April 30, 2008 | Tags: none

I see a lot of people didn't really catch that last one. Normally I don't really give a shit about explaining something. I put it up, if people don't get it and attack me, I keep it pushing. Sometimes I intentionally try and go over people’s heads. Truthfully, I don't care too much about most of the dirt that was tossed at me this time, I just have a theory and I figured I'd test it. How do I intend to do this, you say? Let's go back over what exactly I said, and what it meant.......

"The problem is, or at least my opinion of it, is that too many public figures want to be the mouth of the people. Bust a grape.....fuck being the mouth, be the hands of the people."

This seems pretty self explanatory. Basically, kill the talk, go do something. Somebody brought up voting...that's cool. Voting is surely important, but the fact of the matter, that alone won't fix things. How can you help elect the politician that represents for you when none of them do? There's no politician in this whole country that's gonna stop police brutality. Expecting a politician to fight HARD against police brutality is probably as realistic as expecting a politician to fight to legalize marijuana. Either one of those things would basically blacklist a politician. Going against the cops???? That's unpatriotic! Come on man. While you and I may vote for this cat...the majority of the voting population won't. That could possibly be some low level bullet point on some mayor's agenda, but it won't be taken that seriously. Something has to be done by the people. My issue is that so many public figures want to talk, but if they were to REALLY get involved in some SHIT....I don't mean that blueprint I joked about, I mean something serious, it could influence people. By public figures I'm not talking about any of those ambulance chasers either.

"Now, this may not solve the problem on the spot...but it will surely bring a lot more change than all these damn songs will. This will start some shit. With cops being executed, other cops will just get more violent. In turn, the general public's view of the police will change for the worse, and even more cops will be executed by people wanting to be something like emcee....let's call him Che. Many lives will be lost. Eventually, in the end, to calm all the violence, the justices system will have to control the only thing they can control, the police and their reactions to the public. So there, you've solved everything. After about 30-50 years, your execution, and the deaths of many innocent people, the cops will stop shooting innocent people (as often)."

This is basically why you DON'T want a revolution. Actually, I fucked up, because a revolution is supposed to be faster....30-50 years. Merriam Webster’s definitions of revolution that most fits this situation is

2 a: a sudden, radical, or complete change b: a fundamental change in political organization; especially : the overthrow or renunciation of one government or ruler and the substitution of another by the governed

the word revolution get's thrown around far too often.

"Sure people care, but not like they say they do. Not enough to REALLY do something. Why should they? Truthfully, I honestly believe there's probably 5 or 6 rappers that would REALLY be willing to die for something other than money, or not giving up a Benz in a robbery, or some shit like that....none of them have recorded a post-Sean Bell trial track. The thing is, out of those 5-6 rappers, none of them has sold over a million records. So, while they'd put their life on the line for something to help hundreds of millions of people, they can't get 1 million people to put $13 bucks into a Best Buy register to help them feed their kids."

This was a huge part of the blog. I'm hearing some cats that have and would "bust a grape" actually did record a post Sean Bell trial track. While my original list was 5-6 emcees, actually, I'll change that

1. Stic man
2. and M1 of Dead Prez
3. Immortal Technique
4. David Banner
5. Mos Def
6. Chuck D
7. Rakaa of Dilated Peoples

Add in a couple of other emcees that are constantly fighting for their causes that I listen to (Bambu and Kiwi formerly of the Native Guns) and that list is at 9. This is just the people I listen to, so don't try to stab me cuz I don't listen to your favorite emcee. Truthfully, most emcees that would "bust a grape" are less known. Now this is another important point though. See, as much as these cats go out of their way to help other people, with the exception of Chuck D with Public Enemy (which wasn't recently) none of these acts have gone platinum. Someone stated that there is strength in numbers...true. However, these cats can't even sell a million records...where's the numbers at? If they can't get one million people to spend $13 dollars on an album...how are they gonna get that many people to do anything any more serious? There are strength in numbers...but the numbers aren't there. There's a reason for that....

"While that blueprint for fixing shit may not EXACTLY fit most people’s idea of helping to make a change, the reality is, there is four ways to get things to change: kill someone, beat someone ass, get killed, or get your ass beat. You see, it wasn't that long ago that my peoples got they ass beat, and beat peoples asses so I could live in this "Oh so horrible" country. Because of them, I can take out loans and go into debt, so I can go to the same University as J-23 or Shake (don't let the style and smoothness fool you, they're both white). Because of them, I can work in the same building and get paid the same pay as some white dude named "Poindexter". Because of them, I can sit in those seats in the front of the bus that I religiously pass up to get to the back. All the shit that they did and took, and dealt with so I can have the rights I have today.....they still didn't stop niggas from getting shot by the cops!"

The "get your ass beat" comment is a reference to the people who took beatings at sit-ins/protests. Some people still do. Now, you don't REALLY have to get your ass beat, you have to do something that could possibly end with you getting your ass beat. ACTUALLY getting your ass beat would help...you know, build up sympathy for your cause. However, the point was, you have to do some SERIOUS shit to help make a change. Sitting on your ass and talking about it, or shooting a music video...not serious. The "oh so horrible" remark was sarcasm. A lot of people fought and died for me to be able to live the life I live...and they STILL haven't stopped innocent people from getting shot by cops. Basically if what THEY did didn't help, what are these songs gonna do?

