doughboy's

Collins x AMLI pool

2009-06-27T22:26:00.001-07:00

Have you seen this man?

2008-10-13T18:47:00.001-07:00

...chances are you have seen this face before, because its definitely the face of bigotry.

Don't vote for Obama just because he's black or for McCain just because he's a white. Choose YOUR leader based on his caliber not his color. See you on Nov 4th.

Joe Sixpack

2008-10-05T12:29:00.000-07:00

Do you want this guy to be your president?

If the answer is no, then you are probably sane.

Kixpo 2008 - July 26 2008

2008-07-26T20:49:00.001-07:00

Kixpo 2008 in Dallas TX was pretty dope. Nice kicks, pretty girls and a whole lot of stuff to keep your ADHD in check. Check the rest of the shots here.

Stopped by Centre with the Cam

2008-07-13T10:37:00.000-07:00

Stopped by the clothing store's 2008 anniversary party sponsored by Red Stripe (free booze all day long). Took a couple shots and kept the more interesting ones: Here they are below, or view slideshow here .

new/old world

2008-07-07T20:29:00.001-07:00

'Dem Chicks is fo' self

2008-07-04T12:34:00.000-07:00

Blogging is back! Forget what you thought!!!

The Real World Hollywood is the dopest season ever.

Here's why:

1. One hour long shows - They finally got the formula right. With only one episode left, this season has solidified its place in history. Seriously its right up there with the Vegas season in terms of crazy ass people, and mad hookups.

2. Greg was fucking hilarious - There's no way that cat could have been for real with his attitude. I mean, noone (well not a lot of people) are that cocky and arrogant - made for some good t.v. I wish he had kicked Will's ass though!

3. Will Gill is one wack dude. seriously!

4. Sarah and Kim are no deviation from the norm. Enough said!

5. Dave is a gully motherfucker. Coolest whiteboy they had on the show in a long time, although I don't know about that all that foursome shit though...crossing swords is gay as hell!

6. Brianna. I ain't really got much to say about her. She doesn't front though, she stayed pretty real the whole show. She also put on some pounds during the show which definitely increased her sex appeal. The thicker the better mayyyne!!!

7. Brittini and Nick - the new kids are pretty uninteresting except for the was Brittini intentionally misspells her name (wtf?). Will and Brittini's dry humping got old quick, and Nick seemed like a pretty regular dude - except for the fact that he's on the real world so that means there's some deep rooted childhood issues somewhere.

8. Joey - Dude's got issues man, but always kept the Goku hair on point!!!

Anyway, the real world finales are always wack, so I'll catch you guys next season.

Camera Test

2008-06-26T19:49:00.000-07:00

London Street Team

2008-04-18T17:21:00.000-07:00

Got bored with Dallas...

...so when I heard about this one bar hosting a hip-hop karaoke night in London I decided to fly over to check it out real quick! Pretty ill. But first me and my street team over there had to find it! Click here to view the journey.

The performers weren't half bad. All you gotta do is get past the British accent and you'd swear it were Kanye, Chuck D and Biggie rapping....

That last cat was pretty nice on the mic. Stuff never ceases to amaze me.

Coming from where I'm from...(Part 2)

2008-03-06T14:22:00.000-08:00

Big-ups to my boy Talib Kweli for taking it back to the motherland for his new single.

"Hostile Gospel"
Talib Kweli
"Eardrum"

My home city of Lagos, Nigeria appreciates the love.

The Maturation of Doughbeezy

2008-03-04T12:17:00.000-08:00

This aimless blog is finally getting some direction.

Amateur Photoblog coming soon...2008

The Kicks of my Dreams (a modern love story)

2008-03-01T18:50:00.000-08:00

The year was 1994. I had just started 7th grade and Snoop Dogg's Doggystlye tape ruled the car radio every morning on the commute to school. Its safe to say that at that time, Hip-Hop ruled the world and hip-hop fashion was the only way to dress.

I had just enrolled in some trendy, expensive private school which we couldn't afford (Pops made some terrible business decisions right after I enrolled) but life was still good. We all wore uniforms to school everyday, but we had some elbow room with our choice of shoes. The consensus was Doc Martens. If you didn't have them, you did not exist!

I bugged the parents to death and eventually got the damn shoes, but with the condition that I couldnt make anymore shoe-requests for a while...and a serious dock in my allowance. I didn't care, I felt like I was the SHIT when I rocked those bad boys to school for the first time.

Life was all gravy since my fashion-conformity was complete...but I never saw anything special in the Doc Martens...or any other shoes for that matter. THEN came the day. It was morning gym class, and we were playing basketball. One dude came in and he was wearing the most beautiful shoes I ever saw in my life...

The Air Jordan 8's.

A tear fell from my right eye when I saw these shoes.

He wasn't the only motherfucker with them too, at least 3 more guys and at least 2 chicks had these shoes on...in the fucking middle of Africa!

I knew I would never be able to get these shoes as I had used my last "get-out-of-fashion-wackness" card on the Doc Martens. Soon after I moved to public school where the fashion pressure still existed but was not as intense (you could wear anything you wanted to a party...as long as it was Hilfiger...it was 1995). My affair with the Jordan's was temporarily stalled, but the longing has remained with me.

The year is 2008. The throwback Jordan 8s are available at any Foot Locker (or is it Footaction...I don't know) and from countless eBay vendors. I have a little bit of pocket change, and the shoes are available in a size 12....the shoes are finally within reach, I could get them tonight!!! BUT, I can't figure out what the fuck to rock them with. My buddies know my dress code and these shoes would not really look "me". Me and a buddy actually had a small debate about whether or not I was too old for these shoes.

I don't care though, me and the Jordan 8's are about to be united at last, and it feels so good. But to be honest, I think I just love the idea of loving these shoes; I just might never wear 'em after I get 'em.

Mac Man

2008-03-01T18:23:00.000-08:00

Be careful the next time you go into an Apple Store, you just might leave there with a free helping this guy's "DNA"

I guess this guy puts the "Mack" in Macbook. Play on Playa.

Check out more foolishness here

Whats Good Yo?

2008-02-03T21:22:00.000-08:00

Its been a long time, I should't have left you/I don't even remember where I went to/Its been a minute/but I'm still in it/For the long haul/My wordsmithy is infinite...

...no its not a few bars from your favorite rapper's "song for the bitches", it's just me expressing how I feel about leaving the blog unattended for so long. I really don't have anything new to talk about, personally, but there's a few interesting things I wanna opine about.

1. Superbowl XLII - Extremely exciting game..a bit too exciting as I almost choked to death on a hotwing bone when Randy Moss caught what I thought was the game winning touchdown. At that point I was fully convinced that Roger Goodell was just a Milli Vanilli type nicca, and the real commisioner of the NFL was Vince McMahon running things behnd the scenes...I mean what a perfect ending to a perfect season. Well...reality kicked in and Plaxico (his mom's was wrong for that name) Buress justifiably caught the REAL game-winning touchdown. Now that was a real storybook ending.

2. Lost - My favorite show just started up again, although the "flash forward" thing is throwing me off. I'm gonna give the show a few more episodes to see if I don't burn brain cells trying to figure the show out. I mean is Charlie dead or not...WTF??!

3. Work is...a lot of work! I am beginning to realize that one is defined by his/her career. They say it takes a certain personality type to aspire to become a Rocket Scientist or something, however I feel that the behavior displayed by rocket scientists or doctors or accountants is actually a direct product of their working environment...however some professions may lead one to escape into the depths of the Jack Daniels bottle more than others (I'll let you guys guess which ones)

4. The Dallas sports collective (Mavericks, Cowboys, Stars and Desperados) are no longer the greatest post season let-downs in recent sports history, that honor now rests firmly with the New England Patriots...all this talk about an undefeated season blah blah blah. Talk about a cock-tease...its like they almost got us there and then they say they forgot to take the pill that week (think about that)

5. Kanye West's Blog - I do not believe that Kanye writes a word on that blog, that shit might as well be the Home Shopping Network for all the high end shit that Kanye "blogs" about. I say "blog" in quotation marks because I bet dude is being compensated for all the references to stuff on the site. I mean, Superstar rappers can't have that kind of time on their hands to surf the web for outlandishly expensive extravegant stuff and just randomly post about them...that's why I'm convinced that he has staffers who do that for him, as well as write the "blog".
The funniest thing about the blog are the dweebs leaving comments about their demo tapes in the comments section.... "Mr. West you are an inspiration to me blah blah blah...check out my hot shit at myspace.com/stack-that-cheese-records-inc.". Sad. Check out the "blog" here.

P.S. Don't let Devon Harris get traded way from the Mav's..I'm talking to Mark Cuban and Avery. Fucking let the team grow niccas...damn! Also, what kind of crack is Britney Spears on? Her dealer needs to be in the narcotics hall of fame, getting Britney strung out like that. She needs to read Dopefiend by Donald Goines...that stuff is real.

