ok first of all.. please listen to the two dudes that ride the track before weezy. please. it's so fuckin funny. it's mocking him on his own track. Don't even listen to it when you hear him come in. Yeah I like his music, but it's so... pertinent(is that the word i wanna use?) to a previous post commenting on the whole idea of making it rain...

Cool Kids ft. lil wayne - Gettin it



their execution is pretty nice but in case you wanna read and listen at the same time:

If I had a hundred grand
And I'll be god damned if I throw it in the air Like I didn't care
And I must say it's is no way nowhere
There's no pocket full of cash too be thrown in tha air
Cause I could take that and spend pair of
M8 gears with the front tips and the lights in the rear
Use my spare change with the green handle bars where the grips is clear

[Mikey:]
The cool kids in the sandbox ya'll can't play
Say ya abc's not a bay bay
I got the all blues 3's light one two tres
No espanol then thass okay
Cause back on my west coast L.A lakers, 32 Johnson jersey
Call me senor fresco, thass more Spanish
Thass English, I'm mikey, wayne vanish

I go to some hip hop websites every once in a while and you have TWO people: the fans, and the haters. The way i see it, if there is anything to attack it's his subject matter. BUT it's not like he's not tryin to change the world with his music, or even say anything especially worth saying, but gooottt dammit, he is entertaining. His subject matter isn't surprising or particularly inspirational, but his delivery is. Great punches, jokes, delivery... laughs at his own jokes on the track and it becomes part of the song. at this moment, i can't think of an artist who made their laughter, a part of their song. I'm still gonna buy his album, and go to the concert if it ever happens around here, i'm just sayin... greatest rapper alive? probably not. but definitely the most entertaining, hardest working rapper in the game right now. Check out this track fresh off the new Drought Is Over 5 mixtape.. once again, do not focus on the repetitive hook by w.f.b, but listen to this kids flow.. then when you listen to it again, catch the part where he flips the whole "my bad" phrase to change out adjectives.. it's a lil bit after he asks us if he's cold for being 12 years old.. (lol i'm sorry.. lol... i know the lyrics are simplistic, but we're talkin delivery dammit.)

Lil Chuckie feat Lil Wayne - Too Clean





HOWEVER.. please don't be comparing him with Em. In an article entitled, "Eminem 'Scared' to Record With Lil Wayne" I had to read.. http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.6587/title.eminem-scared-to-record-with-lil-wayne damn.
 He had to go and say Em would be scared of him. That's pretty retarded in this author's opinion. Em is much more complex, although I actually have no love for songs like "My Name Is" tracks like "Toy Soldiers" Let me stop there.. I know I've gone over the topic before, if you wanna read about it, look through old entries. I do like how he finishes the interview when they put him in the corner about his lifestyle.

Want a couple more tracks to look at?

busta rhymes - lights camera action
lupe jeezy TI - superstar remix
*TI. I like him on this one. not typical gun and dope man talk.
ice cube nas and scarface - gangsta rap made me do it
** reminds of all that talk about how metal and rap influences the youth. however you feel on the topic, i think this track is interesting.
glasses malone feat akon bunb weezy - certified
*** he's gotten to the point where he's references himself and honestly, it's funny.. the whole 'dog' theme. sick.

All these tracks can be found on this mixtape:
http://www.mixtapetorrent.com/mixtape-pro

*Okay now.
Anyone who know me, they know me to ride
But when the shit was selling slow it's just my homies and I.
Had to get rid of all the phonies and the homies disguised.
So you speaking, I don't reply, homie don't be surprised
You ain't gotta ride for me, I didn't ask you to.
Take the journey on my own, I would gladly do.
You gon' and turn around now, I'll call a cab for you.
I stand up on my own 2, he kiss the ass of who.
No way Jose, we pot Rose, blow dro, that's more than okay.
See but don't say, my folk, they flip more yay than Cirque du Soleil.
Keyser Soze, oh they kill people and get off like OJ.
You catch your case, just shut your face, don't get caught singing do, re,
Mi, fa, say, la, ti, do, ghetto hero, G-code I obey.
He's so gay, didn't have no business hanging around me no way.
It's okay, life lesson learned I suggest that you go your way.
I be straight, no conversation man.
That's all I'm gon' say (hey).

Em and Wayne on a Track together?!!

http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/audio/id.4557/title.lil-wayne-f-eminem-the-reincarnation


read the comments AFTER listening to the track. Fun stuff.

Just wanted to share an article about something I learned 4-5 years ago after visiting Lambda chapters across the nation.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080327/ap_on_re_us/census_growing_cities

When I came back to Dallas, the first thing on my mind was, Damn. I need to buy a house. Cali houses are really expensive because of the perfect weather, and the east coast is just really... condensed? For whatever reason, I paid attention to the prices of homes and land. I remember one of the houses I visited in New York they said cost something like 900k compared with similar houses here for like 80k. The price of location. NYU by the way lives in a baller-condo, although idk what it cost, i know that a similar piece of real estate on a different floor, weighed in at 2 million. No lie the condo was definitely baller and primo location, but if you don't take into account the incredible location... my friend lives in a CASTLE/MANSION in South Lake. INCREDIBLY huge-baller-built-to-order with like the biggest game room ever and something like 6 bedroom and 4 bath 4 car garage for less than a million. The house next door trumps them and hits the one million mark but it's probably because they have an elevator. elevator. 4 story house... elevator. Anyways, yes I do repeat myself in order to emphasize a point. elevator. I blame it on filipino culture. sobre-sobre. ganda-ganda. Instead of 'very' you just say something multiple times to emphasize how bad ass it is. Just like in Cali - "hella", East - "mad", down hurr - "supa".

crucial exam this week. really crucial, so i should be scarce, but online just as much as normal.

