tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44462076056753236522024-03-08T12:14:08.083-05:00Since They Wanna KnowMusic, sports, whatever I'm thinking about.Mike Haugbrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08514956250805476686noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446207605675323652.post-91871543866246999222011-08-31T11:56:00.000-04:002011-08-31T11:56:01.404-04:00Oops...So after a long hiatus from posting, I want to inform all of you that I am back! Sorry about the leave of absence but there are a lot of albums coming out, I just downloaded Terius Nash's (formerly known as The-Dream) free LP <a href="http://www.datpiff.com/The-Dream-1977-mixtape.262900.html">1977</a>, and the NFL season is just about ready to begin. Don't lose faith, I'm still here.Mike Haugbrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08514956250805476686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446207605675323652.post-36534136439761308902011-07-11T21:46:00.000-04:002011-07-11T21:46:38.771-04:00Kickin' it with...whom?Wale in "TV in the Radio" featuring K'naan from his album <i>Attention: Deficit</i>, "I kick it, I kick it like Olindo."<br />
Hoodie Allen in "Party at the Beach House" from his mixtape <i>Pep Rally, </i>"We doing this for kicks, I'm Matt Stover." (For those of you not physically dependent on the NFL and fantasy football, see: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olindo_Mare">Olindo Mare</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Stover">Matt Stover</a>) I don't have much to say about this, I just found it amusing that not one, but two people have given shout-outs to NFL kickers. The scrawny looking guys at the end of the bench. The unidentifiable ones. The guys whose jerseys aren't in the stores. Good for them though, lord knows they aren't going to be on SportsCenter anytime soon.Mike Haugbrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08514956250805476686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446207605675323652.post-6107134560279304462011-07-07T13:11:00.000-04:002011-07-07T13:11:27.650-04:00The Best Femcee Alive, Since The Best Femcee RetiredWhile everybody fawns over Nicki Minaj, and pays mild attention to Lil' Kim in case she ever releases anything worth listening to, I have been following the career of a female rapper about three leagues out of Nicki's or Kim's leagues. Dooming herself to underground success with little hope for a more widespread fan base, she allied herself with lyrical demi-god Talib Kweli and his label Blacksmith Music, and has been releasing top notch albums since her 2002 debut, <i>Attack of the Attacking Things</i>. If you haven't gotten it by now, I'm talking about none other than Jean Grae. On June 23rd she released her latest project, <i>Cookies or Comas</i>, as a free mixtape as a prelude to her upcoming album <i>Cake or Death</i>. (see: <a href="http://www.datpiff.com/Jean-Grae-Cookies-Or-Comas-mixtape.243751.html">Datpiff.com</a> for the download)<br />
Gaining popularity amongst the more informed hip-hop crowd is something Grae has been doing since the 90s, and that trend continues with <i>Cookies or Comas</i>. Her guest list reads: Kweli, Styles P, Pharoahe Monch, Boogie Blind and Royce Da 5'9". Her production list includes Boogie Blind, Ski Beatz, and other predominantly underground names. The closest she gets to anything mainstream, is her remix of Kanye's recent song "Blame Game." However while the mainstream may never get its hands on this tape, it doesn't mean those who listen won't love it.<br />
Jean Grae is easily the most talented active female emcee, and in my opinion could sit as high as fifth on the all time femcee list (topped by Eve in my opinion, but that's a discussion for a later time), and she seems to know it too. Unlike seemingly every other femcee, Grae is opposed to raunchy rap, and lets her natural gifts flow both rhythmically and lyrically. She touches on love, instead of "pussy poppin.'" Socially critique instead of the club scene. And fun rap instead of trying to be the most ghetto, or "hard."<br />
One asset that cannot be overlooked in this tape is Jean Grae's humor. Both in her raps, and in spoken portions of her songs, she has some quotable lines that will make anyone laugh. Often times at the expense of the stereotypical femcee. For instance in "I Rock On," she ends her song with "I rock on, and on, and on and on, and we ain't leaving until six in the morning...well probably five, because six is entirely too late." To end her final song, "You Don't Like It," Grae follow<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">s her final line of rap, "gun t</span>ucked in the rear pocket, ducking the fuzz" with a mock conversation with a police officer about how she does not actually carry guns, and in fact has not brought knives, or even her fists with her, begging the officer to let her go because she has no weapons at all. Purposefully poking fun at the widely accepted image of a female rapper, or rapper in general, Grae genuinely sounds like she had fun making these songs, and it puts a smug grin on the face of any self declared "knowledgeable" listener. A little hipster, I know, but oh so much fun.<br />
