Things have been extremely retarded in my life in the past week and I been trying to tell myself its just me and things are not really all that wierd, but dammit, last night I dreamed that Diddy was the head of a drug cartel and was trying to kill me. I think its pretty fucken clear at this point that its not me! LOL
Open Thread….
Per Bossip:
” Apparently no one in the Jacko family has any money anymore. Even Tito Jackson is taking money from people and not paying them back, allegedly. A martial arts teacher in Devon, England, is suing Tito for almost $25K, claiming that Wacko’s older bro still owes him that much bread from almost $40,000 he loaned him earlier this year. The original loan, says Matt Fiddes, was for T.J. and his family to travel to north Devon to check out some real estate. ”
See, CJP, ya speak negativity into the air, and it comes to be! LOL
Born: February 29, 1984
Bronx, NY
Hometown: New Brunswick, NJ
Residence: Raleigh, NC
Ht: / Wt: 6′5″ / 195 lbs
Event(s): 4×100m free relay
The U.S. men — Michael Phelps, Garrett Weber-Gale, Cullen Jones and Jason Lezak — set a world record, finishing in 3:08.24. France took second, Australia third.
The victory gave Michael Phelps his second gold medal here in Beijing — in a race that had shaped up to be one of the most difficult on his quest for eight. The French and even the Australians had widely been considered prerace favorites.
“He’s on a mission to win eight,” Jones said of Phelps, “and we’re happy to be a part of it.”
Awwww….. and he’s humble too.
After two years of eating Multnomah County jail food while awaiting trial for aggravated murder, Tremayne Durham was dreaming of buckets of fried chicken. Last week, as part of a plea deal, he got it. Two kinds. Circuit Court Judge Eric Bergstrom agreed to the unusual arrangement. Shortly after pleading guilty, Durham sat down to a feast of KFC chicken, Popeye’s fried chicken, mashed potatoes, coleslaw, carrot cake and Hagen-Dazs ice cream. And when he is sentenced next month, he’ll dine on calzones, pizza, lasagna and ice cream.
But a colleague, Judge Michael McShane, said judges need flexibility in plea deals. He said the dinner is an inconsequential concession in a death-penalty case. “What Eric has to weigh is an odd request versus the raw economics of the taxpayer money that’s going to be spent,” McShane said.
A plea bargain saves the victim’s family from having to sit through an emotional trial, McShane said. Durham’s trial was scheduled to last five weeks. If convicted and given the death penalty or even life in prison, Durham’s appeals could last 20 years and cost the state over $1 million, legal experts say. Durham, 33, agreed to a sentence of life in prison with the possibility of release after 30 years. He agreed not to appeal. Durham, a New York resident and convicted rapist, pleaded guilty to the June 2006 aggravated murder of Adam Duane Calbreath, 39, of Gresham.
Durham shot Calbreath in the head using a pillow as a silencer. Authorities say Durham wanted to sell ice cream and had ordered from an Oregon company an $18,000 truck that would play music. Durham then changed his mind but was refused a refund.
This world is going to hell in a hand basket!
Sup fam-o?
I’m bored, so let’s get this poppin.
First, visit the link below, then post your votes:
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Here’s mine:
-Jay-Z over Wayne
Though Wayne is undeniably more popular as of right NOW, he still lyrically can’t hold a candle to Jay. And when you add the fact he’s an admitted Jay-Z clone (among biting numerous others as well), I couldn’t in good conscience say he’s the better emcee.
-Nas over Scarface
Hard decision here, but I give the overall edge to Nasir. However, it should be noted that Face wins hands down in terms of consistency throughout his career, and losing here should not be considered a bad thing.
Sidenote: I love Nas, but ‘Nigger/Untitled’ was a definite letdown.
(Why the f**k is he rapping about aliens again?)
-Mobb Deep over UGK
Another hard one. Since I have to judge them as a group, the Mobb wins only because I’m more familiar with their body of work. I think Hav and P compliment each other well. UGK, on the other hand, lose because of Pimp C. Much respect to him, and God rest his soul, but I can’t say I was a fan.
Bun on the other hand, I fucks with, heavy. I wish I could vote for just him here.
-The Roots vs. Outkast
My Hip-Hop wont let me vote one way or another here. Though, Black Thought is my #1 emcee of all time.
-Wu-Tang Clan over Cash Money
The Wu gets this one easy, and it’s not even close. Any of the top guns from the Wu (Mef, Ghost, Rae etc) would rap circles around anyone on the Cash Money roster. Easily.
In my mind, these two aren’t even comparable in terms of lyrical ability, or commercial success.
-T.I. over 50 Cent
Curtis was never really much of a “rapper,” but dude knows knew how to keep people talking about him.
