One of my followers on my main TL had me over here digging in my memory banks so I thought I would share this video....
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Showing posts with label history. Show all posts
(Rap History) The History of Snagglepuss: THE RAPPER...
One of my followers on my main TL had me over here digging in my memory banks so I thought I would share this video....
(Video) @phontigallo & @9thWonderMusic Courtesy of Allhiphop.com Speaking on Biggie...
This isn't 'brand new'...Just so you know but it did take place in 2012... I believe at the Red Bull Academy Event in Philly...
(Pictures/Video) Rest In Peace to the man who bought us the Porsche 911: Ferdinand Alexander Porsche
Here is the newest version of the car...
The car's history...
The turbo version's birth..
(Video/tribute) A Tribute to Heavy D... Will Smith and many more speak on him in this joint..
You can catch it on Centric (and as soon as they MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO BE EMBEDDED, I will embed their link...hint..hint..nudge..nudge...PUSH..) smh
I was an UNAPOLOGETIC HEAVY D FAN as a youth and as an adult. I know some of you 'respected him' but really didn't start giving it up to him until MUCH LATER. Never that over here. I always loved his music.
His brother Floyd sent this to me via Twitter. It is Floyd's daughter singing in tribute to her Uncle Heavy..
In the meantime though, Yardie came through with it..
(Here's the clip where that scene you see up top came from..In case you are wondering.. Classic movie..
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I was an UNAPOLOGETIC HEAVY D FAN as a youth and as an adult. I know some of you 'respected him' but really didn't start giving it up to him until MUCH LATER. Never that over here. I always loved his music.
His brother Floyd sent this to me via Twitter. It is Floyd's daughter singing in tribute to her Uncle Heavy..
In the meantime though, Yardie came through with it..
(Here's the clip where that scene you see up top came from..In case you are wondering.. Classic movie..
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(Video) DisneyWorld circa 1957..
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| One of my personal Disney pictures (Pretty sure I'm not the first to take one though..lol) |
Those of you that have been will note the changes in the park over the years..
(Video) Courtesy of @DJPRemierblog: KRS-One Tells The Story & Meaning Behind The '93 Album "Return Of The Boom Bap"
Learn your history... He talks about the P.M. Dawn shit and how it changed his career..
A look at a VERY DIFFERENT Miami back in 1979....We all have seen Scarface but this is the REAL happenings...videos..
Even the reporter said she wouldn't ride around Miami-Dade unless she was two guns deep...Damm.....
An ENTIRE CLASS OF POLICE OFFICERS were either dead or suspended from duty? Welp....That's how bad they needed cops on the streets. Most of what I am speaking on is in the second video but the first one is dope too.
Here is the beginning of that Time Magazine article....
November. The days grow short, the nights cold. Time to reach for that travel brochure for, where else, South Florida, America's favorite winter playground. Hmmm, let's see now. Here is a picture of palm trees swaying gently under a cottony blue sky while a family frolics in the foamy surf. Here is a snowy white heron flitting along a river of sea grass in the Everglades, the mangrove and palmetto serene as a Sunday morning. There is a creamy stucco Palm Beach mansion, its red tile roof glinting fiercely in the sun and bougainvillea rioting, colorfully in the yard. And, of course, a couple of sunburned senior citizens of Miami Beach, he in a Hawaiian shirt and she in purple culottes, waiting their turn on the shuffleboard court.
Those snapshots of life in South Florida are as accurate today as they were a generation ago. But they are being crowded out by some altogether different scenes, a collection of photos not found in any Chamber of Commerce travel brochure. Here is a picture of a policeman leaning over the body of a Miamian whose throat has been slit and wallet emptied. There is a sleek V-planed speedboat, stripped of galleys and bunks and loaded with a half-ton of marijuana, skimming across the waters of Biscayne Bay. Here are a handful of ragged Cuban refugees, living in a tent pitched beneath a highway overpass.
