De Beers has boosted rough diamond prices by 16 percent so far this year due to strong demand, the firm said on Tuesday.

De Beers, 45 percent owned by mining group Anglo American, said in July it was cautious about developments in the second half due to a downturn in the United States, the top diamond jewelery market.

Last month, De Beers said a difficult retail market in the United States, which accounts for around half of all diamond jewelery sales, was dampening sales of cheaper, mass market items using lower quality gems.

Source: De Beers rough diamond prices up 16 pct in 2008

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Anglo American has been a great stock play since I started following it back in 2004. But it seems like the Down Economy might even soften the Diamond Trade. I still think it will hold strong since every girl in middle America still wants a rock for her wedding.

The Rest is Up to You….

Michael Porfirio Mason
AKA The Peoples Champ
AKA The G you should have Killed last year
AKA The Only One
The Guide to Getting More out of Life
http://www.thegmanifesto.com

Ryan Leslie “Diamond Girl” Official Video – Rough Cut

Exotic Dancing may not be an Olympic Sport yet, but we do have Pole Vaulting.

Russia’s Yelena Isinbayeva defeats America’s Jenn Stuczynski.

Yelena Isinbayeva

Womens Pole Vault World Record – 5.01M – Yelena Isinbayeva

Yelena Isinbayeva

Yelena Isinbayeva 5.04 in Monaco

Pretty sick actually.

I can leap tall girls in a single bound too.

The Rest is Up to You…

Michael Porfirio Mason
AKA The Peoples Champ
AKA The G you should have Killed last year
AKA The Only One
The Guide to Getting More out of Life
http://www.thegmanifesto.com

A Burlingame bank robbery suspect who crashed his car and scattered money on Interstate 880 in Hayward had taken $38,000 and told police that he committed the holdup because of the economy.

The suspect jumped on the counter, flashed a .38-caliber chrome revolver and ordered the seven people in the bank to the ground. Classic “take-over” bank robbery, as opposed to a “note job”.

When police tried to pull the car over, the suspect sped off and crashed as he attempted to enter the freeway going north. Poor get-away driving. The driver tried to run away, but pursuing officers shocked him with a Taser and arrested him.

Source: Bank robbery suspect cited economy in heist

I said in Outlook for 2008 to expect to “see more high-dollar International heists in 2008″. The Down Economy will also bring out more amateurs on low-dollar heists as well.

The Rest is Up to You…

Michael Porfirio Mason
AKA The Peoples Champ
AKA The Seventh Letter
The Guide to Getting More out of Life
http://www.thegmanifesto.com

Gang Starr – Code Of The Streets

Great tracks to kick back to on a warm summer day with a fly girl, whip up some Squid Ink linguine, some free range organic Coho Salmon with a Grapefruit, honey sauce and sip a clean refreshing Pinot Grigio while puffing on jacks.

Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper

Sampled on Love Ya Moms by N.O.R.E. Dope track.

N.O.R.E. – Love Ya Moms featuring Musaliny-N-Maze, Gold and Complexions

Buy N.O.R.E. God’s Favorite

Buy Cyndi Lauper’s Time After Time

The Rest is Up to You…

Michael Porfirio Mason
AKA The Peoples Champ
AKA The G you should have Killed last year
AKA The Only One
The Guide to Getting More out of Life
http://www.thegmanifesto.com

I don’t think either of these tracks are “Gentleman’s Club Classics” per se, (and I don’t mean Tom Keller’s Per Se either) but I have been peeling Exotic Dancers to these tracks lately.

Nelly ft. Ashanti & Akon – Body on Me

Yung Berg – The Business ft Casha
The Buisness – Yung Berg Ft. Casha

The Rest is Up to You…

Michael Porfirio Mason
AKA The Peoples Champ
The Guide to Getting More out of Life
http://www.thegmanifesto.com

Great song to kick back on a beautiful summer Saturday with a fly girl, make up some Gazpacho Andaluz, smoke some jacks and sip on Spanish white. Diana can sing. And its bone chilling when she goes “all in” on the third verse.

