"Say Word!" -The Sophisticated Industry After Work Returns Tues. July 21st @ Aspen

"If you can't find something you like, make it yourself" is what I always say. So when folks started asking me if I knew of any after work parties where they didn't have to feel like they had to listen to Funk Master Flex to keep up with the current radio fodder, I scratched my head and was lost for an answer. But now ask me and it's a whole different story my friend. After the successful date-auction event we held (some months ago) at Aspen (30 W.22nd St.) , a light bulb went off like "Hey, this could be the spot everyone was searching for!" Spoke to the powers that be to make things happen, and BONG! A new after work star is born, birth date Tues. July 21st, the mature alternative. Hopeful this will put an end to what we were ALL looking for! The first opening night will be the after party for a few select brands showing at the fashion trade shows Project & Capsule, so come lookin' fly! Food can be ordered at a GREAT price ($8, $20, $35 plates) too. Enjoy!

"Grand Premiere" Tues. July 21st
"Word, To Everything I ❤!"
Aspen -30 W. 22nd St. 5th & 6th Ave.
6pm-1am
Free Admission
Music by a the Ahficionados & special guest DJ Mick Boogie!
2 hr Complimentary drinks w/premium vodka brand
$8 & $20 pre-fix menu w/ drinks
Happy hour 6-9pm
Dress casually mature, and fashionable.
Table requests, B'days & RSVP: theMreport@gmail.com
After work fashion & music industry Summer series

NEXT UP:
Tues July 28th is the listening/signing party
for the Truth/Motown newest artist ERNIE GAINES!

"Flashing Lights" -Paparazzi Pics (Pt.158)

I once hear that "A party ain't a party till it's ran on through..." which is a different story when you actually SEE it! Monday night Alexis & Selena, two of BK's finest, made a wise decision to celebrate their B'days at the L.E.S. hot spot 105 Rivington. And boy did it get packed in there with all there well wishers. Even Rich Younglord (super producer) and Cee-Lo (of Goodie Mob/Gnarls Barkley fame) came by to see what all the noise was about. And if you know anything about that spot you know that the stripper at one point in the night becomes the focus point of the room. Fun times folks, fun times let me tell ya! $#it got SO bizarre that even Kai's (of 718 Bodega/the Breakfast Club) landlord stopped thru to party too (peep the last photo below)! We secretly think that's her NEW beau, but don't say that you heard that from me. LOL.

"It's The Rock In Here.." -Rock The Block RETURNS! Aug. 15th Get Them Tix Now!

"Give Me A Place To Stand, And I Will Move Brooklyn"
-RTBBK '09

You officially now have ONE month to get your tix to Brooklyn's BIGGEST Urban Arts Festival this year! Out doing the past year, this year is STRONGER, FASTER, HARDER! I finally got the whole artist run down of who'll be performing that Saturday.

One stage one:
the skillful Print w/Good Day Good Night
the incredible Jeese Boykins lll
the talented TreZure the Empress
the lovely Honey La Rochelle
the Mighty Game Rebellion
the phenomenal Yazarah St. James

"Canvas & Chaos" Fashion show by Butch Diva
DJ's Spinna, Scratch, Goldfinger, the Ahficionados plus more...
Rock the Block & Keistar Production's "B.I.G. Pimpin' " - A B.I.G. & Jay-Z musical reunion! All for recession conscience ticket prices.

the 3o DAYS count down starts NOW folks! click ROCKTHEBLOCKBK.COM

"My Bad, More Def News About The Jam!" - "Bad2Def" Update (Fri. July 24th)

As well as a quick reminder, I just wanted to put you up on the fact that FOOD (ie. the kitchen) will be open till midnight for you eating enjoyment next Friday (July 24th) the WHOLE spot will be the party not just the smaller room, so BOTH bars will be open (as in operating, NOT open bar lol)! Tickets for "Rock the Block BK" will be sold on the event for a discount on this night ONLY! Plus DJ Goldfinger & the Ahficionados return to do Bad Boy & Def Jam hits the honor it deserves. Any other questions? Hit a brother up, not Rodney King style but via e-mail ya dig?
theMreport@gmail.com

Fri. July 24th
ROCK THE BLOCK BK presents
"Bad 2 Def" -the Bad Boy v.s. Def Jam
(25th anniversary)
ReBar -147 Front St. betwn Jay St. and Pearl
9pm-3am
Music by DJ Goldfinger along w/the Ahficionados
LL Cool J, Public Enemy, Beastie Boys, Slick Rick, EPMD, Onyx, Foxy Brown, DMX, Dru Hill, & Jay-Z
Go toe to toe against
Black Rob, Craig Mack, Loon, 112, Faith, Carl Thomas,the L.O.X. Shyne, Total & B.I.G for bragging rights!
FREE admission!
21+ w/I.D.
Dress casually sharp!