South Florida—that postcard corner of the Sunshine State, that lush strip of hibiscus and condominiums stretching roughly from Palm Beach south to Key West—is a region in trouble. An epidemic of violent crime, a plague of illicit drugs and a tidal wave of refugees have slammed into South Florida with the destructive power of a hurricane. Those three forces, and a number of lesser ills, threaten to turn one of the nation's most prosperous, congenial and naturally gorgeous regions into a paradise lost.
Consider what South Florida is up against:
> When the FBI issued its annual list of the ten most crime-ridden cities in the nation last September, three of them were in South Florida: Miami (pop. 347,000) was in first place, West Palm Beach (pop. 63,000) was fifth and Fort Lauderdale (pop. 153,000) was eighth. Miami last year had the nation's highest murder rate, 70 per 100,000 residents, and this year's pace has been even higher.
> An estimated 70% of all marijuana and cocaine imported into the U.S. passes through South Florida. Drug smuggling could be the region's major industry, worth anywhere from $7 billion to $12 billion a year (vs. $12 billion for real estate and $9 billion for tourism, the area's two biggest legitimate businesses). Miami's Federal Reserve branch has a currency surplus of $5 billion, mostly in drug-generated $50 and $100 bills, or more than the nation's twelve Federal Reserve banks combined. Drug money has corrupted banking, real estate, law enforcement and even the fishing industry, whose practitioners are abandoning the pursuit of snapper and grouper for the transport of bales of marijuana ("square grouper," as fishermen call it) from freighters at sea to the mainland. About one-third of the region's murders are drug-related.
> Since the spring of 1980, when Cuban President Fidel Castro opened the port of Mariel to those who wanted to leave, about
Read more: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922693,00.html#ixzz1UO9evA3A
The Sylvers..UNSUNG... @tvonetv doing us right...Full episode....video.
This is a must see. Hell, I will probably watch the ep again after Colbert goes off. Just so I make sure I didn't miss anything. Another one of those groups that my Dad had on the reel to reel/vinyl....Loved 'em.
Twitter found Jack Dorsey cites his RIM 850 pager, AIM updates and a system he programmed using both as orgin of Twitter..
Read the rest here....I just thought it was interesting. We are talking around 2001 and since this is something I wanted to know too, I thought I'd share.
"I loved seeing at a glance my friends status updates. But I also really appreciated at the same time the dispatch aspect, where you're out in the world doing something away from the keyboard and IM did not allow that," said Dorsey. "I had a RIM pager, the 850, the first email device. I programed a system where I could fire off an email from that and set my status from anywhere. And it worked! And I was able to also at a regular interval pull my buddy list and get those updates sent to my email address. It was awesome! But the number of people who had those mobile devices was so minimal that the timing was just not right. This was 2001."
In 2006, when he was working for Evan Williams at Odeo, Dorsey resurrected the idea. He combined the timeline aspects of LiveJournal with the status updates of instant messenger and the concept of dispatch software that delivers them all remotely. Boom. That's Twitter.
"I loved seeing at a glance my friends status updates. But I also really appreciated at the same time the dispatch aspect, where you're out in the world doing something away from the keyboard and IM did not allow that," said Dorsey. "I had a RIM pager, the 850, the first email device. I programed a system where I could fire off an email from that and set my status from anywhere. And it worked! And I was able to also at a regular interval pull my buddy list and get those updates sent to my email address. It was awesome! But the number of people who had those mobile devices was so minimal that the timing was just not right. This was 2001."
In 2006, when he was working for Evan Williams at Odeo, Dorsey resurrected the idea. He combined the timeline aspects of LiveJournal with the status updates of instant messenger and the concept of dispatch software that delivers them all remotely. Boom. That's Twitter.
Happy birthday to Stevie Wonder......some of my favorite Stevie songs..including a Sesame Street memory..
How many of ya'll remember this?
These are just some of them...Trust me. I could be here for awhile listing 'em. (Waits for you to tell the corny joke in your head that 'He wouldn't know 'cause he can't see..'. I know you want to. Go ahead..)
This one is really close to me because it was something that my Dad would play EVER DAY. Without fail so yeah..
