Yet Another Reason to Love the Diesel!

Shaq + Jabbawockeez = Shaqawockeez

Peaches (Live)

Kooley High Remixes The Game

Good look to the homey Charlie Smarts on this one!

Click here to download: The Game – Touchdown (Kooley High Remix)

I know y’all are loving all these Kooley downloads. If you’re not, you’ze a LAAAAAAAME.

New Age Girl

This song is my jam. It’s in “Dumb and Dumber” too. I’ve never seen the video until today though. So 90′s, therefore the Monster LOVES it.

Nate Robinson dunk on NC State

This was the first time I ever heard of Nate Robinson. 03-04 college season, he straight takes the Brandon Roy miss and YAMS on NCSU. Wow.

James White – NBDL Dunk Champ – SLOW MO FREETHROW LINE!

Some of you may remember James White. He was a McDonald’s All American that spent 1 year at Florida and then transferred to Cincinatti (where he almost threw Mike B’s 3-pointer into the 50th row during a game against Elon I might add). Anyhow, he won the NBDL Dunk Contest last weekend. Everyone knows this kid can fly. Above is the Free-Throw line dunk, except look where White is, clearly behind the line. Dr. J, Michael Jordan, Brent Barry, Dwight Howard, etc, etc all at least toe-ed the line. Not White, he’s clearly behind it.

Best part of this video is you get the dunk 3 times and each time they slow it down. The third showing in super slow-mo is amazing. Look at him literally fly.

Laid Back Jam – Liquid Spirits Feat Phonte of LB

Love this song. Love the music. Love Phonte’s verse.

If you can’t get down with this, I can’t get down with you.

This Week’s : CLOWN OR REGULAR DUDE

Flippin channels this weekend, Big Soda and I came across that “G’s to Gents Show”. Can’t remember if it is MTV or VH1, but regardless, I have never seen an episode of that bullshit. For 30 seconds though, I was entertained by a cat named “Riff Raff” who talked high pitch and is apparently some king of “Gangster”. Check out one of his vids above, where he claims Kanye was on the volleyball team in high school. Not sure if it’s true or not, but this dude is ridiculous. I also like how that chick never turns around. How beat must her face be?

The Monster’s Verdict: CLOWN, and if you vote anything else, you might also fall into that category.

6 Year Old Soccer Prodigy

Donated by Bibbles, this 6 year old is light years better than me at soccer. That’s not saying much, but last time I played 6 year olds in any sport, I won.

St. Louis Has Really Good Food

So over the next week or so, I will be filling you in on some of my STL adventures with Monster Blog Staff Member Big Soda (who writes the popular “Big Soda & Popcorn” column). One of the biggest surprises for me in St. Louis was the quality of the food. I had some hella-good food when I was down there. That food, combined with a week out of the gym (though I did play pickup bball one day for a few hours), had me gain at least 5-6 pounds while I was there.  Totally worth it though. Here are some of the delicious things that STL had to offer a player.

1. Toasted Ravioli (Pictured Above) – I had never even heard of this stuff. Apparently it is pretty much a St. Louis staple. I don’t know how they make it, but it is DAMN good. It’s basically like beef ravioli and then they deep fry it or something to make it just a little bit crunchy. I’ll be honest, I was skeptical of this stuff. We got it as an appetizer at this place called Blueberry Hill (cool old-timey restuarant where Chuck Berry still plays once or twice a month) and they bring it out with marinara and parmesan cheese. Shit was rollin’, I highly recommend checking it out if you ever get to STL or happen to be somewhere else that has it.

2. Ted Drew’s Custard – This frozen custard place has been around since like 1929 or something like that in the STL, and it was off the chi. Went here with Big Soda and his friend Katie late one night. For my NC peoples, this place was kind of like Goodberry’s, but it was about a zillion times better. The custard was super smooth. Big Soda got one of their trademarks called “The Cardinal Sin”. I can’t really remember what was in it, but tart cherries were a part of the equation. The Monster went for his own combination of Chocolate/Mint/Marshmallow and it was quite tasty.

3. IMO’s Pizza – Another St. Louis standby, but this place is also a chain around there. They have like 15 or something. Their slogan is “The Square that Can’t Compare,” because they rock those square slices on their pizza. The crust is pretty thin, but the main difference and specialty of the spot is that the cheese on the pizza is Provel cheese. Provel is some type of fake cheese (like Velvetta) that is actually a mixture of like 3 or 4 different cheeses. I found this to be really good, but really cheesy-feeling. I ate half the medium pizza and felt like I had eaten gallons of pure cheese. Despite that, it was really good pizza, I should have just eaten less of it.

4. Pappy’s Ribs – Like the second day there, we hit up this BBQ joint called Pappy’s. I opted for the ribs and MAN. MAN OH MAN. These shits were so fu**ing good. I almost requested a return journey like 2 days later, but figured I’d be made fun of so I held back. The only better ribs I think I have had were the homemade ones by Blog Staffer Sliz’s pops back in our college days. I might have to have Big Soda dry freeze some of these bitches and Fedex them to the Cack because that shit was incredible.

5. Crepery – One morning for breakfast, we hit up this place called the Crepery. This was after trying IHOP, First Watch, and one other breakfast place (they were all jam packed because it was Sunday morning), but where we ended up couldn’t have been better. I got the “Caramel Apple Crepe” which was a crepe with very thin sliced apples, pecans, walnuts, caramel, whipped creme and a couple strawberries. The most rollin’ breakfast I have had in a long time. Quite filling too.

6. ______ Deli – I forgot the name of this place, so Big Soda going to have to comment and fill y’all in on this one. This Italian deli in a cool little neighborhood is famous for their Hot Salami sandwhiches. They slice it right in front of you, pound on the cheese and whatever toppings you want, and then you are all set. I HOUSED this thing and it was great. The thin salami really set shit off. How do you know you just ate an incredible Salami sandwhich? After you finish, you pass out in a chair for 2 hours even though you aren’t even tired. Classic Food Coma, so you know this shit was LEGIT.

7. White Castle – After a late night of drinking (some bars open til 3) and then some late night chilling with one of Big Soda’s boys, we hit up White Castle on the way home. This can only be described with one word: MISTAKE.