He loses here because he’s too one-dimensional. If it ain’t about busting guns, it’s about his ‘magic stick’. Shit is way past redundant now.
Tip on the other hand has easily been one of the best the game has to offer over the past years, and though his catalogue lost some points for ‘TI vs Tip’ it sounds like he’s still climbing.
-Luda over Lupe
I hate having to vote on this one. Lupe brings the heat on everything you hear him on, but he’s so “new” it’s hard to compare him to Luda. So that’s where he loses.
But on the note of Luda, am I the only one that thinks he’s probably the longest tenured MC in the game that HASN’T made a classic album yet?
I doubt Hip-Hop would ever forget him, but he needs that ‘one’ before I can call him a legend.
FINAL SCORE:
The North wins (4-2, with 1 undecided vote)
When hip hop comes under attack… they should pan crowds at the hip hop shows and see how hip hop bridges gaps…. republicans and democrats and drunks and potheads blacks and whites and asians and Ny’ers and Ohioans and Floridians and afros and slopes and mohawks…. all singing along to ONE melody they all agreed is the shit. You don’t see that type of stuff at any other event. I went to Rock Da Bells and its never ceases to amaze me when you got redhead white boys singing along to Dead Prez “The white house is the rockhouse and uncle sam is the number one pusha man”…. or when you got a european FAMILY ( yes mother, gray haired father and both kids) singing along with Biz… “you… you got what I neeeed”….
And at the expense of NAS’ grestest fan, William Joseph Simmons, I will fall back on the critique…lol.
I brought my truck back yesterday and it was bittersweet to say the least. This economy leaves no room for foolishness so I had to buck up and walk up out that bitch and dumbdown my vehicular profile. Even as the salesmen where willing to knock 7K off that Tahoe. I came in a nigger and walked out a better man…lol. Everyday a lil bit more of nigger falls off…. thats progress.
But its damn hard getting anything out here playing the nice guy so I always feels I have to be a nigger. Niggers get what they want and usually when I get into nigger mode… i usually get what I want. My homegirl bought a car and its fucking up on her. The dealership keeps on giving her the runaround. Her man is a square ass nigga that don’t know any better so I gotta play “captain save a ho”… but this will not be a recurring role. So I basically threaten the dealer dude by saying the bullshit 6 or 7 hundred dollars that it would take to fix her car would pale in comparison to the 40 or 45 broken windows that he will have to repair if her car isn’t fixed. I told him we can roll the dice on that threat if he wants because this won’t be the last visit.. That was Friday… she got her car back yesterday all ready to go. THEY CALL US N.IG.G.E.R !!!!!!
Last week I was in DC , I goes to the supermarket with shorty and there are two fat people outside the spot selling krispy kreme donuts on behalf of their church….lol. So I takes a step back and look at shorty and ask “is this serious”. I am thinking there are hidden cameras or that this is some practical joke. The woman is sitting there with an amputated leg, a box of kripy kreme donuts and she is selling it for her church !!!! So you want me to give you money for some gotdamn donuts…. so I can get fat and lopsided like you….. on the behalf of your church ???? ….. praise the motherfucking lord !!!!!!
And then we walks up in the supermarket and then they have this fucking self checkout line. 2 self check out registers being overseen by one employee. It took us about 10 minutes to check out 10 items…lol…. the regular line next to us took care of about 3 or 4 customers while we were doing our own shit. Common sense would tell us that that one employee overseeing us being retarded at the self checkout, could have probably checked out 4 or 5 people by the time both we were done. This is not like the EZ Pass lane…. its not like you just walk thru and it calculates all your shit… that would be EZ… that would be EXPRESS… I haven’t learned any skill in bagging and scanning… i must have missed that class. Let the fucking buyers buy and let the gotdam baggers bag. That shit wouldn’t last 1 day up here. I can’t picture standing on a line and waiting for some clown to bag and scan his own shit…. not if he was doing it like I was….. imagine waiting for that EBT card carrier to self check her shit…….
Women… yall got to do something about these skinny jeans….. S.K.I.N.N.Y …. that means if you don’t fit that profile, you shouldn’t be wearing them. Now I love a thicky. But thickies need to wear T.H.I.C.K.Y jeans… not S.K.I.N.N.Y jeans. I don’t mind when you leave lil bit to my imagination…. fuck that… leave that belly to everyone imagination. Ain’t nothing wrong with a lil kangaroo pouch but… who the fuck am I kidding… there is something wrong with that pouch. The reason why you got the fucking pouch is because niggers with no sexual morals been co-signing that shit… fuck that… no more co-signs. Work that shit out or wear a girdle. Pouches,Rolls, bellies, hairy cooches and curved penis’ should be handled in the privacy of your own home.
