You ever feel like this during the holidays? Just one some "let this be over" type shit? Sometimes, it feels like that. It's hard to truly get a good foot on the whole presents thing. We tell ourselves "oh, we'll cop some stuff earlier in the year", and then you realize,
hey dog, your black ass is broke all year round. Feels like the walls are closing in sometimes, but I still have a load of stuff to get through before Monday. Bear with me...
I do want to give myself a shout out for what I thought was a pretty dope week of rock the dub bloggy flavors. Check my track record for the week: not only did you guys get
a pretty thoro playlist on Friday, but you also received a heat-rock of
a Dub Mix on Thursday. I unearthed
an old Fanu interview that has gotten some pretty decent replies on forums all over. Shouts to Fanu. Monday brought you
my review of
Nas' new album, which is not pretty. In between all of this fun, ya boy covered
the Nuggets/Knicks fight from earlier this week, AS WELL AS some
very Hip-Hop Christmas
bits. I even had time to start a new gig with Cinema Blend's Music reviews dept. - unpaid, but supposedly a good amount of exposure. Peep
my review of
Styles P's
Time Is Money. I mean, on the strength, what other blogs are giving it to you this raw? Apparently not many: my adventure in "social sponsorship" has gone well, as
the competition I entered last week now has me at the #2 spot! I appreciate all of your votes, hopefully I can rinse this one and keep it crisp for a year, paid for this blogging thing. I appreciate all of your votes... let's keep it movin'!
Shuffle she lovely...
01/So, my unscientific poll had the Asian delegation in
last place of the
Survivor Race War, and who'd would have thought that the Korean cat,
Yul,
won the cool $1 mil? Everyone I talked to wanted
Ozzy to win, and I'm kind of surprised he got dissed on that one. Yul played the game well, but Ozzy played it honest. Guess honesty isn't the best policy. That's not what bothered me in the last episode though. In the final tribal council, the two females,
Sundra and
Becky, were tied for votes off the island, so they had to compete. They were told to make a fire that would reach high enough to burn a rope. Seemingly, after 38 days living on an island, you'd think they'd know how to make fire. It's not like they never did it before... there's
proof of them doing it! How about after 1.5 hours and a fucking book of matches,
Sundra couldn't get a fire started. STARTED. I told wifey right then and there, she set the Black race 5 years back with that one. Niggas gotta eat, niggas need fire to eat. She wasn't looking thin, so I know she got her grub on. No fire, ma? That's not even right.
02/
Rosie O'Donnell is a trip. I don't get how her 15 minutes has extended, but Arsenio Hall is stuck in purgatory, but I digress... this week, she beefed with
Donald Trump over his handling of his
drug/drink addled Miss USA. I didn't give a shit at first, but once you
break down the history and the jabs that each has taken against each other, it's clear that Rosie is trying to boost her end of the year ratings. I didn't know being named a "moderator" of
The View was so damn important, but apparently Rosie sees this as her only way to stay relevant. I do think Trump could have went harder: him calling her a "slob", saying she looked like a "truck driver" is cute, but not as scathing as Chappelle's "she looks like she
wears underwear with dickholes". That's the one.
03/I don't get the NBA sometimes... the Sixers had a deal with Denver on the table over the summer to trade
AI for anyone other than
Carmelo. They turned it down. They spend like a week or so trying to figure out who The Answer will be going to... and
he ends up going to Denver!?
Billy King needs to go. How fucking indecisive is he?! The Nuggets
lost to the Kings in AI's first game for Denver, but hey, he still did his thing. It will take some time, but don't be surprised to see Denver doing their thing in the playoffs... I think he is just the right cog they need to make an impact.
04/I want to officially throw my support to
Perez Hilton. I don't peep the site as often as I should, but I have to respect any blogger on their grind. He handles the celebrity gossip, and his use of photos has been the source of controversy. This week,
he got sued by the fucking paparazzi for usage of their photos. I mean, really, what's the violation? You guys stalk celebs for a shot that will make you rich off of
Nicole Richie running down the beach or whatever, but you sue a blogger for using the same photo and making not even a fraction of what you would make? Get real - you guys are scum, you are not legit, and you should be ashamed of yourselves. Let Perez do his thing, and until a bitch sends me a letter or an e-mail or a cease & desist, I use what I want, when I want, to get my point across. Bet that.
