Thursday, August 06, 2009

TELL 'EM WHY YOU MAD: Just Because I Am!

It’s been a while since I’ve vented but it’s well overdue. Let me tell you why I’m mad …


A REAL CHANCE AT IGNORANCE: When will we learn that there will never be love found on a reality dating television show? Oh, right we’ve already figured that out and now it’s just about exposure and entertainment. The brothers of the Stallionaires are back and they’ve brought (in addition to their personal antics and poor taste in clothes) many ghetto girls with them. Where do they even find these women – strip clubs? Are they wannabe models? Some of them may even be out on work release. I wonder if the casting call notice reads: “women with common sense, dignity and self esteem need not apply.” These women (after one episode) are an embarrassment to all the real women in the world. I often laugh when these shows start with their “naming ceremony”, which is straight fuckery and the final stripping of personal identity and dignity (whatever may be left) from the contestants (for the lack of a better term) on the show.

“Hmm… you look real tasty, imma call you Biscuit.”

Girl: “Thank you boo…”

“You walk like a mountain lion, I’m going to calling you Forest.”

Girl: “Ohhhh my goodness… I like that”

“You look like a traffic light with all that body, I’m gonna call you Yield Sign.”

Girl: “Imma yield sign all over you all night long baby.”

It’s also very interesting (and entertaining) to listen to Real and Chance narrating the show. They sound like Bill and Ted, speaking in Ryan Leslie’s Gibberish lyrics. Thanks Chance for making up your own words. These brothers are straight fools (literally) and ignant (yes, ignant) at that. Rumor has it, if this season doesn’t work out, Real’s hair is going to have a spin off series of it’s own. Because as we know, the only chick on the show with class and self-esteem is that mane that Real calls his hair.



NICK + MARIAH + EM = WAKE ME WHEN THIS BS IS OVER: It’s like watching a pitbull fight the Taco Bell dog (RIP Taco Bell dog … lol). Nick Cannon has nothing in his arsenal that could ever compare to Em’s lyrics. It would be a waste of time for Nick to go into the studio to record a comeback track. Maybe he’ll just write another 12-page-letter instead that no one can read in its entirety or digest ever (remember that blog entry he wrote after the first track and before Mariah released the Obsessed video? Can you say loooooong winded?!) Hey Nick, Wild-N-Out was a television show kid. Those were jokes (that I’m sure someone helped you write). This is way too serious for you. Just keep doing your PG-13 stuff (and that may even be a little too grown up for you). Really in all fairness, Em you should also fall back. This is an uneventful battle, considering there’s only one real emcee involved.



SORRY MARY J, THE CALL WAS DROPPED: There is no reason Mary J. needed to do that AT&T commercial! Why Mary, why? Please answer me (and the rest of your fans) that question. Mary, I just have two statements:

1. It had auto tune and there is no reason you should be using auto tune.
2. It had auto tune and there is no reason you should be using auto tune (yes, I needed to repeat myself because this is a FACT).

Mary, get at me (or someone) and explain what was really good with that AT&T commercial decision. Did you lose a bet Mary? No one I’ve talked to agrees with the commercial. Shoot, I may even cancel my AT&T plan based on that commercial. Fail.



WILL THE REAL BECKY CHANGE HER NAME: Yeah, Plies I’m nowhere near done with your ignorance. You’re an embarrassment to men over 30 with all that nonsense you are out here doing and saying. The song Becky is a tragedy. Rumor has it that you’re a registered nurse (which is cool) so come on dude, you’re educated – you should act as such! Why sell out your education and replace it with ignorance? For 15-minutes of fame? Fail! I hope you recorded that incoherent shit in a bathroom on a karaoke tape deck because it’s horrible and you shouldn’t have wasted anyone else’s time recording that nonsense. If there was a way to record garbage and then sell it to people as music, Plies you’ve successfully done it (successfully is a relative term). Can you in the future take the rocks out of your mouth when you’re rapping? That may make it easier for me to understand. Thanks.



MORATORIUM ON SPEAKING: Joe Jackson, you are not allowed to speak about anything, any longer ... in public or in the privacy of your own home. That is now law. I’m doing the people of the world a favor by asking for Joe Jackson to be silenced. Joe Jackson is just clearly an embarrassment and him being allowed to continue to speak just makes me mad, real mad … Joe Jackson (ha!). No seriously, that dude is not thinking when he starts to speak and this is clearly a problem. Please disallow him from speaking and doing any further interviews. Joe, silence is in your best interest because you aren’t helping yourself (or anyone else for that matter).