Gcup was ok. could have been better.

i know i posted it before, but man.. sometimes a song just hits you again, you know?
Bone Thugs - I Tried



also... all the nation, you know we try and say the same things, just have a different style doin it. I Love that.

For a minute, I lost focus and direction. When you find yourself wondering aimlessly, wow does that suck. But now I remember what I want to do, what I was doing to get there, and that I still have a long way to go.

When in high school, the moment you realize that there's nothing left to worry about, you just need to graduate, you tend to lose focus. "Fuck it. I'm done.. got the grades to get to any college I want."(didn't aim to high, cause I didn't have a goal) Not well off, but not without the resources to get into a good school.. I can just coast. Senioritis.

I've spent many years without a clear goal, told, "Don't worry about it, you'll figure it out." and as the years went by, "Just finish off something, most people change their careers anyways". It frustrated me when one day when I realized how heavily I'm in debt, and how I've been living so care free for so many years... walking along a path, without a goal, without direction.

Then I realized what I want. What I needed to do to get there, and started working towards it. Along this path I realized that I'm a goal oriented person. Without these goals in front of me, I don't feel complete... and then I started to feel frustrated that I wasn't seeing enough improvement, and then I became complacent, satisfied that although I'm not on par with the goal I had set, I was better than when I started. Then at 5 am as I closed my eyes and thought back to the previous day's events, I realized... that I'm not there yet. That although I'm not completely sure of what I want, I have a general idea and a plan of action to get there.

In this world of distractions, and choices, I can choose how to spend my time, for this I'm thankful. But must also keep in mind, the ideals and values that were bestowed upon me by my parents and the church, and realize that I am further influenced by the company I keep. Love 'em all, but the choices are my own and by these choices I am developing who I am, because I'm definitely not all I could be.


Rocko - Umma Do Me



Lol. While watching the video I laughed at the scene where, the money counter is counting money, and he picks up a stack and just flicks it at the camera. Like *wwsshhhh* all over the place. The whole, "I'll make it rain.." gesture made popular by Fat Joe and Lil Wayne's song - Make it Rain. I don't know who would be reading this and NOT already understand the concept, but to emphasize my point, I'll explain. When you can make it rain, you've got a lot of money... you just throw it all over the place cause it don't matta... you'll make more. When I was watching "Umma do me" I just pictured the director, saying cut, and Rocko bending down to pick all the money back up. Shit. I would. I mean I'm sure Rocko is so baller, that a stage hand did it... but uhh.. don't get it twisted, I'm not there.. yet.. and even if I do one day, get there... I wouldn't be throwing cash at strippers, I dont even like the strip club, so no, you probably won't see me pour bottle's on the models either.. dern..

I do remember tho, growing up, my grandfather on my father's side and his sons, my uncle's, made New Years Eve in California. The original ballers that first introduced me to the idea of making it rain, they would line up all the kiddos(nieces, nephews, grandkids) and just throw out money. Not stacks of 100 dollar bills but, they saved up coins all year long in those big water containers, they would really be full.. and they'd just empty them out into the sky and watch the kids, myself included, scatter around picking up money and we'd be lil mini ballers, pockets heavy with coins, and the occasional dollar bill.

As we grew older though, we out grew the throwing of coins in the air and the prospect of picking up nickels and dimes was not as appealing, even though gas was 99 cents a gallon, and a small handful would have gotten me a whole lot more gas back in those days, my grandfather started handing out 100 dollar bills. Later in my life, like 2 years ago from today, I learned that my granddad was never a baller and to be giving out 100 dollar bills to lil kids was ridiculous. He lived wealthy in the Philippines as a dentist and respected member of the community, but because my grandmother wanted her kids to grow up with the oppurtunities available in America, they moved here and he was a janitor until he retired. Far from baller-status... far from a dentist, but in my eyes he was baller. Although I may never pour bottles on a model, next time I drink I may pour one out for my Grandfather, Venancio Banzon, of which I received the later half of my name El-Ven. R.I.P Grandpappy.

I rarely eat dinner with my family, but today we went out to Cici's pizza. (do it big!) and watched the new Mavs team play.

me: did you see that girl at the entrance? pretty cute.
sister: yeah. i think so.
me: I was three seconds from hollaring.
sister: with mom here?
mom: why would you hollar? what would you hollar?

sister: today my coworker was talkin about this cat she had named Slow Walking.... HAD because it ran away, and I couldn't stop laughing because all I could think about was, and... you couldn't catch her?

me: damn! did you see that pass? kidd is gangster.
sister: yeah he is.
mom: why is he gangster? what makes him gangster?

at the end of the meal, several plates in and several dessert plates done we're all walking to the door..
dad: mommy come back, sit down.
mom: what, why?
dad: they brought more cinnamon rolls.
mom: seriously?

In lieu of the disaster that was last month's credit card bills, rent, over draft fees, and Mardi Gras fiasco, grand totaling around 2400, I've been watching my expenditures. So to make up for not going out I've been playing more facebook poker, studying, and watching 30 Rock with Tina Fey. She's hilarious, I would marry her.

Also watching America's Best Dance Crew, or more specifically kaba modern and jabba wockeez, has entertained me 30 seconds at a time... a lil bit of pinoy pride knowing that, the best groups, jabbas are predominately Filipino and kabbas are based out of a Filipino dance club at UCI (although they all look korean). They are easily going to take the competition.... jabbas are so flawless, they seem pro... and kabbas have a more amateur appeal to them but definitely demonstrate hella talent.

Jabba week one

Jabba week three

Kabba week three