Okay, apparently this dropped a few days ago but I just got around to hearing it. It's safe to say that Rhymefest KILLS it. Let's see what Charlie boy has up his sleeve. Peep:
Rhymefest - Supersoninc (Charles Hamilton Diss) | Hip Hop Songs > HipHopDX.com
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Friday, January 30, 2009
Claire McCaskill Disses Wall St. Idiots
I'm proud to say that I, like McCaskill, am from the Show-Me State (Missouri.) Like my man Cuba Gooding Jr. once said, "SHOW ME THE MONEY!" It turns out that these same big wig victims - which almost seems paradoxical - who WE the taxpayer bailed out have spent at least $18,000,000,000 (numerical to show profoundness [$18b]) on BONUSES!!! BONUSES!!! How rude, I might add. This is totally ridiculous.
What's funny is that there was a reporter on CNBC - a supposed authentic report of economic matters - who had the audacity to kindly note that people don't realize that "most of these bonuses are the bulk of what they are paid." Lets run with this: if there were 100,000 recipients of this $18 Billion, they would each be paid $180,000. 100,000 is the size of a moderately sized CITY and I highly doubt that there are that many of them - let's try a couple hundred. If we averaged this number out, each of these CEO's would be making $9,000,000 A PIECE. The fact that these idiots would cry wolf then scheme the system is just as genius as it is stupid, which is the unfortunate part.
Claire McCaskill was being generous in my opinion $400K is a LOT. It's what our President will make per year. These men should be tried in court. Punk bastards.
What's funny is that there was a reporter on CNBC - a supposed authentic report of economic matters - who had the audacity to kindly note that people don't realize that "most of these bonuses are the bulk of what they are paid." Lets run with this: if there were 100,000 recipients of this $18 Billion, they would each be paid $180,000. 100,000 is the size of a moderately sized CITY and I highly doubt that there are that many of them - let's try a couple hundred. If we averaged this number out, each of these CEO's would be making $9,000,000 A PIECE. The fact that these idiots would cry wolf then scheme the system is just as genius as it is stupid, which is the unfortunate part.
Claire McCaskill was being generous in my opinion $400K is a LOT. It's what our President will make per year. These men should be tried in court. Punk bastards.
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Sarah Palin to Hobnob the Good Ol' Boys
Word is Sarah Palin is going to attend the Alfalfa Dinner amongst the likes of President Obama and your typical Washington good ol' boy. For a person who has been excessively prejudice towards Washington and made it a campaign asset that she was an "outsider", I find this quite ironic.
One reporter on MSNBC added that she's merely trying to familiarize herself to the American people. But what's interesting about that assertion is that the event is extremely private; So private that about 150 people will be in attendance.
My take is that she's trying to network. Statistics show that 80% of careers are landed via networking in some way. So we will see a Palin ticket in 2012*.
*God help us all.
STUDY: Masterbation Causes Cancer
(Illseed News) A recent study will have men shaking in their boxers if they choked the chicken a bit too much in their younger years.
Researchers at the University of Nottingham have determined that men who masturbate often in their 20s and 30s are far more prone to developing prostate cancer.
The scientists surveyed 800 men and about half of them had suffered from prostate cancer.
The same data could be attributed to gentlemen that got their mack on frequently with the ladies, but the higher sexual activity was generally credited the act of self-love.
Ironically, men over 40 that jerk-off or shag a lot of babes can reduce the risk of prostate cancer.
Masturbation clearly needs a great publicist to stop this bad press.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Word Cloud for my Hummingbird
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
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Sunday, January 25, 2009
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Critically acclaimed actor Joaquin Phoenix's dreams of becoming a genuine "Hip-Hop artist" came to a notable end just as soon as it began. Peep this disaster:
Then this one:
Then this one:
Friday, January 23, 2009
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Nice Try Souja Boy
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After a career long disaster of chillingly horrific lyrics, Soulja Boy makes his apparent debut as a real emcee. This time instead of the undecipherable jabberwocky usually proceeding a "YEEOOUUUUUUU", he decides to - as demonstrated in a faux studio session - "double time it" with a rapid delivery, rapping in thirds - a trademark of Bone Thugs and Harmony, for instance.
But despite this cute and honest attempt to clean up his image and perhaps save his career, the listener will automatically say two words after listening: "Nice Try."
Not only are his words extremely jumbled and undecipherable, the studio session he showcases his "flow" in is obviously not real. As he doesn't even move his lips three-fourths of the song which he's supposed to be "re-enacting", the camera man shooting the event deems it necessary to shake the camera omni-directionally to decieve the viewer into thinking Soulja Boy is actually rapping! How cheap.