TEEN REALITY TELEVISION: So, why hasn’t MTV officially changed their name yet? They clearly are not Music Television anymore. Video killed the radio star and bad reality television killed the music video (and the rest of television)! The funny thing about MTV is that their spin-off-channels (both domestic and internationally) play more music than they do. I mean, if you’re not up at the crack of dawn you’re probably missing all videos for the day on MTV. So, with that said, what gives MTV the right to continue to host the MTV Video Music Awards anymore? What the hell do they even know about videos? The VMAs will probably be the first time they even see half of the videos. What they should be hosting instead is the “Bad Reality Television Awards”. Hmmm… they’re probably already brainstorming this in some smoke filled Viacom back office (allegedly).



JON & KATE PLUS SHUT THE F'UP: Who cares?! Who cares?! Who cares?! Well, I kind of care about all the cameras running around follow Jon and Kate’s kids. Oh, yeah, remember them?! Parent fail!! The paparazzi should kill themselves for all this extra coverage of this family, especially shots of the kids and then publishing them. Here is all you need to know, this dude Jon is a major douchebag (him and his Ed Hardy gear) and Kate is overbearing (for the most part). But really, who cares? Let’s cancel the show, protect the kids and let them try to grow up normally, especially since dealing with parent separation is hard enough without a camera crew documenting every step.



I'M RUNNING FOR STATE REP IN LOUISIANA: You’ve probably heard me say this again and again but it needed to be mentioned once more, in my opinion Shreveport Representative Barbara Norton is an embarrassment! She turned the Louisiana House of Reps into a PTA/City Council/Baptism honoring her God Son Hurricane Chris. The entire ten minutes were a complete waste of time!

I’m often dumbfounded by what music society decides to support and then see some extremely talented musicians go unnoticed. Sure they give out proclamations like candy, so no big deal I suppose Hurricane Chris would receive one, but what has he done for society? Norton claims that both Hurricane Chris and the song Halle Berry are positive? As she said, it’s not like he’s out there shooting and killing. This is true, but Hurricane Chris and his song Halle Berry are far from positive.

“She fine den a bitch / ass and her tits / thick in da hips / every nigga wanna call her Halle Berry…” Right, that’s real positive.

But Rep Barbara Norton is quick to defend her actions with, "We were stopping for just a minute saying we love Louisiana, this is our home. Just a minute or two it wasn't like we took 30-40 minutes, we're only talking about 2-3 minutes." Uh, no! How it went down: She spoke. That dude spoke. That dude performed (which was horrible). Most importantly, there was cake in the back. This was well over three minutes and it was a complete waste of time, especially since the House was preparing for recess. Ultimate fail.

Let’s remedy this problem – I’m running for her house seat! Norton clearly cannot handle power. She’s quick to throw national politicians under the bus, saying that they are cheating, embezzling and other shady things, in an effort to defend her actions. This is true but her actions offend me the most. My platform: “I’m the guy that wouldn’t have let Hurricane Chris perform when real work needed to be done!”


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Wednesday, August 05, 2009

Once Upon a Time in The Inbox ...

Caught these joints in the inbox, figured I'd share! I love coming across dope artists. Here are four examples of quality music. Enjoy...

Peep the smooth track from LaNiece McKay ft cARTer.




Forever (Featuring Outasight), a bonus from QuESt, off the mixtape "Broken Headphones".




Celebrate Life the first single from Noodle the Innocent Child's upcoming album It's a N00 Day. It is produced by M-Nasty and features an appearance from E. Lazel.

www.myspace.com/noodlenoodle




Chicago spitter S-Preme single called "Radio."
www.myspace.com/supreme309

Road to Release Day: Eternia & MoSS: "AT LAST" Episode 9


You already know what it is... Peep Eternia in Episode #9

In Episode #9, Eternia works with Project Reach Youth to spread the message of safe sex in Brooklyn. E is interviewed by Lovely, a 17-yr-old young lady from Bed-Stuy, who asks E vital Q's about her upbringing & depictions of women in Hip Hop. The highlight of the day is the Open Mic in the hood, where the youth share life as they see it. Definitely candid. Definitely unplugged.



