Posted on 02 September 2008.

Live your life!
Andrew from Naples sent me these (yo@hiptics.com). Thanks mane!
T.I. ft. Rihanna – “Live Your Life” LISTEN: This is one of those techno, inspiring, cheesy, but cool pop rap songs. T.I. actually drops some knowledge over this Just Blaze production.
I’m the opposite of moderate
Immaculately polished
With the spirit of a hustler
And the swagger of a college kid
Allergic to the counterfeit
Been partial to the politics
Articulate, but still grab a nigga by his collar quick
Your values is in a disarray, prioritizing horribly
Unhappy with the riches cause your piss poor morally
Lil Wayne – “The American Dream” LISTEN: I was getting tired of Wayne so I stopped listening to him after Carter 3 dropped. This was a great way to be reintroduced.

Phone home!

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Chris Franco - who has written 3425 posts.
Founder and Executive Editor of Hiptics. I launched Hiptics in 2008. I spent the last 4 years at Denison University where I hosted a weekly hip-hop radio show on 91.1 WDUB (one of America's Top 20 Most Popular College Radio Stations). I also served as Public Relations Chairman, Program Director, and Webmaster of the station. I genuinely love hip-hop, and have been involved in nearly every aspect of the culture starting with selling my own music in Middle School (haha, true story). I won the Culture Jam Freestyle Battle at Denison both times I participated. I brought Wiz Khalifa, EbGb, and D.Julien to campus for a free Hiptics show in January 2010. I've interviewed everyone from Bone Thugs-N-Harmony to the CEO of Death Row Records. I've DJ'd for Wiz Khalifa and Sam Adams, as well as at countless parties and campus events. There's a lot more to be said, but I don't want to be THAT guy. My point is this: I'm not just another one of these hip-hop bloggers. If the Internet didn't exist, I'd still be in the game.
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I am not sure what all the uproar is about Rihanna going to a sex store. This is lawful, it’s a free country and she should be able to do what she wants to.
Sorry but I don’t love Rihanna’s crimson hair and cone bra. She does not have to be a Madonna copy.