31.) Salt 'n Peppa - Whatta Man
32.) Junior Mafia - Gettin' Money (Get Money Remix)
33.) Notorious B.I.G. - One More Chance (Remix)
34.) Prefuse 73 - The Ends of Biters (International)
35.) Nas - If I Ruled the World (feat. Lauryn Hill)
36.) Juggaknots - The Circle Pt. 1
37.) Audio Two - Top Billin'
38.) A Tribe Called Quest - Find a Way
39.) k-os - Superstarr Pt. Zero
40.) Mr. Lif - Phantom (feat. El-P)
41.) Juvenile - Back That Thang Up
42.) Madvillain - All Caps
43.) Destiny's Child - No, No, No (Pt. 2)
44.) TLC - No Scrubs
45.) Q-Tip - Vivrant Thing
46.) Ludacris - What's Your Fantasy
47.) Lil' Mo - Superwoman
48.) Mystikal - Bouncin' Back (Bumpin' Me Against The Wall)
49.) Cee-Lo - I'll Be Around (feat. Timbaland)
50.) Bubba Sparxxx - Ugly
51.) D-12 - Purple Pills
52.) Eminem - Without Me
53.) Ice Cube - Friday
54.) Montell Jordan - This Is How We Do It
55.) Jay-Z - Big Pimpin' (feat. UGK)
56.) Cypress Hill - Insane in the Membrane
57.) Dr. Dre - The Next Episode
58.) Public Enemy - Burn Hollywood Burn
59.) Pras - Ghetto Supastar
60.) Nas - The World Is Yours
Sure as hell IS.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
[adult swim] Psyche Origami - Dead Right
Hip-hop is evolving in the shadows, away from the public's eye. God, Adult Swim had awesome music bumps.
My Ultimate Rock Setlist Part II
31.) Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
32.) Alice in Chains - Would?
33.) The Shins - Australia
34.) Smashing Pumpkins - Today
35.) Green Day - Brain Stew/Jaded
36.) Lenny Kravitz - Fly Away
37.) Nada Surf - I Like What You Say
38.) Deftones - Change (In the House of Flies)
39.) Soundgarden - Spoonman
40.) Bob Marley - Jammin'
41.) Foo Fighters - Everlong
42.) The Mars Volta - Viscera Eyes
43.) Arctic Monkeys - You Probably Couldn't See For The Lights But You Were Staring Straight at Me
44.) Beck - Loser
45.) The Breeders - Cannonball
46.) Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way?
47.) The Offspring - Come Out and Play (Keep 'Em Separated)
48.) Beastie Boys - Fight For Your Right
49.) Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
50.) Alice in Chains - Rooster
51.) Black Sabbath - Iron Man
52.) Oasis - Wonderwall
53.) Deep Purple - Smoke in the Water
54.) Veruca Salt - Seether
55.) The Beatles - Here Comes the Sun
56.) Eels - My Beloved Monster
57.) Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride
58.) No Doubt - Just a Girl
59.) Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
60.) Bob Marley - I Shot The Sheriff
32.) Alice in Chains - Would?
33.) The Shins - Australia
34.) Smashing Pumpkins - Today
35.) Green Day - Brain Stew/Jaded
36.) Lenny Kravitz - Fly Away
37.) Nada Surf - I Like What You Say
38.) Deftones - Change (In the House of Flies)
39.) Soundgarden - Spoonman
40.) Bob Marley - Jammin'
41.) Foo Fighters - Everlong
42.) The Mars Volta - Viscera Eyes
43.) Arctic Monkeys - You Probably Couldn't See For The Lights But You Were Staring Straight at Me
44.) Beck - Loser
45.) The Breeders - Cannonball
46.) Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way?
47.) The Offspring - Come Out and Play (Keep 'Em Separated)
48.) Beastie Boys - Fight For Your Right
49.) Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
50.) Alice in Chains - Rooster
51.) Black Sabbath - Iron Man
52.) Oasis - Wonderwall
53.) Deep Purple - Smoke in the Water
54.) Veruca Salt - Seether
55.) The Beatles - Here Comes the Sun
56.) Eels - My Beloved Monster
57.) Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride
58.) No Doubt - Just a Girl
59.) Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
60.) Bob Marley - I Shot The Sheriff
Monday, June 29, 2009
The Invention of Lying (2009) OFFICIAL TRAILER
Are you serious? This would save me so much time and energy.