"It's cool. I understand. I'm not trying to throw my life on the line either...not for some random cat. Had it been my nephew that was shot by the cops, don't be surprised if I get the death penalty for taking a couple pigs out myself, but besides that, I'm straight. I'm comfortable in this "horrible, horrible" country. Shit, I just barely made it long enough in life to get GTA IV, I'm not missing out on GTA V to stop some random dude I never knew from getting shot. Neither are you...let's be honest. We talk about this shit so we can feel like we're doing something, but in all reality, we're wasting our time. Sometimes, you gotta except the facts"

It's cool. I STILL understand. Some people don't want to be honest...I am extremely honest. I don't find it worth it putting my life on the line when most of the people I'd put my life on the line for probably don't give a shit. I'd much rather KEEP my life, and spend it helping people I do know, and do care about, who do care, deal with the bullshit we have to go through. If ANYBODY hurt my nephew I'd react, I don't give a shit if it was the pope himself...he can catch a bullet too. I'm no tough guy..and I don't front like I'm one, but my people mean everything to me. The main reason for the change in my lifestyle was my people and the possible influence it could have on the younger males that come up under me. The GTA comment was just to show how much I don't care to risk my life for some of you people. The waste of time isn’t fighting for a cause, it’s that attempt at fighting.

"You know how many times cops pulled out on me? Shit, have you ever looked at 20+ cops with guns drawn on you with 2 helicopters buzzing over your head? Not no GTA shit, real life shit. That's life. I knew at that point in time, I may not make it to see the next day. I may not see my little brother graduate from high school, I may not see my girl graduate from college, I may not ever be able to buy my mother a house. I didn't live to see the next day, and see my girl graduate from college, and get closer to my little brother graduating from high school because some muthafucka opened his mouth months before against police brutality, I lived because of luck. Just like I lived because of luck when my car broke down, and the cop rolled up on me and put his gun near my head as he asked for my L's. It is what it is. I accept that,"

I could have easily been Sean Bell. I know this, and at the time when it was going down, I accepted this. It is what it is. There's no song that could've brought me back, just like there's no songs that can bring him back. I'm not saying it's bad people make songs dedicated to dude, I'm saying it's bad people front like they care about the cause, then are just gonna go back to rapping about hustling packs. Had the songs been done by one of those emcees I listed I'd take it differently. Cuz after that, instead of rapping about crack, they'd be out somewhere doing something to help back up those lyrics.

The views and opinions expressed in this blog are those of the writer and not necessarily those of HipHopDX.com or Cheri Media Group.

You're not ready for a revolution

April 30, 2008 | Tags: none

Shit is pretty fucked up said the emcee. This Sean Bell shit is way out of hand. Things need to change said the emcee. This is wrong, a black man gets killed by the cops, and walks free said the emcee. Something needs to be done, this isn't equality said the emcee. Every day my people risk losing their lives for no reason, minding their own, and then....BAM...shot by cop said the emcee.

Rappers talk like a bunch of little bitches

     So Mr. Bell get's popped by pigs, one time walks, and everybody has something to SAY. All these rappers are coming out with songs and shit....blah, blah, blah. I know people believe that keeping the issue alive with discussion, and hot new freestyles, and little bootleg smack DVD videos is helping....but let's be serious for a second. What the fuck is that doing? Call me cynical...but haven't we seen niggas get shot by the cops before? Did ya'll record a track for that? Didn't Al Sharpton show up, and talk, and talk, and talk? Did any of that save Sean Bell's life? Fuck no! What the fuck are you gonna do now? You gonna do a remix to some other song that's already been done and dedicate it to Sean Bell and his family? What the fuck is this gonna do. The problem is, or at least my opinion of it, is that too many public figures want to be the mouth of the people. Bust a grape.....fuck being the mouth, be the hands of the people. Do you REALLY want shit to change? Let me break it down to you how to change some shit......

1. First of all emcee change the world, make sure your crew is tight. You can't have any faucet mouth ass people in you crew, cuz what your gonna do could put you away forever. You can't just burn down the hood again, they tried that shit in Los Angeles, it didn't change shit....it's gonna get real serious.

2. Send your Piff Pocketer to go cop you some pieces. Make sure ALL of them have silencers.

3. Take some of that advance money (or, in your case, some of that tour money), and pay somebody off to get you the addresses of all the cops involved in the Bell shooting.

4. Stake out. Take note of these cat's activities.

5. You and your crew snatch each one of the pigs up. If anybody gets in your way, use the silenced piece to silence them. Sometimes, innocents have to die for a cause.

6. Smuggle these cats on a boat out in MIA, and take the boat out to Cuba.

7. Broadcast the execution of the pigs live on the net. Threaten to come back to America and repeat the same thing the next time some cops shoot someone and get away with it.