These are just some of them...Trust me. I could be here for awhile listing 'em. (Waits for you to tell the corny joke in your head that 'He wouldn't know 'cause he can't see..'. I know you want to. Go ahead..)
This one is really close to me because it was something that my Dad would play EVER DAY. Without fail so yeah..
I know some of you know ALL ABOUT AMG..Others just know the letters that it stands for..
Either way, you should enjoy this video of the company that works HAND AND HAND WITH MERCEDES-BENZ to produce some of the best cars IN THE WORLD.
*If you don't know anything about AMG, fear not. The video will explain it all.
*If you don't know anything about AMG, fear not. The video will explain it all.
Here's what they think about you (Lebron) - Ice Cube
Oh where to begin?
I could begin here where I spoke on where I thought he should go. Naw, you can just read that. Here is a hint though...He went where I thought he should go. Following me on Twitter is GOING TO BE HELL NOW. Trust me. I'mma talk CASH SHIT ALL SEASON LONG IF NO MORE THAN TO SPITE ALL OF YOU HATING ON THIS MAN BECAUSE OF HIS 'DECISION'. I don't wanna hear it is because of the 'execution' of it either. It is more than that.
Not to mention...He kinda TOLD you what he was gonna do here. In June.
I could start with this whole notion that because he was a free agent, he was to operate under the 'normal' behaviors of a free agent. They usually don't on to other teams when they are of his magnitude because of the money. Everyone was counting on that staying status quo. You see, for as much as we like to complain about our athletes being dumb & selfish, we SURELY don't want them to change. 'Cause then, we couldn't shit on them as easily when they don't do what we want. Much like musical artists.....I could go on this tangent...Perhaps another time. I'mma leave this one be too.
I could simply post up these pictures and let them speak for themselves...
No, I think I am going to start here. With the premise of the title of this post. What people think about Lebron James. At this point the line has been drawn. I am sure that we have all seen the jerseys being burned. The Facebook statuses. The Twitter statuses. The strong dislike that is bubbling about one LEBRON JAMES. Yeah, I will start there.
Now if you already didn't like the man, LAST NIGHT was the chance to go ALL IN for you. You guys did not disappoint. You went in full boar. Called him all types of 'bitches', whores, and even got your good shots in about his mother Gloria. I hope ya'll felt better after letting us know once again just how much you loathe Lebron James. You hit us with how 'your heroes' didn't have to 'leave' to get a chip. How they didn't 'need help. They also weren't leaving Cleveland. Not Chicago. (A HUGE MARKET with drawing power.) They also didn't get 'gifted' the best player in Europe. Twice. Think about that...
Some of you came from a basketball terminology point when it came to discussing Lebron going to Miami. You spoke of there only being 'one ball'. Who was going to be on their roster. How they would be able to win with the little bit of talent that they most certainly will only have outside of the 'three superstars'. Fair enough. We did that with Boston. Questioned Rondo...You remember how that turned out right? So it can happen. Will it? We don't know...EITHER WAY.
Some of you have said 'it will never be his team'. That there is NOTHING he could ever do to make it any different. That there is no way it will be 'their team'. How does that crystal ball you have working for you? Remember, you said he wasn't EVEN GOING TO GO TO MIAMI in the first place. With that same crystal ball. Again, excuse me if I don't defer to your crystal ball's line of thinking. @ not really knowing. We don't know WHOSE team it is gonna be or if will have to go down like that. Remember, we are in 'technically' new territory. Three free agents in THEIR PRIME teaming together ON THEIR OWN ACCORD. I am also loving how 'What you think of him' somehow changes the reality of the situation. If you think he is a 'bitch' so what? If you think he is a whore, again, what you want? A cookie? People to agree? I am not sure I understand the angst behind that statement or what is gained by it but hey. You like it I love it......
