Street Gospel!

Dear Suga Free,
You are the only pimp I love!
I thank you for your phenomenal lyricism
and your ability to speak the truth...your crazy quotables!
You are a West Coast legend. *throws up dub*

9th grade...this was my jam! Still is! You gotta see me on the school bus with all the L.A.C.E.S Inglewood/Hawthorne/Compton transplants chanting all these jams at the top of our lungs! The album is Street Gospel and has more hip hop quotables on it than the entire last decade of hip hop has produced. A lot of cats outside of Cali don't know about Suga Free *shame, but it's not your fault*
*note the cameo by THEO (the Asian dude with the sexy voice from 92.3 the beat) *my LA folks know what's up!
Pick anyone of these lines as your mantra for 2010, and be changed forever!
-If you stay ready, you ain't got to get ready
-Get yo' money why you bull$hittin!
-Same thang go around gonna come right back around!
-Now I ain't tryna break nair finga nail by goin oops upside yo' head!
-Imma regroup from woo woop and change my game!
-Don't ask nobody ask me baby!




Yes, he is a pimp.
Yes, his finger waves and perm
are tighter than yours will ever be!

Clearly, I could go on!
N'Joy

And then there was love...

February is Dilla month!!!!

Love always...Alek

Cosmically Fierce!!!!!!

Let's all throw our shoes!!!!!!

Mr. Reporter, who threw your shoes at Bush you are my HERO!!!!!!!! Thank you for letting him know that everything he does is NOT OKAY!!!!!!!! The world is more stronger and more aware because of you!!!!!!!! I love you!!!!!!! May Allah Bless you!!!!!!!! You meaningful solider in the eyes of the most high!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jay Z and Nubian Faces!

Daaaaaaang Jay! I ain't know you was on that York ish.

Master P Leads the Way!!!!

I don't know if any of you have been following the movements of Master P in the last few years, but he is doing his best to heal the wounds that the world and black culture has sustained from negative images that he admits that he helped to create and promote. I remember not to long ago watching the congressional hearing on hip hop (yes, there was a congressional hearing on hip hop and all its ills) and seeing Master P along with David Banner and Micheal Eric Dyson exchange in a dialouge about the importance and influence of hip hop was beyond amazing. David Banner basically upheld the "It's just a song, I gotta feed my Daughter" mantra. Dyson played the safe "It's expression, it's a voice" thing (When will the academy learn to keep it real? and if it is about a creative voice what about the other creative voices in Black America/the world/music?) but good old Master P basically said that now that he is older and has a son, has seen loved ones murdured, and has seen the influence that hip hop has on peoples lives. He see's how his image was traced in hoods world over and he didn't like what he was seeing. He therefore, decided to dedicate his life to Change and the Upliftment of the hood. When the hood is lifted, everyone is lifted. Just like when the hood is down, everyone is down. Master P's latest venture is a cable network called Better Black Television!!! I hope he reaches out to some of the thousands of great positive hip hoppers and media makers to move this forward and makes the people say something more meaningful than UUUUUUGGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!

Ebony/Jet on YouTube

My new favorite YouTube channel. PURE GREATNESS!!!! Watch old interviews of some of the greatest artists of our time! This channel is and inspiration and a gem. Peep Issac Hayes talking about Intuition, Nina Simone speaking on things she regrets in her career (sad, but true), Spike Lee discussing the making of Malcolm X and so much more. I couldn't keep this great channel all to myself, so I want to share it with you...Sadly, they don't allow embedding or else I would have posted hella videos from them already... It's 2008, Google that ish!One Love, Eagle Nebs!