     Now, this may not solve the problem on the spot...but it will surely bring a lot more change than all these damn songs will. This will start some shit. With cops being executed, other cops will just get more violent. In turn, the general public's view of the police will change for the worse, and even more cops will be executed by people wanting to be something like emcee....let's call him Che. Many lives will be lost. Eventually, in the end, to calm all the violence, the justices system will have to control the only thing they can control, the police and their reactions to the public. So there, you've solved everything. After about 30-50 years, your execution, and the deaths of many innocent people, the cops will stop shooting innocent people (as often). That's what this is about right? You want to solve the problem, right? Of course you do....so why not go with my plan?

     I could give you several answers that would be thrown out...because it's terrorism, because murder isn't the solution, because that's idiotic...all of these answers are right in their own ways...however, the real answer is....because people don't give a fuck! Yea, I said it...people don't give a fuck. Rappers don't rap for the cause anymore...they rap for the fame, for the hoes, for the money. Sure, they may spit some shit about "revolution" or "we ain't taking that shit no more" or whatever the fuck, but they don't care that much to REALLY do something. Sure people care, but not like they say they do. Not enough to REALLY do something. Why should they? Truthfully, I honestly believe there's probably 5 or 6 rappers that would REALLY be willing to die for something other than money, or not giving up a Benz in a robbery, or some shit like that....none of them have recorded a post-Sean Bell trial track. The thing is, out of those 5-6 rappers, none of them has sold over a million records. So, while they'd put their life on the line for something to help hundreds of millions of people, they can't get 1 million people to put $13 bucks into a Best Buy register to help them feed their kids. Tisk, tisk.

     While that blueprint for fixing shit may not EXACTLY fit most people’s idea of helping to make a change, the reality is, there is four ways to get things to change: kill someone, beat someone ass, get killed, or get your ass beat. You see, it wasn't that long ago that my peoples got they ass beat, and beat peoples asses so I could live in this "Oh so horrible" country. Because of them, I can take out loans and go into debt, so I can go to the same University as J-23 or Shake (don't let the style and smoothness fool you, they're both white). Because of them, I can work in the same building and get paid the same pay as some white dude named "Poindexter". Because of them, I can sit in those seats in the front of the bus that I religiously pass up to get to the back. All the shit that they did and took, and dealt with so I can have the rights I have today.....they still didn't stop niggas from getting shot by the cops! SO WHAT THE FUCK IS YOUR "HOT" FREESTYLE OR MIXTAPE TRACK GONNA DO?

     It's cool. I understand. I'm not trying to throw my life on the line either...not for some random cat. Had it been my nephew that was shot by the cops, don't be surprised if I get the death penalty for taking a couple pigs out myself, but besides that, I'm straight. I'm comfortable in this "horrible, horrible" country. Shit, I just barely made it long enough in life to get GTA IV, I'm not missing out on GTA V to stop some random dude I never knew from getting shot. Neither are you...let's be honest. We talk about this shit so we can feel like we're doing something, but in all reality, we're wasting our time. Sometimes, you gotta except the facts

If you’re a security guard, the skateboarders will fuck with you. They're not too fond of you.

If you’re a postman, the dogs will fuck with you. They're not too fond of you.

If you’re a minority, the cops will fuck with you. They're not too fond of you.

     Cops shoot people, dogs bite people, and Skateboarders shoot reality shows and Youtube videos. You can ask the skateboarders to pop a heel flip for you, you can pepper spray the dog, you can appease the cop until he takes the gun out of your face. You know how many times cops pulled out on me? Shit, have you ever looked at 20+ cops with guns drawn on you with 2 helicopters buzzing over your head? Not no GTA shit, real life shit. That's life. I knew at that point in time, I may not make it to see the next day. I may not see my little brother graduate from high school, I may not see my girl graduate from college, I may not ever be able to buy my mother a house. I didn't live to see the next day, and see my girl graduate from college, and get closer to my little brother graduating from high school because some muthafucka opened his mouth months before against police brutality, I lived because of luck. Just like I lived because of luck when my car broke down, and the cop rolled up on me and put his gun near my head as he asked for my L's. It is what it is. I accept that.

     It's not like I haven't spoken out against shit before. I've low-key spoken out about a bunch of shit in these blogs. I haven't really spoken out against wrongful death, cuz we all KNOW that's wrong. It's not like I don't speak out against shit...but I don't know, maybe it was remembering some of the bullshit the Jena Six pulled after a lot of people went out of their way to support them, maybe it was a bunch of other shit, maybe it was just that when focusing deeply, reality sunk into my head and I realized...this shit ain't changing no time soon....keep it moving. Emcees....stop fronting, please just follow suit.

The views and opinions expressed in this blog are those of the writer and not necessarily those of HipHopDX.com or Cheri Media Group.

Brillyance's Top 10 video games pre-GTA IV

April 25, 2008 | Tags: none

Anybody who's read 4 or more of this shit I toss up on this website knows how much I dig video games. I can't front and say I've been playing since Atari 2600 or some shit, I keep it real, I started with the original Nintendo. I was never really huge on the original mario, but Mario 3 was my shit. I decided since I've been spending so much time on this GTA IV to make my list of top 10 games....pre-GTA IV

10. FEAR (PC)-This was my SHIT for a hot second. I had just upgraded my system so the game ran great, and the feel of it was something I wasn't used to in a FPS. I mean sure, you still just ran around and shot shit up, but the horror aspect of the game hadn't been done like this in a FPS before. The A.I. was also some of the best A.I. I've seen in an FPS ever.

