REQUIRED READING!: A LIST OF BOOKS THAT WILL STIMULATE THAT UNDER-USED, UNAPPRECIATED, TECHNOLOGY-DEPENDANT LITTLE BRAIN OF YOURS!

THE DI VINCI CODE

ANGELS AND DEMONS

THE 48 LAWS OF POWER

RULE BY SECRECY

THE ART OF WAR

DECEPTION POINT

DIGITAL FORTRESS

LEFT BEHIND (the series)

THE LOST SYMBOL

....to be continued....

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GRACIAS, HAPPY LATE HALLOWEEN, AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

First off I'd like to thank....GOD....the academy....and the loyal ones of you that came out to the weekends events. MR. BROWN had a crakin'-ass birthday/costume party at the all-new TRINITY Scottsdale on Saturday night, Oct. 30th. I see why they call it "DEVIL'S NIGHT", and OUT OF CONTROL is all I have to say! The club was packed and the beatiful people came out! The P.H. Project performed their hit single "I GO" and had the dance floor rockin'! A good night it was, indeed.
Shouts to my she-devil that night! Sexiest thing in the ROOM!

Ummmmmm....back to the P.H. Project, make sure you keep a look out for the music. POKAFASE and Hannibal LEQ together on some ISh! Empireforever.

Speaking of....

Muchas gracias to everyone that came out TO cRABBY dON'S on  HALLOWEEN night! We had too much fun as usual. The show went off without a hitch! SHOUTS TO KNOX MILLIONS, J-PEAZE, MIC WYLD, MEGA, AND EMPIRE for making it a hell of a night.

Oh, and the fish and chips at Crabby Don's...definitely noteworthy, especially after kush.

Eyes and ears to the street (or information highway I suppose) ladies and gents for the next Crabby Don's date in November.

As for the drunk bastard who presumed to insult by insinuating I was "pretending" to do ANYTHING....

"I'LL SHOW YOU HOW TO DO THIS SHIT" -50cent



HAPPY BIRTHDAY BFF DESIREE CHANTE BACON (IT'S FRENCH!....inside joke)


DEUCES! like Chris' new single or Rhianna's black eyes....(poor taste, I know)

JAY-Z, ANDRE 3000, AND NAS MISS THE LIST?!?

BET's Top 10 Rappers of the 21st Century

Eminem
Lil Wayne
Kanye
50cent
T.I.
Ludacris
Drake
Jeezy
Jadakiss
Rick Ross

The list in question is BET's Top 10 Rappers of the 21st Century, as determined by a panel of ultra-opinionated "authorities" on the topic. The  only "authorities" involved should've been called, when they put Jeezy, Rick Ross, and Jadakiss (who might I add came out in the mid-nineties) on any piece of paper remotely associated with this list, minus the afforementioned emcees in the title of this post. ("that's why im at the end of my wits with half the shit that gets in, i've got a list here's the order of my list it begins with...." -eminem)

I've been told that it was just for emcees whose career started in 1999 or later; this does not lend validity to their decision to omit Jay-Z. Any self respecting judge would have to, at some point, pause and ask themselves:

"Self, HOW IN ANYONE'S HELL DO YOU NOT INCLUDE JAY-Z ON EVERY GREATEST OF ALL TIME OR TOP TEN LIST?"

WHO HAS BEEN A MORE INFLUENTIAL FIGURE IN HIP-HOP (SAVE MAYBE EMINEM) FOR THE ENTIRE LAST DECADE?

There are an ignorant few of you who'll blurt out "Lil Wayne", number two on the BET list, immediately when I pose these questions. You can't be serious.... He has had an incredible run, but it has only spanned the last four or five years. He was just a very young puppet back around the turn of the century. "Bling Bling" and that Cash Money shit was cool, but he was nowhere near the star nor influence he is now. Jay-Z was.

A decent argument could be put up for 50cent....Kinda. Though he's not the emcee he once was. Same goes for Em, who topped the BET list, but he lost Proof so I understand his slump. 

I dont suppose I oppose to the remainder of the list, Kanye, Ludacris, Drake, T.I., etc...WAIT!

Let me explain myself as to why I name Drake. A few of my purist would cock their head and look at me like I have shit on my face for naming him and NOT Busta Rhymes, or say for instance, Fab; or why not push for Snoop, who is still relevant, if im gonna roll with Drizzy and lobby for Jay?

Well, Drake is one of those "Haley's Comet" artist (few and far between) who come along every few years and "washes the dishes"(reset the game i.e: dominoes). Follow me.

We'll go just as far back as DMX to help you understand. See things roll in a certain patterns. Radio playlists, society's listening preferences, club dj's playlist, the direction of record sales, etc...all follow trends, much like fashion. Before X came, it was "party and bullshit" he undoubtedly hardened shit up, "Where My Dogs At" and his debut on "5,4,3,2,1" shook things up, and had the next wave of "I'm-as-grimey-as-DMX" niggas barking, growling, muggin and giving all kinds of other "mean" gestures. He did what we endearingly refer to as "DMX'ed" the game.

Then along came a young, lazy-flow having pretty boy, who could legitimately spit and was backed by one of the largest label/brands in the industry at the time....MA$E. Mase smashed the charts and the clubs, put on the shiny suit and the platimun smile, and brought "party and bullshit" right back off the shelves. The whole world was "gettin jiggy" and doin' all kinds of other goofy shit all at the same time. Good Times. He effectively "MA$E'ed" the game.

Then came EMINEM. He FUCKED EVERYTHING UP, LOL!

