!..(No Longer in service)

Crabs in a bucket

2009-01-20T08:41:00.000-08:00

I can never understand the mentality of a race of people, that stoop to the level of bottom feeding, and continuously fight one another over the most unimportant things. Over Jewelry, cars, clothes, hoes, SUCCESS. It all boils down to jealousy, Envy, Hate. These people wonder why they can never make a change for themselves, why they as a race cannot seem to rise up and do something positive, so their weak minds are forced to resort to negativity.

This race i speak of aren't White, Black, Asian, in fact its no particular skin color but many. I like to call them crabs, hard shelled, soft core nincompoops. I find it difficult to grasp as to why these people wouild rather preach hate, project insecurities, fight their own flesh and blood, and even kill over BULLSHIT!

Instead of coming together, working together, uniting and have strength in numbers, they rather be independent minded and even dependent on the next man for their way to step up, when the truth is..people can only rise through Interdependence and unity.

Waiting for the next man to feed your family, robbing people out of hard earned shit, hating people because they took a better route than you, instead of looking inside of themselves and changing what is wrong, they clench their claws and charge forward blindly and destroy themselves over childish jealousy and downright foolishness.

This blog is dedicated to all my brothers and sisters who have died over nothing, and dedicated to all my brothers and sisters who fight for eachother not against themselves.

R.I.P. Neo Brown , didn't know him, knew his music, shared acquaintances, shared the struggle, STOP THE VIOLENCE or we as a race of Humans will never succeed.

Oh the HUMANITY!

2009-01-09T13:03:00.000-08:00

Would you kill ten of your friends for a delicious juicy whopper..?

I bet you would slap the nearest relative for the chance to snack on one of those juicy heart attacks, you whopper whores.

Well Burger king has created a similar opportunity for internet heathens to smite each other..on facebook. Delete 10 of your friends this week and you get a voucher for a free whopper..delightful isnt it?

before you go deleting 1000 people you will never actually meet in real life, you are limited to one coupon ya snakes

Now go out there and start killin PPL!
(source: http://anonym.to/?http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Midmarket/Drop-10-Facebook-Friends-and-Get-a-Free-Whopper/)

PEACE

2008-11-06T06:19:00.000-08:00

In the past year or two my early thirsts for truth thrust me into a frenzy of google book worming, and wikipedia overdosing. In a matter of a year and a half i went from a politically oblivious 18 year old to a miniature Kieth Olbermann with a twist of Immortal technique. It's benefitted me in alotta ways and kind of burdened my mind also.

I was kinda blind at first, now i see too much and my eye lids wont go past my cornea. You know that feeling neo had in the matrix, when he just wanted to go back and he knew the truth..thats how i feel sometimes.

I feel im even getting to the point where i may be reaching a new zenith in my knowledge quest. I'm learning how to effectively draw my own conclusions and stop swallowing internet conspiracy theory propaganda. Because, no matter if its a biased news network( like MSNBC or Fox news) or some underground "conspiracy theorist" source like infowars or some shit like that, its all PROPAGANDA!

Whats the point of me screaming at the top of my lungs at people who aren't listening, I'm no different from someone who thinks Obama is Black jesus. I know as much about the future of this country as they do(Or maybe better educated guess =] )... its really a waste of time, but i think its more than obvious we all are headed in a shitty direction

I decided to give Barack a chance even though i truly felt him and McCain are like Coke and Pepsi, I'll put my cynicism to the side and see what happens just for the fuck of it.

"Peace and freedom are achieved through understanding.", that's all i really give a shit about now, Peace and freedom

with all that being said..im copping GEARS OF WAR 2 at midnight..WHO WANNA GET SAWED THE FUCK IN HALF!!!!!!!

Unkleluc06(XBOX LIVE!!!)

And it starts...

2008-11-05T10:42:00.001-08:00

Less than 70 some odd days from now President Barack Obama will take hold of the white house and get to work. The First Black man to ever hold this position, talk about a backwards nation, all yall know where i stand by now... so i wont say much.

All i ask of Barck is this... Please do not sell out to the corpooratocracy that we all know who truly run this country, dont become a war criminal like the last guy, don't lie to the people of this country, and try your best to own up to your promises.

With that being said..LETS GET IT!!!!!!!!!!!

This is not a PSA

2008-10-21T04:59:00.000-07:00

For as long as I can remember, my mom been having knee problems, shit is Chronic like. But, it never was something to big, and last night it became big. She was washing some dishes and then *pop* out of nowhere her knee cap gives out and i basically had to carry her to her room. We both hoped she can sleep it off and it'll all be good in the morning, but it wasn't that easy.
She wakes up to more pain, and now we're like shit, gotta go to the hospital, because her knee was on some Chris Webber type ish. And the whole time all these thoughts are running through my mind like

FUCK..neither of us have Health insurance, how long is she gonna be out of work with this injury...are the dolphins gonna win Sunday or lose again!?

And it just sucks that human well being takes a backseat to money in this country, i dont wanna go into politics and morals and conspiracies and all that shit, but think about it. Why do we have to live in a country where when your injured, you are more afraid of the financial ramifications rather than the long term effects of your injuries..its something the wrap your mind around

This is what ppl have to worry about, i'm experiencing this first hand, now she's in the hospital..and who knows she can have a torn acl a dislocated knee cap, water knee... and the darkest cloud in the sky right now is how much is this gonna cost

Its cheap to die in this country and expensive to live....

Odd world

2008-10-02T10:22:00.000-07:00

Wednesday October first... Had to be one of the weirdest days of my life. I had to make a trip downtown to the courthouse to take care of some fuckery dealing with a car dealership and me wanting my money back(long story).
I checked online for when the fuck the Bus is supposed to come thru..i see its scheduled for 9:44 and 10:45. I leave the house at 9:35(Typical procrastinator behavior of mine). SO wen i get my ass to the store its some Cuban dude playing like 6 lotto's and he chose to fill em all out on the front counter so i gotta wait for this dude to finish.

Now wen he finally finishes i can gt change for the Bus..wen i step outside the door, guess what i see at the red light. NO not Sarah Palin tied to the back of a pick up truck you sickos. I seen the BUS U CRAZIES! THE BUS!. But no..im too cool to run after a bus, i listen to way to much Outkast for those kinda shenanigans. I take my ass back home and wait for the 10:45 Bus, i when i finally make my way out for the second Bus, it starts raining(Just my luck). But i dont turn around, i keep going
and i wait under a tree for like half an hour for the off scheduled Bus. Meanwhile i see Mickey Monday from Cocaine cowboys ride by on some weird looking bike and im like, "WTF!?".
When the Bus arrives i drop in my $1.50 and i make my way to the back..ERRR!!, "Hold on Buddy"-Bus Driver, "*throws up 2 fingers*"-Bus Driver(As in telling me the price of a bus ride has gone up to 2 bucks. I throw in the extra money.
So i make my way to the back(Sorry Rosa), and i sit down a few seats down from an old guy, so im chillin, bumping to my iPOD(Listening to Madvillainy). A few minutes into the ride, the old guy starts punching the air, i didn't even look because i automatically figured the dude was nuts, but he kept doing it and i was worried I'd have to knock this old guy out cuz he might hit me. So he gets up and goes to the front and he chills next to this lady. And a couple minutes later he starts again, now hes mumbling some scolding words to his imaginary opponent and he's having a full fledged face off with the ghost until the referee/bus driver kicks them both off the bus.
So we reach Wynwood, now I'm almost there. And we stop and some douche bag sideswipes the bus. So now, it wasn't a full on Wreckage just a small hit and run, the bus had no damage and the lazy fuck made us all get off the Bus and wait for another one as he parked his shit and waited(For what, iono).
So wen the next bus finally comes, its packed with disabled ppl, and the Driver is a BITCH! Half the Bus got into an argument with the lady after she forced some old dude in a walker to go to the back(Up STAIRS!). The Bitch even stopped the Bus to call someone after she got owned by everyone..furthering my delay. SO at noon, i finally made it downtown which wasn't a fun process but that's far from over with..but to top off the horrible day The Senate passes a $700,000,00 bailout bill for the greedy fucks of wall street and i hear Jay-z is holding free concerts to support Obama and the one in Miami is on the 5th...O_O
I might be dead.