Needless to say, I'm encouraged that he's trying to switch it up - I was surprised - but at best this is "fun" and "cute" and not "dope" and "skillful".
Perhaps this cats career is over. Perhaps it isn't but these recent sporadic attempts to un-taint his already doomed legacy is only tarnishing his currently obsidian luster even more. Should we feel sorry for him? HELL NAH!
Relax...Sit back
As I was walking in to the Union here at school, I just so happened to be in the vicinity of the "MindBody Connection" - this relaxation and wellbeing center. They've had this service available to students for quite some time but I had never been, although I'd always wanted to.
What I found, soon after entering the room, was that this place was heaven on earth. A true diamond in the rough.
There are a few stations in which you can utilize to reduce stress:
1. Massage Chair: In my opinion, one of Gods great gifts to earth. And this wasn't one of those cheap ones you find at CVS. This one was incredibly state of the art. I found extreme solace when experiencing the leg and calf massager. Needless to say, I stayed in the chair for about an half an hour
2. Wii: Apparently, students can play Wii on the huge screen from 3-5PM. I was too early to experience this, but I'll definitely be back when the clock hits three (one of these days [if not today])
3. Heart Monitor: According to the guy who was moderating this center, this Heart Monitor specializes in optimizing neurological performance by mapping out patterns in ones heart rate. There's a clip that you put on your ear lobe that connects to the computer via USB and it records the heart rate of the user.
Once the user is plug'd in, so to speak, he is then givin a challenge. There are three categories in which the program places your heart rate: Low, Medium (I think) and High (note: there is a different nomanclature for "High" but I forgot it).
In essence, when the program detects that you are nervous or anxious, you're heart rate pattern is placed in the low. The more relaxed you are (obviously translating in your pulse) the higher your score becomes.
There are a few techniques that I was told to do to reach the "High" level:
A. Focus on your heartbeat
B. Focus on your breathing and try different ways of doing so
C. Think of something or someone you especially appreciate.
My verdict? I think I'll be back to this place. From the chair to the heart monitor, I feel as though, it's extremely effective in disabling the trite, trivial and unresolvable aspects of the day that truly trigger and maintain anxiety and stress. Even now while typing this, I am truly relaxed (although my surrounds are ever so active.
As for my results of the heart monitor? I "passed with flying" colors as the moderator said. He definitely saw that in the very beginning my heart rate suggested that I was nervous (which was very true, for it seemed like a test) but eventually I relaxed, gained and maintained maximum mental efficiency.
So as the terminator would say: "I'll be back."
What I found, soon after entering the room, was that this place was heaven on earth. A true diamond in the rough.
There are a few stations in which you can utilize to reduce stress:
1. Massage Chair: In my opinion, one of Gods great gifts to earth. And this wasn't one of those cheap ones you find at CVS. This one was incredibly state of the art. I found extreme solace when experiencing the leg and calf massager. Needless to say, I stayed in the chair for about an half an hour
2. Wii: Apparently, students can play Wii on the huge screen from 3-5PM. I was too early to experience this, but I'll definitely be back when the clock hits three (one of these days [if not today])
3. Heart Monitor: According to the guy who was moderating this center, this Heart Monitor specializes in optimizing neurological performance by mapping out patterns in ones heart rate. There's a clip that you put on your ear lobe that connects to the computer via USB and it records the heart rate of the user.
Once the user is plug'd in, so to speak, he is then givin a challenge. There are three categories in which the program places your heart rate: Low, Medium (I think) and High (note: there is a different nomanclature for "High" but I forgot it).
In essence, when the program detects that you are nervous or anxious, you're heart rate pattern is placed in the low. The more relaxed you are (obviously translating in your pulse) the higher your score becomes.
There are a few techniques that I was told to do to reach the "High" level:
A. Focus on your heartbeat
B. Focus on your breathing and try different ways of doing so
C. Think of something or someone you especially appreciate.
My verdict? I think I'll be back to this place. From the chair to the heart monitor, I feel as though, it's extremely effective in disabling the trite, trivial and unresolvable aspects of the day that truly trigger and maintain anxiety and stress. Even now while typing this, I am truly relaxed (although my surrounds are ever so active.
As for my results of the heart monitor? I "passed with flying" colors as the moderator said. He definitely saw that in the very beginning my heart rate suggested that I was nervous (which was very true, for it seemed like a test) but eventually I relaxed, gained and maintained maximum mental efficiency.
So as the terminator would say: "I'll be back."
