"I Don't Give A F**k If Yo Last Name Is Jackson!"

...A Relly Boi quote, used to diss a rapper whose name was Michael Jackson. If you read my musings daily, I apologize for the lack of posts. I've been busy doing nothing. Writing, watching, whatever. Yesterday was a day I really couldn't wrap my mind around. I'm not sad, I'm not affected, it was just another day to me.

I don't mean to sound cold, but M.J didn't really affect my everyday...Today, I was at Ace's(HappyBirthday,Skeem) and we watched FuseTV,Loaded...They played Michael Jackson's video discography. All the greats: Billie Jean, Bad, Smooth Criminal, Thriller, Remember The Time?, Rock My World, et cetera. My favorite song by the King Of Pop, "P.Y.T(Pretty Young Thing". It's just wicked front to back.

I read a quote from the man, he said he most identifies with the Disney character,Peter Pan. The boy who never grew up, and such.

If the surgeries are real, I am sure this is what he tried to mimic with his piles of money. Despite the unexplicable craziness, MJ remains a key inspiration in the industry of music.

For instance,R.Kelly calls himself the "Pied Piper". The image of the Piper is very similar to that of Peter Pan. Despite the title, the image R.Kelly is upholding is Zorro.

Pied Piper

Zorro

If not through the music and dancemoves, it has to be the swag. Craziest clothes money can buy and "somethin' crazy on my arm."

You can see his influence in more than music. In Super Metroid, the main character, Samus, has a feature to shoot while she is walking backwards, it is called The Moonwalk....

I'm sorry I didn't commit enough time to this eulogy,but it's hard to honor such a legend in one post. This blog would have to become a fansite for me to attempt to try....Instead: MJ, you're one of the greats, and despite your faults, you will be missed, it's kinda like you'll never leave. Your name will circulate around the globe for generations to come. R.I.P

P.E.A.C.E

P.S~Prince still has better jams.

What are these kids on?!?

some of that?!

B.O.B

Usually meaning "Bombs Over Baghdad", today, "Bombs Over Bangladesh".

Mr.Bangladesh, the producer of such Summer jams as Lil Wayne's "A Milli" and Kelis' "Bossy", has always boasted a sample-free sound in his beats. Yesterday, Ace Boogie called him out. Have you heard Mario's "Break Up"? Have you heard The Beastie Boys' "Girls"? Check it out.

Well, there you have it.....any questions, just ask it.

P.E.A.C.E

"Happy, Happy, Happy, Everybody Happy"

Wednesday, I think the day was. Fauste had a moment of spontaneity. Boogie said we were silly. Fauste and I drove up to Wright State for shits and giggles. Twas the fastest I ever made it up there. I took a snap shot of "Touchdown-Jesus" with my phone.

I caught up with Green Team, minus Mr. I Will Do It! It was fun. Exchanging old catch phrases and doing the usual Green Team things. We went to a party at Kell's. Matt & Matt teamed up on the tables to defeat Kells and B-Mac, or was it Wiford? Anyway, we took it home, but were later defeated by reps of Team Nina. No hard feelings. Afterwards, we retired to the dormette and I stumbled upon "Happy Pills". I asked about them. Apparently, Des took them the day before and couldn't find a damn thing wrong with life. I took two. My mood steadily elevated...

(Dramatization)

I even tried to think of a bad thought, but the herbs and whatever prohibited me. They aren't habit forming and I think they have lingered within. I have no problems, everything seems to be at peace, despite those of whom who are out to get me. Everything's gonna be alright!

Just checkin' in...

P.E.A.C.E

MZA In Real Life

You ever had this feeling: when you find something new and you find yourself submerged in it... and when you leave it alone, you feel like you need to have that feeling again? You know? Like, everything before this feeling was cool, but when you return to everything else, without it you feel...empty? ( Bag, Heaux!)


I'm feeling kinda Backstreet Boys-ish, "Incomplete" for some odd reason....

Yeah....My poles have switched due to warm weather. I can write my ass of, but the beats are getting hard to make. Well, the samples are hard to deal with. I tried sampling The Beatles "I Need You" and Marvin Gaye's "I Want You"....don't ask me why....

Haha! I've been listening to a lot of Beatles, and every Bob Dylan song I could find, I'm in need of a big ass iPod. 4g's used to only cut it for my musics, but now, I'm tryna get into my Free Love mode. I'd like the entire discographies of the following.

• Marvin Gaye
• Diana Ross
• Jimi Hendrix
• Bob Dylan
• Black Sabbath
• Metallica
• Coldplay
• Prince

I'd like to dabble a little in the 1980s, I love the synth work and corny keyboards. Maybe I should get in on the decade I missed music-wise, the 90s.

Yeah...Just checking in since I usually post every hour on the hour and haven't been doing so recently.

