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The CHUCKSTER…

Tuesday, May 20th, 2014

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Happy Birthday Charles Barkley!

Back in the days in a time before lockouts. Long before every high school junior had to sign paperwork that declared he would be returning to complete his high school diploma and not opting out for the NBA draft. Well before the All Star game was synonymous with the police blotter. Way before 7pts per game, 7 boards and 7 turnovers could still earn you 7 figures. There was the CHUCKster.

For every bald-headed, over-priced-sneaker-wearin’, baggy-short-sportin’, number 23 wanna-be, there was the anti-JORDAN. Slightly rotund (read: fat), vertically challenged ballers had found their hero. He wore #34 for the Philadelphia Seventy-Sixers. He was more real than anyone swimming in DAVID STERN’s primetime fishbowl. CHARLES BARKLEY represented more of the American ideal than any politician since JOHN F. KENNEDY.

He had a smile that could outshine MAGIC’s. A work ethic that would exhaust LARRY BIRD. I will even place one of BARKLEY’s trademark ‘coast-to-coast, snatch rebouund from taller power forward or center, break out into dribble with behind the back crossover into explosive two hand flush with hang on rim swing’ over anything from the Jumpman. Well… almost anything, except for the baseline headfake on STARKS and OAK to the super rise flush on EWING’s flattop followed by the “nigga please” stareback. Even JORDAN fans had to admit that the CHUCKster represented that night in Detroit when he and LAIMBEER got down for the crown and went toe to toe.

My favorite season for SIR CHARLES was not that year when he first came to Phoenix. That’s when everybody else discovered how special his game was and he won the league MVP. I remember a few years prior in Philly, it was the 91-92 season. BARK was always one of the top five in scoring, rebounding and field goal percentage and this season there was a semblance of a cast to hold him down. At the point was MAURICE ‘MO’ CHEEKS, a cagey veteran. JOHNNY DAWKINS at the two. The frontcourt was filled, and I mean filled by BARK and former Piston RICK MAHORN.

BARK said that he was happy when Philly signed RICK from DETROIT because now he didn’t have the fattest ass in the lockerroom. At center was the inhuman shot blocker, 7′-6″ MANUTE BOL. BOL actually hit four treys in one game because BARK was telling him to shoot it. The sixth man of this fun team was the pre-VERNON MAXWELLIAN character SEDALE THREATT. SEDALE was just like JORDAN, but without the ‘J’. These misfits rumbled into the Eastern Conference semis and found themselves up against a Chicago Bulls team in the middle of their first dynasty.

It didn’t matter to me so much what the final outcome was (read: swept). BARKLEY’s presence in the postseason was all of the validity that I needed to appreciate my own special game. If CHARLES never gets his elusive title he should still receive some kind of plaque for letting all the ballers in double-extra-large drawls believe they can fly.

Meyhem Lauren: The World Is Yours…

Thursday, May 1st, 2014

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LAURENOVICCI!!!

Here’s Meyhem Lauren’s contribution to the NahRight x UpNorthTrips tribute tape to NaS ILLmatic 20th anniversary. All Queens Everything!

MEYHEM LAUREN X BUCKWILD “SILK PYRAMIDS” DROPS MAY 27TH

Rob Kelly feat. Timeless Truth: These Days

Saturday, April 26th, 2014

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Oh shit! Rob Kelly is taking over the rap internets. Hot97 need to fly this man over here and give him a slot on the festival stage.

“Fresh from his appearance alongside Sean Price on “RNS” from Memphis Bleek’s “The Movement 2” Irish rapper Rob Kelly is back with Queens duo Timeless Truth for “These Days” produced by J57 from the upcoming “Kel Perro”

Cuts by DJ Mayhem

Look out for the “Black Irish Rogue” on Boston imprint Commonwealth this Summer”

Official Lifestyle On The Lo…

Monday, March 3rd, 2014

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The homey for life JaiSlayer plugged me to a website that is dealing Lifestyle items on the low and offering impeccable service to make you a repeat customer. I asked them if they could get the tigerhead reversible flight jacket and then bong it was here in several days.

GET THE LO!

The owner is a former collector himself but he doesn’t sell pieces like some of the current cutthroat dealers who are in the game strictly for profiteering. I appreciate that and I’ll be keeping my business with him for the items that are super rare and expensive.

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Buze Bruvas Darts…

Wednesday, February 26th, 2014

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Fresh off feeding us the Horsepower EP HIM-LO shot me some extra darts he had stashed away. HIM and his blood brother Clever-1 comprise the Buze Bruvas and in Philly style are a tag team of hard hitting emcees.

I posted these clips to the Youtubes to hopefully give them some visibility and versatility. Pass them off to your peoples if you’re feeling the vibe.