November 29, 2007 | Tags: Outkast, andre 3000, dj drama

Peace!

I decided to take it upon myself to start a little debate with my readers, my digital family and some of my secret shoppers, who consume the "A.H.L.O.T." brand. Shout out to all my supporters. It's a beautiful thing. I wanted to know which verse you thought was the "Best verse of 2007." I know its not fair because Rick Ross' album doesn't come out for a couple more weeks. I spoke with him yesterday and he said he has the best album of the year. I love the confidence. :0)

I know for sure, that Jay-Z deserves an honorable mention, for the countless verses on American Gangster, Phonte of Little Brother won't stop spittin' that "ill," Lupe went in, Naledge from the super slept on group, Kidz In The Hall, is also a beastly man. I also have to give two claps to Rhymefest for giving me that exclusive verse from his upcoming album, this summer while in NYC. I must mention Lil' Wayne for the BET Hip Hop Awards performance and I must give props to my boy Mr. West for the G.O.O.D. shit he dropped on Graduation.

Needless to say, the "Best verse of 2007," goes to...(drum rolls) ANDRE 3 STACKS AKA...ONE OTHER HALF OF THE AMAZING GROUP OUTKAST, for his verse on Da Art of Storytellin' Pt. 4. Shout out to DJ Drama. I made this decision based on his delivery, word play and his sick ass ability to actually paint a vivid picture in the minds of the flyest. It excites me that with the verse that I'm referring to, he delivered a message, in an industry full of "dope boyz" and "hustlas," that made me drop my gun (you know that AK 47, that I keep on my waist) :0). Just playing. But fa'real, I think Outkast deserves their props and quite frankly are the best Hip Hip duo of all time. I think Three Stacks, raises the bar with this one people- putting him in the "Dopest of the Dope" lane. This man is a beast! I want somebody to prove me wrong.

So, let me know your favorite verse of 2007. Don't just talk...prove it. PEACE!

A.H.L.O.T., continuing to "Alter Popular Perception."

Here's the verse:

So I’m watching her fine ass

walked to my bedroom

and thought to myself that’s the shape of things to come

she said ‘why in the club you don’t make it precipitate?

you know make it rain when you can make thunderstorm’

I’m like why? the world needs sun, the hood needs funds

there’s a war going on and half the battle is guns

how dare i throw it on the floor

when people are poor

so I write like Edgar Allen to restore

got a cord, umbilical

attached to a place that can’t afford

no landscaping

or window draping

this old lady told me if I ain’t got nothing good say naythin

that’s why I don’t talk much

I swear it don’t cost much

to pay attention to me

I tell it how it is then how it could be

the hood be

requesting my services

oh don’t get nervous it’s

step your game up time

these ain’t them same old rhymes

designed to have you dancing in some club

niggas rock to me

women be off in they tubs

exfoliating with they pom poms

yelling ‘go 3000′

I’m in my whatever bumping nwa 100 miles and

runnin’, runnin’, runnin’, runnin’

summon, woman, come in, sit down

heard you need some plumbing

done in, i’m in

a swell mood

a rather swoll mood

until she told me that she told dude

that she’d be back she’s going to the store

I didn’t know she had a boyfriend so the door

I pointed her to

I said call me when you break up

I don’t fuck nobody bitch who never owned a Jacob

know what time it is

nigga just tryin’ to live like a nigga supposed to live

if I still drank that malt liquor I’d pour the beer

on the ground for niggas not a around

I started off starvin’

now they got me out here Brett Favre’in

tryin’ see if I still got it

I guess it’s like a bike, think about it…

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"God is Gangsta..."- Nancy Jones

November 26, 2007 | Tags: Nancy Jones, Jim Jones

Peace!
Guess who's bizzack?! Yep, you guessed right. The one and only A-EAZY MONEY aka, Stack Brizzead. LOL. Fa'Real, I'm excited people because this week I have a special interview with one of my friend's favorite dj's. It should be cool.

