Ten Years

Wow. What memories. Mini-Busta cracks me up.

I wonder how old Lil Biggie and Lil Puff Puff are now. . .

Smooth, off topic. The mighty Kimbo slice just caught another body. It's called Kimbo vs the Bouncer

-Black People

Smooth, is it cool if we talk about hip-hop music on some of these posts while you're on hiatus?

I'm only checkin outta respect and also cuz it's some homies here I like buildin' with.

But yo something is botherin' the shit out me.

I just watched part of that throw some d's video without sound. so i haven't heard it yet.

I'll listen when I get home.

but yo, i'm so conflicted right now. about all of this shit. and I just gotta vent.

I know life is complex. 'specially when you live a full one and cycle through all ranges of emotion.

but yo, here in L.A., (i only been here 'bout a year) you 'ont really see no black folks unless go south of the 10 freeway.

and if you work in entertainment, everything is well north of the 10.

now out here I find myself really missing black folk. the only thing close is when i kick it with mexican bruvas at the barber shop.

so boom you know how it is: if you the only black muvafucka for at least a coupla miles white people get courageous since the odds are tipped in their favor.

alright cool.

to counter this, i run my phone bill up callin people back east when I get home just to recharge my soul and shit. or i listen to my records (last night I had a roger and zapp marathon. higly recommended)

or I pop on youtube and watch anything that might have my people on it.

so then I'm hearing all this shit about the throw some D's

and wanting to see my folks i click on the link.

absolutely depressing (well not totally cuz i saw my folks but still)

that's where I get all conflicted cuz I love me some black folks but I hate this fuckin entertainment product being passed off as music

maybe I should just think of music as just one aspect of the things I share with my people and it won't be so bad. Cuz we got other stuff in common.

and if I'm at a Peets coffe shop and any of these urban pop dudes are there and somebody white try to play them, then I got my people's back (even though I don't particularly care for their entertainment product)

but right now? right now? i am pissed at this lil dude they call rich boy and the people that co-sign this sorta thing.

and it's finally starting to set in. and I'm gettin a little shook for the future of black folks.

and if this is what we are calling our music...
i 'ont know, i 'ont know.

I ain't tryin' make any rash comments.

I'm just concerned about the future.

-Black People

(maybe I shouldn't even talk cuz I ain't heard the lyrics yet. but from what I understand it's about, what else? throwin ditnubs on cars)

I 'ont know.
I guess I'm conflicted.

Cuz on one hand I love my people.
But the other hand, I hate this entertainment product that these dudes is puttin' out.

-Black People

sup pimpin?!
yeah about rich boy ... he's mediocre at best the other dude "polow" he used to be part of a group called jim crow and they werent that bad . funny thing is though that aint even the worst out right now!
have you heard that new swiss beats track ( its so dumb its kinda funny)
or timbalands comeback to that other dude... who do you think he got on there? nothin but the best lyricists out today!! emcees justin timberlake and nelly furtado! get em!!
sarcasms a bitch

what up tru sitnouth, you jokin like a mug about the timbaland shit right?

justin timberlake's not rhymin AND dissin that other dude is he?

-Black People

(by the way, i just listened to the lyrics to throw some d's. no comment)

gettin back on the subject though the mainstream is still feelin the fall out from the versace wars.
my suggestion for you (and anyone else who's in the same boat) go listen to some,
jus allah
jedi mind tricks
cannibal ox
killah priest
canibus ( not hip hop for sale though! god no!)
or if you want something more mainstream,
joe budden (only the mood muzik mixtapes though)
papoose's new album (come'in soon)
chamillionare ( he aint half bad ... half...)
and just wait for the next nas album.

Good lookin, Trusouth.

Well Nas did say he's looking to drop again this summer. I hope he beefs up his lyrics. More rhymes per line. No more dumbing it down.

But yo, somethin else just started fuckin with me in non hip-hop related news.

But in "complex/complicated" news.

And I'm wonderin what the regulars here think.

