Friday, October 10, 2008
It the final countdown!!!
5. Killing Me Softly (Fugees)
4. Common (Faithful)
3. One Mic (Nas)
2. Hard Knock of Life (Jay-Z)
1. Dead Presidents {Orginal or New Lyrics} (Jay-Z)
Hate it or Love thats the music in my world
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Domo-Kun
"Domo is described as "a strange creature that hatched from an egg." Domo's favorite food is Japanese-style meat and potato stew, and he has a strong dislike for apples, due to an unexplained mystery in his DNA. Domo-kun is known to pass gas repeatedly when nervous or upset."
Cool ass Japanese character.
New Old Shittt!!!!!!!!!!!??????????
Pharrell ft. Common (Universal Mind Control)
Bit that Daft Punk swag, but I like this video, clean crisp and robotic,.
Kanye West (Love Lockdown)
I don't really fuck with this video, then again I didn't really fuck with this song when I first heard it, but it grew on me.
Music Make You Lose Control con't again
10. Just a Friend (Biz Markee)
9. Remenisce (Pete Rock and CL Smooth)
8. Crush on You Remix (Lil Kim ft. Lil Cease)
7. Through the Wire (Kanye West)
6. Soon You'll Understand (Jay-Z
Look it up
5. We got it for Cheap (Clispe)
Man I love the Onion
Gunman Kills 15 Potential Voters In Crucial Swing State
I geuss this election is getting a bit out of hand
Yo! Cyborgs and Cybergirls
Yeah Yeah! Janelle Monae with her first video "Many Moons". I copped the album and I really fuck with her. I don't wanna say too much about the girl but you can check her out on her myspace, diddy's myspace, or youtube...word up...Wicked http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy-ugv9kxG0
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Music Makes You Lose Control con't
The Next five
19. Forgot About Dre (Dr. Dre ft Eminem)
18. My Life (Styles P ft. Pharoche Monche)
17. Stronger (Kanye West ft. Daft Punk)
As a side note if you know me you know I like the orginal Daft Punk version better that Kanye's so Imma post both
16. Project Bitch (Cash Money Millionares)
Aye sorry for you Hip Hop purest assholes it just be like this sometimes. Bitches and Money fo life ya know.
15. Lodi Dodi (Snoop Dogg)
Monday, October 6, 2008
Music Makes You Lose Control
For the next few day, Imma post my favorite hiphop songs, this is based on what I like and Im most likely gonna have to revise this a bunch of times cause lets face the last 30 years have been great. Here's the first 5
25. Arms Race Remix (Fall Out Boy ft. Travis, Kanye, Lupe, Lil Wayne, Tyga, Paul Wall)
24. Stan (Eminem)
I know some of ya'll may hate me for this one, but I fuck with this.
23. Ready or Not (Fugees)
22. Oh Boy (Camron)
Sorry Youtube disabled the embedding on this one
21. Overnight Celebrity (Twista)
20. Izzo (Jay-Z)
An Economist's Wet Dream
Ok, so I know the title is gross but let me just say that while I know I can be an excessively vulgar person it is not a phrase I myself coined. You see, I have this slightly insane, flaming liberal (which is OK with me) public policy professor who enjoys sprinkling his lectures with nasty sexual references. "An economist's wet dream" refers to the free market in the context of the current economic crisis, as embraced by traditional conservative and/or Republican ideology. After weeks of what felt like wading through a swamp choc full of derivatives and other foreign concepts, today everything clicked and I fully grasped what is happening. I almost wish I hadn't, because now I'm kind of scared. I know alot of people are lost as well, and based on my newfound comprehension I would like to share my point of view and what some possible solutions could be.
What we can take away from the situation that is most important and that would effect young people is the lack of credit availability in the market. Banks do not trust each other, so there is less money for lending. Less money for lending means that auto financing and mortgage approvals are down in conjunction with credit card interest rates being up. This all sounded like a bunch of jibberish to me until I understood that things like this affect your ability to get a car, to afford a credit card, and most importantly to get a student loan to pay for college. That's scary because higher education is expensive and continues to be on the rise, so it may decrease one's opportunities for its pursuit later on. To quickly address derivatices, they are basically investments derived from other credit-market instruments, like backing up securities with mortagages; thus, it is easy to see how when sub prime mortgages are dealt out at high rates when people actually can't afford them, the foundation is unstable and the institution can come crumbling down as it did.
With more homes being dumped onto the markets because of foreclosures, property taxes and revenue decrease, and there is less money for the things property taxes support like education and local expenditures; these revenue losses ultimately result in job loss. Credit is what this country was founded and survives on, and its absence is like the lack of oil in a machine. Until credit markets rebound and people are able to attain it, pressure on the economy will continue to mount.
