Archive for February, 2008

The Cashmere Collection: Those weekly rants, raves and favs

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

This week in the Cashmere collection we are takin’ it back to the 90’s with Space Jam, discussing the oh soooo tasty queso at On The Border, as well as letting you know whats in our CD players/ ipods at the moment… Stay tuned for the weekly Cashmere Collection!!!

K8’s fav. video of the week: “Hit Em High”

space jam

Takin’ it back to the 90’s with that Space Jam! You all remember the movie with Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny right?!?!? Well “Hit Em High” was the jam! I love the video — it brings back memories from my basketball playing days. The movie was classic, and Busta’s verse is hot-t-t-t. Check out the vid @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJj4cg9ZLdo

What’s in your CD player Kelvin???:

jack johnson

“Sleep Through the Static” is my music top pick for this week. Jack’s back to his smooth-rocking self but this time with a slight change. Along with his signature gentle acoustic numbers, Johnson and friends have added a touch of darker narration with songs like “All at Once,” and “Sleep through the Static.” However, while these changes are greatly welcomed, Jack’s best in his element with simple songs like “Angel” and “Go On.” Some of the lyrics on the album tend to try too hard to be prophetic but I’ve still been jamming out to it for the past week!

Brittany the intern:

MC

My pick is Mariah’s new single, “Touch my Body”. It just released last week and sounds a lot like a new version of some of the tracks on The Emancipation of Mimi. Her voice is so amazing always! The song is really catchy and girlie, although I was definitely expecting more of an up-beat/dance/club beat for her first single. Can’t wait to hear the whole album! Good job, MC!

And…. Last but not least……

Seung and the Queso aka “Cheesy Crack”:

We went to the restaurant chain “On The Border” for Double R’s birthday. The chile con queso there is the bomb.com. I like to call it “cheesy crack.” The gooey cheese passes my TCT test. Texture… Consistency… Taste. The Texture is smooth and creamy but light enough to pass a tortilla chip with the greatest of ease. The Consistency stays true. As time passes the cheese doesn’t coagulate and get too hard too quickly. That buys you time to chat and/or watch a game and then dip a chip much later and still have the same creamy consistency as the first dip. Staying power is a strength. Finally, the Taste is like a fiesta in your mouth. It immediately awakens the palette with its milky, tangy flavor with a strong influence of jalapeƱo and spices. It’s what keeps you coming back…

Cheese Crack

Ne-yo Post Grammy Party

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

The 50th annual Grammy Awards took place on Sunday Feb. 9th, it was a great show, filled with performances by many notable artist over the years. And of course we can’t forget the after parties. Our team had the chance to attend the Ne-yo post Grammy party held at Ritual in Hollywood. Fat Joe, Tyrese, Pacific Division, The American Gladiators, Savant Young and Ne-yo himself were all in the house, along with many other celebs, and industry folks.

Fat Joe Red Carpet

The Roots Pre-Grammy Jam Session

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

Bill Boss and Justin “Jet” Li had the opportunity to attend the 5th annual Roots Pre Grammy Jam Session at the Key Club this past Saturday. As an alternative to the industry filled Clive Davis party, music lovers were treated to a four hour long continuous jam session by The Roots and special guests. The jam session performances included Travis Barker, Seal, Bilal, Corrine Bailey Rae, Fall Out Boy, Alice Smith, J. Davey, Raheem Devaughn, MC Lyte, Doug E Fresh, and more. Highlights of the evening include an eight minute drum off between ?uestlove and Travis Barker, and Corrine Bailey Rae performing Sly & The Family Stone’s “If You Want Me To Stay”. Guests in attendance included Prince, Missy Elliott, Gym Class Heroes, Goapele, Will.I.Am, among many others.

Travis Barker & ?uestlove Drum Off:

?uestlove Travis Barker

6th Annual Asian Hip Hop Summit hosted by Slant aka Ted Chung

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

First held in 2002 at Seoul International Park on the 10th anniversary of the Los Angeles Riots, the annual Asian Hip Hop Summit continues to be Southern California’s premier festival of pan-Asian arts. Celebrating the art of rap (and dance and rock and spoken word and all forms of expression) while promoting to urban youth a progressive political consciousness, Asian Hip Hop Summit has for the past 6 years set the standard for Asiatic musical excellence. This years Asian Hip Hop Summit was hosted by our very own Slant aka Ted Chung, a true hip hop connoisseur. Artists who performed at Asian Hip Hop Summit before achieving wider fame include: Dumbfoundead (World Rap Championships), NoCanDo (2007 Scribble Jam champ), Chosen 1 (Asia Entertainment), Susie Suh (Epic Records), Singasun (Sony Music), Skim, Magnetic North, Putnam Hall, Jupitersciples, Lyraflip, The Oddibles, Soulspeak, DJ Denkym, FEM, Nemo.
Asian Hip Hop Summit