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Iverson Is NOT The Answer…

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

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For my Knicks

Truthfully he isn’t the answer to any team right now because he still considers himself a primetime player. If Iverson could sublimate his ego he would be a good fit on any number of contending clubs. Cleveland or Boston would benefit having his talents. More importantly tho’ is that Iverson would also have to alter himself as a player and shooter.

Do you remember VINNIE ‘The Microwave‘ JOHNSON? He earned the nickname because he was able to score a bunch of points really fast. He could heat up quickly. Can Iverson become a microwave because right now he is coal furnace filled with bricks. Vinnie Johnson also played stifling defense which Iverson absolutely does not.

All I know is that the Knicks and Iverson both deserve better at this point.

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RAKIM 2009: More Goat, Less G.O.A.T.

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

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Rakim is the father to the styles of NaS, Jay, Black Thought, Ice Cube, Raekwon, Prodigy, B.I.G. and Big Pun. And subsequently any other latter and lesser emcee that considers themselves to be lyrically impressive. But the truth is that Rakim’s work over the last ten years doesn’t have the impact to the culture of Hip-Hop that his first ten years tattoed on rap music. Sadly, it’s actually not admissible.

Did Rakim fall off? No. The peloton caught up to him. The wake of the lane that Rakim created allowed rappers with more charisma(B.I.G., Big Pun) and greater stamina(NaS, Jay-Z) to draft this sentient artist back to the Earth. Their metaphors and similes increased our sensations and aided Hip-Hop in transforming the globe, but it was Rakim who gave them the spark of ghetto gangster poetry.

I’m not going to tell you to open up the new Rakim album ‘The 7th Seal’ because you might feel let down that there aren’t any new classics on the disk. Can we fault Rakim for setting the bar as high as he did? Nope. The legacy of music we have from him still rates the consideration for his GOAT status. Is it selfish and unfair to want artists to remain in that box that we first encountered them?


‘Holy Are You’ *(best of the new)

‘I Ain’t No Joke’

‘Follow The Leader’

‘Juice (Know The Ledge)’

‘Microphone Fiend’ *(possibly the greatest rap song of all time)

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Toy Story: Star Wars – The Fett Legacy

Monday, November 16th, 2009

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I have been going in hardbody on mty action figure steez ever since the TJX family of retailers has been coming up on them. I’m not too fond of the latest generations of Star Wars and G.I.Joe figures because of their pune design but when I saw this three pack called ‘Star Wars Evolutions: The Fett Legacy’ I had to copp.

Boba Fett was only like most prA’li the second most badass guy in the universe. How many other people were unafraid to give Darth Vader backtalk? Boba Fett was all like, “Captain Solo is worth a lot to me buddy.”. And then Vader told him he’d get his paper whether Solo lived the carbonization process or not. Fux it, I’m watching Ep.5 tonight.

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Mattel also gives up Boba Fett’s dad, Jango Fett in the pack as well as this super badass Force legacy character named Mandalore the Indomitable. This dude is supposed to be character that all the Mandalorian bounty hunters sprung up from.

I admit that I don’t have the Force legacy shit down pat like that but I do know that the Fetts wear Mandalorian armor and you have to be extra hardbody to own that shit. It’s the equivalent of rocking a dookey rope walking around Albee Square Mall in 1985.

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Mandalore and other Sith confederates

True Star Wars junkies like myself appreciate the attention to detail and articulation that these figures have. I just wish their scale was a bit larger. I saw several other legacy packs that featured characters from the days of the Old Republic. I might have to copp the Clone legacy pack if I see that joint floating around.

You already know I copped two(2) of the Fett legacy packs. Someone just needs to give me a reason to send it to them.

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pics via Captain Toy

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VitaminWater >>> Moon Water…

Monday, November 16th, 2009

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NASA’s little experiment to see if there is water on the moon has worked…

Water on the Moon Confirmed by NASA Crashes

Sweet.

Now tell me just exactly what all this other moonshit has been about for the previous 40 years? Dudes did walk on the moon right? And dudes did collect samples from the moon back then because that shit is in the Smithsonian? Because if they didn’t walk on the moon, and y’all bad guys killed JFK and Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. for no good gotdamn reason other than to put drugs in the community and undermine Black males I am going to be so not happy.

This is why I envy the white. Y’all NEVER have to concern yourselves with the greater global community for really real. You just have to stay in your lane and maintain the status quo. You know, pick up your dog’s feces and opt for paper instead of plastic. All the tough morality falls to the learned Blacks. Sure I know that no one wants to be the white that messes up supremacy and the privilege for future generations.

Who am I kidding anyhoo? Neither do I.

Forget this drop even occurred.

Nothing to see here.

Move along…

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OSIRIS LIVES… (O.D.B. R.I.P. ReMix)

Friday, November 13th, 2009

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Editor’s Note: This post was originally issued as an e-mail blast after the tragic death of RUSSELL T. JONES a/k/a OL’ DIRTY BASTARD. The WU-TANG Collective gathers at the Hammerstein Ballroom in N.Y.C. to celebrate the life and legacy of O.D.B. on February 14, 2006. Peace to OL’ DIRTY. Peace to the WU.

I never got a chance to really open up and show my love to BIG BABY JESUS(OL’ DIRTY). Next to GHOSTFACE, I felt the soundtrack to his life the most. There is so much mental energy that we Black men exert on an everyday basis just to keep from going crazy. The socio-political-economic system that we live under acts like water running down a drain and we struggle daily not to go under. Not that anyone out here has it particularly easy(white included) because when your taxes aren’t paid on time, Uncle Sam will come to your door to get his regardless of your last name. Your last name only determines if he will ring the doorbell or kick in the door.

I should pra’li give thanks to the WU real quick also. The WU-TANG clan illustrated the diaspora that is the Black Man. The members were individually talented and collectively invincible. Not since PUBLIC ENEMY has there been a group as diversely and intelligently orchestrated. Each member of the clan used their particular style to imprint and transform rap music. The term ‘ice’ belonged to the WU. If you don’t believe me please go copp RAEKWON’s ultra-classic first album also featuring GHOSTFACE KILLAH.

Without the WU-TANG CLAN who could we look for to express Black male unity? The 1980’s wannabe crack dealing reminscent DIPLOMATS? STATE PROPERTY? Isn’t ‘State Property’ the term used for incarcerated slave labor?!? The Gay Unit, oops, I meant to say G-UNIT.

Well all I got to say is one thing to say. ‘Shimmy Shimmy Y’all’. WU-TANG FOREVER!


Brooklyn Zoo


The Stomp


Baby C’mon


Shimmy Shimmy Ya’


Hippa To Da Hoppa


Rawhide


Brooklyn Zoo II (Tiger Crane)

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