Hip HOp Files

2008-09-16T22:44:00.000-07:00

Cool vid i came across on illroots.com , its sorta about graffiti and this Photog who followed graff artists in the early 80's in the baby steps of hip hop culture, i think u'll enjoy it.

makes me wann grab a marker and start taggin shit up lol

Gnarls Barkley

2008-09-09T11:00:00.000-07:00

If u haven't noticed already.. Gnarls Barkley is the G.O.A.T.

If for some insane reason you don't know who they are its Cee-Lo(From Goodie mob and the Dungeon Family) and World renoun DJ DangerMouse(worked with the likes of MF DOOM and Jay - Z).

These 2 are nothing short of a super-duo, their odd blend of musical genres, and reckless combinations of soul and funk and all types of other shit make for a lucky mix of shit that just so happens to come out great.

These dudes make some weird shit, but i'm a wierd guy, so u already know I can roll with it, you would think you'd need to be really really high on something to understand the lyrics..but all it really takes is a good ear and a quick trigger finger on the rewind.(If that doesnt help, then visit your local acid dealer and cop an 8-ball)

I got both albums(Downloaded :(), but i will surely cop both..in the near future, i promise...naw foreal, i will.
The second one(The Odd Couple) picks up where the last one left off, on some crazy shit, and the last few singles have been awesomtastic..the one im listening to alot is Going on

You be the judge, it kinda sounds like somewhere between African repatriation and a Love song..maybe a love song about Africa?..but to me it sounds like he's going back to Africa...maybe im reaching, but take a listen peeps

I'm outty 5000

McCain-Palin

2008-09-04T14:50:00.000-07:00

Need i say anything..this dude just says it all for me

I mean what more can i add to this...friggin perfect.

In recent news...

2008-08-25T14:50:00.000-07:00

The Government sucks, the Obama/McCain campaign has America in a frenzy. Even though deep down i think Both of these guys are just out to fuck over America in an attempt to progress the overall goal of a one world Government and the subsequential end of the world, I'll just take Obama.. its like choosing between getting shot in the Face or Throat.. you know?

But enough boring talk about the wellbeing of our grandchildren and the fate of the world..

Recently came back from Orlando for a little fun, you know.. extra marital affairs, robbing people, riding roller coasters with a straight face, drunken simulations of cunnilingus and and other sexual fiasco's.. the usual. Ahhh.. I had soo much fun meng, i wanna go back and scare white people and curse on rides in front of peoples children.

I was Puma dancing and i booked shows, and girls were asking me to put there lips on it..amongst many other forms of slurred speech and things i would love to remember right now(But i can't).

Not to mention i went to an Oceanic concentration camp also known as Sea world, i saw Whales and seals and Michael Phelps training buddies

....But thats all for now, i'll be checking in when i get the blogger bug. Peace.

HIP HOP IS ALIVE

2008-08-03T13:31:00.000-07:00

August Dos.. the Hottest day in a Miami Summer...

The Legends of Hip Hop Got together to put on a show that will be imprinted in my ind for years and years to come.. the kinda story i tell my grandkids, and every time i tell them i forget i told them already, and they keep acting like its the first time they heard it, and i tell them years later i know y'all know i remembered telling them it before, and they lie and say no, and im in my death bed like stop lying, then i say but anyways..and i tell them the story again

anyways lol.

THESE are ppl i grew up bumping too.. De La Soul, Mos Def, Wu-Tang clan, Redman and Mef, THe Pharcyde... The goddamn list goes on

THE TOP 3 Performances

1.Nas- Performed tracks from Illmatic all the way down to "Untitled". God's Son definitely takes the cake..he had chills running down my back, I was spittin all the lyrics with him..I remember at the End of One mic, i was the only person in my section that spit the last 4 bars verbatim...CLASSIC

2.Immortal Technique- SO much passion, this revolutionary nigga right here, had the shortest set, and i personally think he shoulda been a headlining act, but he put on a show...never forget it.

3.De La Soul- i honestly thought these old cats was gonna put a nigga to sleep, but they did the exact opposite..THEY HAD MY FUCKING HAIR STANDING UP, Awesome performance!!!

....Let downs..
1.The expensive ass food and drinks..goddamn Cubans charging 8 bucks for sishcabobs and 4 bucks for agua..CARAJO!!!

2.Tribe Called quest..They came on last, i think Nas wouldve been the better ending..and i left before i got to here my favorite songs..plus i had on a Tribe inspired shirt

4.The Sun..Bastard was killin my black ass!

ALL IN ALL>>>THE SHOW WAS AWESOME..Next year im gettin VIP tickets!!!!!!!!!!

Another one bites the dust...

2008-07-14T16:36:00.000-07:00

Sometimes, i feel like a hitchhiker, and my life is a giant interstate. I walk along with my thumb out, waiting for somebody to stop. Sometimes i might meet up with other hitchhikers. Some of my hitchhiker friends get picked up, some get ran over, some are just right where i left them at(Stuck on stupid).

So many cars are passing me by, nice pretty whips that everyone got a ride in at least once or twice. Porsche'ss that were nothing but trouble. Until one day i spotted a little red corvette, with long hair and green eyes(Sometimes Grey) and big lips and high heels. Every once in a while for about a year I'd see it around the highway, but it seemed the passenger seat was always occupied(Dude looks familiar, but no acquaintance of mine). One day out of the blue, she pulled up along side me and asked if i wanted a ride, and my reply was "Hell fucking yes, u see how hot it is!?!". She laughed, and off we went, she never really told where she was goin, hell i don't even know where i wanted to be, i was just enjoying the ride.

Everything was awesome, the AC was blastin', bumpin all kinda joints(Lupe, Immortal technique, evanescence, all that), just talkin about the highway. It all seemed sweet, then out of nowhere she was like "I'm sorry, but i got somewhere to be i gotta let you off here", and i was like "What the fuck you mean, you took me all the way out here just to let me out now? thats crazy". But, she already knew she was crazy, she's heard it all too many times before.

She mentioned something along the lines of patriotic duties, service to the country, and a whole bunch of shit she thinks i could care less about. She blew me a kiss and i just slammed the door and watched her drive away.

Pretty red corvette, hair blowing in the wind, probably wont see that car for another for years... what now?

I guess i'll just stick my thumb out again and hope i see one of those Porsche's again lol.

I'm convinced...

2008-07-10T08:28:00.000-07:00

Once fox news starts targeting candidates, thats exactly th person i want in office.
(i.e.

JESUS Christ....im so SHOCKED right now, is it me or am i the only person that heard Jesse Jackson say he wants to cut off Obama's testicles and simmer them slowly with barbecue sauce and sauted onions?

Link

i am beside myself..this motherfucker Jesse Jackson has the audacity to go on FOx news of all channels...then say some shit like that and says he thought his mic was off...LMAO, i'm so fucked up right now...im not an Obama super fan, but goddamnit, i cant help but to gravitate towards the person the media hates..cuz i hate the media.