Bottom line: don't sleep on Jean Grae. If you aren't willing to spend any money on her music, at least download the mixtape, it has ample replay value, and is easily in the top three mixtapes of this year, if not #1.Mike Haugbrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08514956250805476686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446207605675323652.post-11612800871156962032011-07-05T16:53:00.001-04:002011-07-05T16:53:44.013-04:00The Original Lazy SongAlmost everyone in America has heard Bruno Mars' latest single "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLexgOxsZu0">The Lazy Song</a>" and seen the clever music video. Not everybody has heard Sublime's "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sVogzjKCs4">Burritos</a>" from their classic eponymous final album. "I ain't gettin', I ain't gettin' out of bed today" sounds a lot like "Today I don't feel like doing anything/ I just want to lay in my bed" doesn't it? Not to say Bruno Mars stole anything from Sublime, or knock "The Lazy Song," in fact I really like that song and love its music video. But it's not a novel concept.Mike Haugbrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08514956250805476686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446207605675323652.post-61668963995235455622011-06-14T22:13:00.000-04:002011-06-14T22:13:27.012-04:00Free Vs. PiratedI am part of a dying breed, an endangered species. I buy CDs. I don't pirate any of my music. I either buy the CD myself, borrow it from a friend, or download a mixtape that the artist put out for free. There is something so satisfying about having a CD collection, I can't bring myself to download music, even legally from iTunes. Crazy right? What's crazier? People who pay for mixtapes that are meant to be free. Go on iTunes, look around the hip-hop section, and you will see mixtapes from the likes of Drake, Chiddy Bang, and many others. Only problem is there is a pricetag. Then go on sites like <a href="http://www.datpiff.com/">Datpiff</a>, and see that the artists themselves have made these mixtapes available for free download online.<br />
So why did I think of this? The free album of the week on iTunes this week is <i>I Love You (A Dedication to my Fans)</i>, the newest mixtape by Jadakiss. Ignorant people think they are getting a sweet deal, but anyone with half a brain knows that the mixtape is FREE on any hip-hop blog or mixtape site. That's the point. Absolutely baffling.Mike Haugbrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08514956250805476686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446207605675323652.post-9454776589526073862011-06-04T01:07:00.000-04:002011-06-04T01:07:33.942-04:00Eminem in the Rap GameI just listened to "Rap Game" by D12 f<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">eaturing 50 Cent from the <i>8 Mile</i> soundtrack again, after a long hiatus. It's a great song, D12 and 50 have absolutely dirty verses. But the clear shining point of this track is Eminem's verse (see: <a href="http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/d12/rapgame.html">Rap Game Lyrics</a>). </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Some excellent excerpts: "Now put that in ya little pipe and bite down/ </span>Think for a minute cause the hype has died down/ That I won't go up in the Oval Office right now/ And flip whatever ain't tied down upside down." I believe him. I really do.<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">"Can't tell me shit about the tricks of this trade/ </span>Switchblade, with a little switch to switch blades/ And switch from a six to a sixteen inch blade/ Shit's like a samurai sword or sensai." Great flow from line to line, leading to a very clever ending: "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I'm this way, still tell that utslay itchbay/ </span>Ucksay my ikcday, 'scuse my igpay atinlay/ But uckfay you igpay."<br />
