The dangerous "friend zone", the bane of my existence, haha. A very young Cons speakin' on the unheralded burden of those of us stuck in that position. Word!
Mos Def & Talib Kweli - K.O.S. (Determination)
"With that whuuuut..."
"We gonna gonna take this Hip Hop shit & keep it movin"
"I got love in the face of hate"
Mellow ass song. After RE comes back together, Mos & Kweli need to hook us up with some treats again! Black Star keep shining!
Watch This: Mystic - The Life
"This is for warm days that drift away /
While the sun sets and the ghettos play /
Long nights on a hot summers block /
Where you sip your brew and never touch your glock"
And with that, Mystic laid one of the most beautiful songs EVER! Anyways, heard this song in a dream last night. Cuts for Luck and Scars for Freedom: one of the west coast's heavily guarded secret!!! Enjoy:
Self Scientific - Designer Music
"I got designer jeans and a white tee..."
Blah, blah, blah. I don't like the focus of the album. It "explores the current consumer culture, brought on by the modern phenomenon, we know as street wear". I don't want to explore this materialistic/consumerist age; i'm bombarded with their crap everyday! Anyways, the beat is fresh, as only Khalil does it, and Chace kills the commercial cats on their own tried topic (or just does the same, ha).
I cannot wait for this instrumental to hit the web.
Self Scientific - Designer Music
Watch This: Reflection Eternal - The Blast
"They ask me what i'm writing for / i'm writing to show you what i'm fighting for"
Real therapeutic with this rainy weather in SD.
Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Method Man – Clap 2010
Hopped onto GReader & this gem was waiting for me from the dope spot. So sick i had to share. New Wu!
Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Method Man – Clap 2010
Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Method Man – Clap 2010
100 Extraordinary Examples of Paper Art
There's so much you can do with paper.
There's plenty more you can check out but here are a few that caught my eye:
Paper art can be traced back to Japan, where it originated over a thousand years ago.
From complex paper cutting to book carving, this is an ever expanding area of design that is hardly talked about.
These intricate paper designs grace museums and exhibitions throughout the world and is becoming yet another exciting medium of expression for many designers.
There's plenty more you can check out but here are a few that caught my eye:
Watch This: Mos Def – History feat. Talib Kweli (Creative Control Color Edit Video)
"The history / every soul got one indeed / it's where you been & where you be / & without understanding you cannot proceed"
... & that my friends is Word. Need to go bump "The Ecstatic" like it was '09.
Mos Def Feat. Talib Kweli-History (Creative Control Color Edit) from Creative Control on Vimeo.
... & that my friends is Word. Need to go bump "The Ecstatic" like it was '09.
Why The Raiders Remain Mired in Mediocrity
So first Gannon puts in a call.
Then the Raiders continue with their usual childish & petty acts and hate on the former Raider.
Now, what could've been our final chance at resurrection, comes to his senses and says nevermind.
I guess management loves going 5-11.
There's a reason why we aren't good. There are glaring problems (Russell) yet we aren't taking the initiative to correct them even when a probable solution comes & rings our # to offer help. Excellence at it's finest.
I'm not even disappointed anymore; moreso apathetic really. What Jonell say? "Round & Round we go".
Minus the caps, the Raiders gear is staying in the closet. SMFH.
Go Raiders (ehh)
Watch This: Camp Lo - Double Doors (HD Redux)
For my Hip Hop heads, but more specific to all the b-boys/b-girls.
PS: I never used cardboard.
PS: I never used cardboard.
M'TAM School of Kemetic Philosophy & Spirituality Orientation
For open minds only:
M'TAM, the oldest initiatic science known to man, offers the most ancient knowledge this world can produce. M'TAM is a continuation of the historical 'Mystery Schools' of the Nile Valley that the Priests & Pharaohs had to pass through in order to attain their respective positions as spiritual & world authorities.
Russell In Vegas
*Yawn*
Jerry wrote:
A reader alerted colleague Cam Inman that JaMarcus Russell was at the Palms in Las Vegas.
Inman called the hotel and got confirmation from the front desk.
Coach Tom Cable said Monday Russell and Richard Seymour were excused from the final team meeting “for personal reasons.”
At least it was an excused absence.
Whatevs whatevs. Overweight sizzurp sippin' 2k version of Leaf.
Reading: The Pitfalls of National Consciousness by Frantz Fanon
Some notes, so i don't forget where i put them:
- wanting to govern as the oppressors did
- fed up & rather than changing how the system worked to benefit the people, they are giving the system which kept them down new blood. Except now, it's hiding behind an image of 'nationalism'.
- basically, they did it, i want to do it to. A mind state that colonialism bred into those colonized peoples, so when independence is on the horizon, rather than taking a true leap there instead is a 180 degree turn back into the cutthroat ways of a colonial system.
As an individual, it's easy (okay easier) to elevate past issues of inequality for the purpose of benefiting the nation. As a collective, minds swing every which way & some cling to those destructive ways which put them in the position wanting independence in the first place.
... and my cipher keeps rolling like a rollin' stone.
the national middle class constantly demands the nationalization of the economy and of the trading sectors. This is because, from their point of view, nationalization does not mean placing the whole economy at the service of the nation and deciding to satisfy the needs of the nation. For them, nationalization does not mean governing the state with regard to the new social relations whose growth it has been decided to encourage. To them, nationalization quite simply means the transfer into native hands of those unfair advantages which are a legacy of the colonial period.
- wanting to govern as the oppressors did
- fed up & rather than changing how the system worked to benefit the people, they are giving the system which kept them down new blood. Except now, it's hiding behind an image of 'nationalism'.
- basically, they did it, i want to do it to. A mind state that colonialism bred into those colonized peoples, so when independence is on the horizon, rather than taking a true leap there instead is a 180 degree turn back into the cutthroat ways of a colonial system.
As an individual, it's easy (okay easier) to elevate past issues of inequality for the purpose of benefiting the nation. As a collective, minds swing every which way & some cling to those destructive ways which put them in the position wanting independence in the first place.
... and my cipher keeps rolling like a rollin' stone.
Dumbfounded Freestyle Battle KO
Somebody lays hands on Dumbfounded & gets whooped on.
Wow. I've never seen that move landed. LOL
Wow. I've never seen that move landed. LOL