ALL YOU CAN LEAVE BEHIND

It's been a busy week here - here's some things to think about for the weekend.

So...I was a little skeptical about this whole Dave-Chappelle-Block-Party thing but now that I've read how it went off, I'm bummed I didn't make it. It's not like I'm the biggest Fugees fan ever but to see Lauryn rip it up, vs. doing her bad Tracy Chapman impression? Yeah, I can deal with that.

By the way, this is long, but ?uestlove - who directed the party in essence - wrote a long summary of the event for the Okayplayer boards but since they never stay around very long, I cut n' pasted it for posterity. Great read - I love this guy's passion and enthusiasm (not to mention candor).

For those looking for a hot new investment tip: Bomb Sniffing Dogs
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For those who find child-rearing just a little too taxing, China's got a perfect solution: Kindergarten boarding school.
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Coolfer offers some common sense consumer tips on buying music in our brave new world.

Alicia Keys, Boyz II Men...and...Cyndi Lauper(?) play the Great Wall of China? That is one strange line-up.

Our good friend, Elizabeth Mendez Berry, on a mother protesting the war.

Our esteemed colleague Tony Green, on R. Kelly's new album.

Awwdamn on the evils of Rich Guy Rock.

HipHopImages.Com, photography by Chi Modu. This one of Biggie, standing in front of the Twin Towers is beyond easy words.

Our man in LA, Piotr heps us to this story: TATU Producer Angers Russia With Suicide Bomber Singer. They so crazy over there in Russia!

Julianne runs into an Olsen, lives to tell.

Hardly Art, Hardly Garbage's Sean Feezy unloads all over Talib Kweli and Jean Grae's respective new albums: duck down Sean! Just wait for your on wax diss. That reminds me: vinyl copies of Jean's Bootleg of the Bootleg sold out quicker than hot cakes but, you can still pick up a new 12" that has all her freestyles off that EP, including the "U Don't Know" version that has Jean kicking O-Dub crazy love!

By the way, Sean's blog has been off the proverbial heezy of late. Recognize. (But dude, Madvillain isn't all that. Rap record of a year belongs to Kanye.)

Antoinette and Antoine go to White Castle, but this isn't a comedy.
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Budding rap journalists? Holla at Contrabandit.com.

Would you like to be a P.I.M.P. scholar? This is both ill and sad in the same moment. Nelly needs to fall back.
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G.I. Joe: remixed.
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Got beef? If not, then go get it - DJ Vlad and P. Cutta collabo.