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“Next time, you have to say ‘Vas-cay-a!’” Dominick Splendorio called out. “We’re a rum bar, not a tequila bar.”

Vascaya, a top-selling rum at Splendorio’s Zafra restaurant, was one of dozens of drinks that flowed Thursday night to accompany concoctions of a different kind: musical mixtures.

Zafra, on Orange Street, was one of several spots around town that filled with jazz, or jazz stirred with other traditions, as part of a week-long schedule ofperformances leading up to Saturday’s New Haven Jazz Festival concerts on the Green.

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The music, like the drinks being consumed, blended different styles, as a sampling of both revealed during a series of stops around town Thursday night. Come along for a taste of the music in the air.

source of story http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/jazz_festival_bar_crawl_pairs_drinks_and/

1 UNITED STATES USA 2:58.71 WL David Verburg Tony McQuay Arman Hall LaShawn Merritt
2 JAMAICA JAM 2:59.88 SB Rusheen McDonald Edino Steele Omar Johnson Javon Francis
3 RUSSIA RUS 2:59.90 SB Maksim Dyldin Lev Mosin Sergey Petukhov Vladimir Krasnov
4 GREAT BRITAIN & N.I. GBR 3:00.88 Conrad Williams Martyn Rooney Michael Bingham Nigel Levine
5 BELGIUM BEL 3:01.02 Jonathan Borlée Kévin Borlée Dylan Borlée Will Oyowe
6 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TRI 3:01.74 Renny Quow Lalonde Gordon Jehue Gordon Jarrin Solomon
7 BRAZIL BRA 3:02.19 Pedro Luiz de Oliveira Wagner Cardoso Anderson Henriques Hugo de Sousa
8 AUSTRALIA AUS 3:02.26 SB Steven Solomon Alexander Beck Craig Burns Tristan Thomas
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 STRONGEST MOVEMENT COMING OUT OF THE EAST COAST #848 !!!! Shot by West Coast Director : Romeo Holloway. DopeView.com / "LA LA freestyle" TJay 848 spits an anthem type freestyle over Kendrick Lamar's "Poetic Justice" instrumental while paying homage to Los Angeles, CA cameos : FREEWAY RICKY ROSS , BOSKOE 100 and more.

Source: VIBE Previously: Azealia Banks – ATM Jam (Ft. Pharrell) (Full Version)

The 20th anniversary issue of VIBE has seen multiple cover from Nas and J. Cole to Janelle Monae and Robin Thicke. Today, Pharrell And Daft Punk are the latest to cover this special issue. Read the cover story in its entirety here. Watch a behind-the-scenes clip of this shoot below.

Rapper Kendrick Lamar performs during the 2013 BET Awards on  June 30 in Los Angeles.(Photo: Kevin Winter, Getty Images for BET)

Kendrick Lamar started a hip-hop battle royale Monday when he called out rappers by name with his verse in Big Sean's Control.

Lamar dropped the gauntlet with a chorus that included these lyrics: "I'm usually homeboys with the same n----- I'm rhymin' with/But this is hip-hop and them n----- should know what time it is/And that goes for Jermaine Cole, Big K.R.I.T., Wale/Pusha T, Meek Mill, A$AP Rocky, Drake/Big Sean, Jay Electron', Tyler, Mac Miller/I got love for you all but I'm tryna murder you n-----."

By Wednesday, all sorts of artists, including Lupe Fiasco and B.o.B., had taken the challenge. (Note: Links lead to audio with explicit language.)

source  of story http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/08/14/kendrick-lamar-control-hip-hop-responds/2652025/

The rapper was trying to grab some lunch at Houston’s restaurant in Pasadena, Calif., earlier today, when he was denied service because of his tattoos.

According to the celeb’s numerous tweets following the incident, he was told by one of the managers on duty that his ink was threatening to other people dining at the restaurant.

“NEVER eating @ Houston’s restaurants as long as I live ! Denied service in Pasadena by mgr…because: I have tattoos on my arms ?!?,” Game tweeted.

He added, “Its 90 degrees outside so I have a tank top on & the manager on duty says the tattoos on my arms are threatening 2 lunch customers…Racism still exists. SMH #DontEatAtHoustonsPasadena

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50 Cent has been like a big brother and mentor to fellow Queens rapper Trav over the years. But like all families there are at times disagreements. This one just happened to play out publicly.

Back in July, Trav made some disparaging remarks on Twitter aimed at 50 that the G-Unitboss did not take kindly to.

source of story http://www.thisis50.com/profiles/blogs/50-cent-pushes-trav-onstage-at-mixshow-live-for-disrespecting-him

If you go by the books, Hip-Hop (I’ll spell it with capital letters since KRS-One told us to do so) turns 40 years old this month. Six summers before Big Bank Hank, Wonder Mike and Master Gee drove a Lincoln Continental and great big Cadillac up the charts to a Top 40 hit, the culture we collectively love was existing in the parks and rec centers, powered by the search for the perfect beat, the spirit of competition—and of course, stolen electricity.

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