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sharing // February 8th, 2010 // 1 Comment

5 shorties for Dilla.

If you’re following me on Tumblr (or Twitter at least) then you already know I posted 5 on-the-fly mini-mixes of Dilla’s work in honor of his birthday (one was pushed to today). In the tragic event you missed any of this, here they all are, in order, with (gasp!) tracklistings. Enjoy.

 

DILLA DILLA, BEATS BEATSPART I: Phat Kat “Don’t Nobody Care About Us”, Q-Tip “Wait Up”, Four Tet “As Serious As Your Life (Jay Dee Remix)”, Oh No “Move”, J Dilla feat. Black Thought “Reality Check”, J Dilla feat. Common “E=MC2″, A Tribe Called Quest “Get A Hold”, MED “Push”, De La Soul “Verbal Clap”, Slum Village feat. Q-Tip “Hold Tight (Remix)”.

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this is hip-hop // January 24th, 2010 // Comments Off

“I’m not perfect” is no longer an excuse.

nickdouglas:

“I felt it would be fake of me to leave [the word “nigger”] out of the record just so I could look like a better Christian. Being Christian doesn’t mean I’m perfect. It just means I’m forgiven and I strive daily to be better and get closer to God.” — Features : Christian Rapper Explains Jay-Z Diss

What an asshole. Tries to act self-righteous and still use the language he’s supposedly mad at.

 

Christ. (No pun intended.)

 

First of all, I don’t care if he uses the n-word (I don’t think language is what Rizzo is mad at as it relates to Jay-Z). The problem I have with this statement is that RIZZO (why’n the fuck is your name RIZZO?) attempts to absorb this with the whole “Being Christian doesn’t mean I’m perfect” bullshit. Why did he feel the need to not only qualify that but qualify it so wackly? Most of the people I know that use the n-word happen to be Christian, but you’ll never hear them say “I’m not perfect” as a way to reconcile poor language with their faith.

 

Note, Rizzo says “nigga” roughly 13 times in this song. Do you suppose every time he uttered it he thought to himself “I’m not a perfect Christian so I’mma just go ahead and use it anyway”? Probably not. Still, this doesn’t make him an imperfect Christian. It just makes him a lazy rapper that, admittedly, happens to have a potentially decent flow.
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disclosure // January 11th, 2010 // Comments Off

Random and current facts about me:

  • I suck at Jazz, like, I know as much about Jazz music as I do sports (which I like to refer to as “professional televised gym class.”)
  • I do not like Corrine Bailey Rae. I’m compelled to point this out because she always comes up in music conversations with me. I suppose my engagement in certain types of music means it’s likely I’m into her, but I’m not.
  • I like Destiny’s Child as a group more than Beyoncé and I bought all of their CDs.
  • I frequently bitch about this because it hasn’t changed: I’m the only gay dude I know that loves Hip-Hop the way I do. (In fact, I once dated someone that told me I wasn’t a Hip-Hop head because I wasn’t into his Lil’ Wayne and T.I. records, yet he knew nothing of the type of artists I listen to. Yeah, let’s start there…)
  • Say anything bad about Janet Jackson and I will skin you alive and wear your hide as a fanciful Snuggie.
  • I have no patience for overly sensitive people that seek out offense and disrespect in everything in order to have something to defend themselves against. Needy, emotionally high-maintenance people are highly repellent to me at this stage in my life. And I should know who they are; I used to be one.
  • I am not a graphic designer or a deejay. I am a writer.
  • I find myself becomingly increasingly bored with the topics and interests for which I have become known. Let’s start with music.
  • I’m fully prepared to be alone and am satisfied with that. The dating pool in my community seems to be comprised of the same four or five archetypes with little variation and too much overlap. I’m finding that people consider themselves a catch based on a ubiquitous checklist that has nothing to do with who they are as a person, and that’s boring.
  • I’m strongly considering dating outside of my race. If that offends you, it shouldn’t, and you may have a seat. Namaste.
  • I pursued the Dharma chiefly to alleviate stress and figure out why I was miserable. But I’ve learned much more beyond that. It’s much easier for me to love all people, regardless of the things that we perceive separate us. Those things are illusory and a distraction.
  • Batman rules.

Ask me anything…

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(This originally went down on my Tumblr.)