Dude rapped in pig latin, how many people have done that? With a C. Delores Tucker reference to boot, I would put this among Eminem's top verses of his career. Only down side? Makes me miss the old him. Don't get me wrong I enjoyed <i>Recovery</i> but that flow, lyrical content, swagger, all gone. He has resorted to punchline rapping nearly exclusively, the style prevalent in the music of Lil' Wayne. He may be lost for good at this point, only time will tell.Mike Haugbrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08514956250805476686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446207605675323652.post-85582089905003455542011-05-30T21:24:00.000-04:002011-05-30T21:25:38.523-04:00Sean Kingston Injured in Jet Ski AccidentYesterday, Sunday May 29th rapper Sean Kingston was jet skiing with a female passenger in Miami when his jet ski struck the bridge between the McArthur Cswy and Palm Island. His passenger was uninjured, while Kingston was taken to the hospital in critical condition, and is currently stable. My thoughts go out to Sean and his family.Mike Haugbrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08514956250805476686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446207605675323652.post-26233209316505581472011-05-29T13:26:00.000-04:002011-05-29T13:26:48.254-04:00Radio Killed the Hip-Hop StarIf you listened to the radio at all over the summer, you heard the same five songs played about 85% of the time. And it seemed as if B.o.B's "Airplanes, pt. II" was second only to Eminem's "Love the Way You Lie" in radio plays. When <i>B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray</i> first dropped last April, this was easily my favorite new song at the time. Then after having it piped into my ears almost constantly, I started to feel the same way Tyler, the Creator does about B.o.B (see: "Yonkers"). However it recently came up on shuffle and I realized once again how much I like that song. Bottom line: don't listen to the radio too much, and go give some of your favorite songs that radio killed another listen, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.Mike Haugbrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08514956250805476686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446207605675323652.post-41750532028871622602011-05-29T08:26:00.000-04:002011-05-29T13:13:48.860-04:00Rock the Bells 2011Rock the Bells is an annual hip-hop festival that hits a few major US cities, including New York City. I was lucky enough to be able to go last year, and it blew my mind. DJ Premier, Slick Rick, Rakim, KRS-ONE, Lauryn Hill, A Tribe Called Quest, Wu Tang Clan, Snoop Dogg, Big Sean, Murs, Immortal Technique, Yelawolf, Brother Ali, and Wiz Khalifa. Concert of a lifetime. Couldn't be topped right? Well...the Rock the Bells 2011 lineup was just announced, take a look for yourself:<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">...I'm sorry, does that say Nas? and about 10 of the top 50 rappers/groups of all time? Four stages of some of the best hip-hop you will ever hear...yea...I'll be there.</div></div>Mike Haugbrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08514956250805476686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446207605675323652.post-42541510065896551942011-05-28T10:19:00.000-04:002011-05-28T21:57:25.660-04:00RIP Gil Scott-Heron (April 1, 1949 – May 27, 2011)I don't know if I can take anymore. Shortly after the loss of hip-hop legend Nate Dogg, on Friday night, May 27th we lost the soul legend Gil Scott-Heron. Heron was born in Chicago, Illinois, lived for a time in Jackson, Tennessee, and later moved, and spent most of his time in New York City, New York. Heron worked with and influenced some of the greatest musicians of his time. In 2001, Heron was imprisoned for possession of cocaine. After getting into trouble numerous times for the next 5 years, and after allegations that he had AIDS arose, Heron was able to recover from his addictions, and return to music. His comeback included a critically acclaimed album, and benefit concerts, something he partook in often throughout his career. Heron died in New York City after getting sick on a European trip.<br />
Heron's career spanned 40 years, from 1970 all the way until last year, 2010. His accomplishments include 15 studio albums, 9 live albums, 11 compilation albums, 5 books, and 3 film appeara<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">nces. However it is what he inspired, perhaps more than what he made that is his greatest legacy. Kn</span>own as "the black Bob Dylan" and "the godfather of rap," Heron's spoken word songs over instrumentals, such as the timeless "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" have been labeled as the earliest rap songs ever recorded. If that wasn't enough, his songs were repeatedly sampled throughout hip-hop, allowing Heron's music to live on in a new generation, who may have never heard of his name. The list of rappers and producers who have sampled his music includes Aesop Rock, Talib Kweli, Common, G<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">rand Puba, Black Star, MF Doom, Mos Def, Q-Tip, Dr. Dre, The Game, and most notably Kanye West. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">For those of you who haven't had the </span>privilege<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> of hearing Heron's music yet, please take this time to get acquainted with at least his biggest songs (see: "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS3QOtbW4m0">The Revolution Will Not Be Televised</a>," "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOUMvjw9RlA">Home Is Where the Hatred Is</a>," "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VqGWfq0Btg">Pieces of a Man</a>," "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D26VE2V7wo">The Get out of the Ghetto Blues</a>," and "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b2F-XX0Ol0">The Bottle</a>") His albums <i>Pieces of a Man</i>, <i>Free Will</i>, and <i>Winter in America</i> are all well worth buying and should be considered American classics. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">In response to Heron's passing, hip-hop icon Chuck D wr<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">ote </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">"RIP GSH..and we do what we do and how we do because of you." on his twitter account. His sentiment is echoed by all who knew, or knew of Gil Scott-Heron. The revolution will never be televised.</span></span>Mike Haugbrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08514956250805476686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446207605675323652.post-75962872011769289992011-05-26T16:48:00.000-04:002011-05-29T08:28:14.149-04:00#1 Music Video of All Time<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">"Hold it Now, Hit it" by the legendary Beastie Boys from their debut classic, <i>Licensed to Ill, </i>produced by Rick Rubin. Best music video of all time. That is all.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/oB0NM6reiRE?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Mike Haugbrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08514956250805476686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446207605675323652.post-69074758013979743752011-05-24T18:35:00.000-04:002011-05-24T18:35:14.209-04:00Adam's SongI was just listening to one of my favorite songs, Adam's Song by Blink 182. While I knew it was about suicide, and its quite a depressing song, I just heard the actual lyrics to one line I had been mishearing all of these years. The line the way I heard it was "Remember the time I spilled the cup/ of apple juice in the hall/ please tell mom it was not her fault." So I thought it was about him apologizing for spilling a cup of apple juice. The actual line is "Remember the time I spilled the cup/ of apple juice in the hall/ please tell mom <i>this</i> is not her fault." Assuming this is a suicide note confession, he is informing his mother that she did not cause him to kill himself. Don't tell me that the transition from spilling apple juice to a son's suicide not being the mother's fault is not the craziest transition ever.Mike Haugbrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08514956250805476686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446207605675323652.post-43134634171881909112011-05-19T22:31:00.000-04:002011-05-19T23:08:43.555-04:00On Lil WayneI'm just going to put this out there, listening to "John" by Lil Wayne feat. Rick Ross just makes me want to listen to "I'm Not a Star" by Rozay, the song it samples. Theres really no point for Lil Wayne to have made a worse song, that is basically just an extended version of Ricky's. Ross should have thrown Wayne on the remix instead, maybe mask him with a Wale appearance even, something to limit the amount we have to hear him in this song. <br />
On a similar note, why would Cool & Dre choose to highlight the difference between The Game's and Lil Wayne's voices in their recent collaboration "Red Nation?" I enjoy the sample, hook, the verses aren't terrible, and overall it's a good song. But hearing Game's famously raspy voice and then what sounds like Lil Wayne on helium in the same second is always going to be an awkward transition. Something tells me that is not actually Wayne's voice, and if it is, use some program to smooth it out because that's just flat out irritating.Mike Haugbrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08514956250805476686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446207605675323652.post-21294303317573853652011-05-18T19:26:00.001-04:002011-07-09T00:33:59.244-04:00Is hip-hop getting soft?A few days ago in class I mentioned the name C. Delores Tucker, only to be answered with 30 blank stares, including that of my teacher. Not long after, someone asked me if Louis Farrakhan was still alive (and to be honest I was not 100% sure he was myself). I can't remember the exact story (if someone can find it, either message me or put it in a comment), but sometime last year some reporter heard the Public Enemy song "911 is a Joke" and thought it was about 9/11, ignoring the fact it is explicitly about the police, and was made in 1990. (For those of you not yet on my wavelength, a small wikipedia summary of the issues at hand will suffice).<br />
