Entry 17..

"So much on my mind, I wonder how it fit in my brain" - J. Cole..

It's crazy.. Things like time, money, cancer, life, death, disease etc., affects us all the same no matter ones ethnicity, creed, religion, sex etc.. Yet, we as people decide to treat each other differently based on these factors, and it's pointless.. We're steady making things harder on ourselves as a people, not just a country, but a human race.. It's already hard to make it in society, so why make it more difficult by stepping on the next person working hard? Instead of using others as a step, how bout we all find the staircase and step together, or at least figure out a way to get to the next level, collectively.. It's a whole world to go around, a piece for everyone.. Grab yours..

RIP Steve Jobs..
RIP anyone who lost their lives today, period..
Prayers out to all friends and families of the deceased..

Lyf is rough.. But we in it for lyf, so live it right..

I heard someone say that death is all around us.. I said true, but so is lyf.. Don't forget that.. Endless cycle, vicious, but it's reality..

Good Music: John Mayer - Free Fallin' (Live)..

Til then it's

Peace, Love & Soul..

-1

-D.No..

Entry 16..

"Dark Knight feeling, die and be a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become a villian"  Jay-Z..

Man, I heard this line on the Kanye West's So Appalled (feat. JAY-Z, Pusha T, Prynce Cy Hi, Swizz Beatz & The RZA).. Song a little dated in this age of songs having about 2 days of lyf, but I had to bring it back.. Got a lil more insight into that guy.. Let's roll tho..

Seems like mad hate/shots been thrown at J lately especially with the release of Watch the Throne competing with the Carter IV as well as the addition of Weezy shot at Jay-Z.. People know this line is from the Dark Knight flick, that's obvious, but the spin J put on it was dope.. Basically saying he's torn between whether or not he should seriously retire (die and be a hero) or keep doing music (live long enough to see yourself become a villian)..

Seems like in order to be seen as the greatest/best/Hero/Legend you have to die or have a shorter career.. Seeing how Pac and Biggie are seen has Legends in the rap game with their early death.. Don't get it twisted they are for sure the two best to ever do it, but Jay is up there as well, as much as people hate to admit it, you gotta respect the fact that dude been doing this in the rap game for this long.. Not to mention his work outside rap with clothing, label, clubs etc.. But he's saying if I retire I'm gon be acknowledged as a Hero, or Legend..

On the flipside tho, the reality of the situation is that he aint retired.. So just like in the movie, the Dark Knight is seen as the villain at the end of the flick as J is saying that he will become cuz he's still rapping.. There's plenty of shots taken at dudes age.. I just got his whole catalog last night, and judging off the first half of Reasonable Doubt vs Watch the Throne tunes, all I see is growth, a grip of growth.. He's a good rapper, period.. I mean, why would you stop if you getting better and making more money?.. But, he's seen as a villain in that he's going to get hated on by more and more people the longer he stays in the game..

Now, I aint like a sponsor of Jay-Z or nothing, I'm just throwing out my opinion of what I get from this line.. That's what makes a good rapper to me, someone who can drop one or two bars, that can lead on to a full discussion..

Just a quick little run.. Tumblr rockin now, follow up at dnorrisii.tumblr.com.. Will return the favor..

Track I'm Spinning Back: Josh Lehman, Daniel de Bourg and Jeremy Passion - Trust Issues (Cover).. Smooth cut right there man.. Straight up..

Have a Blessed off day folks.. Til then, it's always..

Peace, Love & Soul..

1..

-D.No.





Entry 15..

"Mind in one place, Heart in another" - Drake..

The Real is back (Jay-Z voice).. Na, but wassup with the wassup? You know how we do, massive music.. Still gotta finish up some of that WTT too.. I'll be sure to put that on.. Let's catch up tho..

My mans Cali Buss vid dropped a couple days ago, here's the link.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ3YR0xRWKM&feature=youtu.be Pretty dope, production by Brian Christ (@BrianChrist87).. Send me some feedback, or drop some on the comment section of the vid.. Stay up on the current CaliLYF movement with Cali Buss at the Tumblr http://calilyf.tumblr.com/.. Plugs, plugs and more plugs.. Real talk tho, might wanna get on board early while there's room..

Anyway.. I've been spinning this It's Good track back by Wayne f/ Drake and Jada, because the song is.... TOUGH.. Best word to describe this guy.. But of course the Music guy has to touch on the shot (double barrel shotgun at that) that was taken at Jay-Z by Wayne, and lightweight (shouts to my mans Walt on that Norf slang) jab by Drake.. LETS GO!!

Check it.. Background check first, Jay (supposedly) shot at Birdman in his song with 'Ye - H.A.M. "Really half a billi, nigga really you got baby money, keep it real with niggas, niggas aint got my Lady money" So, people say J saying Baby has no money compared to J.. I don't even think he's saying baby as in Baby, I thought he said baby money like little money.. Or it can be seen as you don't have as much money as me, maybe you have as much as Baby.. But let's go with the Jay took a shot.. So here's the reply, of course it wasn't from Birdman/Baby because he sucks at rapping.. Freeze Frame: This guy calls himself Baby tho? Hahahhaha, that's funny.. Unfreeze: Wayne's retaliation, "Talking about baby money, I got yo baby money, kidnap your b**** get that how much you love your baby money".. Shots fired, Pow Pow.. Hahah.. Na, but sheesh, that was dope.. So now is there a beef? Idk.. I did a lil research and Wayne said after he heard the Jay line he said himself that he can't talk money with Jay because he can't compare, so hearing that I'm thinking dude saying in general, I don't need Baby/baby/whoever money, but I'll kidnap your chick and make you give up more than that.. To each its own tho.. Only Wayne know what he talking bout.. But of course, Twit was flooded with the Wayne vs Jay-Z beef, who gon win, who's better.. One song will end this, everyone go to iTunes and type in the search "Mr. Carter" (now if you don't have this song on your iTunes, I'm giving you permission to illegally download it or just go on YouTube and listen to it) Songs 5mins and 16 seconds so I'll wait..

5:16 later..

Need I even explain? I guess I'll touch on it.. Wayne rapped what, 3/4 verses? Jay had 1 and owns the song, EASILY.. Wait.. #Easily.. He even says Wayne is next in line, "Right here, in my chair, with my crown and my Dear, Queen B, as I share, my/mic time with my Heir" He's letting Wayne have the Throne, but guess he don't want that to happen anymore with the droppin of Watch the Throne.. Hahhaha..  I don't even want to go super tough on this because it's all opinionated, but let the music speak.. Again to each it's own..

Sports Talk..

Football season is in full affect.. Look out for my STL Rams homie.. Bet we deep in the Playoffs this year, if not, I'm just gon get on the Team so Bradford has a decent target at WR.. And check my 2nd squad the Texans with Andre Johnson, ya deeg..

In Hoop, still a lock out.. (Thumbs down)..

Rant..

Told my cuz I'd lay this down, some qualities in a chick that are being looked for (Yoda talk).. But umm, peep it.. Older is a +, Job/Career (or at least knows what she wants to do with her life), Car, Of course cute, great personality, sociable, doesn't need to go out 4 days out of the week, maybe once a weekend, simple, coo with RedBox'n it every so often, umm, coo with my peoples, intelligent intellectual with intel on the sports scene, ahahah, na sports is a + tho (athlete or just likes to watch (real sports tho, basketball and football)).. Supportive, and some type of relationship with the Lord.. That's it off top, I mean that aint as tough as Chili list is it? Hahaha.. No particular order, just a rant..

Watch the Throne..

Let off on Otis on the last joint, so let's keep it going.. Oohp, got the Bonus Tracks too, Jesus, Illest Muthaf'er Alive is illlllllllllll (swine flu, chicken pocks, hives all that) That's a few Entries down the line tho.. But here you go..

5. Gotta Have It..
Favorite song period.. Off thee entire album.. Beat is incredible, James Brown voice on the sample, Jesus, back and forth flow untouched, this might the one that we can call even.. Matter fact, I think we gotta call this one a draw, straight up, I can't even choose.. 'Ye kills with the 1st bar, "Hello White America, assassinate my character" They feed off each other too niice, I wonder how the studio action went.. "Cuz I'm richer (Richard) and prior (Pryor) to this shi As in Richard Pryor with the drug problem, just cleverness by Jay.. But Jay kills with this line right here.. Beat drops perfect too.. "I wish I could give you this feeling, I'm planking on a million" I did a real life backflip when I heard this, it's just tight.. Shows his in tune-ness of what's going on in society, this what I call racist planking that people be doing.. Just overall tight.. Should I go 1 point each or no point? I go one point each, Draw Pilgrim.. Oh yeh, of course the racks on racks on racks Maybachs on Bachs on Bachs black on blacks on blacks part of the song is cold too..


6. New Day..
Me and the RZA connect.. Big ups to The RZA for making some a smooth track with the piano keys droppin.. 'Ye and J touch on bringing up a son and how they would treat em, all that.. Both have dope verses (as to be expected).. I'll give this one to Jay just for a few things he said that were too real to me.. "Sorry Junior, I already ruined ya" No matter how hard he tries, his son gon come up in a weird state cuz of his Pops being so famous, yada yada.. "Look a man dead in his eyes so he know you talk Truth when you speak it, give your word, keep it" Nuff said..

7. That's My B****..
Originally had to skip over this guy everytime cuz I heard it a while back, but it's growing on me, can't stunt.. Kanye verse coo, but I like Jays better just cuz he's basically talkin bout Beyonce and how dope she is.. Talks about the lack of women of color being idolize, best line from the song.. "Back to my Beyonces, you deserve 3 Stacks, word to Andre".. Jay got it..