Nobody knew WHAT TO MAKE OF, OR WHAT TO DO WITH THIS RAPPIN'ASS WHITE BOY! (I SAY THAT AFFECTIONATELY.)
I'd say he "M&M'ed" the game (I tickle myself),but lets face it folks....THAT SHIT"LL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN.

He is truly an anomally.


Then came Kanye, and Wayne, and a few other innovative folks who caused a similar shift in the game....

Which brings me to Drizzy. Drake is a refreshing splash of content in music. Its not that he's the BEST, but certainly one OF, at this juncture. He sings a bit much for me honestly; however, it's creative and has been tuned enough to make it a worthwhile listen as you're patiently waiting for him to get back to some of the wittiest lyricism I've heard in a minute. Drake has keyed in on the defficiency in the game, substance. The same self-degredating style that Eminem used to win favor, has been spun into an even better, more subtle, introspective innocence, per Drake, and almost has a naivety to it. His album would put him on this list alone if that were all one needed to qualify. I don't belive his musical exploits alone are enough to give him this honor, yet; but his early yet potent influence on the industry, attention to detail and obvious internet marketing saavy lend aid in comforting me in my decision to endorse him in this instance.

That's all for now. BET...GET IT TOGETHER! This politically correct, "Def Jam and Interscope pay the bills" approach to labeling the "best of" is laughable at best.  The public, or the"herd", is counting on you to be the authority, use the powers instilled in you responsibly. Tagging the list "....of the 21st century" doesn't excuse an obvious attempt to thrust some of the recent bread-winners further into the retail marketability stratusphere.

I suppose we love you either way. (namely because there a no other BLACK networks, save CW, LOL!)

Just keep it "ONE-HUNN-ED" with us!

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WHAT PRESIDENT OBAMA REALLLY WANTS TO SAY TO THE G.O.P.....

I FUCKING LOVE IT!

HE'S NOT EVEN HALFWAY THRU HIS TERM AND THESE IDIOTS ARE TRYING TO OUST HIM FOR NOT REPAIRING THEIR MESSIAH'S (GEORGE W.) ROYAL FUCK UP FAST ENOUGH! 

????"DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL."????

DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL....

How about DON'T ASK because it has ABSOLUTELY  nothing to do with the reason you are there?!

OKAY....before I begin this rant, let me start by saying I have ZERO ill feelings toward homosexual people. I know some, even lived around the corner from a few! (LOL, that's what they used to say exclusively about us Black folk. Welcome gay people! I'll chop more about this in a post called: "Mexican's the New Black, Islamic's the New Gay" COMING SOON!)

I emphasize this, at risk of it sounding like a homophobic disclaimer, because I stand firm on the "THIS IS AMERICA!" platform.

 Everyone is free to do as they damn well please, so long as no one is hurt in the making. "Life, liberty, and the pusuit of happiness...", applies to all of us;  if that's what makes you happy, so be it.

I DO, however, belive that there is ABSOLUTELY, UNDOUBTABLY NO PLACE FOR GAY IN THE MILITARY! Before you get your fatigues in a bunch, notice I said GAY and not GAY'S.

When you are in the military you are doing a job; arguably the most important job, save the Presidents'. Your job title is SOLDIER, your job description: TAKE ORDERS and EXECUTE THEM to the best of your government sponsored abilities. YOU PROTECT THE COUNTRY. YOU CAN'T FUCK UP. YOU HAVE NO TIME TO BE WORRIED ABOUT SEXUAL PREFERENCE WHETHER YOU'RE ASKING OR TELLING. YOU PROTECT THE COUNTRY!

In the time it took you to bother somone else about whether or not they prefer PENIS or VAGINA, you could've been:

cleaning your weapon
learning a skill
honing the ones you have
writing your family
study to take the officers exam
discussing tactics
reading up on the enemy
learning a foreign language

HELL!, FANTASY FUCKING FOOTBALL if it will make you a better SOLDIER but nothing else. Your goal and focus is to "BE ALL YOU CAN BE" right?!

There's a saying: "small men speak about others, mere men speak about themselves, great men speak about ideas." (Some profound shit, not quite sure who said it.) The point I'm making here, is any discussion is too much; not because it is inappropriate for gay people to openly serve and BLAH, BLAH, blahsay BLAH.... But because ANYTHING THAT DETRACTS FROM THE EVER SO IMPORTANT JOB YOU ARE THERE TO DO IS DETREMENTAL TO ALL OF US. YOU INCLUDED!

SADLY, This is one arena that should hold no compromise. When you join the military you remove yourself from the civilian population. The military governs itself for a reason. They are the authority on what they do, which is why we trust them to protect us.

If they say, "DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL", then "DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL."

Assume they know how to best carry out their job. You wouldn't tell the doctor how to do his, nor the police how to do theirs. If they say "cough" or "freeze", you do. You don't ask why, or negotiate.

"Hey mechanic! That wrench isn't getting nearly enough use, you need to start using it a little more...."


YOU'D SOUND LIKE AN IDIOT.


SOME shit JUST isn't FAIR!

....and it's not supposed to be! If everything was, it would throw off the balance.


People just need something to bitch about, the lowdown, dirty truth is:

When they yell, "GRENADE!!" I don't give a shit if you like RuPaul, Ron Paul, or PAULINE! 

 MOVE!, THROW IT BACK!, OR JUMP ON THE MUTHAPHUCKA!

IF HE'S GONNA SHOOT ME, SHOOT HIM! GAY BULLET AND ALL, IT DOESNT MATTER!




....and I guess really that's the bottomline.

it doesn't matter....

....please just continue to keep us safe and free.

THANK YOU SOLDIERS!

....and I'm sorry we even bothered you with this BULLSHIT while you were at work.