, and Janet Jackson, to name a few.

Cop ‘em up HERE.

Janet Jackson just announced the first few dates and cities that will commence her Rock Witchu tour. The tour, produced by Live Nation, will kick off in Vancouver, Canada on Sept. 10 at GM Place and will continue onto Oakland, Calif., Montreal, Toronto, Washington, D.C., and East Rutherford, N.J.

This is Jackson’s first tour in seven years and is expected to include all of her hits spanning her entire career.

Tickets to Janet’s first show in Vancouver will go on sale on Saturday, June 7 at livenation.com.

Wacko Jacko’s sis, Janet Jackson, is adding the title of “author” to her resume. The actress and Grammy-winning singer has penned a book about her struggles with weight and self-esteem. The book also features diet tips and lifestyle advice from Janet’s nutritionist, David Allen. Wow, sounds like a real page turner!

The yet to be titled book is set to hit store bookshelves in November. Look out!

Janet Jackson ft. Busta Rhymes, Fabolous, Ciara “Feedback” Remix

Cassie “Thirsty”

The Game ft. Ya Boy, Crooked I, Jay Rock, K.Dot, Juice, Dubb & Ab Soul “Big Dreams” Massive Westcoast Remix

New Janet Jackson video called “Rock With U” off of her latest album Discipline. This is the second single.