THE ADVENTURES OF DON GHOTTI & DON PITTS: July 2008

Thursday, July 31, 2008

Sunday, July 27, 2008

The 25 COOLEST BROTHERS OF ALL TIME - BLACK COOL

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

PURPLE HEART TOUR - BISHOP CITY INVADES DALTON, GA

PURPLE HEART TOUR - SUMMER JAM 2008

Musiq Soulchild - teachme (video)

THIS RECORD IS SICK... !!!

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Sunday, July 20, 2008

Don Ghotti's - Hustler Daily Vitamin "10 years in"

10 years from the day you make a life changing decision, whether the outcome is Good or Bad, you'll sit back and LAUGH !!!!

~DG
Donghotti@felicitousrecords.com

"It's Felicitous Baby...!!!"
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Thursday, July 17, 2008

Gillie Da Kid, Bump J, Meek Millz and Peedi Official Video

hot 97 Mobb Deep vs Saigon fight at SOBs

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

CLIPSE "FAST LIFE" EXCLUSIVE VIDEO

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

INVISIBLE MAN - MEMOIRS of a BLACK MAN

a novel written by Ralph Ellison, developed from a short story that formed the novel's initial "Battle Royal" chapter. It was Ellison's only novel published during his lifetime, and it won him the National Book Award in 1953. The novel addresses many of the social and intellectual issues facing the post-civil-war American Black identity, including the relationship between this identity and Marxism, black nationalism, and the reformist racial policies of Booker T. Washington. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

INVISIBLE MAN - MEMOIRS of a BLACK MAN
Written by Don Ghotti

What will it take for the Black Man to regain visibility in his own country, his state, his county, his community, his neighborhood, and most importantly his own household? This question is often asked and never answered in today's society. This a short story about the deprecation of the Black Man's value in the demographics above. The story is written solely from a single opinion and will not contain statistics as supporting evidence.

"Good Morning momma" the little boy muttered under his groggy voice. "Good Morning son" the mother responded to her son. "What time is it..." she asked while scurrying to the shower passing her husband who'd just walked into the bathroom to set up the ironing board. The woman was in such a rush that she failed to speak to to her husband. In silence, he goes through his pants and shirt closet attempting to match the right attire with the right shoe. "Have you seen my polo belt..." he yells to his wife from the bathroom into the kitchen. She does not respond while she pours the cereal for the kids. He finally finds the perfect black shoes for his navy blue Ralph Lauren slacks and light blue shirt. The burnt orange Harrod's tie is chosen to make a bold statement in his Ops review meeting this morning. He starts the shower and pills his clothes off as he hear the garage door release and he hears his wife's car leave the driveway. Hmmmm, he searches for his phone in order to send a text message to find out his wife and kids where abouts. Oh well, he disregarded sending the text message and simply dresses himself, grabs his lunch, and hit the door. He could remember thinking "Damn, I must be invisible this morning..."!!!

The man starts his car, adjust his favorite jazz CD, and opens the garage. His neighborhood is predominantly upper middle class white folks with at least a bachelor degree to their credit. He'd reversed the car and started forward as he pulls towards the end of the driveway. Several neighbors pass him as he waves his hand in an attempt to acknowledge them. For some reason no one seems to see him this morning. This puzzles the gentleman as he pulls into traffic headed to work.

TO BE CONTINUED...

THE RAT: JOSE CANSECO KNOCKED OUT

THIS OFTEN HAPPENS TO RATS IN THE STREETS...

THISDAY AFRICA RISING FESTIVAL - DAYS 1 and 2

Jay-Z and Rihanna perform “Umbrella” on day 1 of the 3rd Thisday ‘African Rising’ festival.

This year’s theme “Africa Rising: To Celebrate the Best and Brightest of Emerging New Africa”, was designed to revolutionize global perspectives on African issues. Also part of the event were performers Usher, Chris Brown, and Mary J. Blige… ~concreteloop.com

Teyana Taylor, Keri Hilson, and Solange Knowles

Our favorite 08′ girls on the scene Teyana Taylor, Keri Hilson, and Solange Knowles cover the August issue of Rap-Up Magazine as 2008’s “Brave New Girls.”

Monday, July 14, 2008

RICK ROSS PREVIOUS OCCUPATION

BEFORE
I"m just trying to make it...

UPDATED!!!!

AFTER
...Coke Game on Lock !!!

THE AFTERMATH...

THE NEW YORKER'S TRUE COLORS

THE NEW YORKER'S TRUE COLORS !!!

Sunday, July 13, 2008

RICK ROSS and FOXY BROWN ENGAGED????

STAY TUNED FOR CONFIRMATION!!!

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Bloggers Needed

Dear inquiring applicant,
we appreciate your interest in working for Felicitous Records, Inc as information specialist (Blogger).
I'm seeking young bloggers who share an interest in publishing breaking news in Music and Entertainment. This will require specific assignments that may often have strict deadlines.

WIIFM: 30 day Internship. The best of bloggers will be chosen for paid positions. Pay will be discussed directly based on personal performance.

Requirements: Strong literature background. Internet Access. Mobile phone. Access to Fax. Transportation.

Please submit resumes to:
Donghotti@felicitousrecords.com

Kind regards,

~DG

Don "Ghotti" Pitts II
Felicitous Records, Inc.
Donghotti@felicitousrecords.com
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"It's Felicitous Baby...!!!"
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Ne-Yo - A Milli Remix Official Video ( Chris Brown Diss )

WOW !!!!