Missing You – Diana Ross (Which is a tribute song to G Manifesto Hall of fame member, Marvin Gaye if you didn’t know)

The Rest is Up to You…

Michael Porfirio Mason
AKA The Peoples Champ
AKA The G you should have Killed last year
AKA The Only One
AKA The Brick Layer
The Guide to Getting More out of Life
http://www.thegmanifesto.com

Lupe Fiasco, Wale and Kardinal Offishal drop some dope lyrics on “Dope Boys”

Lupe Fiasco Ft. Wale & Kardinal Offishal – Dope Boys(Remix)

Maybe the sickest horn Sample ever from:

Tom Scott – Today

Originally sampled on:

Pete Rock & CL Smooth-T.R.O.Y. (They Reminisce Over You)

The Rest is Up to You…

Michael Porfirio Mason
AKA The Peoples Champ
The Guide to Getting More out of Life
http://www.thegmanifesto.com

Wale, The G Manifesto’s Best Break out Hip-Hop Artist, strikes again and shreds to the track with Young Chris on one of the illest hip-hop tracks so far this year.

Check it:

Wale – Whole Time ft. Young Chris

Update: 8/17/08

My little brother Nicholas Alfonso Mason, AKA The Jaguar, told me the sample is from an instrumental version of the Goldfinger theme:

Shirley Bassey – Goldfinger
Shirley Bassey – Goldfinger (live 11-03-06) – Shirley Bassey

Goldfinger theme

Connie Francis- Goldfinger

The Rest is Up to You…

Michael Porfirio Mason
AKA The Peoples Champ
AKA The G you should have Killed last year
AKA The Only One
The Guide to Getting More out of Life
http://www.thegmanifesto.com

It’s no secret that the US Economy is taking heavy shots, like keeping your hands low in a fight with Andre Berto. We have a trade imbalance. A Weak as Affliction shirt, US Dollar. Sky-high, rocketing debt. A national housing market in the dumps. A credit crunch with tight as my Game lending policies. Energy costs through the roof. Devastated consumer confidence. Tortoise Slow job growth. A really stupid war that is getting stupider by the minute. Pending elections.

Seems like everyone is walking around with slim pockets these days. You even see mortgage brokers, in their striped shirts, that were buying Bottle Service 9 months ago, walking off the bankruptcy floor of a chop shop law firm now. Except instead of the striped shirts, they are wearing Christian Audigier. And instead of selling mortgages, they are auditioning for wack Reality TV shows.

Anyways, there are still a lot of moves you can make that are “recession proof” and even some moves that perform better in a Down Economy.

So if you are looking to “cake up”, you have come to the right place, because I have some tricks up my high-arm-holed sleeve of my custom Neapolitan suit. We have already covered Swooping Girls in a Down Market, now here are the Top Ten G Manifesto Certified ways to make money in a Down Economy:

Import – Exports

Exports to China. We have a very weak US Dollar right now. Which means our products are Compton Swap meet-cheap for countries with strong currencies and economies like China. China is gobbling up innovative US products right now. (However, very recently, the Chinese economy is showing signs of slowing).

Bringing automatic weapons across the border to Mexico is also a profitable move. There is a War going on outside and the cartels will pay a premium for quality “Goat’s Horns” and other weapons. The increasing globalization of trade and electronic info-commerce has made it easier than ever for Arms Flippers to circumvent the national arms control systems and to exploit weak links in the very fragile international regulatory chain. I mean, who doesn’t like exploiting weak links?

Open a Taco Shop

You might think I am joking here. But with a Down Economy, comes the need for “cheap eats”. In Southern California specifically, people can’t get enough of Mex. It’s akin to Crack Rock in the 80’s. Serious, people in Southern California eat the stuff non-stop.

You could also open a flip-flop store. I am being serious here again. Girls in Southern California wear tons of flip-flops. Way more than high- heels. That’s why Southern California girls seem so short. Or open a store that sells Affliction Shirts. Seems like every jerkoff can’t stop wearing Affliction these days.

I bet if you open a Taco Shop that sells flip-flops and Affliction Shirts in Southern California, you would be a millionaire in no time. People are that stupid.

Commodity trading

Commodities have been very bullish for the past 10 years. Pockets have gone from flat to fat, your humble author’s included. Commodity trading is however, by definition, risky. (Let’s keep this in perspective. Commodity trading is not as risky as say, heisting armored trucks). Personally, I embrace that risk. For the weak at heart, invest in commodity-based exchange-traded funds which can be pretty Smooth as well.