8. Welcome to the Jungle f/ Swizz Beats..
Shouts to Axel Rose for the title.. Swizz did his thing on this beat, head nodder for sure.. 'Ye opening with Outkast line, "I asked her where she wanna be when she 25, she turned around and looked at me and she said 'alive'" Just dope, cuz it's real.. Jay went off, "My Faith in God, every day is hard, every night is worse, that's why I Pray so hard" Then 'Ye came and went double off for 4 bars "Why I Pray so hard, this is crazy God, just when I thought I had everything I lost it all" Touching on his Moms passing I'm thinking? Kanye don't rap a lot on this song, so it's kinda an automatic to give it to Jay, and that's where I'm headed cuz dude is a genius.. Starts talking bout everyone who's passed.. "Through shots in the door, it died in Vegas" -2Pac "I'm a tortured Soul, I live in disguise, RIP to the leader of the Jackson 5ive" -Michael Jackson "I died in my sleep, I'm still Big Pimpin" -Pimp C (died in a car crash when he fell asleep at the wheel, and was featured on J hit Big Pimpin a while back).. Smooth, period.. "I'm just looking for Love, I know somebody got it" Line so tight.. "I'm losing myself, I'm stuck in the moment, I look in the mirror, my only opponent" My bad for droppin so many lines but Jay just kills that.. So Jay got this song as well..

Think we'll keep it at 4 songs each entry, so the score tally is Jay-Z 7 Kanye 2.. Thus far.. My opinion, not Truth, and I don't really care if you don't agree.. (shoulder shrug)..

But umm, the Carter IV is half way spun, and it's tight, better than expected, cuz I never felt the Carter III.. But I'll touch on that next time, as well as Wale, and Game album.. Too much music..

Track I'm spinning back: Lil Wayne f/ Jadakiss and Drake - It's Good.. Jada comes hard, Drake does his thing and Wayne spits.. Beat cold, and a I don't need no hook on this beat.. Easy money..

Til then it's always..

Peace, Love & Soul..

1..

-D.No..

Entry 14..

"Only but a man, but man enough to challenge all" - Wale..

Sooo, I thought I was going to sleep, but that aint happen.. It's coo tho, you rest when you pass.. Westup folks? You know what it is.. So much music out right now, hard to even remember all that's out.. But you know that Watch the Throne dropped and the most common convo has been who ripped it more between J and Ye.. So I'm gon touch on this, I feel it goes song by song.. But let's roll, letting this Game Red Album bang for some reason, and I'm hyped off this first track.. But peep it..

First, overall the album is incredible.. I've spun the whole thing, easily, 45 times, no Rodeo (no bulls**).. The only song I can skip is That's My B****, cuz I heard that a while back (although, today I kinda was diggin it so prolly wont get skipped anymore).. But yeh the album is on point, of course dope lyrics, amazing production, coo concepts, overall heroin (dope).. Only knock I have on it is that some songs too short, kinda has a mixtape feel to it, rather than an album.. But let's check these tracks..

Sidenote: Just changed to the WTT album in the earbuds, feel like its more suitable..

1. No Church in the Wild f/ Frank Ocean..
This songs even I think.. No ones verse really sticks out, Frank Ocean on the hook is money, and that little touch of The Dream is dope.. I think 'Ye has to get this one tho if I had to choose, just cuz the way he comes on.. On the real tho, I think Jay prolly has the better verse, I just don't know what he talks about off top ahaha.. I'm gon give this to Mr. West tho..

2. Lift Off f/ Beyonce..
First off, Beyonce makes this song, f it, this is Beyonce's song.. Seriously.. She kills this, she owns this.. I aint even a B fan but she does amazing on this joint.. And these two have such short verses it's hard to even dissect they lyrics.. But if you listen, Jay gets this one.. Ye verse coo, just normal 'Ye rambling, it's tight tho.. I spent like 5 mins talking to my Bro the other night about 2 bars from J tho.. "Earth is boring to him, it's making my d*** soft, when you Earnhardt as me eventually you hit a big wall".. I mean, dude basically saying I've done everything possible on this planet, only place for me to switch it up is on Mars, but the meat was that second line.. Brief History lesson, Dale Earnhardt was easily the best race car driver in the sports History, and had an accident during a race, in which he hit a "wall" and died from that.. Jay saying, when you at the top for so long you soon hit a point where you can't go up no more, or get stuck with trying to find new ventures, again, needs to take it to Mars.. All in all, Jay got this one..

3. Niggas in Paris..
Jay won.. Period.. Hahhaha.. Both they verses cold, but this why J won.. "Psycho, I'm liable to go Micheal, take your pick, Jackson, Tyson, Jordan, Game 6".. That shi cray ('Ye voice).. That line is too dope to not mention.. As it's spinning tho, I'm feeling 'Ye verse, ahahha.. "Bougie girl, grab her hand" But overall, W goes to Jay on this one, it could go either way tho, but gotta choose one.. And the ending part bout getting in my zone is tight too..

4. Otis f/ Otis Redding..
Who would drop an untraditional single, with back and forth mixtape rap with no hook? The DWade and Bron James of the rap game.. This joint is toooooooo coooooolddd (pool in a blizzard with ice cubes in it)..  Sheesh.. Idk who made this beat, prolly Ye, but damn, it's raw, makes you wanna sing.. But umm, this a tough one, you gotta go verse by verse.. "I invented swag"? J gets the first off that, ahahha.. 2nd set of verses.. This one might be even.. Breakdown!!!! Jay: "Looking like wealth" Much better than rich.. "Political refugee asylum can be purchased" Look up Political Asylum if you aint kno what it means, but basically dude saying after he "murks" you for messin with Bay Bro, he'll simply fly on his private jet somewhere, using his 5 passports ahaha, to a diff country and file for PA in which he can't be touched by any form of law enforcement, hence he's never going to jail.. Kanye: "I made Jesus Walks, I'm never going to hell" Just feel how he fed off J last line, the ol schoo back and forth rap is good money.. "Couture level flow is never going on sale" Couture is specially made clothing for specific people, kinda tailor made, usually isn't sold again in the same form to anyone else.. "Hermes of verses, sophisticated ignorance write my curses in cursive" Think this is a double entendre, Hermes is the messenger of the gods so he's delivering messages in the form of lyrics, and I believe Hermes is some sort of fashion too, like the best of the best, think they produce scarfs (don't quote me), and the 2nd half of the bar is just intelligent.. "I get it custom, you a customer, you aint accustomed to going through customs you aint been no where huh?" The rant on the different forms of the word custom give Ye the W on the 2nd half I think, just clever.. 3rd set of verses.. Jay: "Smoking Cubanos with Castro in cabanas" Just showcasing his moves overseas again, and just stating his status.. Fidel Castro was a leader in Cuba or something, look him up if you wanna find the specifics, cuz I don't know them, and I aint finna act like I do.. So Jay saying he tight like that to be smoking cigars (expensive cigars) with Fidel Castro.. "Build your fences, we digging tunnels, can't you see we getting money up under you" Every time I hear this I see Bad Boys II, but idk if folks in tune with this, but the Mescans (that's real life how I spell it), like the ones from Mexico, started building tunnels to move they drugs through since America threw them fences up.. 'Ye: "Pray that all of they pain be champagne" Just saying that hope the only pain yall get is drinks, but they killing the game (shoulder shrug).. Giving that one to Jay tho.. So if we do the math right, that's J 2 Ye 1.. So Jay got the Otis joint..

This last one done got the kid tired tho, I'll finish the rest of the album another day, hopefully 2morr..  So read up, ya deeg.. So far we looking at Jay-Z 3 Kanye West 1.. GNight.. Twit be that @dnorrisii too..

Track I'm spinning back: Wale - Barry Sanders.. This The Eleven One Eleven Theory tape is bananas.. I'll talk about that another day too..

Til then, it's always Peace, Love & Soul..

1..

D.No..

Entry 13..

"Ask me where my mind at, you can never find out".. - Wale..

Westup folks? Wanted to drop something, a little quickie..

But umm, I was chatting with one of my homegirls boutta week ago, and an interesting statement came up.. I won't give yall the full convo, but one thing really stuck out.. Peep it..

Light background info first.. Basically, this girl broke up with her dude after a loooonnnggg relationship.. Reason doesn't really matter in this case so we shall hold off on that, but check it.. Convo was on the subject of having to live your everyday/regular lyf after this breakup.. Going from talking/seeing/being with someone almost all day every day to not talking/seeing/being with that same person ever.. Shi is cold peanut butter (hard to swallow).. (new phrase, coining it, ahahahhah).. But umm, yeh that's one of the hardest parts about the break up.. So going from that statement that was made, we shoot to this, which is the meat.. She then says, they turn from one of the most important people in your lyf to strangers (don't quote me).. Thought that hit pretty decent tho, cuz it's real.. People can go from being the closets in your circle to being people you don't even kno really, more specifically, turning from a bestfriend to no type of friend at all (shi in some cases an enemy).. Step back right quick, if you gon get in a relationship make sure that person is your friend from the jump, it'll make it run smoother.. Iight, come back.. That friends to strangers (shouts to Wale for that phrase) transition thing is a tough thing to tackle, but a reality that gotta be dealt with..

But umm, that about it, I just wanted to throw that down.. Something quick, ya deeg.. Shout some love, hate, bash, likes, requests etc.. Cold world, bundle up..

