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So on Friday the 15th, Wale called me and was like “let’s go to New Orleans…Kevin Durant is giving us his tickets, Bun B is gonna be there, Jay’s gonna be there…we gotta go.” So we booked our flights the day before and it was surprisingly not that expensive. However, I must warn you, do not fly Continental Airlines under any circumstances. I had a 5:45AM flight out of LAX, I got there at 4AM. Somehow my reservation had disappeared even though I had a confirmation number and money had changed hands. I had to deal with people at the counter and on the phone for an hour. I almost missed my flight and had to rebook my flight at the counter. It was ridiculous. Luckily I was compensated with a sweet Continental Airlines duffle bag on my return flight since I got too much swag in New Orleans and my bag was too heavy. See bag below. And that’s Brady, my dog, he’s a Katrina rescue. Call him Little Duffle Bag Boy.
So we got into New Orleans on Saturday afternoon
Bun B had an extra hotel room for us at the Crowne Plaza where the boss Ricky Ross was staying. He had a wrapped bus and Escalade parked outside. We headed over to the LRG x Casio x EA gifting suite a few blocks away where Kevin from LRG and Melissa from Casio were hanging out. Got some cool watches, LRG gear, video games.
Such an intense game of NBA 08
We then headed to lunch with Bun B at world famous Mother’s. Bourbon Street was popping off before it even got dark.
There was a line at Mother’s which we had no problem waiting in except that everyone recognized Bun B and the employees refused to let him wait in line. Wale had a hard time ordering since everything in New Orleans is made with pork, but he and I ended up with some good fried chicken and french fries and fried Apple Juice (you gotta try fried Apple Juice…wow). Passed this Nike pop up Be True store. Nothing good, just a lot of dunks.
We then headed to the skills challenge, 3-point challenge and dunk contest.
This guy standing outside was pretty amazing. He’s like Small Wonder, except taller and a black dude.
They didn’t show it on TV but Wale won the shooting stars award
And me and Hornet go way back…to like Charlotte…with Larry Johnson and his Converse Reacts
After the dunk contest, we headed to Jay Z and Lebron James’ 2 Kings event
Traffic was ridiculous. Streets were closed. But we were rolling with Bun B whose name carries more weight than the President down in Nawlins. We were just driving up to cops saying “We have Bun B in the car” and they would open streets just for us. It was pretty remarkable.
L’Chaim!!!
DC’s finest were truly in the house house house
Wale and Mick Boogie…he did Kanye’s last mixtape. Might wanna check for him.
I went to All Star Saturday in New Orleans and all I got was this lousy pack of gum…and G-Shock…and gold bottle…and Zune player…and LRG hat…lol
The video preview will be posted at 9PM EST on Wednesday Feb 20th, 2008
send an email video@elitaste.com for a password
As soon as I get internet, I will post sickness.
Headed to the game right now.
Shouts to Bun B who has shown us true southern hospitality.
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February, 12 2008 at Scion presents HEIST @ Satellite Ballroom feauring Wale
1435 University Ave, Charlottesville, Virginia
There’s 2 more where those came from.
Congrats to Mark Ronson winning three Grammys last night. Including:
Record Of The Year
(Award to the Artist and to the Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s) and/or Mixer(s), if other than the artist.)
Rehab
Amy Winehouse
Mark Ronson, producer; Tom Elmhirst, Vaughan Merrick, Dom Morley, Mark Ronson & Gabriel Roth, engineers/mixers
Track from: Back To Black
[Universal Republic Records]
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
(A Producer’s Award. (Artists names appear in parentheses.))
Mark Ronson
• Back To Black (Amy Winehouse) (T)
• Littlest Things (Lily Allen) (T)
• Rehab (Amy Winehouse) (T)
• Version (Mark Ronson) (A)
• You Know I’m No Good (Amy Winehouse) (T)
Song Of The Year
(A Songwriter(s) Award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)
Rehab
Amy Winehouse, songwriter (Amy Winehouse)
Track from: Back To Black
[Universal Republic Records; Publisher: EMI Music Publishing]
After the Grammys, we made a quick stop at Fatburger
Then it was off to the Thom Thom Club for the Interscope after party.
Allido Records is the new Grammy family.
Remember this?
Click here to buy Amy Winehouse BACK IN BLACK
Click Here to buy Mark Ronson VERSION
For a complete list of Grammy winners, click HERE
Show was crazy. Wale and Black Thought did their joint fromt the new album in front of an over-capacity crowd at the Key Club on Sunset for The Roots 5th Annual twas the night before Grammys jam session.
Wale and Tarik did their thing but we had to bounce to the Rihanna/Ne-Yo party over at 86 in Hollywood. Our girl Jenn Laskey of Red Light Promotions took care of us despite the fact that the fire marshal was itching to shut it down. The party didn’t start until midnight. We got there around 1:45 and when we left around 2:30, the party was still cracking like it was 11PM. Inside: Jay Z, Solange Knowles, Ne-Yo, Rihanna, Evander Holyfield, Chris Brown, Nick Cannon, me and Wale lol
More pics from The Roots to come.
MTV coverage here
Grammys tomorrow. Get sick.
