So recently a friend of mine got into a little quarrel with his girl....because she found some things in his cell phone that I GUESS made her UNhappy. So time goes by and then randomly ol' girl shows up at his spot and when he opens the door she cracks a picture frame with a photo of them *UPSIDE* his head! Yesssss.....I stated UPSIIIIIIDE his HEAD. Now I am anti-Domestic Violence.....I REALLY AM, but sometimes I feel like if a woman has enough balls to hit a man then she has enough balls to potentially get knocked the fuck OUT. Now I believe there are guidelines to different situations. If a chic hits a dude, then he probably shouldn't hit her back because a hit from him would be waaaaaaaay more painful (maybe), a shove or a mush should suffice in that situation. Now if a bitch comes strapped with weapons....like a PICTURE FRAME (which could be composed of wood, metal, glass etc.), then you might have grounds to lay hands on her. I know that some of you reading this may not agree....but if a chick is about to potentially draw blood, then I think ol' boy can draw a measily bruise. So to sum everything up....I don't support domestic violence, men shouldn't hit women and women shouldn't men. No one should ever result to physical BLOWS. So ladies if you keep hittin' your man like Yvette did Jodie in Baby Boy, then he may very well hit you back like JODIE did...in BABY BOY. And fellas if you keep hittin' your woman like ol' boy hit J.Lo in Enough, then she may very well KILL you like J.LO did...in ENOUGH. Why can't we all just get ALONG
Listening to: Hit A Mother Fucker by Three 6 Mafia
(click song title to listen or download)
There's a THIN line!
Take a CRACK @ it
So I have been playing around with photoshop a lot lately and I've been making flyers for some Happy Hours and Parties for friends. And I must say I have been getting prrrreeeetttyyyy good. I feel like if you just play around with it for a while then different this will just happen and if you like them then keep them and remember how to do it for future reference. The good thing about photoshop is when you do something that you don't like you can just delet it....you won't have to start all over or anything like that, ITS GREAT! Another thing I do to try and beef up my skills with Da Shop is watch tutorials. Planetphotoshop.com has some BOMB ass tutorials. The one's I've watched so far have been narrated by Corey Barker (he may do all of them?) and he explains things very well. If you don't like the one's on that site then you can google photoshop tutorials and I'm sure you'll come across something that works for YOU! Here are two of the flyers I've done:
Unstoppable
You know what I like....
People who are motivated about shit....especially when its something good! How can you bad mouth someone hype about some ILL shit. My dude Keevon coaches basketball for little kids and apparently loves it and is dedicated to it. Can you really hate on that? It's easy to not do shit with yourself, as I've stated before, but not everybody can be motivated enough to do something with themselves. I'm sure everybody has something that can motivate them beyond what they could ever imagine....you just gotta figure out what that something is and then be like "Fuck IT!...I'm in this to win IT!" Be Unstoppable.....(the person in the picture below was Unstoppable like shit)
Listening to: Ustoppable by Drake ft. Santogold & Lil' Wayne
Twitterrrrrrr (p.s. this is my 100th post! yaaaaay)
If you don't know by now then you better ask SOMEBODY!
About twitter that is! Twitter.com is this neat little website where people stay connected through quick updates about WHAT THEY'RE DOING! For all you facebook heads is basically a bunch of status changes. Its a good way to keep up with what some of your friends and family are doing. Even celebrities have twitter! I have one and my nigga B.Eazy has one, check em' out and see what you think.
My Twitter-http://twitter.com/CallMeCope
B.Eazy's Twitter-http://twitter.com/blinnell
BITCH you don't know my LIFE!
I'm not currently in a good mood....so these next few posts are gonna be about shit that really pisses me off!
I hate it when people say dumb shit like "You're the whitest black person" or "You're soooo white." I ESPECIALLY hate those comments when they come from NON-Black People! How the fuck is a white person gonna tell me how I'm supposed to act as a BLACK person? There is no possible way they could know unless they knew every black person in the WORLD, therefore knew exactly how all black people acted and could then tell me I was going against the norm. All you outsiders are bamFUCKINGboozled by the media into believing there is a certain way that black people should act. I'm supposed to use broken english, shitty manners, basically anything I do right is in essence wrong because it is not the character of the black race. What kind of ILL shit is that? The way I portray myself is the way I'm supposed to be....and since being black is a part of who I am....then how I act is how a Black person named COPE is supposed to act. What's funny is if I reacted the way they would "EXPECT" me to as a stereotypical black person, trust me they would NOT be happy with the outcome. So....moral of this is I act the way I am.....I....ME...not everybody else....but this is who BLACK me is and best believe its RIGHT, so the next person to come out they mouth sideways with some silly ass comment like the one's discussed is getting a GOOD OLE FASHIONED Cope response. You've been warned.....