Willy Lynchism is upon us..divide and conquer the niggers..WOW, im so proud of Jesse...I wouldnt be surprised if they payed that fool o say that shit either...

Lord have mercy

Dumb chicks Finish Last...

2008-06-25T09:51:00.000-07:00

...and Nice guys finish first.

Since the beginning of time, theres been a notion for some insane reason that being a "Nice guy" will get you nowhere with a women.

Which is completely Ludicrous.

The fact of the matter is Women don't like a man that is weak, clingy, needy, and soft...a high percentage f women want a guy that is strong, protective, and quite frankly has a mind of his own.

Nobody man or woman wants someone who agrees with everything you say, can't formulate an opinion of their own and is simply a human walking mat.

I'm not saying that women don't want a sensitive, sweet guy(at times)...but theres only space for 2 people in a relationship...theres the MAN...and the Lady.

Its just a matter of balance...the problem is most Nice guys dont know how to balance themselves, and they dig holes of bitchassness that are damn near impossible to climb out of...

Theres nothing wrong with being a Nice guy...because i'm a nice guy..Theres something wrong with letting people walk on you, being a bore,

""nice" equates with boring and predictable. Look up "nice" in the dictionary and you find: pleasant; agreeable; satisfactory. In other words, average -- not exceptional, not exciting, and not sexy."

yo will never in your existence find a woman who would dare say she didnt wanna date a guy who was to exciting, confident, and too passionate....But i bet we've all heard talk around the cooler about he's such a good guy..He's a great friends.."HE's soo nice but i can't see myself with him"..

this all usually equates too too much too early ya know...some ppl are'nt in sync i guess... its like u give someone everything in week one and the luster is done for...the only solution is to value yourself more and stop being so passive

wen a person(MAn or Woman) becomes to much in need, or wants it too badly...you've basically lost all "power" in the situation...its all down hill from there..patience is a virture

But, If a guy is an all around catch and a chick cant pick up on it and run, she's pretty retarded and is doomed to a life of baby daddy's and late night myspace stalking lol...

Moral of the story...Chill, it is what it is...

Movies son!

2008-06-22T10:39:00.000-07:00

SO i was at the mall the other days wit my homies...me being the only "good guy" in the pack, they snuck in through an exit, and i paid for my ticket...cuz im just good like dat...(Plus the fact security was like right on my ass(PAUSE)and i wasnt about to get roped for no $10 movie...

I paid to see M.Night Shyamalan's, "The Happening"..

Lemme start by saying M.Knight is a fucking Genius..his movies are always good..except most ppl hate the village..but i still liked the concept so fuck em all..

This Movie was the shit..i dont even know how good i can say it is without giving away anything,,but at the same time i dont want you all feeling like theres some giant plot twist or a "DUN DUN DUN" moment or anything like that lol..but it has a good message behind it, plus its creepy and stuff..SO GO SEE IT!!!

meanwhile my hooligan friends watch the Incredibly whack Hulk movie...HA! thats what they get for sneaking in..fuckin' thugs..I heard it bombed like Hiroshima

..shouts out to Lou Ferrigno(his version shits on 'em all)

And i have to give an honorable mention to Kung-Panda...that movie is suprisingly probably more entertaining that any movie out right now

Back to the Future

2008-06-20T12:44:00.000-07:00

Its been a while my peeps...but ya boy is back to Blog ya feelz me

This one really is multi-topical (If thats a word :P)

im gonna start off on the music tip....

I copped 2 albums not too loong ago

THe N.E.R.D. and Lil wayne album

I dont regret buying either of these albums...they were worth the cash

The Wayne album was waaaaaaaaaaaay better than i expected...i was extra pessimistic, cuz he's been trippin lately on the mixtape circuit..I give i a solid 4 mics

The Nerd album was 3.5 maybe 4 Mics... still got that crazy sound, awesome beats, and topics you can never understand but u still listen too ;0...lol

.......

In other news...

"BArack Obama is the Anti-Christ" - SMC

.........

Back to our scheduled programming ;)

I been ebay shopping for a Nikon D40...im sick of point and shoot crappy pics...i want a pro look snitches!!!!!!!!!!!

Im so jealous of Her...(She know)

...Til next time

ADIOS AMIGOS!!!

Never again...

2008-06-07T07:30:00.000-07:00

My photoshops are alive...

Hypocritical media...

2008-06-03T20:49:00.000-07:00

The news has been really getting under my skin as of late...

Its this rash Hypocrisy and blatant ignorance..u know what, i cant even say ignorant, because they know exactly what they're doing.

U should all know, me and Obama ain't so tight..but i gotta side with the dude on this topic. I'm starting to lean towards him because he's getting alotta heat lately(I STILL WANT MY MONEY BACK!)

First it's calling the dude a muslim, then mixing his name with Osama/Obama, tryna subliminally alter peoples perception of the man...these fuckers are so slick its worth an applause
--GIVE IT UP PPL--

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Now they question Obama's "Patriotism" because of his associations...because not only he's a (FORMER) member of a church where they say the pastor is anti-semetic/satanic/un-patriotic(wich certainly is far from the case), and on top of that he's friends with a dude who planned some bombings on several seperate occasions allegedly(wich is extra suspect, but whatever).

Now most of this hatred is coming from Sean Hannity..who's a board member of a lil organization called?..BOND(Whos chairman is thankful for slavery...Can i get a WTF for $500 Alex?)

..ill try not to bore u any further wit my political rants...But basically what im trying to say is..the Fucking media is shitty..all they do is fucking lie..its sickening...UGH!!!!

Feel me???...:)

Unk on the Election...

2008-05-19T21:35:00.001-07:00

WWhy type...wen i can record :]

[LYRICS] Lupe Fiasco - American Terrorist

2008-05-19T08:46:00.000-07:00

Easily one of the best written tracks...PERIOD

[Lupe Fiasco]
Close your mind
close your eyes
see with your heart
how do you forgive the murderer of your father?
the ink of a scholar is worth a thousand times more than the blood of a martyr

[Lupe Fiasco]
We came through the storm
Nooses on our necks and a smallpox blanket to keep us warm
On a 747 on the pentagon lawn
Wake up the alarm clock is connected to a bomb
Anthrax lab on a west Virginia farm
Shorty aint learned to walk already heavily armed
Civilians and little children is especially harmed
Camoflouged Torahs, Bibles and glorious Qurans
The books that take you to heaven and let you meet the Lord there
Have become misinterpreted, reasons for warfare
We read 'em with blind eyes I guarantee you there's more there
The rich must be blind because they didnt see the poor there
Need to open up a park, just closed 10 schools
we dont need 'em
can you please call the fire department they're down here marchin for freedom
burn down they tee-pee's, turn their TV's on to teach 'em and Move!

[Hook: Matthew Santos]
The more money that they make the more money that they make
The better and better they live
Whatever they wanna take whatever they wanna take
Whatever whatever it is
The more that you wanna learn the more that you try to learn
The better and better it gets
American Terrorist!

[Lupe Fiasco]
Now the poor klu klux man see that we're all brothers
Not because things are the same becuase we lack the same color
And thats green, now that's mean
cant burn his cross cause he cant afford the gasoline
Now if a muslim woman strapped with a bomb on a bus
With the seconds running give you the jitters?
Just imagine a American-based christian orginization
Planning to poison water supplies to bring the second-coming quicker
Nigga they aint livin properly
Break 'em off a little democracy
Turn their whole culture to a mockery
Give 'em coca-cola for their property
Give 'em gum, give 'em guns, get 'em young, give 'em fun
If they aint givin it up, then they aint gettin none
And dont giv 'em all naw ,man, just give 'em some
Its the paper, some of these cops must be Al-Qaeda nigga uh

[Hook: Matthew Santos]
The more money that they make the more money that they make
The better and better they live
Whatever they wanna take whatever they wanna take
Whatever whatever it is
The more that you wanna learn the more that you try to learn
The better and better it gets
American Terrorist!