Track I'm spinning back: Kendrick Lamar - HiiiPower.. Spinning this heavy, the heaviest of heavys, easy..

Til then it's always..

Peace, Love & Soul..

1..

- D.No..

Entry 12

"We only lose things, cuz it make us strong" - Lupe Fiasco..

Well well, is it our little Author, coming back Blogging it up a little altered.. What it be folks? I know its been the coolest of minutes since I throwed one of these guys down, but you know how it go, better late than never.. A lot been going on, but I'd go down in History for the longest Entry ever written so I won't throw everything out, ya deeg!!!..

Let's catch up right quick tho.. School ended a month or two ago, glad to be out that mug, but I feel like I'm already finna be starting back up.. Decided I'm gon go head and finish up and Graduate before I try this Overseas thing.. Umm, other than that, Summer been coo man, massive amounts of chillin and gym work.. Hit a Wedding joint at some point and that was pretty coo/weird ahahah.. Shouts to the Hullvalos connection.. Kid had to bring out the Men in Black fit tho ahahah, but it was real decent, good to see 2 Luv Birds.. Best part of summer so far tho has had to be FCA Camp UCLA 2011 which was dope as anticipated.. Got a chance to meet some coo new folks, quite possibly made a dent in a few kids lives with the help of my Meshach and Abendago Cook and EP, and managed to grow stronger in my own personal Faith and that's always good money.. Gotta shout out my boys right quick tho, E, Cook, J.Wil', Big Josh, Corey, B.Myles, etc. Them late night Mescan food deliveries with the Monster Burrito and Carne Asada Fries was money ahaha.. That was a good week tho man, for reals.. Had a chance to go out to the nice scenery of Capo Beach a couple weeks ago to help with my mans Cali Buss video shoot for his Let it Be joint.. Mug was real coo, figure the vid will drop in a few weeks on Face, so look out for that.. Shouts to Klay Thompson (Washington State/Golden State Warriors) for helping us out spur of the moment with some footage, dude is good peoples.. But umm, that about it for the catch up, so let's dive into some topics..

Sports Talk..

First off, ESPN completely sucks right about now, ahahahha.. Cuz all they are showing is baseball highlights which is about two things, a diving/jumping catch or a homerun.. Man, they gon need to fix these labor disputes in the NFL and NBA asap style, Hoop gotta little bit of time to chill, but the NFL season right around the corner.. I'm hearing that they close to a deal tho, so hopefully this is true, cuz I don't know what I'll watch, not a big fan of College football cuz it's too many teams to keep up with.. But me and my peeps was rappin the other day like what if neither one comes back for a minute? How we posed to survive? Hahahha.. Lord Willing a deal will be made on both sides..

I mean, I think I needa say this.. Dirk is a Monster (Nicki Minaj voice).. That is all..

So Pippen made that statement that Bron could be better than Jordan.. And I believe it (shoulder shrug).. I'm not saying he's better, but he has the potential to be better, if he decides to use the Gift that he has.. No one has been touched by the Man like this guy, 6'8 270 quick as H with dumb bounce? Luck of the Irish for sure, sheesh.. But he doesn't seem to have that killer mentality like Mike had and Kobe has (DWade even showed signs of it).. This guy should seriously just take over games, but he never does, if he wants to win multiple ships he will have to start being super selfish and then he can be mentioned in the comaprisons with MJ (maybe).. But for now, Mike is the best, non closer to him than Kobe.. 6th ring or not.. Hold that..

Oohhp.. I should've put my name in the Draft.. That is all..

Tunes..

Tape a little old now but it's been a minute since I blogged so I can do what I want.. Frank Ocean is tight.. I don't know if this guy can sing or if he's doing the "I can talk like I'm singing" Drake trick.. Either way, it's tight.. You know you niice when you put out a free mixtape and your label, which is Interscope by the way, decides to re-release the mixtape as an album.. It was THAT good.. I ride heavy with the Strawberry Swing (Coldplay cover), Dust, Swim Good, and American Wedding, them my joints.. Easy..

A whole lot of music been dropped but I can't talk about all of them, so I'll highlight a few tracks and what not..

J.Cole - Return of Simba and Lost Ones.. Both of those are too ill.. Those two show you what kind of range this guy has man, for reals, go from Street shi, to Hope/Struggle shi.. Reminiscent of Tupac, straight up.. Hyped for dudes album man, September 27th, I'm on it, and supposedly dropping a mixtape first? Whooop!!!.. Niice..

The hype I have for this JayZ and Kanye collab album Watch The Throne isn't even able to be described in a word.. Just know two of the top 10 best rappers are going to spit over one of the top producers in the game.. Need I say more?

Big Sean disc dropped, umm pretty decent, I'd give it a solid 7.5.. Feeling that joint with Lupe (Wait for Me).. Wordplay is niice on there.. Not too many other joints I'd shout out tho..

Drake has everyone going crazy right now and understandably so, that Marvins Room and Trust Issues are dope tracks.. He steady making music that me and a lot of folks my age can relate too, that's why yall seeing mad statuses/tweets with these songs lyrics.. Kinda looking forward to dude album, can't stunt, should be decent..

With about 327827873 Marvins Room covers being done, it's hard to actually try and give one a legit listen, but Jhene Aiko's version is tight.. Even though the quality was a little weak cuz she did it on her GarageBand, it's still appreciated.. Ya deeg..

That's all I got off top as far as music.. MESSAGE!!!

Talk..

You know what it is, the relationship segment of the joint.. Let's see here buddy.. Really aint got much to say, it's Summer so you know folks is single, haven't really had anyone come to the kid about a situation, at least I can't think of any right now.. I guess all I can say is if you feeling someone and wanna make a step go ahead and take the step, cuz the longer you wait, there's a few things that could happen.. That step may get further and further away, or someone could easily cut in front and take the step that you was afraid/timid to take in the first place.. Of course the ever prevalent risk of the other person not feeling the same, but that's the risk you take.. I think it's better if you find out sooner rather than later, cuz that's just time and energy wasted.. Think I said this a while back on Twit, but it'd be sweet if everyone was just upfront/100 with the opposite sex.. That would save people so much more time and what not.. But I don't think that's ever possible, I'm low key tryna make it happen, let's see what happens tho..

Wrap it Up..

Moms moved out to Vegas :).. Yeh that deserved a happy face.. Woman has my Heart, easy.. Now she don't live 7 states away from the kid..

Shouts out to my cuz/ace/mans hunnid grand E.Perry.. Cuz headed back to the Sota on Thursday, Pray for safe travel, the whole 9.. Now I gotta find a new workout patna tho..

Shouts to all my peeeps really, Steve, Drew, Ike, P, NeLoc, Cook, Reesha, G (Be safe out there fam), Frankie and whoever else I missed..

This Instagram app on the iP4 dope, follow at dnorrisii..

Tad bit late roun here, but left a little amount to read.. You know what it is.. GNight folks.. Drop some love, hate, stabs, jabs, likes, bites, whateva, on here or Facebook/dnorrisii @dnorrisii on Twitter..

Til' then it's always,

Peace Love & Soul..

Track I'm Spinning Back: Nikki Jean f/ Lupe Fiasco and Black Thought - Million Dollar Hotel.. Real smoove joint right there, kinda got a light old schoo feel to it..

1..

D.No..

Entry 11..

"If you Love me baby this is how you let me know, don't ever let me go, that's how you let me know, baby" - Jay Z..

Wassup with the wassup?.. We steady in the double figures now.. Finally got a nice lil min to sit down, let the music flow through the earbuds, and lay down an Entry guy.. Lo siento for the delay, but leggo!!..

Playoffs

WOW.. I don't know what's going on.. Memphis beating people, Russ shooting more than KD, Lakers getting SWEPT/smacked in the last game.. I aint even a Laker fan, but I even felt bad like, yall aint got no Heart or what? Heat dismantling my C's? Bulls pushing through tho I see.. Since my C's out, I'm riding with the Bulls tho, just gon voice that now.. But let's speak on these Conference Finals matchups, right quick..

In the East we got the Bulls and Heat.. Very interesting matchup.. Bulls won all 3 games in the regular season, but as the Heat showed last round with the Celtics, the regular season low key don't matter.. Prior to game one, I'm already thinking that the matchup is very good.. DRose will demonlish Bibby and Chalmers so prolly gon put DWade on him and that's gon get Wade tired from chasing that guy around after having to chase Ray Allen around the previous round, and on top of that Wade gon have to go against a steady dose of pretty good defenders in Keith Bogans, Brewer, and even Kyle Korver (he is iiiight when it comes to D).. The matchup of Luol Deng and Bron James is pretty good, Deng can't shut him down, but can be a nuisance, and with Bron, who isn't a great moves guy cuz he'd rather just go by people and dunk, that can be a problem for him.. Plus Deng brings a little O on the other side of the ball.. At the bigs spot, the frontline of Noah, Boozer, Taj Gibson and that huge white guy (ahahha forgot his name) should be enough to handle Bosh and umm, that's it, ahahah.. So after seeing game one.. Sheesh I aint think the Bulls would dub the Heat, but I guess they was just on.. And umm..

Jean Claude Van Dam, that's Disgusting (J.Cole voice).. Hahahha.. It happens to everyone, but when it happens, sheesh.. But anyway.. I don't see there being another blowout, either way, in this series.. I'm gon go head and call it Bulls in 7..