Listening to: How I Could Just Kill A Man by Rage Against The Machine
(click song title to listen or download)
You're Wearing the Wrong UNIFORM
I've touched on this subject before but I never really went into detail, so here it goes!
You can't really judge a person by their appearance these days because people are not wearing their appropriate uniforms. There used to be a time when bad girls dressed like bad girls. Now its gotten so bad that good girls dress like whore's.....why? I don't know.....that's a uniform I wouldn't want voluntarily. I'm tired of seeing broads dressed like Jackie O when they act like Marilyn Monroe....those are two COMPLETELY different types of female. A nice pair of pearls or a pretty little necklace does not MASK the fact that you're kind of a SLORE! But this does not apply to females only.....there are PLENTY of fellas running around rockin their "GEEK" swag, tryin to be Jay-Z or pulling off the "Rock!" look Weezy style. But no matter how many stee-lo's they jack most of these dudes are still grimey ass niggas that really ain't bout shit. I really need for people to stop putting on different uniforms if they can't fulfill the Job Requirements. You don't see me waking up...going to my closet...pulling out a cop uniform and being like "U know what....I think I wanna enforce the LAW today!" If you put on your "Sophisticated Lady" uniform then your actions should MATCH. People can change their style up, but I feel that when you do personalities should change as well....because you normally look the way you feel, right?!
Crown Royal On Ice
NOT the drink!
This is what I like to refer to some people as, people who have a certain QUALITY to the tone of their voice. Have you ever heard someones voice that sounded like sex? A sensual tone that reminds you what it feels like when silk hits your skin! A voice that when you hear them say anything it feels like someone just gently ran their fingers across the back of your neck? STOOOOOOOOP! My sister says Marsha Ambrosius voice sounds like sex (the singer from Floetry). And I would have to agree with her on that....b/c almost every song on the Floetic album gave off THAT vibe. I actually have one particular friend who's voice sounds like Crown Royal On ICE to the highest extreme. This man could be talkin about GREEN EGGS AND HAM I tell you.....and I wouldn't even notice it because as SOON as his lips part my mind starts creating the type of visuals that show up with censor bars already IN THEM! The kind of voice that makes you want to be the WORDS that come out his mouth, so you can actually feel what the sounds feels like rolling off his tongue. He has the kind of voice that when you haven't heard it in a while and then you suddenly do everything around you stops. Or the kind of voice that when you miss a call from him you ALWAYS want him to leave a message, so you can listen to it then save it so you can hear that Crown over and over. The kind of voice that when you get a text message from him you imagine him actually saying the words, making the text THAT much better! I've made a lot of comparisons so you can read this and try to understand just what I'm saying....but I'm just gonna end with ONE LAST example: A Crown Royal On Ice voice, HIS voice, when you hear it its like every word coming out of his mouth represents a kiss he lays on every inch of your body, from the top to the bottom. I'm done....no really I can't keep this up! I know I'm not the only one who knows a Crown Royal On Ice or two....LADIES.....act like you KNOW!