9. The Getaway (PS2)- So many companies have tried to clone GTA 3, so many have failed. This game didn't get crazy acclaim, but I still fucked with it heavy. The realism of it sort of took it in a different direction than GTA. Sure when you got shot you'd lean against a wall to heal, but it was still alot more real than pickiing up hearts tha twirled around in front of hospitals. I'm also a big fan of "Layer Cake" so that may have influenced me liking this game.

8. Mercenaries (XBOX)- Blow shit up, blow shit up, BLOW SHIT UP! I've never had more fun blowing shit up. Another open world game, yeah, I know, but once again, they did shit their way. Their was no better feeling then setting up air strikes to level a whole block...and then never seeing it again. The game was super amazing, life changing, or mind altering, it was just fun.

7. Powerstones 2 (Dreamcast)-Nobody can fuck with me in this game! While people go crazy for Super Smash Bros (which is dope too), Powerstones 2 was my shit. I still hope they bring this back out over XBLA or something

6. Super Mario 3 (NES)- Fire flowers, flutes, and frog suits, this was definately my favorite game on the NES. This god damn plumber could be anything he want after smashing a brick to unlock it's treasure. This was my SECOND favorite mario game of all time.

5. Halo (XBOX)- So many hours spent with money on the line during LAN parties at my last apartment. This game was dope multiplayer, and single player, a feat Bungie has yet to repeat. If only I could have gotten ONE of the other two Halo's to not suck ass. This was the first FPS I REALLY fucked with on Consoles.

4. Bioshock (Xbox 360)- My favorite next gen game out so far. Nothing is fucking with this on XBOX 360, or PS3. Ken Levine and those 2k boys brought their A game for sure. The powers are dope, the crazy ass people are dope, the story, also dope. Bioshock forced a lot of people to "save them hoes"

3. Mario 64 (N64)- I remember when I went to visit my peoples in Florida and they had a N64. I went through their games, and the only thing i figured worth playing was Mario 64. I must have sat in the same spot for over 3 hours playing this shit straight. 3 hours may not seem like a lot for some of ya'll, but for me, especially at that age, that was a helluva a long time. This game is part of the reasons N64 is one of my favorite systems of all time.

2. Star Wars:Knights of the Old Republic (XBOX)- Star Wars is fucking garbage! Straight up, I never really gave a shit about those movies. I watched all of them in a row one day, and was not impressed at all. None of that matters. A good game is a good game, and this is the best RPG I've ever found myself playing. The decision making, the combat (the power), the story, all of it was far above par.

1. Half-Life 2 (PC)- My favorite game of all time hands down. This list wasn't the list of games I thought were the best, however, if it was, this game would still find itself in the same spot. This game puts you in the life of Freedom fighting Scientist Gordan Freeman like no other game has ever put you in the role of anyting else EVER. You get to REALLY know the people fighting alongside you. It makes you REALLY wanna bring the machine down. The gravity gun is the best weapon is FPS history.

I didn't include any GTAs, since I didn't want to give two spots to the series. This is a list of my favorite games, had it been about games I thought were the best, others like Resident Evil 4, and Dues Ex would have to have been included. I didn't want to go into too much detail, because truthfully I could talk about some of these games all day. This is just a little something to try and get the gamers to talk a little.

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Rock The Bidells.....

April 23, 2008 | Tags: none

Life is great! Chilling eating my Reese's peanut butter cups, watching Kobe go off, and burning more Xbox 360 games. The Atmosphere deluxe edition sitting on my living room table, GTA 4 either being burned for Xbox 360 by Friday, purchased for PS3 on Friday...but most likely both. Money in my pocket, money in my bank account, Fusion 5's in blue and black on the ground near my feet. Sure, things could be better. The Nissan Sentra could be a Hybrid Civic, the 40 inch LCD could be a 70, and the Lakers could be up by 50, but I've learned that sometimes you have to just enjoy what you have. What REALLY has me upbeat is the recently announced Rock the Bells lineup. While a lot of people will have their complaints about whose NOT there, or how they didn't get EVERY great artists to ever rip a mic to perform, to me, this is not only exactly what I predicted, it's also exactly what I wanted. Why?

5. No rock Fans

I loved having the chance to see Rage, however, i wasn't really big on the people they brought with them. I know, I know, being a black hip hop fan, I shouldn't get on any group of people, as I of all people should know how it feels to be bunched in with a group of people you don't fit in with because of stereotypes, but I really wasn't feeling some of these rock fans. The mosh pits, the fires, the overweight muthafuckas walking around with no shirt on. The last time I had a six pack was when I was 16 and drunk shit Mikes hard lemonade, and I know to keep my shirt on...you should too. Rock fans were damn near the majority of people at the show since Rage had only performed once prior to Rock the Bells in years, and that time was out in the middle of nowhere (Indio, CA). A lot of fans were just happy to see one of the dopest bands ever perform, and they chilled, shouted out the lyrics, and that was cool, it's good to see other people happy, but some of ya'll muthafuckas is too wild. I'm glad you won't be there.