To bring my point home, laissez-faire conservatives such as presidential candidate John McCain would like us to believe that this downturn is a self-correcting phenomenon; the fact is credit cannot just appear like out of thin air. In my opinion consumer-based fixes, rather than a 850 B bailout package for corporations are needed, and these approaches are likely to be supported by an Obama Administration. The bailout is being added to the national debt (which now looks to be at about 5 trillion dollars, increased by 2/3's over the past 3 weeks), and many conservatives would complain that they shouldn't have to bear the responsibility for taxes that would be used to help people stay in their homes; this is the attitude that got us into this mess. By helping people who are facing foreclosures, we will indeed see a long-term return on those expenditures.
Look, I've never been into economics and all those things that have to do with numbers; like NRM I would venture to say that I have been afflicted with discalculia. BUT, the greater consequence of this situation means that the gap between the rich and the poor will only grow and social programs will have to be cut. Interestingly enough, the economic crisis has helped Obama in states that otherwise wouldn't have been in contention. In the words of my great friend Montana, "Who'd a thunk a financial crisis would help middle America to get over its racism".
What we can take away from the situation that is most important and that would effect young people is the lack of credit availability in the market. Banks do not trust each other, so there is less money for lending. Less money for lending means that auto financing and mortgage approvals are down in conjunction with credit card interest rates being up. This all sounded like a bunch of jibberish to me until I understood that things like this affect your ability to get a car, to afford a credit card, and most importantly to get a student loan to pay for college. That's scary because higher education is expensive and continues to be on the rise, so it may decrease one's opportunities for its pursuit later on. To quickly address derivatices, they are basically investments derived from other credit-market instruments, like backing up securities with mortagages; thus, it is easy to see how when sub prime mortgages are dealt out at high rates when people actually can't afford them, the foundation is unstable and the institution can come crumbling down as it did.
With more homes being dumped onto the markets because of foreclosures, property taxes and revenue decrease, and there is less money for the things property taxes support like education and local expenditures; these revenue losses ultimately result in job loss. Credit is what this country was founded and survives on, and its absence is like the lack of oil in a machine. Until credit markets rebound and people are able to attain it, pressure on the economy will continue to mount.
To bring my point home, laissez-faire conservatives such as presidential candidate John McCain would like us to believe that this downturn is a self-correcting phenomenon; the fact is credit cannot just appear like out of thin air. In my opinion consumer-based fixes, rather than a 850 B bailout package for corporations are needed, and these approaches are likely to be supported by an Obama Administration. The bailout is being added to the national debt (which now looks to be at about 5 trillion dollars, increased by 2/3's over the past 3 weeks), and many conservatives would complain that they shouldn't have to bear the responsibility for taxes that would be used to help people stay in their homes; this is the attitude that got us into this mess. By helping people who are facing foreclosures, we will indeed see a long-term return on those expenditures.
Look, I've never been into economics and all those things that have to do with numbers; like NRM I would venture to say that I have been afflicted with discalculia. BUT, the greater consequence of this situation means that the gap between the rich and the poor will only grow and social programs will have to be cut. Interestingly enough, the economic crisis has helped Obama in states that otherwise wouldn't have been in contention. In the words of my great friend Montana, "Who'd a thunk a financial crisis would help middle America to get over its racism".
Call This Shit NIggaz II Men
YO!
This is a response to "The Lies We Told Our Daughters" and "The Lies We Refuse To Belive". I'll begin by criticizing Blackmon's grandiose ideology which I've audienced time and time again and Vivranthing's use of "boys" and "girls"..."boys are great!" The first was a conjure of excuses mostly written on his own behalf, festooned (word to McCain) with ambiguous language that has become all too familiar. We all know this man be bullshiting. Poetry, yes. Journalism, no. The second, a "girly" faultfinding whine that was prepared by failed experiences with "boys". Both were enjoyable and made some great points but as an asshole I had to come at yall and also add my 2 cents.
The issue of commitment with men can be viewed as influence by society because it is, just as all behavior is. However, its a given. Lets instead try to point out some specific and down to earth reasons. Young men, as vivranthing would call them, "boys", can sadly sometimes only be viewed as such. Many young man will run through as many women as they can before finding the maturity needed for commitment. While they desire love and companionship just as their female counterparts, the main concern is sexual experience. Just trying to fuck...(I really don't feel like writing any more after that statement). Their young! For a young man to be tied down is trully illogical and limiting. A man is a conquerer and every possibility life offers is his conquest, and a foolish girl can easily get in the way. For young men who have big ambitions and are adventurous, its not a good look. Young women, wouldn't you much rather wait to find a man who has seen his likes and dislikes and has been made ready to decide if you're "the one"? Not to mention he's accomplished, wise, and made more of a man.
