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  • » Name: William E. Ketchum III
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Excuse Me Miss


October 08, 2007 | Tags: none

I don’t know if it’s my job description, the recently shed pounds, my new goatee, or plots to hack my Blackberry [1] Paris Hilton style, but women are really feeling the kid these days. They’ve been more receptive to my approach, and some of ‘em are even approaching me now. Aside from being (just a little) bitter that these chicks took four years-plus to catch on, my swag is at an all-time high ©DJ Drama (homie, what’s the word on Gangsta Grillz: The Album?): I’m at the point where I feel like I can pull damn near any woman, and if I can’t, then she’s not worth my time anyway. [2]

That was until last week.

I was at Respiration, this monthly hip-hop night in Lansing that features performances from various MI emcees and poets. [3] During one of the sets, I see a woman come in the building who seemed pretty cute from a distance, but I wasn’t sure about her face-to-face situation. I text my boy to ask him what’s up—he was standing by her—and he gives his approval. I see her up close later, and I made a decision to get at her before the end of the night.

Then, shorty gets onstage. Her and two other members of her group La Famiglia (they performed a mini-set that night; they’re actually a seven-piece band) killed it with their energetic vibes and musically rich production, but she was the standout. Kiss, as she would introduce herself later, had it all—she had a strong singing voice and she was an emcee’s emcee, complete with content, multis, and an impeccable delivery. Homegirl went from hollerable to dream girl in a span of 30 minutes or so.

From my experience, top-notch hip-hop chicks are hard to come by—and provided I don’t wife up Amanda Diva (what up?!) or Starr (what up?!?!), this could be my only chance. So I bitched up. How do I approach a chick like this? How do I compliment her without looking like a male groupie, and how do I incorporate her music and her looks into a compliment without coming across as madd corny? Occasionally, I can kill 'em with my own hip-hop angle; but that’s her angle, too, so that’s not gonna be new to her.

She came by and I took her hand, complimented her set and let her go, with no holleration of any kind. So to all my hip-hop chicks, what kind of shit are y’all receptive to? The group has got another show here in a few weeks (and my peoples are gonna be there too), so I’ve got some time to figure it out.

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[1] By the way, thanks for the advice on the last joint. Looks like I’ma cop the Curve end of this month, then cop the iPod Classic near Christmas time.
[2] Misogynistic? Maybe, not intentionally though; I guess I’m on my rapper shit.
[3] BTW, still working on the Why MI State's Better series; just digging up exclusive shit first. Haven't forgotten, though.


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