M.T. Bag meets G.E.E.K tomorrow....er, today. I'ma be sleepy as hell, I know it.

P.E.A.C.E

Dems Iz Jokez

Friday, I was in the car with Grimm. We were on our way to what I predicted was gonna be a fiasco, no Lupe. That's irrelevant. The point is, we were listening to the radio. The radio and I don't get along. Pop-Rap simply isn't my thing, it never was. What I've come to realize is, Hip-Hop as a music is taken as a joke. Usually when something is being parodied, 9 times out of 10, it's a rap song. Why?

Me and this n!99@ (Hip-Hop Harry) don't get along. I don't like how they try to make him the epitome of Hip-Hop with his dress code. The shoes are what I assume are original Adidas, the baggy denims, the extra long shirt, the big ass medallion, and the side ways hat....Pisses me off.

A song that's pissing me off right now, "Walk That Walk". I saw it on BET's The Deal, and I thought I'd never hear it again. It's getting radio play. Hearing this made me realize the key to Pop-Rap: All you need is three words, and you got yo'self a chorus, or three syllables. For instance:(Don't steal my creative choruses!)

• Eat That Bread
• Comb Yo Hair
• Beat His Ass
• Fuck That Bitch
• Drive That Car
• Tie Yo Shoes
• Sag Yo Pants
• L...R.....G
• Print That Paper
• Burn Yo Album
• Spare Some Change

And it goes on. Here's something else that trips me out.

I think it was the Rick Ross issue of XXL, maybe the Eminem one, don't hold me to neither one. Anyway, they had a brief article on the authors of "Stanky Leg". They said something like, just because we made a fun record don't mean we can't get lyrical. That may be true, but you turn around and come out with the "Booty Do"....Some people's definition of being lyrical is slowing down the beat and being less hype, not true at all. Mos Def and Kanye West are two of the hypest conscious rappers out right now, sometimes they rap fast, sometimes they rhyme slow.

In the words of Rakim, "I ain't no joke." This is as serious of a sport as Basketball or Football. Why you gonna exploit it like it's some cheap venue of entertainment. Hip-Hop as well as other genres have saved peoples' lives, inspired others to do great things, and keeps this world sane. Why you wanna go and do that to us?

P.E.A.C.E

Really?

What is the picture of up above? I'll give you a few moments.................Time's up! It's a Poke'mon card. Every kid growing up had at least a stackof these. Some played, some collected. Me, I strictly collected, I thought the game was stupid.

Moving on. About 4 or 5 years ago, I went to a comic book store in attempts to sell my collection. I got holographic cards, rarities, an okay collection. I drop the book on the desk like, "I wanna sell these." The clerk doesn't open the book, he lays a hand on it, he goes, "Are these Poke'mon cards?" I say yes. He tells me, "It's a dead game. I can't buy these." I left the store and have held a semi-grudge ever since. How does that figure? A dead game you say? If it's dead, why do some people still have little tournaments and tell me why comic book stores and Wal-Mart still sell them?

What pisses me off even more is, Burger King is giving them away with the kid's meals. How does this figure, you'll sell them and give them out, but you won't take them back? Fuck you Nintendo!...............I still love Super Nintendo and the Wii, but fuck y'all n!99@$!

P.E.A.C.E

Whoever Has The Gold Makes The Rules

I was reading an issue of People Magazine. The one with Jon on the cover, from Jon & Kate Plus 8. The concept of overnight fame kinda pisses me off. The following is a paradox: I want fame, but I don't care too much for it. I want people to recognize the music, but I don't want people all up in MY business. Reading up on Jon, I can empathize with his dilemma.

Goddamn! 8 kids, twins and sextuplets, I'd get a Vasectomy, not. The man just wants to raise his kids, but because of a genetic gimmick, he's a celebrity. The man didn't want fame, but "Whoop, there it is!" Apparently, his wife became a nightmare bitch when they turned the cameras on. I don't care too much for them, I've never seen the show, what could they possibly show?

This made me think though. How come when you become an American celebrity, you're automatically Jesus. "Oh, my God, Tom Cruise likes ice cream. Me too!" Who cares? Do you remember Jaleel White's sitcom, Grown Ups? He said something on there that stuck with me ever since I saw it regarding a celebrity. "He puts his pants on one leg at a time like I do." You may have more cash than me, but I don't care. I admire how everything a person says or does, regular people just lap it up. A few people of whom I have a problem with, well, not a problem, but a bone to pick with:

Oprah and her bookclub. She slaps her name on a special edition cover, and what do you do? You buy it and read because she said so. You're pretty much guaranteed to be The New York Times Bestseller if she does that for you. I respect Oprah, but after a decade plus on TV, she just bullshits what she endorses. She could endorse Arsenic, and you'd probably take it, huh?

