Tiger Woods Being Tiger Woods

Something tells me the smile on his face would not be so big if he was looking up at an issue of Essence magazine. All jokes aside Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 is still my favorite of all of his golf games and I hope he kicks some ass at the Masters this year.

Thelma From Good Times

I have have writers block on about 6 different blog posts, so until I can get past that here is a picture of Bern Nadette Stanis aka Thelma from Good Times.

10 Random Songs Wednesday

The Hustle by Common
It's funny how people who did not not like the Electric Circus, loved the equally as weird The Love Below. Nobody who actually saw the Electric Circus tour live dislikes this album. I remember this being an incredibly dope live show, I also remember seeing Kanye West walking around the Pageant with his new Roc-A-Fella chain on and no one paying him any attention.

Re-Write The Memories by New Edition
I don't have the hate in my heart for Puff Daddy like most music fans, but he screwed the One Love project up royally. There were at least 5 singles on this album but the only one released was "Hot Tonight" which was not a bad track but it did not sound like New Edition. This song which was written and produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis could have lived on top of the Urban AC chart, but Bad Boy abandoned the project shortly after "Hot Tonight" did not blow up. Even with no hit singles and little promotion from Bad Boy, One Love still went gold.

Trouble Sleeping by Corrine Bailey Rae
This is such a good song. I remember hearing that some people at her record company wanted her to remix the songs on her album so it could sound more "urban". She said "no", and sold 2 million records was nominated for 4 Grammys.

It's Alright by Saigon feat Marsha Ambrosius
The Greatest Story Never Told is a great album none of you are listening to right now. I don't know how old this song is because his record was on the shelf for years. Kanye West did the beat for this. It sounds like production from the College Dropout era.

Another by The Notorious BIG & Lil' Kim
I HATE this song! The only reason it's on here is because I loaded all of Life After Death. I can honestly say I have not listened to this track from start to finish since 1997.

I Was Made To Love Her by Stevie Wonder
I always liked this song, but now when I hear it, I think about Michelle Obama walking out on stage during the Democratic National Convention in 2008.

Late by Kanye West
Late Registration is my favorite Kanye West album. This song is a bonus track that is not even listed on the track listing.

Good Times by Ghostface Killa

This along with the "The Sun" and "The Watch" is one of the songs that would have made Bulletproof Wallets a much better album. Ghost had just come off of a platinum album, how does Sony not do the work to clear a sample of a television show? Luckily, this song came along at about the same time Internet leaks turned into part of the game so all of these songs are easily available. For you vinyl heads, there are white labels for all of these songs.

Wanted Dead Or Alive by Bon Jovi

There are certain songs everyone, I don't care what walk of life you come from likes or liked at one time. "Wanted Dead Or Alive" is one of those songs. I remember seeing Jon Bon Jovi and Ritchie Sambora perform an acoustic version of this on the MTV Video Awards. The performance went over so well, MTV decided to produce a show with nothing but acoustic performances called MTV Unplugged.

It's Great To Be Here by The Jackson 5

This is classic J5. Even if you don't recognize the song, you will recognize it as the break The Notorious BIG rhymed over in the "All About The Benjamins (Remix)" In the original version of "All About The Benjamins" the J5 sample is sped up and chopped up a completely different way. Legend has it that Puff Daddy told the songs producer D-Dot that we already paid to use the sample, so just let it ride.

This Pretty Much Sums It Up

Nate Dogg

I had the cassette single for this and wore it out. His first album was supposed to be on Deathrow but never came out because Deathrow was in full meltdown mode after Tupac was killed and Suge went back to prison. I remember the mom and pop music store on the strip in Carbondale Illinois somehow had the Deathrow pressing of his first album. It finally came out officially in the Summer of 98 with a second disc of newer material.

If anybody would like a free punch in the face, compare Nate Dogg to T-Pain.

Sounds Asian On The Phone

This girl has a point. How dare Asian students have a sense of community and spend time with their families during the weekend instead of doing keg stands and throwing up in the middle of the street like polite and civil white American students? When I am somewhere having epiphanies about political science and stuff, the last thing I want to hear is you "ching chonging" it up on your Hello Kitty cellphone about some random tsunami or some nuclear meltdown or whatever. It's just rude.

In all seriousness, I love how she started he racially offensive rant with "don't take this offensively." White people, from here on out if you hear yourself utter the words "don't take this offensively", turn the camera off, change the subject, or just stop and count to ten. It will not end well for you. I will give her points for not referring to the people who make her life a living hell as Oriental.

Good Vs. Evil

I am to lazy to maintain a blog and a tumblr. So here is another cool image that makes the nerd in me very happy.

10 Random Songs Wednesday

I Knew You Were Waiting For Me by Aretha Franklin & George Michael
I think with all of the other stuff George Michael has become famous for in the past few years people forget how great his voice is. This was a number 1 song in America and the UK in 1987. It's just one of those songs that makes me happy.

