August 23, 2007 | Tags: Lil Wayne, tired rap

Oops, looks like I came early….this doesn’t happen often.

In High School, I was somewhat popular. In my first two years high school out here in Long Beach, Everybody knew me. The football players were cool with me cuz most of us played sports prior to high school, and they knew had it not been for practice during the summer ( We’re talking about practice? Practice? I was too busy chasing females and partying) I’d be on the football field. The basketball players were cool with me because most of us went to the same middle school, and played basketball together in other leagues. The soccer and baseball players were cool with me because I was one few black people that didn’t use the word “donkey” when describing them. The project kids loved me because I kept alcohol on me, the scholarly muthafuckas knew I had the same, if not better grades, and chicks loved because I could keep a secret (lol), didn’t brag about shit, and wasn’t look at their ass all the time when I was standing behind them. My last year (I only spent 3 years in high school, I dropped out 11th grade, then came back and grinded hard to finish in the last year) in high school in Florida I was FAR more popular. The Cali kid in Florida…please, automatic pass. The shit never went to my head though. I never made fun of people who weren’t as popular. I never dissed people for being “different”. That just wasn’t me. I always gave people the benefit of the doubt. Yea, he doesn’t do the shit we do, but I bet, he does something none of us can do, and he does it well. Sometimes, you get tired of giving people the benefit of the doubt though…..

“I know The game is crazy, it’s more crazy than it’s ever been, I’m married to that crazy bitch, call me Kevin Federlin”
-Lil Wayne “I’m Me”

Truthfully, I can’t tell you why I listened to the Carter 2. I fucked with Cash Money for about 3 seconds when they first hit the scene. “Ha” was hella, whack, I don’t care if Jay Z thought it was cool enough to hop on the remix. Cash Money was fresh off the streets, so they dealt more with the reality of the hood more than most rappers who were glamorizing shit, and acting like they ran shit when the only time they seen the street is when they were forced to lay on it during robberies. The respect didn’t last when they started going heavy on the bling shit with the success of “Bling, Bling”. I’m guessing I fucked with the “Carter 2” because at the time, T.I. was doing his thing. “I’m Serious” “Trap Muzik” and “Urban Legend” were all pretty dope. I guess I figured I’d give Wayne a shot in an attempt to find some new dope shit from the south, plus, I figured he might have something to say post-katrina. I was pleasantly surprised. While there wasn’t much commentary on the subject of Katrina, he definitely stepped his game up. He came off as a young veteran aged by the game, in a position to enjoy himself, yet still letting you know he wasn’t fucking around. He jumped the whole thing off hard with the first track “Tha Mobb”. He stepped his metaphor and simile game up, something I think is lacking in a lot of the southern emcees. Even though he stepped himself up lyrically, he still represented firmly where he was from. He didn’t attempt to be a New Yorker or any shit like that, he just progressed. While many people say he “Jacked Jay’s swag”…who hasn’t been influenced by someone else in the game? If Jay’s influence is what got Lil Wayne to go from “The Carter” to “The Carter 2”…more people need to invest in some of that Jay Z swag.

So, I’m like yeah, this shit is dope. I’m telling everyone how dude stepped his game up, and they should give him some respect. I seen he had some mixtape out, so I quickly dled it……WTF? This was the most ignant shit I heard in my life. Truthfully, I don’t remember what the name of the mixtape was, but it dropped soon after Carter 2, or prior to it. When I told my nephew about how dope “The Carter 2” was…he said he liked the aforementioned mixtape more. At this point, I really should have seen what was gonna happen already. I ignored the mixtape. I figured, “Shit, it’s just a mixtape, you drop anything on them shits, I can’t expect everyone to be Papoose” (who I have since stopped fucking with). All of a sudden, Lil Wayne caught fire. Cool, they need more rappers like him to get attention, and less D4Ls. Really, now, I don’t want to hear either of them muthafuckas.

I didn’t know putting music makes you tired and get lazy. While at first I refused to acknowledge dudes mixtapes because they were mixtapes, about 100 mixtapes later, this shit is really getting tired. When dude leaked what was gonna be “The Carter 3” it was all confirmed. This muthafucka gets WAY too much credit. When I listen to “The Carter 2” I still like it, but this shit dude is dropping nowadays is extremely lame. The only thing lamer than his music is the fact people act like this muthafucka is the second coming of Christ…….