Drake. I dig his music. I'ma be real, I still haven't heard So Far Gone, but who cares? I dig his raps, he's nothing special, but I wish the best for him. What do you hear all the little heauxs making their own versions of? "He's the best I ever had?" It gets on my nerves. A Canadian cat with a Southern swag jumps onto the American Rap scene and dominates the ears of our chicks even worse than Lil Bow Wow and Lil Romeo combined. I respect him because he can actually rap. Keep doing your thing, but stop stealing all the heauxs.

Beyonce, the Mary J. Blige of our generation. Voice-wise, no, but the way she speaks to the women is remarkable. I love how I had the Sasha Fierce album when it came out, I absorbed its music, and like 5-6 months later, all of a sudden everybody wants to quote it. I was bangin' "Diva" before "Single Ladies" got hot. "Ego" is a joke to me, but the girls love it! Once again, I respect Beyonce, and I hope the best for Destiny's Child and their little comeback, but hearing her all over the place is crazy.

Quick rappin' question.

Where the hell is Plies? I ain't heard a soft R&B, "Bust It Baby" song in forever. I'm gettin' kinda worried. I remember every week there was either a new Plies song or a new album. Without the soft guitars and harps and synths, life seems kinda meaningless. Psyche! But really, he makes good music, with his thick accent, and the lyrics that suck, with the R&B singers. I'm looking forward to Reel:Da Real Movie...or Real Estate or Real Deal, or some Real shit....

P.E.A.C.E

Show Me What You Got....Post 420

This is post #420. Blaze 'em if I got 'em. Got 'em? No....oh well! Today's topic originated from a few minutes ago. I was watching BET's The Deal. They showed Kanye West's "Amazing". I like the song, but the video is certified "CHEEQZ". That's cheeks, as in buttcheeks. I remember a time in which music videos had deeper meaning than the song did, which is why I hate 95% of today's Rap videos. All that rented flashin' and stuntin' don't mean shit, and never will. The reason I ever picked up on Kanye West is because of his creative videos. I dug the stories or the aesthetics. Now, nobody's really trying anymore. Creep with me.

"Through The Wire", his first single. How I hated the song when it came out, you couldn't turn through MTV, MTV2, or BET without seeing it on all of them at the same time. I like the Kodak pictures and the moving scenes within. It was a decent concept. I like how it came together. Top notch video.

"All Falls Down", without a doubt, one of my favorite music videos of all time. I'm a sucker for anything shot in first person, takes a lot of camera work. With Stacey Dash as the lead girl and the scene where he hops through the x-ray thing, the video is too dope. The icing on the cake is the end, where the bottom of the screen has tears conjure up as Stacey's plane takes off.

"Gold Digger". The funniest single a guy could put out, with Jamie Foxx posing as Ray Charles and a common topic to rap about, this was number one for a minute. Not really creative, but with the help of the ladies, I could stomach it. Live pin-ups, "who do dat?" This video and "Diamonds From Sierra Lenoe" marked the decline of his video creativity, not the fall, but the decline.

"Heard 'Em Say".....I'm not really a fan of Kanye's version. Maroon 5's version is way better "Nothing Lasts Forever". I love the animations in the one including Adam Levine, but I admire the work put into the live action one....reminds me of a Christmas special or some shit.

"Touch The Sky", easily one of my favorite Kanye West joints. It was so real, and at the time, real on the radio was just unheard of. I really tuned in for the video to find out who the genius was behind the "I'm tryna stop lyin'(lion) like I'm Mumm-Ra." I flipped when I heard it, but my mom claimed it made no sense. She was the one who turned me onto Thundercats...I dug the whole Evil Kanyeval thing, the Nia Long cameo, and the whole tone, it was dope.

Kanye West - Flashing Lights (feat. Dwele)

The last really good Kanye video I've seen, "Flashing Lights". Boogie came by my house and told me to watch it. Nearly one continuous shot, no Kanye West, expsensive coat up in flames, what more could you want?

West is indeed one of my top artists, and that's why it hurts to see him produce such mediocre videos nowadays. "Heartless", BOO! "Love Lockdown"...what the fuck was that? "Amazing"...certified CHEEQZ. He better come harder on Good Ass Job or he's gonna be looking for one....

P.E.A.C.E

"I See Them Flashing Lights"

I woke up sorta early today to lend a helping hand to my boys over at G.E.E.K(Give Everybody Everywhere Knowledge). Yeah. I met Average Joe at 11ish. Politicked, watched Twerk Team, and got to business. Joe blueprinted the mixtape out for me. The only way he was gonna get some hot beats I wouldn't keep for myself is if I made them before him.

Neon Strobelights! Yessir! I won't leak too much about it. Today I put the beat down for "Hip-Hop Sorrow", a Sailor Moon MIDI, and "Touch The Stars", which couldn't have come together any better. That sample will go unmentioned until G.E.E.K releases NSL's. Expect M.T. Bagto be featured on this project. It's due for July 31st, and once released, you'll be able to catch it here for your listening pleasures. The release party will go down in November....for some reason, so stay tuned.

