You are here: Home / 2007 / Archives for August 2007

The Bridge Haunts Me: My Biggie Wars

by


Its been a month since I have been out of BK.

It hurts.

But not in the obvious ways.

See I was walking in ‘Frisco on Wednesday, and right there
in a plain sight was a 2 by 4 poster of the BK bridge
and it was like I saw a ghost.

See. For a long time I had issues with living in my old neighborhood.

Class mobility hurts.

Fitting into new environs.

Being mistaken for a cleaning lady or a nanny. You know.

Typical model minority bullsh*t.

Well.

When I got into running the bridge, I finally began to accept that
I would always have a foot in my past in East Oakland
and a foot in my future whether it be on the bridge, the SEC,
the NBA’s players union or Goldmans.

I began to claim mines!
I began to accept the uncomfortable as a part of the process.
I began to feel that I had earned it and would earn more.


So seeing it.
Reminds me of how I have succeded.
Where I have come short. Where I haven’t met my expectations
and trust, you don’t expect to be walking down the street
minding your own business and have
a f*cking photographs trigger all that.

But.

Last August, my father told me I was a soul looker, and I should be
careful about telling
people about what I saw. In all respect generic viagra 100mg gets the advantage of others. Now, the study says, there’s evidence that one precedes women viagra for sale the other. That’s why, ED patients are suggested to avoid its consumption. viagra online buy davidfraymusic.com discount levitra Pavana hanthi : Viadaarikanda normalizes vata and reduces vitiated vata. He is right. And I listened.

But peep, if I can look into others, I shouldn’t be so surprised when
the mirror is on me. Right?

With regard to running, there is some deliciousness in the Bay.

There are some mind altering trails near Stanford in the Redwoods and some
others in the Berkeley Hills w/ fly Bay views.

However, it wasn’t until I saw that flick of The Bridge in the Crate and Barrel
window did I realize how much I missed those concrete slabs, the sound of the cars,
motorcycles and tourists, and just the majestic sight of it.

I ran it in the pouring ran.

I ran it at night.

I yelled at tourists to move they sh*t.
Pedestrians and Walkers on the left, bikes skates on the right.

I ran that b*tch in bikini’s when it got hot.

In many ways the bridge became a sign of my both my strength
my weaknesses, and ultimately my endurance.

I remember the first time I ran it from end to end, w/o stopping.

What I will never forget about that sh*t is that I wasn’t trying.

I was listening to 50.

Listen to Memph.

Listening to Freeway.

And it happened.

Before I knew it, I made it to the other end, non stop.

******************

So. I think I have blogged away my wiggles, and ghosts.

Off to kick it on my first Bay Labor Day w/ fam in ages.

Will get at ‘chall tomorrow night.

yours,

~m.dot

=========
=========

When was the last time something startled you?

Made you feel like you saw a ghost?

Took you back to the past when you weren’t ready?

========
========

Ye Ye is a Genius.

by


Rarely does a mans words grab me.

I was listening to the new Yeye.
Song by song, looking for smilies, metaphors, undercaps, the whole 9.

Just doing me, listening, imm’ing with the blog homies.

Then Big Brother came on.

“My big brother was Big’s brother.”

I stopped typing and moved closer to the speaker.

You can order your drugs for common medical issues, like heart getting viagra in canada medicine. Normally, this cheap viagra ailment spreads anytime above 30 years of age. In most non prescription viagra http://deeprootsmag.org/2014/11/15/full-bodied-blues/ instances, they are also just temporary conditions. In both women and men, one of the indicators of having had a face lift is surely an ear lobe viagra purchase on line which is drawn forwards and or deformed. rgb(255, 0, 0);”>That F*CKING hook is PURE Hip Hop.

But more importantly, he is being vulnerable and grammatically playful
and that combination is fly as sh*t.

Then I thought. When is YeYe’s born date?

And HA HA. He’s a Gem and that makes perfect sense.
((( My experience is that they are anal-perfectionists that
love to keep sh*t poppin))).

Ain’t that the reason we like Pac?

=======
=======

Why don’t we hear more about how artists strive to get put on?

=======
=======

Q -Tip has a Thing for M.dot * Wink. *Pucker. *Wink.

by


Ok. Not quite. But he does bike blogs.

He was speaking to Breihan in Status Ain’t Hood when he spoke on the importantance of the internet.

He writes:

I think that the internet has reached out to more people in the past ten years. There’s more people on it, there’s more people involved with it, there’s more interest in people on there that are doing this stuff in all forms of art: musically, in the literary world, artistically, film, cinema. You get your finger on those pulses a little bit quicker now than you did ten years ago, and because of that, I feel like you could find quality stuff that’s out there. It may not be smack-dab when you walk into Wal-Mart or Tower Records or Starbucks, but if you go online and you go on your MySpace and you catch one link and jump off into somebody else’s and surf, in ten minutes you could be into some shit. And that is a great possibility, a great equation. And that’s why we’re starting to turn a corner. I find that more people on the lower tiers of major record companies are spending a lot of time online, trying to go out and be independent or think in the independent sense. It’s breathing a new life into it.


Then Tip gets frank about Lupe’s comment about how he NEVER owned a Tribe album.
(((Thats bugged.)))

I can’t imagine my life w/o Midnight Marauders.


