Kanye wrote about his connect 4 match with Beyonce in his blog:

but every now and then people would speak of this legendary connect 4 champion……….. BEYONCE!!! I had 2 play her!…so last night at Jay’s new 40/40 club in Las Vegas (which is sidebar, crazy big w/ 24krt gold flooring, Black Jack tables, $500 slot machines,the biggest projection screen in the universe and the best turkey burgers I’ve ever had in my life) she beat me 9 times in a row! (and I didn’t even spaz lol)

Solange discusses her new year’s resolution on her Myspace blog:

this year feels very monumental for me, so maybe i get the point.
there a few things i want to achieve this new years myself.

use my middle finger alot more. i always think what person did that gesture and
made it so famous for saying “f*ck you”! why wasnt it a pinky or a thumb? lol
but scince it does mean those clever two words i want to do it alot more.
its neccesary to be happy in life. if you think about some of the most
great and succesfull people and artist….. prince, oprah, bill gates, basquiat,
andy warhol, murakami, michael jackson, kayne west, oh this list could go on
forever…. they all had to say it once or twice in their lifetime.
people are always gonna try and tear u down for your individuality, your creative
drive, you personal choices and all the little things that make you you!
people rag on me for everything, from my choices in shoes and lipstick color
all the way up to my hair! but at the end of the day YOU have to be happy with
YOU! so what if you have the urge to do things that cant be formulated or has four sides? black and white can be so boring without a touch of color!

Solange also goes on to give advice for the slackers in your life:

u shouldnt let random people who dont love you , arent there to help you with a flat tire, or there to fix you soup when your tummy hurts dictate your choices in life.
so just raise up your hand and use your tendons to lift up that long middle finger and say it!!! i want to be like the black bjork! she sais it alot, and i and alot of other people thinks shes brilliant!

Former American Idol Kimberly Locke was seen with Celebrity Fit Club’s Sgt. Harvey New Year’s Eve. Rumours are flying that said Sgt. was seen without his wedding ring. Is it me or does the Sarge seem a little surprise…

Nothing better to do so I was surfing YouTube and came across this song “Crank Dat Batman” by Pop It Off Boyz. I already know what you are thinking, but just listen and let me know what you think about it.

Lyrics are after the jump

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Gucci Mane recently went and spoke at an ATL elementary. He voiced the importance of staying in school and getting good grades. He also rewarded the students with early Christmas gifts.

It’s Cool to Be Smart:

“We just went to the kids and talked to the kids that get good grades and told [them] that I wanted to partner up with the school around the street from my house, an elementary school; they were having a lot of problems [with] a lot of the male students. I just wanted to talk to them to do better. Out of the 27 people that we got that were eligible to get toys, only nine of them were boys. I just wanted to challenge the little boys in the neighborhood to pay a little bit better [attention] to the books and stop fighting so much. I graduated from school and I definitely use school in my music so I try to just motivate them to do good; tell them it’s cool to be smart.”

Respect Your Elders:

“My message was just to be respectful and disciplinary. With the kids down here they have a lot of disciplinary problems; keeping them in line so they can teach them. I wanted to tell them before they get to entrepreneurship they’re so young…respect these teachers. Listen to what they have to say. That’s the message that I was trying to get to them.”

I think it is so important for artists to take time out and talk to the kids. A lot of kids do not have the parental guidance they need and tend to go somewhere else to get that.

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Since we are in the umpteenth week of the writers strike, I have been reduced to watching reality shows–a lot of reality shows. Two of my guilty pleasures are The Bad Girls Club and Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency. The sheer bitchiness of both shows is my reason for tuning in every week.

I really do not know why Bunim/Murray Productions called their Oxygen show The Bad Girls Club. All they do is argue, curse, and throw ish. I tune in every week in the hopes that someone will follow through with the threats. Anyway, tonight’s episode finds the girls recovering from Neveen tossing milk on Darlen (I highly recommend you watch that episode). What do girls do when they are stress??? Go shopping. So they all pile up in the car and head to some L.A. boutiques. While everyone is in a boutique, Lyric decides to do her own thing. She ends up meeting Ty (Fathead Records CEO) and basically bullies him into letting her use his studio.

When Lyric finally meets up with the girls, Tarnisha questions her (this is when Lyric really talks in third person - “Don’t nobody question Lyric”). Needless to say we find out that all Ty wants is what’s between Lyric’s legs. Nothing spectacular happens after that, the girls go to the shooting range to celebrate Tarnisha’s birthday, blah, blah, blah. End of episode. I think next week’s episode will deliver my fight.

On to JDMA—-

Janice has several casting calls - Men and women’s underwear line, TV game show, and a bathing suit.

Janice and a client exchanged words over Janice calling her a “parrot.” Janice needs to SHUT THE F*CK UP!! Sorry, I just do not considered her to be the world’s first supermodel (a self imposed title she gave herself), Gia Carangi was or even Twiggy.

Two models have issues with nudity and seek help from other models with similar issues. The group, Models4Christ, confronts Janice. This did not go well AT ALL. Janice told the models to come and talk to her if there is a problem and not to bring the “Green Bay Packers.”

Well this ends my reality recap for this week.

What are your guilty pleasures??