Sidenote: I got the term Crown Royal On Ice from a Jill Scott song entitled "Crown Royal"
Here are the lyrics just in case you've never heard the song:
"Your hands on my hips pull me right back to you/I Catch that thrust give it right back to you/ you're in so deep I'm breathing for you/you Grab my braids arch my back high for you/your Diesel engine, I'm squirting mad oil ah/Down on the floor til my speaker starts to boil/I flip s**t/Quick slip/Hip dip/And I'm twisted/In your hands and your lips and your tongue tricks/and you're so thick and you're so thick and you're so Crown Royal on ice"
Listening to:
Freak'in Me by Jamie Foxx ft. Marsha Ambrosius
Imagination (Crown Royale Suite) by Jill Scott
(click song title to listen or download)
A Go LIVER (pronounced LIE-Verrrr)
So while I was writing "U'd still smash tho," I was listening to Get it Girl by Chip Tha Ripper and he used the term "Go Liver." I had never heard the term before but I was pretty sure I had a good idea of what it meant, but just in case...I did an urban dictionary search. It's basically someone who is ready and willing to engage in sexual activities whenever, wherever, however. Immediately I was like "That's not cute!" but then I thought about it a little longer....lol! That may not necessarily be a BAD thing. If you think about it there is probably at least one person that could turn you into a Go Liver whenever they're around. I feel like if you're not a Go Liver with EVERYONE then that's fine, and maybe there is just one person that brings that side of you out, so I say HEY.....go for gold...in fact if you're reading this...STOP RIGHT NOW....hit up your Go Liver immediately and tell them you're ON YOUR WAY!!!!!! Hahahaha TERRIBLE :P
Listening to: Kissin' Ears by Gym Class Heroes ft. The Dream
U'd Still Smash Tho!
Dudes run their mouths just as much as some females do, which is a mind blower to me. I hear guys talkin about the different chicks they're talking to or beatin down, and you should hear some of the things they SAY! Whore is reemerging as a very popular term for the loose jawns out here in the streets....I'm hearing it being used more frequently these days. But back to what I was saying....I hear dudes calling these chicks whores and all this other stuff and they talk about all the ILL shit these chicks do and SAY, but I'm like..."U'd still SMASH THO!" I don't wanna associate myself with some skeezy ass nigga, sometimes ignorance truly is bliss and if I don't know ol' boy is scummy then it could be a good thing (or NOT). But if I know he's one step away from being a PROSTITUTE why would I still wanna mess with him? Ewwww.....nooooo sirrrrrrrr. But nigga's will know these chicks are so called "WHORES" and still bang with the broad. I mean if you still gonna beat then you could at least stop talking about the chick because you're only BUT SO MUCH better than she is.....what's the old saying...."You are what you EAT!" LMAO ewwwwwww!
Listening to: Get It Girl by Chip Tha Ripper ft. Al Fatz
Can't Keep Me Anymore
Have you ever witnessed a bad relationship and wondered why the people don't just get out?!?! You're probably thinking to yourself..."no one is happy any more, the good times seem so far away and its better to just let go." But can you imagine how hard it must be to let go? You know the relationship isn't the way it once was, but you just keep believing that it will get back to the what it used to be or even better. As soon as you've made up in your mind that you're finally gonna let them go, you just keep replaying all the good memories, all of the I Love You's, the future that should have been, and for a second all of the pain goes away. Then once you get in that mind state you try to figure out what went wrong and if you can fix it because you don't want to risk missing out on the reemergence of the "Old You" (in reference to the other person). Then you're right back where you started.....still holding on. Is it wrong to love someone so much that no matter what you always want to hold on?
"I've been changed and rearranged and it's not like it was before, and when the sun shines I'll show her why she can't keep me anymore....me anymore.....she loves me"
Listening to: Valdediction by The Foreign Exchange
808's
When tracks first started leaking from Kanye's highly anticipated album 808's and Heartbreaks, a lot of the critics were being quite skeptical and RUDE. They were saying he was "Experimenting," and other things like that. But me being the R.O.D. supporter of Kanye that I am, I never doubted the man! From the moment he first performed Love Lockdown....with his grey suit on and that lit up broken heart....I knew Ye was about to give me something I didn't even know I needed. 808's is good from beginning to end, bottom LINE. Ye starts with Say You Will, which is clearly about his ex-fiance and it's damn near everybody's favorite track on the album. Then he goes into Welcome To Heartbreak featuring my future husband KiD CuDi.....this song is about how Ye has been grindin thus far to get all that he has, yet he doesn't have the simple things in life, like a family or just time to be with his loved ones....I mean DAMN....your God sister got married by the lake and you couldn't even stay for the CAKE? That's tough Ye....cake is CLEARLY the best part! Moving on.....next up is Heartless, where he's talking about a cold hearted broad....THE END. I love Heartless as well....but let me tell you why.....that BEAT DROP in the beginning right after he does the chorus.....ILLY.....I immediately rock the shoulders like "You need to