With that, I wanted to include you guys in on a conversation that I had with my homegirl, Nancy Jones, whom is the mother of Jim Jones and the way I feel about the "7th" letter of the alphabet. The word "gangsta" has been thrown around a lot lately...I guess since the film and the album, "American Gangster" people feel the need to use it more than ever before. Shout out to Fab, for the track "ya'll know who (bump, bump, bump) keepin" it gangsta..." I actually liked that song. Shout to Fab and his skills on the mic. Sidenote: One of the better interviews I've had in my nine month career.

I'm rambling today, for some reason. Let's get to the point. The number seven represents the "G" in all of us. Prior to Lil' Wayne's "Sky is the LImit" track on Da Drought 3, I always looked at the seventh letter as a symbol of God. Not that, I'm a five perecenter or anything. :0). Shout out to all the gods and Earths. I think that the majority of the Hip Hop population is excited about using the word and even the other day, I heard a similar emcee use the "7th" letter in reference to being "Gangsta."

Not that I have an issue with it. I just think that people really don't have a clear and defined deinition for the word. With the intro to American Gangster and the exert from the movie...I think that was a cool concise, definition of what a gangsta is. Not being a drug dealer, but the application of that notion to everyday life. Don't get it twisted kids, because I'm a role model, (whether I volunteered or not) I don't advise you to run up to your teachers and say, "Yo teach, I'm gangsta!" or spit on your momma and say, "Bitch, I'm a G!" This is not right. LOL.

I think both "gods" and "gangstas" misuse their titles and even try to create duties or create images for themselves...it's not fresh people. Lol. All in all, I think whether you want to take on the position of a god or a gangsta, you have responsibilities to carry out and one is being a role model and an example for your people. I don't think either term is negative, yet I think both need to be placed back into "modern hip" context-meaning standing for something and executing a job well done or even something dope or cool. My understanding of the word is being able to hold your own and the people with you. Maybe I'm wrong. Nobodies, talking about the Crips, Bloods, LK's, GDs and VLs. Sidenote: I can't wait until the day that modern day gangs, play out. :0) Nobody cares about the color of your rag. LOl, that's some early 90's, "Colors" the movie type stuff...lol. We gotta get it together people! I think the intent and priniciples in which gangs were founded on, are more of what I'm getting at, when I refer to "getting back to be real gangstas".

I interviewed Jim's mom, back in the day and she told me, "God is Gangsta." She expanded by saying that God is real and he's no joke and evetybody should take that seriously. God is the supreme gangsta in a sense, which now makes sense to me. That the person you should fear and admire, should be God. So maybe the "7th" letter has changed from the days of Rakim to Lil"wayne, but maybe it"s one in the same. Just a little something to think about. Is God truely gangstsa? Does a gangsta reflect God?
The "god emcee" says he's gangsta. lol. Why can"t we all be gangsta gods? lmao :0) Peace.

Oh yeah, check out the intro to American Gangster:

"Man I worked for one of the biggest companies in New York City.
He didn't own his own company. White man owned it, so they owned him. Nobody owns me though."

(Your gangster is not defined)
Your gangster is not defined by how low your jeans fall by your waist, but more how your genes stand over his expectations. Never forget where you came from.
(Your gangster)
Your gangster is not defined by how many rocks are in your watch, but rather how many rocks you move while on your watch.
(Gangsters, hustlers, republicans, democrats, pimps and hoes.)
Conservatives, labor, the seller, the buyer, the product, the producer.
(See you are what you are in this world.)
The gangster is absorbed and adored by those that don't understand the laws that govern gangsterment.
(Gangsterment)
Gangsterment allows you to make up your own laws and create brand new words.
Gangster mentality.
(Gangster mentality, an American way created by the white, mastered by the black, and absorbed by the fiends, taxed by the governmentality, charted by
forbes. If you believe in Jay-Z then you too can be a gangster.)
The you too can be a gangster by any means necessary. By any means necessary, by owning that dream. I mean it's a long walk to freedom but, while deep,
deep, deep inside the bush.
(The war on terror screams, damn it feels good)
Damn it feels good to be a gangster.
(To be a gangster swagger is not a must, it's a liability, a cliche, a bad suit, cut the bullshit. You know if it wasn't for this, there would be no that.)
Which we call, the American Gangster.