"Bruno Him Is To Love Him" -Bruno Movie Review

Let me first start off by saying I liked this movie (no homo)! Mind you, don't go in there thinking it's "Borat" two, because it's NOT! Though this was HILARIOUS to me, I felt it lacked the story content to pull the "candid camera" style skits together as well as "Borat" did. Only if you're a serious "homophob" or think sexually humor is tasteless would I NOT recommend seeing this. Other wise enjoy it for what it is...straight comedy (no pun intended, well maybe). It started off pretty slow to me but once the high jinx kick in, I was tearing like I was at my momma's wake! Usually I stray away for comedy movies simply because one, all the good lines you already saw in the trailers, OR the jokes are predictable to me. So I see the punch line coming a MILE away. How this movie differs is that NO ONE is in on the joke, except him (Sasha Cohen), and even he doesn't know what he'll say or how the "victim" will react. So it stays fresh. Even the stuff the trailer shows is STILL funny seeing it again, and the full scene gets even funnier by the minute. The word "genius" is being thrown around when speaking about Cohen, I see why. He's committed to taking his brand of "shock comedy" the furthest it can go. Even at the risk of embarrassing himself. That alone is the reason why I feel he's successful, he believes and gives 100%. Hopefully he won't go "Hollywood" on us and start doing romantic/action comedies w/ whatever "it" girl is out at the time. I love his sense of humor (no homo) but wasn't in love with the movie. I'm givin' it two and half M's of of four.

"Flashing Lights" -Paparazzi Pics (Pt.157)

YES! Summer is FINALLY showing NY some love out this bitch! Two Sundays in a row I've enjoyed it's wonderful rays without ever leaving my neighborhood! Two Sundays ago after I made a cameo over at the Afro-Punk event down at BAM, I slid over to Weeksville, the historic slavery site, to enjoy the concert series they had starting w/ the Blk Jks & Blitz the Ambassador. I must admit it was an odd scene to see, an afro-centric audience, all mellowed out resting on grass fields. Then to look across the street to see the projects looming over us. Wild! Then this Sunday, I rode the "Minority Mobile" over to Clinton & Myrtle for the Afro-Punk street fair finale. DOPE! It was a splendid scene to behold my friend. A lot of "beautiful ones" came out in droves to support. I was proud of my borough for that one. I thought Queens had the best "queens" at one time. Nah bro, Brooklyn keeps on taking it! I'm convinced. Fled that event to peep the Soul-Summit jam in Ft. Greene park. But it was like a "Bruno" try-out over there so I bounce roll & skated to eat and start another day. This Sunday, "Heatwave 9.0" is coming in Prospect Park, looks like Sunday is the NEW Saturday this year!

"You Gotta Riv' Ya Life!" -Temp Reaches 105 (Rivington) Tonight!

If you know ANYTHING about these two young ladies, you know that they can start AND finish a good party! What are the odds that these two would not only have a B'day close to each other but decide to celebrate it at the SAME space? If you're in the area and you're been fiending to check this function out, then tonight would be the PERFECT night to do just that. Happy B'day ladies! Mwah!!!!

TONIGHT!

"Riv Ya Life!"
105 Rivington Club - 105 Rivington betwn Essex and Ludlow St. (L.E.S.)
10pm-4am
Free admission
Dress Funky and Fashionable

"After The Job, It's The After Party And..." -Tues. At Aspen Is The NEW Cool!

As you may as well know by now, I'm big on biggin' up my borough (Brooklyn!). But when an opportunity comes around like this I just can't pass on it! Especially if I think the folks that I know with good taste will enjoy it. Okay enough rambling, here's the deal. Next Monday & Tues. the fashion trade show(s, Project & Capsule) will be coming to town, and boy do they love to party! So I've connected with Dirty Debutantes & a few top premium brands, to do an after work/after party for them. Here's where you fit in, I've been asked to invite out all my fashionable friends to join in on the good times. Yep! Not only am I inviting you out to an exclusive FREE fashion party, there will be a Hennessy OPEN BAR action going on for TWO HRS. straight! Yes you heard right, Hennessy dawg! But ya gotta get there on time. And just WHERE is there you ask? It's one of my newest favorite spot in the city called Aspen. And just for my guest they're doing a special $30 pre-fix menu w/ drink just for you. Dope huh? You just gotta show up. It's the first of some hot "ish" that we have in store for you.