Music Lately
I've realllllly gotten selective with my music choice in the past few years. It used to be that a song could so much as enter my eardrums once and one, two, three; it's on my iPod.
Now my iPod selection is like getting into the fucking Ivy League. I don't know what the hell happened.
Now my iPod selection is like getting into the fucking Ivy League. I don't know what the hell happened.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
So What I Don't Get Is...
...boys named feminine names, and girls named masculine names. Not like Alex or Morgan for girls, but...Christian or Evan. And the dudes being named Lindsey or Courtney.
...how Asian now carries the connotation of the Far East alone.
...the fascination with attractive yet talentless people in our society.
...why 'that's what she said' got SO ridiculously popular. I find myself saying it, and subsequently screaming.
...gamer TV.
...the labeling of the Middle East as a problem area when it's been plunged in turmoil since the Battle of Kadesh in 1274 B.C.
...people who wear peace signs on their shirts and proclaim to love all, then walk by a nerd and say, "Eww."
... how white supremacists express anger over our presence here when we did not exactly teleport ourselves.
...how dumb blonde jokes came to be, and whether said blondes are that stupid or just feel the need to perpetuate the stereotype.
...who decided talking intelligently makes black people "white". So once upon a time we were uneducated and we still have to sound like that?
...when the ideal figure shrank from Marilyn Monroe at 10 to Kate Moss at size 0.
...the Wii. Dumbest idea for a video game console since Sega DreamCast.
...Abercrombie's obsession with pornographic posters.
...the thing with a guy macking making him a pimp, but a girl macking branding her a slut.
...how having a [insert ethnicity] friend certifies you as a non-racist when you start talking smack about their race in a negative way.
...gladiator sandals. Mm, no.
...fashion pieces that look like random, glued-together bits of construction paper.
...clothing over $250.
...the paparazzi's day-to-day schedule, and whether they have a list of celebrity stalkees or just go out on manhunts and hope to find one. Ha-ha, sad life.
...dyed Afros.
...the existence of any minority skinhead. Like this guy.
...how Japan lagged five years behind us in technology after World War II, and still precedes us THREE years sixty-six years later! It's embarrasing.
...how anyone is ashamed to be exactly who they are.
...how fashion companies have a "black slot" that they already have filled out and don't need anyone else for.
...this stigma of immigrants from Mexico and Central/South America. We were all immigrants at one point in our ancestries. You're treating these immigrants the same way that Americans treated your forefathers?
...the age of bad (horror) movies culminating in the past four years. Ugh.
...the way people just relate hip-hop to gangstas with Glocks and grills and then disregard it as a form of music.
...what is so bad about The Boondocks.
...no offense, but white people calling hip-hop/rap/R&B "YOUR MUSIC". AH, I COULD GO CRAZY.
...how Elvis is the king of rock 'n roll, and not Chuck Berry or Little Richard.
...anime making you a loser.
...Prefuse 73's album cover to Surrounded By Silence.
...the reluctance for a majority of Americans to be multicultural, like it's really that painful.
...what the hell happened to GOOD country.
...GANGURO.
...the eerie color of the sky as it prepares to rain.
...how Asian now carries the connotation of the Far East alone.
...the fascination with attractive yet talentless people in our society.
...why 'that's what she said' got SO ridiculously popular. I find myself saying it, and subsequently screaming.
...gamer TV.
...the labeling of the Middle East as a problem area when it's been plunged in turmoil since the Battle of Kadesh in 1274 B.C.
...people who wear peace signs on their shirts and proclaim to love all, then walk by a nerd and say, "Eww."
... how white supremacists express anger over our presence here when we did not exactly teleport ourselves.
...how dumb blonde jokes came to be, and whether said blondes are that stupid or just feel the need to perpetuate the stereotype.
...who decided talking intelligently makes black people "white". So once upon a time we were uneducated and we still have to sound like that?
...when the ideal figure shrank from Marilyn Monroe at 10 to Kate Moss at size 0.
...the Wii. Dumbest idea for a video game console since Sega DreamCast.
...Abercrombie's obsession with pornographic posters.
...the thing with a guy macking making him a pimp, but a girl macking branding her a slut.