The point is: the times they are a'changing, and the revolutionary hip-hop landscape of the 80s and 90s has all but disappeared. What we see instead is a money machine, with a mainstream developing to placate pop radio demands, and an underground developing just to be different, in an almost hipster irony. Any of those in the middle (see: Atmosphere) write about love or their childhoods. While I am certainly not knocking this, and in fact I think is the best hip-hop we have in the 2010's, it is harmless at best. <br />
While I was not alive to experience it, my research into the topic has taught me something about the nation-wide effect Ice Cube's <i>Death Certificate</i> had, for example. Hell, the popular video game series Grand Theft Auto has caused more of a stir than any hip-hop album in the past 15 years. I'm not supporting violent, riot inducing music, but there are certainly political, social, and economic issues which rappers have all experienced before making it big, that can be addressed.<br />
But wait, I must be generalizing. And I am. Was Digital Underground's "The Humpty Dance" or Biz Markie's "Just a Friend" making people uneasy? Not at all, and there certainly was just as much mainstream "hip-pop" in the 80s and 90s as there is now. But what revolutionary are we listening to today? What rappers concern themselves with social, political, and economic inequality? The first thing I thought of was Lupe Fiasco, because of the recent release of his politically-charged "Words I Never Said." <br />
For those of you who don't know, it seems Lupe realized that he had not been explicit enough in his social critique in his past albums, and decided to touch on every political and social issue of the last decade. From the War on Terror, to education, to his opinions on our president, Lupe cursed his way to an emotional, explicit song expressing his anger about the way things are. I blame his audience for this odd outburst of frustration, because if they had ever listened in the past, they would have realized songs like "The Instrumental" and even "Streets on Fire" are social commentary, just in a more subtle matter, which the casual listener won't catch. But then I was stuck. I'm sure Lupe does not stand alone, but he certainly does run in a small circle in this respect. It seems we are at a shortage of revolutionaries, and the image of hip-hop in the media and in the national conscience is hurting because of it. <br />
Now what does this all mean? What do we do with this knowledge? Well I don't know. I am the farthest thing from a rapper, but I do know that instead of the definition of "hard" being determined by how many guns you own, and how well you "hold your corner down," it should be about what kind of impact you have made in the world. Because really, in 2100, do we want to remember NWA or Ace Hood?Mike Haugbrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08514956250805476686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446207605675323652.post-59811115240992097012011-05-15T13:11:00.000-04:002011-05-18T19:30:49.963-04:00Ch-check it out<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Looking around the web I recently stumbled upon this t-shirt design, and thought it was well worth sharing:<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://image.spreadshirt.com/image-server/image/composition/17846327/view/1/producttypecolor/2/type/png/width/280/height/280/i-wish-white-logo_design.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://image.spreadshirt.com/image-server/image/composition/17846327/view/1/producttypecolor/2/type/png/width/280/height/280/i-wish-white-logo_design.png" /></a></div>For those of you unfortunate few who don't get it, read up on your hip-hop history. In 1995, rapper Skee-Lo released his biggest hit, "I Wish," with the hook: "I wish I was a little bit taller, I wish I was a baller, I wish I had a girl who looked good, I would call her. I wish I had a rabbit in a hat with a bat, and a '64 Impala." Get it now? The shirt can be bought here:<br />
<a href="http://seacow.spreadshirt.com/i-wish-white-logo-A7169478/customize/color/2#">Skee-Lo I wish t-shirt</a>Mike Haugbrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08514956250805476686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446207605675323652.post-58121365027967232712011-05-13T23:59:00.000-04:002011-05-14T00:27:13.180-04:00How do you know you love hip-hop?Recently my friend and I were discussing our iTunes libraries, and noticed the music was measured in days, nearing a week and a half (I have since reached 16.2 days) of nearly all hip-hop. This spurred a long discussion of other signs of our hip-hop obsession, ending in this polished list. Let me know what should be added, or which points you found most interesting.<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal">How do you know you love hip-hop?</div><div class="MsoNormal">when your iTunes is measured in days worth of music?