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Monday, January 19, 2009
Stop The Reign
In this notable season in which the legacy of Biggy is being celebrated, It'd only be responsible to highlight and share a gem that he so happened to grace...with Shaq. Yes, Shaq.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
A friend of mine and fellow poet, Billy Brame, sent me this article from the Time Magazine. Props B:
In the 1950s and '60s, god was a man named Alexander Scourby. He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., of Greek immigrant parents and attended college in West Virginia, but he spoke in a "deep and resonant voice" (as Wikipedia puts it) and--here is the key point--with more than a touch of a British accent. Long after Britain had exhausted its resources in World War II and lost its empire, a British accent conveyed authority, dignity, power.
In Hollywood, they sometimes refer to an omniscient but unseen narrator as a VOG, short for voice of God. Scourby was the leading VOG of his day, in documentaries like Victory at Sea and numerous commercials. His was the voice in the first ever recording of the entire Bible, made in the 1940s. At that time, it was as natural to assume that God spoke with a British accent as it was to assume that he had a beard--or, for that matter, that he was a he.
Scourby died in 1985, after at least two complete recordings of the Bible and one of the Koran. Yes, in those days, even the Prophet Muhammad had a British accent. So who is God today? The answer is clear: he is James Earl Jones. Jones' voice is best known for five immortal syllables: "THIS [pause] is CNN." Jones is also the voice of Darth Vader in the Star Wars films. And his recording of the King James Version of the Bible has sold more than 400,000 copies. Jones' voice is even deeper and more resonant than Scourby's, but there is only a trace of a British accent. Jones is African American and sounds it. (See pictures of Barack Obama's nation of hope.)
The currently best-selling audio Bible, Inspired by ... the Bible Experience, has an all-star cast including Angela Bassett, Cuba Gooding Jr., Samuel L. Jackson and Forest Whitaker--all African American. Meanwhile, Jones' only real competition for the role of God--at least until Denzel Washington gets a bit older--is Morgan Freeman. Jones is the Old Testament God, fierce and forbidding. Freeman is the New Testament version, all wise and all knowing, to be sure, but more approachable. He has done it twice in movies, has been the VOG in commercials for Listerine and Visa cards, among other products, and was the inevitable choice as narrator for that excruciatingly adorable movie about penguins. Freeman told an Associated Press reporter a few months ago that he is "tired of playing God." Who can blame him? At least as Freeman plays him, God is a bit hard to take: so full of tough love and wry wisdom that you long to wear a wire and catch him soliciting $8 million bribes to admit you into heaven.
Brits and pseudo-Brits, in sum, have lost this franchise. If you're a casting director looking for a voice whose very timbre communicates authority, dignity, power, you might even go to Queen Latifah before you resort to Jeremy Irons. The reasons aren't hard to speculate about. The roots of this development go back at least to the 1930s and Paul Robeson's singing "Ol' Man River" in Showboat. The therapeutic notion that suffering confers dignity and authority has spread just as the suffering of African Americans over generations has become universally acknowledged. Above all, black American ministers have replaced British politicians, at least in perception, as the world's most eloquent public users of the English language. Our homegrown Martin Luther King Jr. has knocked Winston Churchill off his perch as the ideal.
What's most inspiring about this development is that it can't be faked. There is no element of affirmative action here. Sidney Poitier won't do. The point is not to be black but to sound black. And unlike the integration and near domination of African Americans in professional sports, this is not even a matter of genuine talent breaking down the floodgates. Plenty of white or white-sounding actors could say "THIS [pause] is CNN" as well as Jones. Most people who have heard that phrase a hundred times don't know whose voice it is and--unless the question is raised specifically--they aren't even consciously aware that the person is black. They relate to the voice on a subconscious level, and they associate it with power and authority.
Starting Jan. 20, the most powerful person in the world actually will be a black man. Although President Barack Obama is one of the greatest public speakers now practicing that art, he probably couldn't get hired as the anonymous voice-over spokesman for a brand of cereal because he doesn't sound black enough. Nevertheless, he is a beneficiary of this development. When God turned into an African American, it became less unthinkable that the President might be African American as well.
Brother To Brother Hatred
Why is it that some black leaders tighten their lips at the thought of Barack Obama?
I find it quite disappointing in a sense. Here you have these notable leader who are advocating equality and champion the notion of freedom but at the same time - perhaps the product of a double standard - they don't fully support their dream when it's in the flesh. It's as though they want to keep this nebulous ideology as an idea rather than a reality. Here's my prognosis.
Obama, agree with me or not, is cutting into their relevance. With leaders like Cornell West, Tavis Smiley and Jesse Jackson chucking these threatening remarks.
Cornell West in fact is coming to UMKC this week. I'm going to propose a question that has pinged around my mind for the past few months: are black leaders ready for this metaphoric mountaintop, this promised land that they're corralled crowds over for the past 300 years? Are they really ready to out of a job?