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"Stop hatin' on Jay-Z...Dominque!"

November 20, 2007 | Tags: Jay-Z, Kanye West, stephen berrios, american gangster

THE MAN WHO WROTE THE LETTER TO KANYE IS BACK...ANOTHER OPINION FROM STEPHEN BERRIOS...

�American Gangster� < �Graduation�. Bring on the haters. Now most people won�t even finish reading this article based on the opening line, but I didn�t really want them to read this anyways. The following is a piece for true hip-hop heads, �those with no self-esteem need not apply�. (If you know that one you get a gold star in the hip-hop grade book!)

Back to the task at hand, explaining why �American Gangster� is better than �Graduation� . Before I begin I must say that I was in denial of the truth for a while, being that I�m from Chi-Town and felt �Graduation� really projected Kanye into a league of his own on an artistic level.

:::DISCLAIMER:::
Now to all the peeps out there that accused me of �Stanning� Kanye on my last piece you must realize that when I talk about artists and their art, the art is the extent of my interest in them. I used to give a fuck// now I could give a fuck less what these niggas do on a day to day basis, who they are dating, or what�s going on in their personal life. The art an artist makes is always much bigger than themselves, if they are any good that is, and the same has been true since Beethoven, Di Vinci, or The Beatles. While it is true that artists draw upon life experience to create art, people connect to art in various ways that can never be expressed in an conversation, essay, blog, song, portrait, or any forum of art. So when I say I love, no homo, Kanye or Jay�s music please don�t be so naive to think I hold some sort of feelings towards these men. I respect their art and ability to connect with the human spirit as any patron of the arts should, and no patron is not the same as the tequila for all you dumb ass Yung-Joc lovin� niggas in the crowd. :::END DISCLAIMER:::

�Graduation� was a banger from front to back, no lies, and you instantly knew it was hot from the moment you inserted the cd or loaded it into I-Tunes, but fact of the matter is its not real. �American Gangster� is not a banger from front to back at the get go, takes a few listens to grow on you, but is very real. Now I�ve never been one to judge what is real from fake, since we fabricate so many things in our existence it�s often impossible to find a kernel of truth anywhere, but this is one of the few times I have been able to distinguish the two while knowing in the depths of my soul that I am absolutely correct.

�Graduation� is Kanye�s �Blueprint� as was made apparent before (even if you don�t agree with my analysis, for argument�s sake take my presumption at face value) and about achieving success in the rap game as Jay did on his �Blueprint�. All the songs on �Graduation� are uplifting scores that make you feel good and ponder, or �Wonder�, about what it means to achieve true liberty by using your freedom to accomplish your dreams and goals.

Now for those of you that don�t understand the fundamental difference between liberty and freedom I�ll give you a quick political philosophy lesson. Freedom is the right, or the capacity and ability, of self-determination as an expression of the individual will, while liberty is the condition in which an individual has the ability to act according to his or her own will. Basically liberty is doing whatever the fuck you want to do and freedom is what allows you to do whatever the fuck you want to do. Now without getting too boring or anal about terms I want to make it clear that the difference between the two is very important in understanding how individuals act in accordance with the Social Contract we are all subject to. Now the Social Contract, last time I swear, is the idea that we as human beings give up certain rights to the government in order to have social order, i.e. we all agree that killing human beings is off limits so we don�t have to worry about random people killing us for our groceries. (Irony? Yes!) Anyways these theories came from stuffy old white dudes that never understood what �Superman, Dat Ho� meant, but they are a fundamental building blocks of hip-hop, as hip-hop is a culture born of the United States which embodies the ideals of the Enlightenment in the high and mighty Constitution and Declaration of Independence. �Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness� this phrase should ring a bell or two in those empty shells you call brains, if you were awake during U.S. History, and it was written by Thomas Jefferson, who also had Jungle Fever b-t-dub.