</div><div class="MsoNormal">when your library has taken up every MB of space your laptop has?</div><div class="MsoNormal">when you've deleted phone contacts to fit songs?</div><div class="MsoNormal">when 99% of your wall to walls are centered on rap radar links?</div><div class="MsoNormal">when your fantasy team names are lyrics?</div><div class="MsoNormal">when you have a song titled specifically ‘sleeping’ and ‘waking up’?</div><div class="MsoNormal">when you own a physical copy of ‘People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm’?</div><div class="MsoNormal">when you own a vinyl of ‘Rappers Delight’?</div><div class="MsoNormal">when you spell 'good' as 'G.O.O.D' and 'album' as 'alblum'?</div><div class="MsoNormal">when you no longer think of good, lasers, or grind the same way?</div><div class="MsoNormal">when 'DWYCK' isn't a random arrangement of letters?</div><div class="MsoNormal">when half your iTunes lacks album covers, not because the music is stolen, but because iTunes hasn't heard of the songs?</div><div class="MsoNormal">when you want to say "that's not new" to literally everyone who talks about a song?</div><div class="MsoNormal">when you know Ice-T isn't a lawyer and you know lemonade is a popular drink?</div><div class="MsoNormal">when it's no longer 'stop, drop, and roll' it's 'stop, drop, shut em down, open up shop'?</div><div class="MsoNormal">when woop woop isn't a celebration it's the sound of the beast?</div><div class="MsoNormal">when one of the best verses you've heard involves a rapper washing his face, getting the file for his fingernails, taking a bubble bath, and using baby powder?</div><div class="MsoNormal">when you steal a 'Judge Asher' sign?</div><div class="MsoNormal">when bongress means something to you, and it is more important than congress?</div><div class="MsoNormal">when your rules for being a wingman come from CyHi and Asher?</div><div class="MsoNormal">when you know who Pittsburgh Slim is?</div><div class="MsoNormal">when you despise Pittsburgh Slim without hearing a single song?</div><div class="MsoNormal">when your new music comes out 3-4 months before it's new?</div><div class="MsoNormal">when you've dropped $100 to see people who haven't released music in 15 years? and will do it every year? but will never skip wu tang again?</div><div class="MsoNormal">when your biggest regret is not seeing Wu Tang Clan and Snoop Dogg perform?</div><div class="MsoNormal">when DJ doesn't make you think of flashing lights and extacy? when you read that sentence and it doesn't make sense at first because all you can think about is 'Flashing Lights' by Kanye West? when you put on 'Flashing Lights'?</div><div class="MsoNormal">when you know Kanye was right and Taylor Swift needs to shut the fuck up and sit the fuck down?</div><div class="MsoNormal">when legends are dead at 24?</div><div class="MsoNormal">when it's a quarter to 1 and you're doing this instead of a paper? when you dont have a paper to do but are still up because too many songs are stuck in your head and you can't sleep until you've heard them all?</div><div class="MsoNormal">when 'rhyme' is spelled 'rhime'? and 'quick' 'quik'? and 'light' 'lyte'? and 'easy' 'eazy'?</div><div class="MsoNormal">when you can say 5 different names and mean the same person?</div><div class="MsoNormal">when you appreciate the work of Queen Latifah? when that sentence doesn't mean movies?</div><div class="MsoNormal">when you aren't convinced weed is illegal?</div><div class="MsoNormal">when you've seen every episode of 'Trapped in the Closet?</div><div class="MsoNormal">when the thing you care about most in your car is what you're listening to?</div><div class="MsoNormal">when you've dropped $250 on headphones? $250 on a car stereo? and more on the music coming through them?</div><div class="MsoNormal">when you know why Diddy is famous?</div><div class="MsoNormal">when you're writing a paper at the age of 17 and Microsoft Word has to tell you the word is 'ludicrous' not 'ludacris'?</div><div class="MsoNormal">when it must be the aaassssss that got you like damn?</div><div class="MsoNormal">when you make this list?</div>Mike Haugbrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08514956250805476686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446207605675323652.post-14653400494197061292011-05-13T23:55:00.000-04:002011-05-18T19:45:30.597-04:00Post #1: The relatively short helloHi all,<br />
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I'm new to this blogging business, but I figured my opinions are as valid as anyones, and deserve to be heard. I will mainly be writing about music, specifically hip-hop, and sports, what I think about 90% of the time. I hope you enjoy, subscribe, and comment so I know what you guys think about the issues I post.Mike Haugbrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08514956250805476686noreply@blogger.com0