Who are these great men? Welcome to the world of The Crossover. And who better to start it off than the possessor of one of the league's best crossovers: Stephon Marbury.

Stephon Marbury

Even fifty years from now, when old school cats are having arguments about the greatest high school players to come out of New York City, there are a few players who will always deserve mention. Kenny Anderson. Lew Alcindor. Earl Manigault. Felipe Lopez. "Starbury" is on that level.

Hailing from Coney Island, Stephon was featured prominently in a book by the revered writer Darcy Frey while still a freshman at Lincoln High School. So touted a prospect, his high school years were turned into a movie starring Denzel and a promising young actor named Ray Allen who has been unheard from since.

From Coney Island, Starbury landed at Georgia Tech, and quickly jumped out of there and into the NBA with the Minnesota Timberwolves. Built around a talented young core of Stephon, Kevin Garnett, and Tom Gugliotta, the Wolves made the playoffs for the first time in franchise history, and things could only get better, as the following season, the Wolves made it back to the postseason and even earned their first playoff win. Eventually, he fell out of favor, and was traded to New Jersey, then again to Phoenix. Wherever he went, he played well; he did, however, develop a reputation as a selfish player, not an attribute that does a lot for point guards.

It only went downhill for our man's rep from there.

He played on the US Olympic team in 2004, which got its ass handed to it by Puerto Rico, Lithuania, AND Argentina - earning them a bronze medal - and a very well-publicized fall of Western civilization. For the first time, American professional basketball players needed to put in actual effort against other teams in international competition. And Stephon Marbury was part of the team that didn't.

He also got traded to the Knicks, a development everybody loved because they assumed being back at home in New York City would help ground Starbury and elevate his game to another level. Apparently these folks never saw "He Got Game," because while certain things definitely got elevated, Starbury's game was not one of them.

From there it got kinda crazy. Maybe the media has been a little quick to jump to conclusions, but you have to admit, some of the things he said...well, just see for yourself:

"I drink life’s happy water which is bottled at the divine source." (July 2007)

"Don’t get mad at me, because I’m telling you what’s real. One plus one is two, all day long, and it’s never gonna change." (Summer 2007)

"[My sister] been praying for this day forever. And it finally happened yesterday when I kissed her. And I felt her body and I felt her soul. I was delighted to be kissing her." (July 2007)

"Are you going to get in the truck?" (2005)

That last one may be a bit unfair to bring up now. Foreplay is between two people, and what happens in the bedroom - or in a St John's parking lot - isn't really our business.

And though it's fairly easy laugh and judge a dude, it's kinda important not to lose sight of the good stuff. There's no question that he never forgot Coney Island and the entire city during his rise to stardom. He even did work with a local company to create the "Starbury" line of sneakers - which retailed for $15 - meant for city kids who couldn't afford Jordans. Sadly, it was not ultimately successful, but he did his best to use his connections to do something for the hood. More than you can say for, well, for Jordan.

Stephon Marbury's Crossover: DMX

Just like Starbury, DMX began his career full of promise. It started with an appearance in The Source monthly column "Unsigned Hype" in 1991. After that, a record deal with Columbia Ruffhouse, which came to an end shortly. Pretty soon X was in jail, which would become a theme later on.

When the Dark Man X did reach the big show in the late 90s, he found himself surrounded by young stars, recording with Ma$e, the LOX, Canibus, Meth and Red (not to mention LL Cool J, but his ass was old by then) early on. In 1998, he released the game-changing "Get At Me Dog," which was deemed too hardcore by the suits and was infamous for finding an audience even without MTV support.

He reached new heights by releasing two number one albums in one calendar year (It's Dark and Hell is Hot and Flesh of my Flesh, Blood of my Blood) - the first artist ever to do so. He released the hit album...And Then There was X the following year, probably setting some other new record.

But he wouldn't be Stephon Marbury's Crossover if there wasn't a similar downturn. It all started innocuously enough, what with the speeding and possession, but then less common stories started to come out like being arrested for mistreating airline staff, or barricading himself inside to avoid arrest for animal cruelty, and impersonating a federal agent at JFK airport.

And then there was stuff like this:

"What the fuck is a Barack?! Barack Obama. Where he from, Africa?" (March 2008)

"Bite you in your motherfucking ass and rip one cheek off. Have you shitting sideways bitch." (????)

But the up-then-down career trajectories are not all these two have in common. Like Marbury, DMX stayed true to himself and his roots. Before he blew up, his only friends were his dogs, and he's continued to keep dogs around him constantly. The animal cruelty charge came at him not because of disrespect, but because he loved them too much to have them buried anywhere but his own yard.