Superstar in Dallas - Lupe at H.O.B.

2008-01-23T22:55:00.000-08:00

Lupe Fiasco was in Dallas, TX on 1/23/2008 at the Legendary House of Blues! Went with a few friends and had a blast (although slightly tainted by a chick screaming "Lupe I looooooove you !!!!" in my ear all night.)

Short Clip from "Real" (Sound is terrible, I have a really cheap camera)

I was pretty impressed by the crowd Lupe pulled - I'm not sure what the capacity of the H.O.B is, but the place was packed. The crowd was very diverse, from Asians to Africans and everyone else in between but no one in there seemed too thuggish. And unlike other rap concerts I've been to, I didn't sniff one whiff of marijuana...not one. Very strange.

(Drunk-gangsta)

Lupe had a pretty tight set, performing favorites from his now classic Food & Liquor album in the first half of the act, and finishing up with his newer joints from The Cool in the second act; and he actually brought along most of the artists from his 1st & 15th label with him.

We also noticed a few girls on stage that might've been back-up dancers...then we put two and two together and concluded that they were uber-groupies (the type of groupie that has the ability to teleport right into an artist's bedroom...or tour bus restroom). The show was generally entertaining and I definitely feel like I got my money's worth.

FOB >= Your favorite rapper

2008-01-20T22:47:00.000-08:00

Fall Out Boy "greater than or equal to" your favorite rapper, real talk!!!

Fall out Boy = Dope...ask Jay Z !!!

Tight, almost orchestral musical arrangement,

inspired, catchy yet deep lyrics, with strong poetic undertones (Peter Wentz on the pen Patrick Stump on the vocals)

multiple hits on one album (Infinity on High)

I'm feeling these guys right now... I don't confine myself to the "hip hop" musical box (I think outside the TRAPezium)

FOB - "The Take Over, The Break's Over" video.

"And the Winner is...

2008-01-10T20:16:00.000-08:00

....Eli, my man!!" "Speech!!!"

"First of all I wanna thank my bitches....the most important people with all due respect!"

The New York Giants have made bitches out of two of the best teams to ever come out of the NFC - namely, the 2007 Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers and now they are on their way to the Superbowl....the new york Giants?!!!

I didn't initially get a ticket to the Giant's bandwagon (c'mon I live in Dallas) but you bet your ass that I'm jumping on that sucker "danfo" style (nigerian only joke here).

Congratulations Eli, you're an instant inspiration to all those stuck in the dank darkness that is the shadow of a luminous sibling. Maybe now Eli can get some t.v. commercial spots.

As far as my brand new allegiance to the New York Giants goes, I can explain: In old kung-fu movies from the 70's, when your ass gets whupped, but your antagonist lets you live, then you automatically become his/her disciple, house-boy and weed carrier. The Giants defeated my beloved Cowboys and my second choice -Green Bay, so I guess I have no choice but to submit to their will.....so for now, I guess I am now a Giant groupie, because I damn sure am not rooting for the Patriots.

Best shot I could find on the internet with blue in it (for the Giants)

"...boys in Blue who put Green bay in the dust!"

Propaganda '08: Iowa - Disenfranchised from the start

2007-12-30T20:49:00.001-08:00

Every election year, the state of Iowa becomes the primary focus of the U.S. political world. Every four years, presidential candidates from the two major political parties expend considerable time and energy trying to convince the state's voters that they are the best man (woman) to lead the country towards four years of previously unfathomable utopia. In fact, in 3 out of the last 4 presidential elections, the candidate that won the popular vote in Iowa has gone on to become the president of the United States (all except Captain Green himself, Al Gore) .

In January 2008, the Iowa Caucus (gathering of random Iowans) is gonna be the springboard to launch the presidential campaigns into full gear - as the candidates nominated in the Caucus have historically gone on to be nominated by their parties as the lead presidential candidate.
WTF?!!! Isn't Iowa only known for corn?

Frigging Iowa has a population of 2.9 million people of which 1.3 million are white males and 1.4 million are white females. There are a total of 73,000 black people in Iowa - 2.5% of the population! Do the mathematics. Regardless of how many Iowans participate in the voting process, the maximum amount of votes that the black population can muster up is 2.5%...barely enough to make a ripple in the electoral pool. And that's being optimistic, as we all know that not every eligible black voter is gonna go out and vote.

So it does seem that the black voice is predetermined to be mute in every presidential election, and it seems that the Establishment wants it to stay that way. The only way that we can change this is by actually going out and voting. We are disenfranchised because we do not want to take important matters into our own hands. We are disenfranchised because we don't take the time to learn who the mayor of our town is, let alone learn about Hillary Clinton's universal health plan. We are disenfranchised because we do not want to drag our asses out of bed on election day.
You are only really disenfranchised if you have a criminal record. (Can't do nothing about that son...ex-cons can't vote).

Make a difference this time around. Its one thing to suffer under bad leadership and its another thing to suffer under bad leadership that you had no say in choosing.

Get a voter's card my brother/sister, go out and be a citizen.

Bluetooth Dude

2007-12-21T22:27:00.000-08:00

Been holed up at the house lately, health's been kinda bad so it got me a little reclusive - which I can't stand...but its just one of those things I guess.

Anyway, I stopped at this gas station yesterday and I decide to go in to pick up a pack of gum or whatever. I walk in and the store attendant is kinda at an angle away from me so I can't see his whole face. I ask him where the gum is at and I hear him respond...but I can't quite make out what he's talking about because his answer was something like "its behind the dresser in the kid's room." At first I think I heard wrong, so I try to ask him again, but he rudely interrupts me and continues speaking and its almost like he is not paying any attention to my request. So I'm about to go off on the dude (I was kinda wound tight), when he tilts his head in my direction and gives me the "hold on one second" gesture - and then I see it, he's got on a Bluetooth thing and he's actually talking to his wife/girlfriend/whatever.

I've never been an early-adopter of technology, so its no surprise that I don't have a Bluetooth earpiece for my cell. I bet their really convenient if you must talk on the phone while while driving or working but they are really not my style. The general consensus is that guys with Bluetooth earpieces are obnoxious and inconsiderate about those around them....and you never know who if they are talking to you or not.

(Bluetooth Dude)

Check out the interesting debate about Bluetooth earpieces between Charlie Murphy and Samuel L. Jackson on an episode of the Boondocks. Not work safe (unless you have a headset.)

Unofficial US Placers Video

2007-12-20T07:59:00.000-08:00

Fan-created video.

The Youtube generation is getting a chance to show their creativity to a worldwide audience. Power to the People!!!

The Jack Sparrow in most of us.(pt 1. Lupe Fiasco)

2007-12-16T11:47:00.000-08:00

Hip hop must be on some Disney shit, because there is a huge pirate in most of us fans, and I'm not talking about that Captain Morgan that you almost choked on last night, I'm talking about us robbing the artists of their loot in a big way.

To elaborate, I was chilling in my buddy's crib the other night, and he starts to bump the new Lupe Fiasco album, The Cool, from his ipod. I mean it was extremely authentic, with the cover art and everything. I asked him where he got it, and he told me about the link where he downloaded the album from. So I'm thinking, it can't be that easy...nah, I would probably have to download Bit Torrent or some other complicated downloading tool that I would probably get frustrated with, and just forget about the whole endeavor. Boy was I mistaken...I went to the link, navigated my way to the download section and just clicked to download the album...that was it. I got cover art, all the tracks, everything.

Just like that I just robbed Lupe Fiasco of about a year of work.

I'm not even gonna be a hypocrite about this, I'm on Limewire on the regular (not sharing...in case any alphabet boys are reading this blog) and I download music all the time, but this just felt dirty man. I mean, I'm currently bumping the stolen album as I type, and I am currently very, very pleased but that pleasure I feel could easily have translated into $9.99 in Lupe's pocket (well more like $0.59 after the record Company takes their chunk).

Most pirates rationalize and say that "the people who download were never gonna actually buy the retail album anyway," or "people who were gonna buy the cd, will still buy the cd regardless of whether or not the free download is easily available." Wrong. There are (were) certain artists whose cds I always buy on principle, and Lupe Fiasco is (was) one of 'em. That's all changed; now that I have a pristine copy of the new album on my ipod, why on earth would I want to buy the cd?

Piracy at its finest.

I bet 90% of hip hop's most ardent purists will agree with me. If they don't they probably have way higher moral standards than I do.

However, this is not the first time a Lupe album has leaked. The first leak led to disastrous album sales for Lupe and I think we are about to watch history repeat itself.

All of that is too bad since he continues to create extremely great music. Maybe next time, he will wise up and hide the master album copy at the bottom of Davey Jones' locker until the release date. Till then, we pillaging record pirates are gonna have a fucking field day relieving our artists of their booty (double entendre).

