I don’t have much to say here except thanks for the support through thick and thin. I know it’s particularly thin right now, but it’s for good reason. Still working on The Great Progression. About 40% done with the project. Assembling the team, getting the site created, and looking for 2.1.2010 for the official launch date, although I may have to go with a soft launch / beta launch before that to let the people who frequent this page regularly test it out and give me some feedback and stuff.

We got 3 launch parties in 3 cities (Boston, New York, DC), we got some giveaways, we got some stickers (yep! stickers.), and some cool stuff in the works, just to help spread the good word. I’ll start writing some stuff on here evey once in a while to keep you guys in the loop. Thank you for sticking with me in the midst of this dry spell. I went from hella posts to nothing at all. I’m sorry, but I think if you give me a bit, I’ll see what I can do.

I hope this blog post actually goes up; the internet in Nigeria is slower than a running turtle. Regardless. Let’s get it. Happy New Year too, while I’m at it.

BRO FRANKLIN IS BACK! My favorite uncle, notorious for his ability to pop and lock better than anybody on his home continent. This latest episode is him crashing an album release party at the church. He literally takes over. I don’t even think he’s supposed to be up on stage. Talk about the holy ghost.

My lord. Thanks to Eki for showing me this.

PREVIOUSLY: Bro Franklin & Namata!

Me and Dejan from DP Studios (he runs KiD CuDi’s fan site, as well as other powerful sites) have murdered the ePirates that tried to hold my site hostage.

Now that we’ve squashed those pests, stay tuned for incredible stuff, coming soon. The Great Progression is literally being built now. New designer has been on the project. We got about 2 months left though, I won’t lie. But it’ll be epic, something that my friends, my area, and my followers will be proud of. Let’s get it. Follow the movement on Twitter: @TheGeePee. I’m hoping we have about 2,000+ followers by launch, so if you see this, follow. Don’t be anal about the fact that we aren’t following you back, either. Don’t worry. We love you guys.

Limited updates until then. Just working on keeping the brand up. Collaborations coming up with Power Move Makers. Tees, New Era fitteds, stickers, and more DC to BC / The Gee Pee swag in the works. Parties, functions, gatherings popping up from the left coast to the right. I’m not messing around at all. When you have no job, you tend to put your all either in finding a new one, or making one for yourself. I’ve decided to go with the latter, and so far, I’m surviving. Until my parents tell me I gotta get out the house. Let’s see if I can survive.

Oh, and if you’re confused by the picture, that’s the late and great Rufio, from Hook. Let’s get it. Thanks to those who haven’t abandoned us in this blog recession.

****IF YOU STILL ARE SEEING A REDIRECT PLEASE EMPTY YOUR WEB BROWSERS CACHE. THIS SHOULD FIX YOUR PROBLEM***

Trust me. Things are rough. But after that J. Cole mention in Complex and then the XXL “Top 100 Blogs in Hip-Hop” stamp, I had to get the blog up somehow.

Yeah, it doesn’t look like it should. It’s messed up. The theme is outdated, as is the banner/logo, and there is no sidebar. Where are the ads? Goodness. But I told you about those iPirates, right? They rocked me like the Aggro Crag in Global Guts. Now if it’s your first time here and you happened to catch that Aggro Crag / Global Guts reference, you’ve just found yourself the site where you’ll be spending a whole lot of your free time.

I promise you that. See you soon. And if you don’t follow the Twitter accounts we run (@DCtoBC and @TheGeePee [stands for The Great Progression. It's something somewhat monumental.]), then I suggest getting on that in the meantime. Thanks in advance, and see you soon.

The Clipse host an exclusive listening party/signing to play some their new album that drops December 8th Til The Casket Drops. Pusha T takes the reigns from the beginning, with Malice making a cameo somewhere in there for show. The younger of the Thronton brothers discusses the philosophy behind a few of the songs, as well as explains the creative process of the new album.They also speak a little bit on label drama and their Play Cloths clothing line. Talk about hustlers. Shout out to videographer Adam Saewitz and my man KQuick for throwing the footage my way.

Hot damn! The album has a whole rack of trunk rattlers. I heard P produced like 7 tracks, but I may be way off on that. Sidenote: I ran into Skateboard P on Monday at a very empty lounge / club in Baltimore (meaning we spoke and such, there was literally barely anybody there, so I could approach him without being too stalkering / groupie status), and was a little disappointed with the (little) interaction he had with his fans, but that’s not anything that I should be blogging about. Shout out to Fam-Lay, Chad Hugo, and the dude who runs the N*E*R*D twitter page, they were all cool as hell. Meeting your idol can, as I’ve now experienced, be very anti-climactic. He was appreciative of the N*E*R*D tattoo on my back though.

I’m just playing. It doesn’t exist. Yet. In the meantime, I’m preparing myself for this album by jamming their last mixtape. Enjoy.

This is the definition of recession. Banking on the Mickey D’s Monopoly game to get out our parent’s basements!? Talk about rough. The Great Progression: coming soon. Also, look out for The Madbury Club. I don’t know much about it, except that it’s something as epic as The Great Progression, and that my man Theo Martins just blogged about it. I’m just all about charting progress at this point, on both local and global scales. Let’s get it.

THE BARE MIDRIFF!!!!

Larry and Jerry mull ideas for the “Seinfeld” reunion show, including an assistant’s attire and a religious symbol. Episode was epic, as usual. Goodness. Enjoy.

DOWNLOAD: Curb Your Enthusiasm – Season 7, Episode 6 (i’m working on it. these sites aren’t working right now. they’re on to me. oh boy.)

If you don’t know about grime music, you’re about to be put on. Half my family lives in London, so I was put onto the early acts like So solid Crew (which are actualy more part of the garage genre, but that’s another blog post) at a young age. Now the game has evolved, and you have these guys murdering microphones with wreckless abandon.

Take the time out of your day to hear these guys spit. JME, Skepta, and Frisco. Frisco’s the weakest link (you’ll know who he is soon), but he is still doing the damn thing. If you don’t appreciate it, I don’t know what to tell you. Things should start to get crazy around 3:20, when JME starts to spit.

I’ve been posting some grime music occasionally. If you’d like, just give me some feedback, and I’ll put you on to some other stuff. I recently put up JME’s new(ish) video for “Over Me”, which is available on iTunes now. I bought it. Give me your thoughts! Can this genre make it to the US? Bonus video (it’s actually ridiculous. Skepta spits for 9 minutes straight. @DrSpaceMan put me on.) after the drop (aka press “continue reading”. ASAP.)

Some grimey, gutta, unradio-friendly Clipse is back. Exaaactly what he industry nerds and people who think they’re in the industry (like little ol’ me) have been waiting for over the last 6 months. Well, it’s here. Finally. And Cam’Ron on a Pharrell beat!? We got that CD quality, and the dirty version. So know where you got that $#!t. Thanks, and enjoy. Til The Casket Drops, dropping soon.

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DOWNLOAD: Clipse – Back By Popular Demand [Popeyes] [feat. Cam'Ron]

X.O.’s Monumental debuted with over 30,000 downloads and counting has people all over the nation rooting for him. Studio 43 is proud to release a fan video for X.O.’s “All I Had (LaLa)”. It’s a work of art, literally. Get ready, because this is pretty cool. Oh, and F.R.N.O coming coon!