05/This has been the week of doubles, entertainment wise. You don't believe me? Watch my genius in action: did you know that
Mike Evans, the guy who played Lionel on
The Jeffersons also created
Good Times? Well, in any case,
he passed away this week at the age of 57, due to throat cancer. On the flipside,
Joe Barbera, one half of the
Hanna-Barbera enterprise that brightened up the lives of many a youngster, this one included, with their cartoons, passed away as well, at the ripe old age of 95. I'm kind of shocked that more people aren't speaking on this -
check their track record, and if you were a kid when I was a kid, you know how much they affected you. That's #1. #2 comes in the form of some DUIs from semi-celebs. This Black pitcher out in Florida got
arrested for illegally parking his Bentley and pissing in the street. On the flip,
Gus Van Sant, the acclaimed director who created a boatload of flicks and then directed the snooze-fest of
Elephant,
got popped for slurred speech and crazy driving. Sick, sad world. Stop getting into your cars after binge drinking, bitches. Stay at home and get crunk.
06/Let's get into some Hip-Hop news. This week has been kind of quiet... but not uneventful. Big Nas put out his album, and is set to do
roughly 300K this week. Why, I don't know... "Black Republican" and a few other jams are NOT worth the loot. iTunes at best. Fader conducted a pretty ill
interview with him on his state of mind right now, his work ethic, and other points of interest for his fans. On the final bit of Nas news, looks like his babymoms
Carmen is suffering from poetic justice... looks like her autobio got
written by some other chick, who is now trying to get rich to that... speaking of poetic justice, this court case recently got decided on some rap lyrics. CNN
laid out this story where some rhymes this guy wrote ended up getting him in trouble over this murder rap, even though his work was some fantasy, braggadacio shit. I will never understand: guys like
Arnold Schwarzenegger can become the govenor of a state in the USA, all the while portraying a fucking murderous cyborg in his movies.
DeNiro will be seen as a great man, all the while stomping the shit out of random guys in his movies. If a rapper is on trial for something, his once entertaining lyrics turn into distorted views of life, all real and no fantasy. These days, 90% of the MCs getting paid are spitting fantasies to beats, but let them go on trial - all of the sudden, they are Honest Abe out that bitch. Fucking double standards...
Wu-Tang is
re-signing with
Steve Rifkind, the guy behind
Loud Records, to his new imprint, SRC. Now, why sign with him when his old shit folded? I guess they like funny money... On a good note, it's good to see guys like
Baby and
BG squash shit and
get on the right path. BG called into a radio show Baby was on, discussing the recent passing of a loved one, and they are at least speaking. This doesn't mean that BG isn't trying to get his money from Baby, but its a good start... If there is one deaf MF on the mic, it's
Tyrese, aka "Black Ty". He just put out a new CD,
Alter Ego, where he sings on one disc, then rap on the other. His MCing is ridiculous at best, but he already has 14 tracks done for
a new album. Why? I guess R&B money is lacking?...
Rizoh of
About Rap has gotten a load of bloggers together to put out a "Best of 2006" Hip-Hop albums list. I don't agree with it, but I give them props. I can't think of an album outside of
Donuts that I considered "the best" of 2006. I might have to dedicate one year-end post to the genius that is this album...
07/Linksys, a company that has sold me products I don't need and I have turned around and made loot off of on eBay, is planning on
making their own "iPhone"... word is this phone can make cheap calls over the internets. Apple is supposed to have their new year unveiling next month, so we will see if they will get their own piece up and running. Do you think Linksys is going to cut into Apple's sales? I doubt it... but it's a shady thing to do, especially if it carries the "i" name.
08/This cop out in Texas is about to make the craziest wave possible in the so-called "Drug War": he as a
"Don't Get Arrested for Dummies" video coming out, where he tells cats how to not get caught by the fuzz. In reading further, you realize that, unspoken in the article, dude is a pot head. I don't know too many non-weed heads who say shit like "coke, meth and shit is bad. Weed is not". I used to say the same shit, with good reason, but I have also never been a cop. Praise dude for his actions, but his job is toastl.
09/This Russian website,
AllofMp3.com, thought they got around some Russian copyright law with their MP3 bootlegging site, but it appears as though labels have had enough, and are
suining the Ruskies. I can't blame them, I mean it looks as like the site just gave away crazy albums for like $0.02 a song. I had heard conflicting reports in the past, from this being within the law, because each company was to be held responsible for paying royalties, but really, who is going to call Sony and be like "yo I made X amt of dollars for that Bow Wow". That's not happening, and we all know it. Hopefully, those
kremlin bitches get what they deserve.
You guys notice how I combine mad stories into one piece, as opposed to bringing you 50 fucking points? Love me.
I'm out of here.
Donuts write-up coming before 2006 is done. Long live Dilla, and my Uncle Allen. Holla.
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