There have been very few voices in hip-hop that literally shine every single time their on a track. Nate Dogg, Nathanial D. Hale, was one of those rare exceptions. His unwavering talent, and ability to lay down some of the dopest hooks that help make undeniable hits, is what wlll forever embelish Nate Dogg in hip-hop, especially on the West Coast. Anyone will tell you- Nate Dogg but the G in G-Funk

His loss will be felt across the 213, we send our prayers out to his family. Enjoy the greatness that was, Nate Dogg:  

It seems the grassroots movement is starting to take a blaze in America. Billboard magazine has finally taken notice to the insanely talented LA creative prodigy's known as OddFuture. Pick up a copy this week, the future of music and pop culture is there. 

Now that the NFL season is over, scouts are out there searching for the guy who is going to takeover their squad next year, and lead them to the big game. That being said, here's a definite top of the lister, Johnny McEntee, quarterback from U PENN. His game stats are good, but this video definitely just pushed him up 10 notches in our book. 

Prepare to experience the most amazing Quarterback trick shots. EVER. PERIOD. SERIOUSLY. 

It seems that Roman Numerals aren't the only tradition that crossed over to the the Superbowl from the days of Gladiators, and in-explainable love for ass whoopings. Common day gladiators get cheered, booed and loved by Americans around the nation who hoard themselves around a tv in a home full of food, friends and booze all in the name of competition. 

Considered the most epic sporting event of the year, the superbowl is a time of commercialism, indulgence but most improtantly coming togetherness. This year was a specifiacally historical year in the legacy of overconsumption and men beating the shit out of one another, as this years Superbowl XLV marked the most watched program EVER. Spartacus would have loved this shit. 

 Matt Terenzio, an entrepreneurial journalism student at CUNY, has developed Localeaks, which lets citizens “leak” anonymous tips to more than 1,400 local U.S. newspapers.

The service operates via an online form that allows you to pick your local newspaper and then submit your tip. As you would expect from an anonymous service, Localeaks encrypts the data, removes any identifiable metadata, and scrubs session cookies and IP addresses from the data exchange. Localeaks also destroys the original tip/file that was uploaded.

After the file is submitted, the newspaper receives an email alert; if they want to follow-up on the tip, the newspaper replies and initiates a secure file transfer. If not, the files are never transferred.

Localeaks seems like a natural evolution given that, as Terenzio points out, “the people formerly called the audience and the sources are setting the pace of change, not the news organizations.”

Localeaks

[via Jeff Jarvis and ReadWriteWeb]