Now you can make the argument that the previous history lesson doesn�t relate to you, anything in your life, or hip-hop but you would be wrong. Now take what I just said and fast-forward to 2007 and examine track 3 of AG �American Dreamin��. Finished with that? Let�s continue. Jay is telling his story, and the story of any child coming from the lower rungs of the socio-economic ladder, from the beginning and spitting what every young person does on a daily basis, dream. He already said a �Pray�-er for the youth entering the cold world we live on track 2 so let�s examine what he was praying for. Achieving your dreams is the ultimate expression of liberty and your freedom allows you to act upon your will. See why you were wrong about the history lesson?

The same is true with �I Wonder� off of Grad. Kanye is posing the question if we really understand what it means to achieve liberty and �find your dreams�. Now while they don�t explicitly spell it out for the listener or perhaps don�t even understand the terms I borrowed from the old smelly, I mean stuffy, white dudes, this idea is impossible to escape if you are educated, raised, or live in the United States. From the moment children are able to speak and form comprehensive sentences adults pose the question, �What do you want to be when you grow up?� This question is a direct embodiment of the �American Dream� by wanting to be able to express your freedom to achieve true liberty.

�I Wonder� is the third track from �Graduation�, no more conspiracy theories I promise, so it is relatively early on in the LP�s track listing just like �American Dreamin��. Kanye progresses on the album and offers more positive messages through �Stronger�, �Good Life�, �Can�t Tell Me Nothin��, �Glory�, �Homecoming�, hell the whole thing is uplifting and ends on the highest note of the album �Big Brother�. Now I recently had a conversation with a young, bright, and well dressed blogger about Jay-Z�s arrogance when it came to the track of �Big Brother�. She argued that on �106 and Park� Jay said when he heard the track he thought it was the most important song Kanye has ever made. She interpreted this as arrogance where I saw it in a different light. Consider hip-hop after we have passed, hard to do but stay with me. If historians are tracking the progression of hip-hop through its music then �Big Brother� is a very important track. From the song we find out more about Kanye�s life, how he connects to Jay-Z, and who was Jay-Z�s influence. Think of �Big Brother� as a Wikipedia article that allows the listener to branch out and go further back into time by exploring Jay-Z and The Notorious B.I.G.,from that point you have to look at Tupac and then you think about who their big brothers were and can travel even farther back. �I start thinking, how many souls hip-hop has affected//How many dead folks this art resurrected.� (More gold star opportunities)

So to recap �Graduation� provides us with all kind of inspirational tracks and ends on the high note of �Big Brother�. By the end of the LP the listener should be content and fulfilled with the happy ending of graduating. Kanye pulls off his goal and hypnotizes the listener with happy thoughts and feelings about making it and getting where we want to go. AG starts off in a similar fashion but has a much different progression and ending which accounts for its realness. Once the listener hits �Roc Boys� that is the high point of the story. It is the moment in �Goodfellas� when Ray Liotta hears the news that Robert DeNiro pulled off the airport heist. It is the Michael Jordan crossover jump-shot dagger against the Utah Jazz to seal the game and championship. It is the moment the high school graduate gets his acceptance letter from the university of his choice. In short it is the high point of achieving liberty in the American experience.

After all the aforementioned events things only get worse for the individuals accomplishing their dreams. In Goodfellas everyone starts to get popped off. Jordan tries a comeback with the Wizards and taints his legacy. The high school kid has to graduate then find a real job to deal with all the new costs he must endure.