[Lupe Fiasco]
It's like
Don't give the black man food, give red man liquor
Red man fool, black man nigga
Give yellow man tool, make him railroad builder
Also give him pan, make him pull gold from river
Give black man crack, glocks and things
Give red man craps, slot machines
Now bring it back, bring it back, bring it back, bring it back
Don't give the black man food, give they red man liquor
Red man fool, black man nigga
Give yellow man tool, make him railroad builder
Also give him pan, make him pull gold from river
Give black man crack, glocks and things
Give red man craps, slot machines

Some videos you should find amusing...

2008-05-15T05:19:00.001-07:00

LMAO..why does he still have a job?????

This video is hilarious...

Remix lol

WAKE UP!!!!!

2008-05-08T13:26:00.000-07:00

When are the citizens of the United States gonna wake up and smell the tyranny...

when is everybody gonna get up and realize, that every single day we are being lied to by OUR own government....

Our media feeds us lies...

Our school systems are shitty because they want us to be stupid, our economy is weak because they want us all to be broke and pessimistic..

The presidential election is a Joke, they are all puppets, its all a big show, because in actuality the real people that run this country dont want to be seen, they are behind the curtains, paying off the politicians to get the shit dont that benefits them, and not you.....Its CALLED CORPORATE LOBBYING
Oil Companies
Saudi oil royalty
Health Care industry
The Rockerfellers

^^^These are the people who run this God forsaken country

..Sometimes i just wanna pack up and leave before they start implanting us with CHIPS AND OPENING UP CONCENTRATION CAMPS..FUCK!

Here we go again............

2008-05-04T00:06:00.001-07:00

May 3 - United States is drawing up plans to strike on Iranian insurgency camp
United States is drawing up plans to strike on Iranian insurgency camp

Michael Smith

Read Mick Smith's defence blog at www.timesonline.co.uk/micksmith

The US military is drawing up plans for a “surgical strike” against an insurgent training camp inside Iran if Republican Guards continue with attempts to destabilise Iraq, western intelligence sources said last week. One source said the Americans were growing increasingly angry at the involvement of the Guards’ special-operations Quds force inside Iraq, training Shi’ite militias and smuggling weapons into the country.

Despite a belligerent stance by Vice-President d*ck Cheney, the administration has put plans for an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities on the back burner since Robert Gates replaced Donald Rumsfeld as defence secretary in 2006, the sources said.

However, US commanders are increasingly concerned by Iranian interference in Iraq and are determined that recent successes by joint Iraqi and US forces in the southern port city of Basra should not be reversed by the Quds Force.

“If the situation in Basra goes back to what it was like before, America is likely to blame Iran and carry out a surgical strike on a militant training camp across the border in Khuzestan,” said one source, referring to a frontier province.

They acknowledged Iran was unlikely to cease involvement in Iraq and that, however limited a US attack might be, the fighting could escalate.

Although American defence chiefs are firmly opposed to any attack on Iranian nuclear facilities, they believe a raid on one of the camps training Shi’ite militiamen would deliver a powerful message to Tehran.

British officials believe the US military tends to overestimate the effect of the Iranian involvement in Iraq.

But they say there is little doubt that the Revolutionary Guard exercises significant influence over splinter groups of the radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr’s Mahdi Army, who were the main targets of recent operations in Basra.

The CBS television network reported last week that plans were being drawn up for an attack on Iran, citing an officer who blamed the “increasingly hostile role” Iran was playing in Iraq.

The American news reports were unclear about the precise target of such an action and referred to Iran’s nuclear facilities as the likely objective.

According to the intelligence sources there will not be an attack on Iran’s nuclear capacity. “The Pentagon is not keen on that at all. If an attack happens it will be on a training camp to send a clear message to Iran not to interfere.”

President George W Bush is known to be determined that he should not hand over what he sees as “the Iran problem” to his successor. A limited attack on a training camp may give an impression of tough action, while at the same time being something that both Gates and the US commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, could accept.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle3868063.ece

AT it again

2008-04-30T15:06:00.001-07:00

This will probably be pulled soon too

GTA4

2008-04-28T08:44:00.000-07:00

So ya tonight is the middnight release of GAT4

and um ima have my black ass camped out in front of Gamestop waitin

UGH!!!!!!!!!! I cant wait!....Ima be up for days playin this shit man, when i come out my room ima be lookin like ODB up in dis bitch

DONT CALL ME< TEXT ME< OR EVEN THINK OF ME!!!!!!!

GTA ALL DAY!

WHy though?

2008-04-22T18:08:00.000-07:00

You ever chill wit a chick and yall cruisin and you like

"oh shit...I might've fucked around and struck gold with this one?"

and right before you do your happy dance, they go and say some out of left field type shit that turns your stomach...ahhh man, i know no one's perfect, but Hey-SEUS MARIA! Come on!

..Im like chillin wit dis breezy today, and we riding, its all good, she into shit i am..she aint conceited(seemingly), she vibe...

So i get out the car to pump GAs, then i go to give this homeless dude like 2 bucks or whatever...Could you believe what she says wen she get back in the car..

"Why'd you give him money for?".... I was like err!!!!!!, whatever hapened to "the meak shall ingherit the earth, or the first shall be last and the last shall be first.(Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth)

shit was a turn off son..cold blooded shit.

UGH!!!!!!!!

2008-04-18T07:26:00.000-07:00

Why do we have to put up with this utter butt raping.

These fascist faggots create a threat("Terrorists")

Then they go and Kill Saddaam

Tax us to death

Gas prices go up...which means everything else goes up to account fot the insane gas prices.

I HATE GEORGE BUSH!
I HATE THE POWERS THAT BE!

WE NEED A CHANGE IN THIS GODDAMN COUNTRY!

I dont need no motivational speaker(Obama) selling me dreams, I don't need no menopausal douche bag(Hilary) riding her husbands coattails, or no old WW2 veteran ass Die hard John Mc"L"ain ass nigga....

FUCK MAN....i feel like moving to Jupiter or some shit.

I GOT A V6 engine...U KNWO WHAT THAT MEANS?....a full tank of premium wont last 4 days

...okay im done venting :)

How CUte...

2008-04-14T16:52:00.001-07:00

Jesse does it Correct

2008-04-13T13:19:00.000-07:00

Finally someone goes on FoxNews and does it right, and doesnt get kicked off, and still gets his shit acroos..Nicely done, WWF style

U wont see this on T.V.

2008-04-10T23:06:00.001-07:00

Fuck McCain, FUck Hilary, and Obama(Ya i said it)

ROn Paul

Never give a freebie

2008-04-10T11:28:00.001-07:00

Term is my dude and all..but damn.

I went outta my way to offer a design for free since ima fan and all..this dude lets me do it right, even requests a tweak...then goes ad gets someone elso to do a page 4 em'...no warning no shit...im pissed..

I dont think i could bump his shit for a year and not be angry....

Lesson of the day..no freebies in life...EVER!

Real Talk 4 dat ass...

