in my mind.
http://www.dctobc.com/2008/10/entourage-season-5-episode-7/
basically, something got messed up and this post got deleted. but it’s all good. episode 7 is above. if you REALLY want episode 5, email me (find the email address on the bog, silly) and i’ll throw it your way.
thanks.
see my man on the left? that’s michael jackson. originator of the shiny suit, if you ask me. he had people passing out in concerts. when somebody does that again, then they can compare to him. the woman on the right was kinda crucial, too.
i just wish MJ had better accountants, so his money would be right. photo jacked from lateboots.
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“life ain’t so bad at all if you live it off the wall”
blind i put me onto some of the illest art i’ve ever seen. UK street artist banksy gets busy with that spray paint real quick! the stealthy graffiti mastermind tagged up an abandoned gas station out in birmingham, alabama, with some thought-provoking imagery.
the coolest thing about him? he is almost never seen when he creates these masterpieces. he got caught like one time ever. how much metal gear solid do you have to play to get that stealthy? he’s quickly risen to the top of my favorite artist list. i’m pretty sure i heard/saw that brangelina (angelina jolee and brad pitt) bought one of his pieces or some big bucks in the past. banksy hits cities all around the world, and both his indoor and outdoor art is insane, for real. check it out.
kids uncovering paradise in bethlehem.
abe loitering / cruising around downtown new orleans after katrina.
wow.
mockey of katrina.
MJ in hansel & gretel! this is what brangelina bought.
i’m about to hit the hospital for some time, so don’t be upset with the lack of updates. thanks. found a nice little computer out here to rock with if need be. but i’m still struggling though. i look like that pumpkin. except he has it easier, cuz at least he’s throwing up as opposed to chunking deuces.
remember the world’s hardest game? well, that had people all over the world on this site for hours, just tryna get past level 16.
but that joint died with the old blog. the new game? dropple. i feel like the same dudes made it. my man vince put me on. enjoy.
my man kerel linked me to this editorial from defsounds.com. i’m swagger jacking the entire thing, but i give props where props are due. cool article, but i can’t co-sign everything in it. let me know how you feel. shout out to this guy for writing it.
Nas & Jay-Z have been spoken about, compared to, and pit against each other in almost every conceivable way imaginable. However, little has been said about their fanbases.I’ll do my best to explain this as clearly as possible. I’ve been stewing on this for quite some time now, observing, and asking questions everywhere I go, and to various people I meet, and I have come to a semi conclusion on my original hypothesis. The theory is as follows:
Jay-Z fans and Nas fans follow two primarily different paths in life, one hungering for the limelight and riches, while one takes a more conservative, non materialistic approach to living. Simply saying, does the average Jay-Z fan desire a little more out of life than the average Nas fan? Before you start your rants, hear me out, you just may learn something about yourself.
Jay-Z and Nas, by all accounts, are two completely different people. While Jay has been straight-forward since 1996, aiming for the good life, women, business, and wealth, Nas on the other hand has primarily gone the conscious route, not necessarily advocating the finer things, and emphasizing a more conservative, righteous lifestyle. This leads me to believe that their fans coincide with this, and with all of my research this has generally proved to be correct.
Jay-Z fans listen to him because he signifies their goal in life- a wealthy businessman/woman from the ground up. They are motivated by his words, and his persistence, along with his arrogance, and “Fuck you, Pay me” persona. Nas may interest them as an artist, but he is far from someone whose life model they would follow. Most would view the life that the other side lives a failure.
On the flip side of the coin, Nas fans latch onto him because he is, well, everything Jay-Z is not, from a different perspective. The atypical Nas fan nearly opposes most materialism, and usually hungers for the knowledge that he expresses in his music. They are not caught up with trying to be rich and famous, they don’t care about the hot car of the moment, and the like. The simple things in life are the most important to this person, and they feel they have lived a successful life by doing this.
Which leads me to ask- What exactly defines “Success”? Is it a definite, clear-cut institution, or is it in the eye of the beholder? Is it adding massive funds to your bank account, and standing atop the social stratosphere, or is it the man with a great job, a wife, and a healthy family? Meaning, is it the Jay-Z fan, with the hot girl, and the Range Rover, or the Nas fan, in the less expensive vehicle, with the love of his life?