Jay-Z understands the reality of life very well and shifts the tone of AG dramatically. On �Party Life� he tries to show you how he is the flyest but has to repeat himself to the girl he is trying to pursue because she won�t listen to him. He is trying so hard to buy into the facade he has put up but the hook keeps crooning the sweet melodies of the truth �When you�re blue ain�t got nothing to do//Head into the party life//If you feel low ain�t got no place to go//Head into the party life�. �Ignorant Shit� shows Jay getting pissed off at the amount of hate he and all of hip-hop is receiving from the media. �Say Hello� paints a picture of the image Jay-Z is projected as, when it couldn�t be further from the truth of the matter. He sets the record straight at the end of the track stating, �Tell�em I'll remove the curses//If you tell me our schools gon' be perfect// When Jena 6 don't exist// Tell�em that's when I'll stop saying bitch...BITCH!!!�

Next up is �Success�, the best track and most important, where Jay speaks on how achieving liberty isn�t nearly all it�s cracked up to be. �I used to give a shit, now I don't give a shit more// Truth be told, I had more fun when I was piss poor//I'm pissed off, is this what success all about?//A bunch of niggas acting like bitches with big mouths?� This sole quote does not do the song justice as the blaring organs send shivers down your spine, and Nas absolutely crushes his verse harder than Barry Bonds at Wrigley Field with the wind blowing out. The overall theme of the song, along with Armand Assante�s sampled intro, talks about the perils of success and the perils of obtaining liberty. The trick of liberty is that while everyone wants it, not everyone adheres to the rules mandating how to achieve it. (Irony? No, depression.)

�Fallin� is the final track of the story as Jay comes to the conclusion that everyone does in life, �It all falls down, I�m telling you all, it all falls down�. (No gold stars for that one, maybe silver but not gold) Sooner or later life takes a big shit on you no matter if you are dealing with legal or illegal enterprises. This is the cold hard truth that everyone is afraid of but everyone acts as if they don�t know it�s there.

Jay tries to pick up the pieces and offer manly insight on �Blue Magic�, where the �Fuck Bush� line is genius for more reasons than its surface value, and �American Gangster� but he has already let the cat out of the bag and it is impossible to go back. It�s the same concept of the classic �Cave� story by Plato or the blockbuster movie �The Matrix� , once you see the light it�s impossible to go back into the dark.

The difference in the way the stories play out on �Graduation� and �American Gangster� make AG a better piece of art. AG is real when it tells you that the world sucks and every time you pull yourself up life knocks you flat on your ass. Kanye�s ending is happy and optimistic because his character is still young in his career and thus is full of more life. Jay�s character has gone through the ups and the downs and tells the audience the truth of the matter, life sucks and the American Dream is complete and utter bullshit.

It hurts me to type those words as I like to be open-minded about the future, but I know that is nonsense I feed my brain to keep on striving. Does this mean we are all doomed? I don�t know. But it does shatter our perception of what we view success as and in turn what we view ourselves as. The pursuit of the almighty dollar is the chase that takes us to our grave. It shapes all of our dreams into cold empty boxes we are forced to open time and time again only to be met with the agonizing feeling of disappointment. The chase is also killing the culture we keep close to our hearts, and I don�t know if there is a way to save it. �Where were you the day hip-hop died?// Is it too early to mourn?// Is it too late to rise?� (Final gold star opportunity, get�em while they�re still here...)

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CURTIS + 50 = A.H.L.O.T.

