Archive for the ‘Ninjas’ Category

In Search Of… Asher Roth

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

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Some of you may think I have lost my mind after you read this drop. In one week I have gone from co-signing Rick Ross to Asher Roth. Clearly, they are two of the most polarizing figures in rap music today.

Everyone hates Rick Ross because he lied about being a correction officer, not because he lied about being a drug dealer.

Everyone hates Asher Roth because he told the truth about having Frat Boy Blues. Was Asher Roth supposed to be a killer, or a street dude?

This summer, Asher Roth will be THAT dude. Why? Because those dudes that still buy CD’s will be copping his shit. Why? Because you can play that shit in your cabriolet while chillin’ by the beach. You can play this shit at a coolout bar-b-cue, or by a poolside, or at a picnic.

I still haven’t found Asher Roth but I heard his new album and I fux with it.

SLAUGHTERHOUSE – ‘MOVE ON’

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

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People ask me why I haven’t been back on the X spot. Did XXL fire me? A lot of folks have been scrambling in the new economy of the entertainment industry. Was BILLY X. SUNDAY’s weblog a casualty of the economic downturn. No. it was not. The people at XXL have convinced me that I have outgrown the character that I used to submit my columns to you. I think they are right. People have been long confused about who writes shit here and at xxlmag.com on the regular. I have kind of enjoyed the fact that 99% of the people who didn’t know this are the people I see at every music event.

*Sidebar: I just was approached by a dude from the camp of white rapper contestant John Brown who says that I have been swagger jacking his name BILLY SUNDAY, because he and JOHN BROWN were the first people to use those names. I know of JOHN BROWN from the white rapper show and from the videos he puts up on the web and from the column he puts in at Complex. I’ve never heard any tracks from the rapper calling himself BILLY SUNDAY.*

WILLIAM H. SUNDAY, BILLY X. SUNDAY and BILLY SUNDAY are all nom de’ plumes that I will retire since DP is the dude that is left paying the taxes at the end of the year. Let DALLAS PENN reap some of the rewards that come from sitting awake sometimes for 36 straight hours on the internets. It’s time for DALLAS to call back to his well of strength for the next transition. In a short while the internets will change all over again. You all have spent your good time reading these weblog entries, or drops, as BILLY X. SUNDAY used to call them.

The time has arrived to move on to something new.

Will you come with your boy DP?

KanYe West : iRobot

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

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You can see that people are going from being jealous of KanYe West for his talent to fearing him and the power he is securing for himself.

Only a few years ago he willfully jumped out the window (no Ron Browz or Erick Sermon) and went off script during the televised Hurricane Katrina fundraiser. That was career suicide for EVERYONE else in the world.

Who would have done that in the Hip-Hop generation?

KanYe West is scrutinized more than any entertainer next to Michael Jackson. MJ is actually crazy though, whereas KanYe is only slightly eccentric and even more talented than MJ.

I am starting to think that KanYe is so talented that he may not even be a human. For all we know, KanYe West left the Earth on a spaceship after the ‘Late Registration’ album.

The KanYe West that we all see now is just an android with the original ‘Ye Tudda’s vision.

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Athletic Black Guys Who Hustle…

Monday, March 23rd, 2009

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Props to DART ADAMS

The 2009 NCAA men’s college basketball tournament is in full effect. This year we have a boisterous and diverse group vying for a pair of DALLASPENN dot com Nike Dunks courtesy of the good folks in the prA’li movement.

I decided to add a little something extra to the pot since we are mired in an economic recession. The pooler who ends up with the lowest total will also win a pair of kicks too. Since everyone made their selections in an effort to be the king of the hill I feel like showing some love to the biggest loser. I know, I know, that’s mighty Black of me. You are all welcome.

There haven’t been any real major upsets in general, although I did select Wake Forest to go to the Final 4 (I may have been the only one). The Sweet 16 next weekend will have some of the favored teams shaken from the tree. Louisville looks suspect as does Missouri. We’ll see how things come together next weekend. DO the women still have a Final 4 tourney? When are they gonna finally rename that shit the PAT SUMMIT tournament?

PAT SUMMIT is the man!

MEYHEM LAUREN IS OFFICIAL…

Friday, March 20th, 2009

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Meyhem Lauren was always official, but now my young big homey is officially getting his shit on in cyberspace.

Peep his website if you love Hip-Hop culture, real rap music, graffiti, sneakers and the ‘Lo lifestyle as much as I do.

MeyhemLauren.com