Just to remind you, I do not intend to create some type of Jay-Z Vs Nas debate here, because this has very little to do with them as artists, and more to do with our connection to them. This is also not me calling Nas fans “inferior” and Jay fans “superior”. This is me doing a general sweep of the goals/mindsets of them.
Take a good look at your life, and see where you fall into this theory. There are always exceptions, but if you’re able to be objective, you just might agree with what I’ve said.
editor’s note: i got an e-mail from a concerned loyal reader, so i figured i’d post it. i like this fan mail stuff. even if it is from one of my homies.
young sir,didn’t wanna correct you on the blog but as one of my favorite posts you’ve done so far, i had to point out a couple flaws….1. i don’t know who lied to you, but your homeboy didn’t come up w/ the phrase. it’s an old phrase…one that i learned well on my 21st birthday that i celebrated w/ my dad, uncle, god-father and a few other OGs. haha The real phrase is liquid courage. I guess he just put his little twist on it and called it his own….plagiarism none the less. yzr2. i couldn’t let you go out on the brokeback tip. pls correct this sentence:do you think we want to be like this!? hell nah! we want to be able to sweet talk dudes like cory did topangawe don’t wanna be able to sweet talk dudes. i only point it out b/c i have an unpaid part-time job of promoting the blog. and two of my homegirls read that one as their first post and started askin questions. hahahakeep it pimpin.- devin
no. his speech is just so slurred from the amount of syrup he intakes daily. yes, all i do is throw videos up. you love watching them at work, anyway. shout out to herfection. cuz i stole it from you, heather.
wow. this is why mom and dad shoulda put me in that golf camp. because golfers make bank. sports illustrated debuted their “fortunate 50″ list for this year, listing the 50 top paid athletes in the world. the craziest thing is that a lot of these dudes don’t rely on that check from playing the actual sport, but from those endorsements. i had NO idea phil mickenson was even in the running for 50 top paid athletes, but he’s #2 because of over $60 million from SPONSORS. nba players dominate the list, but it’s interesting to see how many has-been’s and never-was ballers that are still getting paid because of vicious contracts during their hey days.
wouldn’t it be cool if sports paid people based on performance? kobe and lebron!? you tell me.
check the rest of the list out here. good looks, vince.
and don’t you think some of these dudes should jump on that jay-z - a billi joint, just for kicks? they all have bread for days. it’s only right. i’m just saying though.
i’ve officially been awake for over 24 hours. i feel like david blaine preparing for 13 days of no sleep. i feel like i gotta just stay up another 24. so i needed to pump up the jam, ASAP.
there’s no one who doesn’t like this song. it’s so good, i feel like i need to dig in the archives and throw it your way. i’m predicting at least 300 DL’s of the joint…watch.
download: technotronic - pump up the jam
make my day!
damn. i feel like all producers can rap really well, just not all of them decide to bring that pen out. new joint from one of DC’s most crucial producers. AND he blogs!? wow. check the man out on myspace and on his blog. and of course DL the track. immediately.
download: judah - me & al
yea man, that’s what my yawns look like right about now. i haven’t slept properly for months, real talk. most people watch the sun set, but lately i’ve been watching that guy rise. every damn day. it’s part of my daily routine. and this friday and saturday, i swear i didn’t sleep a wink. i had to go to connecticut for an advertising campaign competition (which we came 4th in, by the way), and i just stayed up until i had to leave. i was up so long that i got restless, and walked to the cafeteria at 7. it wasn’t even open, so i chilled outside until the manager saw me loafing, and let me in. i was so early, they didn’t even have bacon out. or tongs. i got to connecticut and watched 5 hours worth of presentations, and didn’t even tap out until the car ride home.
