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..

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-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..

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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..

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- 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..

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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..