Ima save you a whimsical trip like Blackmon's and say, basically, the issue here is maturation. For young women, if you're young, educated, aware, and ambitous, being with a man isn't what you need right now anyway. Yes, society suggests that you're incomplete without one. Don't fulfill this ideal. Make strides in completing yourself. Thats what makes you more desireable to men. Not a 20-something year old girl that is looking for a bubble gum relationship. Meaning, maybe you need to grow up yourself. If you grown, find someone thats grown. If you still growing, find someone to grow with. Also, know that some niggas never grow up. These are the grown men who cheat. Only invest with a young man whose future you can see and appreciate. For young men, just be real about yo shit. As Vivranthing said, don't be a bitch and lie. If you just trying smash, tell a bitch to do the math. Find a girl thats down with that. When you're both truly mature enough to know what love is and find someone to share it with, congratulations, but you gotta live first to find that.
In closing, I urge all young men and women, teenaged to mid 20s, to persue casual relationships, if a relationship is what you desire. Otherwise, yo ass is gon be hurtin, and you gonna be crying like a little boy or girl... If you 45, married, and your man's cheating and for some reason you're reading this blog, my advise is yall need to grow up too...get me....Wicked
Sunday, October 5, 2008
The Lies We Should Refuse to Believe.
I would like to preface by pointing out that I am by no means a cynic when it comes to matters of the heart; I think love is wonderful and that boys are great! But...
This post is in response to the last one, "The Lies We Told Our Daughters", a very enlightening piece that begs the companionship of a female perspective. I think there are alot of collective ills that we can blame on society, and while I will undoubtedly keep Blackmon's words in mind in my future dealings with the opposite sex, I refuse to believe that man's lack of commitment and frequent inability to remain monogamous is the result of society. This is probably the only I time I will do this but I would agree with John McCain's philosophy in this case that it's greed. IF society has indeed groomed men to be greedy than hey I can't do anything about that and I don't consider it my problem, but society aside, truth be told alot of these dudes are just out here triflin.I'm not sure if he mentioned that lesson #3 in "how to be a man in society" was about how to act foolish, maybe I missed that. Look, it's really not difficult to establish a solid base for commitment and a great relationship that follows. Be up front; if you're not feeling it just say so. Don't lie (I don't buy Liar Liar Pants on Fire). I repeat, don't.lie. Don't be an asshole, and don't be triflin, cause you know when you're doing it. Guys always act like women are soooo complicated and soooo hard to figure out and want sooo much from them. We're really not but in the case that it's true it's because we deserve it and if you can't produce just say so, as for being a conquest that just sucks so I don't know what to tell you. I really do believe that girls mature faster than boys, hence the reason why at the point where a chick might be looking for a commitment the dude is still on the hunt (like society told him to be). Society my ass, just grow the fuck up! As a concluding response I would just say that when all else fails, just keep it moving until you find someone whose got their shit together because with all that social conditioning they're not about to get un-triflin anytime soon & like Pharrell & Slim Thug said, "keep it playa".
This post is in response to the last one, "The Lies We Told Our Daughters", a very enlightening piece that begs the companionship of a female perspective. I think there are alot of collective ills that we can blame on society, and while I will undoubtedly keep Blackmon's words in mind in my future dealings with the opposite sex, I refuse to believe that man's lack of commitment and frequent inability to remain monogamous is the result of society. This is probably the only I time I will do this but I would agree with John McCain's philosophy in this case that it's greed. IF society has indeed groomed men to be greedy than hey I can't do anything about that and I don't consider it my problem, but society aside, truth be told alot of these dudes are just out here triflin.I'm not sure if he mentioned that lesson #3 in "how to be a man in society" was about how to act foolish, maybe I missed that. Look, it's really not difficult to establish a solid base for commitment and a great relationship that follows. Be up front; if you're not feeling it just say so. Don't lie (I don't buy Liar Liar Pants on Fire). I repeat, don't.lie. Don't be an asshole, and don't be triflin, cause you know when you're doing it. Guys always act like women are soooo complicated and soooo hard to figure out and want sooo much from them. We're really not but in the case that it's true it's because we deserve it and if you can't produce just say so, as for being a conquest that just sucks so I don't know what to tell you. I really do believe that girls mature faster than boys, hence the reason why at the point where a chick might be looking for a commitment the dude is still on the hunt (like society told him to be). Society my ass, just grow the fuck up! As a concluding response I would just say that when all else fails, just keep it moving until you find someone whose got their shit together because with all that social conditioning they're not about to get un-triflin anytime soon & like Pharrell & Slim Thug said, "keep it playa".
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