So...I'm sure every once in a while we've all been the new kid on the block and you had to find your way to your future crowd or if you're just ill like that then the crowd comes to you! Now I understand that not everyone has swag or fits into a particular group, but that doesn't mean to have to use any means necessary to be down. Nobody likes a Swag Parasite! These are the people who cling to swagtastic beings and steal their aura. It's like after a while you're just walking around with a damn double mint twin! That's not cute...at ALL. And then once they step their game up....by theft that is.....they'll go around doggin' your style! Nigga are you serious? Its like if a student who didn't pay to take a class, but took notes, one day get's behind the teachers desk and tells them they're not doing their job right? Bitch I might BE!!!!!! I understand that some people get inspired by others but becoming a complete carbon copy and taking tid bits here and there are TWO completely different things, so be careful! To all those out there that are swagtastic, there are signs you can pick up on and then readily identify a swag parasite! If they get the same haircut/style as you, that is step one. Then comes similar shoes, glasses, jacket, jewelry or some other small shit. Then the parasite will soon have on complete outfits that you wore like a week ago and now you have been jacked of your SWAG! So for you all out there with the ill swag....watch your back because that shit can easily be jacked. And for all you PARASITES...STOP SWAG JACKIN! Someone in the world creates the trends that pop up out of nowhere, so instead of being a bitchass SWAGASITE...be that trendsetter and create the new-new ish! And then maybe yo ass will get your swag stolen and you'll learn to never do it again!
Swag Parasite
Down Here in Hell with You.....
You know the scene in a movie when the struggling married couple tell the children that "Mommy and Daddy just fell out of LOVE," that is by far my least favorite movie cliche'. I personally don't believe that people fall out of love, but I do believe that people quit on love. If you love someone deeply it's going to be hard to just walk away from them or stop loving them. But if you are just lazy, a quitter or you just don't care anymore then its probably effortless to walk away from love. I don't believe that when people break up they will get back together again and make things work. I wouldn't want to be in a relationship with a quitter and if we have problems and you just up and walk out thats exactly what you are doing.....QUITTING. You didn't fall out of love, you just go lazy. People break up and get back together over and over again, but it's never going to be the same. Let's say someone in a commited relationship cheats on the other, they can either work out the situation or someone can quit and walk away, but as the person is finding out about the infidelity, their love for the other person doesn't just instantly die but their willingness to work and fight for love might! Love means that you would rather work shit out down in hell with that person rather than have nothing to complain about up in heaven. Thats from "Down Here In Hell With You" by Van Hunt. No one is perfect, and loving someone means loving all of them, flaws and all. It's hard to be a Lover but it's easy as pie to be a Quitter!
New Amerykah 2.28.2008
Baduzim
Live
Mama's Gun
World Wide Underground
It's been five years since this Texas poet released a new album and finally the wait is over. Erykah Badu's 5th album entitled "New Amerykah" will be released next month and I have two released singles for your listening pleasure:
Erykah Badu-Honey(http://www.zshare.net/audio/6901554a7cb1d4/)
Erykah Badu-The Healer(http://www.zshare.net/audio/6899898ec1ae01/)
You make me step my Game UP.....
I have been having a mind WAR lately and the ?uestion is are you stepping your game up...or putting on a strong front? What I'm referring to is this: when you meet someone that makes you feel like you can be a better you, are you stepping your game up or frontin? If that person points out things about you that they feel is extra and you agree are you evolving into a better you or turning into their personal robot? I personally feel that everyone wants to find that certain someone who really digs who they are....for everything that they are and with that being said the fact that this person will still rock with you when you sport sweat pants, a wife beater, and a head wrap makes you want to step your game up even more! It's like b/c you dig me even when I look like I'm crankin that homeless man, in turn I want to put my freakum dress on and do my Naomi Campbell walk for NO DAMN REASON. So I don't believe that if someone tells you "No, you don't need to do this b/c its just extra shit" that does not mean they don't like who you are already, but it's just something that they and YOU know you could do without. I mean even Cinderella didn't step her game up until there was a Prince to impress! No one needs another person to make them complete....BUT SOMETIMES....you may need that extra nudge to STEP YOUR GAME UP!
Is it the COCAINE?
"I'm your momma, I'm your daddy
I'm that nigga in the alley
I'm your doctor when in need
Want some coke, have some weed
You know me, I'm your friend
Your main boy, thick and thin
I'm your pusherman..."