*Grand Start Up* Tues. July 21st
"Word, To Everything I ❤!"
Aspen -30 W. 22nd St. 5th & 6th Ave.
7pm-1am
Free Admission
Music by a rotation of NYC Best!
2 hr Open Hennessy Bar
$30 pre-fix menu w/ drinks
Happy hour 7-8pm
Dress casually mature, and fashionable.
Table requests, B'days & RSVP: theMreport@gmail.com
After work fashion & music industry Summer series

"Representin' BK To the Fullest!" -B.I.G & Jay-Z Reunite! Sat. Aug.15th "Rock the Block BK"

You've probably heard by now that a good amount of key "Brookly
nistas" are planning a HUGE arts festival down in the DUMBO called "Rock the Block BK" right? Well here's the kicker, at the end of the concert (yeah, they'll be a live show, I'll explain who later) we'll be starting off the after party with one of the BIGGEST (pun intended) musical tributes Brooklyn's even seen! "B.I.G. Pimpin' " salutes the two best that ever did it. Jay & Big not only made Brooklyn iconic world wide, they defined what BK swagger was. Period dot! Enough talk, here's the quote for quote of exactly what I mean!

Tale of the tape (deck):
Jay-Z aka S Dot Carter, Jigga Man, Iceberg Slim, Young Vito, J-Hova, the God MC, J to the A, William H. Holla, born Shawn Carter, "Greatest Rapper Alive."

the Notorious B.I.G. aka Biggie, aka Biggle Smalls, B.I.G., Frank White, Francis M.H. White, the King of NY, Big Poppa, born Christopher Wallace, "Greatest Rapper of All Time."

B.I.G. said..
"...And I'am, Crooklyn's finest, you rewind this, Bad Boy's behind us!"

"Live from Bedford-Stuyvesant, it's the livest one, representin' BK to the fullest.."

"Your daughter's tied up in a Brooklyn basement..."

"...You got it nigga flaunt it, that Brooklyn bullshit, we on it!"

"Tims for my hooligans in Brooklyn..."

"Where Brooklyn at? Where Brooklyn at? Where Brooklyn at? Where Brooklyn at?"

"...Spread love, it's the Brooklyn way!"

" My Bed-Stuy flow's malicious, delicious. F**k three wishes, I made my road to riches..."

"This goes out to by Brooklyn crew, put ya hands up in the air if ya feel me"

" Niggaz can't harm me, I keep the army. Is Brooklyn in the house? Without a doubt.

But Jay-Z said...
"But if a man test my Stuy, I promise he won't like my reply"

"Like a momma you birth me, Brooklyn you nursed me. School me with that hard knocks better than Berkley"

"Bed-Stuy, Brownsville, C.I. the best in the game since Daddy Kane & B.I."

"Cough up a lung, where I'm from, Marcy son! Ain't nothin' nice..."

"For my Brownsville neighbors, how about some hardcore?"

"I'm ballin' for real, you keep pump fakin' it. Manhattan keeps on faking it, Brooklyn keeps on taking it! Yeah!"

"You crazy? You think your little bit of rhymes can play me? I from Marcy, I'm varsity chump, you JV."

"Get ya chain tookin', I might do it myself , I'm so Brooklyn!"

"Went solo on that ass, but it's still the same. Brooklyn be the place where I serve them thangs."

"I'm from Marcy son, just thought I'd remind yall."

WOW! They made Brooklyn more than just a borough, It's a state of mind now! Come August 15th EVERYBODY attending "Rock the Block BK" will be from Brooklyn for a day.
Join us please, as we most proudly present to you...

Sat. Aug 15th
Rock the Block & Keistar Productions presents
"B.I.G. Pimpin' " -the B.I.G & Jay-Z Musical Reunion!
Dumbo Loft- 155 Water St. near Pearl St.
Music by your favorite DJ's two DJs
Spinna & the Legendary Scratch
10pm-2am

"Jay-Z & Biggie Smalls n***a shit ya drawer!
Brooklyn goin out for all!"

"Flashing Lights" -Paparazzi Pics (Pt.156)

Sunday I woke up (a miracle in itself after 12hrs. at "BK ALL DAY!") with all the intentions of catching the last day of sales at Ikea (in Red Hook). But after reconsidering the mayhem out there, I made a b-line straight over to peep out Afro-Punk down at BAM. I had almost forgotten about it with SO much going on over the weekend. Looking TOO dress for this, I slide home changed clothes, and rode back down there on "the Beast" (which is my tricked out re-painted Schwinn Stingray a bought awhile back this year). I didn't stay too long, just enough time to make a few new friends and give "pounds" out to the old ones, like I was an English man! Lol! Bounced on over to Weeksville, where the Ahficionados were playing for a Blk Jks /Blitz the Ambassador show (I'll have pics later) Sheesh! I was beat after all that. Made it back out there Monday to catch Janelle Monae's show (for the twelveth time), and took the flicks you're about to see. If I didn't see you I'll catch you at the Afro-Punk block party this Sunday then.