M.T. Bag, Heaux!

Debut of a Return

2010-01-13T13:03:00.002-05:00

It's been a minute since I've been on here...let me get my bearings back, lol.

I just really wanted to talk about dreams and what role they can play in your life, and going further, how much or little can those dreams effect what you do. Sometimes I feel really low and I can't understand why but just now I realized that this dream of breaking into the music industry has become a part of ME. It's no longer a dream, a thought, something that comes and goes in my mind; it has really became apart of my life so in a sense, I am living my dream already, just not in the magnitude that I wish.

I feel at my highest, my best, at peace in only three situations: one is being when I am at a aprty with Green Team and we do what we do and not only that but it's a since of timeless-ness in the group and it feels like the night is truly young. The second is when I am with my girl, but seeing as I'm single, I will stop there. The third is when I get a chance to perform and record, when I can live out a portion of the life I so much dream for.

Why did I say all of this. It's simple, have you ever wanted something so bad that every breathing moment you think of ways to get it, you think of ways to succeed but when you realize that is so far from your grasp, you actually get depressed like it effects your mood that much that you can't function unless your making progress or your doing something that can further fuel your dream.

This is how I feel. Music is what I breath (I honestly think I listen to more music than M.T. Bag combined). The lifestyle of being able to wake up whenever I want, record late nights, and do shows is what I long for. If you understand than this post should hit home.

"I'm in the Pursuit of something...I'll know what it is when I get there."

...everyone tells me I can make it, some don't think I can do it. We'll all find out when I arrive.

Youth In Asia

2009-12-31T10:14:00.000-05:00

Been a long time since the boy even entered this site. Feels like I've been (self) exiled. Apparently, the boy is excommunicated and shit. Ok, allow me to rebuttal and give my side of this.

M.T. Bag= The best Hip-Hop group of all time. Point blank.

The root of the problem started when we were in the final stages of creating M.I.C. Mr.Skeem left. I had no problem with him leaving if that was his prerogative, but we have this album with four cats on it and we got three cats now.....

A few months later, we became more focused, we had to grind a little harder after losing our fourth man. The motivation was at an all time high. Skeem was on his good ol' solo dolo. One day, he wanted to come back. Honestly, I hesitated, Ace and Fauste were on board to let him come back, I'm not gonna tell the guy, "NO!"

The strain was put onto the group when we started recording Sp00ks&Sp00ns. A new and improved "Asshole" Boogie arose. The musics that were put onto the project were forced to be made. The only person that likes every single one of his verses on the album is Ace. The turn out, decent nevertheless.....BUT then M.O decides to get down with us after years or so of being in this solo-all-by-himself-type-shit.

I hardly ever came around to Ace's anymore. Why? I was tired of being told we were gonna make music, then all we actually do is sit down, pack a hundred and one bowls, and me becoming the only conscious nigga in the room.

Skeem starts picking bones with Fauste. I never took a side because it wasn't my business. Then M.O wants to mess with Fauste. Then Ace. All the while, I'm not giving two shits. Being the catalyst I am, I had to convince Fauste to even attempt to reply. By then, M.O apologizes.

In short. I can understand the idea of you cats not having gas money to keep constantly getting me, but when I am over there, we don't do shit. I'm not strictly blaming y'all niggas, I feel uninspi(RED) around y'all sometimes. It appears to be more about image to y'all niggas. I just wanna make music, that's all I've been on forever....mayne.

Why did I leave the group? Every time I turned around, somebody was like, "I'm leaving the group." I don't give a fuck. At least this way I don't have to consult three other niggas about nothing.

We don't click like the clique were once were.

I hope we'll all still be friends. Aaram, Caleb, Matthew and Sheldon to the tomb. Fuck an Ace, fuck a Skeem, fuck a Midas, and fuck a Fauste.

So, if this is the end of M.T. Bag....I don't feel so bad.

Third World Records forever.

P.E.A.C.E

The REAL Other Side Of The Pillow....Super Juicy Gossip...Outro Diss

2009-12-31T06:18:00.004-05:00

Hi, Howdy, Sauetei (check latin spelling, if you so choose you phuckin geek)...Mr.Chase formerly known as Ace Boogie here and you probably haven't heard, but for the un-teenth time i'm leaving the band. But not just the band this time, I'm either leaving Third World Records or the rap game in general.

You see for the past few years I put my blood and sweat into running Third World like an actual label....I drew up contracts that some people have signed, I worked on finding and helping to develop artist (as if I'm developed my damn self), and I pushed this motherphucking webiste out to the people like a nigga gave labor everyday...

But your father, along with Fauste and Dinnerroll, (talking to the website) abandoned you....abandoned us...I tried to run you, hell I saw to your 10000th hit..I was shocked to hop on today and see that we had another 2000 hits since my last post in November. But its just not the same with out everyone contributing....And as the fate of the band's blogspot seems to be dying, seems like the band will soon be dying to. Everybody's too focused on what they wanna do, Fauste is on some early punk rap type shit. And Miz just tryin to be the next kanye still...Skeem wants to be your average everyday rapper using more simplistic beats and song ideas for crowd appeal. Seems like I'm the only one in the band nowadays, i'm still making music but its band music with no band and i don't wanna make any other type so I'm out... And the number reason i knew the band was goin was when the President of our Label, Mza, said this, "I represent a fictitious record label called Third World Records."

Since when are we fake I ask you "Midas?" If you ask me someone's ego is a little inflated, you choose the name a mythical king who seemingly makes gold from whatever he touches although flipping as if you were trying to make bad grammar look cool. And I also ask why switch focus to pushing yourself as opposed to yourself and the guys who were supposed to be yo niggas...but i guess that was fictitious too, eh?

ANYWAY like always I'll stay one condition, I Diddy it up like that. I would like for Midas Welle to humble himself and not change names or anything drastic, but simply let me post THE MOST REVEALING AND JUICIEST PIECE OF GOSSIP OF THIS DECADE.

Welle its on you this time and not Faucet...whats it gonna be Betrayl

Blame it on the Face-a-a-ace-a-ace-acebook...

2009-11-23T23:47:00.003-05:00

In Los Angeles, California...

There was a 12 year old boy who beaten by a group of middle school kids. They want to place blame on a Facebook group....why blame it on facebook???

There was a group on the site which said that last Friday was "Kick A Ginger Day." First of all, I support Kick A Ginger Day! I think I'm in the group. And that bitch ass ginga needs to just defend himself.

Now second of all...where the hell are the parents?! Everytime something happens authorities love to place blame on a giant networking medium. If it was Facebook's fault why the phuck do they let their kids get on facebook. What happened to the good ol' day's of Facebook where you had to be invited...

I remember I got invited cuz I was kinda in the "in crowd," in high school and I used to hold it over Miz's and Ghrim's head. But back to the subject at fingertip...if these kids had parents that gave a phuck enough to keep their kids from doing shit they shouldn't be doing....

Bad parents piss me off...but you know what else pisses me off, senseless beatings.. you know? Like the one that happened to Emmit Till. But this is nothing like this. So you crazy crakas need to shut ya bitchin' up. The idea of hatred because color differences started with ya'll now its backfiring and ya'll wanna bitch...if you ask me since there were no serious injuries I say the day should be "Drag A Ginger Down the Street and Set His Body on Fire Day"...it doesn't quite roll off the tongue though.

And if you believe the hatred is no where near similar then just check the words.... Nigger=giNger, don't you just love Algebra...

PEACH OUT!!!

BTW. Wouldn't you wanna kick this guy??

One Way Yu Know Cincy is 'bout that $$$

2009-11-23T23:30:00.002-05:00

Chad Ochocinco, "the man with the hands," as I like to call him has sprung off on a new business venture which he discussed in "Hard Knocks," the HBO series on the Cincinnati Bengal Training Camp; which I could've been on if they followed Rey Maluga to Clifton, but I guess a lunch run isn't entertaining. But I digress. Chad is selling his own brand of prophylactics...............................................................................

Still don't know what those are yet....let me show you...

Yeah you read right...CHAD OCHOCINCO PLANS ON HAVING HIS OWN BRAND OF CONDOMS. He recently posted a twitpic of the prototype of the packaging.

Completely golden, A+++++++++++, packaging.

BUT I don't know if a man famous for catching things should be selling condoms. If anything Jonathon Joesph should, but I digress.

Peach out.

American Music....awards?? & Lets not talk about New Moon...

2009-11-23T15:02:00.006-05:00

New Moon:

OK, I had no problem with Twilight. It was an okay movie with an okay plot. But this second one was like eating Fecal Cheesecake.

Jake should've killed Ed just for GP, in my opinion. They both need to stop fucking with that crazy bitch. And she needs to stop phucking with supernatural beings, and just get a black guy like evry other rebellious white girl. Jesus tap dancing Christ! I want my girlfriend's money back...

Ass-MA's:
Well let me just start off saying Michael Jackson deserved zero of the awards he won last night. He won soul/r&b artist of the year, and he released one song since Invincible. Maxwell deserved that award. And he won some other award in a category with Eminem and T.I. First of all why was he even in that category. And Relapse and Paper Trail was just completely over shadowed by his death. Now I ain't shit when his death just blackout Farrah's, but at a award's ceremony for music NO ONE should win an award for dying.

My favorite part of the night consisted of me screaming in my girl's ear about how J. Lo fell on her saggy old ass. Being a ex-dancer I notice any little small slip up (ask Skeem). Shit got me weak, as soon as she climbed up those dudes' backs I knew nothing good would come of it...and BLAOW!!! Check it.

Den we got Taylor Swift walking away with like 13 awards or some shit. She had a okay year and I can't judge any country music, BUT LADY GAGA was cheated out of Artist of the Year. P.S. I don't think Taylor's ever gonna be at another award show (on location) due to Westaphobia. Honestly I was praying ANYBODY ran across the screen to reenact the Ye-MA's as chef so eloquently puts it.

Best Performance I saw is tied between Eminem and Lady Gaga. I like Gaga's performance cuz she was spazzin on that piano. And Eminem performs like me...he looks down during most of his Forever performance.

Peach out mayne...

Guess Who's BIzzack!!!

2009-11-20T10:24:00.004-05:00

What's good ya'll??

Music...inspires people. Movies inspire me. Yesterday I got really stoned and saw two movies which I was sleepin' on. These theatrical pillows include: Bruno, Sacha Baron Cohen's gay Borat; and Notorious, Biggie's only movie.

Now Bruno didn't really inspire me, but Notorious woke up the emcee that's being laying dormant in me for the past few months. Don't get me wrong, Notorious as a movie still sucked ass, but the story was something to inspire any person who raps and dreams of making it somewhere.

So my plans are to make upwards towards 40-50 songs. Remakes included. I plan on holding the Band to our idea of re-Recording our first release, Made In Cincinnati. I plan on jumping on any track anyone offered a position to. I plan on doing this "Showdown" album with my older brother, Relly Boi. I'm gonna make Skeem and M.O. finish their mixtape. I gotta make beats for the lil homie, Average Joe. I'm gonna start training my Lil Wayne, look out for a 9 year old gettin on some freestyles. But basically I'm going into a Boogie overload to make shit happen. Cuz this is the only free year I'm gonna have until I graduate from college.