I hear a lot of bellyaching about 'the old days' where players stayed with their original teams to win chips. You mean like Moses Malone did? Like Rick Bary did? I can keep going....Stop that. People change teams. It happens. Like I said in the linked post before up top, these kids actually made a decision that wasn't based on money or EGO. I hear broadcasters who used to play on TV talking about what Magic and Bird would have done (or not have done) without bringing up who the hell else they were playing with. Worthy, Kareem, McHale (aforementioned announcer btw), Tiny Archibald, Dennis Scott, Jamal Wilkes, Michael Cooper and many more GREATS. Yeah, imagine saying Andersen or Mo Williams name within those and tell me what you get....Exactly. Laughed at. Even Jamison, as good as he is. Crickets. Of course they didn't fucking leave! Why would you leave a STORIED FRANCHISE w/HOF players scattered on the rosters and throughout the organization? An L.A.? A Boston? You make it sound like Cleveland is the mecca or some shit and he is an idiot for leaving.
Oh and if you are a Yankees fan, I don't wanna hear a peep from you. Your team 'buys' stars all the time. Period. You have nothing to say in regards to 'legacies' and such. Baseball somehow survives and others win...@ the this is hurting the NBA.
I see the owner, now that his cash cow is gone, writing letters
Dear Cleveland, All Of Northeast Ohio and Cleveland Cavaliers Supporters Wherever You May Be Tonight;
As you now know, our former hero, who grew up in the very region that he deserted this evening, is no longer a Cleveland Cavalier.
This was announced with a several day, narcissistic, self-promotional build-up culminating with a national TV special of his "decision" unlike anything ever "witnessed" in the history of sports and probably the history of entertainment.
Clearly, this is bitterly disappointing to all of us.
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The good news is that the ownership team and the rest of the hard-working, loyal, and driven staff over here at your hometown Cavaliers have not betrayed you nor NEVER will betray you.
There is so much more to tell you about the events of the recent past and our more than exciting future. Over the next several days and weeks, we will be communicating much of that to you.
You simply don't deserve this kind of cowardly betrayal.
You have given so much and deserve so much more.
In the meantime, I want to make one statement to you tonight:
"I PERSONALLY GUARANTEE THAT THE CLEVELAND CAVALIERS WILL WIN AN NBA CHAMPIONSHIP BEFORE THE SELF-TITLED FORMER 'KING' WINS ONE"
You can take it to the bank.
If you thought we were motivated before tonight to bring the hardware to Cleveland, I can tell you that this shameful display of selfishness and betrayal by one of our very own has shifted our "motivation" to previously unknown and previously never experienced levels.
Some people think they should go to heaven but NOT have to die to get there.
Sorry, but that's simply not how it works.
This shocking act of disloyalty from our home grown "chosen one" sends the exact opposite lesson of what we would want our children to learn. And "who" we would want them to grow-up to become.
But the good news is that this heartless and callous action can only serve as the antidote to the so-called "curse" on Cleveland, Ohio.
The self-declared former "King" will be taking the "curse" with him down south. And until he does "right" by Cleveland and Ohio, James (and the town where he plays) will unfortunately own this dreaded spell and bad karma.
Just watch.
Sleep well, Cleveland.
Tomorrow is a new and much brighter day....
I PROMISE you that our energy, focus, capital, knowledge and experience will be directed at one thing and one thing only:
DELIVERING YOU the championship you have long deserved and is long overdue....
Dan Gilbert
Majority Owner
Cleveland Cavaliers
^^^^^^^^^This is some bitchassedness right here^^^^^^^^^^^^
Can the owner be mad? Sure can. If a player speaks like this, he is fined. Hope Stern takes action...Pull your skirt down Dan. Your slip is showing. He fulfilled his contract. It didn't happen. You will live. You weren't complaining when you drafted him. When he was filling them seats. Who the FUCK WAS WATCHING A CAVS GAME before Lebron came through besides people in Northern Ohio? Exactly. They SURELY weren't playing on Christmas/Easter/ or on King Day. Nobody was buying jerseys out side of people in Ohio. Your pockets would like to have a word with you homie. As for that 'guarantee'? Good luck landing a superstar with any sort of comprehension skills for the next 20 or so years and you better hope 'THE INTERNET' as we know it crashes permanently. 'Cause that letter won't be going anywhere. Humble forced apology or not. ("Cause you know the 'I was wrought with emotions...." apology is coming.) You weren't talking this 'honestly' when you thought you had a shot to get him back. I see you Dan. You are trying to use this outrage to get the fans back 'on your side'. Cute. Stop playing victim though. You are in the business of owning a basketball team. If your dumb ass got 'blindsided' by this it is indeed YOUR FAULT as well. You should KNOW BETTER. This is business.