2008-04-09T23:41:00.001-07:00

(Excerpt from Rass Kass - Nature of the threat")

Spartacus revolt, a slave rebellion that lost
Where 6,000 slaves was nailed on a cross
Cross? aw, shit! jesus christ! time for some-act-right
Christians get your facts right
Cause christ was not his name
Thats greek for one who is anointed
Yoshua ben yosef was his name, do christians know this?
So who do you praise, do you know his name?
Or do you do this in vain?
Accepting the religion they gave slaves to behave
Peep the description of historian josephus
Short, dark, with an underdeveloped beard was jesus
He had the romans fearing revolution
The solution was to take him to court and falsely accuse him
After being murdered by pilate how can it be
These same white romans established christianity
Constantine would later see the cross in a dream
In his vision, it read en hawk signo wonka:
In this sign we conquer - manifest destiny
In 325 he convened the nicean creed
And separated God into three
Decided jesus was born on december 25th
And raised then on the third day is a myth
Plus to deceive us
Commissioned michelangelo to paint white pictures of jesus
He used his aunt, uncle, and nephew
Subconsciously that affects you
It makes you put white people closer to god
(yo, the man got game like a motherfucker!)
True indeed, fuck it, jihad
In the eight century muslims conquered
Spain, portugal and france and controlled it for 700 years
They never mention this in history class
Cause ofays are threatened when you get the real lesson
Moors from baghdad, turkey threatened european christians
Meaning, the white way of life; hence the crusades for christ
On november 25th, 1491
Santiago defeats the last muslim stronghold, grenada
King ferdinand gave thanks to God for victory
And the pope of rome and declared this date to forever be
A day of thanksgiving for all european christians

.. now listen, when you celebrate thanksgiving
What you are actually celebratin
Is the proclamation of the pope of rome
Who later, in league with queen isabella
Sent cardinal ximenos to spain
To murder any blacks that resisted christianity
These moors, these black men and women
Were from baghdad, turkey
And today, you eat the turkey, for your thanksgiving day
As the european powers destroyed the turkeys
Who were the forefathers of your mothers and fathers
Now fight the power, you bitch-ass niggaz!

How sad...

2008-04-09T22:18:00.000-07:00

SOHH has confirmed that the long awaited album Tha Carter III from New Orleans rapper, Lil' Wayne has been pushed back.

Album cover:

Though originally slated for a May release, Weezy's rep confirmed to SOHH that the album is due out in June. The alleged cover art hit the net earlier today. [Peep here]

Tha Carter III will be the rapper's sixth solo project and his first solo release since 2005's Tha Carter II. It will also mark the end of Weezy's Tha Carter trilogy which included 2004's Tha Carter and 2005's Tha Carter II. The two albums were RIAA certified gold and platinum respectively.

The Carter III's first official single, "Lollipop," was recently released and was produced by Jim Jonsin and Darius "Deezle" Harrison.

When speaking of the album, Wayne told Billboard, "It's one of those albums people are really waiting on, so I made it so that whatever is on it will stick with you forever. I'm taking my time with it. And I'm giving artists I respect and people I want to do songs with -- not songs the label fixed -- an opportunity to collaborate."

Tha Carter III hits stores June 10th via Young Money/Cash Money/Universal Motown Recordings.

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THis shit better be good for Weezy F. to be gettin pushed back like this lol

Democracy is Dead...

2008-04-08T19:34:00.001-07:00

The Carter III is not looking good...

2008-04-07T22:04:00.000-07:00

After about 3 or 4 delays, Lil Waynes highly anticipated album "Tha Carter III" should be dropping on May 13th, if it's not delayed once more..

Unfortunately for Wayne, the tracks have been leaked like bad pipes in a ghetto apartment(Tha Carter III mixtape, Etc.). He's sadly had the unfortunate task of going back into the studio and re-record some tracks, and even come up with new ones...Too bad for Weezy

Because what i've heard so far is extra garbage(Lollipop is catchy tho)

I aint tryna hate, but god damn, i was really looking forward to some quality shit from Weezy, then he starts droppin bricks and nobody notices that shit but me lol

Word of advice...Stop sippin dat cough syrup Weezy!!!!

Lupe and Chris Brown in da cypher...

2008-03-29T07:25:00.001-07:00

YAH TRICK YAHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2008-03-26T16:09:00.000-07:00

Real lyrics for yo bitch ass

[First Verse]
Ugh, I can't feel a feel nigga pain, devious skill
That make a strong willed
Nigga wane since a little nigga hang with the killers and distributors
Of cane they dismemberers of swishers then refill it with the Jane
Then they tilt it and they lit with a flame then they took a pull of killer
To the brain like (inhale noise) ah
Evil minded like crane
They became they deranged like the rover that I rolled
That was the Waynes that I drove when I was a little bit older
Mayne declaring war on the deck like they the Joker
All while ducking from Bruce Wayne
While they poker with the devil
And our moon littened ghetto
Hello my name stickers on the stickers of the veins
In rehab remembering the feelings when they used to get mellow
When they was on back of a nickel like Monticello
When the underworld had to be smarter than Donatello
No honor amongst fellows
It's harder than sitting with a blind man and trying to describe yellow
Got me feeling like killer Joe
My life the album
Know the classics by heart and exactly how the filler go
Repeat it on my way to the liquor store, chocolate

[Second Verse]
Cause I can't feel the feel
Niggas chains
Though I covered mine, so I uncovered mine in bling
Then I bumped into a bum and covered mine in shame
Then I bumped into a hon and uncovered mine again
Diamonds been under minded mayne, they give a nigga with no mack another kind of game
See money talks in another kind of slang
Detectives can't decipher as they listen through the wire as I accept the call
And listen to the life of
Getting religion and making voodoo in the sink of your cell
Reciting Al-Fatiha in the kitchen
In deed on his deem and in addition to doing dishes
Listen as I get schooled on the rules to rule
Fuel of fools, the obstacles, the cool
Had to slow it down homey
Chopped and screwed
Said blow it down for me
Sticks and stones make the homes
Only god's words can stop the wolves
And don't fraternize with pigs those kids will think your stool
Not at the bar but trying to put him behind the bar like a bartender
He laid the law like the bar so I put it in a bar for dude
He said borrow my jewels and bar the fools
Cause they a playa like the space bar and twos
Theme music to a drive-by, put it in your car and cruise

Life's a Bitch..

2008-03-25T18:31:00.001-07:00

..so don't vote for one.

Don't let Television dictate who the fuck to vote for...

There still somebody else running besides that bitch Hilary..Obama (Seems fishy), And John "Co"cain

..The reason the media doesn't want you to know this is because, their plan is to pigeon hole you into the choices they want!!!!!!!! DON'T U REALIZE!?!?!??!?!

TURN OFF THE TV AND GO READ A BOOK...or just stay on myspace allday like me:) (Now u know y lol)

Radical Christian hackers have been waging an online war against atheism.

2008-03-24T07:29:00.000-07:00

The hackers repeatedly attacked MySpace's Atheist and Agnostics Group page, deleting groups and members and renaming the site 'Jesus is Love'.

MySpace shut down the group last month despite having promised to keep it up after earlier hack attacks.

The site was put back up in February, but some members are still being barred and some discussions are lost. MySpace has yet to comment on the issue.

"MySpace is running foul of existing laws on religious tolerance," said Terry Sanderson, president of the National Secular Society.

"It is disgraceful that this site was taken down. It is religious discrimination because these actions will protect religious hackers to the detriment of others.

"There is a growing concern from radical Christians about these kinds of atheist websites and they are becoming much more aggressive."

Bryan Pesta, the Atheist and Agnostics Group moderator, started the group in 2004 and claims that it is the largest online gathering of atheists and agnostics.