Now back to my assesment of these movies. Skeem tells me that Lil' Kim doesn't like the way she was portrayed in the movie Notorious. Honestly, it made me respect her a lil bit more if that was actually her story. And I liked the actress that played Lil' Kim more than I like Lil' Kim. Physically that is. I still don't like her music that much.

And Bruno is the funniest movie since Half Baked in my opinion. There are some....phuck it thats a lie.....there are A LOT of really gay scenes, but it really adds to comic appeal of the movie...And that velcro suit was stupid!!!!

G.T. Quote of the Day

2009-11-18T14:39:00.002-05:00

I Will DO IT!!!

"The Good night fuck off"

NO, its not a late night sex competition (not yet at least I'm still goin over the game show idea with HBO). Have you ever smoked so much green that its hard to sleep sober?? Well Green team did, so every night we made sure we had somethin to get us fucked off...usually roaches or bowl packs...try it.

Say it with me now....GOODNIGHT FUCK OFF. or if your advanced G.T. the "goodnight rearem"...

Women I'd Cheat on My Wifey With....

2009-11-17T12:17:00.010-05:00

I'll explain how GREAT of a Boyfriend I am before I continue with this blog...
-We've been together for over a year.
-I've "never" cheated. Breaks don't count, especially on the first few weeks of school.
-We've never had sex and I'm still faithful.
-I do my damnedest to make sure she leaves out of her house with a smile on her face everyday.
-I GAVE HER MY GREEN TEAM PAJAMA PANTS!!!

But I digress, Women that my baby may have to keep me away from:

10)Zoe Saldana:

Her Works:
-Drumline
-Star Trek
-That one movie with Ashton Kutcher and Bernie Mac (RIP)

What I'd Do To her: Casual Movie and a Phuck after a blunt.

9)Skeem's Cousin:

With respect for her privacy I won't put her name. But she's a thizzle girl, she used to be really plump and hate my guts back in third grade when I came thru new and had to stand in front of her in line separating her from a friend, I really don't think she remembers that. But I do.

Her Works:
-Cheer Squads @ PHS and CSU
-Prom Queen PHS

What I'd Do To her: I'd have to be in an affair with this one, and a long lasting one like JFK & Ms. Monroe style.

FYI: Not the one who looks like skeem with tits, ok?

8) Lacey Duvalle:

Her Works:
-Various Adult Films, some of which are stuck to my laptop....

What I'd Do to her: Can you say sextape??? But no kissing...point blank period. I wouldn't kiss her if she washed her mouth out with Hydrochloric Acid. NO! But she can get fucked when it's wrapped up.

7)Ms. Ashley

My number two fan. I'm whispering in her ear in the top picture.

Her Works:
-Her fat ol' ass!!
-Blue Crew (Generic ass female Green Team, currently defunct)
-Inspiration to my Ms. Ashalee (Rmx) verse

What I'd do to her: Right now let her be happy; a few days ago we would've been in one of those dippin in and out of hotels thing thingys.

6)Rihanna

Her Works:
-Numerous Erections
-Some Pop Music
-Proving my Chris Brown theory(ask Midas if two years ago I didn't say Chris Brown would be womping on bitches)

What I'd Do To her: Since this girl had me since Her "If It's Loving That You Want Video," I'd have to have a second life with this lady.

5)Danger

Her Works:
-Runner up on For the Love of Ray J??? I think...
-Prostitution

What I'd Do to her: Take her on a date to the clinic, depending on what goes down there we can have our own photoshoot (BRR!)

Intermission:
BITCHES I WOULDN'T TOUCH WITH A 90ft POLE:
-ALL OF TEAM NINA
-NICKI MINAJ
-TRINA
-KARRINE STEFFANS (She played Bobby Brown too cock)
-Any Female Lil Wayne has met.
-Any chick who still likes Bow Wow or Romeo
-Mary Magdalene
-Hannah Montana (she needs a few more years to slut it up a bit)

Back @ It:
4)Kerry Washington

Her Works:
-I Love My Wife
-Fantastic 4

What I'd do to her: Have her on call for late night Booty Calls...and i mean like 5am late night

3)Alicia Silverstone

Her Works:
-Clueless
-Beauty Shop

What I'd Do To Her: Make some of my own Lil Jessica Alba's

2)K.D. Aubert

Her Works:
-Friday After Next
-Soul Plane

What I'd Do to Her: Convert To Mormon...nuff said

1)Scarlett Johanssen

Her Works:
-The Perfect Score
-The Nanny Diaries
-The Spirit

What I'd do to her: I would marry this girl on spot. Sorry baby, but this is the only girl in the world I'd leave you for....I CAN'T HELP IT!!!!

And its not like I'm one of those niggas who just love White Girls. I've just wanted Scarlett since we were kids...

Weekend Wrapped Up

2009-11-16T12:07:00.006-05:00

Some things you may have missed this past weekend:

-First lemme say Congrats to a thizzle girl on her new relationship, make it work!!
-Manny Pacquiao continued boxing up cats.
-Woman claims to have 300 orgasms a day and to stay aroused 24 hours on end.(damn)
-Shelly Rio (cute chick) apologizes to Kim Kardashian for "putting her business out there," in reference to the threesome rumors that have been floating around.
-Man in Trinidad get his ass beat by female..f'ed up
-Mariah Carey really thinks Eminem is obsessed with her...
-Shaun Fauste on 3 week probation from Boogie Household.

Boogiest of Responses to Headlines.

-BOUT DAMN TIME GIRL!!!
-No Shit, Pretty Boy Floyd needs to stop being a bitch and give him his rematch so he can go a head and chalk up that L.
-WTMF, 300?!? shit i can't make it passed six...I need more training. Well she doesn't look that good so it only make since that she has the most fun.
-Shelly Rio don't apologize to her, she made it famous doing shit like that, i.e. Ray J & K-Dash sextape. Fuck Kim Kardashian; and that's a call to action for Shelly Rio, not a insult to Kim. AND POST PICS!!!
-See that's what happens when you play it nice...at least stop the bitch from fucking you up.

-To Mariah Carey, WHO GIVES A FUCK?!? YOU JUST TRYING TO PUSH THAT FAKE ASS BEEF TO UP RECORD SALES, LIKE 50 AND KANYE!!! I swear you are the only redbone chick I cannot stand. And I bet Nick Cannon is cheatin on you with Omarion.

-This nigga!!! Being loud as phuck @ 3am, cryin over a meal (arguing that he's filling up a tank, then don't do it, AFTER HIS FAT ASS GETS A PLATE), leaving a mess every phucking time!!!

Direct Quotes on Shaun Fauste Incident:
"Fuck Him," Skeem tha General
"I only fuck with him cuz ya'll do," M.O.

G.T. Quote of The Day

2009-11-13T20:00:00.003-05:00

In this first installment of G.T. Quote of the Day we have:

"Start the phucks!!"

Used by G.T. in celebration after gathering Ms. Mary. For we had to smoke in a cramped bathroom and to keep from being busted we started the the showers for its steam. It caused some probs in the dorm, but that's their prob now.

How you can use it:

To have anyone initiate anything, blunt lighting, cars, stovetops, walking...however you choose honestly...just don't be stupid about it

Ima tell us something about ourselves...

2009-11-13T17:08:00.004-05:00

Now I mean no hard feelings towards anyone in the proceeding blog. For this is my constructive criticism.

First. Relly Boi, you make great songs for people to dance and get hype to. Any of your slower songs where you make an attempt to talk about anything other than yourself or some girl, flat out sux. Your making big moves cuz you grind hard, i respect that. Your style and your music are not for me therefore I don't like it. You need to work on increasing your vocab, talk what you know not what's hot, and lose your ego cuz you don't deserve one especially not around my band...love ya bro

Now M.O., I feel sorry for you. You try so hard, but you get nowhere and I think your problem is you just gotta cover more topics it seems you can make a song about anything, BUT you talk about the same stuff. One thing more than anything else, That CHRONIC NIGGA! But if you can learn to incorporate more things in your songs then i feel you can and will go places more than anyone else I know rapping right now. Keep up the good work. And phuck skandal homie do you...

Next Skeemitron, now i got some shit to say to yo ass...NIGGA IS YOU DUMB?!? How you gon say you freestyle better than me, when you still covering the same shit from years ago. And you writtens are catching up?! Hardly because you write the same shit you freestyle. What I need from you is to trying to compete with everyone this ain't a competition, and if it was you'd be least likely to win...

Now my biggest problem is with Faustus...I admire your grind, but I deny the all the talent that you boast to have. If you ask me...Shaun Fauste sux. Conceptually no. But rhythmically yes. Ben Ghrim was that nigga I had feared a bit. Now I look at you the same way I look at Relly, and that's not good. You didn't make the biggest improvement on Spooks and Spoons, Skeem did cuz his rap style got bettter. You on the other hand decided it'd be good to stop rhyming at times thus taking away an quintessential part of rapping. So stop thinking that. What you can do to improve; stop tooting your own horn, start rhyming again, drop the entire Shaun Fauste moniker.

Miz, what can I say about you. You helped me get to where I am today for that, good lookin out. But you've lost your musical ethics for what sounds good. Sampling songs from this decade that's low. Yeah, I helped make a "hit" out of one but still that's not the point. Rap wise your still pretty much the best in the group people won't acknowledge it until your delivery is top notch...you helped me with my rhyming, let me help you with your delivery. So that and stop sampling new shit are the only advice I can give you.

Now I don't have any reason to feel like I'm higher than anyone. The only reason I'm even posting this is because after I let people hear our music the only person the talk about is me and ya'll need the most improvement, and that's not what I want.

Facephucking saves the day, Omarion's Being Gay, And South Park Sucking?!? Where's my shotgun?

2009-11-13T13:14:00.006-05:00

YES YOU READ CORRECTLY...Facephucking- G.T. Term for facebooking...
19 year old Hot-Rod Bradford of Harlem, NY was accused of an armed robbery. What really gave the guy the NYPD blues was that he was in fact he was over 10 miles away in his dad's apartment. Had it not been for him being on facebook updating his status at the time the crime had happened then he would still be "celling" it up with Big Black Jackson and Officer Ricky @ Rikers.

Now if facebook can be used as an actual alibi then I have some planning to do...jk, but seriously who doesn't have a friend who just happens to know your facebook password, or may have it saved on their CPU to be put in automatically. I know i could update MZA's statuses, Pimp some of Fauste's girls for him, or even have Skeem come out of the closet if I so choose. So looks like ol' boy caught a break like Magic caught HIV.

Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

WHAT THE PHUCK IS YO PROBLEM HOMIE?!
Now lets just brainstorm...ok song title, I GET IT IN. My brain (and any other straight male's) would be like, "I need a whole slew chicks, to be made into everything from my bed to my house shoes."

BUT!!! Former B2K frontman, Omari Grandberry, decided the best direction to take the video was to have him spend most of this video surrounded by some sketchy looking niggas...they looked like if Johnny Depp was strung out on crack and penis. He did have one semi-hot part of the video when he was curling some bitches, now that was dope...but they disappeared so O could carry out his original I.H.O.S. idea.

