The best shit I got in the mail this year wasn’t free boots or free sneakers or free gear. The best shit I got in the mail this year was this bundle I bought from my Hip-Hop hermanos – Timeless Truth.
I can’t really put into words how proud of these dudes I am. Not just because we come from the same neighborhood in Queens. Not just because they gave me my first shot at being a radio personality. Not just because we are cut from the same Polo Ralph Lauren cloth.
Timeless Truth is a manifestation of real Hip-Hop. When you take your destiny into your own hands and you create your own reality. Not a fantasy world, but a real world based on hard work, determination, perserverance, love and loyalty. These brothers ARE the movie.
If you don’t have their debut CD, which they produced with RTNC as a labor of love to this Hip-Hop lifestyle then I implore you to pick up your copy ASAP (no Rocky). Or copp a Timeless Truth tee. Just do something to support these brothers so that they know we still out here looking for that REAL.
That’s a great write up, Dallas!
HIP HOP IS TIMELESS. 🙌
TT should be heroes for the t-shirts alone; seriously, it’s damn near the only hip-hop logo since Wu that’s worth a damn and that it rocks real school NYC style to boot… Lemon ice king of Corona next!
I like this; knowing about this makes me feel so current. You have no idea what feeling current means to me on this day. Thanks for sharing Dallas.
Great album. Its dope that they put it out on cassette too. Salute to Timeless for making evwry move properly.
as salaam alaikum Paul,May Allah reward you for you great manners. We all have to walk a line. We have to blend in enough to not be outcast, but on the other hand, most of America does not know about Islam even though there are more than six million of us in the US. I know for a fact, some of us are so busy blending in that we make Islam invisible for those who spend time around us. Islam is not really about us constantly preaching to every single person every single minute, but there are Muslim behaviors. We call them Sunnah. We are supposed to stand out as Muslims and be identified as Muslims and be witnesses for Allah and His messenger. Changing names is one of those ways. As you see, my name is a sort of combination/African American. We know the rules on name change, so what you are I are discussing is standing out versus blending in as Muslims in the West. It’s depends on your situation as to how wise we are at practicing the Sunnah. Allah knows best. But I say, you can’t have a civil rights movement and an expansion of Muslim rights if we all say our names our Smith and we never pray anywhere but at home and at the masjid. I don’t wear thobes very much anymore because I get sick at seeing brothers rip them off in the masjid parking lot. This is America. You have gays coming out, taking the heat and fighting for what they believe. We say we love Allah and His messenger (I am trying to be calm). Allah is my only hope that I am not dragged into Western despair. We hide and Bin Laden shouts his Islam from the rooftops and we wonder why non-Muslims are confused about Islam. I am not asking anyone to walk in front of bullets because I am shooting off my not-knowing mouth. Like an Imam I know says: “I’m just sayin’”