Yeah, again...I say Lebron. Here is what they think about you. Listen to all your 'basketball' buddies on TNT 'taking shots'. Cats with NO RINGS MIGHT I ADD or who played with GREAT GREAT PLAYERS. Then again, I think you ALREADY knew this. You got to see it when you were becoming a star as a high schooler when you did some things. You saw it after your first year, when you won the ROY. I am sure this is not a surprise to you. For some reason though, there are some fans that feel that you have are not 'reachable'. That EVERYONE LOVES YOU and what you stand for. For whatever reason. Well we know it now. Not everybody loves you. That is for sure.
What do I think about his decision? I like it. Nothing 'cowardly' or bitchy about it. He wants to WIN. He couldn't win there in Cleveland. (Did they win it all? Okay then...) They fired his coach, whom he said he wanted to keep. They tried their best and couldn't get it done. His BOYS want to play with him and are willing to sacrifice parts of their game to build a team. All you cats talking that shit are the same ones who don't play 'apart from your boys', all of who are 'former all state players', college players and the like so I REALLY DON'T WANNA HEAR THAT FROM YOU. @ some of you I know personally. You wasn't talking that 'challenge' shit when it was suggested you play AGAINST YOUR BOYS, even for fun. I don't wanna hear it now...lol I wouldn't want to wait 'till my knees were all beat up, I am 32 years old, and have to REALLY be a 'great veteran leader' to some cat's team who is JUST AS BEAT UP AS ME when we could have just did it 7 years ago and been contending for chips.
It would be better to have failed trying than to sit content on some 'People will hate me if I leave..' to me. Hate me. I wouldn't give a damm. What you wouldn't call me is 'ring less'. You play to win the game- Herm Edwards. Right now, the boy is playing to win. We will see if he does though. Don't crown 'em yet. Just don't discount them either. I think more surprises are in store. There is a certain guard that is floating around. Rumored to be retired but wanting to come back. Matter of fact, there are TWO OF THEM. Both are BELOVED in the DMV (DC,Maryland,Virgina)area. One played in the Orlando area for awhile and the other one turned down a contract offer from the Heat in the past. BOTH would be coming back to 'prove something'. With major chips on their shoulders and KNOWING THEY WOULD BOTH NEED TO CHANGE THEIR GAMES. I expect one of them to be down there. Soon. Guesses? Oh you KNOW who I am talking about? You might. I made it pretty easy. It won't happen? Yeah, that is what ya'll said last year about Bosh, Wade and Lebron. See how I did that?
P.S.
If one of them DOES HAPPEN TO LAND IN MIAMI, I will be a fan. It is WELL KNOWN that this person is my favorite player and I root for him 'till he leaves the game. That is just how it is..Deal with it.
I am going to let my man speak for me on this 4th of July issue.
Lot of preaching going on today (I love enlightenment like the rest of the world.) But the beginning of this skit pretty much sums up the day when you have kids and what it would be like. Now mind you, my kids KNOW all of the facts that you guys are spitting out today. So it isn't like they are 'blind to the facts' or just being kept out of the loop. It is just the simple fact that they are kids. They are ALREADY on summer vacation so to them, this is a pretty special day. They get to see fire in the sky and possibly eat out and all that happy stuff sometime this weekend. That's it. If you are an adult, you might get a day off. That's it. There is no more to it. Save the history lesson for later...