All I have to say to my former 3rd fav R&B singer is...the phuck is yo prob. Just admit to being strictly dickly so people won't have to look at yo actions and wonder for themselves.

And you shoulda stayed on Young Money and used the Weezy Version.

CHECK THE SHIT:

South Park has been my inspiration to keep my life going from week to week for quite some time now, but as of late episodes have been sub-par at best...Claims that Japanese go whaling and kill dolphins is because they piloted the Enola Gay (if you don't know what it is, grab a 5th grade history book.) That gets episode gets rated 3 swastikas for its sucking.

Then we got the most recent episode, Dances with Smurfs, got me weak with the analogy that the New Avatar movie is or shold be Dances With Smurfs. But Miz didn't like the episode and I don't know Miz to down talk a South Park episode. 2 star. The only real outstanding episode so far was the Butter's Bottom Bitch episode...if you haven't seen it hulu that shit!!! 4 stars. The wrestling episode, 1 star. Giving the season a 1 star per episode average. Especially because the F Word episode also get's one star from jump..thats not good Trey and Matt, ya'll phucking up...make us laugh lazy bastards!!!

AceBoogieFANPAGE BIO....PAGE UP SOON FACEBOOK...

2009-10-05T21:05:00.001-04:00

You ever felt like there was one thing that...you know...touched you. Not like a catholic priest fondling or anything but like reached into the depths of your soul and and made you feel any and every emotion under the sun. For me, Ace Boogie, that was music. All music. From Jay-Z to Dean Martin. All I know, all I love, all I can do is make music. I rap, I produce, I songwrite. I do it however I like.

I make all music. I got lyrics for rock songs, R&B songs, ask my boy Fauste about my country skills. I could even make gospel if the song calls for it...or if the price is ryte.

Now the difference between me and other Artists is that most of them make music for everyone to like. Now me; I make the music that I like. I'm not saying I don't care what ya'll like (but honestly I don't), I'm just saying that I make music for me to enjoy; for me to listen, live, dance, phuck, smoke, eat, shit, sleep, drive, and did I say smoke to. Just because its for me, doesn't mean you won't like it. Most people I've asked, do like it. So I'm just sharing with you all the genuis that is A.C.E. Because when it comes down to it (in my book) Artists Create Entertainment. So Boogie wit me.

I got beats for sell...$10 every beat

Bio:
19 Eons olds
Cancer (in the toenail)
Biggest Influences: Jay-Z, Eminem, Method Man, Big L, Empathy, M.O.
Sounds like: Big L before puberty (damn this high voice)
Affliations: M.T. Bag (I'm lead vocalist), Third World Records (I'm the VP)
Favorite Artist: Yours Truly
Beat style: Its like if you take a old Wu-Tang beat and throw it in Timbaland's Washing Machine with Kanye's ego (kinda)
Rapstyle: Emphasis on complex rhyming mixed with the flow of a ninja tidal wave

2009-07-15T08:16:00.001-04:00

Wats good world. Ace boogie here.

Lemme give you an update on ya boys, cuz it seems we've been on a hiatus...you know why...CUZ WE BEEN DRINKIN BITCH!

Anywho. Third World Records is expanding. We've officially signed two more acts. Kinda have to draw up contracts...BUT the newest Third World Records Artists are old affiliates, M.O. and Relly Boi. Seemed as if it was destined, but we always move in slow motion (DAMN LEAN!!!).

Ace Boogie will also be Kanye West-ing this next school term. Meaning I'm leaving college to try and grind out this music for a year. I'm always gonna rap, but i'm takin this year outta school so i can do my 8mile for this band of ours and the rest of our label. So this means i gotta start:
1) Making more beats, take some pressure off of Mza.
2) Shaking down Seth Boogie for beats (they 2 hott).
3) I'm gonna have to Diddy the band to make sure we record when we say we are. (KNIGGAS!)
4) Movin these copies of M.I.C and Sp00ks. Get both for $5. Hit a nigga up on f-book.

For now I bid thee adeiu...

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

2009-06-26T21:27:00.000-04:00

...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?!?

2009-06-23T13:34:00.002-04:00

some of that?!

B.O.B

2009-06-17T21:34:00.000-04:00

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"

2009-06-12T18:31:00.000-04:00

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

2009-06-10T02:28:00.000-04:00

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

2009-06-08T14:56:00.000-04:00

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?

2009-06-05T20:01:00.000-04:00

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

2009-06-05T17:39:00.000-04:00

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

2009-06-04T03:07:00.001-04:00

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"

2009-06-03T21:47:00.000-04:00

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)"

2009-06-03T01:18:00.000-04:00

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

2009-06-02T18:55:00.000-04:00

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

Step Up 2 The Streets

2009-05-31T23:09:00.000-04:00

Decent movie, with the LRG hat and Casssie.....not my point at all. This post is a reiteration. You, him, her, them, or it cannot beat me in Street Fighter. Mr.Fauste wanted to say his friend can beat me in the newer version, Street Fighter IV. After today's meet, good luck! He never even saw him play, which pissed me off even more!

He wants to bet $20 AGAINST ME! Yeah, do that. To get paid for shit I can do in my sleep, you may as well just hand me your paychecks.....Speaking of getting paid, a while ago, Boogie had me read his strategy guide. They hold these big ass tournaments and apparently I missed the biggest ones: Destruction and Evolution I believe were the names of them.....Those cats were using E.Honda and Balrog, I could've busted SO much ass! Now......road trip to South Dakota?

I guess it's the greed in me, but I hate that "top-three-winners-share-the-prize-money-bullshit". If I do end up there, I hope A LOT of people come, I got bills, and clothes I want.

"Hadouken!"

P.E.A.C.E

P.S~I think the only way for me to shut up about this is for somebody to lay me out, in the flesh or online....when pigs fly.........

"Pig and elephant DNA just won't splice!"

The Sample Versus The Original

2009-05-28T18:30:00.000-04:00

A lot of people question why some producers sample. I cannot speak for every sample based producer, but the reason I sample is because I cannot produce a good sounding original beat. Some cats who make original beats don't know the first thing about sampling, then you got your chosen few who can do both.

Some question the sample. "Why do you sample if you can't make money from it?" It's about the music to most. You can't get sued by the original artist you sampled unless you sell the newer material.

Don't sleep on sample based producers like there's no work involved. Chopping a sample, and getting it to loop right is an acquired skill. I can make it look easy because I know my program without looking at it, literally. You really have to give props to old school producers like Dr.Dre, Pete Rock and RZA. They layered at least two or three different samples in one beat and you wouldn't know the wiser.

My favorite original beatmakers are The Runners and Timbaland, who have been caught sampling/interpolating, and Mr.Bangladesh and The Neptunes. It takes skills to make original beats that are catchy and change up as well. My uncle, Seth Boogie, is a master of both sampling and making originals. They're dope either way. My other uncle, I won't state his name, you might steal it, is the master of original beats. He'll shit on you and your whole crew, lyrically or beat-ally.

Sometimes, you can catch producers who boast originality stealing elements of older music, and that's okay. For instance: I was going through my Beatles music and stumbled upon "Wild Honey Pie", which sorta reminds me of Lupe Fiasco's "I Gotcha", produced by The Neptunes.

YouTube is wack by the way, you can't get any of their videos.....

My opinion, original beats are more for club/regular rappers, samples are more for lyrical or conscious emcees. Not to say rappers and emcees can't rap on other beats, but that's how it's been for a while now, you know?

I'm out...

P.E.A.C.E

Some Kinda Backwards Patois

2009-05-28T10:15:00.000-04:00

In case that was a tad over the head, "patois", (pronounced: pat-twah), most closely means: nonstandard words. There, you learned something.

What brings up such? Well, I was looking for songs to sample and I stumbled upon an article about Queen's song "Another One Bites The Dust". The article stated, if you reverse the chorus, the singer can be heard saying, "It's fun to smoke Marijuana." Me being as curious as can be, I downloaded it, chopped the chorus out of it and reversed it..........You'd have to be a bored muthafucka to make up words a reversed lyrics is saying. Did it sound like it? Loosely.

Remember in the 60's/70's where parents complained the rock stars were putting satanic messages in their records? I wasn't alive to experience it, I bet it was crazy. The technique of putting messages in the music if played reversed is called "Backmasking". Since that craze, a lot of musicians jokingly and intentionally put hidden messages in their songs. One artist I know a lot of folks have heard of, Lil Wayne is too a member of the Backmasking Club. The song is "Hustler Muzik". The lyrics are part of the third verse, "I ain't never killed nobody I promise that. And I promise if he try me, he gon' have to rewind this track. And make me go back." The hidden message is supposed to be "She starved us, why did you starve me?" Even deeper research leads people to believe Wayne murdered a white girl....YIKES!

There also appears to be one for another Weezy song, "I Feel Like Dying". I won't put it here, for I don't really like the song. They claim the song reversed is another song in itself. Guess I'll never really know....ever....

!xuaeH, gaB .T.M

E.C.A.E.P.

"Red Monkeys Pissed Off Cuz The Bathing Apes Keep Startin' $4!+"

2009-05-27T05:04:00.000-04:00

I'm not the biggest BAPE fan, nor am I the biggest Red Monkey fan, but you gotta admit, they both release some interesting items.

(Red Monkey Jeans...E.Honda?)

(The only pair of BAPES I'd spend MY money on)

I'd show more, but BAPE's website doesn't let you take their pictures from them, smart, I guess...The other Red Monkey Jeans I saw were either too cheesy, or looked faked. People spend $500 on the jeans, and $300 on the sneaks? Japan Yen must be some shit!

Twas a wasted post, huh? NO. When it doubt, get lifted!

(LRG--The Karmaloop Exclusive Soft Pack Tee)

Haha, the shirt looks like a pack of Newports.

(The Official Cigarette of the African American Community)

I did my research to understand why this particular cigarette is accepted by Black folks....the company originated in North Carolina. About 49% of the sales made by Newport are credited to African Americans. I guess I understand the word "square" now....no I don't.....Wikipedia calls them "Ghetto Breath-Mints". Makes me wanna laugh out loud, but can't, but it's cool for Tom Green to hump a dead moose.

P.E.A.C.E

"To Walk In Fields Of Gold"

2009-05-26T18:18:00.001-04:00

Oh, the treatment you get when you're a "celebrity". Your own television program revolving around your meaninglessness, everyday is Picture Day, and EVERYTHING you say is golden. Speaking of gold, jewelry isn't the only thing you can put it on. Some celebrities like to game with style.

This is Russel Simmons' Playstation Portable with a golden plate cover. The only other celeb I've known to have one of these, and was the first one with it, Sudanese model, Alex Wek.

More recently, game developers, THQ, sent the Queen of England a custom gold Nintendo Wii................why?