Check Episode One
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Check Episode Seven & Eight

Sunday, August 02, 2009

Best Fall I Ever Had


Is the homie Drake's stock falling? Is he the AIG of the music industry right now? It seems like in the last few months after riding quite the buzz, the dude is mismanaging some of his steps (literally). He had that shady moment at the BET awards with the underage girls on stage and his Best I Ever Had video was a major fail in many eyes. Now he's laid up again? Dude isn't even doing hard dance steps. What's really good?

What's your thoughts on Drake right now, compared to a few months ago.

Friday, July 31, 2009

Tha Lady Blogga pays homage to the only Lady “Rockin’ the Bells’…

(Photo via www.photobytone.com)

Rock the Bells has been a part of my vocabulary for years. So when my hubby surprised me with near front row seats for my birthday, I was ecstatic!!! Being at Rock the Bells is like being at Hip-Hop school and all the wack acts (Souljah Boy, Hurricane Chris, etc. etc.) need to come and sit in the audience with a pen and notepad to take notes.

First and foremost, I want to address the fact that there were no ladies on the bill this year. Until the tour came to NYC and had a contest about winning an opening performance spot hosted by Ed Lover. Many were called but the chosen was one and SHE (yes I said she) did the damn thing. The winner of the contest was a female DJ/rapper by the name of Jasmine Solano (@jasminesolano).

She has been on the scene for a while now and can be found spinning for various spots in NYC, including the popular Monday night “Electric Punanny” party at Sway. When she’s not manning the turntables, she’s on the mic, performing “That’s Not It” or “Coco Puff”. My personal favorite is “That’s Not It”. Wearing some cool ass leopard black tights, she worked the stage at Rock the Bells and made her presence known. My only gripe is that the crowd wasn’t as big as it should’ve been for her. She was the only chick on the bill. That deserves kudos in itself.

The line-up this year was impressive. I am not going to get into all that but…
I was thoroughly impressed with the Wu-Tang performance. It was only supposed to be RZA, GZA and Ghostface Killah. We were pleasantly surprised when the other members of the Wu stepped out and blessed the stage, right down to my man Meth!!! Yes, Method Man blessed the stage, ran through the audience and the whole bit. Needless to say, my love for the Wu was rekindled and I cannot wait to see what they bring next. In memory of Old Dirty, they reincarnated his performance in his eldest son who had the look, knew the lyrics and had the spirit of his father (may he R.I.P.). That was definitely a good look for the Clan!

In the wake of all this wack ass music I am forced to listen to on the radio, Rock the Bells and the BHF (Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival) have helped me get through it. There are still more performances to be seen and I wish I could hit them all up. I urge you to support REAL hip-hop and all that these artists bring to the table…


Check out Jasmine Solano - www.myspace.com/jasminesolano

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Check It ... Skyzoo "The Beautiful Decay"

Watch the music video for Skyzoo's "THE BEAUTIFUL DECAY" off his upcoming album THE SALVATION, in stores September 29th on Jamla/Duck Down Records. Directed by Artemus Jenkins. Song produced by 9th Wonder.

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Road to Release Day: Eternia & MoSS: "AT LAST" Episode 7 & 8

"QUILOMBO!" Eternia & MoSS - Road to Release: Ep#7 ft. BOCAFLOJA & the People of Mexico!!

Eternia travels to Mexico City to perform with Mexico's well renowned veteran MC, Bocafloja. Fans line-up around the corner by 2pm and the sold out show literally SHUTS THE CITY DOWN when there's a power outage for 2 hours. E is joined by Gabriel Teodros (Seattle) and Para La Gente (The Bay) in this unforgettable experience of a lifetime. "Quilombo! Mocambo!"





"Come See Me!" Eternia & MoSS - Road to Release: Ep#8 ft. Agallah & Big Zoo!

Eternia will be Live on Stage Friday July 31st at DROM in NYC! In Episode #8, E visits Canada, Mexico, U.S.A., & Australia in a trip down stage-show memory lane. E invites the world to "Come See Me" and presents her compelling invitation with co-signs from Agallah, Big Zoo (EODUB) and more!