West side of things, we got the Mavs and OKC.. Offense vs offense yet again.. Idk who can guard this guy Dirk, I thought L.O. was the perfect matchup, but he torched the Lakers so maybe he's "unguardable".. Prior to Game one, I'm thinking maybe Ibaka and KD will share the load of guarding him, and KD can still drop 30 40, Russ drop 20 25, and James Harden put in bout 15, and shorten the amount of treys the Mavs hit and they should be straight.. Mavs gonna have to kill with Dirk and Terry as usual, get a solid spark from JJ, and use a steady dose of Marion, Stephenson, and Brewer to guard KD and hold him in check and they should be iight.. After watching Game 1, this guy Dirk is unguardable ahahah.. Sheesh, he made that lil fade away jumper look like a free throw, oohp, by which he hit something like 23 straight give or take.. I say Ibaka or whoever wants to guard this guy needa get in his body and stay in his shot pocket (on his right) and just contest, he gon make some, not 12 of 15 like last night though.. JJ was the reason why they won tho, cuz KD had 40 as well, but had no help.. Russ had an awful shooting night, but he still tryna find out where he can score.. Dirk will not shoot like that again, I'm pretty sure, ahahah.. So the matchup should be coo, I'll throw this one to 7 as well, and I'm gon call..... OKC with the 4-3..

We freestylin right now, meaning I aint come in with no topics so, might have to excuse the random-ness that might ensue..

Talk..

You know, the usual segment or rant about relationships.. Been a couple recent talks about the Game itself.. It's a Game whether you like it or not, it's reality.. From the jump, people basically out for one thing, guys and girls alike.. Why? Tell them that it's Human Nature.. Now, the Game is to play or get played, it's going to happen to everyone, even if you don't feel like you playing someone, there's a chance that you are, and if you aint feeling like you getting played, there's a chance you are.. Misconception is that men play more.. Now, I don't do surveys and shi, but from experience/hear say/etc. the game is played both ways.. Woman are more "secretive" about it, but it's all the same.. So that whole notion that men bout games can officially be deaded.. So if you not playing, or getting played, then you are either in a solid relationship or just straight single.. Now, for the game to end, there has to be a reciprocal action of not playing the game by the two people within the relationship.. Hard position to come to, with the risk of being hurt and all that stuff, but when that point is reached it's coo beans.. Til then, Play on playa..

Hoop..

Iight, so this kinda urked me a little bit.. Twitter be heavy during Playoff games (ummm follow me @dnorrisii) so of course the Timeline be going crazy round those times.. So the day that the Lakers got smacked, there was this buzz of Kobe will never be better than MJ talk.. Now let me throw out the fact that I aint saying dude is better already.. It's coo to say that he won't be better, but the basis of people arguments is what irritated me.. Many were saying, just cuz he didn't win that 6th ring, or the fact that they got damn near 40 pieced.. Pause kinfolk.. A ring doesn't define you as a great player.. People already saying Bron is Top 20 greatest, already, and he doesn't even have one ring, so chill on the ring talk.. Even if Kobe got to 6 people would still hate on him, cuz they feel he's an asshole, and all he cares about is the Game.. What people fail to realize is that Mike Jordan was the same way, the Game was everything.. Like when Bron complained about playing on Christmas or whatever, Kobe or MJ would never say that, at least in public.. Then people kept saying that MJ, would have never loss by 40 in a close out game.. Umm, did you people realize that the Mavs bench themselves score 86, while the Lakers as a team scored that same 86? And they hit like 64% from 3? That's crazy stats, I'm not sure Mike could have done anything like that.. Now Kobe could have dropped 70, and really should have, but that aint the easiest of things to do.. But, all in all, Kobe is not better than Jordan, but he's the closet one.. Hahhaha..

Now, let me peep this Bulls Heat Game 2 and grab some eats..

Yoga done shut my whole body down..

Track I'm spinning back.. Lupe Fiasco f/ Sarah Green - Letting Go..

Til then, it's always Peace Love & Soul..

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D.No..

Entry 10..

"Just a little old Hope, with his back against the ropes.." - Lupe Fiasco..

Life is good, lyf is good.. Feeling really good folks, like abnormally good.. For reasons that's unknown.. But umm, what upppp..

Catch it up right quick.. Grinding through this schoo crap for another month, while everyone gets out in a week or two, but oh well.. Boutta start looking for a j o b.. My mans NeLoc said finding a job is like tryna find 2Pac.. Hahahah.. He's low key correct.. I applied at Target a week ago online and left my availability open 24 hours a day 7 days a week.. And they somehow didn't even want to see the kid for an interview.. This why niggas sell drugs, ahahah, can't even get an interview dude, really? I'd rather they had told me in an interview that I'm terrible than to not have a chance at all, like why are you even hiring? Makes 0 sense to me, like no money.. That was a little rant but we back..

Playoffs or Osama Been Hidin?..

Playoffs.. Well most of my picks were correct.. The Spurs really f'd up with that L, cuz they way too old now to win another one.. But lets chalk up these Conference Semifinals right quick..

Miami and Boston: Best matchup, hands down.. This series should low key be one of the greatest, (hopefully).. Rondo should kill Bibby.. Ray Ray and Wade gon be even througout the series, cuz Jesus Shuttleworth seems to not miss 3's ever, and Wade on and off every other game.. Bron and PSpuared matchup favors Bron cuz Pierce gon expend a lot of energy guarding this guy and gon lose some on the O side of things.. KG should kill Mr. Raptor aka Chris Bosh (dude really looks like a Raptor, like thee actual dinosaur).. Center spot is a stalemate, I don't even wanna speak on that.. I want the Celtics to win, but it's going to be very difficult especially if the Heat lock up like they did in Game 1.. I see the C's pulling it out with Jeff Green stepping up and doing what he can, scoring 12-15 while spelling Pierce and helping to lock Bron.. I'm going Game 7 with a Boston W.. Oohp, watch for the resurgence of that man Shaquille "The Diesel" Oneal.. Bet..

Lakers and Mavs: Pretty good matchup right here.. I mean the Lakers are the Lakers, period.. They forever have Kobe, ankle and all and Pau Gasol/Gasoft and the rest.. Mavs is very stacked so they can hang with LA for sure.. People sleep on how niice this guy Dirk is too.. I mean dude is really good, even though he's a 7 foot jump shooter, he's not like Big Z aka Jigsaw from the Saw flicks, meaning he don't just stand and shoot wide open crap, he hits these one footed leaner runner shots with ease.. I see this going to Game 7 with every game being close except for maybe 2 in which each team blows each other out by like 15.. I'm going defending champs Lakers in this one..

Bulls and Hawks: First off, D.Rose, you can not get hurt ahahahha.. How'd this guy tweak his ankle at the end of the game man? Really?.. (Real life just shook my head so "smh").. I've gotten immune to the lower seed winning the first game in these playoffs, so the Hawks win tonight doesn't shock me, I see them winning two games at least anyway.. Rose will have to do his whole 30+ a game in order for Chicago to win, and Luol needa drop 15 to 20 while Ashton Kutcher/Kyle Korver needa go 3 for 5 from the Tre line.. Hawks are a talented team and Joe-Jo and J-Craw will score.. Key part of this game is Bogans and Brewer to hold those two scorers in check and the Bulls should be straight.. I'm gon call this one Bulls in 6.. (Could go 7 tho)..

OKC and Griz: Welp, no one expected Memphis to be here but they here and aint dissappointing yet since they smacked KD and them at they house.. Terrible.. Russ is niice but he gotta realize KD is the man, period, so hold off on how many shots he be taking a game (mainly jumpers).. No one, I repeat NO ONE, can hold Zach Randolph, point, blank, period.. OKC may needa do what the Hawks did with the Magic and let him get off but hold everyone else in check.. Perk and Ibaka gon have to hold down the paint like they posed to and KD will forever get off, Tony Allen too short to lock him up, he'll just shoot over him.. But we'll see how the series goes.. I'm gon call it OKC in 6..

Freeze Frame: Lakers just did some uncharacteristic stuff.. I'll leave it at that..

News..

Like a crip say, I got way too many Blues for anymore bad news.. This guy Osama Bin Laden finally was found and killed, I'm sure everybody and they Momma know.. ^Raise the Roof^.. Now people are acting like we done cured cancer or something.. Don't get me wrong, it's a great victory for America, more specifically, I feel for the families of the victims of the terroist attacks because maybe they have some sort of Peace now that they know that the mastermind behind the attacks has finally suffered consequences for their actions.. But, now we gotta realize the backlash that may spawn from this move.. We killed the leader, the controller, he wasn't the one doing the things, his followers were.. It's kinda along the same lines as a gang.. The dude at the top aint the most dangerous, it's the little folks under him that's doing the dirt so now they have no one telling them what to do so they have the potential to wile out, no Nick Cannon.. These followers may have the same resentment for Americans after this as Americans had for Muslims after 9/11, but the difference is most Americans weren't about to head to the Middle East and handle some business, while these people have the ability to, because this is what they are used to anyway.. Just putting things in perespective, not tryna scare folks, just shining on the real.. But my thinking is like who's gon rule now? It's now a matter of who can one-up the next guy for the leading position.. Folks don't need to be paranoid, just understand the possibilities.. But the ignorance/arrogance of some people kinda irritated me so I had to speak on it.. Just live your life (Rihanna voice)..

Livin' it up right quick..

