Today's rant and observations

I'll start off with my two cents on the mainstream medias favorite hip hop commentator of the moment:Toure. If the name doesn't sound familiar, just think of the skinny bohemian looking cat with the uncombed afro that you've seen on MTV's Spoke N Heard or any interview with a Black artist in Rolling Stone. Or just check this article on him from fortwayne.com.Two questions came to mind after reading the article,though:1)when/how did he become the designated authority on hip hop?and 2)why is there always one go-to guy to represent the opinion for all things related to hip hop? It's like he's the human soundbite machine for the culture! Remember when the "chosen one" was Kevin Powell(of Real World and Vibe fame)? Its obvious the White media is just too lazy to consider the opinion of more than one person when it comes to hip hop (like we all think and act as some monolithic,Borg-like entity), so I'm declaring my candidacy for the post of "Mr Black Culture" the second Toure retires from the job.Yeah right.

Attention early adopters: Motorola unveiled its latest "must have" gadget last week at an exclusive launch party in New York.Expect to see the Motorola a630 in somebody's video any day now.It looks cool - part 2way,part camera phone.Theres a couple on eBay,so act quickly if you've got a spare thousand laying around.

Puffy made an impressive power move when he launched the political non-profit "citizen Change" on Sunday.Check the Citizen Change homepage here. He promises a groundbreaking announcement later this week-what could it be? His candidacy for mayor next term? A free CD of unreleased Biggie material at the polls in November? Or maybe the nations hottest election after party?(His birthday is November 4th, two days after the election). Hmmmmm. All jokes aside,its good to see Puff involved in the political scene. Anybody else notice how he manages to promote himself in the logo for Citizen Change,though? You gotta love it.