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Rapper MC Breed dies at friend's home at age 37

Monday, November 24, 2008

(11-24) 10:17 PST Ypsilanti, Mich. (AP) --

It was in the gritty, blue-collar city of Flint that Eric Breed grew up amid the dimming opportunities of a declining auto industry.

That starkness was vivid in the lyrics of what would be the rapper's biggest hit, 1991's "Ain't No Future in Yo' Frontin'."

Breed, known professionally as MC Breed, died Saturday at a friend's home in Ypsilanti, about 30 miles southwest of Detroit, a Washtenaw County medical examiner's spokesman said Monday.

Toxicology reports were pending, but no foul play was suspected in the 37-year-old's death.

Breed had suffered from kidney failure, according to The Detroit News and The Flint Journal.

"More than just an artist, we mourn the loss of a beloved father, son, brother and friend," his family said in a statement. "We are thankful and blessed to have been in his presence and want him to be remembered for his creative, caring, talented and hardworking spirit."

Breed released 13 albums from 1991 to 2004, and collaborated with artists such as Tupac Shakur and Too Short.

He moved to Atlanta in the 1990s, but always identified with his tough Flint roots.

The lyrics from "Ain't No Future in Yo' Frontin'" included: "I'm from F-l-i-n-t'n. A city where pity runs low. If you ever shoot through my city, now you know. Cause we are strictly business and we also got our pride, and if you don't like it, I suggest you break wide."

The single was from his first album, "MC Breed & DFC," which sold between 2.5 million to 4 million copies.

Breed was a "musical legend of Flint," said Carter McWright, owner of local record store Music Planet.

"One thing about Breed is he had that flow, that rhythm," McWright said. "He knew how to flow with it."

Funeral arrangements were being completed Monday in Flint.

Breed is survived by three daughters and two sons; his parents; two brothers; and a sister.

This used to be my shit
Mc Breed-Ain't No Future In Yo' Frontin

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MC Breed - Gotta Get Mine (feat. 2Pac)

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Black Friday the day after Thanksgiving we will release our Moment of Truth Hoodie on our online store. We will also release a surprise tee. We only produce a handful when we do our online exclusives.

Also if you are wondering Season V is shipping!!!!

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Been keeping a low key vibe. I have been really chilling due to a possibility on a new employment. My birthday just past and i didn't even get drunk. So this Sat my goal is just to do one thing and its RAGE and chill with the Fam. So come thru and celebrate Scorpio Season!!!!

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State Gun Sales Surge
Revenue surge for firearms owners post-election

By Jason Dusett





Gun dealers across Connecticut say they've seen their sales double in the week since Barack Obama was elected.

Gun owners say they fear an Obama administration would make gun control a top priority.

"In the past the Democratic Party has not been terribly friendly to gun owners," said Gary Lemke of Newington Gun Exchange. "President-Elect Obama has stated that he plans to enact restrictions as soon as he possibly can."

Lemke said military-style guns have been hard to keep in stock, since they're the kind most likely to be limited by legislation.

"People are taking the position that it's better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it." Lemke added.

The owners of Hoffman's Gun Center in Newington report a similar surge in sales.

"The average American believes that now that the liberal democrats control our entire system of government they will out law them," said Scott Hoffman of Hoffman's Gun Center. "They will put me out of business."

Hoffman said his gun sales have doubled. He expects another rise in customers if and when a law limiting gun sales is proposed.

While some customers appear to be concerned, others aren't rushing to buy a gun.

"We still have a lot of Republicans in the house, so we'll see what we can do with it," said Pat Arrigoni of Rocky Hill.

I heard the Milkshakes is like crack cocaine..No Joke. Looks like when im visiting my little nephew in American Canyon. I might have to make a stop and see what the fuck is Sonic all about...Get all Obese a la Mode

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Giants' Lincecum wins Cy Young Award

Henry Schulman, Chronicle Staff Writer

(11-11) 21:53 PST San Francisco -- Tim Lincecum might have more nicknames than any 24-year-old in major-league history. He is the Freak, the Franchise and even his favorite, Seabiscuit. Now, he has a more regal identity that will cling to his given name as long as he lives.

Henceforth, he will be Tim Lincecum, 2008 National League Cy Young Award winner.