Peep my mans Cali Buss music.. Threw some links out.. Both of these tracks are ceritfied dope.. If you don't like them, then you probably don't like music.. (Shoulder shrug)..

http://soundcloud.com/calibuss/i-think-i-love-you#

http://soundcloud.com/calibuss/free-people#

Lupe dropped his Words I Never Said video featuring Skylar Grey.. Very good video, represents the song very well as a music video should.. Peep it at http://www.lupefiasco.com/.. Best vid portraying the song I've seen since Eminem and Rihanna Love The Way You Lie..

Chris Brown dropped a Vid for that She Aint You song too.. Songs tight cuz it samples MJ - Human Nature.. Great stuff..

Seen Fast Five this past weekend.. Dope as H.. I only seen like the first one but this made me wanna watch all of the sequels.. If you haven't seen it yet, I'd advise you to go see it and stay til after the the credits are over for a suprise.. But great flick, plus the chicks were bomb.. Always a goody..

Real Talk..

So we know it's Curve Season, let's make that known yet again.. Anyone can get Curved, no one is immune, once you realize that, you goody.. But umm, people seem to hit me with they relationship probs like I'm a Guru or something, so after a few situations presented to me over the past couple weeks, I've come to the conclusion that chicks are shadier than men.. Hahaha.. BOTH SEXES ARE SHADY.. Just females are "better" at it.. That's it, ahahahha.. I don't want to put anyones business out just yet, so we'll chill on the examples..

Vibin..

I don't even have any new music for folks, ahhahah.. At least, no tapes, so I'm gon throw out some albums, kinda old, that I don't think people realize how nice they are.. Usher - 8701, Justin Timberlake - Future Sex/Love Sounds, John Legend - Get Lifted..

A few songs off these albums: Usher - Can You Help Me, JT - Another Song/All Over Again, Set the Mood Interlude..

That'll suffice for the night.. Been up since 4 something, I think I should sleep finally.. Throw some requests, love, hate, bash, laffs, clowns, jokes, likes etc. at me via Facebook/dnorrisii or Twitter @dnorrisii or on here if you gotta account.. Ya dig..

Spinning back: Jamie Foxx - Fly Love.. Real different, but believe me it's dope.. Jamie Foxx is too talented..

Oohp, just an instrumental, but quite Soulful.. Terrace Martin and 9th Wonder - Never Stop Loving You..
http://youtu.be/hpRoHC-19OM

Til then it's always..

Peace, Love & Soul..

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- D.No..

Entry 9..

"Decisions, decisions, this life is our decisions, and I got the right aim but not always the precision".. -Phil Ade..

Late night, great write.. Sup folks..

Mike Jordan on em.. (Meaning I'm 23).. Clap for em..

Looking like my playoff predictions are on point thus far.. Should be Negrodamus, ahahah.. Na but Playoffs are looking nice for reals, things getting chippy, that's always a goody.. Zaza really head butted JRich like 3 times, ahahhaha, that's G, he probably moves in silence like lasagna.. D.Howard always be getting them cheap shots in tho.. But umm, the C's smacked the Knicks, that series disappointing me man.. NY where you at? Melo can't do it solo, STAT and Big Shot Billups gotta get through these injuries and make this series competitve.. Much respect to the Heat for taking care of business on the verge of sweeping Philly, same with DRose and the Chitown Bulls.. Shouts out my Chitown lords by the way, JayB, DT and Dnice.. Lakers gon handle they biz in the next two, Portland gon come up on 4 in a row, bet.. Spurs as well.. Looking forward to seeing how the Thunder go do in the Mile High tho, with the altitude and shi, if Denver can get that W then this series should become interesting as it should be..

Since we on the NBA joint, let's touch on the ensuing lockout for next season.. I don't know all the specs and stuff but it's a money thing I'm pretty sure, because that's always the case.. The L wants the players to be paid less, cats be on that Spreewell talking bout they can't survive on just millions a year.. That's bull, I mean if you buying cars, houses, clothes and just splurging then you won't survive, point, blank, period.. There should be like a universal class for everyone called Money, to teach folks how to spend they money, invest to make interest for the future, instead of spending it on interest of the present.. But the lockout in general will probably happen, so we'll probably see a stalemate like we seeing in the NFL.. A lot of jobs on hold with lockouts man, if you take into account everything, from the stadium keep up, season ticket sales, advertisements during commercial breaks etc. It's going to be interesting to say the least..

NFL tho, man I feel sorry for the elite college football cats that have a promising career in the Pros but are basically being put on hold with this lockout.. Same situation over there with the money thing.. It's retarded, but it's reality.. Hope they get this mug resolved soon so we can get a football season next year, cuz I'd go bizerck (spellcheck) if baseball was the only thing on, sports wise..

Matta fact, how the MLB still alive? They be paying they players mad amounts of money, with no salary cap.. Makes 0 sense.. Oh well, shoulder shrug..

iPhone 5 being released in Sep or Oct.. Wow, how it get pushed back from June/July? And they saying it's gon damn near look the same.. Even with all this, I'm still gon prolly get it ahahhaha.. Or the new Sidekick 4g, you know that mug looks dope.. If AIM was still the shi, everyone would have that guy.. I say we bring it back, like corduroys, white tees, with the brush in our back pockets throwin up the W, cuz that's how we did it on the Westcoast.. Hahahhaha (insider), I aint seen that in a min.. But umm.. Peep it..

Tape Time:

Fabolous/Loso dropped his tape The Soul Tape a couple days ago and that mug is dope.. He's always been niice with the flow, very underrated, but I think he really did his thing on this one.. I've always bumped dude, and probably got his whole catalog, but on this one I feel he really put his Soul in this Tape.. Hahhaha, na but for reals, it's real tight.. First joint called Pain over that See World beat by Pac is my favorite thus far.. Coo features, one with Weezy coo and the joint with Trey Songz money too.. I'll be nice and drop the download link so yall can judge for yourself.. http://www.2dopeboyz.com/2011/04/21/fabolous-the-soul-tape-mixtape/

Talk:

I'm gon drop a little something that I've realized.. Men often front to they boys that they aint feeling a chick or wouldn't even give her the time of day, but on the sly they be trying to, or have gotten at the chick.. OR.. They lie about who they've hit, or just randomly feel the need to tell you they hit a chick.. I've come to the realization that these niggas be lyin, ahahhaha.. Flipside.. Women front like they aint feeling a dude, that whole playing hard to get shi, so when the dude aint tryna work no more and they pick up a new chick, they automatically hate.. Shi ladies seem to not like each other in general, I don't get it.. Chicks can really be around another girl they don't really like, but if we kickflip, Dudes aint having that, I know if I don't like a dude I aint finna be around this guy unless we gon scrap..

Me and my mans Ike be having some real convos tho on the relationship topics, I should start putting em up on here on the low.. One recent joint was the topic of the Title of Girlfriend/Boyfriend and what it means.. It's basically two things.. 1. You are low key obligated to communicate with that person, go on dates, hang out, all that stuff, and 2. It's a conscious to have one partner/so you won't cheat.. Quite simple, but that's basically what we marked it down to be.. Opinion, not Truth.. All it takes is for a person to not want one of these things and that'll be the end of that.. It's Curve Season so fellas, yall might start hearing some retarded excuses from these ladies..

For example.. If you ask a chick to hit a flick and she says she don't wanna go out, and you see her at a club that night, you got Curved.. Or if you ask a chick for her number and she says find me on Facebook, Curved.. Hahhaah.. Or if you getting in good with a chick, yall vibing, hitting on all cylinders, all that, and you decide to lock her up and she says she don't want a bf, Curved, you aint the only man she talking to patna.. Hahaha, let me stop tho..

Guess I'll cut this right here, left a little something to read.. I don't want to discourage any guys by the way ahaha, if you see something you like, go get it man, Easy.. I know I do.. Just beware that it's Curve Season..

Oohp, umm, we bringing back this l.y.f. clothing tho, be on the lookout.. Hit me if you tryna get some shirts.. Shouts out my peoples man, E, Ike, P, Drew, Frankie, G, Steve, NeLoc.. Whole Crew cuz.. But umm, got some Hoop to get into 2morr, I holla.. Stay up and Pray up til your Days up..

Spinning Back: Estelle & John Legend - Hey Girl.. (Listen to Legend get Soulful towards the end)..

Til then you know its always..

Peace Love & Soul..

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-D.No..

Entry 8..

A little bit of something, a whole lot of nothing..

Sup folks, you know with the NBA Playoffs jumpin off this weekend, I had to speak on it.. Throw my predictions and word bout the matchups and stuff.. Brace yourself, like overbite..

Start off with the East side of things first..

Orlando Magic and Atlanta Hawks: Decent matchup I believe.. No one can match up with Dwight "chocolate shoulders" Howard, as evident in game one.. Hawks are stacked with mad talent, but too much talent is a curse at times.. I think this series has the potential to go to 7 because if the Hawks play how they should then they can hang with the Magic with ease.. Joe Johnson is niice, and he needs to kill, as well as J Crawford.. To contend fully they need one or two more players to step up too like a Josh Smith and short ol Al Horford.. The strategy to just let Dwight kill and hold everyone else seemed to work in Atl's favor in Game 1, so well see what adjustments the Magic make in Game 2.. My call on this is Magic in 7..

Miami Heat and Philly 76ers: This isn't even a contest, or at least shouldn't be. I haven't seen the 6ers play all year, but I mean they playing the Miami Heat, ahahah.. It's gon be very hard for them to beat the Heat in a 7 game series.. Game 1 showed a little of what Philly can bring to the table as far as maybe making it a little hard for Mia, but they do have Bron Wade and (the never mentioned unless he has a bad game) Bosh.. Philly might can sneak one, maybe two in at home, but I'm gon call this one Heat 4-1..