i love this home stretch, too. it’s the only time i truly don’t give a f#&* what i look like. like for example, right now, i have a beard. i’ve never had a beard before. i have no more pairs of socks. not even like it’s laundry time…i have no more socks. they’re all gone. i have one black one, and it looks dirty. what’s worse is that i’ve worn the same clothes every single day since saturday (with changes of the wife beater and the undies, of course), and nobody’s called me out. i haven’t seen the gym in 8 days and counting. i don’t even know what it feels like outside. cold? warm? who knows. damn.
i’ve been trying to find another job, and have edited and edited and edited my resume and cover letter over until it looks like something donald trump would co-sign. it’s killing me.
is nikki jean the most humble woman alive? maybe. she has so much charisma. more on my re-definition of that term later. but essentially, she’s my new crush. shoot, she has been for like 3 months now.
i love how she always asks how i am, man. it makes me happy. she knows just what to say to get me to crack a smile. and did she say we could meet up at one of the glow in the dark tour shows!? she ’bout to get a nice lil’ myspace message, jo’. or a wall post.
panic at the disco is the last thing i jammed tonight, so i feel like i gotta share one of their joints with you. definitely the coolest thing i’ve heard in a while. and i know, i know. i’m years late. so? click the album cover to listen to build god, then we’ll talk. good look, raqui.
enjoy that. shout out to everybody tryna get the hell up outta school for the semester! have a good night/morning.
yea man. the radio show is done, but i’m still from dc, and i still go to bc. i might as well take advantage of the domain name that cost like 10 bucks a year, and use it as a personal blog type joint.
i’ll be interning in NYC this summer, networking with power movers. third summer there, and third time’s a charm. i’m mingling with everybody…wall street folk, b-boys in the subway tunnels, the oh-so-wonderful entertainment industry people, and the average joe’s. everybody except for those guys that walk around so i’m bout to chronicle the entire thing on the blog. as of right now, i’m job-less, apartment-less, and “range (rover)-less. therefore, switchlane-less.” hey man, skateboard p said it in “you can do it too,” so i’m trying it out.
i always try and figure out why i like the blog joint. and i never come up with an answer. but after talking to my my homie and fellow blogger allie told me she doesn’t write for the masses, but she wants people to read her stuff. does that make sense? well, that’s how i feel. i’m just writing to write. i’m in the process of making this page cozy like my dorm room is. or, i should say, was. because i’m leaving school in 3 days and the posters and other dazzling decorations that me and marcel put up are coming down.
somehow, i ended up with glow in the dark tickets to multiple locations on the east coast, including VA beach, for free. that’s why it pays off to be a def jam slave street teamer. but i still want some crucial joints in DC though. somebody cise me…
i got nothing besides that for now. finals and stuff, young. i have a rack of new jams, but for now, i’m throwing you just one. new jeezy featuring ‘yeezy, and it’s crucial. get ready for a t-pain impression, too.
download: young jeezy - put on (feat. kanye west)
and please believe i leaked it to the internet like, amongst the first 10 people. SOHH and realestn****s.com got it first, and my link spread like wildfire. look at those DL numbers when you click the link. good grief. shout out to kyra, my connect in the A, for putting me on. no pun intended. oh boy.
oh, and my blog roll disappeared. so i need for everybody out there who was on it, or who wants to be on it, just throw me the link, and i got you. i re-constructed it from memory, but i know stuff is missing.
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and this, my friends, is the best video i’ve ever seen in my life. latarian milton! a household name in like a week.
wiz khalifa - star power. best trunk music. ever.
the native soul - an evolution. it's $ulaiman of blind i. rapping!
christian rich - the decay mixtape [think electrorock meets hip hop and dates it for a bit.]
the paxtons - members only. chi-town/dc-bred dudes. nice rhymes, crazy beats.
evidence - the layover mixtape. this joint is CRAZY.
crucial mix by PFOP's lo. love songs and such!
if coldplay and jay-z made a album, it'd sound like this.
GLC - i ain't even yet: the mixtape. kanye's G.O.O.D. music artist's latest offering.
dandiggity's eclecticuts vol. 2. assortment of eclectic cuts. obviously.
dj klever - flashback. CRUCIAL mix of 80's jams that you've probably never heard before.
g*two - one man army. newest talent out the DMV. he's nice.
he said/she said.
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