P.E.A.C.E

"Blow Holes In You Weak N!99@'$ Theories"

2009-05-26T18:00:00.000-04:00

I read something from Diggs, or was it Cracked? Anyhow, they were discussing the top 5 reasons Terminator makes no sense. I can come up with only one, there's no such thing as time travel, for there is really no such thing as time. It's a smooth concept to flow with, I give 'em that. Besides that, the series doesn't even follow its own rules. Follow me:

(This is written assuming you've seen these movies.) The fictional enterprise, Sky-Net, has developed a time machine and these robot soldiers, the Terminators. Gone crazy, or something, a man, John Connor, rises to stop the robots. Back to Sky-Net, they develop a time machine and send back T-800 to kill the mother of John. I think the rebel dude's name was Reese, he sends himself back as well. Rule #1 regarding the time machine, it cannot transport anything else except living organisms. Reese could go back, but with the T-800 in human skin, wouldn't he look like this?

As for The Terminator part 2 and 3, how would they come back through the time machine? T-1000 and T-X were made of "liquid metal".

When it comes to the factor of Time, I guess what they're getting at it is, you cannot change your outcome or something, kinda like The Butterfly Effect. If Reese traveled back in time and became the father of John Connor, how does that figure? If Sky-Net was built from the chip found in T-800's head, doesn't that mean somebody had to have built the robot in the 80's, then built again in the future?

"The Revolution will not be televised........The Revolution is here."--Common Sense

P.E.A.C.E

The Man Without Fear

2009-05-25T18:37:00.000-04:00

I've been in search of a decent Twilight Zone episode. I've seen ONE thus far that made me go,"that was damned good." Other than that, the other three or four episodes I've seen are interesting, but not well rounded, you know? While watching it this morning with the Boogiemayne, he brings up the upcoming cinema, Drag Me To Hell. "Do you wanna go see it?" "Shit, I'll go if somebody takes me." "You scared?" "That looks like a thoroughly scary movie." There has only been one movie in my history of horror films that scared the pants off of me.

What struck fear into the man without it?

(Thirteen Ghosts)

I could watch this front to back in the dark alone no problem today. Back then, on a 60 some inch screen, surround sound, and young mind intact, I WOULDN'T go to sleep. There's a video game that had me in timid mode too.

Well, sir...The ONLY time I could play this game was at night. I had school and constant basketball games in the 8th. I'd come home, knock out homework if I saw fit and played this. To people who enjoy this franchise, I probably come off like a punk, huh? Okay. If you're used to zombies not getting back up on Playstation, tell me you didn't freak out about the Crimson Zombie!

I feel this generation's defintion of horror is gratuitous blood and gore. People don't have to bleed for a film to be qualified as a horror.......I think this film is the "Renaissance" of the horror genre.

P.E.A.C.E

"Swagger International"

2009-05-25T17:38:00.001-04:00

Back again. Boogie and I did two tracks last night: "The Big Fat Kill", the sing-songy track from the upcoming Cin City project, and "Dead On Arrival", a Music On A CD song. YES! In the words of Relly Boi, "Straight CRACK!"

Here I am with some more clothes and sneaks for you to peep.

(I call it "The Ryu")

("The Adolf", laugh out loud if you wanna)

("Freedom Fit")

("King Me")

("Yellow Fever"...the Hendrix Dunks ought to be redder)

I really don't have anything else for you.

P.E.A.C.E

Boulevard Of Broken Dreams

2009-05-24T03:46:00.001-04:00

In the words of Kanye West, "When you go to sleep, what do you think 'bout?"

I think about a lot of things. How can I help advance this effort? Where will I wind up in ten years?
The usuals. Today, or yesterday rather, was a mind opener. Grimm brought up a good point, I watched You Don't Mess With The Zohan, and I read about Lupe Fiasco's We Are Lasers concept.

Grimm's observation: "I look at people and see the pain in their eyes. Why have they just given up?" Good question, right? I see a lot of older people, the generations before us. Some have fulfilled their dreams, others have settled for reg'. Why is that? Why do they teach us "follow your dreams", but turn around and say we can't do it?

You Don't Mess With The Zohan has taught me, if anything, follow your heart, do what feels right to you, and you can't help but shine. They laughed in his face when all he wanted to do was do hair. Silly to you, everything to the dreamer. Why doesn't anybody respect anybody's dreams? Why? Well, some people who feel they have no calling in life, take it upon themselves to make everyone else around them miserable. Some of these people feel they have the best interest in mind. I respect that. Sometimes...you gotta let people do their own thing. Humans are instinctless, we learn from experience, let's do that.

WE ARE LASERS....Lupe Fiasco's next album, slated for the tail end of this year. The concept: We are not Losers, we are Lasers. Lasers are the opposite of Losers, apparently. I don't know too much about it.

I guess the moral of the story, be you. Don't let anybody make you feel bad about being you. Stay conscious. Work towards what you dream to do, whether it be acting, modeling, music, fashion design, plumbing, skating, cooking, fucking, killing, robbing, driving, swimming, WHATEVER! Do your thing, because nobody can do it like or for you....

P.E.A.C.E

Go Ham On 'Em!

2009-05-22T15:02:00.001-04:00

I check my Facebook. Necole Bitchie updates with: Charles Hamilton gets punched. So, I go to her site. I see this:

You make a couple sex lines and call somebody a square and you get socked like feet!

This is why battle rap should be against the law or something...If you can't have a quick cipher without somebody getting shot, stabbed, punched or beefed with, what's the purpose?

Nevertheless, that shit was funny as hell!

P.E.A.C.E

We Are Lasers

NBA Name Change Up

2009-05-22T00:56:00.001-04:00

With everybody going nuts over the finals, and me not caring, I decided to participate somehow someway. I took the liberty of renaming the teams. Czech it.

(Lakers-->Bakers)

(Clippers-->Trimmers)

(Kings-->Ayatollahs)

(Warriors-->Boy Scouts)

(Sonics-->Tails)

(Blazers-->Blazers)

(Spurs-->Sperms)

(Nuggets-->Tenders)

(Rockets-->Saucers)

(Mavericks-->Alapacas)

(Jazz-->Techno)

(Timberwolves-->Shih Tsus)

(Hornets-->Gnats)

(Suns-->Moons)

(Grizzlies-->Adams)

(Knicks-->Nicks)

(Celtics-->Geats)

(Hawks-->Sparrows)

(Bobcats-->Pumas)

(Pacers-->Pacemakers)

(Pistons-->Carburetors)

(Bucks-->Cents)

(Heat-->Cool)

(Magic-->Logic)

(Bulls-->Toreros)

(Wizards-->Grand Wizards)

(76ers-->69ers)

(Cavaliers-->Samurai)

(Raptors-->Pterodactyls)

(Nets-->Internets)

I'm aware of there not being one of these teams anymore, I forget which one, but Thunder is not real.....so.....

P.E.A.C.E

Rapper 101

2009-05-21T18:21:00.000-04:00

I got to thinking about this industry of music. I boiled down the qualifications it takes to be an entertainer. Why are these things so important? Cuz people fear CHANGE...with a passion. Take a looksy.

You gotta be from the grimiest place on Earth. If shoes aren't strung on a telephone wire, your hood ain't ghetto enough.

You gotta know the recipe for Crack. Hell, even I know this one.....Don't take this as an instruction manual. Cocaine, Arm & Hammer Baking Soda, Water.

You need at least one "baby mama". Refuse to pay child support. If you do, the baby's mother must use that money to buy Louis Vuitton purses and hair/nail upkeep. Unless you wanna be a laughing stock, keep her in czech, cuz you don't want 50 Cent to...

Get yourself a record label. Name it after something SUPER superficial. For instance: Get Money Records, Diamond Chain Records, et cetera.

Ok, so you got your label together. It's time to turn out a hit and a video. Borrow your dad's camcorder and take it to your favorite freaknik. Tell everybody you're gonna make it rain and buy the bar. Tell the ladies to work hard for those half dollar pieces!

In case your song/video doesn't catch attention, take the liberty to diss your favorite rapper. Call him a f@g or a cop and you're sure to get some listeners. People hate those!

In the event that you manage to sell 1,000,000 records or ringtones as a result of featuring every big name in the game on your debut, purchase a mansion you know you cannot afford. Buy a car for everyday of the year, leap year too, and stock your fridge with the most expensive bottles of alcohol money can buy. Oh yeah, spend as much money as you can on guns and hard drugs to maintain your gangsta image. And buy a lot of iced out chains. Get tatted up too, no prison tattoos.

In case you don't know how to handle your money, it's time to hustle. Do as much TV as possible, do radio/magazine interviews, and do shows at low budget clubs. The bestest way to keep your name buzzing is to be featured on EVERYTHING on the radio. Rap, Pop, Rock, Country, Techno, all those records.

I hope you learned a thing or two from this. This IS the blueprint to today's rapper. Not us though...

P.E.A.C.E

To Era Is Human/Thank God I'm Fresh

2009-05-21T17:29:00.000-04:00

Here I go with another clothing post. If LRG ain't yo thang, it is now.

(The Bare Knuckler Tee In Kelly Green)

(El Raton Tee)

Quit sleepin' on 'em!

And you have to agree, Cincinnati has THEE best fitted caps of the whole New Era collection.

P.E.A.C.E

What I'm Thinking Right Now...

2009-05-21T11:43:00.003-04:00

Ah, it truly has been a minute folks. Allow me to re-introduce myslef for new viewers. My name is Shaun Fauste. Right now I'm listening to Mr. Hudson and this cat is dope...before I get into what I do...let me hip you to new cats that I think got next

- Will Roush
- J. Cole
- Wiz Khalifa
- Big Sean

Cool...now with the past events that have transpired, I'm thinking that we as a group, if anything else, has become stronger. I always say that if there is no growth after a disagreement then it isn't worth it so I'm happy we were able to air stuff out. People are always interested in what Artists think about so allow me to take you on a tour of my mind folks...

- I need to record with these two femcees Friday

- Gotta holler at dude who tour manages with Kid Cudi. Caution though.

- Finish this quarter on a good note.

- Get info for this mixtape and work on tracks with the group and for my own stuff.

- Czech @ Wright State for transfer.

- Find a way to get noticed and get more promo for M.T. Bag around UC...

- Should I go to this girl's house to chill

- I have so many alterior motives for two people...we'll see how that goes (no harm though)

- Get on my iGrind on during the summer

- Think of ideas for my Relly-Boi song

- Become a better MC than everyone else but stay humble

- Why are they still hanging around this dude?

- I wish I had a clip right now.

- Find summer employment...Kroger's sucks.

Well, there you have it...see, we are just like you guys...wants and needs are universal, kid.

Flesh For Fantasy/ LRG X NIKE

2009-05-20T15:03:00.000-04:00

I was b-sing around on the Internet until a thought popped into my head. If LRG has upper and lower body garments, what would it look like if they had shoes? I Googled it and came up with results of a 2008 prototype that I'm glad they won't mass produce. They look like Air-Force-Bapestas.

(As in De La Soul's 3 Feet High And Rising)

(Air Force BAPES?)

(The bottoms are okay.)

(I can never get enough of looking at this logo)

Only two pairs exist and one of them was purchased on eBay for $242.