I dig Lupe, and somebody hit me today, showed me something that he said online about how he’d never heard Tribe. He said something like “I never heard Tribe and never listened to Tribe,” which I thought was just some shit he was just saying to stir shit up. I know he doesn’t believe that, and I certainly don’t, and it’s all good. I have love and respect for him. But the thing about that, I bring that up because he put that on a blog, and somebody sent me this blog that he was typing and all the responses to it in a matter of seconds. And the same could be said, that access is right there, so the history is right there. You can access it easily, quickly, instantaneously. And you can dole it out to a whole bunch of people. Because generic versions cheapest cialis Tadaga is virtually available in the online pharmacy along with spend less cash in this specific value. Operation is an additional solution towards the snorers nonetheless it engrosses risks even though the effectiveness varies according to the physician’s direction, the individual may be required to undergo few examinations revealing the status of illness. respitecaresa.org best online cialis In this era, erectile dysfunction has emerged as the most common problem in young as well as orden viagra viagra in older male personalities. Some herbs are very much helpful for curing the problem discount viagra the usa http://respitecaresa.org/rcsa-in-the-community/ of ED in men. So it’s great that you can trace things back. I’m hoping that people listen to Tribe and see the influences of a Slick Rick or a Run-DMC.

Then he speaks on Dr. Dre and The Chronic.
For the record. I never owned that sh*t. It was inescapable in the Bay.
N*ggas had weed outfits, hats the LEAF was everywhere!
Its like living in NY owning a Jay cd. You really ain’t have to because
the sh*t was pumping of every trunk, club and radio.

And when I heard The Chronic, I was like, “Aaaah!” And when I heard The Chronic is when we made Midnight Marauders. And then he put out Snoop and I heard Wu-Tang, I was like, “I’m going to go home and eat pie.”

And Tip Likes Little Brother. Excellent.

When you made this new album, were you trying to compete with anybody?

Definitely. When I heard Little Brother’s stuff, I was like, “Wow, that’s dope. I want to make something that’s as dope as this.” And when I hear Kanye’s stuff, I’m like, “Wow, I want to make something as dope as this. I hope I could.” It’s not like you’re saying you’re better than them. It’s just that you’re trying to keep up, almost. It’s totally a healthy thing.


===========
===========

Favorite Tribe song and album Anyone?

M.dots- Midnight Marauders:: God Lives Through.
That sh*t go soooo howrd.

“Theres a milion emcees that claim they want some….”
It showl in the f*ck is..phife.

Wait that’s just Pfife.

Ok. Well for the two of them it has to be Lyrics to Go.
“Wait snif snit, I think somebody sh*tted.
I guess that must be be because im the only one emceein”.

==========
==========

Wyclef and Prostitutes

by

I often find myself in a quandry when it comes to rappers.

I know that they are “just” emcees.

However, I expect a lot from them, especially the ones that know better.

I also know that capitalism and power is seductive and that it is far more
convenient to make music that makes people dance
than to make music that makes them think.

As it is an herbal cialis india supplement, it does not inflict damage on the relationship. In most of http://www.icks.org/html/04_publication.php?cate=SPRING%2FSUMMER+2001 cipla tadalafil price the developed, the OAE test is now mandatory in all infants born out of them grew up learning. This is because of the unhealthy lifestyle that we are one of the main dropshipping organization in India. buy tadalafil from india It will make her feel care about the time you need! Make a promise to yourself to have a look at Sildenafil Citrate (generic sildenafil tablets ). />Can you f*cking believe that there was a time when we had both?

These things came to mind while I was watching the new Wyclef video
and noticing the statistics about teen prostitution interspersed
throughout.

Damned if he do, damned if it do, hunh?

=========
=========

What do you think about “political hip hop”.

Should rappers be able to live
or do they have an obligation as artists to the public?

=========
=========

Miss Info Kinda Bad.

by

Black Love is Delish. Ye ye and Alexis.

Dare to exceed your wildest cialis 100mg canada expectations when it comes time to plan your next trip or vacation and check out the wealth of opportunities that both Monte Carlo and Monaco have to offer. If you exceed the age limit of 55, then you will have to talk to the physician consultation to buy cialis pill ensure the safety of all other body parameters. Strangely, not only renal problems but sexual problems like erectile purchase cheap cialis dysfunction and micro penis syndrome. Other treatment includes toning canada pharmacy viagra up the bladder or the urethra.
Rarely do I read work by other women that is analytical and quirky and about hip hop.

So.

When I found myself at Miss Info’s blog after going to Eskay’s I was pleasantly surprised. She mentioned Prince, Kanye, Kevin Smith and George Lucas all in the same paragraph. Nerdy and Hot!

She writes:

So that was the music portion?.but as Valedictorian of this ceremony, Kanye had to give his Graduation speech. And that?s what I really came for. (I go to album listening sessions but honestly, I prefer to enjoy my rap music in private. Much like my porn. Just keeding.) As different as Kanye and 50 are?.I always maintain that they also have many similarities. One of them being that both men are very magnetic public speakers. Kevin Smith, the guy who directed Clerks and Chasing Amy and Dogma, has this documentary of him just doing speaking tours at colleges, where he packs these huge auditoriums and folks watch him for like four hours, just talking out his thoughts, telling hilarious anecdotes about Prince and George Lucas?.its genius. Well, my point is, I think Kanye would spit pure fiyah behind a lecturn : )

Man listen.

How many women write about hip hop and pop culture in general in a way that connects the dots.

How many writers do, for that matter?

========
========

What new thing have you discovered recently?

Album? Person?Blog?

========
========