Whooop!!! Motivated just from being broke.. Whooop!!! Had a Dream like Martin Luther, little bit of Hope.. Took a minute for the Kelly Ro to transpire (Motivation (you know since she had a song called Motivation, and me saying Kelly Ro......nevermind)), but regardless, we back.. Rather me back, or he back.. You get the deal..
Where to even begin tho? I left off on some random stuff so I guess we can keep it going in that direction and just rap.. Think I'll finish this Watch the Throne review tho.. (I don't care if it's outdated in the music world, it's a classic album and I said I'd do it).. Man of my Word.. But anyway, here we go..
Schoo and Hoop, schoo and Hoop.. Pulled a solid 3 0 in the Fall Quarter, decent work, straight B's cross the board with no books.. I'm decent.. Cuz on break for this last week before Winter starts on this coming Monday, and I'm coo with that.. Finna graduate this year so I aint even trippin G.. Pretty hyped about getting this degree tho.. Kind of a big deal for an African American to get his Bachelor's these days, so I'm gon rep for us.. Hahaha.. But on the Hoop side of things, besides the little break, the kid been staying in shape you know, still pushing for this overseas once school out.. That's the plan, ya deeg.. Helping to assist with the coaching over at Cal State LA and that's an interested position to be in.. Super frustrated would be the best way to describe it.. I be wanting to just hop on the court myself and do something.. But overall a good, rather great, learning experience.. Learning a lot bout the game, from these coaches, and critiquing players on the court.. Still got the Hunger to win every game, low key be waking up hyped on Game Days like I'm playing or something, ahahaha.. Fast forward tho, just went into Diary mode.. My bad..
In other news, 2012 is here and in full effect.. Brought in the New Year pretty decently, on a pretty random push to Vegas New Years Eve night.. Shouts to all my peoples who was out there.. Drew, Ike, DT, B.Lin, Nikki Z, Reesh, Marcella etc.. Vegas was cooo, I low key think I wasn't really feeling it for some reason.. But it was a solid night, for sure.. And we will be back, cuz I gotta gamble.. Hahhaha.. Maybe that's why I wasn't that hyped, I usually leave with barely enough money to eat cuz I lose it all gambling.. Hahaha.. Guess that's a good thing to have money to eat tho.. Can't call it.. That was probably the quickest catch up, but it's basically where we at these days loc..
Oh yeh, seen Moms and Lil Bro Mally Maal in Vegas for Christmas too.. That was sweet.. Moms is always a joy to see, and Maal is ADD times 1000.. Jesus.. But he coo.. My lil mans, hunnid grands..
Sports Talk
My Clips got Chris Paul.. Oohp, let me make sure yall understand that I been riding with the Clipper Nation since forever, so don't try and call me a band-wagoner.. Ask about me and see if you aint heard.. Hahah.. But anyway, about this trade.. I didn't like the fact that we gave up our whole team for one player that wasn't named Shaquille Oneal, but it is what it is.. I really wanted to keep Gordon because he was our knock down shooter and cuz had GAME, period.. But the backcourt of Paul and Big Shot Billups is solid I'm seeing, because they can spell each other at the PG, and they both lock up on D, and Billups can hit that trey-ball.. The addition of Caron Butler is a solid one because he'll give us a decent defender on the wing for the elite guards of the L, and 10-15 points each night.. And our front court is easily the most exciting front court in the L.. No question.. Rhetorical style.. But umm, Blake Griffin dunks everything.. And DJ, well, dunks everything.. Hahaha.. With Chris Paul handling the pill, I can see why the "Lob City" would spur up.. But the Lob Angeles Clippers, yeh I said it, got some work to do.. Exciting to watch on O, but we still gon need to play D, and get one or two more pieces off the bench.. We need a veteran big to back up DJ and B.Griff.. Foye holds it down for the scoring along with Mo Williams off the bench so we shall see.. Normally someone would be like it's a long season, but being that it is 20% less games, we gon have to figure it out asap.. Oh and I will be at the OKC @ LAC game January 30th.. No question, you aint gotta A-S-K..
And speaking bout the lock out.. The players got absolutely nothing out of this, they settled on a 51-49 margin of pay or whatever you wanna call it.. And the average paycheck lost was 200 or 250k so they lost that, and now they gotta play way more games in such a short time.. That back to back to back thing has to be grueling for a 48 min game.. Shouldn't have locked out in the first place, or actually stayed locked out.. The owners are gonna be sitting on their almost billions of dollars regardless.. That's just the way the cookie crumbles.. Now if you wanna make mad money, own something.. But glad to have the NBA back, that's for sure G.. Life was extremely boring watching a Top10 in the Fall and Winter with nothing but Football and Hockey and.... well aint no other sports really.. Hahaha..
I am a St. Louis Cardinals fan.. And we won the World Series.. Now, I aint huge on watching baseball, but I've watched two World Series that I can remember, and ironically enough, both times my Cards won the whole thing.. See a pattern? I do.. But umm, this was, from what I was hearing, the most exciting World Series ever, and the kid was hyped every game.. David Freese came through a billion times, and Pujols did his thing for one game.. Think he hit like 3 homers, no Simpson, in one of those games.. But very intense series, good stuff, probably won over some new baseball fans, and that's good for the L.. Now how we win the whole thing and our best player leaves to a different team after tho? -_____-.. Really dude? Guess we just gon have to Papi (beat/smack) the Angels WITH Pujols.. Shoulder shrug..
NFL.. Well, my Rams suck.. That is all.. But, if we can get that WR from Oklahoma State, Blackmon?, we should be coo next year, but we shall see.. Glasses on.. Sidenote tho, my Texans headed to the playoffs, kinda, gotta win this Wild Card first with our starting QB Schaub and WR Andre Johnson both out.. But there's hope..