Chicago Bulls and Indiana Pacers: First off, big ups to IE repper D.Collison for the Pacers.. He was Hoopin that first game too.. As far as the series goes, the Bulls had the best record, and best player in the regular season.. Therefore they basically should sweep this series, if things go how they posed to.. But it is the NBA, so anything can happen.. The Pacers had the whole game, until D.Rose did his thing and Korver hit that Trey, I mean some people scared now cuz they feel it gave the Pacers confidence, thinking they can hang with Chi.. I don't know Rose, but he seems like a super competitor so I'm sure he's gon rally up his team to not let that happen again.. This series could go 5 maybe even 6, but I'm gon put it on Rose to step up and bang on his team, and make this sweep happen.. Bulls in 4..

NY Knicks and Boston Celtics: This is easily my favorite matchup of the first round.. Call it the most intriguing because this is probably the only Series that is 50/50.. I should put it out that KG is my favorite player and I respect Ray Allen and Pierce game so I'm pullin for the C's, as I'd like to see them get one more with Shaq, cuz those are all "good guys" in the L.. At the same time tho, Melo game is sooo niice.. Illest triple threat player I've seen, cuz will rock you to sleep and pull up, stutter step, step back, rocker step, hezi out this World, to the rim, it don't matter, dude has a nice game offensively, prolly the best scorer in the L (debate me).. With all that being said tho, the question is the Knicks D, can they hold the C's? They have all the pieces to be a decent defensive team, besides a giant underneath, but they got athletic bigs in Turiaf and Amare that can contest at the rim so if they "buy in" (Coach Smith) to the D side they should be decent.. Boston just needs to do them and hold Melo and Amare a little bit, and make sure they completely lock up anyone else.. I wanna see this series go down to the wire every game as Game 1 displayed (Melo aint have to try and be a hero tho, ahahhaha).. So I'm callin this one Boston in 7.. (Watch Shaq get off when he come back too, ahaha)..

Left coast the best coast.. West Coast now..

San Antonio Spurs and Memphis Grizzlies: Game one was a nice lil suprise for me as it was for everyone else I'm guessing.. No one really seen the Griz taking game one for sure, but as I said earlier, it is the NBA.. The Cavs beat some top teams this season and no one woulda thought that neither.. But umm, Geee-no-billy aint even play, so I call that game one W a fluke, and the Spurs gon use they elderness and win the next 4 in a row.. So Spurs in 5..

Portland Trail Blazers and Dallas Mavericks: Very interesting matchup, this one can go either way too I think.. Dallas is another one of those teams that's stacked, like retardedly stacked, they got people on they squad I aint even know bout for a min, like Peja, really? Crazy, but they don't play no D ahaha, cept for Tyson Chandler.. Dirk is niice, but he's 7 foot and shoots jumpers, that's not a good move for the squad, he needa get some boards.. Flipside of things, Portland stacked too, Gerald Wallace is key in they success cuz he can lock Dirk and do all the dirty work, rebounds, blocks, run the floor, all the little stuff that teams need.. Aldridge is raw too, does all the things that Dirk should do, and that's why they gon win this series.. Think there's a possibility to go 7 but, I'm gon call Portland in 6.. Gon be some good games tho..

Los Angeles Lakers and New Orleans Hornets: Depending on whether Gasol or Gasoft shows up indicates which team will win the game.. Gasoft was present in Game One therefore the Lakers took a L.. My mans Ike pointed out that it seemed like LA aint even care that they was finna lose, I just took it as they are true vets and realize that this is only Game one, I'm not advocating taking the L, but I'm saying that they don't really need to trip, just do what they posed to do.. CP3 will kill DFish if they keep him on him for the whole series, that will be a problem, although I don't see Paul winning a game by himself if the Lakers come how they posed to.. I think they'll put Kobe on Paul kinda how they put Kobe on Russ last year, but well see.. Bench production is key for N.O. and that'll help them contend throughout the entire series.. Since they stole game 1, they got a little confidence, so I'm gon give them one more win, but I'll call the Lakers in 6..

Oklahoma Thunder and Denver Nuggets: My mans NeLoc put it best, "First to 150 wins the game" ahahaahha.. This is a high scoring matchup, everyone keeps saying that no D will be played, but game one had a billion blocks that I seen, so I wouldn't call it no D.. They put like 4 diff people on KD and he still murdered them, dude is just too raw, skinny and all.. And Russ will get off cuz he's too fast in the open floor.. Even tho Lawson and Ray Felton quick as well, they aint got the height to really bother Russ a lot.. Nuggets have 8 or 9 offensive threats, and Nene went crazy with the left hand bang ons tonight ahhahah.. He's very underrated, he can finish with either hand, decent size, and plays pretty good D.. There prolly will be a fight between him and Perk before the series over tho, should be funny.. The game tonight was controversial with that basket interference thing that gave the Thunder that go ahead bucket, there will probably be a Challenge Flag entrance into the NBA rules next season like the NFL.. But, I think the key for OKC is going to be bench production, the Nuggets got potential starters coming off the bench so there's an advantage for them, JHarden and Maynor gon have to bring bout 10-12 pts off the bench while Russ and KD get 35 each ahhaa in order to get the points.. Pretty good series I see brewing tho, I'm gon roll with OKC is 6, Nuggets don't have a closer.. Melo?.. Hahhaha..

Those are my calls, thus far, I think I'll speak on every round, or if my mind change or something I'll throw it out there.. Looks like it's gon be a lot of good games tho this year..

Still a Clips fan tho, don't get it twisted..

But umm, late night, time for the kid to knock.. Debate my picks, like em, hate, bash, call me crazy, whatever..

Til then its always Peace, Love & Soul..

D.No, signing off..

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Entry 7..

It's basically common knowledge now that I be laggin on the posts, so we'll skip that.. Wassup with the wassup tho? Gon switch it up a tad bit on this guy..

Iight so, it's pretty evident that I am a music head mos def.. More specifically I'm a lyrics guy, if an artist talking bout something and just hits me, I can run the joint back all day.. But umm, it's something about words having the power to illicit (spellcheck) emotion in the listener.. So dope to me.. And if you can throw that over a nice beat then it's easy money.. But umm, I've found myself to appreciate the art of writing, I wouldn't necessarily say that I'm niice at it, but I'm decent.. If I hear something, or read something, it'll just spark this random writing, in which I've coined, Brainwork.. But anyway..

I was on Face earlier, and this chick wrote on her status something along the lines of "why we always want what we can't have".. And this is what transpired from that..

"The allure of the chase, drives us, motivates and inspires us, that's why it's just, in our nature as humans to want what we can't have. As this drive, influences our strive, for something, otherwise, we're merely alive, for nohing. Yet, no one can truly pinpoint their purpose in life, that's why we try and read between the lines, as we collide with life's many battles in which we always seem to survive, in an effort to further define what it means to really be alive.." (prolly will add more)

Idk, I think that people have a lot to say, that they hold in, and this is a decent way to get it out.. I'd say to folks to just let stuff flow one day, it aint gotta rhyme or nothing, aint gotta be a rap, or poem, it's just words that mean something to you, and it might have the possibility to mean something to someone else, you never know.. Just let it flow.. Hahaha, low key just went sentimental, or philosophical on that, but umm, as you know how the river go..

Anywho, something real light.. And you know I gotta throw in a little music ahahhaa.. Jay Z linked up with Sade for that Moon and Sky remix and J completely murdered it.. He's prolly the only person that can even make that move, or have enough power/pull/stardom/complete geniousity (invented word, and what?) to make that connect happen, but that track is pure greatness.. Stamped it.. I'll get back..

Track I'm spinning back.. Phil Ade - Your Hands.. (It's rare to get this term to define your music, but Marsha Ambrosious (spellcheck) is "Soulful" the way she sings over that beat.. And of course Phil Ade lyrics is on point too..)

Til then, Peace, Luv & Soul..

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Entry 6..

I'm back, I'm back, I'm coo, I'm coo, VSquad representative..

Sup World? Been way too long since the kid laid something down.. Been laggin mad hard, but umm, I'm back on it.. Bet.. Shouts out to the folks who been in my ear bout me not bloggin too, shows that folks actually enjoy it, that's dope.. But umm, it's been a coooooo minute so let me catch yall up.. Warp Speed..

My Hoop season ended man, on a bad one, Semi Finals in the Conf Tourney, and with that my college career is over (barring some amazing paperwork, but we won't dive into that).. But umm, that L hurt, for reals.. I'm guessin I played decent from what everyone said, but I needed that W.. But, "can't dwell on the past, do well in the future" (D.No).. Easy.. So we on to the next venture.. Overseas? I'm wit it..

Schoo was workin the kid out tho to keep it funky.. Teach from this Environmental Racism class must've thought we was in High Schoo cuz she kept giving us mad tedious work, which I never did.. Dug myself a decent size hole, but climbed up out that mug.. Today actually is the first day of my break, matta a fact.. Had to wing my way through a presentation today, and I aint tryna sound cocky, but I murdered that shi (Weezy voice).. Hahhahaah.. Hopefully pulled an A tho, need that guy, to stay a C and up.. And pulled an 87% on my Final Test? What? Niice.. But yeh, kid now on Spring Break, prolly aint gon do nothing, ahahhaha.. Just tryna sleep.. Peep how cold my schoo played me tho.. My Spring Break is also our break between quarters.. Aint that boutta.. That got me low key hot, but oh well.. All in all, I think I'm pretty decent in my classes (Hopefully ahaha)..

