I’m really proud and excited to debut this video by Meyhem Lauren here at DP.com
This is the realest and rawest video that documents the fever some cats have to just ‘get up’. If you have never copped tags then you won’t understand this joint fully but trust me the rush is all the way live.
Sit back and enjoy this clip…
The second half of my life will be black
to the white rind of the old and fading moon.
The second half of my life will be water
over the cracked floor of these desert years.
I will land on my feet this time,
knowing at least two languages and who
my friends are. I will dress for the
occasion, and my hair shall be
whatever color I please.
Everyone will go on celebrating the old
birthday, counting the years as usual,
but I will count myself new from this
inception, this imprint of my own desire.The second half of my life will be swift,
past leaning fenceposts, a gravel shoulder,
asphalt tickets, the beckon of open road.
The second half of my life will be wide-eyed,
fingers shifting through fine sands,
arms loose at my sides, wandering feet.
There will be new dreams every night,
and the drapes will never be closed.
I will toss my string of keys into a deep
well and old letters into the grate.The second half of my life will be ice
breaking up on the river, rain
soaking the fields, a hand
held out, a fire,
and smoke going
upward, always up.‘Crossroads’ by Joyce Sutphen
*This poem was given to me for my new year by my one true love, Chocolate Snowflake. No one else has made me laugh more when I wanted to cry or made me think more about why I even try. This weblog page is mostly a dedication to her and how she makes me feel. Thank you my sweetness. This is definitely going to be MY year.
Meyhem Lauren has come a long way with his art in just the short time that I have been tuning in to him. His flow is tightening up and his wordplay is tremendously lyrical. Listen to his verse again on ‘Ray Lewis’ and peep how he switches styles mid verse.
‘Ray Lewis’
“A hundred pair of 95s but I barely exercise,
if there’s beef I’m on your block in my best disguise”
‘The Silk Shirt Ambassador’
J-Love has helped shape the sound of one of NYC’s most exciting new artists. Meyhem Lauren is showcasing his skills to the utmost on his new mixtape ‘Clarified Butter’. This is the first mixtape to exclusively represent Meyhem Lauren but you know that there will be Outdoorsmen appearances as well as other Queens representatives like Timeless Truth.
This project however is to showcase Meyhem Lauren and with 29 tracks you are getting to hear the full repertoire. Please don’t sleep on this young gunner. He is definitely dropping those grown man rap verses that Sean Price gave him credit for. This track right here is growing on my mind. Its filled with aspirational content via dope lyrics and wordplay. This shit right here is Hip-Hop.
‘A Race Against Time’
Meyhem Lauren – ‘Clarified Butter’ on iTunes
I caught a glimpse of my personal Polo Ralph Lauren holy grail I.T.
The Tigerhead Leathersleeve Letterman jacket.
I used to politic online with a dude who had put the jacket up for auction on ‘the system’ (eBay), but then refused to sell it to me because the bidding never exceeded $250. I wanted the I.T. so bad I told the dude I would give him $350 but even then he balked. Sonn wanted five bills. I suppose I should have just given him the bread at the time because here it is almost ten years later and I still don’t have the jacket.
It popped up twice recently on the system, but both jackets have been men’s size Large. In that vintage I can still rock an XL, but a Large just looks silly of me as if I like fishsticks. The jacket is detailed so mean and beautiful. Peep the leather trim on the pockets. The simple clean scripted logo on the left breast is reminiscent of baseball club design. The quilted satin lining is just like they do at all the finer universities.
The big tigerhead on the back is where this I.T. really shines. Also peep the leather on the backside of the collar for those of us who know how to get our Arturo Fonzarelli poppin’ off. I have only two words for this jacket… Class and sick.
Hide the women and children if I ever get this joint in an XL.
My red and black apparel program is just sickness from the start. Shouts to theshoegame.com
I would have to rock the Agassi’s tho’ because that is just the tennis shoe type style I would want to express with this jacket.
But I could be convinced to go Air Jordan VI black and varsity red just for those who have a hard time understanding how 1992 my vision is.
For a lot of reasons I like this video by TH3.
First, it shows a rapper’s real lifestyle behind the scenes without glamor or glitter.
Second, dude is obviously passionate about his skillet game.
Third, is the hot sauce.
Hot sauce is salad dressing in the ‘hood.