So long, blogger.

I'm movin' on up.  Update bookmarks accordingly:

http://www.chopsteakmusic.com/

Merry Christmas, mothafuckas.

I had to take 2007 off, but back once again is my annual mixtape, recapping the best in hip hop R&B and every goddamn thing in between. Enjoy, and feel free to post up some seasons greetings in the comments.

Download here*.

Track Listing:

1. Introlude
2. N*E*R*D - Everyone Nose
3. Shawty Lo - They Know (Remix) (f. Ludacris, Young Jeezy, Plies, Lil' Wayne)
4. Dwele - Body Rock
5. Bun B - Underground Thang (f. Pimp C & Chamillionaire)
6. Innerlude: Mistletoe Jam
7. Heltah Skeltah - Smack Muzik (f. Flood)
8. Outkast - Da Art of Storytellin' Pt. 4 (f. Marsha Ambrosius)
9. Bishop Lamont - Everyday
10. Erykah Badu - Honey
11. The Game - Ya Heard (f. Ludacris)
12. Black Milk - Try
13. M.I.A. - Paper Planes (f. Bun B)
14. John Legend - Green Light (f. Andre3000)
15. Z-Ro & Trae - Who's Tha Man
16. John Brown - Lay The Pipeline (Sarah Palin)
17. Overlude: My President is...
18. Young Jeezy - My President (f. Nas)
19. T.I. - Live Your Life (f. Rhianna)
20. Plies - Bust It Baby Pt. 2 (f. Ne-Yo)
21. Lil' Wayne - Let The Beat Build
22. Extralude: NYE
23. Foreign Exchange - Take Off The Blues (f. Darien Brockington)
24. The Roots - Rising Up (f. Chrisette Michele & Wale)
25. Fonzworth Bentley - Everybody (f. Andre3000 & Kanye West)
26. Outerlude: Peace, Pole

* If you need me to get you a CD for some reason instead of the download, ask me very nicely. VERY. nicely.

This is the most important thing you will read today.

Go here. Download.

Thank me later. This is the best thing since sliced cocaine. I cannot wait for next year when the album drops.

Forty five hyphen thirty five dot com.

45-35.com

Yup.

Come on, pollsters.

Mafia Melodies.

So somebody decided to post every Pen & Pixel album cover ever. Aside from setting a trend that would lead hip hop graphic design, especially in the south, P&P created some straight up hilarity. Take 6-one's thong or Lootchasers' A Million Ain't Enough (wonder how they did with a few hundred each). From Weezy to Keke, from Flex to Rascal (grown as man?), if you got a "Lil" in front of your name, odds are good you were on one of these covers.

In other news, I can haz G1? So Android appears to be the truth, and since, I'm stranded on my own personal Death Row, I figured I may as well drop this piece of crap Sidekick ID and do it big soon. That said, in true T-Mobile fashion, they made the phone dorky, with a curved form that no one seems to like much. Dilemmas. Just Blaze needs to weigh in on it.

Well, it's bowling night, and I'm about to raise up, but before I go, I want to leave you with one of my favorite songs off an album with a Pen & Pixel cover:

Chop Steak writes the great American novel.

That's right. As of November 1st, I'm officially in a cave trying to write a 50,000 word novel. I've always wanted to try this, and with relatively little to do in November this year, I think this is it. Anyone wanting to join me, head to nanowrimo.org, and let's rock. Add me as a buddy, username "chopsteak". Also, if any of y'all want to cross promote via blog or whatever, holler. And on that note, goodnight.

Carpet and sponge mops are not friends.

Cleaning that shit was hard, yo.

That said, I'm pretty certain that the next time somebody walks into my bedroom, the first thought that comes to mind will not be "Did somebody run thru here vomiting?"

I'm sending this to the Resolve carpet cleaner company. Hopefully they'll use it as ad copy.

So, I'm officially declaring my spot clean from the flu incident. I know you were all concerned.

In other news, score another one for teen beauty queens!

According to CNN, Miss Teen Louisiana lost her crown due to an arrest that stemmed from walking out on a restaurant tab, and possession of marijuana. She was arrested when she returned to the restaurant to claim her pocketbook, which contained the weed.

I'll say this again, because it bears repeating.

She walked out on her tab.

And left her pocketbook.

In which she was carrying weed.

Ladies and gentlemen, I am no hardened criminal. I do not advocate drug use, nor walking out on tabs. BUT. If you must, please please please do not be stupid enough to leave a bag full of ID and controlled substances behind, let alone go back for it.

People wonder what's wrong with this country.

Sheesh.