4. Don't make me choose

Last year they made one of the most idiotic decisions at Rock the Bells. They added the Paid Dues festival to the show, but put them on a separate stage. While it's still not official all the acts announced for the show will perform on the same stage, seeing the number of acts, it seems as if they will. Good. Don't make me pick between MF Doom and the Roots....that's not cool. I wanna see everybody. Don't make me pick between Felt and Nas. I'll pick Felt all day every day, but I'd much rather just see both.

3. Don't sweat the Technique

One of my fondest memories of Rock the Bells was Immortal Technique's performance two years ago. Almost as dope as his music was his off the wall rants in between tracks. I'm not the biggest Immortal Tech fan, and I'm definitely not a fan of low quality albums. No matter how dope the lyrics are, if the shit sounds like it was recorded in the trunk of a moving 67 Chevy Nova, I have problems listening to it. Hearing dude live takes away all the problems I've had listening to him any other way. Having him AND Dead Prez...priceless.

2. Give the little guy a chance

Rock the Bells has done some major things. It brought Wu back together to perform (including ODB), they got Lauryn Hill to perform, they got Rage to perform, Supernatural broke the record for longest freestlye ever. I'm a simple dude.....I'm more excited to see Kidz in the Hall, Wale, and Jay Electronica. While I'm a huge Kidz in the Hall fan, I haven't really listened to Wale and Jay Electronica. I know there's been a lot of buzz about these cats, but I'm not too huge on new artists that are getting buzz online until they drop an album. Shit, I barely fuck with new artists period before they drop an album, as most of them never do. So I'm really hyped about seeing those three perform.

1. Tribe Called muthafuckin Quest

As much as I thought Slum Village, or Little Brother, or other acts would be the new Tribe, I've realized, there will NEVER be a new Tribe. The game has changed since Tribe was around. Hip hop heads now demand stronger lyrics than they did back then, meaning that to appeal to that audience, you have to take the lyrics above where Tribe had them. In doing this, a lot of artists lose track of some of the fun Tribe brought to the game. If an artist states he's bringing fun back to hip hop, his lyrics are normally uber whack, if they come hard with the lyrics, their often TOO serious. Tip and Phife brought that balance, that seems incredibly hard for everybody else to find. I've said several times that after, Wu, and Rage, I'd be happy if they super happy if they gave me Tribe...wish granted.

For those that don't know, the lineup is Rae and Ghost, Rakim, Nas,A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Pharcyde, Method Man and Redman, Mos Def, Immortal Technique, Dead Prez, Kidz in the Hall, Wale, Murs, Spank Rock, Santogold, Kid Sister, and Jay Electronica.

Los Angeles expect the show to be out in San Bernadino, and the date will be 08/09.

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Are u ready for some...basketball

April 19, 2008 | Tags: none

March Madness has been over for awhile...now it's time for some REAL basketball! Nothing against the NCAA tournament, I'm normally huge on it. This year...I just don't know. After seeing OJ Mayo and USC fall, it was pretty much done for me. Now, it's playoff time. What can you expect this year?

1. Kobe get's league MVP

Truthfully I wouldn't be too suprised if Kobe DIDN'T get MVP. The league has some odd grudge against Kobe. Yet and still, with all the BS techs, all the no calls, he's gotten the Laker's to the number one spot in the West. Nobody is as important to the any other team on BOTH ends of the floor. Yea, the NBA has given the MVP to players who don't play D the past 3 years, but hopefully they get it right this time.

2. Boston doesn't make it to the finals

Everybody picks the Celtics as this landslide NBA champion or Eastern Conference champion....it's not that easy. I don't care what stats say, you still have to play the game. Yea, they play good D, they also have the big 3, but who's a clutch playoff player on this team? When they absolutely need a bucket, who can be counted on based off past playoff experience? Sam Cassel? I don't know, I just really wouldn't be suprised if they get elimated, no matter how much I wanna see KG finally get a ring.

3. A whole bunch of trades=A whole lot of nothing

A lot of moves were made in the past year. Only two teams (The Lakers and Celtics) have seemed to benefit from their deals. I mean, I guess you could include the Hawks also, they have made the playoffs since the Bibby trade, but teams like Dallas, the Suns, and the Cavs all seem worse off. After the Pau Gasol trade alot of teams tried to make moves to improve, only to find themselves steadily dropping in the standings

4. The Rockets.....snore..

I know alot of people got super excited during the Rockets streak, but don't expect to much from them in the playoffs. T-Mac is not a superstar. I used to always go for T-Mac, hoping he does his thing. I never got why he couldn't pull it out in the playoffs....it couldn't be his fault could it? Yes, it is. During the streak, I watched as the Rockets played the Lakers late in the streak. T-Mac scored 11 points. WTF? Yea, they won, but that's just because Skip to My Lou played out of his mind, don't expect to much more of that. On the game the streak ended, T-Mac put up like 8 I beleive. Not only did he not ball, it looked as if he didn't want to. I seen the Celtics run traps on Rocket players, and T-mac would stand far away from the ball handler, not even attempting to come get the ball. He doesn't have the superstar get it done mentality.