So when I say there's a Jack Sparrow in most of us, I don't mean drunken leading characters in complicated Disney movies, I mean the record-jacker with his hand on the computer mouse - clicking artists into brokeness.

P.S. I might or might not do an album review of The Cool, but so far Paris, Tokyo is a siiiick track. I think I'm still gonna buy the album anyway, just to support the brother.

Fight Night

2007-12-09T09:18:00.000-08:00

Mayweather vs. Hatton night was a pretty interesting night. Met up with my boy and a couple other dudes at this spot called the Winghouse in Addison. If you live in the Dallas area, you need to check this place out...regularly. For real, the waitresses and hostesses were pretty bad ass...most of them were a bit too sexy for words. It was like being in a multi-cultural hooters, the waitresses seemed to have very little in common ethnically, but they were all united by a love of the titty-tattoo. Then there was one with what looked like about 7 birth control patches down her thigh, I bet she's a customer favorite over there.

Almost had me distracted from what I came for. And the wings were pretty nice too.

Back to the fight. For an 85% black crowd there were a lot of Ricky Hatton fans. I mean, I didn't expect people to root for Mayweather just because he was black or anything, but it seemed like people were rooting against Mayweather rather than for Hatton (if you know what I mean). I guess the boxing fans are tired of his excessively flashy lifestyle or whatever.

(Side note: Tony Romo and Jason Witten just saved the damn day for Dallas...YES!!!).

Back to the fight. Again. I'm not gonna do a recap of the game because I am not Stewart Scott but I'm gonna give it my best shot. Ricky Hatton looked pretty good in earlier rounds but never really did any real damage to Mayweather. Then in the 6th round Mayweather started picking up steam, winning the next 3 rounds with a series of catastrophic shots to Hatton's face.

Then in round 10 it happened. I haven't seen a punch like that since Mike Tyson's Knockout on the NES. Mayweather hit Ricky Hatton so hard with a left hook, that it sent Hatton running into the corner pylon and bouncing back unto the canvas. Dude was asleep and didn't even know it. He got up and ate one more combination from Mayweather and the ref had to stop the fight. TKO!

Mayweather talked a big game and backed it the fuck up. I definitely got my money's worth.

Side Note: This one dude was relentlessly trying to get us the punch this Punch Machine. I guess he was inspired by the fight. Got it on video just for the fun of it. Excuse the video quality aiiight, its a cell phone video.

Through the Wire

2007-12-04T22:51:00.001-08:00

I'm not gonna talk about the Kanye West song that made me like rap music again, nah, I'm talking about the t.v. show "The Wire" on HBO...the reason I actually signed up for HBO.

If you don't watch the show, you wouldn't know much about what I'm blogging about today. If you don't watch the show, you really are missing out. Season 5 is gonna start up in about a month and its gonna be sicker than ever.

Two seasons ago, we saw Avon Barksdale get popped on some gun charges, just days before he sold Stringer Bell out to the murderous Brother Mouzone (I almost shed a tear that night). Since season 5 is the last season of the show we can expect Avon to come back and possibly settle the score with the kid Marlo.

(Avon Barksdale)

Last season we saw the new breed - Michael, Randy, Namond and Dukie...kind of a precursory season showing how each of the main characters came to be who they are:

(Namond, Michael and Randy)

Michael, the insecure leader of the pack who slowly gravitated towards the dark side as the season went on. A character so gully that he got a cameo spot in Jay Z's American Gangster video - A young Avon Barksdale

Randy, the accidental tattle-tale who was branded a snitch and was subsequently given a series of grade-A ass whoopins by just about everybody - not a gangster at heart - A young D'Angelo Barksdale (maybe)

Namond, son of street legend Wee Bey although the apple seems to have fallen far from the tree this time around. Too soft for the street life, got his ass beat by Michael, went off to go live with ex-cop Bunny - A young Sergeant Carver.

Dukie, a crackhead waiting to happen - A young Bubbles.

Last season was amazing, and it showed a lot of depth in the character development and pacing. The main complaint about the show is that its too slow and most casual viewers lose interest pretty fast (although i can't imagine how), but you can't tell a story like the Wire without taking your time otherwise it loses its realism.

Quick Recap of the seasons

Season 1: The Street
Season 2: The Port
Season 3: The Law (the wire)
Season 4: The Schools/The Politics
Season 5: The Media

I think those 5 topics basically cover all possible aspects of the society being portrayed by the show, and as much as I don't like the fact that season 5 is the final season, I can't knock them because David Simon and his crew have created the best piece of televised art possible. Too bad nobody watches the show and the Emmy people act like it doesn't even exist.

P.S. McNulty is drinking again.

(Jimmy McNulty)

Doughboy Investigates...Is Little Brother actually whack?

2007-11-19T18:16:00.000-08:00

...or do I just have sour grapes because I chose to go to the gym tonight instead of their Dallas show.

I mean $17 ain't much, but I chose to go to the Mockingbird 24 Hour Fitness instead.

But honestly I had to ask myself, do I like Little Brother because they are actually that dope or because they are an Indie rap group who nobody else really knows about except a few hard-core hip hop heads. Just knowing that you know who Little Brother is makes you feel kinda cool don't it?

I've listened to three of their albums: The Listening, The Minstrel Show and their new release Getback and while I love a lot of the songs on the albums, I can't remember any standout tracks that are really that, for lack of a better word, memorable. Its like easy listening, or jazz music...you gotta really appreciate their style.

Big Pooh and Phonte dropped their producer - 9th Wonder earlier this year and, in doing so, lost their signature sound. Most of the tracks on Getback have sped up soul beats that sound like they came out of a mixtape (poor quality). And then there's the elephant in the room. No one wants to flat out say it, but...Phonte is really dope and Big Pooh is whack...or at best he is an average M.C (which is still light years better than your average rapper) but he is nothing special at all, if anything he is holding Phonte back from greatness...there I said it!!

Just my opinion though!!!

Side note: we have M.Cs and we have rappers - two very, very different things.

So now that I've justified this to myself, I still wish that I'd gone to the show, maybe the next time they go on tour through Dallas (which might not be for a long while).

Wack Job

2007-11-19T17:39:00.000-08:00

I'm currently watching this show on HBO called: I am an Animal: Ingrid Newkirk.

Its about this lady, I think the founder of PETA (people for the ethical treatment of animals), and the stunts that PETA does to spread awareness about animal cruelty,... you know fur coats and shit.

I love dogs, and other animals but I think this lady is a fucking wack job. I don't think I would ever sport a fur coat (I'm not and will never be that flashy) but PETA's stunts actually take away from their message by actually terrorizing everyone else. They don't want us to eat meat, drink milk and a bunch of other stuff.

Then they went and did it! They actually compared the slaughter of animals to the Nazi holocaust and also to the enslavement of blacks! Shameful.

I am definitely open to talking to Ms. Newkirk and her crew of wackos...perhaps over a t-bone steak or some pork chops. I'd better not catch any PETA motherf*ckers wearing leather shoes, they better go get some plastic loafers.

But PETA is not even the worst, I won't even talk about ALF (Animal Liberation Front).

Don't get me wrong I love animals, but I am strongly opposed to crazy people.

My MTV

2007-11-15T20:41:00.000-08:00

I started out with MTV Europe, almost 20 years ago (I'm still not that old) and I've been hooked ever since. The pioneers of reality T.V. continue to give us the mindless entertainment that we crave.

I decided to pay a tribute to Time Warner Cable channel 69 (how ironic) or MTV. Here are some of the ways that MTV has contributed to our lives this year.

5. Making the Band

Watch Puffy string along a bunch of losers who want instant fame and fortune for a small price...their dignity. They've "made" at least 4 bands that have gone the way of Bigfoot, the loch ness monster and the Abominable Snowman. Find the members of O-Town working overtime at your local carwash, and Danity Kane stripping for rent money. I won't even talk about the niccas on the last season.

4. My Super Sweet Sixteen

"No Mom...I HAAATE you, I wanted the red BMW not the blue you bitch. BITCH !!! My party is ruined"
Nuff said.

3. A Shot at Love

Watch guys and girls fight for a chance at a myspace chick. Thats it. I could add her to my friend's list and get more emotion out of her than she shows on the show. Nice ass on her though.

2. The Hills

Acting at its best. I don't follow the show but I know of the actors...sorry I meant real people in real situations with a camera just happening to be there....right.

1. The Real World Sydney

I can't the only one who thinks Parisa is smoking. A bit needy, but still smoking. Kelly Anne too can get it every night of the week, except Wednesdays when Lost and the Real World come on. I love this show like a fat kid love cake.

Dishonorable Mention: Every g'damned season of America's Next Top Model...one after the other. Did someone leave the MTV dvd player on repeat? Tyra Banks used to be so hot to me when I was growing up, what happened?

