Been reading a book about old timey baseball/the evolution of baseball gear and it turns out that wearing brightly colored socks was all the rage at the turn of the 20th Century. It also turns out that we all grew up wearing stirrups and white sanitary socks when playing baseball because of a panic over blood poisoning back in those days.
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Back from a week in Orlando. Shew wee.
- spent one day at the Disney parks. If you love crowds and rascal scooters, you really missed out. Kids loved it though. Did three parks, open to close, and it was actually a good time. Just walking around that place is pretty cool, seeing the kids get excited for stuff, then freak out on the rides, etc. Did another day at Universal which had the more popular rides. Started with a Simpsons themed Lard Lad donut as soon as it opened, then spent most of the time in the Harry Potter park with the wands and the magic and the butter beer and whatnot, Dr. Suess Island for the youngster, Spider Man ride, then back to ol' Springfield, USA at the end for some ice cold Duff beers and Flaming Moe's before the park closed. Highlight may have been the kids building their own lightsabers though. Exhausting and not cheap, but this is why we (checks credit card) should have gone to med school.
- nice relaxing Easter until we drove up to IKEA and spent $$$$$ on closets. Which are all in my car. And they were missing one piece. Rent apartments, kids.
- spent one day at the Disney parks. If you love crowds and rascal scooters, you really missed out. Kids loved it though. Did three parks, open to close, and it was actually a good time. Just walking around that place is pretty cool, seeing the kids get excited for stuff, then freak out on the rides, etc. Did another day at Universal which had the more popular rides. Started with a Simpsons themed Lard Lad donut as soon as it opened, then spent most of the time in the Harry Potter park with the wands and the magic and the butter beer and whatnot, Dr. Suess Island for the youngster, Spider Man ride, then back to ol' Springfield, USA at the end for some ice cold Duff beers and Flaming Moe's before the park closed. Highlight may have been the kids building their own lightsabers though. Exhausting and not cheap, but this is why we (checks credit card) should have gone to med school.
- nice relaxing Easter until we drove up to IKEA and spent $$$$$ on closets. Which are all in my car. And they were missing one piece. Rent apartments, kids.
"Magic Johnson is a power forward" thinks this is an awful take.
Of course the pasty white dudes 7-8 years old LOVE LL.
Stand by my take, he's now the most overrated worst rapper of all time. Also, he's a **** actor.
Skee-Lo>>>LL
Stand by my take, he's now the most overrated worst rapper of all time. Also, he's a **** actor.
Skee-Lo>>>LL
CONTROVERSIAL TAKE: In terms of all-time hip hop greats, Aaron Carter >>> Brian Austin Green.
I'm far from an LL fan, but that's a horrible take.
Worst actual rapper -----> Silkk the Shocker, ftw. (although he still had some bangers thanks to his Tank Dawgs)
Worst actual rapper -----> Silkk the Shocker, ftw. (although he still had some bangers thanks to his Tank Dawgs)
Not sure how anyone can clown on Around the Way Girl tbh
Nice job fellas, mashburned will be around any time now.
Around the Way Girl is a timeless classic.
Lisa, Angela, Pamela, Renee,
I love you
You're from around the way
Lisa, Angela, Pamela, Renee,
I love you
You're from around the way
Don't really have a take on his talent level, but LL has taken the ability to recite rhymes rhythmically and turned himself into a multi-media millionaire.
When it comes to business and marketing, he's pretty good.
When it comes to business and marketing, he's pretty good.
I think if most successful rappers wanted to sacrifice their image and street cred they could all make the move to mainstream tv/movie success. White people LOVE seeing hardened rap artists do silly white people stuff. Are you telling me Jay Z couldn't have a sitcom on ABC? 2 Chains(z)? They could all do it. Same goes with NBA big men.
They're jingling, baby
Go 'head baby
They're jingling, baby
Go 'head baby
Go 'head baby
They're jingling, baby
Go 'head baby
I remember when I discovered Lyrics.com back in 1999, Vern. Pretty cool.
Apparently making layups isn't a required skill to sign an agent.PJ Dozier hiring agent. Staying in draft
I mean, Flo Rida has essentially sold his soul to The Devil, no?
And by "The Devil," I mean "the white man."
Seems like Easter has REALLY taken off within my circle of friends & social network. Holy Moly. Funny what a bunny rabbit costume & some candy will do to young families & their worship, but glad you guys have finally (re)found God. ray: (and all the pictures were great )
ray: (and all the pictures were great )
LL Cool J's Bigger and Deffer was a game changer.
I realize Jackie was still changing Lil' Anth's diapers when it came out, but he needs to recognize that Kendrick and the other rap artists of today wouldn't exist if there wasn't an LL Cool J before them.
I realize Jackie was still changing Lil' Anth's diapers when it came out, but he needs to recognize that Kendrick and the other rap artists of today wouldn't exist if there wasn't an LL Cool J before them.
Wodie...You think EPMD and or Eric B. and Rakim
is corny compared to the crap that comes out today?
is corny compared to the crap that comes out today?