5. Alot of muthafuckas is on the last stand, cuz shits gonna change.

Shit is gonna change next year. Most likely Gilbert Arenas won't be a Wizard. The Blazers are gonna be hella tough to beat adding Oden on the defensive end. After another lottery pick the T-wolves may find themselves being...dare I say it...competitive. The Hawks will improve even more. The Cavs better do something or Lebron will leave to NY when he can opt out or demand a trade prior to that. The Spurs are old as hell. Miami after tanking last season should be better with the addition of Beasley. Basically, shit is gonna change, it will be better for some (people in Portland) and worse for others.

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Legalize them hoes....

April 18, 2008 | Tags: none

     Shit doesn't really surprise me too often. You write a blog about people refusing to think, and when you ask them to think, certain people get mad! I wonder who those people really are, behind the keyboards and monitors. Could they possibly be the people who got embarrassed when the teacher asked them to read? Maybe they really are people with some kind of a brain, just not feeling what I said? I seriously doubt the latter; the anger pretty much gives it away. I remember I was watching this old documentary on Showtime about some Bloods from Los Angeles, and some similar shit happened. One of the bloods was walking near Venice Beach, and some dude was kicking a freestyle about unity, and going to Africa and shit. The Blood cat gets upset like "I thought you was gonna rap, you tryin' to kick that knowledge shit, I don't want to hear that shit". After fighting a Carney, the documentary goes on to show the blood cat wondering why some crips killed his homie, CK (Crip Killa)! Yeah, that's intelligence for you.

     Speaking of those cable documentaries, HBO has a few of them about hoes. No, I don't mean "hoes" like a rapper will say "He got hoes everywhere, that only fuck with him" type of hoes, I mean actually hoes, working girls, you know, 'stitutes. The crazy thing is, one of the documentaries (or a series of them) is about illegal hoes who walk the streets of NY, Las Vegas, and some other spots. The other, is more like a reality show, about legal hoes out in my old town (of 3 months), Carson City, Nevada. What's makes one hoe legal, and the other illegal? What's the difference between these two sets of hoes? Well, let's look over the shows. One group of hoes walks around on the street all night, the other, works at a place called "The Bunny Ranch". One group of hoes will cost you $1,000 an hour, the other group of hoes, if their really trying to get some cigarettes, might suck you off for 5 bucks and a hamburger. One group of hoes consist of alot of girls who may snort coke, smoke crack, or do other "heavy" drugs, the others just look like they might do speed. One group of hoes is predominately white and in a small town, the other is mainly minorities in the big city. One group gets paid for testing for STDs as a requirement, the other....will probably give you and everybody else at the bachelor party at least the Herp. Do you see what I'm getting at? No?? They’re both hoes! It doesn't really matter. Either way, prior to you kissing this chick during your creep off from your wife, she's probably taken at least 10 shots and the mouth, and probably has more babies in her belly than soldiers lost in Iraq. If your gonna make it legal in one spot, why not just make it legal everywhere?

     I'll tell you why they won't....religion. More than race, religion is probably the leading cause of our laws. Not saying that we need to throw all laws out, but some of these are bullshit, and prostitution being illegal is definitely one of them. Who's the victim of prostitution? America's morality? Get the fuck outta here. Mentioning America and morality in the same sentence is almost as bad as mention Ray Allen and Kobe Bryant in the same sentence. This country will send thousands on top of thousands of people to die in a war over who knows what (I do, Oil), but I guy can't legally pay to get his nut? You’re kidding me, right? Don't even bring up the effect legal prostitution would have on the kids. Please, it might be good. Maybe if more Melyssa Fords could just give up the ass behind closed doors for a fee, then kids wouldn't see them flashing it on TV damn near all day for free. Legalization of prostitution would force ALL them hoes to go get the dugout checked out, making it safer for tricks, and it'd also be safer for a lot of the hoes, cuz they'd no longer have to walk the streets and give blow jobs in alleys while documentaries are being filmed about them. This would also force these sluts to get drug tested...so no more suckie suckie for a dub rock. Hoes would have to stay clean...or get fired, just like most other professionals (except me).

      Don't forget about some of the other positives. The female prison population would probably be reduced by at least 30% when no longer locking up chicks for being hoes, or other hoe related activity. With less females in prison, more of them would be mothers. Yea, I know it's fucked up 'lil Nathen's mom sucks dick for his college tuition, but hey, she's probably sucking dick for free anyway, if she's gonna be a hoe she might as well get paid for it. Less taxes needed to help keep these chicks incarcerated, more taxes made for the government of the sale of....well....ass. Sure, the price of ass would probably go up, but you get what you pay for. Would you rather pay $500 for a guaranteed STD free chick, or drop $100 and take a chance? Of course this would also put the low budget pimps out the game, but hey, the spirit of competition would be good. They could no longer just slap their hoes around, cuz then they could just go fill out an application somewhere else. Hoes could even file for harassment....imagine that!