Coming up with New Stuff to Post...

2007-11-15T20:18:00.001-08:00

...Is fucking hard but I just love to write. There I said it. Anyone who stops by this post (and I appreciate you all) probably knows by now that I talk about a bunch of random ass shit. Why? I'm on a computer all day at work, then I come home and whip out the keyboard again?? I guess only writers can understand, and I'm proud to be one of them....

With that said....if these jokers don't stop jacking around and get back to work before February 2008, and I miss one (just one) episode of Lost, its gonna be on like a light switch in this bitch.

People who know the Doughboy know that you don't play with Lost...thats like messing with my radio (I am a black man).

So Hollywood big wigs, please pay these guys the extra pennies that they want for each episode of Lost (or Real World...because that shit has got to be scripted) that I download off the web so that we can all go back to our regular lives. If I can't get sit on my ass with some Jersey Mike's, a six pack and some g'damn Katie and Sawyer on the t.v., then the terrorists have already won!!!

Coming from where I'm from...

2007-11-13T19:45:00.001-08:00

...Niger-Area ( pronounced - nahy-jer - Mr. Imus and Mr. O'Reilly )

A couple of Nigerian cats in some small-town college somewhere (think Abilene Texas) show you what happens when you spend all your tuition money on a digital camcorder. Pretty funny stuff. There are some sub-titles for the un-Nigerian, but unfortunately, not enough.

Random Thought
Bumped into a guy from my high school while losing myself to Jose Cuervo at a buddy's place in Dallas,Texas. I also went to high school with another guy who has "issues" with losing to Dallas...

Osi Umenyiora (pronounced uh-menyi-ahh fuck it!!!)

Unknown Dopeness # 3

2007-11-13T18:56:00.000-08:00

Maybe my most accurate blog title yet. British Graffiti artist, known only as Banksy is DOPE.
You don't always need big words for social commentary, sometimes a picture can say it all...

Check out more at his website by clicking here.

I just got it...

2007-11-12T18:27:00.000-08:00

...Yes I'm still on the Jay Z thing...yeah still Roc Boys

I'm ususally pretty quick with deciphering metaphors in rap songs but one rhyme sequence in "Roc Boys" got me stuck

I get away with murder/when I sling yay/Heron got less steps than Britney/That means it ain't stepped on dig me?

I get away with murder/when I sell yay (cocaine) - The drug takes your life from you.

Heron (Heroin) got less steps (12 steps to recovery from Heroin addiction) than Britney (a.k.a - White Girl, think Christina Aguilera, Lyndsey Lohan... or cocaine). That means it ain't stepped on (no steps - no hope of recovery from cocaince addiction) dig me? - yes I do finally...

But I disagree, I know a few crack heads who got clean....

Slow Day.

Roc Boys Video

2007-11-06T18:29:00.000-08:00

Very. Good. Video.

Might as well call this video "Cameo" 'cause its got a lot. From Rick Ross, to Puffy, to Michael from the Wire.

Watch me Crank dat 'Roy

2007-11-03T18:01:00.001-07:00

That's right, the South just went and fucking did it again. The Elroy is here!!!

"We don't Superman no more..."

You gotta see this shit. New "music" from Statehouse. The "Elroy" - the latest virus to emerge from the Southern rap scene.

"We don't Superman no more..."

I guess the Soulja Boy dance doesn't stand a chance when the Elroy comes on. The Elroy people!!! Anyway, look for niccas at your local nightspot to break their legs trying to do this step. Miss a beat in this dance and you might end up in the ER.

For one thing it is way too complicated, there's too many damn steps. Didn't it look like everyone was just kinda doing their own thing in the video, they were like "f*ck choreography, this Elroy shit is organic, just move your legs wherever the f*ck they wanna go."

The dancers look like marionettes without the strings.

(yes...I know Im wrong for this pic but it is what it is...)

Is it just me or do most of these songs sound like the "Twilight Zone" theme? I might just sample something from the X-files and make a hit, maybe I'll make enough off ring tones to retire from blogging.

BET Rap City: Cassidy and Gillie

2007-11-03T14:09:00.000-07:00

...I almost forgot this show even existed, but its still one of the only places that you can find out which rappers can actually rap. Check out Cassidy's sick freestyle flow. I will admit, I am impressed, but then again he is naturally a battle rapper who comes off the dome as easily as anyone else.

Peep my boy Kanye in the corner being a bobble-head. I see a Kanye West track in Cassidy's future...

Gillie Da Kid, Weezy's alter ego minus the dreads, tats and Birdman trying to get a kiss.

Some may know Gillie the kid as the alleged ghostwriter responsible for Lil Wayne's sudden metamorphosis from whack rapper extraordinaire to lyrical wordsmith. If you listen to any Weezy raps, you will notice a strong similarity in their flows. Very similar...right down to the many, many, many metaphors. Forward to 1:10 to skip all the prelims.

Do not try this in Detroit

2007-10-31T00:40:00.000-07:00

Funny Japanese show.

You can probably only do this kind of stuff in countries with tight gun/weapon control laws because if you tried this in a place like Detroit, someone in the crowd is definitely gonna get stab wounds.

Its Never Over...

2007-10-31T00:24:00.000-07:00

...until the fat chick sings. Best touchdown ever.

Too Sick

2007-10-26T17:53:00.000-07:00

My sneaker game is currently a lot weaker than its supposed to be. I was actually getting complacent with my kicks game until I saw these below.

Definitely got my attention. Too much personality for me, but fresh to death.

Check out more freshness here.

Super Soak that Hoooooooooooooe!!!

2007-10-25T20:07:00.000-07:00

To further reinforce my idea that rap/hip-hop is in its 2nd childhood, it seems that there have been a lot of tracks in this era that center on kiddie rhymes or kiddie themes. Below is a list of adult/mature themed songs that definitely appeal to kids and little kids just love to sing along to:

1. Candy Shop - 50 cent

2. Magic Stick - Lil Kim feat. 50 cent

3. Amusement Park - 50 cent again?!!!

4. Laffy Taffy - D4L

5. Coffee Shop - Yung Joc

6. Ay bay bay - Hurricane Chris

7. How many licks - Lil Kim

8. Inside Peanut Butter Outside Jelly - Cadillac Don

9. I know there's a lot more, I just can't think of them right now

10. oh yeah I almost forgot....Crank Dat - Soulja Boy Tell 'Em

Well maybe its fitting, after all Soulja Boy Tell 'Em's hit song "Crank Dat" became a super smash hit almost solely due to little kids (and not so little kids) "cranking dat" on Youtube.

Actually I've been to a few over 21 bars and clubs where grown folk go crazy trying to crank dat as soon as the song comes on. Don't get me wrong, its fun music and I admit I've tried to crank dat a few times...but its a stupid, stupid song and remember kids are extremely impressionable.

And if you use your imagination, you can figure out what "super soak that hoe" really means.

So next time your little brother or little cousin or whatever asks you how to "super soak a hoe" and you don't know what to say, just remember that you only have one person to blame : YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!! ........just like Soulja Boy said.

Example Below: kinda cute though!!!

Generations

2007-10-24T17:49:00.001-07:00

Rap -Rhythm and Poetry.

Everything has its lifespan from infancy to old age and then death or irrelevance. Such is the natural balance - nothing stays the same; you can keep an apple in the fridge only so long before it loses its freshness.

Lately people say that rap music is not fresh and it has been attracting a lot of criticism lately. I think I know why. In my opinion, rap has been through 2 full generations and is currently in its 3rd - the first being the 80's, the second being the 90's and the third being the 2000's.

Generation 1. 80's rap - Baby fresh. The art form was brand new, lyrics were not overly complicated and there was a huge emphasis on showmanship. After all, it was entertainment and although most people didn't understand it, it soon found its niche with the young. Notables: Run-DMC, Kool Moe Dee, MC Lyte, Steady B, Big Daddy Kane, Slick Rick, Doug E. Fresh, Kool G. Rap and D.J. Polo

Generation 2. 90's rap - Adolescent rebellion. Like a teenager who just figured out that the world wouldn't end if he ditched school, rap realized that it could move beyond the boundaries of sing-along songs and rappers realized that they could say whatever they wanted and do whatever they wanted under the 1st amendment. At the same time rap elevated itself from the simplistic to the complex, kinda like a mid 20's guy who just realized that he is no longer a kid. Rappers began to scare the public (see pic below for an example of a "scary" rapper) but the art form was brilliant in its quality. Notables: Wu Tang Clan, Tupac Shakur, B.I.G, Big L, Jay-Z, A Tribe Called Quest, Big Pun, Geto boys, Ice Cube, Ice T.

