Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Def Poetry For Your Weekend Viewing Pleasure

For those of you who have slept on it, Def Poetry is where its at! Enjoy!


Jill Scott "Nothing Is For Nothing"


Common "God Is Freedom"


Shihan "This type love"


Kanye West "Bittersweet"


Sonia Sanchez "Poem For Some Women"


Saul Williams (Coded Language)



Thea Monyee' "Woman to Woman"


Erykah Badu


Deb Young "Children Of A Lesser God"



Cedric the Entertainer

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Father Involvement - Love It!

One of our favorite Chicas , Sinan, sent along this video for us to post. How sweet is this?



XOXO,

ChicaGoGetter

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Kanye West's New Album "Good Ass Job" This December? Maybe? Possibly? Hopefully!



Coming off of the success of the Graduation album and the AMAZING Glow in the Dark Tour Mr. West is rumored to be releasing his next masterpiece cleverly (rumored to be) titled Good Ass Job (because what else could come after Graduation) in December 2008.

During the 2008 VMA's Yeezy closed the show debuting his single "Love Lock Down". We're totally hoping the album drops this year....that takes care of our gifting lists for the Holidays.


If Viacom quits hating, we'll post the YouTube video for you to check out.

XOXO,

ChicaGoGetter

Check Us Out On Imeem.com

We know you love our music mixes so check out the full library on the ChicaGoGetter Imeem Community here. You can even join the site and make your own mixes and send them to us and we'll GLADLY put them in rotation. Holla!



Friday, September 5, 2008

ChicaGo Area Chicas - Monday September 8th: Forté Foundation Forum: The MBA Value Proposition - Chicago


Chicas, on Monday September 8th learn about exciting careers in business, network with successful women business leaders, and find out how an MBA degree can open doors and present opportunities you never knew existed. Whether you’re interested in advancing within your current industry, switching careers, or starting your own venture, the Forté Forum can put you on the path to professional fulfillment. To learn more about the Forums, please visit the Forté Forum Information Page here




About Forté Foundation

Forté Foundation is a consortium of major corporations and top business schools that has become a powerful change agent in educating and directing talented women toward leadership roles in business.

MISSION
The mission is to substantially increase the number of women business leaders by increasing the flow of women into key educational gateways and business networks.

They seek to achieve this mission by:

Motivating young women to prepare for a business career
Increasing women's access to education and business networks
Educating women on the value of an MBA
Supporting women financially in their business education
Raising awareness of the impact women can make on business and on society/culture/environment/economy
Encouraging and supporting cutting-edge research on relevant topics

Cool Kids ... Even Cooler - Mikey Rocks & Chuck Inglish




A couple members of the ChicaGoGetter crew had a chance to chill with Mikey Rocks and Chuck Inglish better known as The Cool Kids at a recent private MySpace event at Chicago's CastAways. We loved these dudes before but love them even more because they were so down to earth and represented the Go very well.


Mikey Rocks - Cool kids

Friday Music Mix - Over 1200 Tracks Enjoy!

new & old music a lil bit of everything

This is definitely a borrowed list. But it has a mix of songs that I would playfully describe as both ignorance and bliss. There's something for everyone on this. I especially rolled on the floor for a few minutes after hearing the track cleverly named "The Forest Gump". Big thanks to Brianna Norfleet for creating the list.

Happy Friday and XOXO,
RD, ChicaGoGetter

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Diddy on John McCain and Sarah Palin

Thoughts from one of the most opinionated men in entertainment. I had to laugh out loud but agree with some of the comments. The man has a right to his opinion on John McCain's recent controversial decision to "hire" the Governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, as his running mate. Please excuse Diddy's gratuitous dropping of the "F" bomb and check out Palin's RNC speech tonight to craft your own opinion on the this lady.

XOXO,
RD