But niggas ain’t gonna turn you down so do what you do boo….
Queens Get The Money - dope track, weak lyrics, sad intro.
You Can’t Stop Us Now - dope loop, first verse is flame, hook makes sense. Good.
Breathe - track is kinda radio/clubish. nice, but… concept is nice. Errr.
Make The World Go Round - Errr. Again, this track is off. Nice, but… 4 tracks in and I’m confused. Sounds like a Game track. Nas’ second verse is terrible.
Hero - Ha Ha. Nas can’t be serious. Track is busy but okay I guess.
America - Track is terrible. What is this? The verses are kinda alright, but wow.
Sly Fox - Uh ohhhhh. Guitaaaarzzzzz. And errr Nas, NBC does the predator shows man. Egypt.
Testify - Track is laid back. I wouldn’t mind this track if not for the rest of the radio directed stuff that came before. Feh.
N.I.G.G.E.R - Song that fits the concept of the album best so far, and that ain’t sayin much.
Untitled - Strange track selection again. Where’s Kanye? Andre? Lyrics are alright. Better than some of the previous songs.
Fried Chicken - Ehhhh.
Project Roach - I like the sample in this…but this is short. Matter of fact, a few of these songs are short. Nothing wrong with that.
Y’all My Niggas - This track is a stretch. But at least the concept is a little more focused. Again, sounds like a Kanye affair. Not Nas. But eh.
We’re Not Alone - Ummmmmmmmmmmmmm. Take off the wool!!!!!
Black President - No comment. Funny use of a Pac sample though. Track is doable.
*These are my quick thoughts listening to this on Sunday
Now after a few days of letting it all sink in, I can comment a little further on the album.
**SIGH**
I know exactly why they didn’t let Nas title this album ‘Nigger’. Because it would have been an embarrassment to you, me, and Aunt Edna. Rarely does he spit anything relevant to the argument that the use of “Nigger” is justified. Two songs touch on that? Maybe? Not nearly enough to warrant such a provocative title, and certainly not worthy of the amount of controversy Nas managed to generate prior to the album’s release. Dude coulda just dropped a few tracks on it back then and that woulda been enough.
As far as the larger issue of race relations in America and the state of the “black community”, Nas is hardly capable of bringing anything new to the conversation, nor are his points easy to pick out in between stray hiphop cliches. I was expecting an attempt at “dropping some knowledge”. You know, KRS-One type ish. Failure. Hardly held my attention, and the beat selection might be partly to blame.
The beats. The beats. The beats.
For all the yap Nas talks about the radio… dude sure spent a lot of time picking non-hard beats. Tracks 3,4,5,6,7,10, and 13 are some head scratchers for me. 3,4, and 5 are pure radio. 7, the “rock” track, is just sad. 10 and 13 needed Kanye. After track 6 though, I was just about ready to abort mission on the thing. Luckily I’m a soldier and carried on. As I said in my comments, I was hella confused at track 4. Track 6 is throwaway, which is sad given it’s one of the songs that actually contains relevant content. 2, 8, 12, and 15 are the only tracks I would bother with.
It’s not so much Nas’ lyrics, he does shine through in spots (when he’s focused). It’s his so-so attempt at being “serious” combined with some of the weakest beats I’ve heard in a minute that really kill this album for me. Outside of the “Nigger” concept, this album is just another album. Inside of the “Nigger” concept, this album is a weed plate. The production is that terrible, IMO. If I were to ignore the past year and take this album at face value it’s a non-classic. Not the worst album ever, but nothing to brag about either, coming from an emcee regarded as being one of the best to ever do it. I simply expected more. (not really, I fully anticipated Nas to fuck this up royally and in that he did not let me down, A for effort)
What can I say.
**Bilal voice**
I could do what Nas can do, only I can do it better!
SWIIIIIITCH!
**Important**
Anyone else not able to get into the site admin? Lemme know!!!! This is also an opportunity to blame dig, take advantage. LOL.
One of the greatest links I think I’ve ever found.
Niggaz…
this is JUST the list for July.
WOOOOOOOOOW!
And there’s a shit ton more.
Y’all know what to do.
I’ve already downloaded Jodeci Diary of a Mad Band and Don’t Be Cruel (WOOT X 1000).
ROAD TRIP
The Cliffs Notes
I may include a better description of my 1st Annual Road Trip of Clarity in the next day or so (complete with pictures!), but until then, I’m gonna give you the SportsCenter ticker version.
Highlights:
Lowlights
So those are the high/low lights. Next time I might have to fly to Southern Canada, as long as there is no airshow.
Jae is Miss 800th Post.
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