Cool Greys for Christmas

     I want to start off by saying Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone and I hope all of you got what you wanted.  As you can see by my previous post on these sneakers 6 months ago, that I've had my eye on the Christmas Eve Eve release of the Retro Air Jordan XI "Cool Grey" sneakers.  These are by far one of my favorites based on the design and colorway and the XI seems to be THE favorite among sneakerheads as well.  Last year's Christmas Eve release of the "SpaceJam" colorway ignited mini-riots at Foot Lockers across the country and kids sleeping out overnight in the winter cold waiting in line to get a chance at snagging a pair.
     I missed out on a pair of the SpaceJam and all white 20th Anniversary Jordan XI's and this time, I would not be denied.  My alarm was set for 10 minutes before midnight and I had two computers and multiple pages on refresh waiting for the midnight release.  The instant demand basically crashed all the servers at FootLocker, Finishline, FootAction, and Nikestore's websites.  After trying for a hour and 45 minutes, I was able to complete my order with Nike and a confirmation was received.  I WIN!!  (I'm still waiting on my credit from the half order that was placed with Finishline??)  I received these beautiful specimens the next day with Nike's free overnight shipping and they were as gorgeous as I could imagine.  Yes, i'm a grown man and I've obsessed over sneaks as long as I can remember.  Shout to Johnny Caps and the 5th and 6th grade playground playing kickball with our original Jordan V's.  I know a lot of women have some shoe addictions as well, so you can relate.
     All the sneaker websites had tons of coverage of this release but this picture from Dr. Jay's was my favorite for a couple reasons.  One being that it incorporated my Christmas gift to myself but even better was that it was an updated Norman Rockwell holiday painting.  My dad's favorite artist is and always has been Norman Rockwell.  He's as iconic as apple pie and illustrated the cover of The Saturday Evening Post along with numerous other publications, advertisements, and legitimate paintings for decades.  A lot of his works get published around the holidays since many of his works captures Americana during this great time of year.  Click on the name above to find out more about Norm.
Merry Christmas!!!

Number Ten - D.Jack

     I'm thinking of one thing today as I wake up and that's Mr. Jackson streaking across the tv this afternoon, going to the "house".  Not only do the Eagles and Giants meet up today in what essentially the NFC East Championship game, but he also starts for my CTC Fantasy team Voltron in the semi-finals.
In other words, we really need another tremendous game from Desean.  I really could have used last week's 215 yard explosion this week (4th best game by an Eagles receiver ever), but we all know that Vick and him could do that any game.  Let's hope today is that game.  Here's another Nike clip about number 10 to get you excited for today's game.  FLY EAGLES FLY

Dirty Cash I Never Heard Of Ya

     Money.  Everybody uses it but do we really know what we're putting in our pocket and exchanging with millions of other people every single day.  Who makes it, where does it come from, what is it, how dirty is it?  All these questions are answered and more at this groovy link.  Click for the entire story of the life of Cash Money.

Captain Rex

     Can't beat life size sculptures made of Lego's, especially when it's of a Star Wars Clone Trooper.  Here are pics from one I saw in a Toys R Us.  Made of 24,586 lego's and it took 165 hours to build.  It easily stood at 7 feet plus.  I need the job of the person who gets to put this together.

What We Do

     One of the best jams from the original Roc-A-Fella crew.  With Just Blaze on the production, he lays down a classic loop and beat for Freewizzle, Hov, and Beans to terrorize.  Guarantee to hype up any listener.  Here's the video for a Rizz Classic and you can catch glimpses of State Property.

Escalators

     It's great to see Freeway stay on  his grind while continuing to put out new records and stay in touch with his still growing fanbase.  Our local Philly lyric spitter has been putting it down since 2000 on his first appearance on Jay-Z's Dynasty album on "1-900-Hustla".  He's put out a few solo albums since then and even put out a great album this year with Jake One called Stimulus Package.  He's currently working on his next album Diamond in the Rough and has released one of the singles and video's called "Escalators" produced by Jake One.  I'm really enjoying both the song and video and definitely looking forward to the ablum.  He's got a sound all of his own and to stay relevant in the hip hop arena for this long takes hard work and of course talent.  His lyrics are super original and has a flow all his own.  Definitely a Rizz favorite artist and you can follow him on twitter @Phillyfreezer

Catch the video here:

RU HOF: Ray Rizzle

     One of the best exports that have come out of the banks of the good ol' Raritan is our very own Ray Rice.  The best running back our school has ever seen, Ray has been able to translate that to success on the professional level while playing for the Baltimore Ravens in the NFL.  He's arguably one of the best backs in the league and a threat to score whenever he touches the ball, rushing or catching.
Ray is actively on Twitter @RayRice27 and he works out non-stop all year, clearly focused on the big picture.  Football is a 365 job.  He never gets in trouble and stays focused on the right things.  He's nothing but short of an ideal representation of all that is good with Rutgers.  With success comes opportunity and why not team up with one of the best brands in the world, Nike.  Here's a great commercial that lets people get to know Ray a little better.