...how having a [insert ethnicity] friend certifies you as a non-racist when you start talking smack about their race in a negative way.
...gladiator sandals. Mm, no.
...fashion pieces that look like random, glued-together bits of construction paper.
...clothing over $250.
...the paparazzi's day-to-day schedule, and whether they have a list of celebrity stalkees or just go out on manhunts and hope to find one. Ha-ha, sad life.
...dyed Afros.
...the existence of any minority skinhead. Like this guy.
...how Japan lagged five years behind us in technology after World War II, and still precedes us THREE years sixty-six years later! It's embarrasing.
...how anyone is ashamed to be exactly who they are.
...how fashion companies have a "black slot" that they already have filled out and don't need anyone else for.
...this stigma of immigrants from Mexico and Central/South America. We were all immigrants at one point in our ancestries. You're treating these immigrants the same way that Americans treated your forefathers?
...the age of bad (horror) movies culminating in the past four years. Ugh.
...the way people just relate hip-hop to gangstas with Glocks and grills and then disregard it as a form of music.
...what is so bad about The Boondocks.
...no offense, but white people calling hip-hop/rap/R&B "YOUR MUSIC". AH, I COULD GO CRAZY.
...how Elvis is the king of rock 'n roll, and not Chuck Berry or Little Richard.
...anime making you a loser.
...Prefuse 73's album cover to Surrounded By Silence.
...the reluctance for a majority of Americans to be multicultural, like it's really that painful.
...what the hell happened to GOOD country.
...GANGURO.
...the eerie color of the sky as it prepares to rain.
My Ultimate Hip-Hop Setlist
1.) P. Diddy - Bad Boy For Life
2.) Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)
3.) Notorious B.I.G. - Hypnotize
4.) Junior Mafia - Players' Anthem
5.) Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight
6.) Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The Message
7.) The Cool Kids - Black Mags
8.) Busta Rhymes - Woo Hah!! Got You All In Check
9.) Craig Mack - Flava in Ya Ear
10.) Snoop Dogg - Gin and Juice
11.) Dr. Dre/2Pac - California Love
12.) Lil' Kim - Crush On You
13.) A Tribe Called Quest - Award Tour
14.) Rob Sonic - New Car Smell
15.) Missy Elliott - The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)
16.) Aaliyah - Are You That Somebody
17.) Pharoahe Monch - Simon Says
18.) The Fugees - Killing Me Softly
19.) Nas - The World Is Yours
20.) Jay-Z - Can I Get A What What (feat. Amil and Ja Rule)
21.) Clipse - Grindin'
22.) Madvillain - Rainbows
23.) Psyche Origami - Dead Right
24.) Handsome Boy Modeling School - Holy Calamity (Bear Witness II)
25.) Outkast - So Fresh, So Clean
26.) Lauryn Hill - Everything is Everything
27.) Notorious B.I.G. - Hypnotize
28.) Outkast - Rosa Parks
29.) Q-Tip - Breathe and Stop
30.) Mariah Carey - Fantasy
2.) Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)
3.) Notorious B.I.G. - Hypnotize
4.) Junior Mafia - Players' Anthem
5.) Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight
6.) Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The Message
7.) The Cool Kids - Black Mags
8.) Busta Rhymes - Woo Hah!! Got You All In Check
9.) Craig Mack - Flava in Ya Ear
10.) Snoop Dogg - Gin and Juice
11.) Dr. Dre/2Pac - California Love
12.) Lil' Kim - Crush On You
13.) A Tribe Called Quest - Award Tour
14.) Rob Sonic - New Car Smell
15.) Missy Elliott - The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)
16.) Aaliyah - Are You That Somebody
17.) Pharoahe Monch - Simon Says
18.) The Fugees - Killing Me Softly
19.) Nas - The World Is Yours
20.) Jay-Z - Can I Get A What What (feat. Amil and Ja Rule)
21.) Clipse - Grindin'
22.) Madvillain - Rainbows
23.) Psyche Origami - Dead Right
24.) Handsome Boy Modeling School - Holy Calamity (Bear Witness II)
25.) Outkast - So Fresh, So Clean
26.) Lauryn Hill - Everything is Everything
27.) Notorious B.I.G. - Hypnotize
28.) Outkast - Rosa Parks
29.) Q-Tip - Breathe and Stop
30.) Mariah Carey - Fantasy
My Ultimate Rock Setlist
Laying in bed coughing up bile with nothing to do spawned my ongoing quest for the perfect collection of rock songs.
