I was at my pops crib this weekend in the garage looking for my turntable and receiver when I turned over a box and my Motorola Timeport from the early 2000s fell out. For all the cats that think that the iphone and the blackberry are the greatest thing since sliced bread, let me introduce you to this.

Throwing this thing on the charge deck set off a bbm session between me and my boys I used to promote with. This thing was clutch. Gen1 didn’t have a phone but it had everything else, and if you think that showing a girl the latest iphone app is a set opener, you have no idea what beaming a hot ringtone did; If you didn’t have one of these things back then, you were not the man, period! … I loved this thing, I loved it so much I might try and get it activated tomorrow!!!

Hit the jump for a throwback video that m-a-d-e this two way, ***spoiler alert*** its a Jay Z video – I Just Want to Love You

Who sang New York City’s true anthem better? Frank Sinatra and Jay-Z both have recorded sensational hits declaring their love for the city that never sleeps. Sinatra’s 1980’s hit, “New York, New York” still lives in on people’s hearts today while Jay-Z’s catchy hip-hop tune, “Empire State of Mind,”has become the anthem for all celebrated NY sport victories. Jay-Z claims he’s “the new Sinatra” in the hit song also, but does the Hoboken-native Frankie still hold the title for the city’s anthem.

Leading off is Jay-Z’s “Answer the Call” September 11th performance, followed at 11:30 p.m. by “Frank Sinatra: The Main Event”, a concert which originally aired live Oct. 13, 1974.

Check your local listing for Fuse Channel or the MSG Network, I suggest you get DVR’d up too!

after the jump, Jays tribute to Frank at the AMAs….

Jay-Z, whose appearance at Glastonbury last year irked Noel Gallagher but thrilled the Somerset masses, will headline next year’s Isle of Wight festival, it was announced today. The US rapper will appear on the Friday night, with fellow New Yorkers The Strokes doing the honours on Saturday. Other acts include Pink, Blondie, Orbital and Squeeze.

The Strokes recently picked up the NME album of the decade award for their 2001 debut, Is This It.Pink, who has achieved more than 23m album sales, has been announced as a special guest for the Sunday night.

Festival promoter John Giddings said: “Ever since I heard the first Strokes album, I’ve wanted them for the Isle of Wight. Jay-Z and Pink are two of the best live acts I have ever seen and the Blondie hits speak for themselves. I can’t wait.”Some 55,000 music fans are expected to attend the festival, which runs at Seaclose park, Newport, between 11 and 13 June. Tickets go on sale this Friday.

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I will go on record as saying I have always like Dame Dash. He’s the kind of dude that seemed to always have fun while matriculating through the business. Maybe it caught up to him somewhat because he trusted dudes that maybe he shouldn’t have once the money got to big, but you can’t fault a dude for being true to who he is and believing in his dudes.

I’m sure we will never get the full story on what happened with Roc-a-fella, but recently we are hearing a lot of chatter of what went down back in the day. To me it was great, they built it up, and everything was everything until it got too big for its own good. Here Dame speaks on a lot of stuff that has been floating around lately. His side, good to hear. He’s one of the cats that I believe actually, because his story seems so real.

You always want to see how music is made… this is some behind the scenes of Jay Z and Robin Thicke working out recently