“Here’s my funniest joke….I’m broke”
Lil Wayne “Some bullshit ass song of the Carter 3”

This shit is pathetic. IS THIS WHAT YA’LL THINK DOPE IS? Seriously, have you people heard of rappers like Nas, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, and Common? I know you’ve heard of Jay Z, so I know you’ve heard what good music sounds like. Spitting punchlines doesn’t automatically make you tight. I’m not even gonna speak how all of a sudden dude started claiming the “b” and got SUPER street, I’m just focusing on his lyrics alone. I don’t even care about the whole “kissing my father thing either”. Really, kissing another man in the mouth is a homosexual act, but what makes you gay is the fact that you’re attracted sexually to other men. That’s why dudes who get raped in the ass aren’t gay, but dudes who get erections in the locker room but don’t act on it are. Lyric’s alone dude is tired. For every tight punchline off “The Carter 3” there’s 3 whack ones, and besides the punchlines, it REALLY lacks substance. What else is there? Lyrics, substance…reality…he lacks on all fronts. Where the hell is Killer Mike when you need him?

I don’t know, if you see differently, please help me. Maybe there were some hidden tracks somewhere I didn’t see. Maybe this version of “The Carter 3” was a big joke and Wayne is off laughing. “Did it Before” was an extreme waste of a Kanye beat that wasn’t even that tight to begin with. Then dude is battling Jay? Truthfully they both need to retire.

*shakes Meka Souls hand and nods head….”You’re right”…

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We're not designed to eat meat

August 23, 2007 | Tags: none

I don’t expect everyone to automatically believe everything I say. I mean, after all, I am a blogger for a hip hop website. I’ve seen the hip hop bloggers people were looking at prior to this sites blog section launch, so I don’t expect you to just swallow up everything I say. Especially when what I’m saying is non-common scientific knowledge. SOOOOooo I figured I’d take a brief moment to kick some knowledge, further explaining something I said the other day, and I’m sure several times prior. For those that didn’t come to a hip hop page to learn anything…don’t worry, around noon I’ll put up some blog about some bullshit rapper you guys would love to read. Although I often step away from the everyday hip hop shit, I could write them shits upside down in my sleep while brushing my teeth if I wanted to.

“In fact, are bodies aren’t designed for eating meat. Look at our teeth, and then look at the teeth of any other meat eater. They’re not the same. Our digestive track is more similar to that of herbivores than carnivores”

-Brillyance

Yea, so I learned that when going to school post high-school, if you go to learn , and not to get a degree…shit’s a lot easier. (and eventually, if you take enough classes, they’ll through in a degree to go along with what you learned) One of my many philosophy teachers tried hammering that Vegan shit into our head. I’m not one to hear something and just follow suit. Shit, I don’t blindly follow a religion, I damn sure ain’t blindly following anything else. However, he hit us with some strong facts which basically stated that our bodies aren’t designed for us to be meat eaters. Check these out:

1. Carnivores have intestinal tracts only 3 times their body length. This is so that they can get rapidly decaying meat out of their body. Herbivores have intestinal tracts far longer than carnivores. This is because plant foods decay a lot slower, so it doesn’t have to be rushed out the other end. Humans intestinal tract is 12 times the length of our bodies.

2. Carnivores have hydrochloric acid in their stomachs to digest tough animal muscle, bones, etc. etc. Herbivores have stomach acid 20 times weaker than that of carnivores. Humans have stomach acid 20 times weaker than that of carnivores.

3. The teeth are another strong point. Carnivores have sharp front teeth to tear flesh, and lack molar teeth in the back, which are flat to grind food. Humans and herbivores both lack the sharp front teeth, and do have molar teeth in the back of their mouth to grind food. While many people want to bring up the fact we have “canine teeth”, actually, if you look at an actually canine’s “canine teeth” they’re longer and far sharper. In fact, horses (known herbivores) have “canine teeth”

While we do have the ability to eat meat, we also have the ability to eat paper, cardboard, crayons, plastic, etc. etc. Just because it’s possible to eat something doesn’t mean you should or were designed to specifically. While you can actually eat meat, doing so increases the chances of you getting heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and osteoporosis. It’s actually been proven that heard disease can be reversed by eating strictly from a vegan diet.

That’s just some of the facts. I didn't remember this shit off the top of my head, so I got this shit from all over the internet. This dude Micheal Bluejay wrote a piece which includes all of this, and far more (including info on studies that prove vegans have far more stamina. I don’t know what you’d need more stamina for lol…but hey). I would have just done a blog with a link to his page, but truthfully he seems pretty upset and bothered by the fact that people eat meat. I just wanted kick some shit around, he might offend some people. Actually, he seems upset to the point some of his page seems comical. If you’d like, you can check his shit out here. I’m not saying that you have to be vegetarian, shit, I’m not. The only reason I’m gonna stop eating beef and chicken is because of the treatment of the animals. However, don’t let the fact that I ignore the knowledge I poses influence you. I’m just putting it out there so people know it’s true and understand what I’m talking about, what you do with this info is up to you, and really, I don’t care either way. I just wanted to defend what I said cuz I’m defensive and stand offish like that.

Don’t forget, blog about some bullshit rapper dropping around noon. (With no Murs or Dilated Peoples references…or at least I’ll try)

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