"We are rebuilding from a recent hacking that banned most regulars and deleted many of the threads that gave us our character," the page states.

"I owe someone at MySpace a thanks for restoring the group, but at the risk of pushing my luck, 'unbanning' the regulars would be really cool too."

MySpace was acquired last year by News International, which is owned by born again Christian Rupert Murdoch.

Article

------Wow.

P.S. - I'm contemplating deleting my myspace because Rupert Murdoch is literally satan.

Happy Easter

2008-03-23T19:50:00.001-07:00

Maybe theres still hope for our younger generation

2008-03-23T11:11:00.000-07:00

A 12-year-old boy was arrested for allegedly throwing a rock through the windshield of Soulja Boy Tell Em’s tour bus during a stop in Bloomington, Illinois on Thursday (March 20).

According to police, Soulja Boy’s tour bus was parked outside of the Hampton Inn West around 7:40 PM when the boy threw the rock through the windshield.

Soulja Boy was in town performing at the U.S. Cellular Coliesum when police arrested the boy, who told officers he committed the crime because “I hate Soulja Boy.”
Source : www.allhiphop.com

---Justice is served

It's Here...

2008-03-18T17:54:00.000-07:00

Hip Hop Saved My Life video has arrived..also available on iTunes

STACK DAT CHEESE

AZ Ft. Styles P. - The Hardest

2008-03-17T18:05:00.001-07:00

AZ "The Hardest" Featuring Styles P. The track is available both on AZ EP and as album only track on Styles P latest Super Gangster (Extraordinary Gentlemen). AZ driopped a new album in February titled Undeniable

Chemtrails and goverment testing..On the American public.

2008-03-15T08:23:00.000-07:00

These fuckers are trying to reduce the population..and nobody peeps games

Barium (pronounced /ˈbɛəriəm/) is a chemical element. It has the symbol Ba, and atomic number 56. Barium is a soft silvery metallic alkaline earth metal. It is never found in nature in its pure form due to its reactivity with air. Its oxide is historically known as baryta but it reacts with water and carbon dioxide and is not found as a mineral. The most common naturally occurring minerals are the very insoluble barium sulfate, BaSO4 (barite), and barium carbonate, BaCO3 (witherite). Benitoite is a rare gem containing barium.

US CODE TITLE 50
CHAPTER 32 SUBSECTION1520 A
PARAGRAPH B

Precautions

All water or acid soluble barium compounds are extremely poisonous. At low doses, barium acts as a muscle stimulant, while higher doses affect the nervous system, causing cardiac irregularities, tremors, weakness, anxiety, dyspnea and paralysis. This may be due to its ability to block potassium ion channels which are critical to the proper function of the nervous system.

Barium sulfate can be taken orally because it is highly insoluble in water, and is eliminated completely from the digestive tract. Unlike other heavy metals, barium does not bioaccumulate.[2] However, inhaled dust containing barium compounds can accumulate in the lungs, causing a benign condition called baritosis.

Oxidation occurs very easily and, to remain pure, barium should be kept under a petroleum-based fluid (such as kerosene) or other suitable oxygen-free liquids that exclude air.

Barium acetate could lead to death in high doses. Marie Robards poisoned her father with the substance in Texas in 1993. She was tried and convicted in 1996.

Coming soon.....

2008-03-15T08:05:00.000-07:00

Hip-Hop Saved my life music video shoot

SHould drop on the 18th..this is gonna be hot

Hot shit, straight from the underground

2008-03-14T18:21:00.000-07:00

Pace one & Mr.Green - HIP-HOP

Hot SH*T

Z-Day

2008-03-13T09:25:00.001-07:00

Peep this awesome documentary..controversial, but undoubtedly factual..

Lupe on 106 & Park

2008-03-12T13:29:00.000-07:00

They finally showin love to my favorite rapper god damnit..I been sayin Lupe was a beast dfor too long now!

The Greater times

2008-03-10T18:34:00.001-07:00

The greater times...

(Currently Jamming to: 2Pac - Old school, Nas - Can't forget about you)

Remeber the good ol' days..when shit was all good. No worries, no problems, just fun. When mom dukes would wake you up and bath you, and brush yo teeth, fix you some cereal. When you be up in the Lunch line askin ppl to skip. When the only thing good thing about 50 cent was that it could get you on the metro bus(And a jitney). Before Soulja Boy was a rapper, and the radio actually played real Hip-Hop, and just real music period.

Remember when it wasn't all about Jordnas..but we was out hear bustin' L.A. Gears!

And mufukaz would wake up early as hell just to play nintendo, some would'nt even brush they teeth, beatin level 3 was more important than dental hygiene

It wasnt all about Grand Prix's and Monte Carlo ss..it was about that New Mongoose!!! or the Huffy wit Chrome Pegs and the Joker card in your spokes, or some people put Tennis Balls, or them hot ass scooters everybody wanted...and awwww man..nobody asked for Gas money, just a quarter to fix a flat after they towed you to the store.

when the Ice cream truck you'sed to come thru and everybody would lose they mind, runnin up stairs gettin that dollar so you could cop a firecracker, hot sausage, doritos, ninja turtle ice cream stick, italian icee, all dat good ish. or gettin chased by dogs and shit..goin to the pool, watchin POWER RANGERS!!!

man i could go on forever, but on a serious not, im reminiscing on a few main things...My Uncle Joe, My Pops, My First road dog Danny, and my first Love.

Back in da day my Uncle was the man, he had money, Hoes, and clothes..i looked up to that man so much. Now my big tyme Uncle, is a big time crack head, lost his life to dope and A.I.D.S....I wish i could save him, but he done for i guess.

I miss my dad, he was a pusher man. He was never around alot cuz he and my moms was always beefin, but when he did come thru he showed loved, dropped me a couple dollars it was all Love...but back in 2000 he got shot 5 times tryna hit a Lick, and on top of that the niggas he was wit, snitched on him and he servin a 10 year bid(he's set for deportation august of 2008).

My main man Roy, we went back to age 4, we was tight like rope. This muthafucka knows all my secrets. I love dude man..now we just grew apart. His shifty ways turned me away, he was becomeing shady and maybe jealous of me graduating and him not being able to find his way out the maze..i had to cut him off...now i dont know what he up too..maybe god will have our lives cross paths once again..but until then im doin me.[UPDATE AS OF FEB 2008 - Roy and I have resolved our differences, STILL MY ROAD DOG]

And Lastly..that chick i oh so retardedly gave my heart to. Man that bitch threw me for a loop, played me like a game of football, but its all hood. I was dumb for that one i admit..but i had fun wit her, she made me much smarter, gave me alot of firsts.. so i cant front on her..but we aint cool right now(Reasonably so). Maye one day we could be cool but definately not now....

My mistakes, and witnessing of others miscomings made me who i am today...

I wanna end it off wit a few of my favorite quotes.

"What more can i say, i wouldn't be hear today if the old scholl did'nt pave the way" - Notorious B.I.G.

"People who live in the past have nothing to look forward to in the future"- Anne

Dumb it down

2008-03-10T18:32:00.001-07:00

Dumb it down

Luc P. Alexandre

N44348789

Miami Dade College-Wolfson

MMC2000

Professor Lane

(Tues/thurs – 11:15 – 12:30)

The influence, and power of Hip-Hop Culture, and the ultimate dumbing down of Rap, in the eyes of Luc Alexandre.

