Observer

It's been three long years since rapper Lupe Fiasco graced hip-hop lovers with his sophomore album, The Cool. Surprising his eager fans on Thanksgiving day of 2009 with an online mixtape, Enemy of the State, Fiasco is creeping his way back into the spotlight with the quiet release of his new single "I'm Beamin'", which is now available on iTunes.

For those still getting over the wondrous beauty of Avatar in 3-D Imax, and are in the mood for a non-3-D epic, The Book of Eli will do the trick. The most recent film directed by Allen and Albert Hughes, delivers the elements of violence and depravity one would expect from their past projects like Menace II Society and From Hell.

This past week Apple released its newest piece of gadgetry, the iPad. Slated to release its Wi-fi model in March and the 3G models in April, this touch-screen palm piece of equipment has techies wondering if the company known for creating state of the art electronics has come to a disappointing halt.

I could begin this in so many different ways, but no matter how I start nothing seems to fit. On Friday, January 27, J.D. Salinger passed away. All the effusive and never-ending tributes and obituaries have put it so much better than I could. I'm at a loss for words, but then Mr.

Rapper, actress, and singer Dana Elaine Owens, better known as Queen Latifah, was born March 18, 1970 and raised here in Newark, New Jersey. Throughout her career, Queen Latifah has won the African American Film Festival Award for her role as Cleopatra 'Cleo' Sims in 1996's Set It Off.

The host-less Grammy award ceremony was held January 31st at the Staples Center in California. A night usually known for praising all genres of music, seemed for the most part, to be playing the same mellow tune all evening. There were high hopes when the show began with a stellar performance by Lady Gaga doing a ballad version of "Poker Face.

Now off the runway and onto the sidewalks, jumpsuits have been fluttering the fashionable masses. Usually seen as an unattainable piece to "pull off," what many do not know is that a wide variety has been in stores for quite some time. Whether they are shorts, skinny legged, wide legged, or capris, jumpsuits are the fast and fabulous quintessential solution to looking any desired way for any occasion.