P.E.A.C.E

Within You Without You

2009-05-20T03:25:00.000-04:00

Back again. I found myself reciting The Eminem Show in my head this morning, yeah, the entire album. Mainly, "Drips", "Without Me", and "Sing For The Moment". Anyway, I was trying to get crackin' on With Flying Colours beats, but I'ma wait. I spent an hour looking for a BLUE song, so I went to GREEN. I found the most perfect song for "Into The Green", but it's far from done. The hook is always the easiest part.....I decided to share some things with you that I have just gotten into despite their popularity.

(Hearts)

I started experimenting with it at Green Team Central. I was "shooting the moon" not knowing how to play. The more I learn about the game, the harder it seems to get. I play on Yahoo!, but the experienced assholes keep booting me off their tables. When they do let me play, I spank 'em. Fucks with me!

(Ramen Noodles)

It took me 18 years, but I finally broke down and tried them. My first experience was at The Fauste House, Beef. Man, I put the Habenero sauce and them and went to town. I never wanted to try them because I could never stand the smell, now I'm a noodle head.

(Dr.Pepper)

The taste ALWAYS annoyed me, but when worse comes to worst, you gotta do what you gotta do. I would never order it over anything else though, except Sierra Mist or Mellow Yellow......oh, yeah, and green Mountain Dew.

(Lesbians)

Sometimes you got your die-hard "dykes" and some of them like to play for both teams. They're "cooler than Isley."

(Chain Rxn)

If you don't have a Facebook account, I suggest you get one RIGHT NOW! This game is uber fun, but I strongly reccommend you only play it on a fast computer. The goal is to set off the biggest chain reaction you can by making the little circles explode. They give you a goal of how many you're supposed to and you go to town.

That's all I got.....for now. Now, I'm about to read Grimm's rap-off with a femcee and such.

P.E.A.C.E

"Disney's Where The Heauxs @"--Negashi Armada

2009-05-19T06:12:00.000-04:00

First and foremost, I am confident this post will not send me directly to jail. On Lil Wayne and Drake's "Every Girl", Mack Maine can be heard giving a shout out to Miley Cyrus...Okay, when the following are legal, I'ma go holla...

(Miley Cyrus)

She reminds me of Amanda Bynes, tell me you don't see it? I'm not the biggest fan of her records, but it's all ISH.

(Miranda Cosgrove)

She's still got some years to go, but when she grows up, she's gonna be knock out, and her friend too.

Hmmmm.....it occurs to me that there are no more cute girls on Disney or Nickelodeon. So, I'll grow up a little bit.

(Brenda Song)

Coldest chick on Disney, and, yes, Grimm, I mean colder than Raven Symone.

P.E.A.C.E

"We like her."

Ghetto Goofy Volume 1

2009-05-19T04:35:00.000-04:00

The "album" has been done for a few weeks now. The reason I " " the word album is because the cover leads you to believe it is a mixtape. Coming directly from the mouth of Relly Boi, this is his first album. This project has been in the works ever since I was a senior in high school, 2007....Way back when Ace Boogie made "Watch Yo Mouf" and "L.I.F.E", Relly had made himself a track, "Rock That". We used to laugh at Relly for his low voice and off beatness, but take one listen to any track on this album and be amazed.

Ghetto Goofy Intro--The track starts off with some kind of sample from a very happy song, as Relly Boi opens up the album, the track switches over to something more gangster. This track contains the most obnoxious chorus I have ever heard, personally. "THEY CALL ME (GHETTO GOOFY!)". Here, the concept of Ghetto Goofy is covered a little bit in case you were wondering what the hell a Ghetto Goofy is....Least favorite track on the album.
Super Hero ft. Empathy--Produced by Smoke DeNiro. Originally, this track was supposed to have me, Relly, Smoke, Boy Black, Moggie, and Cottie on it, but we wasted so much time getting lifted, writing, and drinking Joose to get more than Smoke and Relly's verse done. So, the other artists were taken off, and I volunteered to help Relly finish it. I never recorded on a beat of this calibur before, I think I did decently for my first attempt. Relly takes the cake with his hype-ness. I helped a tad with the chorus.
Goon City--The beat is dead nice and Relly Boi goes hard. On the chorus, he experiments with Auto-Tune. At least he didn't try to sing. Good one!
Party Life--Another Smoke DiNero track. A lot of people tell Relly this should be his single...I didn't agree at first, but after giving it another try, I better hear this on The Wiz. I remember when he was recording it. The part when he's like, "You can't touch this like MC Hammer," he sounded kinda slow, but it turned out very nice. The beat reminds me of an 8Ball & MJG track off of Living Legends.
Yurr ft. Phat Boi and Skeem--"Rated R on the beat so the shit go hard." And yeah, that's the same Phat Boi from our track "Blazin' ". What do you know, Skeem is on it too? This was the most questioned track on the album when it got made. I always dug it, but when Relly asked Ace Boogie, for some reason he didn't like it. Now, Ace likes it, what do you know? I played this song for my mom two days ago, she said I should sign Relly to Third World Records. That can be arranged. Skeem insists he murdered the track, but Phat Boi took the cake.
Bye Bye ft. Bz--I don't really know what track this song really falls into because of an error in typing the album's name, but I'll stick it here for review purposes. Do you remember the cartoon with the character who said, "Okay, I love you, bye, bye,"? I don't remember if it was Tiny Tunes or Animaniacs...either way, the track starts off with that vocal clip and the chorus is a chopped and screwed Relly Boi saying, "I love you, bye, bye, fuck you hater." I think the album would be fine without this track, but it does add to the Goofy aspect of it.
Ball Hard ft. D Boy and Young Haz--I'm guessing Haz produced it, D Boy goes hard, but makes an error lyrically. He says, "Smokin' like the Joe Campbells," when everyone knows it's Camel....not important. This is one of my favorite beats on the album. Good for a car with a system.
What You Drink? ft. A-Rhyme--Produced by Young Payne. Another stereo treat, using the Lil Scrappy's "Money In The Bank". Another one of my favorite beats. As for performance from the artist, I'd only listen to it if they performed it somewhere.
Ball Hog ft. Money and Vicious--Produced by Young Payne. My favorite line is from the first verse, "I'm a mack, I got swag, you see, the way I shit, will make another n!99@ swag spaz like, aye, I quit." Good track.
Make It Rain--I don't really listen to this song. You might like it. Making it rain is played out to me.
My Story ft. Tyre Lil Jon--This is my favorite track. Relly breaks down real life for you suckas real quick. "Ain't got no kids, but these n!99@$ got kids. N!99@, can you dig, na, I can't dig." The beat is nice.
Body Right--I seriously DO NOT approve of this song. I give him props for trying to give a track to everybody, though.
My Everything--I remember when he recorded this, we were in the other room recording "Cloud 9". This is a pretty good track, the water drop in the back makes me weak. He claims to not be singing on this one, but peep that hook.
You Know ft. Tyre Lil Jon--The song is dead nice and the singing gets me weak when Tyre sings, "we love like gorillas!" Haha, I told them to call themselves "The Get It Wet Boyz". I feel like I was part of this track because I was witnessed it.
Stunna Shades ft. Ace Boogie--Produced by A-Rhyme. I know Relly's first verse by heart. Ace Boogie boasted that he was the best part of this song. I think this is where the idea of The Showdown or The Face-Off came from, being that they are rapping brothers with different styles. I wonder if they're still doing that...
Don't Know--I remember this one from a while ago. The hood/gangsta genre rap is played out to me, but this song makes me laugh. "Don't make me sick Vicious, that n!99@ so vicious. No need for kisses, y'all n!99@$ bitches."
Ghetto Goofy Blog--The song starts off with Relly Boi talking to his chopped and screwed voice. He provides a quote here that I will never come close to forgetting: (C&S Voice)"Oh, you think you all that cuz you got yo Ghetto Goofy mask?" (Relly)"I BEEN all that, AND I got my Ghetto Goofy mask!" Another lyrical error is made on this track, pointed out by Grimm. "Aim this glock, watch me shoot this damn triple beam." Grimm laughed because he didn't know how you could shoot someone with a scale. I tried to defend him by insisting he meant, he was gonna shoot somebody with three guns with infrared lasers on 'em.

And so, the album ends. Overall, I think the goal from the creator has been reached. He made music that today's people are guaranteed to like with a twist of "different" in it. If you're not entertained by this album, you probably got the headphones on your thigh or something. Musically, decent, sonically, needs a little work. With that said, I grant Ghetto Goofy Volume 1: 3.9 out of 5.

P.E.A.C.E

Power Of The Dollar

2009-05-18T23:40:00.000-04:00

First and foremost, M.T. Bag is back in commission. Everybody was shocked and confused, but for the most part, we're back again. I know, we break up more than The Stylistics, but it's all gravy(steady countin' paper). It feels good, man. I invested two years into this effort, and to see it fall apart two times in three weeks definitely doesn't feel good.

I'm serious. I was thoroughly convinced Ace Boogie's disappearance was the last of M.T. Bag. EVERYBODY had solo dolo thoughts. I wrote two songs that night and Grimm was reaching out to us to help him on his solo shit. I'm really glad we're back! The night the news was broken to me, I felt like I had ended a romantic relationship. I nearly broke down and cried, but I wrote the best song I ever wrote and kept on truckin'.

Since I'm back to give you what you need, I heard some news that made me think....

(Dolla)

Do you remember T-Pain singing. "Who the fuck is that?" That track by that faux lookin' thug, Dolla? Well, he died today. He was shot. I don't know the full story, but I think he was trying to board an airplane. R.I.P. I didn't really dig you musically, but I'm sure your after life will be good to you.

In the words of Ben Grimm: "M.T. Bag, FOREVER!"

I love y'all n!99@$!

P.E.A.C.E

I'm about to go bust ass in Yahoo! Hearts.

As The Curtains Come Down....finale

2009-05-16T06:18:00.004-04:00

I know I've said this many times before, but Ace Boogie is leaving M.T. Bag.

As a matter of fact Ace Boogie is dead as far as I'm concerned.

Why?

Well 8th grade year, I was practically a lame. So I left the school I was in just so I could start over again. From PJHS, I went to STX instead of PHS; just to escape the reputation I had at PJHS. Don't get me wrong I had friends and what not, but when I went to STX I was down with the "IN-Crowd." So since then I've been living a fraudulent life practically. I'm fake as shit. But I was happy, up until yesterday. So Boogie's dead...

First of all: Can I rap, yes. Do I like rapping, hell yeah. Do I wanna be a rapper, I don't care either way.

You wanna know why I'm leaving?

So I can worry about myself. When I left PJHS I always wanted to just be a good friend and have good friends. I thought I had that in one of my best friends, but I see it was practically a one way street.

Things I've Done for that Friend:
-Got expelled trying to make money for his college application
-Gave up a full ride scholarship that I was guaranteed, for the band
-Risked getting arrested for letting him stay in the dorm, when he was supposed to be out of it.
-Shared my food with him from September-March
-Fed him for two weeks as he visited WSU.
-Gave him a phone, iPod.
-All the nope he smokes, he doesn't pay for.
-Got him in on a trip to Florida
-Convinced my mom to let him stay at our house, due to his sitch (which I won't discuss)
-Free Haircuts

Things he's done for me:
-Ran down the street as I got jumped.
-Turn over and sleeps when I ask a favor.
-Snitched that we were smokin nope when in fact we only had a black.
-He picked me up when I was stranded at the mall once.