November 15, 2007 | Tags: 50 cent smack dvd

This past weekend I was in Brooklyn-Flatbush to be exact and I had an opportunity to get some real good business advice from one of my favorite people in the whole world.� Somebody, I dearly admire.� I can't release his name, because he might just be that dude to take over the world and people will assume that we're a secret society or some shyt.� Real talk, I was watching Smack DVD, with Kanye, 50 and some other dudes...who actin mad gangsta...with masks on their face, and through all of that, it was 50 that blew my mind.� I'm not really a huge fan of these kind of DVD's because it's too many wack dudes, doing low budget videos, yet this one you should purchase.
If you haven't saw the video, here you go:

With everything aside, the man is a genius. Although, I love Ja Rule, bang out to Wayne and used to rock with Cam, the guy is nuts, when it comes to business and executing his plans. Think about it.� Who else came up that quick in music?� Who can be so damn cocky, come out with wack videos and still push trillions of records?� Lol, only 50 Cent. �At the end of the day 50, deserves a high five, for being smarter than what the majority of people thought. He deserves a high five, for coming in the industry and proving to people that you too, can make money off of this business.�

- as taken from wikipedia.com

Stick and move people. 50 is Droppin' jewels...on the low. I guess...I'm indulged in this material because...I gotta get money...ASAP...sprint is calling me mayne....:0)

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"I'll never be picture perfect Beyonce..."

November 13, 2007 | Tags: Kanye West, tony williams

Peace! In 2002, two days prior to Mother's Day and a day before my 17th birthday and the day of my Junior prom, my brother woke me up in the middle of the night and told me my sister had just been shot. For some reason I thought that it was a dream or that she would make it because all strong people do. It's crazy because the first person who came to mind was Tupac. All I could think about was Tupac.

I waited and waited in my mom's house with my two neices whom were six and seven at the time and I sat there in shock, thinking that she was going to make it because Tupac made it after X amount of shots. Hip Hop came to mind. Anyway almost 40 minutes later the police arrived to my house with my mom and asked me all sorts of questions like, "who was the last person who called, what did she have on, when was her last date..." and other shit I couldn't remember at the time.

Word of mouth the murder scene was bloody and there were nine shots in her body. The police drove my mother and I to the hospital and when I got there, I knew it was over. It was like a movie...the doctors walked into a room and said something like this, "I'm sorry, she's gone." I then looked at the doctor and smiled. This was the craziest thing I had experienced in my life. My tough, crack selling, street sister who represented strength- a mother, a victim, a criminal...was dead. They say the strong never die. She was gone. Tupac is gone.

Who was going to explain to two little girls in the morning that mommy was gone? Not their dads...they were both in jail.

It's 2007 and both of her daughters stay with my mom and they're now 12 and 13, beautiful and strong. Today my sister would have been 32 years-old.

The other night while I was in Brooklyn with one of my best friends, he recieved a text msg... about Kanye's mother being dead. I thought to myself...yea right. Recently a friend of mine was recruited to join his band, his cousins are close friends of mine and I'm a huge fan of his version of modern day Negro spirituals. I knew that this moment in his life is all he ever dreamt about. the day he starts the biggest tour of his life, his biggest fan, his support, his rock,...is gone. Flashing Lights...

Everything can be gone in a blink of an eye. N.E.R.D.

Word of mouth when he discovered that his mom had died, he was in Europe and his response was, "ain't that a trip?" Word. For anybody who ever lost anybody knows, that the first reactions are the most shocking...and things come out that can't be explained. I'm sure he was in a state of shock.

All yesterday...I sat and cried, not because of Kanye's mother, but because this situation is symbolic of somebody's struggle and somebody's success and the fact that nothing last forever>>in the physical. It also hit home because everything that he's done has been for his mother. She sacrificed a lot for his dreams. It reminded me of my mother and why I write for DX..and why I've busted my ass to make her happy...and reach toward my goal of getting her that house, and she busts' her ass everynight at teh post office to put me through college. It was the saddest thing in the world because that was somebody's dream catcher, somebody's mother. My mom is 50...she was only 58. :0(

On Everything I Am, featuring Tony Williams, Kanye says, "I'll never be picture perfect Beyonce..." and "I neverunderstood why people would reach for, a fake ass facade that they couldn't keep up."