There is no doubt, and please don't get me wrong - in fact Tavis Smiley said it best on Meet the Press today - "Obama's presidency is a down payment on equality. That said, we are in absolutely no position in America right now to say that racial tensions are a thing of the past - that would be incredibly naive and just stupid to presume.
We have however, entered into new territory. No longer is there an invisible limit on what a person of color can do, for one is about to be the President of the United States of America. This is a beautiful thing. But with this monumental occurrence, we should embrace the ubiquitous momentum of change.
Tavis Smiley, to again refer to him, made an interesting comment today. He essentially said politically his generic approach to race was brilliant but will not be effective in governing. He further noted that Obama can no longer dodge critical issues.
But is he really dodging them? Or is taking a different approach. It is no secret that Obama wants, as a politician, general consensus and peace. With our history, in America, of racial tension some of the language we engage in to articulate our status and what needs to be done can be seen as effective - especially for those who are not used to these discussions. Obviously, when someone feels they are being attacked a division occurs between the two or more people engaged in the conversation. The end result, although beneficial in creating awareness, strengthens current ideals because of the humans nature to defend itself.
I believe Obama's approach is a pretty effective one actually. People trust him and know that although he is a black man he is not going to attack them with the baggage of the past. When he has this trust, he can guide his agenda in such a direction to make the changes - the thing we REALLY want - and avoid the downfalls of ineffective communication. It's genius. This approach creates community.
It is not my goal to downplay the approaches of our black leaders in America. But I DO think that dismissing Obama's ability to bring racial change should be retreated and abolished.
At what point is the ideological going to become the three-dimensional? I believe we are taking a closer step towards justice and to ignore this is to take one step back.
Bring it Cornell.
I find it quite disappointing in a sense. Here you have these notable leader who are advocating equality and champion the notion of freedom but at the same time - perhaps the product of a double standard - they don't fully support their dream when it's in the flesh. It's as though they want to keep this nebulous ideology as an idea rather than a reality. Here's my prognosis.
Obama, agree with me or not, is cutting into their relevance. With leaders like Cornell West, Tavis Smiley and Jesse Jackson chucking these threatening remarks.
Cornell West in fact is coming to UMKC this week. I'm going to propose a question that has pinged around my mind for the past few months: are black leaders ready for this metaphoric mountaintop, this promised land that they're corralled crowds over for the past 300 years? Are they really ready to out of a job?
There is no doubt, and please don't get me wrong - in fact Tavis Smiley said it best on Meet the Press today - "Obama's presidency is a down payment on equality. That said, we are in absolutely no position in America right now to say that racial tensions are a thing of the past - that would be incredibly naive and just stupid to presume.
We have however, entered into new territory. No longer is there an invisible limit on what a person of color can do, for one is about to be the President of the United States of America. This is a beautiful thing. But with this monumental occurrence, we should embrace the ubiquitous momentum of change.
Tavis Smiley, to again refer to him, made an interesting comment today. He essentially said politically his generic approach to race was brilliant but will not be effective in governing. He further noted that Obama can no longer dodge critical issues.
But is he really dodging them? Or is taking a different approach. It is no secret that Obama wants, as a politician, general consensus and peace. With our history, in America, of racial tension some of the language we engage in to articulate our status and what needs to be done can be seen as effective - especially for those who are not used to these discussions. Obviously, when someone feels they are being attacked a division occurs between the two or more people engaged in the conversation. The end result, although beneficial in creating awareness, strengthens current ideals because of the humans nature to defend itself.
I believe Obama's approach is a pretty effective one actually. People trust him and know that although he is a black man he is not going to attack them with the baggage of the past. When he has this trust, he can guide his agenda in such a direction to make the changes - the thing we REALLY want - and avoid the downfalls of ineffective communication. It's genius. This approach creates community.
It is not my goal to downplay the approaches of our black leaders in America. But I DO think that dismissing Obama's ability to bring racial change should be retreated and abolished.
At what point is the ideological going to become the three-dimensional? I believe we are taking a closer step towards justice and to ignore this is to take one step back.
Bring it Cornell.
Waking Up At Noon
I really have a problem with staying up too late (mostly on Tumblr) and promoting my music. This new year I made a resolution to focus more on school during the week and do music on the weekends. Although I've been doing music during the weekends, I really haven't been focusing on school during the week like I should. I've been playing Gears of War 2 til' six in the morning and listening to music - well, and reading too!
With you as my witness, this marks the day where I say NO to staying up til' the excess of six in the morning during the week when school is not involved.
With you as my witness, this marks the day where I say NO to staying up til' the excess of six in the morning during the week when school is not involved.
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