and that’s a good thing.
so, beans album leaks…
nahright throws up the track w/Jay. and the ripple effect happens. which throws me for a loop, cuz, well, “Gutted” just can’t be the track that people were looking forward to on this album. it can’t be the track that stands out ((that’s gotta go to “Go Low”)) from all the rest. so, why so much chatter?
this is no “Still Got Love for You,” “This Can’t Be Life,” or “Where Have You Been.” this isn’t even the “Change the Game (rmx).”
jay singin’ a lil’ Soul II Soul ditty is one of the worst things to happen on wax during this Roc resurgence. right next to lil’ Skateboard P tryna Dawn Robinson the hook.
imnsho, the track that should get the attention is judgment day.
[audio:beaniesigel-judgmentday.mp3]
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so, freeway’s album has leaked. it doesn’t contain “where you been?” or that small world (not to be confused w/Small Wonder) track that was gettin’ play down in the ATL. overall, after the first listen, all i can feel is — it’s no Philadelphia Freeway. i’d like to be able to call it a sophomore jinx, but, after the ridiculous amount of time between the two albums, this is more likely an indicator of just how much of a perfect storm that first album was.
this is quite the letdown.
to make matters worse, it’s got, quite possibly, the worst song title ever,
da whore-able cyde fx uv da negro’s preoccupation w/misspelling shit for fun-ettical reazuns.
if you can think of a song title worse than that, hit the comments. i smell a top five in the making.
i blame “Fitty.” and, Jay deciding to make American Gangster a solo album over “70’s beats” which basically every member of State Prop (principally Beans & Free) sound better over. i mean, dude didn’t have space on his “concept album” for the people who not only rock the concept better (imnsho) but also who he’s gonna try to get us to spend dollars on in a couple of months to buy their albums. maybe he still thinks that people are gonna buy albums because he drops a Dear Summer on us. or, perhaps he doesn’t give a shit about if anybody else sells.
consider this an ode to what could have been.
Where You Been?
[audio:freeway-whereyoubeen.mp3]
On Paper
[audio:smallworldffreeyway-onpaper.mp3]
i’ve probably used the phrase “content drives design” at least a thousand times or so when discussing “doing websites” for people. i typically throw it out there as a means of discerning how serious people are about creating a site and as an attempt to not do a site for that person. sites are interesting ideas but when it comes down to generating content, people typically kinda, well, yeah…
i should know, i’ve had this site since ’01 and a domain in my name since ’99 and i’ve generated enough content to fill a fly’s navel. although being a fairly prolific writer over certain points in my life, those spurts of brilliance production typically amounted to “responding to lots of posts on other people’s messageboards.”
i’ve used a couple of different tools over the years to capture my ongoing commentary. the first was a custom CF script that i wrote for myself. i’ve also used movable type and now use WordPress. i first used MT because i wanted to learn something different than CF. MT was cool, but, after stepping away from updating i “switched” to WordPress because of the one-click install offered by my hosting company. because my host has eliminated basically all of my effort to setup a mysql database, upgrade my files and all the other garbage that can become a hassle, i’ve been able to spend more time installing plugins, hacking themes, and adding functionality via custom fields and conditional tags.
over the course of time i’ve noticed something that i never thought of before — the addition of certain plugins offered me the ability to write in new ways. this completely goes against my basic beliefs that writing determines tools. the footnotes plugin stands out as one of those things that took something from my natural writing style (the usage of double parentheses) and transformed it into proper clickable footnotes ((see, the thing is, i have used double parentheses as a means of diversionary asides for some time now. they aren’t necessary to the current line of thought, but sometimes extend from it. their really weren’t any hard & fast rules to what goes in a single or double parantheses in my writing until i installed the footnote plugin and realized that some of these pre-plugin thoughts that would have got a double were necessary for the following sentence — thus, making them a single parentheses or “inline” aside)). so, after i turned footnotes on, i needed to style those footnotes, which got me digging around in the css for my template.
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another year and another opportunity for nice young respectable ladies to unleash their inner skank in the guise of all hallows eve. like moths to the flame — candy corn and free admission for ladies in costume compels young coeds, coworkers and convention cosplayers to don boots you shouldn’t walk in, fantastic plastics and questionable headgear in celebration of their repressed fantasies.
although an occasional young lass manages to emerge from the pile of cheap accessories looking like a star, the majority of the people shooting for the moon end up lost in space. to help these ladies, i’ve compiled a list of the top 5 costume ideas that they should avoid at all costs. the idea is either overdone (there will be someone else at the party dressed just like you), not as sexy as she thinks (lady cops? lady, stop.) or way too difficult to pull off (hint – episode 4).
honorable mention – cheerleader.
the sexy cheerleader is the leading choice for sexy sports/athletics related costumes. there are plenty of options for the lady who wants to show off her sexy & playful side whilst giving in to her partner’s fantasy to plug his favorite athlete. the lingerie bowl gave us sexy football players, mariah showed us how a basketball jersey can become sexy, but none of these have the staying power of the sexy cheerleader.
why they just missed the list.
the thing about cheerleaders, is, they are oft-times sexy. so, although not every girl in a cheerleader outfit is sexy, most real life cheerleaders are. just look at these cheerleaders in halloween costumes. cheerleader in halloween costume vs regular lady in cheerleader costume is about as unfair as last Sunday’s Patriots-Redskins game. ((that 4th quarter touchdown for the deadskins is equivalent to the gruesome chick at the halloween party getting hit on at 3:00am)) the sports genre also holds a few real-life sexy individuals like that volleyball chick, assketball sensation dnika romero, & various forms of questionably sexy bodybuilders, gymnasts & tennis stars.
continue for the top five
i was going to name this entry “try to speak my name out loud and mispronounce me.” but i thought it was a bit long and not so gaga on the google. extracted lyrics as post titles may not be the hottest thing on the toobs anymore, but it is most certainly one of my leading impetuses (sp? ((i was a bit unsure so googled and got interesting results. i, obviously, decided to go’ w/-tuses over just plain -tus))) to create posts, even if it’s just posts about songs.
[audio:camronfdutchspade-whereimfrom.mp3]
something fantastic has happened since i got the ability to install winamp ((and subsequently, the new winamp)) on the work comp. combined w/the fact that my current not-at-work connection to the intarweb is on some ’99-digital-divide-no-high-speed-cable-connection-for-you-darkies shit & my work status is on some first-90-days-don’t-be-a-dickhead shit i haven’t downloaded an album in weeks. so, instead of listening to albums, i’ve been shuffling up my singles folder & winamp has been on some black&white-videos-w/bikes-and-actual-black-girls shit.
because of that, songs i haven’t heard in years have started to shuffle up leading to incredible workday diversity. my singles folder has everything from the first file i ever downloaded (kwame’s the rhythm ((the reason i downloaded napster in the first place))) to the most recent – rosco’s tuba rockin’ box of bullets, but it seems as though i kept hearing the same ol’ songs shuffled up at the last job. maybe the new winamp
[audio:kwame-therhythm.mp3]
in other audio occurrences, i have to admit i was wrong about jay’s blue magic. after riding around town and hearing it play during my commute, the beat definitely has more knock then desktop headsets can convey. the hook, though, remains patent leather kicks.