It's ironic because that's how my sister died..that's how his mother died and these ideas placed by society and is promoted through our culture is killing people. The tough guy images, women and their body images...the idea of acting or looking a certain way is destroying our people. So ask yourself, is any of it really worth it?

Hip Hop vs. Reality. The worlds standard versus the man in the mirror. This idea is destroying people, not only to death, but daily struggles in the mind. This is now proof that people of all ages are victims and people of all ages need to understand that, God never created everybody different So that you can fit in a standard. There are no boxes in reality...but they DO exist in a realm we refer to as Hip Hop.�

��

THINK ABOUT THE IMAGES U PROJECT and THE PEOPLE THEY INFLUENCE...AND THAT GOES FOR EVERYBODY IN THE MEDIA...AND IN THE STREETS.

��

R.I.P. TAMIKA V. WATSON (9-14-76/5-10-02) AND ALL BLESSING TO THE FRIENDS AND FAMILIES OF D. WEST. Tears go out to you and yours.

PEACE!

Let the people around you know that they are loved...they could be gone at a blink of an eye. Compare yourself to self and deal with the creator. At the end of the day...you're killing yourself to fit in>>your daily struggles and pain is something you have to deal with. Love self...and always know, that there is somebody out there who needs you. REMEMBER U ARE THE STANDARD...not Hollywood.

�� SHOUT OUT TO LAURYN HILL (she makes good points on unplugged).

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How about Killa Cam and Murda Ma$e?

November 07, 2007 | Tags: camron, MASON BETHA

Peace people!

If you're anything like me, you miss Cam and Ma$e...lol. :)
This video was found today online...through one of my favorite spots...it's also on www.myspace.com/killacamspace. Cam has a new mixtape coming out called, "Public Enemy #1." Check it out:

I�really don't know what's goning on with Dipset.� Your guess is as good as mine. All I know is that, it would be cool if Cam'ron would get back to being Killa Cam and start rapping again.� I'm tired of cats...sleeping on the old Cam.� Maybe the hood will get him back on his feet. I dunno. But here's a video...I found it on a myspace page...it's kinda funny.� What happened to my dude?�
Where's Cam ? The Video

This is how I know Cam will still kill, half of these emcees. Oh yeah, everybody snapped on this track. Peep the Cam lyrics from DJ Clue's The Professional 2:

Back in the day we was slaves
whips and chains
its tradition
all i got whips and chains
All i did
flip some cane
now a nigga sick of the range
only a new six could fix the pain
Look at all these goose bumps round my wrist and veins
Milton Bradley wanna get my game
5-0 wanna frisk my frame
I dont deal wit cheap blow
when i shoot no block
sort of like a free throw
Cant miss
and one of you bitches burn me and i cant piss
got me itchin like its dandrif
you gone see the back of cam hand quick you dam bitch
im a stomp you stab you
look at you you dam bitch
Ya love I would dumb back out
everybody like "killa
when u come back out," Listen
I like rap
routine had to stop
met a new connect got it 18 a whop
Cops on payroll every block got blow
we fight every night
reunite then pop Mo
Thats how it is when you deal wit me
and I dont feel tv
only real tv
Real money real gats real cats real girls
MTV I'll show you the real world
Cats run up on you
splater your white eyes
thats only to make saturday night live
Lookin for a casket got the right size
wanna bake a cake i got the right pies
Crashed up the four
but now the right five
lookin for beef you found the right guys
Old folk say "cam stop ur route
why you gotta get the guns
just box it out"
Listen that there is trife
only fightin is the doctor
and thats for your life
As for your wife
took her out just to tour town
bench press for what
I lift four pounds
Tear up your car
all four doors down
cats wanna box
well heres four more rounds

It's not what i stand for, but the shit is deadly.

All in all,it would be a great idea to get Ma$e and Cam on a track together with a Big L sample.� The only way to restore Harlem, is to get these dudes back together...so they can straight kill something. This over the top..."laffy taffy, daffy, daffy" hard-core shit is played out.� Out shout to the old Cam and the old Ma$e.

