Inside Man Movie Review

Got a chance to check out Inside Man, this is an excellent movie, that keeps you guessing from the very beginning. It's nice to see Spike step outside his norm and do some different stuff like this and 25th Hour another of my favorites. Of course he adds in his signatures here and there as only Spike can. But the camera work and the acting is excellent. I mean Denzel is Denzel, and Jodie Foster has a small but rather important role. Clive Owen is also great as the protagonist. And the end will catch you a little off guard. It definitely isn't your formulaic heist movie.

Special Congratulations

I'd like to send a special congratulations to my girl Monisha Hogan aka Marsha Hogan and her girl Tanisha Grimes who finished their first 5K run over the weekend in the ATL. They completed the course in 30 minutes and 41 seconds.

Sean Paul Concert @ HOB 3/27

Got a chance to check out Sean Paul this past Monday at the House of Blues. That is a show that shouldn't be missed. After a preset by one of my favorite local DJ's Noel, Sean Paul hit the stage about 9:30 and didn't let up for the next hour and a half. He claimed he had a broken knee but I've never seen anyone with a broken knee with so much energy!. He performed all his hits from Dutty Rock and Trinity and even went back to some older stuff from Stage One. He kept everyone moving for his entire set and is definitely a show you should check out.

Anthony David @ HOB

The Good Music Series brought an excellent performer out this past weekend, Anthony David . If you haven't heard of him, he writes a lot for Ms. India Arie. And if you haven't heard of him that's unfortunate. Luckily for me through the beauty that is XM Satellite I have heard a few songs from him. Playing an acoustic set reminiscent of Ms. Arie, he played a soulful blues set that I truly enjoyed. In fact I liked it so much I had to go pick up his cd, 3 Chords & The Truth, and I haven't stopped playing it on my IPOD since. Song like Cheatin' Man, Cold Turkey, and Spittin Game are my favorite, but I like the whole vibe of the set. So Pick it up, and better yet, stop in and see this ATLien perform.

Ne-Yo "In My Own Words"

Ne-Yo's album "In My Own Words" is rather impressive, its not that surprising considering he's been in the game for a while, writing for some big name folks, like Mary, Mario, and Faith among others. This is defintely a CD to play when relaxing, especially with your significant other. My favorite tracks are Time, Mirror, and Let Go, the first release "So Sick" is a nice cut also. But this CD is defintely worth picking up. As a surprise he doesn't have too many guest appearances, only Peedi Peedi and Ghostface on the Bonus Cut.

16 Blocks Review

Got a chance to see 16 Blocks this week, starring Bruce Willis and Mos Def . First of all I'm firmly convinced the only hip-hop stars that need to act are Mos, Ice Cube, Will Smith, Latifah, Erykah Badu, and LL. Anyway I thought this was a pretty good movie, but I'd probably rate it a matinee catch. This is how I rate 'em

-Gotta see it the day it comes out
-Matinee Catch
-Wait for the DVD
-Wait for it on Cable
-Wait for it on the USA Network


But the movie moved along very well, Mos Def's voice and incessant talking were a little annoying but I enjoyed the movie and its worth seeing.

Common Concert Review

This past weekend (3/4) Cleveland was blessed to have one of the greatest MC's in the game stop through town and perform. After agonizing through 2 plus hours of local acts (the only respite being Mick Boogie DJing in between sets), Common hit the stage around 11:15. As usual Common did his thing, he is definitely a show worth seeing. Holding it down with a drummer, a keyboardist, and of course a DJ he performed a number of hits from Be, the classic I used to love her, and a slick freestyle over "Electric Relaxation" by A Tribe Called Quest. He closed with a dedication to J-Dilla the producer of "The Light". As I've said before there are certain live acts in hip-hop one shouldn't miss and Comm is definitely one of them.