"Dumb it down" society says, we don't need all this articulate nonsense. We don't need any artsy smartsy stuff, that's for losers. Gimme a Six pack of beer, a remote control, and a clean towel after my brainwash. I think it's beyond obvious that the level of intellectuality has decreased severely in recent times. It's a phenomenon that's affected nearly every form of media and is the cause for many "starving artists". In Film, we want Guns, blood, and sex. In TV we want the same, In music we want catchy melodies that will get saturated by radio stations to play a couple thousand times per hour, a perfect example of that is Hip-Hop. Like many art forms, Hip-Hop began as a pure art form, for the people. Now, Hip-Hop Has undoubtedly fallen victim to corporate exploitation. A once powerful movement, with message driven music. Today, it calls for the lack of a better word, "Niggas".

On an unspecified date in the late 1970's, a phenomenon was born, and that was Hip-Hop. What began as simple rhythmic mumbling over beats gave birth to poetic artistry seldom matched. An art form once labeled a "Fad" has ultimately become one of the most influential art forms in the world today. Unfortunately a price that is paid with success comes condemnation, misrepresentation and downright corporate greed. That corporate greed has led to the unfortunate "dumbing down", and quite possibly the demise of Hip-Hop music.

Amongst Disco music, the gay rights movement, and the 10 year hangover of the "drug years". A Jamaican born DJ named "Kool Herc", born Clive Campbell, was conjuring up a cool new way of making music. He primarily was a reggae and disco DJ who invented Break-beat Djing, "where the breaks of funk songs being the most danceable part, often featuring percussion were isolated and repeated for the purpose of all-night dance parties", he'd occasionally begin to rhyme over these break beats. This Rhythmic flowing over records was labeled Rapping or Rap.

"Rhythmically associated poetry", otherwise known as rap is the bacronym, because it came after the term rap was established. "Stylistically, rap occupies a grey area among speech, prose, poetry, and song", which has roots dating back to times before the slave trade even existed. Traces date back to West Africa, were tribesmen would rhyme stories over beats of a drum. These Tribesman were called "Griots", a Griot is "a West African poet, praise singer, and wandering musician". These African Poets sang tales, recited poetry to their tribes to the beat of a drum. Hip-Hop in its simplest form you can say.

Roots from Griots later led to the likes of Jazz, and American Blues. It is said that slaves would sing on plantations. Tell poetry, and say a rhyme, which leads many to ponder exactly how far raps roots go. It makes it impossible to give a definitive date to the invention of Rap, it is obvious it runs very deep. But, it's safe to say Hip-Hop as a movement started in the 80's.

Simple rhyming over break beats, by DJ's and B-Boy's alike soon gave way to a more elevated form of rap. The first example of that would be "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5; it was the first time Rap had become in depth. It was a song telling the story of life in the ghettos of America. It didn't stop there, as Hip-Hop evolved and began to reach mainstream success, many successful pop and rock acts began to take notice.

The First Collaboration of the Sort was when Blondie teamed up with Grandmaster Flash to release the single titled "Rapture" in 1981, where Blondie actually rapped the lyrics to the song, and it was a huge success, on March 28^th, 1981 Rapture took over the billboard top 100. The doors finally opened and even MTV (primarily a rock station) opened up to Hip-Hop. Then bands like Aerosmith teamed with Run-DMC, and Hip-Hop began its ascent.

Hip-Hop fought many obstacles and labels like a 'fad" that would soon blow over, it was

hardly taken serious. But, with the perseverance of its pioneers, hip hop broke through and was finally accepted on the mainstream market. With mainstream success it gave way to a more revolutionary and more intellectual form of rap which gave birth to the likes of Rakim, Nas, De La Soul, A tribe called quest, and many more. With regions covering The west coast, all the way to the east(not to mention hip-hop in The Netherlands, France, Greece, Portugal, and the U.K.). Different races got in to the mix (Vanilla Ice, The Beastie Boys). Various rap styles, wordplay, and topics from life in poverty, the fast life, politics, conflict diamonds, you name it.

With Hip-Hop in full stride, artists with a real message where taking over the airwaves in the 90's (The Golden era). The lyrical content was laid on thick. Hip-Hop was a dominant force, and its influence was becoming obvious. It had become more than music, but a lifestyle. From the Way kids dressed, to the way people walked. Artists like Public Enemy (Chuck D, and Flava Flav), with giant clocks, Africa pendants, and Gold rope Chains. The world was following to the beat of the drum.

It seems most parts of society have their own form of jargon, or slang. In Hip-Hop the terminology used has spread like wildfire, with words like "Dis"(short for disrespect), Dilly(Deal; "What the Dilly"), and the most popular "Homey", which has origins that date before Hip-Hop("which became prevalent among some of the youth in the African American and Mexican American communities starting in the late 1960's and continuing up to the present").

Another wave in the sea of Hip-Hop has to be "B-boying, also known as breaking, break dancing, or B-girling (for women)". The "B" stands for Break (Break-Boy or Break-Girl), B-Boys and girls first started popping up in DJ Kool Herc's parties, they would save their best moves for the break beat(referred to earlier, page 1). Their moves dazzled crowds at parties,

concerts and even takeover parks and sidewalks with crowds they gather. All they need is some cardboard, a boom-box (portable stereo system, "introduced by various companies in the late 1970s", also know as "Ghetto Blasters"). Featuring Dazzling moves, like head spins, back flips and handstands, Break dancing was a phenomenon in its own. Giving way to films like "Breakin'" and "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo" (Released: 1984), and a Documentary titled "The freshest kids".

One of Hip-Hop's most notorious, yet oldest tradition is Graffiti. Graffiti is a form of art that has roots dating back to ancient Greece, the Roman Empire, and Egyptian hieroglyphics. "Graffiti can be anything from simple scratch marks to elaborate wall paintings". Today the tool of choice is some fresh spray-paint, and a mask to prevent breathing in the fumes. It's notorious because in most cases if not all cases, it's vandalism, but seen as expression to the artists. Who consist of teams or crews, who often have rivalries and battles for supremacy (Number of Tags around the city).

This got many corporations taking notice, Adidas(Run DMC/My Adidas), McDonalds commercials in the early 90's featuring some human sized McNuggets rapping, and I even think I might've seen a commercial with old folks rapping about dentures. It was undeniable, Hip Hop was raking in the dough. With MTV on the team, endorsements from huge corporations, the doors went from ajar, to a swinging crash off of the hinges.

With the door open, came artists with music that brung a positive message, creativity, and refreshing artistry. From New York city with feel good groups like "A tribe called quest", "De La Soul", and "Gangsta" rappers from the west coast and one of the most influential of those artists has to be 2Pac (Alias: Makaveli, after western Philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli, who was

an Italian diplomat, political philosopher, musician, poet, and playwright), born Tupac Amaru Shakur (Named after Túpac Amaru II, an Incan revolutionary). Tupac's mother was an activist and a former member of the Black Panther party, so it's no surprise that 2Pac was such a leader. His rugged image and powerful message carried around the world. His poetic lyrics not only got him success in the music industry, but also on the silver screen (Films like Juice, Above the Rim, Gridlock, and several more). After a short career of 7 albums and 7 seven films, he was gunned down in cold blood. An end that seemed all to similar to the fate he predicted, and the lives of people he depicted in his music, Young Black Males, not living past 26 or 27, and die at the hands their own race.