Nah, they're an exception. Rakim is one of the GOATS & Paid in Full is a classic.
I said most, and I'm talking the original stuff that paved the way, which I respect -- but most of it is awful to listen to.
I said most, and I'm talking the original stuff that paved the way, which I respect -- but most of it is awful to listen to.
Hip Hop Evolution is a cool documentary series on Netflix. That early stuff in the NYC apartments spawned it all.
There's some interesting cameos including some of the early pioneers and on into the West Coast Gangster Rap G Funk movement. Had no clue Kurupt was from Philly.
There's some interesting cameos including some of the early pioneers and on into the West Coast Gangster Rap G Funk movement. Had no clue Kurupt was from Philly.
Hearing this State Legislator on KSR talking about the original Yum! deal and now the bill to bail it out is fascinating.
EPMD, Redman, Brand Nubian, Black Moon, nothing corny about any of them. All in my regular rotation.
[eyeroll] I love Black Moon. Some of you need to learn to read. Black Moon's debut album was released in 1993, the golden era. Redman, lol. Yeah, he was one of the first to ever do it!
I'm talking about true OLD SCHOOL rap. Whodini, Afrika, Grandmaster Flash, Kurtis Blow, Doug E Fresh, Marley Marl, etc, etc, etc. I appreciate all of them, and there are a few standouts and classics I can enjoy (The Message, Rapper's Delight, the obvious ones), but it's not good listening overall.
The guys you all are throwing out was the "New School" 2nd wave of Hip Hop, which was much improved.
New school hip hop was the second wave of hip hop music, originating in 1983–84 with the early records of Run-D.M.C. and LL Cool J. The Golden age hip hop period was an innovative period between the mid-1980s and the early 1990s. Notable artists from this era include the Juice Crew, Public Enemy, Eric B. & Rakim, Boogie Down Productions and KRS-One, EPMD, Slick Rick, Beastie Boys, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Ultramagnetic MCs, De La Soul, and A Tribe Called Quest. Gangsta rap is a subgenre of hip hop that often focuses on the violent lifestyles and impoverished conditions of inner-city African-American youth. Schoolly D, N.W.A, Ice-T, Ice Cube, and the Geto Boys are key founding artists, known for mixing the political and social commentary of political rap with the criminal elements and crime stories found in gangsta rap.[19] In the West Coast hip hop style, G-funk dominated mainstream hip hop for several years during the 1990s. East Coast hip hop in the early to mid 1990s was dominated by the Afrocentric jazz rap and alternative hip hop of the Native Tongues posse as well as the hardcore rap of artists such as Nas, Wu-Tang Clan, and Notorious B.I.G..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_hop_music
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Don't really have good vibes with Cam Johnson for whatever reason, seems really quiet. Maybe I'm wrong, idk.
He's the one I *really* wanted of all the late options (Baker, Smith, etc)
I'm talking about true OLD SCHOOL rap. Whodini, Afrika, Grandmaster Flash, Kurtis Blow, Doug E Fresh, Marley Marl, etc, etc, etc. I appreciate all of them, and there are a few standouts and classics I can enjoy (The Message, Rapper's Delight, the obvious ones), but it's not good listening overall.
The guys you all are throwing out was the "New School" 2nd wave of Hip Hop, which was much improved.
New school hip hop was the second wave of hip hop music, originating in 1983–84 with the early records of Run-D.M.C. and LL Cool J. The Golden age hip hop period was an innovative period between the mid-1980s and the early 1990s. Notable artists from this era include the Juice Crew, Public Enemy, Eric B. & Rakim, Boogie Down Productions and KRS-One, EPMD, Slick Rick, Beastie Boys, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Ultramagnetic MCs, De La Soul, and A Tribe Called Quest. Gangsta rap is a subgenre of hip hop that often focuses on the violent lifestyles and impoverished conditions of inner-city African-American youth. Schoolly D, N.W.A, Ice-T, Ice Cube, and the Geto Boys are key founding artists, known for mixing the political and social commentary of political rap with the criminal elements and crime stories found in gangsta rap.[19] In the West Coast hip hop style, G-funk dominated mainstream hip hop for several years during the 1990s. East Coast hip hop in the early to mid 1990s was dominated by the Afrocentric jazz rap and alternative hip hop of the Native Tongues posse as well as the hardcore rap of artists such as Nas, Wu-Tang Clan, and Notorious B.I.G..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_hop_music
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Don't really have good vibes with Cam Johnson for whatever reason, seems really quiet. Maybe I'm wrong, idk.
He's the one I *really* wanted of all the late options (Baker, Smith, etc)
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Read somewhere that when Cal was on Staff at Pitt he coached Killa Cam's father. Would think if UK really wanted him we could wrap it up.
Meanwhile Ludacris is co-starring in a film that just had the biggest global opening weekend of all time. Certainly not bad from a rapper who once rode the successes of "Move *****" and hosting MTV Spring Break in the early 00's.
I'll bet Xzibit kicks himself for putting all of his eggs in the "Pimp My Ride" basket.
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