Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Nike LeBron 8 V2 Low “Sprite”

Nike LeBron 8 V2 Low "Sprite"

Playboy's Top 23 Air Jordans

#23 - Air Jordan XX3 "Titanium"

#22 - Air Jordan 13 "Flint"

#21 - Air Jordan 5 "Grape"

#20 - Air Jordan 3 "True Blue"

#19 - Air Jordan 8 "Bugs Bunny"

#18 - Air Jordan 12 "Taxi"

#17 - Air Jordan 6 "Infrared"

#16 - Air Jordan 13 White/True Red-Black

#15 - Air Jordan 7 "Hare"

#14 - Air Jordan 5 Black/Metallic Silver

#13 - Air Jordan 11 "Columbia"

#12 - Air Jordan 4 "White Cement"

#11 - Air Jordan 8 "Playoffs"

#10 - Air Jordan 12 Black/Varsity Red

#9 - Air Jordan 11 Black/Varsity Red-White

#8 - Air Jordan 1 White/Black-Varsity Red

#7 - Air Jordan 3 "White Cement"

#6 - Air Jordan 5 White/Black-Fire Red

#5 - Air Jordan 7 "Olympics"

#4 - Air Jordan 4 Black/Cement Grey

#3 - Air Jordan 6 "Black Infrared"

#2 - Air Jordan 11 "Concord"

#1 - Air Jordan 3 "Black Cement"

Matt Halfhill/NiceKicks/ Playboy

Monday, May 30, 2011

Flashback Classics: Aaliyah - One in A Million Album

Aaliyah - Beats 4 Da Streets (Intro) - One in A Million

Aaliyah - Never Comin' Back - One in A Million

Millions Tune In To 'Love & Hip Hop': 10 More Episodes On The Way

(AllHipHop News) VH1 has announced they have green lighted season two of their hit reality series, "Love & Hip Hop." According to numbers released by VH1 today (May 25th), "Love & Hip Hop" was one of the most watched shows on the network during the season, averaging over 1 million total viewers per episode. The "Love & Hip-Hop" reunion special, which aired on Monday, May 16th, drew 1.3 million total viewers. The original cast members will return for season 2 of the reality show, according VH1, which also ordered a second series of the reality series "Mob Wives."

"Both 'Mob Wives' and 'Love & Hip Hop' are smash hits for VH1, generating strong buzz and viewership for months now," said Jeff Olde, Executive Vice President of Original Programming & Production, VH1. Jim Jones' girlfriend Chrissy Lampkin, singer Olivia Longott, Fabolous' girlfriend Emily Bustamante and budding rapper Somaya "Boss" Reece are all slated to appear for a second time. VH1 has ordered 10 one-hour episodes for season two of "Love & Hip-Hop," which will premiere this fall. "Our viewers have connected passionately with these women and their unique, authentic stories in the realms of pop culture and music," Olde continued. "We're very happy to be able continue those storylines."

"Love & Hip-Hop" is executive produced by Mona Scott-Young for Monami Entertainment.

Snoop Launches The GGN 'Double G News Network' Channel

Dallas Austin's Beat Machine 'Beat Thang' In Best Buy

(AllHipHop News) Veteran Hip-Hop producer/songwriter/ Dallas Austin has announced his company Rowdy Electronics, has teamed with Best Buy to sell his new piece of hardware, a beat machine named "Beat Thang." The Beat Thang, which is a joint venture between Austin's Rowdy Electronics and Nashville's Beat Kangz Electronics (BKE), is a fully operational mobile music making machine, that will retail for $1,500. The machine, which boasts a 3.5 inch color video LCD screen, comes with over 3,000 original sounds, hundreds of beats, loops, digital effects, along with a rechargeable battery.
Dallas Austin and his partner, Aja Emmanuel hopes the new piece of equipment will revolutionize the way producers create their music. The producer is planning on personally hosting events at Best Buy's in Nashville, Atlanta, New York and Miami. "We'll be showing everyone how you can sing into it, play keyboards into it, put beats into it – anything," Dallas Austin said. "We'll also have a few for pre-order because once we hit the release date, it's anyone's guess how many will be available to the industry. We only produced 1,000 units and the buzz is running pretty hot."

BOX OFFICE REPORT May 27th - 29th Weekend

The Hangover Part II. Despite numerous genre fare saturating theaters, audiences chose to throw down their holiday cash to another bachelor party-gone-wrong scenario which once again found the Wolf Pack a “man short.” With Warner Bros. Pictures grabbing another $59.0 million from its early foreign markets over the holiday, the comedic adventure has a worldwide cume of $177.0 million after four days of release. It’s a nice overall effort for a film which reportedly cost only $80 million to produce. Exit polling from the studio reveals the release’s audience was 51 percent female and 54 percent under 25 years old. The under 18-year-old bracket was 13 percent. The first Hangover was 52 percent male and 53 percent under 25 in its opening weekend.