Generation 3. 2000 - present. Mid-Age crisis. The older guy who just found the first couple of gray strands in his hair. He immediately goes out to get some hair dye and a BMW convertible to prove a point that he has still got "it". That is rap right now. Extravagance is key and the wisdom rap gained in its youth is clearly not evident right now. Rap is no longer taken seriously by anyone but it still creeps out to cheat on its main chick (poetry) with its jumpoff (rhythm). Once in a while freshness comes, but not often enough. Flashy Ringtone Rappers are a dime a dozen just like old dudes circling the club parking lot in their BMWs. Rap is in its 2nd childhood. Perpetrators: Many.

Just like a grown ass man who acts like a kid, rap is being chastised. After all, its only so long you can stand an immature friend before you sit him down and give him a good talking to.

Rap might die a premature death or may live to a ripe old age. Lets hope that if it dies soon, it dies a graceful death. lets also hope that if it lives long, it doesn't become a dirty old man.

American Gangster

2007-10-23T19:14:00.000-07:00

The album is coming out November 6, 2007. I am a complete Jay Z stan. I can even look past some of his more garbage music (e.g. stuff he does with Pharrell) ...which eventually grows on you. Dude might be almost 40 but I'm still a Generation 2 rap fan (90's rap...post coming soon!!!). I've posted a link to snippets of THE ENTIRE album and it sounds like fire!!! There's even a Lil Wayne track!!!

Here's the Link to the album preview

Jenagate!!!

2007-10-23T18:22:00.001-07:00

I never did get on the Jena 6 bandwagon, 'cause that motherf*cker was full already. I'm not really gonna talk about it, because the shit that went down in that town was pretty messed up, HOWEVER, I do recognize knucklehead niccas when I see them. Somehow, some of the "6" these dudes have become celebs...

2 of the "6" Carwin Jones and Bryant Purvis at the BET awards shortly before presenting an award...yeah really!

Now we got a video of one more of the "6" Robert Bailey, flossing on Myspace. That could be his own money but could those also be some of the funds donated in the "Free the Jena 6" campaign? I don't know but this is not a good look.

The "Jena 6" cause showed how a people can rally around an important issue and fight injustice, and I really hope these guys can realize that that shit can't be taken for granted. Look for FOX News to cover this real soon...I guarantee it.

Then again, most teenage boys act the fool on Myspace anyway.

Baby 'Pac

2007-10-23T18:16:00.000-07:00

Lil kid can't be more than 6 years old, and Tupac died 11 years ago. That's the definition of a legend, and "Hey Mama" is a real classic.

Tight!!! Pretty sharp kid, just hope he stays away from Too $hort and Akinyele till he's at least 8 and a half.

The Gulliest Motherf*****s of all time! (Part 2)

2007-10-20T11:10:00.001-07:00

Relentless in their tyranny, these next two examples of human wastes of space held their respective grips on their countries through financial repression. Two more reasons why people emigrate from Africa.

3. Sani Abacha (Former "President" of Nigeria)

DOB - September 20, 1943

Died on June 8, 1998 in Abuja, Nigeria.

Why he was gully: Peasant turned military dictator. Never has a national treasury been looted to the extent that this guy and his regime did to the Nigerian treasury during the 1990s. Dude used the Nigerian national bank like a personal ATM to the tune of approximately $4 billion while most of the country languished in poverty. During his regime, he was listed as the fourth most corrupt leader in the world. He was also a human rights nightmare, almost completely controlling the press and executing human rights activists (including Ken Saro-Wiwa).

Died a gully death by a Viagra induced heart attack while in bed with two Indian prostitutes. He flew them in to Nigeria from India, for the night...on the Presidential Jet.

4. Mobutu Sese Seko (Former President of Zaire)

DOB - October 14, 1930

Died in exile in Morocco on September 7, 1997.

Why he was gully: Maybe the gulliest of the lot. Trained as an accountant, and widely influenced by the works of Winston Churchill and Niccolo Machiavelli, this man wore many hats. From accountant, to journalist, to iron-grip dictator and finally to exilee. For "Rumble in the Jungle" boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman held in Zaire, Mobutu rounded up all "potential criminals" and held them in an underground prison with no charges until all the foreigners had left the country. Seized power of Zaire by military coup, executed all potential political opposition in large public spectacles. I can't even talk about the kinds of stuff this dude did. Looted the national treasury and would "lend" his country money from his own personal bank accounts.

Wore more leopard/animal skin clothing and accessories than anyone on the planet. Leopards, cheetahs, cougars, pumas, mountain lions all ran for their lives when they saw this nicca coming.

Was finally overthrown on May 16, 1997 and died in exile.

Fashion Beef?

2007-10-20T11:06:00.000-07:00

Hip-Hop seems to just attract conflict! Now we got fashion labels beefing?

LRG vs Shady, who made the better Jason Hoodie?

N...Now that's f***** up

2007-10-19T17:07:00.001-07:00

The propaganda machine that is Fox News is really trying to bury that nicca Nas.

The words used in this piece are beyond ridiculous....Nas glorifying the Virginia Tech killings?????What the hell? Rupert Murdoch must have had a thing for Kelis.

If you are a hip-hop fan , I guarantee that this video will make you very, very mad!

You might have guessed that I'm a big Nas fan, some of this shit he says is stupid but he doesn't deserve this treatment from the media. These reporters who do not UNDERSTAND the art form of Hip-Hop need to really shut the hell up and not question it.

The Office Day (part 1)

2007-10-18T16:43:00.000-07:00

The typical blog reader is a cube rat so I declare today, the official Office Holiday! Pack your stuff up and go home right now, I'm officially giving you the day off...but if your ass gets fired, please don't come talk to me about that.

Click on the pic to make it bigger.

Which one are you?

N...No

2007-10-17T13:18:00.000-07:00

Update***There will no longer be a Nas album called Nigga

Per SOHH.com

"There is no album released by Nas on the release schedule at this point," a source close to Island Def Jam Music Group chairman Antonio "L.A." Reid told FOX. "And they would be unlikely to release an album with that title. How would that look at Wal-Mart?"

The backlash towards Nas' announcement concerning the album's title has already
began, with the Reverend Jesse Jackson speaking out against the rapper's desired
title choice.
"The title using the 'N' word is morally offensive and
socially distasteful," Jackson said in a statement. "Nas has the right to
degrade and denigrate in the name of free speech, but there is no honor in it. Radio and television stations have no obligation to play it and
self-respecting people have no obligation to buy it. I wish he would use his
talents to lift up and inspire, not degrade, making a mockery of racism."

Read the rest here.

I guess Icalled it wrong, They brought in Jesse Jackson, I guess this was too big for Al to handle.

Throwback Tuesday

2007-10-16T20:28:00.000-07:00

Please play this shit on mute. The words of this song do not in any way represent the doughboy or his current state of mind. However the video is a soundtrack to one of my favorite movies ever...Karate Kid 2

Also, try to ignore the weird dude singing too. OK , the song brings back a few memories, but it is pretty sickening stuff. Please play on mute, I cannot stress this enough!

Wax on Wax off Reader-San!!

N...

2007-10-16T19:28:00.000-07:00

...the word that shall not be mentioned, unless you're among friends. Hey, I didn't make the rule, in fact I'm not even from here so can I say it? I guess I can since I'm black but I don't believe that I've even earned the right to say it.

My direct ancestors were, in a sense, the ones who got away and as such my blood line does not carry the struggle that flows in the veins of every African American. The N word has been glamorized - transformed from its original connotation, into an ugly connotation, and also into a term of endearment (belonging almost exclusively to people of African descent) that every race longs to use, although some particular people only long to use it negatively. Asian kids, African kids, European kids, even f**king Antarctic kids all wanna use the word that their favorite rapper uses. In fact the average rapper can make at least 17 other words rhyme with the N word in order to complete their bars.

Speaking of rappers, they use the word as a form of expression, and it is necessary for their art form, however...most rappers know that the number 1 target demographic of rap labels is white suburban teenage kids who all love their favorite rapper and know every lyric to every song. So my question is this:

Can you be allowed to sell someone something that they cannot use?
Should you be allowed to sell someone something they cannot use?

The whole point of music is for you to place yourself in the context of the song and lose yourself in it. So why sell the suburban white kid a car he can't drive? (metaphorically speaking.)
The rapper Nas just released the name of his new album and it is, you guessed it, Nigga! (November 6th, 2007).

Nas has always been a political rapper, who thrives on politics and pushing the societal envelope. The name of this album is sure to generate debate, outrage and controversy - the recipe for high album sales. Should he be allowed to name his album this? Will record stores veto the album and push him to sell his album exclusively via the Internet? Will Al Sharpton pay Nas a house call?
I, personally, don't know if I will be able to listen to rap music much longer (or at least new rap music) with the way its diminishing in quality but I do know that rap would be pointless without the rappers' self expression intact. Just hoping that the N word doesn't become a tool of self repression.