Check Episode One
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Check Dead Prez ... Summertime



Dope Mixtapes (Download)

Check DJ Mr. President's Raising the Bar, Raising the Standard



Check Flash G's Birth of a Hero. Dope project.


Check Cueyfornication, OnCue


Mick Boogie, Terry Urban, Christopher Truth & illRoots.com present, a classic genre bending mixtape. New comer, OnCue takes Red Hot Chili Peppers records ranging near 2 decades of great records and reinvents the songs with a hip-hop state of mind.

I've followed the homie OnCue for a minute now and dude is a dope emcee. Check out this amazing dope mashup!

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OnCue x Terry Urban Interview @ Shade 45 from geoff sarubbi on Vimeo.

What's Really Good Stephon?


Someone sent me the link to this story from the Orlando Sentinel. It's brilliant. Check the piece from Shannon J. Owens

Never did I envision writing these words in a sports section, but the inexplicably odd behavior by NBA free-agent Stephon Marbury has forced my hand.

Do not eat Vaseline.

Seriously, crude oil byproducts are not for consumption.

Marbury, who has a birth certificate claiming his 32 years of age, recently shot a 24-hour live stream of what we assume is a typical day during the offseason last week.

His most notable events? That would be dipping a finger in a jar of Vaseline, which he swallowed to soothe a sore throat, and a near six-minute crying session to a Kirk Franklin song.

I'm not saying Marbury is crazy. Just crazyish.

Maybe he was looking for a Vaseline endorsement because he repeatedly yelled "CTC" (cut the check). Maybe he thought an entertainment agent would see his tremendous acting abilities.

What I do know is that this is another classic case of TMI.

That's right. Terrible Media Instincts.

Granted, our world is becoming increasing small and intimate with Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and that oldie but goody, reality television.

For some professional athletes, today's media landscape is an ideal playground. They can self-promote, market and directly communicate messages to their fan bases like never before.

For others, it's like putting a tub of ice cream in front of a 4-year-old. They don't know when to stop.

Remember Cowboys tight end Martellus Bennett and his YouTube bit about the "Black Olympics"? Several black writers blasted him for his fried chicken and watermelon-eating contests.

Terrell Owens is continuing his quest for stardom through his VH1 reality show. One episode showed him shopping for overpriced Bentleys and mansions.

It's probably not the best way to win new fans if you're casually looking to spend the sum of their life earnings 10 times over.

But reality viewing isn't always bad. Shows that entertain and educate can be intriguing.

That's why Top Chef, Project Runway and The Amazing Race are network hits.

And a few pro athletes have reality shows actually showcasing a real talent.

Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Dhani Jones travels around the world testing his skills in various lesser known sports on his show Dhani Tackles the Globe on the Travel Channel.

Shaquille O'Neal is premiering his own reality show, Shaq vs., Aug. 18 on ABC.

Instead of spending another year bored training in a gym, he wanted to sharpen his skills competing against other elite athletes like Ben Roethlisberger, Oscar De La Hoya and Serena Williams.

"You also have to know the rules," O'Neal said. "If you put something out there, it's going to be out there forever."

Granted, he's been in hot water a time or two or 10 for controversial YouTube comments.

None of those, however, involves eating a swab of Vaseline.

"Marbury eating Vaseline got a lot of hits. I don't know if it's positive, but I know he got a lot of looks," O'Neal laughed. "I don't know what he was trying to accomplish there."

Try relevance.

The life span of a professional athlete's career isn't very long unless that athlete is named Brett Favre or Dara Torres.

If they're smart, athletes will look beyond the 15 seconds of fame and fortune and make plans for the next life transition.

"You can understand why athletes are trying to expand their brand through reality shows," said Guy Troupe, president of the capital management firm Troup 21. "But in today's world where paparazzi and private citizens care so much about the behavior of athletes, that overexposure can expose the weaknesses they have in personal and professional life."

And hopefully, that doesn't include eating petroleum jelly.

Friday, July 24, 2009

Sophia Fresh - "What It Is" ft Kanye West



Sophia Fresh (Crystal, Cole Rose & Skye), T-Pain's group, comes through with Yeezy as a feature on this track called "What It Is". Personally, it's ok. Not bad. I can throw back a few and bug out on the floor with a P.Y.T. if this came on. Check it out...

Sophia Fresh - What It Is ft Kanye West


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