Let's kick it off.
1.) The Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps
2.) The White Stripes - Fell in Love with a Girl
3.) Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
4.) Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
5.) Jimi Hendrix - If 6 Was 9
6.) Metallica - Enter Sandman
7.) Rush - Freewill
8.) Guns 'n Roses - Paradise City
9.) Audioslave - Cochise
10.) Nirvana - In Bloom
11.) Cream - Sunshine of Your Love
12.) Tokyo Police Club - Centennial
13.) Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing
14.) Alice in Chains - Man in the Box
15.) Incubus - Drive
16.) Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
17.) The Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop
18.) Radiohead - 15 Step
19.) Blur - Song 2
20.) A Perfect Circle - Weak and Powerless
21.) Motley Crüe - Live Wire
22.) Led Zeppelin - Black Dog
23.) Guns N' Roses - Welcome to the Jungle
24.) The Beatles - I Want to Hold Your Hand
25.) Audioslave - Like a Stone
26.) Nine Inch Nails - Closer
27.) Jimmy Eat World - Sweetness
28.) Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird
29.) Bob Marley - Is This Love
30.) Butthole Surfers - Pepper
Let's kick it off.
1.) The Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps
2.) The White Stripes - Fell in Love with a Girl
3.) Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
4.) Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
5.) Jimi Hendrix - If 6 Was 9
6.) Metallica - Enter Sandman
7.) Rush - Freewill
8.) Guns 'n Roses - Paradise City
9.) Audioslave - Cochise
10.) Nirvana - In Bloom
11.) Cream - Sunshine of Your Love
12.) Tokyo Police Club - Centennial
13.) Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing
14.) Alice in Chains - Man in the Box
15.) Incubus - Drive
16.) Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
17.) The Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop
18.) Radiohead - 15 Step
19.) Blur - Song 2
20.) A Perfect Circle - Weak and Powerless
21.) Motley Crüe - Live Wire
22.) Led Zeppelin - Black Dog
23.) Guns N' Roses - Welcome to the Jungle
24.) The Beatles - I Want to Hold Your Hand
25.) Audioslave - Like a Stone
26.) Nine Inch Nails - Closer
27.) Jimmy Eat World - Sweetness
28.) Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird
29.) Bob Marley - Is This Love
30.) Butthole Surfers - Pepper
My Catharsis (featured on Andreas Johannes' page)
It's high time I tackled the most touchy subject in the entire universe to me: being "black".
You are born black. Your skin is... shades of brown, but in layman's terms, BLACK. This perpetual stereotype of blackness being fried chicken, Afro puffs, big booties and grills in your mouth has got to stop. I'm wearing thin as I traipse down the hallway with my boyfriend, being jeered at and put down as a sellout and all else. It's tiring. It's juvenile. And it stings bitterly.
I don't understand why I have to do these things to be proud of what I am. I don't get why people can't leave me alone because I would sometimes rather listen to Daft Punk instead of someone like Young Jeezy. I wish I could go places with my boo and not be made to feel like some kind of freak since he's ten shades lighter. And the pressure has permeated my psyche until I come home and cry in uncontrollable fits of rage and frustration.
Maybe it seems like a desperate wail for attention. I needed to express my distress to someone. I made the mistake of bottling my feelings, and now I feel like a total mess. The funny thing is, I was reading a blog by a Swedish guy named Andreas Johannes. He happens to like sistas. At first I thought he was being cynical and superficial. But then I just realized that he's just a down-to-earth guy who has a genuine love and interest for black women. That's so rare here, or anywhere, that I was overwhelmed. I should've been happy. Instead I became depressed.
I suppose after seeing me and other friends be nothing but conquests for any male, the sincerity was too much to handle. It just isn't the same in America. Here we're...
Back-up dancers and booty-shakers. Socially pressured to do things to our hair so that we look more European. Teased because of our natural hair and the way it isn't silky or long. Pursued because of sexual idolization instead of real love, like we deserve and desire. Good enough for singing and performing, but cast aside when it comes to modeling, because we aren't perceived as the ideal standard of beautiful. Am I making you uncomfortable?
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