MLB top 100

Good article on Top 100 baseball players in the majors.

Hoop Dreams

Good story by Seth Davis about the classic documentary, Hoop Dreams.

09 British Open

Damn I wanted Tom Watson to win, all 59 years of him. What a story. Oldest man to win a major was 48. If Watson would have won he would have been the oldest to win a major by 11 years. Can't explain how much I was rooting for him as was my 57 year-old dad and I am sure many other elder statesmen. Hats off to Stewart Cink though. He played well and deserved it.

Chrisette Michelle

I am a sucker for some good R&B music. Nothing like sittin' back and listenin' to some heartfelt love songs. Call me fragile, I don't care. If you like R&B, listen to Chrisette Michelle's Epiphany including "What You do" featuring Ne-Yo. 

J.Cole

Someone hit the lights please, this man is turnin' hip-hop on again. Think Nas's classic 90's sound and Jay's wordplay and you got J.Cole. I realize that is saying a lot but just trust me. A graduate of St John's in New York, the North Carolina product grew up listening to Andre 3000, Nas, Jay-Z, and Cannibus. You can hear their influence in his music and his appreciation for them cannot be overlooked. If hip-hop wants to get back to the glory days, rappers need to appreciate those that came before them and pay homage to them, something J.Cole has no problem doing. Being the first signee to Jay-Z's label ROC Nation isn't bad either. Download his Warm-Up Mixtape here. A very articulate and intelligent rapper,a rarity in hip-hop, J.Cole gives a good interview.

Drake Download

Drake had released some new songs on yet another mixtape, Heartbreak Drake Pt. 2. Hopefully this is his last mixtape before his debut album, Thank Me Later. Enjoy!

Michael Jackson

In honor of the passing of MJ, I thought I would share my opinions on my favorite Jackson albums.

1.) Off the Wall: Michael's first album, post Jackson 5, and in my opinion his magnum opus. Recorded and released in 1979, Off the Wall blends disco, pop, soft-rock and jazz. It was the first collaboration of MJ and the legendary Quincy Jones. One of the best partnerships in the history of music, they would later collaborate on Jackson's album's Thriller and Bad. Off the Wall set the benchmark for Jackson's career and contributed heavily to the anticipation and success of Thriller. Best songs: It's the Falling in Love, Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough. 

2.) Dangerous: The birth of Michael Jackson as an individual artist. Of the 14 tracks, Jackson produced or co-produced 12 of them. This was also the first album Jackson did not work with Quincy Jones, who urged Jackson to change his approach to music and recommended Teddy Riley and his revolutionary New Jack Swing sound. MJ also wrote 12 of the 14 songs, letting his voice be known as opposed to previous albums where the songs were written by other artists such as Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder. Best songs: Who is it, Give in to Me, Why You Wanna Trip on Me.

3.) Bad: Originally intended to be a duet between Jackson and Prince, Bad is MJ's third solo studio album. Jackson wrote 9 of the 11 tracks and Quincy Jones handled the production, Bad being the last collaboration between the two. Building on his previous album Thriller, Jackson continued his pop chart dominance by debuting, for the first time in his career, at number one on the Billboard Top 200 and remained there for 6 weeks while amassing 30 million records sold. Best songs: Man in the Mirror, Dirty Diana, The Way You Make Me Feel.

Billie Jean is my favorite MJ song of all time but the rest of Thriller just isn't that good with throwaways like Baby Be Mine and The Girl is Mine. This being the reason that Thriller did not make my top 3, top 5 definitely, but not top 3. I wish there were more MJ albums on the way but sadly this is not the case.