Young Jeezy...Yeeeeaaaaahhhhh!

Thug Motivation: 101 is out and man, is it bangin'. I am feeling this release, however, Jeezy isn't my favourite from Boyz N Da Hood. That goes to Jody Breeze because he consistently brings the heat. This is a good, solid southern album, though, so don't sleep on it and make sure to pick it up when the retail drops.

Tuff Gong

Bob Marley is the best artist of the past century. No ifs ands or buts about it. His social and political commentary combined with his sublime reggae grooves catapulted his legacy to heights no other artist(s) have seen (and yes I am taking the Beatles, Elvis, and Wacko Jacko into consideration). He truly was Tuff Gong.

Hurricane No More

Well, we didn't experience any rainfall today in central Florida so I guess we were lucky this time. I can't imagine how many more hurricanes we are going to have during the upcoming months but it might get into the teens. Oh well, that's one of the disadvantages of being a Floridian. It's a good thing the advantages out-weigh them.

Harry Potter is around the Corner

So, who's hyped for the new Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince? I already pre-ordered mine because I remember how it was the last time around. I had to wait about two weeks before owning Order of The Phoenix. Thank goodness for Amazon.

Hughes to play with LeBron

Larry Hughes will play with LeBron and the rest in Cleveland next season. If I were Bron, I would seriously think about leaving and going to a better team. While I like Hughes, they could have had Ray Allen or Michael Redd instead. I don't think that the Cavs will be elevated to a great playoff basketball team with the addition of Hughes but I may be wrong.

I doubt it, though.

It's That Time of The Year

Hurricanes are coming once again. Sucks to be a Floridian at this time but hey, that's what we get for putting Bush in office. Eight years of misery.

Fantastic Flop

A lot of early reviews are filtering in for the latest superhero movie, The Fantastic Four and most of them are not what Marvel was expecting. That blows because I was pretty hyped up to go and see this but if I don't see any good reviews by Sunday I might wait until it goes to my local dollar movie theatre. For shame Marvel, for shame.

On a side note, Batman Begins is the best Comic book movie of the past twenty years.

I Never Knew Ye

You never hold me anymore. I am constantly being pushed around that I have become hurt and forgotten. You have your other friends over all the time and you play with them yet I never even get looked at anymore. My name means nothing to you anymore because I see you got another friend that has MY name. It's lonely in the dark place in the corner of my heart surrounded by the glow of your light. Then you have the gaul to bring home another friend...of a different colour. I thought you hate black? Why do you hate me so much? I see you out of the corner of my eye caressing her slender body; going up and down on her...it's disgusting. I thought you were only loyal to me..? I guess my months of servitude meant nothing to you...you...whore. The time when I was in your clothes near your body, your smell...it made me go crazy and I used to drip for you. I guess I never knew ye.


Such is the life of a Sharpie Marker.

London Bridge is Standing Tall

What can I say? I lived through 9/11 and while I still had fears, the terrorists could not brake my spirit. Such should be the case in London today. We must not let the terrorists feel like they have gotten a victory and must strengthen our resolution to fight the war on terror. I hope the other European Nations step up to the plate now since this attack (and the Madrid attack) is close to home than was 9/11.

My prayers go out to the families who have lost relatives, friends, and loved ones.

Terror will not overcome the Human Spirit.

Firefox And I

As most of my friends know, I have been using Firefox/Bird since it was first released. I was happy with the original Mozilla suite but I wanted something light, lean, and stable. Opera's awesome browser was my other alternative so I switched to that. Loved it. Then, I wanted more. FF comes out and I wasn't that thrilled. It was small and fast and work wonders on my 533 Mhz box but I couldn't leave Opera behind just yet. Then the extension wizards started to pop up for FF and I was hooked. You could customize the hell out of the thing to suit your needs...something that was lacking in Opera (even though I still use Opera to this day). I'm glad the guys over there @ the Mozilla foundation are working hard for the little guys like me.

Hmm...a whole post without bashing M$..that must be a record or something.

Current FF Stats: Default Theme
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4

Extensions:
Adblock v.5 d2 nightly 39 (with custom block list)
Flashblock 1.3.1 (I have flash installed)
Compact Menu 1.7.2
Mouse Gestures 1.0.1
Statusbar Clock 1.7.1
Super DragAndGo 0.2.4
Single Window 1.4

I have used multiple extensions in the past (forecastfox, TBP, TBE, TM, Linky, Linkification, Greasemonkey, bugmenot, etc.) but I have found that this combination is the best for me. I have converted all of my friends and family to FF so I won't be tech support for the next year or so if they stuck to IE.

The Day Hip-Hop Died

First off, I live in the south and I live off of the south's abundance of culture and diversity but the truth has to be said. I know I'll take a lot of heat for this but here goes...

Remember the days when it was cool to tag up the side of a building while trying to dodge the pigs? You don't? Well that's because you've grown up in a generation that have turned it's back on the essence that made hip-hop one of the best cultural movements the world has ever seen. Ever been to a block party where...literally the whole block was on lock? You probably haven't left your comfortable room in the past week far more go outside and rebel against something. I know a few of the cats on this supposed Hip-Hop site know what I'm talking about because I see a few posts here and there filled with insight from a day gone by. Some of us remember what it was like when NWA came out. They opposed everything about middle-white America. They shitted on anything without rhyme or reason. Yet some guys on this site have the tact to compare some previously unknown cats (Boyz N Da Hood) to NWA. Yeah, I'm ranting right now but fuck it. I'm sick of seeing posts where someone who has no knowledge of the real Hip-Hop culture type something so stupid it makes you wonder if they actually lived some of the shit they type.

Remember the days when the Undaground actually meant something and not the label status of your current favourite artist? Remember when DJ's were fucked over? No talent 'MCs' started selling out? Most cats on this site probably became infatuated with the mere thought of rebelliousness when they first saw Eminem. I'm not trying to knock Em or BNDH by the way but they are a fraction of what Hip-Hop is all about. It's easy to say some bullshit behind a computer screen and not think two cents about it but that's the current status of the game nowadays...it's being run by corporate America. Hip-Hop was never about sales or get money or shit like that. It was about the message, the clothes, the opposition. That's been lost today. You see it on T.V. All the time. Rappers who sell out to make some cash. That's what it all boils down to now. Well, if Hip-Hop is to survive, the real heads to address the situation we have instilled into the current generation's brain-cells or else it will fizzle away like the soda-pop I am drinking right now.

Trapped...In the Closet?

The buzz around town is that R. Kelly will release up to 13 chapters for his Trapped in the Closet series. I think this is pushing it personally but the songs are so hilarious that Kellz should go ahead and make as many as he wants.

I wonder how much underage girls were trapped in his closet??

Blues Eyes VS Bed-Stuy

If you haven't heard it by now you should check out Notorious B.I.G. vs Frank Sinatra - Blue Eyes Meets Bed Stuy. It's a hot CD in the vein as The Grey Album. Biggie sounds great paired with Ol' Blue. Truly a great mash-up.