January 2009
78 posts
Georgia Blues
Have you ever watched a lady perform? I’m not talking about just looking, but really watching her body movements and facial expressions? I’ve always loved the blues, but at that moment, as I focused the camera to catch each moment, I was watching rather than listening. Her face contorted to the tune of the music, hips sway from one side to the other, eyes closed-looking within. It...
Platonic? What's that?
Can men and women truly be just friends? Oh yes, the old platonic friends question is sure to come up at some point in your convos. Me and my boy Mohdini aka Crazy Moh argue about this all the time. I contend that it is possible for men and women to be just friends, even at this age. He thinks otherwise. Well I’m not going to discuss whether or not men and women can be platonic friends or not. I...
Classic Hip Hop Rapper Ahmad now enrolled at...
“To see Ahmad break down a lot of stereotypes of folks who go into the music industry in general, let alone hip-hop or rap, and then return to higher education and go to Stanford is a remarkable story.”
via LA Times
He was 18 when he landed a hit single, “Back in the Day,” on the 1994 pop and R&B charts from his album Ahmad. The message and sound had plenty of street cred,...
3 Weeks - 3,000 Photos (New York City)
3 Weeks - 3,000 Photos (New York City) from Robbie Hubert
Why So Serious? It's Twitter!
Twitter has been very interesting in regards to the social experiment. Some people really believe that everything they type on there must be scrutinized and quote-worthy. Some people aren’t seeing and realizing that it’s a TOOL. It’s OK to be who you are, even if you are just clowning around on it. There are FOLLOW, UNFOLLOW, BLOCK, and DIRECT MESSAGE keys and they are meant to...
“Spaceships don’t come equipped with rear view mirrors”
– Andre 3000
"Are you Akon?"
First things first *I poppa freaks all the honeys*, I do not look like Akon. At all. Let’s just put that out there. I have been trying to recall how this nonsense started. A number of friends refer to me as Akon or “Konvict”, its a running joke that stated because of my African heritage (Sidenote: All Africans dont look alike. period). But the original story dates back a couple of...
“I don’t need you to tell me how fucking good my coffee is, okay? I’m...”
– Jimmie, Pulp Fiction (1994)
The History of the Internet
So if I understand this right, the french own the internet?
“To everybody who’s been reading and has at the very least enjoyed themselves...”
– Benny Bing
Why I do what I do
Ever since I found out about Tumblr, I made a decision to start blogging and keep it consistent. Sometimes I wonder how folks continue to blog so much despite all of the work that has to go into it, even though tumblr has made it easy as hell. Shit, just coming up with topics daily can be a pain in the ass.
Anyway, I’m more or less making sure this thing still works. Perhaps I’ll be back to write...
Make The Road By Walking
I was deeply moved by the track “Make The Road By Walking.” The instrumental track brought back memories of the cool grooves of Curtis Mayfield. The “Roc Boys” single off of Jay-Z’s American Gangsta Album is a fuckin’ amazing joint too, where he pays homage to all the unheralded elements of the drug game, namely the Duffle bag which has made such the come up in the past year....
Roy Ayers- Searching
Welcome Home, Johnny Boy!
It’s was surprising when I read that the onething George did before leaving office was to pardon John Forte. I was overwhelmed with excitement. Now, most of you might have no clue who John Forte is. John Forte was one of the masterminds behind the Fugees album, The Score. He was a Multi-platinum record producer till he was caught at Newark International Airport with a briefcase...
“You can’t be as old as I am without waking up with a surprised look on...”
– Paul Newman
The Ohio Players- Alone (Live)
"Get off my lawn"
There’s only one director who is really good at capturing the America culture, and that is Clint Eastwood. I was really interested in seeing Gran Torino because I liked the tough character Clint Eastwood portrayed in the trailer. It looked like a dramatic, suspenseful kind of movie that hasn’t been done before, and I was right. Eastwood directs himself as the growling, scowling,...
"Chief, He turned into a goat."
Nigerian police have arrested a goat they believe was previously a carjacker who used witchcraft to avoid arrest. The suspect is one of two believed to have tried to steal a Mazda two days earlier in Kwara State. Police spokesman Tunde Mohammed told local reporters that while one suspect escaped, the other turned into a goat as he was about to be arrested.
Police showed the suspect to...
WatchA Message from Mr “808s and Heartbreak”
“My president is black. In fact he’s half white. So even in a racist’s mind he’s...”
