Burger King has developed a meat scented cologne [ll].
This is way better than KKKramer’s ‘The beach’ perfume.
Get Out Of My Dreams Burger King!
December 19th, 2008The Revolution Will Be Advertised…
December 19th, 2008
The image is of a young man during the recent uprising in Athens.
NIKE could not have photoshopped this picture any better.
Revolution? Just do it.
The Rise Of The Red-Shirted Freshmen…
December 18th, 2008
The X-spot is going hard with their story about the Freshmen 10 of 2008. I ain’t even gonna lie when I tell you that 10 motherfuckers trying to come up at once is too much. Some of the dudes that read this might feel some kind of way like Tupac stans always catch feelings but the truth is that the music industry in regards to rap dudes just can’t support 10 new stars. The machinery, and more importantly the fanbase needs to allow some of these acts some more time to get their artistic weight up.
To use a sports metaphor, some of these rappers need to be red-shirted. I say this because there are some artists whose gifts are wasted in this climate of now-now-yesterday. It forces artists to churn out work to fast and it also makes their work less valuable in the eyes of consumers. Why should I listen to some rapper’s latest track if he is gonna do another one next week, or even tomorrow? I’m not tryinf to be the dude that holds people back from their dreams in as much as I want dudes to realize their potential.
It’s hard to tell people to let their shit marinate because tomorrow is granted to none of us. At the same time if we don’t plan for tomorrow we won’t be prepared when that new day comes, and trust me, the new day is coming. I created this drop with a few particular artists in mind. These dudes are on the cusp of something special for themselves and I think they all will present something unique to rap and hip-hop culture. They aren’t part of the XXL 2008 freshmen 10 but I think you will hear from them hardbody in 2009.
Donny Goines – Right now, Donny Goines might be the hardest working dude in rap music. He has leveraged his persistence on the internets with a debut album. This is no small achievement since the majority of the freshmen 10 are loaded with mixtape credibility but without completed albums. The CD is called ‘Minute After Midnight‘ and it features production from some reliable beatmakers as well as up and coming producers (who hopefully won’t become rappers). My favorite track on the album is called ‘I Am Moving’ and it was produced by Dame Grease.
Another cat I fuck with who is connected with Donny Goines is Panama a.k.a. The Spanish Kid. He was formerly on ‘The Wire’ as the dude who used to wear Bubbles ass out [ll]. In a few years Panama will be one of the “Raptors” that we all talk about. The good thing is that he respects the craft of rhyming and he wants to be viewed as an official MC. He also has the work ethic that will take him far. These dudes didn’t make the cover of XXL’s 2008 freshmen 10, but just like a blue chip prospect in college football they are getting red-shirted so that their career will be even longer.
PARTY MONSTER!
December 18th, 2008
Here’s all you need to know about me… I would rather nerd out than freak out. I have done both. Nerding out is more rewarding for me and less embarrassing, which is a reward in itself. Nerding out is comfortable and calm, even when the scene appears chaotic.
I left my day job too late to do everything on my “Wednesday is the new Fr’aturday” list. No Vibe Mag JAMIE FOXX party and no beer pong with B Real from Cypress Hills. I need to apologize to NoHa from DuckDown for holding me down on that joint. Yo Noha, the next event you have (preferably with Sean P or Kidz-N-The Hall) is all me fam.
I did make it to Niketown for their Playmakers holiday event. The party was hosted by Miss Info who is always on some fresh to def shit. I peeped the 18k gold cap she had on her pre-molar tooth. That shit is so classic ‘hood that 99% of the people don’t even know what they are looking at. I know though, because I am an old motherfucker. I’m just thankful that these young kids on the scene fucks with me.
The kids still fucks with Clark Kent too and that is because he has more kicks than they will ever own. Clark gives away more sneakers than they will ever own. I fucks with Clark too even though he can be a little like Ernie P sometimes when he is discussing some shit he doesn’t fucks with too tough. Clark don’t like these blogs too much and I can’t blame him since most bloggers never come up from their parent’s basements.
I came up from my parent’s basement though and I hung the fuck out. Peace to 40 Diesel from Mighty Healthy. Peace to Joey2fresh who was taking pictures all over the place. Shout to the homey J-Rod as well as DJ Ko who goes in to all the fly shit. Do y’all want some more? Okayplayer holiday party 2nite featuring the Roots and friends.
Challah for Chanukah and the Challadays bitches.
From Shoes To Coups…
December 18th, 2008
When it all falls down…
The fallout from the Iraqi television shoe-ter is putting that fragile government into a tailspin. High ranking officials are being run up on and arrested for suspicions of planning a coup to overturn the government. These dudes are from the ministry of the interior and the defense ministry. They are all reportedly part of a SADDAM HUSSEIN’s banned political party – Ba’athists.
All the death in Iraq has given the locals some kind of wanderlust for the good old days when SADDAM HUSSEIN tortured people to death in the privacy of his castle. At least the oil refineries ran on time some might day. Do you know what else I have learned about Iraq ever since the United States forcibly removed their dictator president SADDAM HUSSEIN from power?
HUSSEIN held that country together with smoke and mirrors. I would bet you that his control was ebbing and for that reason the United States had to step in and wrest control of the country from him before someone came to power who wouldn’t give us carte blanche to the country’s vast oil reserves.
The U.S. would have been fighting a war in Iraq no matter how you slice it or dice it. I shouldn’t be giving imperialism an excuse, but the truth is that if we hadn’t shed the blood that we did there would have ended up being a larger spill to clean up. This is why Iran now weighs heavy on my mind.
The middle east is destabilizing faster than we might have expected. You always had the Palestinian land grab by the Europeans in the west, but now in the east we see the Indians and the Pakis getting at each other’s necks. The Indians have a little more sense than the Pakistanis do because they have a lot more industry to lose but I don’t know if that will be enough to keep them in line if they are continually baited by the Pakistani government.
I feel like the United States is going to be in the middle east much like England was in India. Suffice to say, a very long time.