The PepperMint Arts Collective

(snap snap, lights an incense...pops mint)...

So i got a new blog for you little hipster artsy kids out there written by the group, "The PepperMint Arts Collective". The collective is made up of 7 multi-talented students attending college in either New York or Philly. The thing that makes The PepperMint so special is that they are individually beautiful and uniquely talented. I would suggest hitting this site up before you go to work, for your daily dose of uncool cool uncanny artsy african pride flava...lol. The members include two of my dear old friends Johnston Michaels and The Hip Hop Mona Lisa/Georgia Brown. This group just bleeds new hot meaningful artsy type shit, hottest fashions, hottest music..and they don't even have to discuss it, they just "exude" it, ya dig? So just hot so go to their site, check it out, look at their poetry and get knowledged my people...(puts fist in the air).

i suggest you check this out

: www.rephreshmints.blogspot.com t www.myspace.com/thepeppermint7

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Erykah Badu for Tom Ford

Here at QV we love Miss Badu and I guess famed fashion designer Tom Ford does to because she is the new face for his new fragrance, White Patchouli...wonder what is smells like? Anyway she looks gorgeous in the ads. Props to you miss

I wanna work for DIDDY?

Another reality show! YES YES YES! And it's surrounding Diddy--no he's not making another band THANK GAWD, he is now allowing innocent humans to have the once in a lifetime chance to work for him and DAMMIT its dramatic...like too hot for tv dramatic! Like macaroni and cheese dramatic with like 5 cheeses dramatic! Like dave chappelle black KKK member dramatic..aight im trippin...but stay tuned for this, im ready to really laugh at how unrealistic Diddy treats his modern day slaves...premieres August 5th on VH1..i think (google that shit)





O and what's the prize? You get to be Diddy's personal assistant, which makes you an ASS cuz you apparently get treated like shit...but you do get hella perks...hmmm

R.I.P. THE CLUB QUEEN

Baltimore stand up! One of the greatest figures in Baltimore Music has died. All of Baltimore is mourning the loss of the greatest female dj to hit the club seen. 92Q is only playing music today and there will be no dj's on air...this shit is that serious. Club Queen K-Swift use to rock at the Dox and Choices. I can remember every party in highschool use to rock because of her mixes. Rydah girl use to be my shit and niggas use to rock off, we still do really. I remember riding in the car in the evening and singing all the old club mix and jamming to the 8 o'clock take over. Making tapes of club mixes so we could all learn the dances or even goin to Downtown Locker room to cop one of her mixtapes. Damn I'm sad and I mite even have to go to the Dox this friday just to rep for K-swift. Club mixes ain't gona be the same, hell a party won't even be the same without her mixtapes. I just her at artscape to so that memory will forever be bittersweet. Baltimore won't let her legacy die and we gona still bump the hell out of club mixes no matter how much ya'll other cities hate it. R.I.P. THE CLUB QUEEN......Baltimore will sincerely miss you ma....

-Doe Chee$e

LONG LIVE THE QUEEN

Khia "K-Swift"Edgerton
October 19, 1980-July 21, 2008

This morning, DJ K-Swift the CLUB QUEEN of Baltimore Club, died suddenly from a head injury in her home swimming pool. For those of you who don't know K-Swift is a Baltimore LEGEND and she was only 28! Her club mixes were like the baddest in the game, she came out with a new cd like every season, she was just as DOPE as they come. I feel as though I grew up on her music, those nights after school at like 6 and the club would come on at 9...even on the big fat morning show wake-up work out...this is bringing me back to those funny ass songs from the "BreakfastFlakes"...damn, she will be missed...I used to record tapes of club mix from off of the radio and her voice would ring out, "yeaa its ur gurl k-swift on the ones and tews...on 92Q(ew)"...damn...im mad sad, i send my condolences to Baltimore-the whole city was her family. Forever a Ryder Girl and all that shit...of course i provided some tracks, bump this shit...its CLASSIC BALTIMORE



on some real shit, i just may have to go home...this is history and the clubs--best believe they are gonna be poppin for the rest of the month in her honor..."ey western tech gurls..."--thas what they used to say about us at the parties lmao

Drake Brings in the NOISE

I so stole this info from aroundthewaygirls.net, HOWEVER I wanted to expand on their already perfect "put on" of Jimmy Brooks from Degrassi, AKA "Drake"-the new r&b sensation/rapper. So I did initially doubt him, but he is actually quite good. His flows are adequate, a lot better than Plies or Shawty Lo actually I think he's worthy of "good"...damn he's actually good. Voice fits well on the tracks, he has a semi-original delivery, and he even sings, uses a synthesizer, and has this song with Robin Thicke called "Teach You a Lesson". The best part about this whole thing is that he ALSO has a song with Weezy-and you know if you put him on the track you are automatically SWEET (jk). Listen to this shit..IM SO FOR SERIOUS...listen, TRUST KIMMIE E-you know i know whats hot...;p (i used his baby picture because i thought it was intriguing, and he was a really cute kid :)

o and make sure you listen to "going in for life"...o and "where to now"...both r fire, like real hip hop type shit...just trust me!!!! I'm even thinking about putting one of these on my myspace!

The Dark Knight

One of the best movies I have seen in a long, long time. Full of action, drama, sick humor, and more action, the Dark Knight does not disappoint.The Dark Knight differs from other Batman movies by using deeper dialogue and by making the characters less animated. The movie just seems real, unlike the first couple of Batmans. The Joker is the key to the whole movie and Heath Ledger plays him to a t. The movie was sick so I recommend that you go check that shit out.

-Doe Chee$e

Nike and the Simpsons Collide

Idk what I would wear them with...but these are dope. Nike "Marge Simpson" Dunk High SB

-Do Chee$e

its a new era right now? but i thought that song came out in 1986

Bashing is way overdue. I feel as though I haven't "hated" on people in a long time and seeing as though all of us at Queenie Valentine are a "hater family" (thank you Dr. West) I figured that I would do my duty and HATE on something wretched. I know you've heard of The Retro Kids, if you haven't, you have now. Anyway they're these kids who wear retro clothes from the 80's ALL DAY EVERYDAY...dope right? Wellllll depends on who you ask....However I am not hating on the style, but the music. The new single, "New Era", is like ugh...like ugh...ahhhhh...bad taste in my mouth like shit. Whether they choose to believe it or not, the 80's is OVER, music has changed and so has fashion, technology, television, radio...I want to say that the track is inspired by 80's music, but I feel as though the track is the 80's and I'm sorry Retro Kids, you can't bring back a decade that's over! I believe that this is a trend and unless the world is ending in the next year or two the Retro Kids will be a distant memory, we will all look back over their myspace pages and say "aww that was cute, but moving on into the new millennium..."

give it a listen, if you don't hate it...maybe you need an extra 6 months to get the 80s out of your system...o and i gave you a 30 second play...its unbearable, so trust me...sorry kids, its all love over here, but hip hop isn't to be played with, not everyone can fuck with my wife, so stick to reality tv and cartoons and clothing lines and shit..lmfao

the truth

nas is at it again...here's the video...and BTW the album is out, cop that shit, but watch this first...groundbraking sons and daughters...tru shit