– Shawn Carter
"I Hate Interviews"
I am sure some of you are like me and are already addicted to twitter. If you arent on twitter, i suggest you join asap because you are missing out on a good thing. Well except you dont like people following your every move, then this is not for you. You will find everyone from ?uestlove to me and I recently found Wale on twitter. Now if you dont know who Wale is, well….. you are...
Freed by U.S., Saudi Becomes a Qaeda Chief →
heavysigh:
randyhaddock:
thedailyfiona:
muppetpants:
Bad timing…
BEIRUT, Lebanon — The emergence of a former Guantánamo Bay detainee as the deputy leader of Al Qaeda’s Yemeni branch has underscored the potential complications in carrying out the executive order President Obama signed Thursday that the detention center be shut down within a year.
Listen, you know what you do with...
A convo between two friends during 44's...
mordecai: Obama speaks
ayanda keith: yes.
mordecai: they are getting wet bro, thats it
ayanda keith: yes. all wet in the pants.
mordecai: they are always looking to that line...i think its the "America is a friend to all".
ayanda keith: as soon as Obama said so "help me God", the moving trucks immediately moved in. Hit the ground running.
mordecai: lol the recession is over. the world is at peace
ayanda keith: haaaaa.
mordecai: the angels are singing. Iraq is over. peace peace rejoice
ayanda keith: and all the angels sang for him.
mordecai: hark the herald
ayanda keith: the bells of heaven rang for him. lol. for unto us a new president has come.
“I hope he fails.”
– Rush Limbaugh said about Obama’s Presidency.
“There is something immoral and sick about using all of that power to not end...”
– Rev. Al Sharpton on how the Church uses money and power to persecute gays but ignores poverty
Lose your attractiveness in 10 minutes or not.
Attractiveness is very similar to your college GPA. You may be fine, but if you fuck it up by saying or doing something stupid, your stock drops quick as hell and is damn near impossible to bring back up to where you dropped from. Just like with your GPA. How well you do in your first semester will essentially set the bar for how high you can go. If you don’t get a 4.0 in the first semester,...
“In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is...”
– Barack Obama, 44th POTUS, Inauguration Speech
He Made 44!
Congratulations Barack, from now on I shall only refer to you as 44. Now that you have decided to take this mission, the real work starts, show them how slaves, niggers, negros, blacks, afro-americans, African Americans run a country.
Death-defying
Based on merit, sentiment and even hype, the late Heath Ledger will be Oscar-nominated as best supporting actor for his unsettling but dazzling performance as The Joker. I made a slap bet with a colleague over the weekend about whether or not he would win, posthumously. But there is no guarantee that the expected nomination due this Thursday, will lead to an Oscar win for Heath. In the past, six...
“Larry King interviewed president Bush and Bush told him, “My favorite...”
– Conan O’Brien- Late Night with Conan O’Brien
Flip off other drivers with "The Hand” R/C Window...
“The Hand” R/C Window Sign allows drivers to display hand gestures to other drivers signaling their thanks or anger. Using electroluminescent technology and a little bit of animation, “The Hand” basically applies to your car’s back window able to display seven different hand gestures at the press of a button. You’ve got: I love you, Hang Loose, Devil Horns, The Bird, Loser, Power, and Peace...
“You may not agree with some tough decisions I have made, But I hope you can...”
– George W Bush acknowledging the large number of people who disagree with his views during his farewell speech.
Farewell Moron!!
“I’mma tell you like George Bush told me, fuck ya n***as am outta here”- Kanye West
Kanye West said it best on DJ Khaled’s “Go Hard”. Speaking of DJ Khaled, he has to be one of the most uberfucking annoying DJ’s out there plus he has no real talent from what I can tell. He rates 100 on the “Fucking annoying” scale. He is always screamning...
At 6.15pm, January 15th 2009, I officially became a crackberry addict.
“Tina Fey and I had an agreement that if Barack Obama won, I would speak for the...”
– Tracy Morgan, accepting a Golden Globe on behalf of the show, 30 Rock.
“I know in [MI6] they have some black agents. I know there’s some black people...”
– Diddy on the idea of being the first African American Black James Bond Character.
Getting Old...er
The only similarity between Benjamin Button and I is that we share the same first name, I aint getting any younger. I have come to the realization that I’m not the guy that I used to be. I’m not 19, past the 21 mark and looking down the barrel of 30’s gun as I keep trucking through life’s path.
As I look into this mirror that reflects back to me all my faults, I realize that it has been a smooth...
“You are the pain in my ass that is worst than hemorrhoids but I must be crazy...”
– Text message received from crazy girlfriend