And you know I got that LASERS, ohhh yeeeehhhh.. It's funny cuz, easily, 20 people hit me asking how I liked the album.. But umm, I'll drop my opinion later..

That's basically where we at now tho.. Let's speak on this Japan joint for a sec tho.. This stuff is getting kinda crazy, 2012 is low key happening ahahha.. I be joking bout that all the time but damn, just recently a few things done happened due to the climate, Hurricane, Earthquake, Earthquake/Tsunami/Nuclear Threat that kinda set aside the whole coincidence thing.. It's crazy man.. And my mans put me on with this conspiracy theory saying that if you add the two dates on 9/11/2001 and 3/10/2011 (Japan) they equal 12/21/2012 ("Doomsday").. WOW.. That's beyond crazy to me.. It's possible it could just be overthinking but the possiblility goes both ways.. Ya dig.. Either way tho, I'm going to Africa.. Hahhahahaha..

Aside from that tho, I been heavy with this music stuff man.. Been downloadin mad tapes lately.. So I'm gon throw out my opinion on these joints..

Jhene Aiko: Chick off that July song with Drake.. She is Japanese if you please ahaha, na but I mainly got the joint cuz she cute.. Pretty decent man, only spun twice.. But she gotta few tracks with someone name HOPE featured on em, he coo.. I'm guessing I should rate these 1-10, so I'll give this a 7 for now, til later spins..

Los: I aint got no tape or nothing from dude, but he kinda decent.. Heard him on Fall For Your Type, he killed that, went bananas, no ape, on this No Love freestyle vid I peeped a few weeks back.. Look out for dude I'd say.. Got decent range so I'll throw cuz a 7 for now..

Phil Ade: My cuz EPerry put me on.. Dude is niice.. Think he from DC, but he sound like Wale (flow, and voice low key).. But he got some real coo joints on his tape The Letterman.. Ones off top I digs is Worth Your Time and The Jacket.. I'll give dude a solid 8..

Mac Miller: I have no idea who this guy is, but Twitter was all over this guy so I had to listen.. I got like half way through the tape and was like na, I'm coo on dude.. He just sounds like a white guy trying to rap to me.. Grade at like a 5, he wasn't horrible to listen to, and I made it through like half which aint too bad..

Dom Kennedy: Again, Twitter made me get this, ahahah.. And my mans Buss said he was dope.. Ummmmm.. I made it to the 2nd song in the tape and that was it.. Wasn't feelin dude.. He reminds me of Game, but terrible, and his beats was wack.. Rating? 1

Pac Div: Heard these guys on XM up North in the van, so I decided to get they stuff.. Real decent man.. I'm a fan of groups, so that was already a plus.. They was iight tho man, I listened to the whole tape, so that's saying a lot ahahha.. Just rap about random stuff, so I'll give them a solid 7(.5).. Good music..

Travis Barker: I had to get this with all them features man.. CD was iiiight.. I thorougly liked about 3 or 4 joints.. One with Lu and Pharrell is dope as is the one with Bun B, Kobe and Beanie Sigel (Favorite).. I'll give this guy a 6 outta 10.. It's iight, it's just people on there I don't be feelin..

Kevin Mcall: Shouts to my mans Smitty who put me on this one.. I was feelin the first joint, so off that I'll give cuz a 8.. But rating had to go down to a 7, too much singing on there, I was confused if he was a gangster, or a rapper, or a singer.. But half the tape was decent so we stickin with a 7..

Lupe Fiasco: The long awaited LASERS dropped and you already know I went and copped that guy for $10.95 at Target.. Although it aint the usual Lu, it's still dope.. Certified.. He went more studio on this album, but I digs it cuz the label was all in his ear and on his head.. But you can still sense the "Super Lupe Lyrical" in the lyrics.. Hands down, favorite joint.. #1 with Sarah Green, Letting Go, appreciate that mug to the fullest, great track.. As far as a rating goes, I'm gonna go 9.. MDMA? I don't know who that is, but they got vocals, and they on like 3 or 4 songs..

That's all the music I can think of off the top tho.. Just my opinion, disregard it, take it, or whatever, don't matter to me.. I had something else brewing in my mind, but of course I done forgot it, so guess we'll leave it at that.. Look out for my mans Cali Buss, we dropping stuff this summer.. Bet.. Shouts out to my VSquad folk too man, E, P, Ike, Drew, Steve (Birthday shouts for 3/16), Frankie, G, NeLoc, BodeyLoc.. And whomever else mighta slipped my mind..

I'm finna get on this Duty, so I'll come back with somethin, left a lil bit to read.. Comment/Hate/Love/Request whatever you want.. If you can't on here, hit me on the Face /dnorrisii or Twit @dnorrisii.. Mm Hmm..

Til then it's always..

                                                                                                         Peace Love & Soul..

              D.No, Gone..

Entry 5..

Back at it after a little hiatus..

My bad folks, I been laggin on the entries.. Aint been on the comp as much, but we back.. Or he back, rather me back..

Let's start with the present and present the fact that it's Gameday!!!!!.. We got San Fran State tonight in the Eagles Nest and it's Homecoming.. Niiiiccceeee..

It's weird to me when people ask if I think we gon win.. Hahahha, like do you ever expect, or want, to lose in anything? I'm pretty sure I want to win every game I play in.. But maybe, I'm trippin..

Anyway, plan on getting the W tonight..

I caught via my Yahoo homepage, that the Egypt prez finally resigned.. That was a smart move since I figured he prolly had a billion hits out on him since he decided not to mention anything about resigning during his speech earlier in the week.. I know the Egyptian people was hot about that.. But I guess they happy as H now.. I don't know what's gon happen out there now, but I remember reading a couple weeks back that his son would take over I believe (could be wrong, but if I'm right, I'm not too sure that that'll make things better).. The aftermath of all that activity should be quite interesting, I'll try and follow it and see what's up..

This week has been interesting to say the least.. Took the hardest midterm of my life in that got dern Philosophy class.. I'm pretty sure the whole class was lost on that one.. Hahhahahaha.. It was essay/short answer format, which kinda helps the student (i feel), cuz you at least earn a few points off just straight bullin your answer versus on a multiple choice you either right or wrong.. Well see what the results of that guy are prolly next week.. I'm pushin for at least a C.. Mm hmm..

The kid got hit with another short answer midterm that following day.. That one wasn't as bad, but it was kinda bad ahahaha.. Maybe I'll pull at least a C as well on that one.. Shoulder shrug.. I'm beyond over schoo.. But umm..

That Big Sean J.Cole concert was last night at my schoo.. And that shi was soooo tight.. "It was a gang of b*****s" ahahhaha.. Na, but it was real coo man (and it was some nice looking chicks, most prolly don't go to my schoo tho, or they in hiding, I'm coo on that tho).. 2nd concert I've ever been to.. Big Sean was iiiight to me, like he had some coo tracks or whatever.. But after watching him last night, he made my list of "decent artists" ahahah.. He a little ass nigga, but he was a coo performer.. His 6's was cold as hell too.. The comedians they had was funny too, made the show that much more tight.. J.Cole finished the night off, and if you know me, you know I'm laid back, lazyboy chair style, but that nigga had me hyped.. Hahahha.. The chick next to me had to be hot cuz I kept bumpin her with my "Superhero shoulders" ahahha.. She was coo tho, she was low key rockin with me.. Shouts out my Team that made it too B, Ling Ling, Smitty, O, and JayNado.. But umm, back to the show, I must've recorded like 75% of Coles set.. That shi was dope, rapped damn near every song, his DJ was tight, hit a lil solo, reminded me of Q in Juice.. Hahahhaha.. All in all, a real good night/show.. Tempted to hit Sutra in Irvine Saturday night to see Cole perform again but idk bout that one.. He's a good performer, but as far as it stands, Lupe, to me, performs the best.. But my list of acts I've seen is limited to Big Sean, Lu, and Cole, so my say aint much..

Watching the performances tho, made the kid really wanna step in this music game heavy.. I aint tryna rap really, but I just wanna be somewhere in the mix, just feel like that shi would be mad fun.. If my mans stop bullin, we might can make somethin happen.. I'm cosigning my mans Cali Buss.. So go to iTunes, myspace, facebook, twitter, youtube, wherever to hear this guy, I swear he's nice, real nice.. Just gotta get to the right spot, and I'm tryna make that happen.. Yep, put it on my short list of goals..

Aside from all that, on the real I'm over here stuck with how to fix this situation I got goin on.. Vibe aint clickin like it was about a week ago.. I got a major move that should go through, but contemplating whether or not to make it.. Gotta think about this one.. But in the meantime, between time, I'm a go head and keep vibin to these tunes and get ready for this Game, mentally.. I'll get back with yall.. Oohp, big ups to my RCC Tiger Fam, won Conference.. Still "We All We Got"..

Til then, Stay up and Pray up til your Days up..

Peace Love & Soul..

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Entry 4 (cont.)..

Big ups to my mans Smitty for the input in entry 3.. I hear you on the Carter 2 being a dope album.. Hustler Music is easily one of my favorite tracks.. And The Mobb is a track that everyone seemed to have slept on, he came hard on that joint.. The hunger Wayne had on that cd was very vivid.. And I hear you, I got this Love/Appreciation for music for some reason as well.. Feel like it's a great form of expression whether it be through lyrics, or a couple drum kicks, and piano keys..