P.S. How come D.J. Khaled and Fat Joe can use the N word? Someone needs to explain that shit to me. Unfortunately, I did rock out to Lean Back back in '05!!!

Been Gone'

2007-10-16T06:59:00.000-07:00

Been going through a ton of shit these past few days. Life is very unpredictable. Anyway, I got a lot of pent up aggression that I need to get out, but due to the fact that skinny dudes don't do too well in jail, I will let my boy Kimbo Slice get the aggression out for me. He's got aggression in spades, and he's not really my boy.

Check the video of this street-figher demolishing dudes....ESPN is doing a special on him in a few weeks. VIOLENT CONTENT, weak stomachs please don't watch. But, you know what, don't feel bad for any of the dudes on this video, they willingly chose to fight a dude called Kimbo Slice, ...who does that?!

Unknown Dopeness # 2

2007-10-03T16:09:00.000-07:00

Allow me to introduce Fela Anikulapo Kuti,,,African hero. There will be no censoring of this post. This dude is the hardest musical nigga that ever walked the face of the fucking earth. His music has been sampled by the likes of Nas and countless others, but he hails from Nigeria. Political information infused with irrefutable truth about fascist societal bullshit, with a funky Afrobeat ....smoked more weed than Willie Nelson, Bob Marley and the fucking Rolling stones put together which gave him a clarity you can only wish to possess....African poetical mastermind with sonic infused genius.....I'm not a groupie but YOU should be....

This is my history, but just see how the American Civil Rights movement influenced the entire world in case you didn't know. Some things are just universal....
Fela (October 15, 1938 - August 2, 1997)

"...Fela reads the autobiography of Malcolm X over and over again....he wants to become a black hero..."

WATCH THE WHOLE VIDEO!!!!

I Spoke Way too soon

2007-10-02T21:11:00.000-07:00

I guess that nicca, Aaron McGruder reads this blog because the Boondock's is back starting October 8th at 11:30 pm ET. Check out the hilarious preview below and try not to be offended

...the movie looks sick to me, I guess I'll see you at the theater!

P.S. Not Safe for Work, but watch if your supervisor ain't lookin'

3 and 1....

2007-10-02T20:11:00.000-07:00

My ESPN fantasy football record so far. That's 3 more wins than I had this time last year so shit is looking bright right now. Might be taking home that Superbowl crown this year. As Young Cheesy would say... jjjjjyeeahhhh!!!!

It s funny how personally dudes take this fantasy football thing though, you would think that they personally trained each player themselves. On my league message board, we all talk shit every week about the ass whoopin' we are about to hand out. Man we get all hyped up, talk smack, beat our chests and then....sit our asses on the couch and watch football...on TV, all Sunday long.

The truth is, after the game starts, we are powerless and we just pray that our players do good, all that trash talk means nothing if Ladainian Tomlinson doesn't run for 100 yards and a touchdown.

What I am trying to say is: It ain't really you who is scoring those points dawg, its the football gods.

This last week I started Donovan McNabb (Philadelphia QB) and Joey Harrington (Michael Vick's non-dogfighting substitute in Atlanta). Any rational human would expect McNabb to be your star player of the week, he was playing the Giants for goddsake, but nooo....the motherf***** threw for 158 yards and got me 5 points. Harrington, on the other hand, throws for 223 yards and 2 touchdowns (20 points). What the hell? I'm glad I picked that dude, nobody wanted him.

None of that was in my control except picking the dude. But there is a bit of skill in picking though. For example, I put in Correll Buckhalter, the 2nd string running back for Philly since I knew that Brian Westbrook prolly wasn't gonna start. Westbrook didn't even show up to the field! This left Buckhalter to do 95% of the carrying and eventually rush for 103 yards and receive for 35 yards (13 points)... a good night for me, thanks to educated guessing.

So whenever that dude on your league board starts talking smack and running off at the mouth about how he should be real NFL coach because of his 4 and 0 record, please let him know that he is no Bill Belichick or even Lovie Smith, but at best he is the Miss Cleo of the league, and a lucky picker.

Dumb Down

2007-09-28T08:00:00.000-07:00

Tight concept song from my boy Lupe Fiasco. Dude is one of the illest lyricists ever.

Not too many rappers can put stuff together like that.

Breakin' Day

2007-09-27T14:27:00.000-07:00

Shout out to Fresh Prince for the idea.....

Please don't take break dancing lessons from Carlton Banks....

Although, I'm pretty sure my mom had that Rap Attack lp. I guess I had a cool mom. Love the line at 1:00. I guess the question is directed at Will Smith.

The world's worst Janitor

I hope nicca don't expect to get paid for that, he didn't sweep sh*t up!!!

Can a Dude get a break?

2007-09-27T11:41:00.000-07:00

"Damn, I electrocuted some dogs which was some horrible sh*t to do to dogs. I just lost a bunch of endorsements, the Atlanta Falcons want their money back, I just turned Federal cooperator and my Daddy ratted me out, all in one week! I definitely need a joint, in fact I'm gonna light one up right now!"

Big Mistake Mike!

I got to work hella late today (around 1pm) but I've been up since about 6 am and I caught Mike and Mike in the morning as well as SportsCenter and a bunch of other morning talkshows and the one topic of discussion is "Michael Vick smoked some marijuana!" I mean its all over the news. Its so damn ridiculous, you would think that he lit up the joint at the White House and blew smoke right into the President's face.

OK, Michael should have known that he would be subject to increased scrutiny right now, with all of his current legal problems and his pending sentencing. In fact dude, should have ran a 4-3 at the mere sight of the neighborhood weed guy, and he should have put all of his weed-carriers on unpaid leave. Or maybe he smoked that sh*t a month and a half ago - it stays in your system that long. Who knows?

What we do know is this - the media and the internet have a way of making situations like this bigger than they need to be, I mean stuff can get drummed into the sentencing judge's ears so much that this might actually influence how he sentences Mike. And let's not even talk about what Roger Goodell (NFL commish) is gonna do now, dude might probably suspend QB Michael Vick so long that his wide favorite receiver will be his grandson, who knows?

What we should all keep in mind is that Michael may be a scapegoat and a victim of his own stupidity and bad choices but young people of color should always be one step ahead of the game, and we are not talking just football here. Three months ago Michael Vick would never have guessed that his career might almost be over and he would be staring the poor house in the face. He was ahead of the game of football, but was a benchwarmer in the game of life.

Some people can get a way with smoking a joint while placing bets on Bruno and Basher (dog names?). Some can't! If you are in the latter category just pray for a break!

The Gulliest Motherf*****s of all time! (Part 1)

2007-09-25T09:35:00.001-07:00

They call it the Black continent for a reason, and not because of its 99% negro population. Africa has spawned some of the meanest, dark-hearted, genocidal motherfuckers of all time. Here are a few fools that took us a billion steps backwards.

1. Robert Gabriel Mugabe (Current president of Zimbabwe)

DOB: February 21, 1924 (Yes dude is 83 and still kickin')
This dude has been the "democratically" elected leader of Zimbabwe since 1980.

Why he is gully: In the past decade, he has taken Zimbabwe from a thriving emerging economy to a really crappy place to live with inflation rates expected to hit 1.5 million % (no typo) by the end of 2007.
In April 2000, he approved an amendment, rejected by voters, allowing the seizure of white-owned farmlands without due reimbursement or payment. He did not replace the farmers.This led the once thriving "bread basket of Southern Africa" to depend on outside aide for food.

His time in office has been referred to as a "reign of terror."

2. Idi Amin Dada "Butcher of Uganda" (Former ruler Uganda)

DOB: Unsure (Mid 1920s)

Died on August 16th, 2003 in exile in Saudi Arabia.

Why he was gully: Where do I begin with this guy. Very active polygamist trained by the British Colonial army (as a cook). Ugandan Light Heavywieght boxing champion from 1951 to 1960. Incredibly charismatic. Seized power by military coup on January 25, 1971. Massacred his enemies by the thousands. Conducted mass genocidal killings motivated by ethnic, political and financial factors - Amnesty International puts estimate at 500,000 people. Expelled all Asians from the country. Destroyed Ugandan international relationships.

Well portrayed by actor Forest Whitakar in the movie The Last King of Scotland.

LRG Fall 2007 photo shoot

2007-09-24T18:13:00.000-07:00

Thanks to SOHH Official for the coverage.

That's a cool photoshoot.

Why Your Girl loves Wii!!!...and wii love her back!

2007-09-24T13:25:00.000-07:00

Let's face it, if you are an eighties baby you have probably been influenced, at least a little, by video games at some point in your life. I first saw the Atari at a friend's house in like '88 and damn near lost my mind (I was 5 but I still remember) . How could something be so tight and why hadn't I known about it sooner. I endured many sleepless nights scheming about how to convince my Dad that the Atari would make our house a happier home.

