In the fading remnants of presidential campaign season, it seems more people are getting in the spirit of reaching across the isle to their fellow brethren, even in the world of ultra-trendy night clubs. Tonight, Long Beach extends a hand to Anaheim's Ember Cafe and Music Club in the form of a booze-filled party bus. I don't know about you, but I'll take that hand any day.
Pure Evolution Productions is sending a VIP round-trip excursion to Ember Cafe and Music Club at 9:30 p.m that boards fr
By Ben Westhoff
Hip-hop A-listers including Rick Ross, Akon and Plies were caught grossly exaggerating their gangster credentials this year. (Turns out they were painfully law-abiding. The horror!) But even if your favorite rapper wasn't caught in a lie, you can bet he or she put out a hilariously absurd record or two in 2008. Here are the most preposterous rap songs of 2008.
RICK ROSS, FEATURING T-PAIN
"The Boss"
(Def Jam)
Though Rick Ross claimed on his debut album, Port of Miami, to know
The Game may not have the same buzz now that he did a few years ago circa his feud with G-Unit, but he's still at it, and last year's LAX--allegedly his final album--debuted at #2 and has sold nearly 700,000 copies. His current tour stopped at the Grove of Anaheim last night, and Fever Dragon was there to caption it. The pictures? Why, they're here!
Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker has had plenty of side gigs over the years. Box Car Racer and 44 both featured other Blink members, while a duo called TRV$DJAM included his friend Adam Goldstein. Known as DJ AM, Goldstein, of course, was with Barker in a Learjet crash that killed four people in September, 2008, and he died late last month in an apparent drug overdose.