I'm not tryna put people on this guy Lupe, it's just to me, dude is an incredible artist.. In my book, best lyricist of all time.. LYRICIST..

And it's coo for people to listen to they type of music.. "To each its own".. But Em was on point with that line "it's about a hot beat".. That's all people like these days, and that's coo for them, but it aint a great indicator of good music.. I prefer the music that illicits some type of emotion/appreciation.. Music that's made for the fan.. This Em line paints a picture of what I'm talking bout..

"That's why we, sing for the kids who don't have a thing, except for a Dream and a f*****g rap magizine, who post pin-up pictures on they walls all day long, idolize they favorite rappers and know all they songs, or for anyone who's ever been through s**t in they lives, til they sit and they cry at night wishing they'd die, til they throw on a rap record and they sit and they vibe, we're nothing to you but we the f*****g s**t in they eyes, that's why we seize the moment try to freeze it and own it, squeeze it and hold it, cuz we consider these minutes golden".. - Eminem (Sing For The Moment)..

Music that can get you through a bad situation/empower the listener/take your mind off reality for a min.. Something like that..

And umm Verizon users, just know you can't multitask while on the phone with the iP4, and that ATT commercial proved it, ahhaha..
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Entry 4..

My St. Louis Rams aint in this Super Bowl, but I guess I gotta voice my pick.. I'm going Pittsburgh Steelers, mainly cuz my mans hunnid (100) grands is a Packers fan.. I hope it's a good game, I'm calling 20-17.. Mm Hmm..

 I'll throw somethin out later tho.. Peace Love & Soul..

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Entry 3

O Le Do It, Hey..

Well, you know, it's Game Day and what not.. I aint go get no shots up this morning partly due to the fact that I aint wanna wake up.. Just finished going through this study guide for this Midterm on Tuesday for this Rhetoric and Social Controversy.. I basically don't know anything that's going on in that class, mainly cuz I don't pay attention.. And we got that ever so present "I wanna interrupt the teacher all the time, and go off on tangents with my comments and questions and remarks" type of guy in my class.. My classmates hate that guy, hahaha, it's hilarious to me.. Every time he speaks its like a unison of "damn why is this guy talking again" looks.. You can find me in the same boat, or playing one of the apps on my phone.. But, besides that, I don't even have the book, and the test is short answer based on the readings.. Hahhaha.. This is going to be very interesting to say the least.. I'm low key confident at the same time tho, for reasons I am unaware of.. Maybe it's naive-ness.. We shall see tho..

Prior to this studying, I found myself lost on the net, as usual.. Stumbled upon Lupe Fiascos website and started peeping some of his videos.. My likness of the guys music just jumped even higher on the scale, especially when I seen the freestyle he kicked in NY for about 7 minutes.. Not like the traditional freestyle, more along the lines of spoken word, without the uplifting factor, per se.. Watched some interviews as well.. Pretty coo stuff.. At first I seen the tracklist only had 9 tracks, which had me a lil heated, ahahha.. Peeped KillerHipHop.com and seen that there is actually 12 songs, which is still not a lot, but I'm pretty sure it'll be dope.. My mans hit me on Twitter talking bout I should get the Wiz and Wayne cd's when they drop.. And that's where we finna take it..

You peoples obsessions (spellchecked by BAY) with these guys baffles me.. Wayne is dope, I can't stunt, but people think dudes rhymes are beyond deep.. I can understand what this guy says most of the time on the first listen or maybe 2.. I'm not saying he's not tight just cuz he aint deep like that, but that's just the type of music I enjoy.. But I just dont like when folks be like dude is "deep", or his "swag" is tight.. I don't care about no one swag cuz.. And this Wiz guy done got people messed up.. Like Wayne started making mad people get tattoos a year or two ago, Wiz done got everyone and they Moms smoking.. Like you aint coo just cuz you smoke, ahhaha.. I mean, if you choose to smoke, go head, but to smoke or do anything just cuz a famous person does it is quite lame to me.. Shoulder shrug tho, cuz thats yall peoples lives.. But back to the cd's.. I decided I won't purchase Wiz cd most likely because I don't want to.. I like the way dude flows, but his content don't really tickle my fancy (yep, i used it).. The Wayne tho, might get a purchase from the kid, he usually has some decent cuts.. I'll mos def cop this Slaughterhouse joint this Tuesday on the 8th tho with my newfound likeness of Joell Ortiz (shouts out to B for putting me on) and Joe Budden (thanks to Mood Muzik 4 and Ordinary Love pt 1).. That cd hopefully will be tight..

I got a grip of cd's/mixtapes I gotta peep tho.. Talib Kweli, Neyo, this guy Tiron just to name a few..

And this guy Trey Songz murdered this got dern Look At Me Now song.. Sheesh.. Hahahha..

We outta here at 345 for some Pregame meal at Sizzler, got Pomona at Pomona tonight at 730.. If you roun here, come through.. Eagles Up..

Spinnin back: John Legend & The Roots - Shine..

I'll get back later possibly (maybe I'm telling the Truth this time).. Til then, Peace Love & Soul..

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Entry 2

Mmm hmm.. What uuuuppp..

Finally caught some details on the iPhone 5 release via Google.. I'll throw some specs out that interested me.. The introduction of the A5 or I5 chip or whateva is gon be dope.. Makes the phone something like 4 times faster than the ip4.. The phone is already faster than my wifi on campus, so that's gon be sweet.. They finally gon make a bigger jump when it comes to camera performance, idk exactly the megapixels but hopefully it's decent enough to not be mad about.. I know its not gon be incredible because Apple doesn't want to make the perfect phone even though they have the means/technology/intelligence to do it, mainly because they want the consumers to keep buying them.. I am one of the culprits of this massive consumerism.. (Shoulder shrug).. Anywho.. Next item, astounded the kid.. Idk how it's gonna work, but basically, your ip5 will be your atm card, like you just slide it or scan it over the counter or whateva and it acts as your "wallet".. Crazy stuff.. Prolly won't use that tool, but its tight to say that you can if you want.. All in all, I'm hyped for this ip5 release loc.. June or July.. And for you people who choose Verizon over ATT, and expect Verizon to get the 5, you are wrong, on so many levels.. Hahha.. Na, Verizon doesn't have a contract with the 5 (just yet) that's all, so ATT customers will be the only rockers of thee 5 guy.. Lo siento..

Another thing that I'm hyped on is this release of Lupe Fiasco's third album.. LASERS.. It's been too long since I've heard some real great music (Kanye album was incredible tho).. But Lu been slippin on the music, or at least his label been bullin.. But that release this week of Words I Never Said ft Skylar Grey is amazing.. Only rapper I can think of since Nas with his Untitled album that is tackling issues or situations in society.. I mean dudes first line of the track is so dope.. Wait.. DOPE!!!!.. "I think the War on Terror is a bunch of bull****".. Who else would even say that, and make it their single? That's too ill to me.. I'm catching word via Twitter that he has like a bundle pack of like 50 bucks.. Including a Tee, poster, cd, and 2 downloads or something.. From a Marketing standpoint.. Niice.. Too juiced about this album tho, first two were dope, so I'm pretty sure this ones gon be crazy ill.. The Show Goes On is another track that he dropped, inspirational like crazy.. The guitar on that track in incredible..

Boutta head up to this practice in a few.. I'll lay somethin down prolly later.. Bread down of Lupe Words I Never Said track? Possibly.. Til then, Peace Luv and Soul..

Shouts out to Alex J. (cuz she don't know how many Alex's I have in my phone) for letting me mutiltask and write this and Skype.. 1..

Entry 1..

Let's get this thing started with some philosophical thinking being that I'm in this philosophy class, bored out of my mind..

I've come to the conclusion that if I drank, and got drunk, I could get away with so much that I can't get away with being sober 24/7.. That's far from fair in my book, but (shoulder shrug).. Its a good excuse to do as you please, (drinking that is).. Fun stuff..

I been catching a little bit of what's going on in Egypt and what not via the CNN app on the iP4 guy.. I'm not too sure what exactly sparked everything, but my African Brother put me on game low key.. These people got the president scared to even run for re-election.. I could be wrong, but that's what the people want anyway so I guess they've done their job.. My thing is people roun campus mainly, seem so astonished by what's going on over there like we don't have problems over here in America ourselves on our streets.. People killing people for seemingly no reason, at least not on that high of a grand scale.. Stuff is crazy period..

The question of whether or not verbal flirtation is considered cheating when in a relationship came up yesterday in one of my classes.. I'll tackle this with the basis that everyones answer will be different because its mainly opinionated.. My answer would have to be flirting is coo, but if you lead people on, knowingly, one your an asshole, and two that's just f'd up.. Hahaha.. But intentions come into play when flirting, if you genuinely just flirting as normal conversation without the idea somewhere in your mind that I wanna get with this other person then you good money.. But we all know as Humans that is rarely if ever the case.. So with that being said, I think flirting comes with a physical attraction and being that this is the case you can't help but flirt, especially if it's with someone who you are physically attracted to.. You can say that it's coo as long as you don't act on the words being said, but words have just as much of an impact as actions do, it's just that actions back up words.. Ultimately, I guess my answer is.. Flirting is not cheating, it's Human Nature.. But like my man's Baby Jesus said "It's frowned upon"..

I'll be back later, hit me with some comments, requests of topics, bashings, hate, Love, don't matter..

Track that I'm spinning back at the moment.. Skyzoo - Langstons Pen..

Peace, Love & Soul..