Cigarette Smuggling

Cigarette costs are ridiculous in some states. Cheaper in others (and other countries). If you can’t see the profit play here, I don’t know who can help you.

BRICS

Expansion is happening in unprecedented proportions in the so-called BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) and elsewhere around the world. By my estimates, there should be additional spending of $40 trillion over the next quarter-century or so. Investing in global providers of electrical-system services and components are a good solid profit play. Also, power-transmission, power-management systems and industrial-automation products and systems should help you stack mountains of chips over the next few years.

Porn

Sure it’s saturated. But show me a girl that hasn’t thought of doing porn in this Down Economy and I will show you 20 Southern California girls that already have thought of it or acted on those thoughts. And I will show you a hundred guys that are plastic ready to pony up the dough to check it out on their laptop.

Less security, easier for heists

We have seen this time and time again with a rise of International Luxury Heists.

Even “note jobs” are up.

With a Down Economy comes cut backs. Fortunately for the G/ Heistman, these cut backs include security and security systems. All the better for daring heists by dashing Heistmen, Oh my Brothers.

Loan Sharking

I can’t even begin to tell you how many people have asked me for a loan since the Down Economy started. I was involved in the Shylocking Game as a younger Prototype G and I can tell you it can be very profitable. It can be really messy too, but that’s neither Super Tuscan nor Superfly.

For less risk but less juice, get in on the payday loan scams.

Drugs

When we have a Down Economy, people seem to have the need to get lifted. Even more lifted than normal. (I will go into setting up a Drug Dealing Firm in a Future G Manifesto). Just keep in mind, to be a successful drug dealer concentrate on Excellent Quality, Safety and have Fast, Trustworthy distribution.

Standover Drug Dealers

One of my personal favorites. Drug dealers by and large are scum, have lots of CASH and give up their CASH easy when you point a Desert Eagle at them. Sort of an “easy come, easy go” situation, if you will. Most drug dealers are just asking for you to Standover them. Just make sure you deal with “independent” pharmacists. Yuppie dealers and suburban dealers are your best targets.

Doing biz with the rich

This is pretty obvious. The rich always have money even in a Down Economy. It doesn’t matter if you broker deals with them, sell crap to them or heist them.

Business, in this day and age, is done in one of two ways: sell lots of crap to tons of retarded people, i.e. the masses, or sell few high-end products to a high-end clientele. (Actually, Business is done in more ways than that, but I am trying to simplify things…it’s a Blog Post for Christ’s sake). American corporations (McDonalds, Starbucks, Christian Audigier) typically focus on the former. But as Immortal Technique says:

“So if your message ain’t shit, fuck the records you sold
Cause if you go platinum, it’s got nothing to do with luck
it just means that a million people are stupid as fuck”

Concentrate your business on the latter. It will help you sleep well at night. After all, money isn’t everything.

So what do I do to make money in the Down Economy?

Do me a favor.

The Rest is Up to You…

Michael Porfirio Mason
AKA The Peoples Champ
AKA The G you should have Killed last year
AKA The Only One
The Guide to Getting More out of Life
http://www.thegmanifesto.com

Immortal Technique – Industrial Revolution

Demetrius Andrade was far too much for Andre Balanov, who only scored one point — he got two more on a curious penalty against Andrade for ducking. The American’s technically superb victory avenged a loss to the 32-year-old Balanov in Russia back in early 2005 when the current world champion welterweight was a raw prospect from Providence, R.I., on his first international trip.

“He was the first person I ever fought over, maybe, 22,” Andrade said. “I was real nervous. I’m only 16, I’ve got no power, I can’t hold the guy. I went in there and did my thing, but I learned from it, and it got me to where I am today.”

That’s one victory from a guaranteed medal, and three wins from gold. He’ll fight South Korea’s Kim Jung-joo on Sunday for a semifinal place.

Source: American welterweight Andrade sends another Russian home

He is no Sugar Ray Leonard, but Demetrius Andrade impressed today and he is one to watch in the pros if developed correctly.

The Rest is Up to You…

Michael Porfirio Mason
AKA The Peoples Champ
AKA The G you should have Killed last year
The Guide to Getting More out of Life
http://www.thegmanifesto.com

Melachi The Nutcracker – Words From The Nutcracker