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Looks about right doesn’t it?

Change has released an EP full of new tracks worth intent listening. Plus, it’s a free download and you ain’t got nothing to lose!

Download: Change The Stimulus Plan ep

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So I am on Facebook and get a GRIP of requests to join this or that. Because I cannot (and in some cases don’t want to) keep up with it all, I politely decline loads of invites.

Over the last few weeks I’ve been getting requests to “Become a Fan” of artists who I barely know and who certainly don’t submit junk to the website for coverage.

Weird ain’t it?

Cookbook (L.A. Symphony) just dropped a solo project on us — free. Download I Love the 80’s from Sphere of Hip-Hop or on the Sphere of Hip-Hop Facebook page.

Everyone seems to know the news now. Jon and Kate are getting divorced. It’s been the subject of tabloid rumor for a long time now and on Monday it was official when they announced it on their TV show “Jon and Kate plus 8″.

Jon and Kate – you guys sold out. While I don’t know every minor detail, I do know what I’ve seen. A lack of love, compassion, trust, willingness to reconcile and so on. All of these things (and more) are virtues you’re supposedly trying to impart to your children? We all know the best way to do that is to live it. Right?

Pray for them all. It’s a shame to see yet another broken Christian family.

I have a love/hate relationship with it. It taunts me to get work done and rarely in clear of stuff. Lord willing, I’d like to make this the next step in my work “growth” in that it will be clear at the end of of each week.

Peep the mess!

While I am not a father myself, I can speak to the great influence my father has had in my life. I’ve learned many things from his direct teaching and also indirectly by watching him. The value of a father and father figures in young peoples lives cannot be measured. It’s critical in my opinion.

Tony Dungy (the former coach of the Indianapolis Colts) runs and organization called All Pro Dad. He’s an awesome dude and a man of God. Check out what he is doing.

If you’re living under a rock… you don’t know about the Sphere of Hip-Hop Podcast. It’s hosted by Cas Metah of the Scribbling Idiots and features music from people you need to be listening to.

In the event you missed an episode or even all of them… you need to fill up on these.

Sphere of Hip-Hop Podcast episodes: 25 – 26 – 27 -28 – 29 – 30 – 31 – 32 – 33

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I was recently interviewed for Rap Fest Radio. Check it out.

You’ve added me to your email list. I ask for a quick update to my email address and you give me a hard time.

Say what!?!

The moral of the story is to provide help to someone that you have inconvenienced. Especially since you went through the trouble to add them without their permission or without them otherwise opting in to receive your emails in the first place.

Keep a clean list by allowing people to opt in and opt out as they wish. If they need help removing themselves, help them.