WATCH the way you're talking to me YO!" But it's not all about heartbreak on this album.....just when you think you're gonna have to cut yourself, Amazing begins to play...."my REIGN is as far as your eyes can see!" Jeezy blesses this track and does a pretty good job......very much expected from Mr.Jeezy Hamilton. Love Lockdown has enough bass to blow someone's speakers out....turn this one down a little when it comes on, let's not have an incident! Paranoid is just catchy as HELLLLL...."Why are you so paranoid...you worry bout the wrong things, the wrong THINGS!" LOL! But Real TALK No SHIT.....people don't be so paranoid that will drive Mr or the Mrs away. I'm not gonna lie...when I first heard Robocop I was NOT a fan...this is the one song that had to grow on me and it did "OK...Ok ok." Funny story about Street Lights....this was featured on an episode of Grey's Anatomy...a show I watch faithfully and get a lot of good music from. I'm not sure what I was doing....b/c I was paying attention during the entire episode, but I somehow did not hear them play Street Lights...and not a snippet...but the ENTIRE SONG! Needless to say I was pissed when everyone told me I missed it, but WHATEVER! Every time I hear Bad News I wanna go out and SALSA....is that weird? I don't think so....long story short, I like this track TOO...."Oh you just gon' keep another LOVE 4 YOU (that was for you JUSE)". In comes the Vocoder Abusers Anthem...See You In My Knightmares featuring Weezy Wee. EVERYBODY Loves this song......I mean it bangs, but I think people just fall into the Gillie Hype....OH...I mean Lil' Wayne Hype. Coldest Winter is apparently about his late mother Dr.Donda West.....it's sad just like the situation but the song is of course GOOD. Pinocchio Story is the last track on the cd and it's a live version. What bothers me about this song is the screaming fans in the background.....I mean this man is pouring his heart out, crying and shit....I'm pretty sure now is the one time where you should stop being a fan and just be a supporter by giving him your undying attention. If I had to rate this album on a scale of 1 to 10, I would give this bad boy 9.5 hearts(and not 10 b/c one of them had to be broken...for heartbreaks...get it? lol) ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. People can say what they want about Kanye and 808's.....the man lost his mother and his fiance around the same time, if that nigga wanted to rap about crayons I would listen. A lyric in the Coldest Winter says "Goodbye my friend, will I ever love again?" I mean I doubt Kanye will ever read this, but YES Ye.....you will Love again.
Let me count the WAYS!
American Apparel is a clothing line that is made in the US of A and they make SURE that you know it! No sweatshops for THEM. While on the website I came across this scarf that you can wear a million and one different ways.....its soooooooo nifty. It's the Unisex Circle Scarf and its only $28, so go to the website and check it out!
The Simple Things (pt. Un)
Have you ever thought about the five senses...sight, touch, smell, hear, taste? They're such simple things but could you imagine what life would be like without one of these senses?
I'm going to start with TOUCH
Imagine if you didn't have the sense of touch. That means you can't feel the warmth of the sun on a warm day or the sensation of water hitting your skin in a hot shower. You wouldn't be able to feel a good firm handshake (I hate limp ass handshakes....man the fuck up! lol). No point in petting fluffy puppies because you can't feel anything. No running your fingers through anybody's hair (ladies if you are running your fingers through a dudes hair, that nigga better have locks or be John Stamos....b/c nigga's with long hair in this day and age are not POPPIN!). Now let's dig a little deeper: You know that feeling you get when you wake up next to *that person* and your arm is around them or their arm is around you....could you imagine not having that sensation? TERRIBLE.....just plain not good is what not having that feeling would be like. Next time you touch something and you get a good feeling, think about not having it and appreciate it all SO much more.
Listening to:
Untitled (How Does It Feel) by D'Angelo
Feelin' Love by Paula Cole
Spring Summer Feeling by Jill Scott
Ghostwriters
I feel like if you are a rapper and you have a ghostwriter then you need to change professions! I don't think I could even ghostwrite for someone.....like I'm listening to the radio and I see nigga's feeling my shit and they don't even know its my shit? I understand that some people don't want the shine....but I'll be damned if someone who didn't work for it gets it. So apparently Jadakiss is a ghostwriter, as well as Jay-Z, T.I. and Gillie Da Kidd is a writer for Lil' Wayne. Do you see all this recent shine this nigga Wayne is gettin? No wonder Gillie pops shit about this nigga on his mixtapes...HE IS HIM....HIM IS HE...WTF? Nas, Skillz, Pharoahe Monch, and the D.O.C are all ghostwriters....for people like Will Smith, Dr.Dre, Diddy, Foxy Brown and even BIG were mentioned. BIG is some people's favorite rapper and you mean to tell me he didn't even write some of his shit? Just goes to show why Tupac was always better in my opinion! The ghostwriters say they don't feel "undervalued," but I mean WHATEVER.....if they're fine with collecting whatever money they get paid for their services but no credit then I'll leave it alone. But I'll never look at some of these so called "Rappers" who use ghostwriters the same way EVER again. Ohhhhhh the Fakerrryyyyyy!