So it's not that I feel betrayed or anything. It's just, I'm being a friend and I never asked for anything in return. But when I need something, He pretty much turns his back on me.

So i'm just gonna focus on my schooling, I might try being a doctor again. Or Something in business.

But here's my last written verse I hope you enjoy it if not....PHUCK U!

OH!
Yessir....
A yessir.

Boog-AY!
You don't wan't no problems mayne!

Alright, alright....

I don't even call heauxs hoes...right right right right right right right

They call me boog-ay, and I get my way/
Cuz I ushered the Burger King, straight into the drive way/
And I may, one day recieve high pay/
cuz I got mo momentum than a truck on the high way/

I live life the high way, you try I phuck up my day/
And I may, snub out ya tops on ya myspace/
And why chase, bra Flash don't partake/
Cuz if take a L, I'll witness many wenches heart break/

Wat yu gassed up on, is it the kind ya car take/
Cuz if you missing some lead, my head dispenses that the art way/
Resort to penc-AISLES!, but only when shit gets wild/
Yousa mistake, so I erase ya face and then dip out/

You wanna bitch now, but I handle many of those/
Wrap em up clothes, and then they end up disposed....
of, lilo and stitch niggas just leave em sowed up/
Beat em like 808's, Why? Cuz they get's no love/

Yu no like skinny niggas, well I gotcha/
You don't wanna any nigga?! well I gotcha/
I know you sick of these rappers actin like pop-sters/
Either they sing, or they wack it don't matt-uh!/

Yeah, my hair is napp-e, but that don't matt-uh/
Cuz I'm emcee, i'm not rapper/
So let me get the Mic, Mic, Mic, Mic, Mic, Mic, Mic....

Yeah thats how that goes...

Peace.

A. K. Chase

You See

2009-05-15T08:17:00.001-04:00

It's currently 8:14 A.M....I am zooted out of my mind! If you came to this website because we handed you a notebook paper cut out with the address on it, thanks! You're the greatest. Kinda wish I made more, gettin' kinda low already......Check out the music and leave comments if you wish. Don't be afraid to click around and get to know M.T. Bag...............

P.E.A.C.E

P.S~Click on the Eventful.com thing and help us get to Summerfest 2009...........or: eventful.com/mtbag

"Ju-Ju-Just Dance!"

2009-05-14T06:49:00.000-04:00

Yeah, Lady Gaga, "big whoop, wanna fight about it?" So, I took a look at the idiot box to find some disturbing shit. No, not the recent news stories of "Sexting Suicide". A commercial containing elements of the movie, Flashdance.

If you don't know about this movie, I think you're lying. There are two major scenes that get parodied and replicated a lot. The scene where the chick is running in place and they play "She's a maniac, maniac, on the floor, and she's dancing like she's never danced before." Then there's the most famous scene of the movie, where she's dancing for a bunch of guys, sits in a chair and dramatically pulls a string to drop water on herself. Well, if the phrase "pulled pork" doesn't sicken you, this commercial will.

Only in Amerika will you find commercials just wasting barbecue sauce like that.

More Flashdance related things, you want, huh?

Jennifer Lopez's "I'm Glad" video was entirely based off of Flashdance. I can't embed the bitch because the music group requested the embed option to be turned off, so: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyZr0xBUR_E

+!me 4 @ (@+ n@p

P.E.A.C.E

Bridging The Gap

2009-05-14T04:20:00.000-04:00

I've come to the realization that there are two ways to think of Hip-Hop, that is if you're a fan of it, if not, this doesn't apply to you. There's Jay-Z's "It's only entertainment" and then there's Supreeme's "Call him out if he's wack, my n!99@, this is rap." Either way, you're right, either way, you're wrong.

Soulja Boy is prepping his third album, The DeAndre Way. On this joint, Soulja Boy hopes to enlist some A-List emcees to make it a "classic". So far, all I've seen is Lil Wayne, Kanye West, and Jay-Z. Wayne rapped on Soulja's "Shoot Out" beat on Dedication(whatever #) and shat on whoever's song it was before. For that reason, I think Wayne is possibly the only one he'll get.

In Mr.Boy's defense, I don't think he sucks. HOWEVER, the past precedes you...Czech his 'port card, girl. From underground songs to mixtapes to mainstream albums, what kind of songs does he keep making? "Hits" or "bangers". Soulja Boy said something like, the fans don't really know my story, I kept making fun music....Blahh,blahh,blahh, whatever. As easily as a lyricist can dumb down to club music, a bubblegum rapper can become one of the greats. It's possible. Now, just because the topics may change, doesn't mean it would sound good.

For instance: Common, Universal Mind Control. Common is a conscious rapper, not a hit maker. The music was good, but didn't sound right.....I guess what I'm saying is, if the audience is used to your ONE style of music, to hear you switch it up is most certainly bewildering. Meaning, from the get-go, you need to establish your versatility.

Back to my two philosophies of Hip-Hop....Today's generation, not saying all of y'all, do not recognize real rapping. You're content with a decent beat and semi-catchy chorus. Lyricism, witty punchlines, and substance don't mean much to you. When Soulja Boy came out, we had another suspect to pin Hip-Hop's "Death" on. Others saw him as the 2000's NaS. Not for his lyrics of course, but because of the fact he was young and caught hella attention, doing his thing. I won't lie, when he hit mainstream I went with it. I like "Booty Meat", "Crank Dat Soulja Boy" is catchy as hell, "Kiss Me Thru The Phone" makes me laugh and "Turn My Swag On", not my cup of tea.

I think once people remember the Golden Rule of Entertainment, "You can't please EVERYBODY" the world will be a better place. In 2006, when I was a super-lyricist, any Rap that was built for the purpose of dancing to, I hated. Now, I understand it all. Emcees have to learn to accept Rappers. That's all there is to it. You can't stop what people like, and if guns, drugs, money, cars, bitches, jewels and clubbing remain as relevant tomorrow as they are today, so be it. You cannot stop it. Taste may change, in the 80's, what rap sold? Dance! In the 90's, what was popular, lyricism/Pop R&B. In the 00's, what's selling? Hits! What do the 10's or the 20's hold? The world has to be willing to change.

So if you do catch Weezy, Yeezy and Hov on the next Soulja Boy album, just remember, "It's only entertainment."

P.E.A.C.E

P.S~Soulja Boy, still got murdered by Bow Wow on the "Hit 'Em Up" beat, but Boy still makes better music, Fruity Loops hits and all.

Movie On

2009-05-14T02:50:00.002-04:00

Get it, moving on?..............I did some cinema research for what's coming out this year. I'm not a movie fanboy, so I don't really care. Thus far, the only interesting flicks I see out or coming out: Star Trak(surprisingly), Transformers 2 and Terminator 4. Later this year, you can expect some odd ones to hit the screen. You already know we're in for yet another Saw. Saw VI, if you say it fast, doesn't it sound like "sausage"?

2009 seems to be the year to exploit anime and video games, i.e: Dragon Ball and Street Fighter, both of which I still haven't seen. Tekken! Excuse the exclamation point, see, I've only played Tekken, like, twice in my life. If this is up your alley, it releases in this Fall. No names stick out to me, but the guy who played Shang Tsung in Mortal Kombat is in it.

If they had ANY sense, they'd release this flick the day Music On A CD is supposed to come out, 12/20/2012. I guess they can't hold off three years. The only names that stick out to me are John Cusack, Danny Glover, Thandie Newton, and Woody Harrelson. Plot: I don't know.

They have some other films that may stick out to you. They got another Final Destination in the works. I quit caring for those films after #2, I think. They got Astro Boy, Avatar and another Alvin & The Chipmunks too. It seems to me, the 3-D thing is the Auto-Tune of cinema. Why do I say that? Cuz Final Destination, Avatar and Astro Boy will be brought to you in 3-D. Cook beans!

I don't really care.

P.E.A.C.E

"You Illiterate Son Of A Bitch"--Bun-B

2009-05-13T23:08:00.000-04:00

I don't read too often. When I do, I read books that are either cult classics, or shits nobody cares about. Dig this. I got a slew of good reads that'll put you in the appropriate M.T. Bag mind state.....Wow, I have never used the word appropriate on this blog before. Anyway, read with me.

I was turned onto this back in the day by my aunt...Come to think of it, I should've given this book back about two or three years ago. Well, the book is so good, I'm just not willing to return it. The book talks about the life and times of one of the illest leaders known to the human race. X describes his father's death, his hustling days, the rad hairstyle every negro sported and so much more. If I had to recommend ONE book to you, it would definitely be this book.

I downloaded this one (yes, you can download books nowadays, PDF style!) back in December. I just wanted to see what the hype was. It's an interesting read. The book goes into detail about the different kinds of men and women there are, and the combinations of intercourse that exist betwunxt them. There are also tips and warnings on the art of picking up chicks. I learned many a things from this book like, don't have sex with: extremely pale women, extremely dark women, crazy women, diseased women, extremely obese women, extremely skinny women, and the list goes on. There are more details of ways to seduce every kind of woman, and et cetera et cetera. This won't make you a better lover, but it'll make you a smarter one. "Pick it up!"

This is 300 some odd pages of bullshit to the average person. To another person, this is a life saver. I nearly spontaneously combusted back in November. I didn't know which way was up. This book is so good, I read it in one night. Yes. Now my thinking is a little broader, I wanna meet this Deepak Chopra, guy. The book talks about Chopra's opinions on the meaning of life and how if you live it right, you will love your existence and thrive. After reading the concepts, it's quite easy to see the themes come to life before your very eyes. HIGHLY recommended.

The Memoirs of Jacque Casanova, the stone coldest pimp in the history of the world. Casanova writes about his upbringing, travels, and multiple conquests(122 women and 4 men). He lays out his blueprint on how to get in the drawers of any woman, though his conquests mainly consisted of crazy women and mentally ill chicks. I give him "Pimp Move Of The Year" for slaying five sisters AND their mother. All and all, it's a decent read.

This book would come in EXTRA handy if I was a rebel in the '60s. The book is made of two parts: Survival and Being A Revolutionary. The book describes how to steal food, clothes, furniture, free pay phone calls, and airplane rides. It's interesting as hell, it's like The Anarchist Cookbook, for adults. The Revolutionary part tells you how to get free land, get free college education, how to get a guerilla television or radio station, and so much more. I swear, if any of this information survived the times, I would totally live off of the teachings of this book. Too bad some of it has been out dated. Oh, well. I downloaded this one this morning and I couldn't look away, despite my headache.

Hmmm. From the gist of these recommendations, I'm pretty much telling you to "Fight The Power" and "Fuck A Lot!". If that's what you get from this, please don't blame me for your actions. I just recommended it, I ain't know if you'd do it or not.