~DG
donghotti@felicitousrecords.com

"It's Felicitous Baby...!!!"

Rocsi From 106 and Park Fed Up With Terrences Jokes

~DG
donghotti@felicitousrecords.com

"It's Felicitous Baby...!!!"

air-jordan-spizike-black-gold

The on going dispute of whether these Air Jordan Spizike’s in Black / Gold would be hitting U.S shops has yet to be resolved, but what is known is that they have dropped at Caliroots. This detailed look of the black and gold Spizike’s offer us a better idea of what is to be expected from these sneakers. The black and gold Spizike’s are available now at Caliroots in various sizes and will run for almost $300. ~sneakerfiles.com

Saturday, July 12, 2008

TI ALTERCATION - LUCKIE LOUNGE 7/9

TI ALTERCATION - LUCKIE LOUNGE 7/9
Wednesday night in ATL @Luckie Lounge their was an altercation when locals attempted to reenter the club. a fight brought out and the entire club was cleared. Rapper TI and the rest of PSC fled the club w/o any direct contact with the altercation.

I guess TI was LUCKIE!!!

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WORLD PREMIERE of NAS - N*****R

~DG
donghotti@felicitousrecords.com

"It's Felicitous Baby...!!!"

Friday, July 11, 2008

Day 26 - Since You've Been Gone

WORLD PREMIERE OF NEW DAY 26 !!!

SINCE YOU BEEN GONE

~DG
donghotti@felicitousrecords.com

"It's Felicitous Baby...!!!"

THE PRESSURES OF SELLING A RECORD - SPOTLIGHT ARTIST ASHANTI

AWWWW....NOT ASHANTI !!!

EXCLUSIVE A** SHOTS !!!

"Body On Me" Video Pictures

Ashanti

Birth Date: October 13, 1980
Birth Place: Glen Cove, Long Island, NY

Biography Ashanti Douglas was born in 1980 in Glen Cove, Long Island, New York into a musical family. Her father used to sing and her mother is a dance instructor. Ashanti began to sing in a gospel choir at the age of 6. As she grew, her musical talent developed and with it, appearances followed.

She danced in a show at Carnegie Hall and in the Disney television musical Polly. It was in high school that she honed her songwriting skills and harnessed her talent for creating a story that people could relate to, song after song.

and she's rolling

Ashanti first announced her presence with the Big Pun hit "How We Roll" in 2001. Her sound was infectious and caught the attention of record producers. Irv Gotti, the polished producer with Murder Inc. Records, was credited with her discovery and what was supposed to be an initial collaboration, turned into a record contract. The demure and feminine Ashanti was hesitant at first to sign with a label named Murder Inc., but she filled a void in the company stable of talent. What was a pure rap label became stronger with the arrival of the R&B singer.

The marketing team at Murder Inc. went to work to promote Ashanti in time for her debut release. She was featured on the Ja Rule smash "Always On Time," receiving major air wave and video exposure. In addition, her voice was loaned out to reigning Don of the Terror Squad, Fat Joe, for his big hit "What's Luv?". Ashanti stole both songs away from the thug rappers and created such a buzz that her self-titled debut album was released early, on April 9, 2002.

timing was key

The first single "Foolish" ripped apart the charts and the video was on heavy rotation as well. As a result, Ashanti sold over half a million units the first week and debuted in the top spot, a major achievement for a relative unknown with almost no expectations on her shoulders. In the future, you can expect to hear and see much more of this young talent. Ashanti has served notice that she is moving on up. -askmen.com

Post Murder Inc, we start to see Miss Ashanti's hit power start to decline.

Ashanti, who still holds the record for the biggest opening week for a female artist’s debut album (504,593 copies sold) and is tied with The Beatles as the only artist to have three singles in the Top 10 simultaneously.

THE DECLARATION scanned 86,278 units its first week in stores.

What's missing????
Well other than the experience of IRV GOTTI, timing, and a overall consistency, not very much. Ashanti has Nelly (one of Hip Hop's mogul) in her corner as well as Robin Thicke, Jermaine Dupri, LT Hutton, Babyface, and Pharrell Williams among the new album's producers.
The Inc/Universal has placed a tremendous pressure on this recording artist to scan units and in a hurry!
What would you tell your recording artist to do in this situation just shy of filming a SEX TAPE?!!!!
In the business of music, all artist have a scale in their dressing room (true story). On one side of this scale is the heavy pressure weight of selling records, and on the other scale is pride, dignity, self respect, morals, values, etc. The task of staying in perfect balance becomes overwhelming for artist and most often either attempt to drop a wack-ass album and get dropped from their label, while others simply remove some items from the second scale mentioned earlier (cross reference Janet). Male recording artist can recover and capitalize from the earlier mentioned SEX TAPE (cross reference Ray J) whereas the female recording artist attempt to leave at minimum morals and values on the scale. This is the current position of Ashanti, she's removed pride, self respect, and dignity from the scale. In her new video, she results to rather untactful ass shots. As a long time fan of her earlier work I would've preferred to see her drop a wack-ass album and get dropped and shift her focus to making films as well as writing for other artist. Is there a better solution.

I solicit your comments !!!
~DG

WE LEAVE YOU WITH SOME OF ASHANTI'S PREVIOUS HITS !!!

**ENJOY**

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Fat Joe feat. Ashanti - What's Love