What ever happened to cats straight spittin'?� Damn.� Every year I'm waiting on the same five dudes to drop.� Ya'll know who they are and everything is else is too "formatted." Get it together people. I'm tired of listening to Graduation.� Lmao.

With all the hip-hop beef, it's hard to keep up with who's beefin' with who and who's down with what.� Let's kill the politics people and get something on and poppin'.� Shout out to Harlem World the click, the old platform that kept Dipset together and R.I.P. Big L.

Here's a track from Ma$e and Cam:

Mr. Dash...make it happen.

This shyt is sick! Here's a Children of the Corn track:

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JAY-Z PLEASE CALL DMX!

November 06, 2007 | Tags: Jay-Z, dmx

PEACE!

THIS WILL BE BRIEF BECUZ I'M IN CLASS...AND MY BATTERY POWER IS ON LIKE 10%.

TODAY, AMERICAN GANGSTA RELEASED IN THE STORES.� ALL I COULD THINK ABOUT IS JAY-Z FLOWING AGAIN AND HOW EXCITED I AM TO INDUGE IN THE NEW MUSIC. SO...I'LL BE GOING TO YOUR FAVORITE STORE TO PURCHASE HIS ALBUM...AND I'LL PICK UP THE CASSIDY TOO.

ANYWAY, WHAT I WANTED THE MOST IS FOR GOOD HARD CORE HIP HOP TO COME BACK.� WHAT AM I TALKING ABOUT?I'M TALKING ABOUT THE BASIC, BOOM BOOM TAP, IRV GOTTI...GRITTY, HARD, "HIT ME ACROSS MY DOME" HIP HOP.� IN A NUTSHELL, I MISS DMX. I REMEMBER IN 1998, WHEN HARD KNOCK LIFE, VOL 2. DROPPED AND DEFJAM WAS KILLING THIS SHYT. REMEMBER "MONEY, CASH, HOES" AND THE RELEASE OF DMX'S ALBUMS? AROUND THE SAME TIME, TICAL 2000 DROPPED, DEF SQUAD...THE SURVIVOR OF THE ILLEST TOUR WAS STUPID!

EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT AND EARL SIMMONS MADE IT BETTER.� DARK AND HELL IS HOT STILL STANDS AS ONE OF THE BEST ALBUMS OF ALL TIME. RUFF RYDER/ ROC-A-FELLA WAS STUPID!� LOL, I MISS THOSE DAYS.� SO, WHAT DID I WANT THE MOST OUT OF AMERICAN GANGSTA?� I WANTED A SONG WITH JAY-Z AND DMX.� I WANTED 1998 BACK.�

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Beauty & Brains: My version

November 02, 2007 | Tags: azure alleace

Ok...before I began this blog, I wanna let ya'll know about my appreciation of all of my dedicated readers. Shout out to all of ya'll. Real talk, it's appreciated. Anyway, I decided to display one of my home-girls who I think has "Beauty and Brains." Shout out to Kevin Clark for being consistent with that section and for always keeping the readers on the edge. Side-note: Kevin is a beast...check out his new piece on Beanie.

Anyway, Azure Alleace is 22 year-old chick representing Milwaukee, WI and has a huge history in travel and exploration. She's a senior at MATC, who's studying Fashion Retail Marketing. The chick is a beast in innovative designs and she's mad cool. On a day-to-day you can catch her in her whip, flying to the next job and she's excited about moving into her brand new loft.

Height: 5'5

Status: Single

Occupation: Student/Salon Coordinator

I styled, shot and dirceted the shoot with a Canon Powershot G2 at 2:00 in the morning at my moms crib in Milwaukee. It was fun, though! Be looking out for us in the future...we're bound to kill this fashion/hip hop/political shyt, with the help of ya'LL. Peace...

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