P.E.A.C.E

Beats I Wish I Made(Producer's Brood)

2009-05-13T21:59:00.001-04:00

Many an emcee wishes he/she was as good or had the skills of another emcee. Honestly, the writing of lyrics can be altered, as well as style, cadence, rhythm, et cetera....Now that I think about it, the same applies to that of the producing game. What sets me apart from the illest producers ever, I cannot play a musical instrument. I guess because I never really had the opportunity to sit down and learn. Just Blaze can play drums, The Neptunes play guitars, horns, drums, etc, and Seth Boogie plays the trombone, the kazoo(ha) and the bass guitar. With all this said, I think gaining a spot as a top producer is kinda impossible unless I learn some instruments. In the mean time, I can only sit back and listen to ill ass beats. Here are the top 5 beats I wish I made.

Kanye West ft Mos Def, Freeway, & The Harlem Boys Choir "Two Words". Sampling Mandrill's "Peace And Love". In case you're not sample savvy, Mandrill's "Children Of The Sun" was used as the main music behind Shawty Lo's "Dey Know". Anyway, when I saw this performed on Dave Chappelle, I looked at my bootleg like, "This is on here?" Instantly, this song became one of my favorite tracks off of College Dropout. I don't care too much for what is being said on here, Mos killed it, Kanye hit me with some out-of-the-blue lyricism, and Free was OK. I dig sampled beats that use the original artist's vocals. If the old and new vocals don't clash, it's a beautiful sound.

Lil Wayne "Hustler Muzik". Produced by TMIX & Batman. Using no samples, I look at this as Wayne's best song, "Yes, n!99@, yes!" This took me out of my sleeping stage on Wayne, however, I still wasn't convinced he's the best rapper alive. I think the feel of the beat is really what connects me to this track. The bass line drives me nuts and the "guitaring" is too dope. MY BEAT!

Raekwon The Chef "Glaciers Of Ice", produced by The RZA. It's not really the beat as much as it is the production and the sound. The alleged sample being used in this song is Booker T. & The MG's "Children Don't Get Weary". This is this is the only sample I cannot tell is being used in a song. I've combed this song front to back and I do not hear the snippet whatsoever. I guess that shows the superb technique of The RZA's beats. The singing vocals of whomever that is in the middle of the song is crazy to me. The laser gun shots in the back are what inspired me to make the M.T. Bag tag, in case you ain't know....Um, yeah....

N*E*R*D "Spaz", produced by Chad and Pharrell. This beat has been running through my head non-stop ever since they were advertising for the Zune $14.99 thing, remember? I dropped it out of my daily thought until recently when I started listening to A KiD Named CuDi, "CuDi Spazzin' ". Thus far, nobody, not even Pharrell treated this beat right. It sounds like Lupe should go on it to me. I guess I'm a sucker for a guitar...The guitar is too ill to me.

Three 6 Mafia "Poppin' My Collar", produced by Juicy J or DJ Paul, whoever I feel like crediting right now. Anyway, Three 6 aren't the most prolific samplers, but when they do, it's too crazy. You might be wondering why I didn't choose "International Player's Anthem". Well, the reason: during Bun-B's verse, I wouldn't have done the South snare thing, Nuff Said. Dope beats.

I'm going to eat, when it gets here...

P.E.A.C.E

P.S~Cold chillin' at the Fauste house tomorrow....

Lonely Teardrops

2009-05-13T20:31:00.001-04:00

I was bored looking at random-er topics than usual. One of which that I have ALWAYS wondered about, the notorious "Teardrop" tattoo. What does it mean and why would you wanna get it tattooed on your face like that? Let's take a looksy.

(The Game--Empty Teardrop)

The Empty Teardrop can mean one of two things: A loved one of the bearer has been murdered OR the bearer has unsuccessfully attempted murder. Well, I haven't really heard a Game lyric about him missing his n!99@$, so I'm gonna go out on a limb and say, "You can't kill, n!99@!"

(Some dude--Filled Teardrop)

The Filled Teardrop signifies that the bearer has lost a loved one through suicide or through another way other than murder.

(Some other dude--Top Empty, Bottom Filled Teardrop)

When the top teardrop is empty and the bottom is filled, it usually means the bearer has avenged the death of a loved one. Stay away.

(Yet again, some other dude-Multiple Teardrops)

If there is NO love in your heart, teardrops can also signify how many kills you've logged. Once again, keep your distance.

P.E.A.C.E

P.S~As you probably already guessed, I was lying when I said With Flying Colours wouldn't contain samples. I was listening to some dated beats on my iPod that are STILL fresh, so....a little half and half?

More 'Toon Than The Boon

2009-05-13T07:19:00.000-04:00

Back when I held a jizzob at the Cincinnati Zoo, more often than not, I spent most of my day at the 4-D Theater. There, they would show one of two shows every thirty minutes: Planet Earth or Spongebob Squarepants. They both indeed were excellent shows....the first time through. Anyways....Co-workers would chat. One guy was like, "Spongebob was originally intended for more mature audiences, like Family Guy." Hmmm....odd. I can and can't imagine a more risque Spongebob.

They already allude to themes of Homosexuality, Greed, and you know the episode where they were cussing. I've seen a handful of episodes that contain jokes I couldn't believe they'd stick in a child's show. Either way, I like Spongebob the way it is.

More recently, I was informed by Grimm and Ace that my beloved Poke'mon too was watered down for younger audiences. Grimm informed me of the original concept to Pocket Monster. Poke'mon were used as back up weapons in brutal fights that occasionally ended in death. Ace told me of banned episodes that I HAD to research.

(James with inflatable boobs. I mean, really, at age 9-10, we didn't know James was "heeey!!"?)

This episode was originally banned because of James' statement towards Misty. Something along the lines of "Maybe when you're older, you'll have a chest like this!" The episode was later allowed to be aired, but any scenes with James in "drag" were deleted.

(Clink, Blap, Blap, Blap, Blap, Click-Clack, BOOM!)

This one was banned because guns were getting put in people's face and warning shots got fired, so? With the removal of this episode, continuity kinda stumbled. When we watched the first Poke'mon movie, Ace mentioned the stampede of Tauros, something about them ALL being Ash's...This episode shows where Ash caught them. To avoid any gaps in the story, an episode contains Ash reminiscing about catching the Poke'mon.

Titled "The Ice Cave", this episode was banned for one and a half reasons. The BIG deal: the Poke'mon, Jynx, was interpreted as a racial diss towards Black folks, with the jet-black skin and bright pink lips. You know, like the mascot for Bamboozled, or Mr. Bojangles, a spook, a coon, a picaniny, etc...People love to complain! The half reason that was later labeled a myth, the episode depicted Influenza, which could've been taken as a Pop Culture diss towards China and the SARS breakout.

Three episodes were also banned, following 9/11. Some towers come down in a show and all of a sudden, we're insensitive towards such a tragedy, give me a break! I think the worse thing that has anything to do with 9/11 is this:

Party Music by The Coup was originally set to release on September 11, 2001...Dead ass serious! I mean, this is the biggest coincidence I have EVER seen. The album was halted the day of, and was later released November of that year.

Way off topic, but who cares?

P.E.A.C.E

Biter's Delight(Broke Watch)

2009-05-13T03:53:00.000-04:00

Give the drummer some, yeah, yeah, UGH!
Give the drummer some, yeah, yeah, yes!

Give the drummer some, yeah, yeah, UGH!
Give the drummer some, yeah, yeah, yes! (Bust it!)

Let's peruse the essentials of cool
A brief study on the things so instrumental to dude
That make me feel flyer than a 90's Tom Cruise
I put my books in the freezer cuz I'm too cool for school (2x)

In my blue LRGeans, and my LRG tee

My Fruit of the Loom undies, and my sneaks: one feet

Pumas and 'Boks look like cats on the move

You won't understand like you sat in some glue

Out of five, my 'fit's a four like a Super Saiyan

I like weed and mushrooms that cause hallucenations

I'd like to try acid, but I am too basic

Like some mold and God breathe, hey, n!99@, let's make it

I love the hatred and the extra et ceteras

That threaten us, more so, causing me to lessen ya

I don't like rappers who just make loud noise

On the mic I am magical, I'm Drake Malfoy

I am Canadian mentally, with Martian @$$ tendencies

French sensibilites, so stay out the vicinity of...

Chorus: Yeah, yeah, this n!99@ over here, it's just...
Yeah, yeah, now look at what I wear
Got my broke watch and my Third chain
With my mama's car, but my own name
With my fancy broad and she's foreign(for-rain)
And I'm addicted to her dope brain
It's no tricks and it's no 'strangs'
And it's so slick that she's so game
It's just, yeah, yeah, she love it over here(4x)

I like Gate's 360, and Sony's 'S3

Nintendo's Wii and the air that I breathe

I like Artful Dodger stitching and threads by Capital

Anything by Miskeen is oh so admirable

I like Polos with collars, and I'm loco with dollars

I'ma b@$+@rd when shoppin' cuz I don't know my father

N!99@$ is fodder, but don't have a cow

I like wack rappers out cuz they don't have a style

XXL Magazine and Taiwanese candy

Trigger happy women who keep a Magnum Troj' handy

I love Street Fighter too, some n!99@$ can't stand me

Only Ken and Ryu, I find it hard to beat Cammy

Such a peacful guy, how you show enemies love?

I'm cool, calm and collected until you step in the vicinity of...

P.E.A.C.E

Animal Farm

2009-05-12T21:24:00.000-04:00

With the upcoming release of Dance Flick, I can't help but think about the Wayans and their knack to spoof movies. If it continues to work for them in the future, I have nothing but respect for them. Let's take a looksy of the Kanye Wests of the movie business.

Blankman, technically considered a spoof. Maybe Superman, eh? This film is good for a few chuckles...

I think this is a film held as common knowledge in the heads of most '90s babies. This movie is a conjunction of all the great 'hood movies like, Boyz N Tha Hood, South Central, Juice, Higher Learning, Jungle Fever, Menace II Society, Do The Right Thing, Poetic Justice, Dead Presidents, and New Jack City. You ought to know the lines of this one front to back.

The first one is my favorite indeed. Two was decent, but they overdid it with three and four. Over the course of the film's sequels, you can see such movies being parodied: Scream, The Sixth Sense, I Know What You Did Last Summer, The Usual Suspects, The Blair Witch Project, The Exorcist, Hollow Man, The Shining, The Haunting, Poltergeist, Hannibal, Pet Cemetery, Bones, The Shining, It, Nightmare On Elm Street, Friday The 13th, Psycho, The Ring, The Village, The Others, The Grudge, Saw and Thir13en Ghosts.

And the list goes on....

I'm out....P.E.A.C.E

Nocturnalism

2009-05-12T01:50:00.000-04:00

I'm not the biggest night time talks how guy, but I have been known to take a look at Conan O'Brien. Move over Leno, and that other old guy Conan is taking over for, I found the illest one yet.

Despite his odd ball decision to leave SNL and make two okay flicks, Fallon is killin' the idiot box with his talk show. It's ill. "How ill is it?" Well, the man has The Roots as his band, yes, ?uestlove on the drums! He ALWAYS has big names appear as guests, for instance, Ice-T and Elmo, Susan Sarandon and Randy Jackson, and has okay musical appearances: The Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Soulja Boy. Keep on truckin', Jimmy, you make me laugh...