My father never budged and life went on until my brother and I went to another friend's house later that year and saw this....

OMG!!! I don't think I have to tell you that we forgot about the Atari instantly and we eventually bugged the hell out of our parents until we got the NES. We played the hell out of that thing, trading games with friends at school and blowing on cartridges so hard that we almost had seizures

So, essentially, we've been playing video games for most of our lives but I still don't think the title "gamer" fits most of us though. Usually, a true gamer does not shower, and survives on a diet of pizza and red bull, however I will get back to that later. Chances are Your Girl played Super Mario Bros. too and the screenshot above induces her nostalgia.

So you just spent $500 on your new Xbox or Playstation and you and your boys are amazed that the graphics are so good that you can see Vince Young's nose hairs, but Your Girl is probably at my house, playing Wii. So remember, Your Girl might make wierd faces and not talk to you as you play Madden 2008, but I bet if you popped in Wii tennis or something, she'll never leave the house (which in itself might soon become a problem).

P.S. If you never wanna get laid again, please play Halo. Your Girl might stop coming around all together. But think of all the pizza and Red Bull you'll consume!!!

Quit Frontin'

2007-09-22T14:51:00.000-07:00

You know who you are....you get to the bar at the club and don't know what the f*** to order. That generic "Red Bull and Vodka" or "Coke and Rum" shit can be excused once but starts to look played out when you order that shit twice in a row. To vary up your drink ordering game, here's a link to the best list of popular drinks on the web.

Get your drink on Here. Browse the alphabetized list.

Remember, not a lot of dudes can get away with ordering the same lame ass drink infinite times...

Cool Commercials

2007-09-22T14:37:00.000-07:00

Without a doubt, my pick for cool commercial of the week.....

Stay thirsty my friends.

Mr. Mason

2007-09-21T14:57:00.000-07:00

I was just chilling after work one Friday with one of my boys, having a beer when we noticed this drunk ass dude next to us with like 17 empty Miller Lite bottles surrounding him like a QB in a huddle. Anyway, as time passes, I somehow get sucked into a conversation with the dude and I come to find out that he is a Mason (Freemason: secret society from which all college fraternities, sororities and other secret societies were born...according to the Miller Lite guy).

Anyway, dude goes into all the intricacies and benefits of joining and goes on to tell me why I would be a wonderful addition to their roster. It was weird because he was the second dude in 6 months to try to recruit me to join the Mason team. I was never really into the fraternities in my gay ass college but I had at one point wanted to be an Alpha Phi Alpha for one reason - just trying to be like my big bro. That passed, but not before I did a lot of research on it and came up with a neat little conspiracy theory starring your favorite rappers!!!!!

Jay Z meets DeHaven in like '88, living across the hall from him in the Marcy projects...Brooklyn's gulliest habitat (per Memphis Bleek...whose street cred is really suspect).

DeHaven introduces Jay to the game, Spanish Jose introduces him to 'Caine (Sam Rawstein or Blow as it was called back then). He also meets this chick from Peru, that sniffs Peru, who had a cousin in customs that gets shit through...

Jay makes a living, crack dealin. His Mom's even said "Shawn would be in the kitchen, beating on the table and rapping...and his sisters and brothers said it would drive them nuts", Sorry Moms, he wasn't beating on no drums, he was cookin' crack in your antique crockpot, and his brothers and sisters were acting out from the buzz they got from the crack fumes...but I digress...

Shawn's got the new Lexus and is banging hoodrats on the regular now, but he still feels like a loser 'cause Carmen called him a "chump" because he "aint got no G5 plane like Christopher and Sean and 'em at Bad Boy records." Jay's pissed and decides he needs to get all the money he possibly can, by any means neccessary and be filthy rich beyond a reasonable doubt.

Miller Lite guy meets Jay in a parking lot in June 1996 before Reasonable Doubt drops and tells him why he would be great as a Mason..."Dude, you're a pretty unattractive guy, but I bet if you became a Mason you'd get Girls, Girls, Girls." Jay is instantly convinced since he was on the tail end of a 3 month dry spell. "But how would people know I was a Mason?", asked a Young, eager Hov. Miller Lite Guy replies "Son all you got to do is throw up both hands in the air, cupped together like a diamond, that's the universal Mason sign my brother" and he demonstrates. Jay throws up his hands, and the Roc sign is born.

Jay enjoys mass success and moves up fast in the corporate world and gets mad dough. All the wavy, light skinned chicks is loving him now...

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Meanwhile, Carmen's baby daddy, Nas "Nasty Nas, the Esco to the Esco, Now he is Nastradamus" Jones gets word that Jay is balling like a mothersucka, straight rocking out. Nas gets a little peeved and envious because Jay still owes him a little money from back in the day. According to Nas, "that nigga Jay owe me man, he ooooowe me. He needs to pay me back like he pay his tax, pay me back like 40 acres to blacks! Real talk nigga!"

Nas then decides to figure out the secret to Jay's success. Nas gets holed up at the local Queens library and researches his ass off, scouring the internet and all that. He then noticed the Mason symbology all over Rocawear clothing and Jay Z videos and the lightbulb went off! He then researches some more and discovered the only thing that Mason's fear - Ether ' "that shit that make your soul burn slow" (the cryptonite for Mason's).

Nas runs straight to the studio and records his hit Jay Z diss track -Ether-and essentially "ethers" the beef. He calls out Jay Z telling the world that Jay "traded his soul for riches," implying that Jay sold out to the Masons to get Money, Power and Respect - the key to life, per Lil Kim.

For years, Nas tries to outshine Jay but to no avail. He eventually marries an unattractive chick and settles down into what is about to become an irrelevant retirement. But then, out the blue he meets Miller Lite guy at the Rock and Republic store in Hollywood. Miller Lite guy states the obvious to Nas..."If you can't beat em, join em." Nas runs to the Def Jam office, kisses Jay's ass and Jay gets him initiated into the nearest Masonic Lodge. They make beautiful music together and the rest is hip-hop history.

Miller Lite guy has since dissappeared. It is rumored that he got whacked for recruiting waaaaaay more negroes than the Masons actually want.

As you might have already guessed the above story is 97% bullshit and a product of my overactive imagination, but I do feel we all need to be aware of the subtle influences that are out there every day. Im definitely no conspiracy theorist, and I have no political affiliations or aspirations but just check out the shot below.

On the back of the dollar bill...notice the eye in the middle of the pyramid, now scroll back up to the first Jay picture

Weird shit! I've got way too much time on my hands.

Missing.....Aaron McGruder

2007-09-10T21:48:00.000-07:00

Somebody with some clout in the dairy industry needs to put this nicca's picture on a milk carton. For those of you who don't know who this dude is, its Aaron McGruder, the creative force behind "The Boondocks" cartoon strip and tv series.

The t.v. series (as well as the strip) was pretty funny, but it was also smart too. It provided a social commentary in a similar vein to series like "South Park", but the issues addressed were primarily black. The series touched on topics from pimps and hoes to the R.Kelly trial, and also introduced us to the previously unnamed phenomenon known as the "Nigga Moment" - when keeping it real goes horribly wrong. I could tell you a lot about how often these "Nigga Moments" usually end with dudes being broke, bleeding or losing their girl, but that's another story.

NSFW (not safe for work - but click play if your boss went to the coffee room)

Sharp!!!

Anyway, Dude Aaron pulled a Dave Chappelle on us and I am not at all surprised. When dudes create art (comedy, music or visual) that truly reflects their points of view and their identity, the genius cannot be hidden. However when shit goes corporate, dude, that art can be raped and transformed into something hideous....and it makes the artist not wanna touch it anymore, regardless of the huge payday that awaits him.

So, I'm gonna leave the Amber Alert on Aaron active and maybe he and Dave Chappelle can get together and create comic parody history, as long as they cut me a check for giving them the idea.

Side note: Huey Newton - Activist, Afro-wearer, Black Panther leader, Bad Muthasucka

...looks kinda like

Huey Freeman - Activist, Afro-wearer, Black-militant-youth, Malcolm X-in-training

Guest Blogger - Graduation Album Review

2007-09-09T15:11:00.000-07:00

Anyone is welcome to get their thoughts across on this blog. This month's featured guest blogger is my boy Njiba with his take on Kanye's Graduation

Here we go:

Gentlemen and ladies, thugs and “thuggetes”, boys and girls my name is Njiba and once in a while, I will be reviewing albums and movies on this site. I will also be posting opinions on miscellaneous issues. If you have favorite artists or actors be warned my opinion may be scathing on occasion. Enough about me , this week Juveelord or lord Juvee as I prefer has asked me to review two albums and I am sure I will get done with one but maybe I will do both. Juvee, you know you need to add more zeros to that pitiful check you give me for more quality right?