The most unfortunate thing about it, it seems that music executives seem to feed of most negative part of the imagery in Gangsta rap music, as young white children ate up records like cheetos, a light bulb went off in the minds of (Presumably white) Label executives. Rather than defusing the image of Black stereotypes, it was instead magnified to generate dollars. Like a spoken word artist once said, "There's a market for Niggas". It's sadly similar to old minstrel shows (From the 1830's). Where whites or even blacks would dress up and wear "blackface" (Black paint, red lipstick), where blacks were depicted as "ignorant, lazy, buffoonish". With the integrity of Hip-Hop, so went lyrical content, it went from "Keep ya head up" to "Superman that hoe. Hip-Hop once embraced all its forms, now it seems like the only form of it that dominates is the one's mass produced, ignorance.

Hollow lyrics, catchy tunes, no depth, no message. Just bang bang, shoot shoot, ass smack, dance bitch, die nigga, you know the usual. In the Mid-90's through the early 2000's record sales for Hip-Hop were reaching there collective zenith(Snoop Dogg 5x platinum,

Eminem's Marshall Mathers LP sold 21 Million worldwide), it now seems less like a steady decrease and more like a crash landing. With bricks dropping left and right. It seems the era of the pop pop, booty shake may be coming to an end. Is Hip-Hop dead? Not necessarily. If you consider crime driven music, with hate laced lyrics Hip-Hop, then yes. But, if you understand that real Hip-Hop was never founded on ignorance, but expression, revolution, and creativity. Then you understand that the little thing by the hospital bed is still beeping.

On my way home...

2008-03-10T18:28:00.002-07:00

Saturday March first....

The day after a giant argument wit mom dukes about some fukk shit

I wake up... and i go to grab a broom..I remain silent to mom(She notices)..starts blastin off on me..I pay no mind.

She get on the pipe and start lyin on a nigga to her zoe friends so im standin there like "Why u lyin fo?"..

Long story shirt..she put me out.

When it finally hits you..it dont take too long, its just like. WHOA....

Alot of things come rushing in on u, u begin to notice alotta shit..who is real who's not, u dont wanna add to peoples troubles as it is..u begin to notice whos a real friend, who wanna look put, and who dont give a fuck at alll........, u gotta decipher between advice coming from all directions..

"GO BACK NIGGA"
"NAW FUCK DAT, SHOW HER U COULD MAKE IT!"
"Damn fool, iono...want some weed?

Shit is...so damn stressful.....

I couch hopped until i found a spot i could lay my head and not feel uncomfortable..i never felt stable but it was the best scenario...

Got Car note..Insurance...Mid-Terms...

I WAS FREAKIN OUT!!!!!!!!

That night...

I kept tossing and turning, nightmares about going back home...My heart kept tellin me...Im not ready for it..go back home..stack dat cheese, then wen u got the loot, and u set...THEN BOUNCE

But this shit was so last minute..and so many circumstances that werw just screamin to me!

I WAS SITTIN JUST SWIMMING IN THOUGHTS IN THE MORNING....

THEN !!!BOOM!!!

I hit it...Go back..Go NOW..RUN WITH THE WIND NIGGA!!!!!!!!

Now im to da crib..chillin like a villian, on penicilian, like ellen Mcnillan....

Sticks and Stones

2008-03-10T18:28:00.001-07:00

03/10/08 2:26PM

Sticks and Stones (Assignment for my SPC1026 class)

Luc P. Alexandre

N44348789

Feb, 27.2008

SPC1026

Sticks and Stones

From the playground to the office place, there exists prejudice, sexism, racism, and just about any "ism" you can imagine. It's human nature, or is it? Should we as human beings, accept the degradation of fellow human beings for things in which we have no control over. Like being a Man or Woman, being hetero or homosexual, genetically predispositioned levels of melanin, and something as inevitable to all things in the universe, age. From "kootie queens", to "Nigger lovers", people hurl slurs at each other without regard to emotion, and it has been this way fro quite some time, hopefully an end is in sight.

I admit, I'm probably guilty for engaging in all these type of activities, can you blame me when I have 2 giant hooters staring at me and I forget to realize there's a head and a brain likely attached a few inches above those massive knockers!? Or when it seems like it's always a Cuban guy just waiting to cut me off right when the light is about to turn red, or the old woman who failed to notice the speed limit has double digits. Whatever it is I've done it, which kind of makes me a hypocrite, because I despise that type of behavior when I see it from third person.

Sexism happens everyday, and just about everywhere, on institutional and individual levels. As human beings, overtime we've come to learn gender roles, like stay at home mom's, working dad, notions that have been slowly drilled into our minds to the point that we perceive anyone who decides to deviate from the blueprint as homosexuals, pansies, or overachievers. Frankly it's complete ludicrous to restrict a person to a certain role simply because of their gender. Sexist language that follows with this type of behavior, are at times involuntary, like adding –man or –woman as a suffix rather than more politically correct terms that leave no raised eyebrows.

Ageism, I admit, I do it, rather religiously. It's an inevitable phenomenon, things get old, we are all doomed to a life of pampers and prune juice. I agree on many levels with the author about it being wrong, but I can't help having a lack of respect for people younger than me, its just an instinctual element of human nature for age to be like a default level of hierarchy unless there's dramatic proof of competence that can rival with someone more experienced in being alive! There's a certain level of wisdom that seniors have that I always respect, but then it gets to that point when they are like saggy skinned babies, degenerative health, bad driving, and removable teeth (Can you blame me?). It's a part of life's cycle I guess, I've been a victim and a culprit.

Then we have an issue like homophobia, or heterosexism. When we cringe at the thought of the gay guy behind us closely examining the dimples in our buttocks, when he probably can careless, is a form of homophobia. Or when people are in awe when we come to find out that 250lb "manly-man" is gay, with the typical, "Oh my God you're lying!!!" or my personal favorite, "What a waste of good genes!". It's something most have done conscious or unconsciously, and I am very against it. A lot of people I know engage such behavior, and I might do it too for the sake of laughter (which is wrong), but I have homosexual family members, friends, and acquaintances that I have much respect for.

Racism comes in many forms, and it affects on many different but equally destructive levels. Ultimately it is Hate, whether planted through culture, or passed off as "unintentional" or "subconscious", it is wrong and needs to be eradicated (whether that time is near, I cannot say). With that being said in Obama and Kennedy like fashion, I have used racist language. In joking times, in anger, but never deliberately used to degrade (which in no way makes it less negative). I have been a victim, if you want to call it that, I like to look at it more like a victor rather a victim (being I manage to restrain from bashing peoples heads in).

As a society can we get past these issues? Of course we can, we can do anything we choose to, it's a matter of will more than anything. A perfect example of that would be the word Nigger. Look at a word that embodies such a history of pain, murder, and hatred, and the people in which it was directed to have managed to totally diffuse it. Managed to in turn, transform it into a term of endearment, simply by modifying it's pronunciation (Nigga). Sadly this has generated a conflict within the race itself, about usage in context, exclusiveness of it's usage to certain race(s), or it even being used at all.

On one hand you have a divided group of the blacks who lived in the thick of Jim Crow laws, lynching's, and horror of the 50's – 70's. One side is totally against its usage, and another is the side who seem empowered and likely the originators of it's usage (circulation began in the early half of the 20^th century). Then you have the new generation, where the majority (Mainly Hip-hop) embrace this word and where it like a symbolic badge of honor (to what, still remains up in the air).

Personally, I'm an 80's baby or a gen-Y'er if you'd like to call me that. I grew up in the age of this term (Nigga) being as harmless as buddy or pal. I agree with the argument on some levels of the words horrible past and negative connotations originally tied with it. But, I think there hasn't been enough credit given to those who allowed this word to have totally reversed its role from a slur to a salutation. Philosopher slash rapper 2pac said it best, "Niggers was the ones on the rope, hanging off the thing; Niggas is the ones with gold ropes, hanging out at clubs."