Following in 2^nd place was the premiere of DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda 2, which kicked up $48 million over the weekend and $53.8 million since with its Thursday performance tacked on. While that seems like a decent number, the rising animation powerhouse which has dreams of making Kung Fu Panda a lengthy franchise was hoping their Jack Black-led sequel would at least beat out the debut of its predecessor, which pulled in $60.2 million in June of 2008. Their latest release opened up overseas with a payday of $57.0 million and when combined with the domestic total comes up to a global score of $110.8 million. The studio set the budget at $150 million.

Taking down the 3^rd place position is last weekend’s champion, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. A week after taking down $350 million worldwide over its debut performance, the fourth installment in the Jack Sparrow brand conjured up another $39.3 million in booty to increase its domestic gross to $152.9 million. It may seem average results for the film listed at $250 million but it’s the oversea performance that continues to keep Disney happy here. The fantasy dominated the foreign box office race once again by grabbing another $122.8 million. This means the film has $470.8 million from its oversee territories while only seizing $152 here at home. Whichever way you look it, Pirates 4 is now the top worldwide performer for the summer 2011 season. Check it out in the box office ladder down below.

Next up is Bridesmaids, the female-focused raunchy comedy that continued to give Universal an incredible May performance. The comedy found another $16.3 million in its third weekend, dropping only 21% from its previous effort and adding that domestic tally to $84.9 million. It’s a profitable venture for the studio who kept its budget down to only $32.5 million.

And taking down the 5^th place spot is Paramount Pictures’ Thor, which crossed its $150 million price tag this weekend and hammered its way past the $400 million threshold worldwide. It accomplished both feats by taking in another $9.3 million over the holiday. The fourth frame’s numbers has its domestic gross at $159.7 million. When combined with its foreign sales, the superhero has a global tally of $409.2 million. Mania.com

Rank	Movie	Weekend	Theaters	Average	Total	Budget
1	The Hangover 2	$86.4 mil	3,615	$23,923	$118.0 mil	$80
2	Kung Fu Panda 2	$48.0 mil	3,925	$12,229	$53.8 mil	$150
3	Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides	$39.3 mil	4,164	$9,443	$152.9 mil	$250
4	Bridesmaids	$16.3 mil	2,958	$5,535	$84.9 mil	$32.5
5	Thor	$9.3 mil	3,296	$2,841	$159.7 mil	$150
6	Fast Five	$6.6 mil	2,982	$2,219	$196.0 mil	$125
7	Midnight in Paris	$1.9 mil	58	$33,086	$2.8 mil	$30
8	Jumping the Broom	$1.9 mil	939	$2,023	$34.1 mil	$6.6
9	Something Borrowed	$1.8 mil	1,440	$1,281	$34.7 mil	$35
10	Rio	$1.7 mil	1,672	$1,065	$134.8 mil	$90

Saturday, May 28, 2011

KICKS ON THE COURT: Bulls vs. Heat Eastern Conference Finals: Game 5

Miami’s two biggest stars played like it Thursday night, scoring all but two of the Heat’s points in an 18-3 run that turned a 12-point deficit late in the fourth quarter into an 83-80 victory and a spot in the NBA finals. They combined for 22 points in the final period—the rest of the Heat had four—and were merciless defensively on Derrick Rose, including James’ block of the MVP’s last-ditch shot. The NBA Finals starts Tuesday. Dallas Mavericks vs Miami Heat.

LeBron James attacking the rim in a new Nike LeBron 8 PS PE

Luol Deng wearing the Nike Air Max Fly By and LeBron James in a new Nike LeBron 8 PS PE

Derrick Rose in the adidas adiZero Rose 1.5 and Dwyane Wade in the Jordan Fly Wade

Joakim Noah in the Le Coq Sportif Pro Model

Mike Bibby defending in a Jordan 3 Percent inspired model

Carlos Boozer and Chris Bosh in the Nike Hyperdunk and the Nike Air Max Hyperdunk 2010, respectively

LeBron James in a new Nike LeBron 8 PS PE

Victory !!!!

D Wade is going back to the finals to play the Dallas Mavs. It is a repeat of the 2006 Finals. Miami won with a team that had Shaq at Center. The only remaining members from that team are Wade and Haslem. This time, Wade will have the support from Lebron James and Chris Bosh.