Training Tracklist

What is J-Smooth listening to while he kills it in training?

1. 'Till I Collapse - Eminem
2. John Blaze - Fat Joe
3. Made You Look - Nas
4. N.Y. State of Mind - Nas
5. Bring the Pain - Method Man
6. Bring Me To Life - Evanescence
7. Hero - Nas
8. Jigga What/Faint - Jay-Z & Linkin Park
9. Whatchu Want - Notorious B.I.G. feat. Jay-Z
10. It's Okay (One Blood) - The Game
11. Breathe - Fabolous

~J-Smooth~

Catching up with J-Smooth

-First thing's first ... Happy 4 months BabyGirl ... everything up 'til now has been 100x better than I could've envisioned ... so many things to look forward to this summer and further into the future ... I love you ...


-A couple weeks ago I said goodbye to an old friend ... was with me through many stages in my life ... some for the good, some for the bad ... but has always been reliable and never wavered ... you will be missed ... hopefully, your successor will serve me just as well ...

-received the news in the mail a few weeks ago that come September I will begin the steps to my career ... as I've learned over the past few years there is a BIG distinction between a "job" and a "profession" ... caught my big break and as far as growth potential, the sky's the limit ...

other randoms ...

-my apologies to my bro Black Prophet ... I picked up the track jacket ... my boy works at Champs and sold it to me at a price I couldn't refuse ...

-Avatar is set for release this Thursday!!! ... like I said before, a Blu-Ray purchase for sure ... Blu-Ray count will be at 2


-Super Street Fighter 4 will be coming out next Tuesday ... still debating whether I should pre-order a copy ... but I will be getting it at EB Games, they're selling it at $39.99 which is more than a bargain for a new game ... new game, means new rivalries ... the beauty of this game is I'm undefeated right now ...

-love Tele-toon Retro for bringing back the Thundercats ... just bring back He-Man and Voltron then it's perfect ...


-Mayweather/Mosley in just under a couple of weeks ... "Who R U Picking?" ... I stand by my original prediction of Money May via a decision ... I just think that Mosley, despite his great showing versus Antonio Margarito, will be just a step slow, given his age and 16-month layoff ...

-finally, I know I have two/three serious competitors in the 6-Pack Challenge, and I know I have to bring my A-Game to beat my sis Princess and my cousin Young Flash ... there's another supposed competitor that wants to shut me up, but guess what, people in the familia don't even know he's in it ... I'm wondering if it's possible to listen to Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber and get pumped for a workout, LOL ... the familia really needs our own 24/7 show to cover the pre-competition training, best quote so far: when Young Flash was asked what are Zona's chances of winning? his response "hahahahaha ... zero" ... his aside from that, really looking forward to Princess' wedding in July ...

~J-Smooth~

Boldly Went ... But Never Again

Star Trek - starring Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto ... I'll start off by saying, that's 2 hours of my life I'll never get back ... after a lifetime of vowing not to watch any incarnation of Star Trek, I was contractually obligated to do so this time around ... I was told that this particular incarnation was intended to appease the non-Trekkies ... well, mission not accomplished ... let's get this over with ...

1) as far as the actual background behind the story, I was already somewhat familiar, because the names Captain Kirk and Spock are as iconic as Luke Skywalker and Han Solo ... anyway, so this movie deals with the origins of Kirk and Spock and how they got to serving on the Enterprise ... ***yawn*** ... I will give this film some credit, because unlike the original show and The Next Generation this was a lot easier to follow/understand ... but portraying Kirk as an irresponsible young man, destined to become Captain, is not really an original concept ... so thumbs down to that ...

2) the only Hollywood face I recognized in this movie was the captain of the Enterprise who precedes Kirk (the villain from Double Jeopardy) ... sad ... already struggling to keep my attention, this movie couldn't even do one thing right by putting in some "eye candy" ... Spock's girl was nasty ... yeah and that really makes sense, a guy with no emotion having a girlfriend, pshhhh ...

3) didn't really care for the special effects, like the battle between the Romulans and the Enterprise in the beginning of the movie, or the destruction of planet Vulcan ... maybe 3D could've done it some justice ...

4) now being a fan of the time travel concept ... the inclusion of this element should've intrigued me ... but unfortunately it didn't ... because in every movie that includes time travel, it serves a purpose ... thinking about this movie in hindsight, the time travel served no purpose at all ... as the older Spock explained, Kirk and Spock were already great friends in the alternate timeline ... so the purpose of this time-travel was what? my guess ... so Kirk and Spock could learn to become friends ... ughhhhh SMH ...

5) which ties into my final point about the ending ... so the moral of the story was what? ... to paraphrase what older Spock said, something along the lines of for Kirk and Spock to learn what they can accomplish if they work together SMH ... completely cheesy in my opinion ... which capped off a complete waste of my time ...

worst movie of all-time? ... close, but not quite Lost in Translation or House of the Flying Daggers ... what saved it was that the plot was basic and easy to follow, considering it was Star Trek ... score 0.1/5

~J-Smooth~