Now if you don't want your day off due to some events that happened (and are RECOGNIZED BY THOSE OF US WHO DO WANT TO ENJOY THE DAY) be my guest. What you won't do though is throw them lil darts and digs with your 'knowledge' on some holier than shat. Without getting mud flung back at you. You aren't poppin' that shit the other 330 some days of the year (Minus February when EVERYONE likes to pipe up again about 'the whiteman' and such) and you CERTAINLY aren't trying to do much to change the 'lets play the victim' mentality we are known to have by doing all this crying and whining. Yes, I said we. I am black. I can DO THAT. Sorry if you don't like it. Listen, I understand your intentions. I really do. I respect 'em. You just aren't going to continuously disrespect me with the bullshit when all you are doing is being an 'arm chair activist'. Period. You REALLY DON'T LIKE YOUR DAY OFF? Go volunteer. Go help someone. Better still, go out and take it up picket line while on strike in front of your job and demand to be let back into work if it is that bad. I could respect it more. And don't tell me you don't care if I respect 'cause you are the one beating my ears and font off about what you want me to know. So you have to care about what I think. Or you would have kept quiet from jump. I bet you won't do none of that though. 'Cause it is easier to complain than to do.
I know a lot of you are like "What in the HELL is he talking about?" If you don't know, carry on. As you were. lol
Anyway...
Now if you don't want your day off due to some events that happened (and are RECOGNIZED BY THOSE OF US WHO DO WANT TO ENJOY THE DAY) be my guest. What you won't do though is throw them lil darts and digs with your 'knowledge' on some holier than shat. Without getting mud flung back at you. You aren't poppin' that shit the other 330 some days of the year (Minus February when EVERYONE likes to pipe up again about 'the whiteman' and such) and you CERTAINLY aren't trying to do much to change the 'lets play the victim' mentality we are known to have by doing all this crying and whining. Yes, I said we. I am black. I can DO THAT. Sorry if you don't like it. Listen, I understand your intentions. I really do. I respect 'em. You just aren't going to continuously disrespect me with the bullshit when all you are doing is being an 'arm chair activist'. Period. You REALLY DON'T LIKE YOUR DAY OFF? Go volunteer. Go help someone. Better still, go out and take it up picket line while on strike in front of your job and demand to be let back into work if it is that bad. I could respect it more. And don't tell me you don't care if I respect 'cause you are the one beating my ears and font off about what you want me to know. So you have to care about what I think. Or you would have kept quiet from jump. I bet you won't do none of that though. 'Cause it is easier to complain than to do.
I know a lot of you are like "What in the HELL is he talking about?" If you don't know, carry on. As you were. lol
Anyway...
Let me give you a little history on Delaware hip-hop- Blu Chip
Courtesy of my friends Grouchy Greg and Blu Chip.
Blu Chip speaks on his experience in California, The Game and more. It is good to hear him tell these stories to Greg 'cause we all heard these stories at Made4Men (Shout out to EL and Dead Denim! Ali! Suite 302 ) on 4th St. in Wilmington, Delaware WHEN HE WAS GOING THROUGH IT. (Shout out to Cliff aka Bleek too his partner in crime at the time.) So to hear him say it to someone official like GREG to solidify and document what he has done. Good to see him doing well.
Feel free to click on the video and look at it on YouTube. Subscribe to Greg's page. He gives out a lot that doesn't always make it to the main site. I may post things from there from time to time still to show you what I mean by that.
Blu Chip speaks on his experience in California, The Game and more. It is good to hear him tell these stories to Greg 'cause we all heard these stories at Made4Men (Shout out to EL and Dead Denim! Ali! Suite 302 ) on 4th St. in Wilmington, Delaware WHEN HE WAS GOING THROUGH IT. (Shout out to Cliff aka Bleek too his partner in crime at the time.) So to hear him say it to someone official like GREG to solidify and document what he has done. Good to see him doing well.
Feel free to click on the video and look at it on YouTube. Subscribe to Greg's page. He gives out a lot that doesn't always make it to the main site. I may post things from there from time to time still to show you what I mean by that.