You know the anti-war rallies are poppin off now and everthing. And everyone wants to bring the troops home and end it.

I was thinking the same thing. Cuz it seems like Iraq only got worse since the occupation.

But something else just entered the equation:

Those who rally to end the war are saying it's dangerous for the troops and that the war is worthless and those soldiers are dying for nothing.

But in the same breath these folks are like "the U.S. should do something about Darfur".

I'm wondering what's the difference between fighting muslims in Iraq and fighting muslims in Darfur?

I wonder if the U.S. woulda went to Darfur a coupla years ago and declared war, would everyone be screaming now to bring the troops home?

I dunno.

I try not to play any of the politial games. Conservative, liberal, right, left wing, dem, republicans, none of that shit. Cuz once you decide to play you've already lost. So I can't get into how they lied about the war. Or WMDs or Saddam and genocide. I don't know when whoever is lying.

But as far as these protests and the Iraq and Darfur thing, I'm starting to wonder are people just trying to find a liberal shield to look cool behind or what? I dunno.

Something tells me that if the US soldiers were in Darfur these same folks would be like "bring the troops home. Let those africans sort out their own problems." Maybe. Maybe not. I can't call it.

I'm not trying to say the U.S. should be the world police. But this is complex to me and a little inconsistent. Cuz if you really want them to go to Darfur (or prevent something like it in the future) maybe it's necessary - geopolitcally - that they establish a presence smack dab in the middle of that region. The way they created isreal. See, now I sound pro-military. That's why this shit is complicated.

Sometimes I wish we could have our own news or just somebody that we can trust delivering the facts.

Cuz I 'ont know when these muvafuckas is lying.

-Black People

you want to know why?
simple , theres nothing to gain economicaly from a war with sudan.
genocide dont mean shit to the people no more. they still think its a bunch of "savages" killin each other.
if it aint fuckin wit the u.s. economy it dont matter.
at the end of the day its all about the c.r.e.a.m
dolla dolla bills ya'll ( couldnt resist )
lets say sudan did have some sort of major wealth that the united states government could leech off ... then they would go in to "stop the genocide"

this has been trusouth reportin whats tru
and remember folks it aint were u from its were u at.
back to you connie....

hey blackpeople have you heard classic by kanye west?
new track
get this , its produced by preimer
and it got krs1 , nas , and rakim allah all on the same track
classic indeed.

I haven't heard it. I've been scared to listen to it.

I'll listen to it tonight. Then if it's dope, I'll try and go cop the wax this weekend when I go get my Red Gone Wild album.

Redman said aside from the Timbaland lead, the album got all samples. I'm praying for some scratching.

-Black People

Tru,
This site is becoming a graveyard. For spammers at that. Perhaps somebody might have to offer Smoove some dough for the site name. I wonder how much that will cost?

-Black People

blackpeople,
dunno man.
ive been noticen it to.
maybe cause he dont post as many topics as he used to. . .
or cause theres only so much you can say about some topics . (you know the ones)
all of this is constuctive stuff smooth so dont take it the wrong way or anything.

Yo!
What's really good hip hop heads??
Where the hot topics at?

Ah shit..Dont tell me it's a ghost-town.

Ah shit..Dont tell me it's a ghost-town.

What up NYC,
Yeah this shit is like a graveyard. Smooth mighta lost interest. I'm bout to go get that red gon wild album tho and check it out.
That dude, the game? Does he suffer from like a real-life mental disorder? Dude is trippin and I'm startin to feel sorry for the bruva.

-Black People

Oh shit, wats good BP?
The game Definatly got some things goin on his mind.
I think he feel that he has to protect hismanhood all the time tyrna prove a point with how hard he is becuase of the change of heart and butterfly tat shit.
But damn yo honestly i just been keepin up with the Ol skool vibe, Im still stuck in the late 80's early 90's . Whats the scoop with all these new cats?

Dam! anybody listen to underground??? Anyone heard of Scienz Of Life?? Tru Underground Shit right there. Holla At Ya Boi

oh the memories!