Drugs and music....I feel as though they go hand in hand. And this isn't a recent revelation.....artists have been doing drugs since there have been artists. But the question I have is without the drugs and the pain would the music be that good. Lil' wayne is a cokehead apparently and I can honestly say that Lil'weezy who laid a verse on back that thang up is NOT the same Weezy that has a verse on almost every song on the radio like "Pop Bottles" or "I Feel Like Dying." Is it the COCAINE? Even though many people aren't aware of the fact but Robin Thicke had a CD out before the Evolution of Robin Thicke, the first album was entitled A Beautiful World and it didn't do nearly as well as....now I heard that Robin ALSO has an infatuation with cocaine and the Evolution...was THE TRUTH (ALBUM WAS FIRE). Is it the COCAINE? Shitney Spears....LAWD LAWD LAWD....I don't know what Shitney is on BUT whatever it is.....IT'S GOOD....b/c Blackout is Mo Fiyah, not even playin! Is it the COCAINE? I don't like Beyonce'...I really don't but B'Day was good and I really didn't care for the previous album....now the drug that she's on not only stepped her sophomore album up, it stepped up her fashion game and her track game (lace joints are on P)....her drug of choice you ask? Rich Dick...aka Jigga Jigga that Nigga Jigga. That is SERIOUS! There are so many more coke fiends out there but these stick out the most so I ask you AGAIN.....IS IT THE COCAINE???
Find a Man with an At Least.....
One night at my boy Thom's place we were watching Def Comedy Jam and we saw Vanessa Fraction's act, which I came across again today and it got me to thinkin.....
I feel like some women (not all, but a few) are very picky about the men that they talk to, yet they'll be the first one to complain about being alone! I think if women focused more on the good things about a man they would find that the pros out weigh the cons. If you have a man with an At Least....then you might want to contemplate your standards and be satisfied. You could have a man with a great job, his own place and a slaaaaammin car.....but if he fights you like Mike Tyson then ain't a damn thing slammin about THAT! Stop being so pressed about "He needs to take me out to dinner" and "He needs to take me shopping" Bitch! Do for YOU.....why should a nigga do some shit that YOU won't do for yourself.....this makes you no more than an Escort, and if your sleeping with this man, then Escort turns into HOOKER. Stop telling nigga's what they not doing....and give them props for what they are doing, and then maybe he'll step his game up. It's easy to not do shit with your life, but it's hard to make something of yourself.......with that said, Ladies....don't pull your man down.....give him a hand and help pull him up!
Unsigned Heroes
Wale....The Cool Kids....Steed Lord....Kid Sister
(Click artist name for myspace pages and song title for download links)
What do these four artists/groups have in common? No, it's not the fact that you may have read the names and been like "who in the hell?" It's the fact that they are all unsigned to major record labels. Its music like this that drives me to want to be an A&R rep......if I can find out about fire like this why can't the people in the BIZ find them? Anyways for your listening pleasure:
Wale "Nike Boots"
The Nigerian Messiah of "Rap for the Capital." This DC native is making big moves these days with appearances on last years MTV VMA's, and maybe the Grammy's this year. Keep an eye out because he's moving fast like lightening!
The Cool Kids "Pump up the Volume"
Chi-Town rap duo.....ill beats, catchy verses, what more can you ask for? The Cool Kids are very reminiscent of good ol' school hip hop. Pick up what I'm laying down cool breeze!
Steed Lord "Dirty Mutha"
I F's wit Steed Lord...not only do they have ill music but ill clothing as well! This is a Four piece from Iceland....and their tracks are the complete opposite of Ice.....FIRE! If you like house music then you will enjoy this tasty morsel!
Kid Sister "Pro-Nails"
Another Chi-Town Gem! Kid Sister is the boo-love of Kanye's DJ A-Trak. She has more of an ol' school feel to her. She's not raunchy like Lil'Skim or Trina (I still roc with the raunchy broads though)....she has her own vibe. You can either get with it or get lost!
"It's Bitches like you that make it harder for Women like me" -Players Club
So I thought about what my theme would be for 2008, and when thinking of one I might not have been in the best of moods b/c I chose "Spread Hate in 08" lol, BUT my sister told me that we should "Emancipate in 08." So I'm going along with that one and I'm setting some of my thoughts free.....with that said, WELCOME to the blog I've always wanted...but have been too lazy to write! After reading what Thom & B had to say about people's trash being someone else's treasure, I decided that I would chime in with a similar perspective. Dear Bitches, stop turning treasure into straight TRASH! I'm so tired of running into dudes who have just recently become asshole of the century b/c that last chick he was with, whom he thought was about to be the one, turned out to be your everyday JUMP! Yes, maybe he should have done a little more research on ol' girl before he tried to turn a HOE into a HOUSE WIFE, but HOES....stop wearing the house wife uniform if you're not really one. Don't act like you'll cook for the man if you really won't, don't act like you enjoy hangin' out with him and the fellas if all you're really doing is picking out the next conquest. Like Diamond from player's club said "It's Bitches like you that make it harder for Women like me." If you are going to take a good man and turn him into pure trash.....then just do us all a favor and DON'T! Go out and find a man that one of your kindred "Hoe" spirits has already F'd up. I'm not sure if I believe that one man's trash is another man's treasure.....b/c if it was still a great treasure, would you really give it up?