     "But what about morals? What about marriages? Would you want your daughter to grow up being a hoe?" This shit don't doesn't go against morals, it goes against religion. It's wrong because certain religions say that you’re not supposed to have sex prior to marriage (especially with multiple partners. How is it morally wrong to pay for sex or get paid for sex with multiple partners, when honestly, on the low without even knowing it, a lot of you are paying for sex or getting paid for sex with multiple partners anyway. What, you’re not? If you take a chick out to eat, catch a flick with her, roll up some kron, get some hen, and fuck her in a room all on the same night, you paid:

$ 40 for a meal (if you got somewhat respect for her)
$ 30 for a flick (cuz you probably ain't buy this hoe no popcorn)
$ 25 for some basic Kron ($20 for the herb, $2.25+ for the swishers, and probably the rest on a lighter)
$ 20 for the 'Yac (cuz your not gonna buy that much of it)
$ 80 for the room. (Out here we got those hourly joints in L.A., but fuck it, get what you paid for, do work son!)
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$195......for you to be a trick with one chick for one night! If you’re the chick you basically got all that free shit for giving up the ass. Hey, I'm not knocking it. If you don't have a significant other, that's the game ( I understand the game...sometimes), however, basically for like $100 more you could have gotten two chicks and beat the cakes without all the unnecessary conversation. You don't really give a fuck about her future plans; future normally means more than just past the next morning. As far marriages, if the person you’re married to would cheat on your with a legal 'stitute, they'll most likely cheat on you with an illegal one. I mean shit, we got mayors getting busted with illegal ones, so what makes you think your bum ass spouse is any different? If he/she is gonna do it, they're gonna do it, whether they literally pay cash up front for the ass, or pay in the long run with vacations and all sorts of shit for this side jump off, deal with it. Last, but definitely not least, of course I wouldn't want my daughter to be a hoe, but there's also several legal jobs I wouldn't want her to have either, like a stripper, a video hoe, a prosecutor, you don't hear me crying them shits should be made illegal?

It is what it is, the oldest profession, a victim-less crime, and illegal simply because of religion. Would it really be more harm than help to legalize it? You be the judge. I'm out. PEACE.

Oh yea, for those homos that like lurking on my MySpace page, the URL is http://www.myspace.com/bruceisdope. I was one of the few bloggers to originally throw my pic up because truthfully I don't give a shit, I know who I am, and could care less what somebody else thinks of me. If YOU, however, went or want to go to another dudes MySpace simply to look at his pics, not to say what up, argue with something he said, or some shit like that, simply to look at his pics, yet you claim your heterosexual, you obviously don't know who YOU are. Anybody else who's not infatuated with how amazingly handsome I am, you can stop through just to say what up.

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Intelligence: The Gift and The Curse

April 15, 2008 | Tags: none

     Intelligence is defined as the ability to THINK AND LEARN.

     Recently I found myself sitting alone. Not like I'm always in crazy crowds, I spend a lot of time by myself. I mean I truly felt ALONE. It's not like I couldn't have talked to somebody, and it's also not like people were ignoring me, yet things might as well have been that way. I don't know if people have noticed this, but sometimes I have a complex for being too complex. I get focused, concentrate...and bam, I find myself way over people’s heads somewhere in the clouds. This happens quite often. It's happened here, it happens at work, it's even happened when talking to my teachers at school. I have to admit, this leaves me a little nervous.

     See, anybody can read a book and remember some shit. That doesn't take much other than effort and a decent reading level depending on what your reading. Often I've seen people looked at as intelligent because they read some shit somebody else said, then can turn around and recite it. I'm not impressed. This doesn't make you intelligent; it makes you a dick rider. Nah, it doesn't make you a dick rider.... I'm just playing; it just means you can't form your own thoughts and opinions. Often I've seen people looked at as intelligent because they went and got some degree from some school. That doesn't make you intelligent; it just means you took the time to remember some shit long enough to score high enough on some tests to get that paper they gave you. Months after receiving that "oh so special" paper, ask this same person anything about the shit they learned and half of them can't tell you shit. Not saying you can't agree with other people’s opinions, or you shouldn't go to school, I'm just saying, don't get shit fucked up, that alone doesn't make you intelligent. No biggie, you don't have to be intelligent to make it in this country...I mean, look at the President, I'm pretty sure there are several intelligent people that will never make it as far as he has. This is a problem.

     America is truly the land of the free. We have all sorts of freedoms a lot of other places don't have. Freedom to be a fucking idiot, freedom to not think if you like, freedom to be an all around dumb ass. Sure, you could do these things anywhere, but where else could you do these things and live like you do here? Therein lies the problem, if you don't have to think, what motivates you to do so? Nothing, which is why so many don't. How else did Bush get in office? Who the fuck else would have bought a pet rock? If somebody said "Hey Bruce, I'll give you one million dollars a year for the next five years to not work a job," Chances are, I'd be unemployed. People are basically trained don't think, just do whatever your told, and you'll be fine. This is why people don't think, and this is also why those who do, often find themselves sitting by themselves. So I hear what you’re saying, I already know...."Brill, what the fuck does this have to do with hip hop?"