They also both lack any semblance of acting ability, as Stephon marbury couldn't even get cast in the movie about his own life (!) - and DMX has two ways of delivering his lines in his movies: scared and angry. And they both sound the same.

Like Steph, haters want to say his career is already over. But X is gonna keep on going. Who knows if it's the smart move, it's what's gonna happen so just ride with it.

That's right Eminem is back at it again making his sixth studio album. Yea its been a while since we last heard from him but the guy has been through alot lately. The next album is supposedly going to be called called "King Mathers". There is no official release date but we might see it if were lucky at the end of this year or sometime next year. Artists such as 50 Cent, DMX, Obie Trice, T.I. and Cashis are supposed to appear on the album. I can't wait to hear it, Eminem is a legend.

Frank-T- Optimista y soñador

DMX-Party Up

Primeramente, lo que se hizo fue reprogramar desde cero el software, utilizando nuevas tecnologías y abriendo la posibilidad de generar una versión para Mac y otra para PC ya que fue programado usando openGL y lenguaje c/c++. Anteriormente los usuarios de Mac no podían correr resolume. En el sitio oficial nos explican en un video las features mas destacadas de esta nueva versión: Nueva interfaz, sin limite de capas o clips, nuevo motor 3D que amplía muchisimo el potencial de los efectos, video de alta definición y salida en varias pantallas a la vez.

Hay algunas características del resolume 2 que aún no están presentes en esta versión, pero que prometen se irán sumando con updates gratuitos, reproducción de Flash, el analizador de audio (la que mas extrañaría) y soporte para DMX (el soporte para MIDI sigue allí). Algunas otras no serán implementadas: la grabación (prometen un reemplazo misterioso de alguna clase) y el soporte para VidNet y Freeframe 1.0 (en compensación poderemos usar el mas reciente FreeFrameGL 1.5).

Los requerimientos mínimos para esta versión estan bastante por encima de lo que su antecesor demandaba: Para PC: video ATI Radeon 9600 o superior, NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 o superior y 1GB RAM (aunque se sabe que 1GB es muy poco). Para Mac: procesador PowerPC G4 or G5, Intel Core Duo, Intel Core 2 Duo, o Intel Xeon de 1.25GHz o más rápido y video Quartz Extreme (Resolume Avenue no es compatible con lso chips de video integrado de Intel) y también 1GB de RAM.

A pesar de los nuevos altos requerimientos y de las características que faltan resolume avenue parece prometer todo un nuevo espectro de trabajo audiovisual, en el que habrá que experimentar y transitar, finalmente los usuarios serán en definitiva los que den su veredicto. por mi parte, ya estoy bajando la beta, disponible para descarga en el sitio, con todas las funcionalidades (incluyendo una marca de agua en la salida).

Lil Wayne Feat Jay-Z, DMX & 50 Cent - Its Real Shit Man

CHECK OUT THE EXCLUSIVE JOINT FROM LIL' WAYNE FEAT. JIGGA MAN, DMX & 50 CENT! HOTT , HOTT JOINT! WE SMELL A HIT WITH THIS ONE!

I think this might be the first ever Ja Rule post on The4thQuarter, but anyways, years ago there was supposed to be a group collab with the three artists and the group was to be called Murder Inc.  This was before Ja Rule blew up and had his reign cut short like leprechauns by 50.  Ja Rule talks about that group in this video.

The Dog made it to court....ruff ruff

The rapper, born Earl Simmons, was initially due in court last week to face four counts of possession of drug paraphernalia and one count of marijuana possession. But he failed to appear because, according to his lawyer, he was being treated at a Florida hospital for symptoms associated with a stroke.  According to Phoenix's CBS affiliate KPHO news, Kozelka asked that the possession case be part of a scheduled Oct. 7 status conference, which also involves a case of animal cruelty charges and theft charges.

Because we care about brothers, we are rooting for X even if his scrawny ass does have to do a little time.

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Yo, straight up... back then I was DYING for this shit to form and come out. I remember grabbing that issue with them on the cover and wildin' out. Oh the days of a young Shake.

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This seems like a simple solution to many, and one that would give a program lots of variety.

For some that may be true.

The great weakness, among several that we see in using IPODs, is lack of control.

Most people expect to have more control with the IPOD.  Instead they really wind up with less.

The problem comes in the basic scheduling feature, the shuffle.  The IPOD simply randomizes your music. It doesn't take key song attributes into consideration when picking the next song.

DMX Music Designers spend tons of time thinking about the mix.  In many ways the mix is more important than the individual tracks.

