my adidas vs. my white tee [YEP!]

2 ponder....

i recall the first time i heard run dmc's my adidas. i'm thinking "this is a great song". plus i was beginning to like sneakers while coming to terms with my relaxed comfortable self. there was nothing greater than a hip hop song that celebrated one of my fav brands of sneaks. i also remember the intensity heads had for that song each time it was played at concerts, school dances and house/block parties. it was a celebration of our own culture..hip hop.

hip hop over the years has had many material elements that have sorta defined it or been attached to as symbols. take the turntables, b-boys/b-girls, fat laces, sneakers, track jackets, sagging over sized clothing, truck jewlery, bandanas, gazelles to ray bans to gucci shades, all the way till now...the white tee. all symbols used or worn by listeners and followers of the culture.

the dynamics of the 2:

"with no shoe strings in em, i did not win em" <-- my adidas quote
"i bling in my white tee, serve fiends in my white tee" <--- my white tee quote.

a question was asked what is/was the difference of the two?..i replied "not a damn thing, same shit diff time" but of course those of us who are elite in our music tastes see no similarities of the two. if you ask me your blind! it's blatant and exact. i see both songs as a celebration of a material product used to describe the culture in that day and time.

now i'm not speaking lyrical content before you reply about how wack my white tee lyrics are or how wack the beat is....please. use your mind to travel beyond and really see that there is a similarity. HISTORY WILL ALWAYS RECYCLE ITSELF! that is the inevitable. this isn't 1986 but 2004 and i see my white tee as i saw my adidas then and now..both songs are about why they like these things, what they do in them and how they wear them...actually, each song made me appreciate both items. but hey, i'm well rounded in my musical tastes so i'm able to step outside to see the similarities. *snicker*

lol! it was said that my white tee was big up'n a criminal nature..lol wtf? funny because cats around my way have been wearing white tees for many years. even my father wears white tee's he's not a criminal or thug. i think there's more here than we'd care to say as well. i believe it to be an overall dislike for certain styles of music from certain areas of the counrty. dare i say it...southern music. i've debated countless people when it comes to topics concerning southern artists, music and hatred we receive from various parts of the world.

if the question posed is one of "what's the diff in the two songs"..then you should list the differences...not "oh them dimwits is wack" or "the beat is wack" or "the backdrop one note keyboard is stupid"....duh!!! that's not a difference..that's a dislike for that product. the original question posed was a very good one. well at least that what i thought. and i'm not ashamed to say that run dmc contrary to what u may think...were not the greatest mc's alive. they are celebrated because of the barriers and hurdles they overcame for the sake of hip hop. although they are my peeps...they were NOT lyrical gods...sorry. neither are dem franchize boys. but this wasn't about lyrics.

i'm really surprised this is the first song to actually celebrate the white tee. it's all good though. this did make for a great debate topic.

however, i'll continue to wear my white tee and adidas...while brushing yall haters off. lol


thanks clash_sic for such a cool topic to ponder.

the new danger: the re-issue

for thos who didn't know...mos def's the new danger will be reissued. so if you don't have the original copy you may be too late.

it would appear that geffen mos's label had a huge problem with one of the new danger's tracks "the rape over." strong song one of which he's been performing for more that 3 years with black jack johnson. it talks or points out record companies raping artists, watering down conepts of truth...mos licks shots at the record executive.."quasi-homosexuals running this shit"...lol mos you a fool man!

actually skimming okayplayer i learned of a recent show in cali "an evening with mos def". where mos actually took the stage but he talked only about his life and answered questions. no music. no rapping. just dialouge. gotta love that! well i'm sure most wanted to hear the songs they all love...personally i would've enjoyed the verbage a lot more. and excerpt of what happened:

MOS DEF SAID....

he will not be in the rap game for too much longer....there are more things that he wants to do with his life....he still likes the music....but his life is different now....

his reason for doing the NEW DANGER....with a different vibe compared to his Black on Both Sides is because he is older and at a different stage of his life.......when he did black on both sides..he was 23 years old...he was younger.....and that is where he was at......as he put it.....from day one....his music was "fuck you.....if you dont like it.....imma do me"

can't beat that....besides there comes a time when we all will have to grow up sooner or later. big up mos.

seen but not heard

::lawnmower citizen::



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::turn my headphones up(lol!)::




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an obsession for b&w photos....

sa-ra? who? & the likes-of-comparisons

this time i'm thinking i better cut and paste...then save what i write.. after completing a story of sorts...blogger lost it! bitches!