     The aforementioned problems are the main reason why hip hop (and really music in general) is in the state it's in. Before, muthafuckas focused on their lyrics, before, they brought knowledge. Now, that's not hot. Yea, you had your Biz Markies and shit before, but they weren't the majority. Even if you weren't rapping about nuclear fission, you had to at least be somewhat creative. Over time, artists started to get deeper, and then...it happened. SHINY SUIT MAN! It no longer had to be deep or even dope, it just had to be hot. Deep isn't hot. So now all of a sudden, artists are influenced not to think, due mainly to the fact their audience doesn't. The responsibility of any business is to give as many people as possible what they want. The responsibility of an artist is to be creative. More rappers started becoming about their business, and less about the art. Once this happened, artist found themselves sitting by themselves. Artist found themselves "underground". If you rap about what's not hot, reading, being a better person, love (real love, whether it be good or bad, Common or Atmosphere), and other subjects that matter, and your no longer allowed to play with the other rappers, your thrown into the category of backpacker. You become the Yankee fitted over the head of the simple minded. This is bad, cuz once again, you're influenced not to think. Why think deeply when jotting down lyrics? it'll will separate you from everybody else, and nobody wants to be a loner right?

     The other day, I was talking to somebody at work. They said "Common is cool, I mean, when I listen to his lyrics, he's good. His lyrics are better than Kanye, but Kanye is a better rapper. I mean his swag..." I had to interrupt them. See, the thing is, a rapper is supposed to write raps. That's their job. How are the fuck are you gonna tell me, "His lyrics are good, but..." and then bring up something other than somebody else's lyrics? That's like a Laker hater telling me "Yea, Kobe is good, he's the best scorer in the league, and he's probably the best at stopping somebody from scoring at his position, but Joakim Noah has crazy swag, so he's better" GTFOH. This just goes to show how little people actually think. Rappers write raps, basketball players put the basketball in the hoop and stop others from doing so, and Xbox 360's break.....I had to toss that in there.....PEACE!

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Wal-Mart "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly"

April 09, 2008 | Tags: none

      While I could easily throw a blog away burning commenters who attack me with studies done in England over 5 years ago as opposed to those done at USC a couple years ago, I chose to go with something else. The other day, while waiting in line forever at the Wal-Mart of downtown Long Beach for some old lady with horribly done make-up to get to my stuff, I remembered the words of my sister's ex-boyfriend years ago....

"You better get down to Wal-mart, they're even hiring niggas with records,"

Those were the wise words he left with me. At the time, I was unemployed, and working hard (or maybe it was hardly working?) at chasing my dreams of becoming Nino Brown of the LBC. Fuck a Wal-Mart, what the hell I look like working for them? I'll never be on no shit like that! Years since then, I have to admit, my stance has partially changed.

     While I originally stated I'd never work for them, after over a month or so post unemployment check unemployment still without a job, I found myself applying to work there. While originally in my youth and naiveness, stated I wouldn't work for the Don of all retail spots, after becoming older, wiser and possessing empty pockets, I applied there and damn near everywhere else. While Wal-mart does treat their employees like shit, for some people, it's still an opportunity none the less. We'd all love to be lawyers and drive sports cars, but we all don't have that life. Some of us have to support ourselves as we struggle our way through college. In high population areas, you may find yourself competing with college graduates for basic data entry positions. (since they can't get better jobs WITH a degree) Others, who may have fallen off track prior to high school graduation, have it even harder. Who else is gonna hire these people as they attempt to find their way back to being (almost) equal citizens? Not to say that Calvin should do the chicken noodle soup because Wal-Mart hired his fresh out of jail ass, but Wal-mart isn't the only employer in the world. As bad as Wal-Mart's treatment of it's workers is, it's just as bad that a lot of them probably wouldn't have been hired too many other places. Although Wal-Mart doesn't pay enough for you buy a new house, it does pay more than welfare would, and gives it's employers work experience for their next application that unemployment wouldn't.

     Sometimes I can't afford to spend the overpriced cost for something I (don't) need. (Other times I just don't want to). Wal-mart often provides you with the alternative. Often exchanging quality for price, Wal-mart gives you the opportunity to buy some shit you sometimes can't afford. Other times, Wal-mart gives you lower prices on the same thing you'd buy somewhere else, just based of the price they get for buying in extreme bulk. The problem with this is that it makes it hard for other places (especially mom and pops shops) to compete. Are we forgetting something....they get those extremely low prices! That's a huge help to me and you, the consumer. I'd rather give less money to some huge company that was probably founded off slave money, then more money to some random ass old person who probably founded their hole in the wall ass store of slave money past down any day. Wal-mart can't completely kill competition and then raise prices, because that'd open the door for competition. So in reality they just torture competition, and keep supplying those that can't hook up with me for a cheaper Sony LCD, with those cheap ass Vizios. People could complain that this makes it harder for new people to get into retail....well then, muthafucka innovate. Come with something new, go do something different! You can't expect to do the same shit muthafuckas did 75 years ago! 45 years ago, I could have worked in some factory and made enough money for me, my wife, and two and half kids to live straight out of high school. Now, my black ass HAS to finish college. Get Diploma or Die Trying. Things change, you can no longer just open some small retail spot and prosper. The rising cost in living requires that someone be able to provide us the shit we do and don't need, at a price a lot cheaper. Don't get mad, I heard Mickey D's is now hiring!

     Don't get shit twisted and thing I'm pimping out Wal-Mart as the best place of employment. It's got it's issues. What I am saying, is that while towns like Inglewood voted against the company moving into its city for some good reasons and some bullshit, there are SOME positives to this spot, and some people would be a lot worse off without it.

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