The Giants' brightest light, who only 29 months ago was throwing for the University of Washington, was lounging on his sofa Tuesday morning, watching NFL highlights on TV, when he got the call saying he had become the second San Francisco Giant, and first in 41 years, to win the sport's highest pitching honor.

Mike McCormick, who won in 1967, later offered his congratulations to Lincecum.

Lincecum said he was stunned to learn he had won, not only because he figured Brandon Webb, Johan Santana or CC Sabathia would win, but also by his landslide victory. Lincecum received 23 of 32 first-place votes from members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Webb and Santana, who finished second and third, respectively, each had four first-place votes. Sabathia got the final one and finished fifth, behind Phillies closer Brad Lidge.

Lincecum appeared on every ballot except the one cast by Chris De Luca of the Chicago Sun-Times.

The first word out of Lincecum's mouth when he learned he won was, "Really?"

"I was more shocked than anything," he said. "With the competition, I was just hoping to be in the mix. I was thinking Webb or Santana or even CC had it. As far as that goes, my reaction was, 'Woo hoo!' I literally yelled a couple of times after I got off the phone."

General manager Brian Sabean, who in 2006 took a chance on the pencil-thin pitcher with a whip-like delivery and selected him with the Giants' first pick of the 2006 amateur draft, also seemed taken aback by how easily Lincecum won an award that eluded such stellar Giants as Juan Marichal and Jason Schmidt.

"In Obama-like fashion, it wasn't close," Sabean said. "I wonder what we were worrying about here on the West Coast."

Then, turning to Lincecum at a ballpark news conference, Sabean said, "You certainly were the focus of everything that was good about the Giants this year. The organization has a lot to be proud of because of your individual accolade. ... Your age of innocence is over. A lot is going to be expected of you now."

Lincecum can begin attacking those expectations April 7, when the Giants open the 2009 season at home against Milwaukee. Manager Bruce Bochy left no doubt who will get the ball.

"It's something he earned already," Bochy said. "I'd say, you win the Cy Young, there's a good chance you're the starting pitcher next Opening Day."

Tuesday, however, was not about looking forward, but reflecting upon one of the greatest single-year performances by anyone who has worn a Giants uniform, resulting in a Cy Young win in Lincecum's first full season - a rarity accomplished by a small group of pitchers that included Dwight Gooden, Bret Saberhagen and Fernando Valenzuela.

The writers looked past wins - Webb had 22, Lincecum 18 - and rewarded the Giant for dominating in so many categories, including strikeouts. Lincecum led the majors with 265. Writers surely noted as well that the 72-90 Giants went 22-12 when Lincecum pitched and 50-78 when he did not. Bochy called Lincecum's performance a "silver lining in our season."

Lincecum called his win "a tremendous honor. All those people I was going up against were great pitchers. They've all been Cy Young winners before. Just to be in that elite group, going against past ones, hopefully you can slip by - and that's what happened. You've just got to give yourself a pat on the back. At last that's what I've done."

One of the first people Lincecum called was closer Brian Wilson, who was sitting in a dentist's chair.

"I was screaming when he told me," Wilson said in an e-mail. "I'm not sure if that was a reaction to the drill cutting into my gums because of my overaggressive fist pumping I was displaying on the chair. Like I said before, I knew it was his when he took the mound every start."

"That's great, man. Wow," catcher Bengie Molina said when told of Lincecum's win. "He pitched so great. I'm so happy for him. I'm hoping he enjoys it. I know it's an individual award, but looking back and seeing the year we had as team, for him to come out with Cy Young is amazing. It's unbelievable."

Pitching coach Dave Righetti said the news "sent a chill through me a little bit." Righetti feared for Lincecum's chances after spending a week in New York and hearing nothing but Santana, Santana and more Santana from writers.

"They didn't even mention Timmy," Righetti said. "I didn't bother arguing with them. I said, 'You guys are nuts if you didn't watch these games and what he did the whole year.' I guess a lot of writers did, obviously. They voted him the winner."

More than that, they gave Lincecum a moniker that does not sound as Freaky or Franchise-y or Seabiscuit-y as some of the others.