Hol up, let me shoot back to the NBA.. The Miami Heat, more specifically LeBron James, look like they out to win this whole thing.. Seriously.. They are going to be in the East Finals against DRose and the Bulls.. That will be an amazing series, I think Miami gon come out again tho, just cuz they got too much fire power.. Norris Cole their closer? Hahaha, maybe.. Out the West tho, I'm riding with KD and the Thunder to go up against, hopefully, my Clips.. Russ should have it together by then, but my Clips won't be fully meshed yet I don't think, so OKC should come out of the left coast, the best coast, which is the west coast..
Tunes
Well well well.. First off, musical taste, as any other taste, is completely opinionated, so don't be trippin if someone likes certain things or whatever.. Off my chest, like a bench press.. But umm, a boat load (really just used that?) of music has been circulating since my last entry.. To speak on all of it would take too long so I'm gon holla bout some things I like and the hypest (invented word) things.. The infamous Cole vs Drake is up first..
I've been listening to both for the same amount of time, and I ride with Cole the heaviest.. Drake got some cuts for sure, dude is niice, especially when he does the relationship raps, that's when he at his best.. Be singing a tab bit too much tho to be a rapper, but it's him.. Dude is seriously weird, I mean he is from Canada tho.. But Cole brings that hunger, every single time.. His album is ill to me.. Touches on so many subjects man, from the struggle, to making Dreams come true, abortion, cheating, relationships etc.. Favorite cuts off that, and a must on your playlist are, Breakdown, Dollar and a Dream III, Nothing Lasts Forever, Rise and Shine, Nobody's Perfect, Lost Ones, Lights Please.. Hahhaa darn near the whole album.. I really can't even skip a song on the album 'cept Work Out and Cole World.. Drake album is solid tho, real solid, can't stunt.. Too much singing tho, but smart move by following the formula of the first album.. Tracks on there I'm digging for sure are Shot For Me, Good Ones Go, Doing it Wrong, The Ride.. Sidenote: Drake's last like 6 bars of The Ride are incredible.. But overall, I f with Cole, no knock at yall, just my pick..
Giving Drake album an 8.. Digged the content for the most part, little too much singing, and a lot of the songs were pretty short with like 2 verses.. PS: Drakes best song ever is Club Paradise.. No question.. And that Motto joint rocks.. But neither was on the album..
Gotta give Cole a 9.. Some of the songs were old, and some of the bonus tracks should have been included in the final cut.. But a very good first album, with a lot of the production coming from Cole himself, so that's pretty cool.. To call it Classic tho? I might, ahahaha..
Wale dropped his album, Ambition, and it was pretty dope.. He still aint back to that old Wale that I was feeling a couple years ago.. If you don't know what I'm talking bout go get his Back to the Feature mixtape and peep it.. That's the Wale I like.. But the album was still coo, got some pretty coo cuts on there.. Favorites gotta be Illest B**** Alive, Legendary, Lotus Flower Bomb, Sabotage, Ambition.. Solid first album tho.. I'd give it a 7..
Never really listened to The Roots but their album Undun is incredible.. Amazing.. Sensational.. Hahaha, all that.. Give it a solid 9.. Real good production, and Black Thought has a smooth flow over smooth beats, you can't lose.. Features on the cd fit perfectly, and I barely know any of the people.. Favorite cut off their is Make My with Big Krit.. Uncut dope, Blue Magic..
Those are probably the albums that stood out the most to me.. But there's a couple albums I wanna put people on.. That Robin Thicke - Love After War, Tyrese - Open Invitation both are great R&B joints.. Robin Thicke songs I'm digging are I Don't Know How It Feels To Be U and Mission.. Ty got a joint called Takeover, niice.. Probably some more, but that's all off top..
Got some cuts that I done came across that are ill, but a little different.. John Mayer - Free Fallin, Gravity, (really his whole Continuum album) Slow Dancing in a Burning Room, James Morrison - Right by Your Side, I Won't Let You Go, Rascal Flatts with Natasha Bedingfield - Easy, Anthony Hamilton - Who's Loving You, Mayer Hawthorne - Get To Know You.. Low key a bunch of slow stuff, but ol well, that's mainly what I listen to anyway..
Common album is coo too, 5 or 6 really good songs on there.. Rest is solid, gotta give it another spin tho..
Lupe Fiasco - Lightwork, SLR, Joaquin Phoenix, Life Death and Love from San Francisco.. All off his Friend of the People tape.. All dope.. Different sound by Lu, I still needa spin it more to give it a rating tho..
Rant
Being that my hands hurt from typing this, I'll keep this short.. Just gon make a statement.. It's no point in being in a relationship with someone if you don't see yourself with that person in the future.. Why even waste time? So you can feel comfortable? Drake said it best, "We live in a generation of, not being in Love, and not being together, but we still make it feel like we're together, cuz we're scared to see each other with somebody else".. Haahha, I would use a Drake quote tho.. But anyway, even if the title aint there, people gon still act like the title there.. Sometimes I mean.. But to each it's own.. Just an opinion..
Wrap it Up
Can I say that this Summer of Hoop was exciting to watch with all these NBA players putting on shows across the country.. But that's it for now, even though it's a grip to read, read it chumps.. I know I slipped up and aint get to the WTT, but next Blog dedicated in full to that.. So hold tight, rollercoaster bars.. And trust I will be back on the blogs.. I mean it's a New Year -___-.. Hahahah..
Shouts to my peeps man.. E, P, Ike, Drew, Steve, NeLoc, Smit, B, G, Frankie..
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Track I'm spinning back: Phil Ade - Coming Home.. Real smooth..
Til then, it's always..
Peace, Love & Soul..
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