We like to think in sets.  Generally sets of four songs.

These sets are created to give a program consistency from hour to hour, day to day.

The music in each program is coded for things like, tempo, texture, type and a wide range of sound.  All codes are specifically selected for use in that particular program.

There are two distinct audiences for retail music.  The customer and employee.

Customers generally spend 15 to 20 minutes in the store.  Employees can be there all day.

Keeping repetition low and creating an interesting song mix become key to satisfying both groups.

For the Customer you want the mix to reflect the core music styles and give them the full experience within a quarter hour.

Your branded music program might contain four 'types' of songs.  For instance there might be Pop, Rock, Ballad, and Country elements chosen because they reflect your brand in sound.  Each is equally important to the program.

We design the sound around playing all four types in every set of four songs.  In this way the customer gets the full branded sound within every 15 minutes.

This is sort of a "Music Design 101" explanation, I know.  I think you'll see that a great deal of detail goes into each Music Design Project.

For the employee we consider hour to hour rotations to make sure songs move hour to hour.  The last thing you want are your employees hearing the same songs at the same time everyday.

Therefore we work with our scheduling software to force music to play at different times of day.  A song playing today at 10AM shouldn't play tomorrow at the same time.

It is easy for us to audit this process to ensure good rotation.  Generally speaking, the better the rotations work the less listener fatigue we notice.

Often times the better the mix sounds, the more work that goes into it.

So when making music decisions for your business consider what you want to achieve.  Doing it right adds a great deal to the environment within your business.

The wrong music can become an irritant.

Choose wisely.

From - WJLB FM98

Credit: Rahul from Eminem Basement

DMX was rushed to the emergency room of a South Florida hospital on Sunday morning, for what an unidentified source told TMZ.com was “fear of a stroke.”

The rapper’s lawyer told MTV News on Tuesday that X (born Earl Simmons) had fallen ill, but Charles Kozelka said he could not give out any specific information on his client’s condition.

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Video Clip : Do That Shit

Singer : DMX

Well, will this do the trick for the #1 Murderer, we'll have to wait and see. With that many collabos, I might openly support the Rule again.

Mims was determined to succeed, despite the fact that no one was feeling his style, he released his third single, "Without You" with LeToya Luckett. That song had a great sound, and would have done better as the album's lead single as it would have gone farther that "This Is Why I'm Hot." But, it was released a year ago to the day, but Capitol Records decided to shut down for the year, and halt the promotion of the single, and the December release of his sophomore album. Despite that, Mims said he was coming with some fire. He had released "Like This (remix)" with Sean Kingston in late 2007, and it was getting some airplay. In March 2008, he teamed up with a crew of rappers, Red Cafe, Currensy, and Pitbull and released a single. The single happened to be "We Really Do This," produced by DJ Nasty. This song sort of reminds you of Ja Rule's single, "Its Murda" with DMX and Jay-Z, as it was released in early 2000. But, little did we know, Mims was ready to change up. He didn't completely go from "Its Murda" to "Between Me and You," but he did change his style. His next single, released on July 29, 2008 (the same day as his album) was the female and radio-friendly, "Keep Up With Me." This song gained a lot of airplay, and was the song that completely saved Mims from being a "one hit wonder." Now, Capitol Records is wasting no time, they already have plans for Mims' third album to come out in March 2009. It is titled I Am Hip Hop's Savior. He previewed the album track, "Therapy" featuring Pharrell. It got a good reception, so Mims decided to give the fans the street single. That's when the introspective, "BaRock Star," comes into play. Initially, the song didn't do very well, but Mims went back to the guy that gave him his most popular remix, Junior Reid. Reid agreed to give Mims a chorus for "BaRock Star," and the song was greenlighted. The remix replaced the original song on the radio and the internet, and the video was shot. Mims is back before he even left, WOW. Now, its time to give the radio what they want. Mims said that when he came to bring it, he was going to bring it. In late 2008, he released I Am Hip Hop's Savior first single. The song is the Blackout-produced "Donkie Booty" with Trey Songz. This song is very much original, and Mims officially debuted his singing voice. The song has hit radio, and people are buzzing about Mims and his third album. His past releases have sold 300,000 copies and 500,000 copies. For this next record, e wants to surpass the Gold and aim for the Platinum.

I bet you if DMX would stay away from the drugs he would be able to stay away from the hospital. He probably was stressed about going to court and decided to hit the pipe. It was a little too much for him and he got scared and said 'TAKE ME TO THE HOSPITAL". LOL All jokes aside I really hope that DMX gets his life together.