"As far as living up to that name, Cy Young, it's something I've talked to Mike McCormick about," Lincecum said. "He said forever I'll be known as a Cy Young winner no matter how bad I (do). I guess if I get 20 years down the road and look back on it, I can't say that's a bad thing."
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-- Tuesday was the biggest day of the year for the Giants. A1

-- A Chicago writer was the only voter to leave Tim Lincecum off his ballot. D5

How they voted

Voting for the Cy Young Award by the Baseball Writers' Association of America with five points for a first-place vote, three for second, one for third.

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Sorry for the lack of blogging. But with work, personal life and other blogging duties (Berceau)it just been mad hectic. Also if you haven't notice..There's a nice logo (look above)on the site. I have the luxury of having a DOPE girlfriend thats a graphic designer. She was kind enough to design something for me even with the heavy work load on her plate.Now this will get my lazy ass some motivations to start posting on here again..lol..Koderville

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Fifty things you might not know about Barack Obama

• He collects Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian comics

• He was known as "O'Bomber" at high school for his skill at basketball

• His name means "one who is blessed" in Swahili

• His favourite meal is wife Michelle's shrimp linguini

• He won a Grammy in 2006 for the audio version of his memoir, Dreams From My Father

• He is left-handed – the sixth post-war president to be left-handed

• He has read every Harry Potter book

• He owns a set of red boxing gloves autographed by Muhammad Ali

• He worked in a Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop as a teenager and now can't stand ice cream

• His favourite snacks are chocolate-peanut protein bars

• He ate dog meat, snake meat, and roasted grasshopper while living in Indonesia

• He can speak Spanish

• While on the campaign trail he refused to watch CNN and had sports channels on instead

• His favourite drink is black forest berry iced tea

• He promised Michelle he would quit smoking before running for president – he didn't

• He kept a pet ape called Tata while in Indonesia

• He can bench press an impressive 200lbs

• He was known as Barry until university when he asked to be addressed by his full name

• His favourite book is Moby-Dick by Herman Melville

• He visited Wokingham, Berks, in 1996 for the stag party of his half-sister's fiancé, but left when a stripper arrived

• His desk in his Senate office once belonged to Robert Kennedy

• He and Michelle made $4.2 million (£2.7 million) last year, with much coming from sales of his books

• His favourite films are Casablanca and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

• He carries a tiny Madonna and child statue and a bracelet belonging to a soldier in Iraq for good luck

• He applied to appear in a black pin-up calendar while at Harvard but was rejected by the all-female committee.

• His favourite music includes Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Bach and The Fugees

• He took Michelle to see the Spike Lee film Do The Right Thing on their first date

• He enjoys playing Scrabble and poker

• He doesn't drink coffee and rarely drinks alcohol

• He would have liked to have been an architect if he were not a politician

• As a teenager he took drugs including marijuana and cocaine

• His daughters' ambitions are to go to Yale before becoming an actress (Malia, 10) and to sing and dance (Sasha, 7)

• He hates the youth trend for trousers which sag beneath the backside

• He repaid his student loan only four years ago after signing his book deal

• His house in Chicago has four fire places

• Daughter Malia's godmother is Jesse Jackson's daughter Santita

• He says his worst habit is constantly checking his BlackBerry

• He uses an Apple Mac laptop

• He drives a Ford Escape Hybrid, having ditched his gas-guzzling Chrysler 300

• He wears $1,500 (£952) Hart Schaffner Marx suits

• He owns four identical pairs of black size 11 shoes

• He has his hair cut once a week by his Chicago barber, Zariff, who charges $21 (£13)

• His favourite fictional television programmes are Mash and The Wire

• He was given the code name "Renegade" by his Secret Service handlers

• He was nicknamed "Bear" by his late grandmother

• He plans to install a basketball court in the White House grounds

• His favourite artist is Pablo Picasso

• His speciality as a cook is chilli

• He has said many of his friends in Indonesia were "street urchins"

• He keeps on his desk a carving of a wooden hand holding an egg, a Kenyan symbol of the fragility of life

• His late father was a senior economist for the Kenyan government

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With a focus on the celebration of death, Black Scale introduces their 2008 winter offerings with a more comprehensive collection than seasons past. The San Francisco based label follows their trademark aesthetic of deeply rooted subject matter with mostly muted colorways, emphasizing the meaning behind each inspiration. Along with their signature t-shirt lineup we get a further preview of Black Scales fitted collection and hoodies. Images of the Season V lookbook can be seen after the jump with photography by Rick Rodney.