This is what happens when I don't get my beauty rest. Yurr, yurr!

"Th-th-that's all, folks!

P.E.A.C.E

"I'll Whip Yo Head, Boy (You Know I Will)"

Remember in the last post when I said I was done with the Street Fighter shit talk? I lied! I found Japan's Finest! So, they have become my "Hit List". It's like this:

1. ウメハラ(Umehara)
Character: Ryu
Battle Points: 130,915
Match/Win Ratio: 5,204/4,488 86.24%
(You're cheeqz. Nobody Zones and Spaces like me, NOBODY!)


2.　おじさんボーイ (Ojisan Boy)
Character: Sagat
Battle Points: 110,390
Match/Win Ratio: 4,352/3,516 80.79%
(I'm sorta afraid)

3.　マゴ (Mago)
Character: Sagat
Battle Points: 100,431
Match/Win Ratio: 4,091/3,202 78.27%
(You're cheeqz)

4.　あーるえふ (Aaruefu)
Character: Sagat
Battle Points: 89,309
Match/Win Ratio: 3,410 Matches (win ratio not public)
(You're cheeqz)

5.　志郎 (Shiro)
Character: Abel
Battle Points: 82,903
Match/Win Ratio: 3,654/2,845 77.86%
(You'll piss me off, but you're cheeqz)

6.　時の扉 (Toki no Tobira)
Character: Balrog (Boxer)
Battle Points: 76,678
Match/Win Ratio: 3,094/2,574 83.19%
(Hadoukens'll shut that up)

7.　ときどきヌキンクス (Tokidoki Nukinkusu)
Character: Chun-Li
Battle Points: 76,397
Match/Win Ratio: 3,484/2,233 64.09%
(What?)

8.　ネモ (Nemo)
Character: Chun-Li
Battle Points: 76,507
Match/Win Ratio: 4,351/3,514 80.76%
(Cheeqz)

9.　じょえ (Joe)
Character: C.Viper
Battle Points: 74,757
Match/Win Ratio: 2,293/1,812 79.02%
(You better punch the ground)

10.　☆カツオ☆ (Katsuo)
Character: Sagat
Battle Points: 74,521
Match/Win Ratio: 3,858/3,148 81.6%
(Cheeqz)

11.　ボウヤ☆★☆ (Bouya)
Character: Zangief
Battle Points: 74,440
Match/Win Ratio: 4,664/3,575 76.65%
(Don't make me laugh)

12.　ドラゴンボーイ (Dragon Boy)
Character: Ken
Battle Points: 72,874
Match/Win Ratio: 1,783/1,432 80.31%
(That'll be so much phun!)

13.　伊予 (Iyo)
Character: Dhalsim
Battle Points: 71,880
Match/Win Ratio: 2,924/2,197 75.14%
(You're kidding me...I respect you, but you're kidding me right?)

14.　くま (Kuma)
Character: M.Bison (Dictator)
Battle Points: 69,449
Match/Win Ratio: 4,817/3,886 80.67%
(Hardy, har, har!)

15.　Radiowave
Character: Sagat
Battle Points: 68,838
Match/Win Ratio: 1,992/1,621 81.38%
(CHEEQZ)

16.　ももち (Momochi)
Character: Akuma
Battle Points: 65,987
Match/Win Ratio: 1,373/1,026 74.73%
(Akuma ain't no shit)

17.　AOI
Character: Sagat
Battle Points: 65,586
Match/Win Ratio: 5,040/4,194 83.21%
(What?)

18.　静岡最強 (Shizuoka Saikyou)
Character: Blanka
Battle Points: 65,084
Match/Win Ratio: 4,194/3,211 76.56%
(Hadoukens'll fix that real quick)


19.　まぁクン (Maakun)
Character: Sagat
Battle Points: 65,020
Match/Win Ratio: 4,052/3,119 76.97%
(Knock knock? Who's there? Bob, Bob Sagat.)

20.　だしお (Dashio)
Character: C.Viper
Battle Points: 65,286
Match/Win Ratio: 2,738/2,058 75.16%
(Come better!)

Whoever you are, WHEN I lay that ass flat, think about this...

This is my LAST rant....unless I enter a tournament and earn those good spanx...

P.E.A.C.E

Daigo

Legend has it, this Daigo, character is Capcom's Street Fighter of the century....If we play by his rules, (at the arcade) he's got a good chance at beating me. If we do it my way (Super Nintendo, 360), I got it in the bag. No question. You can find all these American people on his nuts. Me, no. He doesn't do anything I ain't never seen anybody else do.

Another event I found...

They don't want me to take their money.

This is my last Street Fighter rant....for now anyway.

P.E.A.C.E