These are a few links that talk about Ghostwriters:
http://www.defsounds.com/rumors/Ghostwriters_exposed
http://www.gelfmagazine.com/archives/hiphops_ghostwriters.php
Listening to: Therapy by The Alchemist (ft. Evidence, Blu, Kid Cudi & Talib Kweli)
How did we get here?
"How did we get here?"
I realized that I was asking myself that question a lot towards the end of 2008 in reference to former friends or associates. In 2009 I'm going to turn over a new leaf in regards to how I handle friendships. Normally if someone does something wrong I think to myself "does this person have characteristics that would make me want to keep them in my life in spite of whatever situation has just occurred....or can they be let go?" I don't know any murderers (as far as I know....I wouldn't put it past some of these nigga's though!)....so I think I'm gonna start giving people more chances. I know that if I messed up I would want another chance to right my wrongs. One of my best friends gave me a second chance and if he hadn't I don't know what my life would be like now, SERIOUSLY! I know what its like to have a friend taken from you, so I don't think I'll be letting any more go unless its really not up to me. We meet people for a reason and I think we should take the time to figure out exactly what that reason is.
Listening to: Decode by Paramore
Mouth Watering
I love sneakers! Fuck chocolate.....get me some high top dunks any day my dude. Better yet get me THESE! I came across these pretty little things on HighSnobiety. These are the Ubiq x Jun Watanabe Fatima hi-top sneaker. I like for my shoes to be unique, colorful and just plain FRESH and these bad boys pretty much SUM that up. Well that is all....I'm gonna go work on my jump shot or slang crack rock....so I can cop these jawns, TRILLLLLLLZ!
Listening to: T.G.I.F. by KiD CuDi ft. Chip Tha Ripper
Thank You
"Be polite!"
Any good parent raises their child to be polite, so when we're young we're told to say Thank You in appropriate situations. You get a gift from your Grandma...."Tell your Grandmother thank you!" Things like that....it just seems commonplace. But does the phrase "Thank You" hold the weight that it really should? I feel like people just say it now because its automatic like you don't really even think about it anymore. I know I do....like if someone holds the door for me, tells me "God Bless You," or other normal things like that. But when someone does something really great for you are you truly thankful or is it just another automatic response? If you say it five times, "thankyou thankyou thankyou thankyou thankyou," it doesn't mean more if you had said it ONCE! It only means something if you really mean it, like you thought about the act that was just done for/to you or the thing that was just given/taken from you and it completely changed your state. You are happier than you were before, your worries have gone down, things like that, or is it just another event in your day? The next time someone does something good for you.....I would suggest that you say Thank You and mean it, because its hard to hide it when you DON'T!
Listening to: Lies by The Black Keys
50 best websites
Time.com composed a list of the 50 best websites of 2008. I went to the website and thought that the list was pretty good! I mean if they included Concreteloop and Hypebeast then they can't be too far off the mark. I would suggest checking it out, you might come across something very helpful.....so ENJOY: The List <--Click ME
ChiYork
Two different cities, two bright and driven individuals, one common goal. ChiYork is a blog written by an intelligent young woman in Chicago, who goes by the alias "Jill" and an audacious young man in New York, who goes by the alias "Jack." When you read their blog you get a good perspective on issues facing people of our generation, who are trying to make moves in their lives. The blog is very insightful, witty and informative! I would suggest that you take a look sometime and get a feel of Chicago and New York....or better yet...ChiYork.
www.ChiYork.com
Big ups to B and Katrina
Love you guys <3
2009
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!
It is the start of a new year...new beginnings for everyone. I wish everyone a blessed and prosperous year. Live life like its golden and love like you've never loved before!
Peace&Love
Cope