Nothing On You by Lupe Fiasco & Bruno Mars
No this is not a mistake. This song was originally for Lupe, not B.O.B. I don't know if Lupe cut it from his project or his record company was just too slow to cut the check but the version of the song I have is not a demo but a finished song that wound up being a number 1 hit for someone else.

If I Can't by 50 Cent
I'm not the biggest 50 Cent fan but he hit a home run with Get Rich Or Die Tryin', this album is a classic. This song is also one of my favorite Dr. Dre beats.

The Prelude by Jay-Z
I know everybody except me and my friend Cool Hand Lex hated Kingdom Come. This is the first song on the album and it was produced by B-Money a producer from St. Louis

Uknowhowwedo by Bahamadia
Kollage is one of the best if not the best solo album by a female emcee ever. The majority of this album was produced by DJ Premier, Guru, The Roots and Da Beatminerz, but this song was produced by Ski. It is shame that more people do not know about her or this incredible album. What is really a shame is that there is no way in hell she would get signed today.

Glaciers Of Ice by Raekwon feat. Masta Killa
I actually bought the cassette single for this after hearing it on Street Vibes which was an underground Hip-Hop show which came on the 88.1 FM in St. Louis. The RZA was on fire with everything he did during this era.

Standing Ovation by Young Jeezy
You have to give credit where credit is due Thug Motivation 101 is a great album. I'm sure Jeezy does not care but if you are a southern rapper that rhymes mostly about selling dope and I like your album, it is a big deal. This is just one of the songs that was not a single that you could play in the club during in the Summer of 2005 and everybody knew the words.

Bizare by U-God
A lot of people see U-God as the weak link in the Wu-Tang Clan, but his first solo album Golden Arms Redemption was not that bad. The first and only single "Bizarre from this project was actually really dope.

Fade Into You by Mazzy Star
This some of the mildly depressing and mopey shit I was into at one point in high school.

One Thing by Freeway feat. Raekwon
Whenever I hear people complain about the state Hip-Hop and I find out they have not listened to certain albums, I just ignore them. The Stimulus Package is one of those albums. Jake one did his job creating a great sound scape, Freeway was on point with the lyrics and anytime you get a great verse from Raekwon, you have nothing to complain about.

Purple Label Wool-Blend Hawker Dress Coat

While feeding my sick addiction for Polo clothes to wear for next fall & winter I stumbled upon this this coat which is $1,900 on sale! Considering I only paid $1,200 for the car I am driving now, it is pretty safe to say that this picture is as close as I am going to get to this fine garment. It is from Ralph Lauren's wildly overpriced Purple Label line. If you see someone wearing anything from this line, their life is probably pretty awsome.

As much as I dig the lines on this coat, it is wool blend. Sure the blend is soft angora and plush cashmere but For $1,900 it should be made out of virgin Suri alpaca. That said if a 48 long fell off of the back of a Ralph Lauren truck, I would probably wear it everywhere and tell people I paid full price for it. Actually that is probably not a good idea, because everyone would think my values are all out of wack for getting into a $1,200 car with a $4,995 coat on and they would be right. Damn this is a nice coat!

Ice Cube G.O.A.T. ?

Some rappers are heaven sent / but "Self Destruction" don't pay the fuckin' rent / so you can either dope or get your ass a job / I'd rather roll with the muthafuckin' Lench Mob!

These Ice Cube lyrics just randomly popped into my head while I was at work today. They are from the song "Rollin' wit' the Lench Mob" off of his debut solo album Amerikkka's Most Wanted. I always remembered these lyrics because Cube was more or less putting down KRS-One's Stop The Violence Movement. To my knowledge this is the only time someone said anything about KRS-One and he just let it go.

There was a 4 to 5 year period where Ice Cube the best, most influential, and most feared rapper in the world. If he is not in your top 10 greatest of all time, you need your head examined.

Stop Doing This

I filled up my car yesterday and gas was $3.45 a gallon which is about 60 cents more per gallon than I paid when I filled up 2 weeks ago. Despite this I still see people using the drive thru at fast food chains. There was a line about 8 cars long yesterday at the Mc Donalds across the street from my place of employment. In the time it took me to park, get out of my car, walk in, order a grilled chicken snack wrap & fries, and walk out, the 8th car in line had only moved 2 spots closer to the window.

It does not matter if you drive a Prius or you are so rich that $10 a gallon gas would not bother you. Everyone must understand that fossil fuels as well as your time your time are finite resources that are wasted when you are too lazy to get out of your car to order food that's sole purpose is to expand your ass. Seeing a woman riding alone in Cadillac Escalade, idling in a drive thru so she can order a diet coke is a prime example of why no one cares when those of us here in the United States complain about the price of oil.