Archive for September, 2008

Surviving A Fiery Plane Crash >>> Being Shot Nine Times…

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

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Being shot nine times and surviving that shit is pretty fucking hardbody. This is why Fisty Scent has had gangsta rap in a dopefiend headlock for the last six or seven years. Nobody out here is trying to get shot that many times to take over the crown. That was until Travis Barker and DJ AM escaped a fiery plane crash this weekend.

These two dudes have officially knocked Fisty Scent from the ranks as the most hardbody Hip-Hop dude in history. How the fuck do you top this shit?!? I suppose if you jumped from the space shuttle and were able to re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere without burning up and you were able to land back on Earth without splattering yourself into liquid you might beat these guys, but who is gonna do that?

Maybe if you went swimming in Australia’s Barrier Reef and you raped a white shark you could almost be as hardbody as these dudes but I’m not convinced, especially if that white shark was a female because we all know that sometimes females like it rough with borderline consent.

Maybe if you were in the everglades and you beat the shit out of an aligator, ate it and then used its skin to make a pair of Air Jordans you might get my consideration for ramping up your hardbody status, but I prA’li wouldn’t place you over TRVSDJAM because these motherfuckers burnt their whole asses for the title.

None of that Hollywood shit where niggas get caught with possessing .40 caliber pistols with no bullets in them. None of that fake rap shit where niggas shoot themselves with they own biscuit. Nahh mayne, these niggas went there and they survived that shit that has killed some of the realest motherfuckers of all time. Sam Cooke, John Denver, Aaliyah. Plane crashes are the real deal Holyfield my niggas and my nicorettes. Nobody limps away from them shits.

Unless your ass is hard fuckin’ body.

It cost the U.S. government six million dollars to get Steve Austin’s ass right after his plane crash. Respect Travis Barker and DJ AM’s gangster because they ain’t looking for no government bailout to get back on their feet. That my friends is the meaning of hard fuckin’ body.

Now get off your ass and go copp their CD or some merchandise shit.

DP Stans Out…

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

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Thanks to El Gringo Colombiano I’m stanning out right now to Phonte from Little Brother.

rza [ll] to the gods playing Pole Posistion.

Where There’s Heat, There’s Smoke…

Sunday, September 21st, 2008

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When two of my favorite friends leave comments on my drops that they don’t fux with sports unless I am writing about it I am tempted to only write about sports. So let’s stay on our basketball grizzly why don’t we?

The NBA was finally feeling itself again with the alleged victory of the Redeem Team at the Beijing Olympiad. I say alleged victory because I never saw any on the games on television. Were they even broadcast? At what time? For all we know that shit was some CGI hype by the Chinese, who have a vested interest in KOBE, LeBRON and everyone else who wears NIKE shoes since China produces them shits like children.

Finally the Association could put the sordid truth behind them that their games are ultimately rigged.

Then we get this story about Miami Heat rookies going in on the Mary Jane cigars. What?!? NBA players smoke marijuana?! Sorry mainstream media, but who the fuck cares?

Seriously, do you know how much money we are going to have to shoulder for this banking system meltdown bailout? And you want me to get upset because NBA kids are getting high? Sorry, but I am bereft emotionally right now from working two fucking full time jobs to keep my lights on.

The only thing I’m upset about is NOT having a pull or two of that PAT RILEY purple. [pause]

Here’s the big NBA story of the past week. Dallas Mav forward JOSH HOWARD is in a YouTube video where he exclaims that he doesn’t “celebrate the star-spangled banner because he is a Black.

What JOSH could have said is that everytime he hears the star spangled banner it makes him want to give away blankets laden with small pox to Native Americans. I’m sure some of his detractors can relate to that. I haven’t really considered this story as much as I should have because my mind is trying to wrap itself around the notion of a TEN TRILLION DOLLAR debt. FreeDarko.com nailed this tempest in a teacup like a BRYANT 15-footer…

A High-Tech Lynching, Or An Exercise in Verbal Disenfranchisement

For some historical perspective on America and the concerns of the mainstream media take a look at the Good Housekeeping article that has struck this traveling man’s attention.

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‘Nuff said.

FELIPE LOPEZ, Where Have You Gone?

Sunday, September 21st, 2008

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Talking about Rice High School reminds me of the days my kid brother went to Holy Cross and FELIPE LOPEZ was NYC’s next All World prodigy. My brother was five years younger than FELIPE, but he was very inspired by dude’s ascent to the top of the mountain after his arrival in the city. FELIPE barely spoke english well enough to conduct an interview yet everyone wanted a piece of his time. Sonn was the American dream on crack. His life was 100mph with no brakes. Is it any wonder there are no more Dominicanos trying to get into the Association?

FELIPE’s travails are spoken in the whispered lilts of his native language. Stick to beisbol young platanos. Don’t get all twisted up like FELIPE did. The real story is that FELIPE is still playing the game he loves and now he can do it without the pressure of expectations that follow a teenager on the front cover of Sports Illustrated. This is why I have the utmost respect for the LeBRON’s, KOBE’s and KEVIN GARNETT’s who were forecasted to be great and they have even exceeded the scouting reports.

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FELIPE still has the lightning first step. Only now he is doing his thing in the Continental Basketball Association instead of the, well, the Association.

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FELIPE’s coach is MICHAEL RAY RICHARDSON who knows a thing or two about falling from the spotlight and having the courage to still stand upright.

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FELIPE still has the hops and playing for the Albany Patroons keeps him close to his base of support here in NYC.

FELIPE’s story is like so many of the kids that the sports industrial complex overwhelms with hype and expectations. I’m glad that he is still living the life he loves with no regrets and no remorse. He is still a legend in the D.R. for sure.

SNEAKER FIENDS UNITE!

Sunday, September 21st, 2008

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How many prep schools are good enough to have their own signature sneakers? NYC’s Rice high school is that good. Ever since FELIPE LOPEZ appeared on a cover of Sports Illustrated when he was still a prep school phenom Rice High School has been one of the nation’s top factories for young cagers.

This weekend NIKE unveiled the Rice H.S. HyperDunk. I can see NIKE going in for a limited edition shoe for a club team like the Riverside Hawks or even the Bronx Gauchos, but a limited edition shoe for a high school? Then again, the NYC Archdicese is so strapped for cash right now they would prA’li let NIKE post their homoerotic ads in the school rectory [ll].

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Biggup to C.S. for reminding me that the HyperDunk ads were at DP Dot Com waaay back when. You bitches at NIKE need to cut that check.

The jury is still out on the HyperDunk shoe since I haven’t bought a pair and everyone I know with the shoe hasn’t worn theirs as yet. I’m interested to see if the new NIKE construction technology is all that. It’s been hyped tremendously but I don’t see the products available on a retail level like that. It could be that the NIKE price point has finally saturated most buyers.

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I can’t front and say that I am not feeling the shoes, but I can’t bring myself to shop for these at the House of Hoops store. HOH is owned and operated by Foot Locker, but HOH does not accept Foot Locker’s Friends and Families discount coupons. What kind of bullshit is that?!? If I wanted 30% off the wack ass shoes that Foot Locker carries I would just go to Delancey Street and but that shit at regulack price.

GTFOHOH!