so theres this buzz about a group of producers..the buzz has been going around for sometime now. pretty much of the summer i should say. who's this buzz concerning??? sa-ra or srcp respectively. three producers fresh out the funk/soul era or vibe.

as of late i've read numerous opinions on these cats and their music. of course the haters come in droves but there seems to be a good folowing of appreciators..i hate using the word fan..it seems to lessen the liking for the artists craft. it sorta mirrors it down to stalkish actually..lol.

i read someone's opinion..said that they weren't so great. they were rip offs of parliament era. hmmm. i think everyone is influenced by something or someone. upon listening to anything sa-ra you'll definitely hear some of their influences...i don't know maybe it's me but i hear more of cameo, sly stone and others. it seems as if anytime an artist creates something soulful yet abstract people wanna lump them in the same cateogory as pfunk.

or this one i love...make unecessary comparisons to outkast. lol. as if to say outkast started some shit. no. they've recycled what was to create what is known now. "everything u did has already been done" thanks lauryn for that. and it's true. as much as i love kast...i am first to say that sa-ra sounds nothing like them. or shouldn't even be compared.

we should all just enjoy music and leave the real critiquing to those who know music.
babies!!! go to bed. pick up the what music is guide for dummies too.



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determined.

i am determined to create.
find a place for unsigned
artists to be seen and
most importantly
HEARD!!!

anyone?

to the anonymous comment leavers

START leaving your names please this is annoying to me. It is hella unfair that your reading my thoughts and getting insight as to who i am.....but u leave me
with

NOTHING.

and 99.9% of the time anonymous has GREAT things to say.
fuck that hide'n-go-seek shit.

SHOW FACE.

who's responsible for this?

Anonymous said...
delusions- A false belief strongly held in spite of
invalidating evidence. addiction-being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on
something/someone that is phsychologically habit forming. compulsive
psyschological need for and use of/socially harmful.delusions + addiction = not
love, possible love for drama.

Midwifery in Progress: Selfishness and Meditation

i'm tired. tired of limits, restraints, liars, bougie niggas, inflated egos, diluted christians and their fantasy mindset, those who play with change and growth, also those who claim the want to find their spiritual center.....your all fakers. and you know what happens to fakers right?.....

for some reason on any given occasion these spirits seek people like me/us out for friendship. it's all good..i'm open to much. and i can put up with a great deal. until u try to pass off your bullshit on me as if it's real and i wouldn't/couldnt tell the damn difference. i'm smarter than that. although i've had one, two at the most slip on through and fool a sis.....lol but in time all bullshit shows face. disguised. when this happens......embrace. embrace who and what u were from jump...don't pretend to be what u can't be or who u aren't. just be u. be the best fucking u that u can. eventually you'll get acceptance from some place or another.

oh yeah....energy burners. those who seek out energetic individuals to compensate for your lack of......your stressing me! upgrade your spiritual center! come clean. get real. not with us/me but with u. your not knowing who you are is ruining others. it's ok to be. don't act or try to be what you aren't..i love you just as u are...the problem starts. when your bullshit pours over on other souls......misguided souls. let your inner devil free!! and focus on the god/godis in u. find MA'AT in all things.....not sure what MA'AT is....i'll teach you or at least show you where to find her. she's within believe that....

to those lost...and those souls know whom i speak of...let me midwife your search for self. i have experience with this and references. reach out i'm only one highway/email/phone call/train ride/2-way/dove mail away....

now i don't claim to be a being of perfection because that don't exist in my world....i've been guilty of all of these things i've mentioned. i lived these experiences and learned from them. that was then....now. i take my learned experiences and speak on them. write about them. share them in hope that they'll help others. cleansing. oh yeah i'm real about mine....i can face ME in the mirror on the daily.....can you? i sleep good at night...do you?

peace...my brother peace this peace that......peace is overrated! niggas have run peace to the ground and beyond. do you know what peace is?

bottom line....we as people are more concerned with ourselves than the next. we are so enthralled with me me me we kill others with our selfishness. we lose the best things this way. but we chase bullshit by the dozens in our white tees and prada shoes.......what else is there? there should be more to life..more to your life. unless your simply defined by your own bullshit. if this is you......and you see no other way...as if your trapped there or you think your karma has led you there to stay........this blogs for you baby! see me on that midwifing thing. there's only so much time left on this crazy earth.......get FREE niggas now!

*THE ROOT OF ALL SINS IS SELFISHNESS*... remember that!
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meditation*
a serious practice....should be taken very seriously...if you have a mentor..use them....when starting out a mentor is necessary. someone with experience to teach about the different travel points that you should experience..also the different lights you could possibly experience.