Anyway without further ado here is the review of Kanye West’s third album: Graduation.

Good Morning - The delivery on this intro is fresh. The beat is adequate and not overwhelming and I like the soulful vocals. Nice opening Ye. Damon dash must be like “damn, I could have rapped too”. I mean we all know he could use album sales; the guy can’t even sell clothes right now.

Champion – I know most of ya’ll are going to like this. I don’t. I think the whole sound comes off corny and the beat repetitive. Isn’t the concept a rip off of that Jay Z “Lost ones” (is that what it is called? dunno) track?
Doughboy's take: Gonna have to disagree with Njiba on this one man. The soul sample is a bit repetitive but the track works for me.

Stronger – Fisty Scent (to borrow from Billy Holiday) called this the robot song. I didn’t really like this song when I heard it first but the shit grew on me. The robotic sound was just too much for me at first. Right now hell, if someone could buy me some Miller high life and some green, darn I am sure I could dance your floor off. Any offers?

I Wonder – So do I.
Doughboy's take: Track starts off a little slow but Kanye really picks up the pace by the third verse. The production is out of this world.

Good Life – Since T-Pain is on this , you should hear this on your radio sooner than later. Consider that a warning .This is just your party song and I am not too sure I should spend too much time on this especially when I consider that the killer track is coming next.

Can’t tell me nothing – Whoah! When I heard this song I thought of how Ye’s delivery has improved. I mean this dude really couldn’t rap when he came out; Then now this? Damn Damon this could have been you, now you can’t even “Let up the suicide doors / this is [his] life homie you decide yours”. Nicely done track with relevant (to me) and precise delivery.

Barry Bonds – This is fresh. The track is never static, keeps you
bouncing and the delivery isn’t that bad even though I am not too sure what he is talking about over all. Weezy steps in to deliver what has to be the weakest verse he ever wrote ( if he does write anything ). Wasn’t this guy voted as the number one rapper or something like that? “My drink is still pink like the Easter rabbit”? Please! I guess it’s just the sign of the times. Rap has adopted homosexual tendencies (HTs), let me not digress though. I will address this issue on another post. Oh! Verdict on the track? It’s nice but would have been better if Weezy could have come stronger.
Doughboy's take: This album would have been completely perfect if it weren't for Weezy's god-awful verse. I can't defend this nicca anymore man "Tell Barry Bonds he can suck my ass"?????What the f*** is that?

Drunk and Hot Girls – Who would complain about hot and drunk girls? I can’t review this. This track can only get A point from me if Mos Def and Ye were drunk when they did this, otherwise these are just some more HTs. I am sure Mos Def is complaining because of child support. I will send you some rubbers as soon as I find out your address Mos , I gotcha homie.
Doughboy's take: Excellent production. Kanye's verses are kinda slow, but the song itself is pretty funny and most dudes can relate to it. Mos Def's verse is different but sick at the same time.

Flashing Lights – Ok .
Doughboy's take: Once again I'm gonna have to disagree. At this point we can recognize the fact that Kanye West is a genius with the production. More than OK.

Everything I am - The beat is nice, the scratches fall in well and I know he is talking about himself (doesn’t he most of the time?) but he is consistent through the song. Even the hook is so early nineties (Njiba’s definition of what rap’s golden era is). “I never rock some mink coat in the summer like killer cam / I rocks some mink boots in the summer like WILL.I.AM” something like that …Nice!
Doughboy's take. Co-sign. DJ Premier never misses a scratch.

Glory – The beat sounds so Jackson 5 like but its good and the delivery is crazy. Damn Damon you can do it too. Again talking about himself (but isn’t that what rappers do?) “I know, I know, I know I look better in real life” – Isn’t that what rappers think?

Home Coming – I like this but the yodeling at the end of the track throws me off. I mean people don’t yodel in Chicago. Or do they? I haven’t been there.
Doughboy's take: Being the Kanye Stan that I am, I know that both verses for this song are from a 3 year old mixtape. Still the song is great.

Big Brother – This is a mushy track. If you admire someone keep it off record especially if you are a rapper. If any of you there admire me please don’t post it up here. Those are some HTs right there. Kanye went up on one xtra with Semtex and promoted this track and I think its OK but…anyway I’m done.
Doughboy's take: Lyricism is on point here. A bit too mushy, but it tells a good story.

Conclusion – A sign of the times. Graduation is a decent offering and one of the best albums released this year. Graduation has an appropriate name to it too because Ye has definitely come far from his earlier pitiful raps. The delivery is precise and on occasions packs a punch. The production is Mr. West’s normal high quality even though at times a conventional form of him. What I am concerned with is this man’s obsession with fashion and the fact that he told Semtex on 1 xtra that he prefers fine tuning his music over hitting up the behind of some broad. Some HTs right there!

Favorite Tracks. “Glory”, “Can’t tell me nothing”,”Everything I am”, “Barry Bonds” and yeah why not? “Stronger”
Doughboy's Take: All of the above are great except for Lil Wayne's verse. Fucking horrible.

Unknown Dopeness

2007-09-08T10:53:00.001-07:00

Once in a while an act comes along that just transcends genre's and is tight regardless of what type of music you like. I heard about Rodrigo y Gabriela about a year ago, and they are now getting their national shine here in the states. You might have seen 'em on MTV in between shows but here they are on the Tonight Show. Be open minded, let this clip play out till the end, you just might get hypnotized by it.

Tonight Show performance

Don't Flinch Kanyeeeezy

2007-09-06T21:47:00.001-07:00

Kanye and 50 "Interscope" Cent playing "lets see who blinks first" like a pair of schoolgirls (image courtesy Bossip.com). For real, the hype that Curti$ and Graduation are creating right now is ridiculous.

To be perfectly honest, if I had only $15.00 in my pocket on September 11th, I'd prolly not by either album because I'd prolly would have already copped the bootlegs from the Beauty Supply for $5 each. Just kidding, but I'm definitely buying the Kanye Album just to complete my Kanye collection.

The thing is though, these dudes are not competing over the quality of their music and critical acclaim. Nooo, they are competing over "whose gonna sell more" as if that were the best measure of an artist. Music buyers are entitled to buy whatever album they want, but do we really need artists to rub it in our faces how rich we make them? Think about that the next time you hear "I Get Money", and "Can't tell me Nothing". At least one of them wants us to wait till he gets his money right....before he blinds us with ice and Louie accessories (sad) !!!!!

They still at it....

Nappy Headed Flows

2007-09-06T21:20:00.000-07:00

Over the past 2 decades, we have seen the gradual prettification of hip hop icons as well as the music itself. The music originated as a raw raucous of crashing drums and sick horns and strings but has gradually been digitized into smooth predictable beats. In fact I watched this one video of Swizz Beatz (perhaps one of the whackest rappers on the planet) creating a whole "beat" with an 808 only. Dude was really feelin himself too!!!

But I digress....Today's rapper is a well groomed, hair jelled, Chico Debarge wannabe looking nicca, just check out Kanye West (who I actually like) and Yung Joke and em. Not that there's anything wrong with looking neat but just think about Busta Rhymes circa '97 and the the Busta Rhymes of today, then think of his music then and think of his music today.

From dope.....

...to being busted by the hip-hop police Whack Rappers Squad

Im not saying that long hair means dope music but to some degree hip hop needs to be unkempt to feel real. Just like Samson, hip-hop draws its strength from its locks. Just ask these niccas

IPhone buyers, I'm laughing straight to the...Apple store

2007-09-05T20:50:00.000-07:00

How many of you lined up in front of the Apple stores for days, in your sweaty jumpsuits and pyjama pants waiting to plunk out $600 of your hard earned rent money on a telephone? Well, earlier today, Steve Jobs slashed the Iphone price by about 40% from a ridiculous $599.99999 to a slightly less ridiculous $399.99. Now the average man (me) can afford to skip a car note payment and buy this phone and be enslaved by AT&T for 2 years......hmmmmm

Orange County California

2007-09-05T20:35:00.000-07:00

The O.C.,
I was in Orange County California last week, and I got a few nice shots with my T-Mobile Dash phone. Who says 1.5 megapixel cameras can't take some sick shots!
These are some pics I took at Laguna beach...I searched high and low but I couldn't find reality show rich kids anywhere!!! Damn L.C, Heidi where are you?!!!!

What is this Blog about?

2007-07-20T11:34:00.000-07:00

Nothing and Everything!!!

This is the blogger equivalent of Seinfeld. You remeber how Seinfeld was about nothing but left you feeling entertained at the end...well this is kinda like that.

Its just my perspective on whatever happens to be on my mind at the time! Hey, I might just say some things that you've been thinking but never said out loud.

Topics you definitely will see me speak about on the regular: Hip-Hop, Politics, Media and Entertainment, Sports, Women, Drinking and fashion.