P.E.A.C.E

Matters Not

2009-05-12T01:23:00.000-04:00

The other night, I found myself finally finishing 2002's American Rap Stars. Mainly focusing on ONYx and Royal Flush, the average person can see what it is like to be in the rap game. The cars, jewels, and heauxs may be nice and all, but a while ago, I determined, this is not why I am in this "game".

Everybody has their reasons to enter the industry, sell records, make classics, bust out hits, maybe even provide for themselves and their own. Me, I wanna contribute a sound and I wanna travel. They say, "follow your dreams"....I do not dream. So, what should one do with his life? Do what he's good at! I could write a book, I could fill up an art gallery, I could produce for Jay-Z, I could do it all. Why Rap music? It's not like it's the first thing I wanted to do and I stuck with it...I'd be lying if I told you that. I don't like manual labor, and I certainly do not like the classroom. So, I follow a non-linear path to anywhere.

I hope to change the definition of Hip-Hop's M.C. One rhyme at a time....

I have the stomach ache of the century...

P.E.A.C.E

"Drinkin' On Some Liquor, Drinkin' On Some Liquor, Drinkin' On Some, Drinkin' On Some, Drinkin' On Some Liquor"

2009-05-12T00:44:00.000-04:00

Green Team and I were bored the other day and decided to look up random things. One of those random things was the world's most expensive alcoholic drinks. This is highly recommended if you got money to piss away, literally.

Wray & Nephew Rum--$54,000

Macallan Whiskey--$75,000

Hacienda La Capilla Distillery Tequila--$225,000

Chateau Lafitteis Wine--$275,000

Diva Vodka--$1,060,000

Henri IV Dudognon Heritage Cognac--$2,000,000

The bottles explain the high price tags. We looked up the Ace of Spades, man, the bottle is like pure gold or something. So if you still sippin' on Nuvo like it's the freshest juice out, you better save your chips for on of these bottles, yeah?

P.E.A.C.E.

"I Love Gooooold"

2009-05-11T19:41:00.000-04:00

Are you familiar with the 1980's show, The Golden Girls? I'll suck it up and tell you, I actually like that show. Anyway, if you're not up to par on GGs, it's like this: Estelle Getty and Bea Arthur have passed away, leaving Rue McClanahan and Betty White.

My mom and I have this really morbid bet for $20. Which Golden Girl will survive the quad? I picked Rue because I haven't seen her in media since The Golden Palace, the spin-off of The Golden Girls....Betty is getting up there in age and is STILL working, that's why I put my money on Rue. Let the best girl win!

P.E.A.C.E

What did the old ladies look like when they were young?

Bea

Estelle

Betty

Rue

Ooooh...

W.I.T.H. F.L.Y.I.N.G. C.O.L.O.U.R.S.

2009-05-11T19:01:00.000-04:00

That's not truly the way it'll be displayed once printed, that just lets you know, it stands for something. In case you're not M.T. Bag savvy, this is the 411.

With Flying Colors will be the fourth feature by M.T. Bag, not to be confused with fourth album. M.I.C was our debut ALBUM. Sp00ks & Sp00ns is our first LP. Cin City will be our second LP, and Colours will be our third LP, making it our fourth feature. What does the future hold? Well, I still want that track with Chip Tha Ripper, I was tryna get at Sonic The Hamilton, since he's originally from Ohio, and KiD CuDi wouldn't be a bad collaboration. We'll of course be working with Relly Boi, M.O and Phat Boi. Spades, formerly, Duce Tray Thugz, wanna collaborate and we need some vocal talent as well. Folks wanna play guitar for us, and Grimm is working on his collab album with his boy, L.

With Flying Colors, I dunno who's handling production. Ace has some beats, and we made one that neither one of us approve of, so......I'm thinking, I'm gonna get crackin' on the beats tonight. My vision: No samples.....What???? "But that's ALL you do, MZA!" I know, I was there when I did it. I want it to be something different. Is this the sonic prequel to Music On A CD? Who knows? We'll keep yous updated.

P.E.A.C.E

Radio Killah, Killah!

2009-05-11T16:44:00.000-04:00

So....the radio is really getting on my nerves. There are a few songs in rotation that I don't mind, but still ain't all that hot......Creep with me.

Kiss Me Thru The Phone--Soulja Boy ft. Sammie. (678) Triple 9-8212. Oh, how I can NEVER tire of phone numbers being advertised through songs. Mike Jones with: 212-330-8004. Don't forget Tommy Tutone's 867-5309. Decent song, nonetheless, I dig the video....old people...
Turn My Swag On--Soulja Boy. Sadly, 'til this day, I STILL haven't fully listened to this track. The only thing I've heard is the chorus. "Yeeeaaaaah!!! Wassup?" Boogie claims he rhymes NOT once during this one. I really need to hear it....
We Made You--Eminem. This is probably the first Eminem single I could care less about. The video entertains me, but the song....The album is great on the other hand. I like the chorus.
Birthday Sex--Jeremih. I was convinced this was by The Dream, but I was wrong. Not my favorite joint on the radio, but it doesn't annoy me, until the lyrics become, "Birthday (SOUND)".
Beat--Bobby Valentino. I haven't really dug a B.V song since he first came out. This is NO exception.
Poker Face--Lady GaGa. It seems the ONLY things today's musically talented woman talks about is love or sex. This song is no different. Referring to her vagina/ her want to be with a woman while she's with her man. I rather enjoy KiD CuDi, Kanye and Common's "I Poke Her Face".
Love Lockdown--Kanye West. You still gettin' played?
You Can Get It All--Bow Wow. "Whooo-hooo!" Really? For real? Seriously? Gotta be kidding me. You should've got T-Pain again.

That's all I got...
P.E.A.C.E

3 Weeks

2009-05-10T22:45:00.000-04:00

I'm officially back in the place considered HOME. It's been three short, epic weeks. Week 1 signifies when I got the highest I have EVER been. Week 2 represents M.T. Bag's work ethic and charisma. Week 3 is when I "became a man" and the semi-demise of our band here.

If you follow us here, there's no need for me to recap it. If not, do your research. I'll tell you some things I learned throughout my journey though:

Those of whom who never knew their grandfathers, as well as their fathers, are "Grand-Bastards".
Relly Boi's album is hot!
It's funny how much you miss school when you leave...
There is DEFINITELY a difference between Regs and Goo.
Ain't no clique like the one I'm with.
Wearing Ace Boogie's clothes get you lots o' attention.
When you induct more members into Green Team, Middleton's get less and < satisfying.
Due to my standards of making beats, I am not allowed to like Charles Hamilton's "Penthouse Elevator".
People recognize M.T. Bag as lyrical.
Not everybody can be M.T. Bag.
People are ignorant.
Getting syrupped does have its limits. No worry, wash it down with a few brews.
R.Kelly throws the livest parties in town.
Highlighter parties at Wright are weak.
During the Summer, women at Wright be lookin' RIGHT!
The Hangar is the dopest place to wild out.
"If you wildoooh! Do The Stankey Leg"
Try to insinuate as many Menage A Trois's as possible.
Women with LOW self-esteem aren't quite worth my time.
I'm not quite the person I was four or five years ago, I don't like it.
If the band breaks up, people actually care.
Basketball is a looooong game.
I need to shave.
Drake needs to lay off my heauxs.
This shit is harder than I thought it would be.
Parrot Bay gives me the worst head aches EVER!
KiD CuDi is nice.
I wish I could rap like Grimm.
Where is Skeem?

P.E.A.C.E

What am I gonna do....UC this week?

"Man, I Feel Like A Woman"(VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED)

2009-05-09T03:20:00.000-04:00

If Blueprint 3 doesn't drop this year, this is my nomination for album of the year. Boogie downloaded this early morning yesterday and I hopped up on it....Overall, I think this is the most introspective album of his since The Marshall Mathers LP. After giving it a listen, the sound is that of The Eminem Show, but it's a breathe of fresh air compared to what I've had my ear on recently. Step-dad, gay, incest, Christopher Reeve, pills, it's all there. Ignore the single, like it's The Show or Encore. The best material lies within. Thus far, my track is "Medicine Ball". The production is held down mostly by Dr.Dre. NO 50 Cent? Hmmm...Great album, buy it, cuz I didn't.

In other news, it seems to be a bad time to be a female celebrity. Pictures of Chris Brown and Rihanna have surfaced, as well as Bad Boy's one hit wonder, Cassie. Being the care-free mofo I am, I'm gonna put ALL those photos up, why? Cuz in the words of Cassie's tweet: "IT SEEMS THAT SOMEONE HAS HACKED INTO MY COMPUTER…THAT’S REAL FOUL AND EVIL. NOW STOP ACTING LIKE YOU HAVEN’T SEEN A [T**TY] BEFORE"

I see no harm, breasts are breasts.

(Rihanna....best picture out of the series)

(I saw something in her from the get go)

(Too far?)

Pierced EVERYTHING!

Apparently, Kelis has a sex tape. They say that's what made Nas want to divorce her....I wonder........

Cin City starts tomorrow, I think. "Stay thirsty, my friends."

P.E.A.C.E

How do you really feel about it?

2009-05-07T08:24:00.004-04:00

First of all let me feel myself/ (Hold it)

You know I'm that Im ill when I dont feel myself/

People envious but dont feel my wealth....

Green...and the colors in between/

Yes, this is it I think I like this dream/

But yet can't comprehend how a nigga so clean/

You could be too if got hooked on phonics/

Rhetoric and syntax in tact, im never wack/

But within the game they want me to bring change/

But how I'ma play without and you aint got spare change/

Cuz I aint doin shit unless my bank accounts change/

And its hard to maintain when fiend for the upper class/

Literally, you get shifted in the first class/

...Red eye flights yet I see so clear/

The horizon may be comin but Fasute never fears/

Outer body context I live in Third World/

Or persons/

It's hurting me so much, onion's all around me but you'll never see me hurl/

Instead of dive in so let me see that booty/

And ya soul is a wonderland, not like other groupies/

You like that?...I like YOU take new keys/

O the class may be C but we'll pass em/

Win the race by a hair/

But its only me dreamin', life's a nightmare/

P.S. : It's a freestyle (typed as I thought of shit) so I didnt have time to make it "fit"
And I couldnt find an instrumental

Biter's Delight (Girls!)

2009-05-07T07:51:00.000-04:00

The initial question most brown nosers try to ask

Empathy, how come you and your boys are tryna rap?

I can't speak for them, so I dunno, on the lines of that

I know one of my aspirations is to meet Kyla Pratt

Tryna chat, and explore all of my different options

Love.Sex. and Magic. with Ciara or Emma Watson

Kitoy Johnson, Buffy the Body, or whomever livin' large

I'd love to feel Free snatchin' up Rocsi from 106 & Park

Melissa Ford, Eva Pigford, Tyra Banks, Rachel Ray

Esther Baxter, their special rapper, that's the way it's gon' stay

I remember a point in my life when they would all say, "No!"

Now it's, "What will you and I do?" to Beyonce Knowles

Two can play at that game, like Vivica Fox

Russian Roulette, give it a shot, you might live in a box

I want a Latina chica much like Penelope Cruz

I see Salma Hayek is a Desperada without her tellin' me, fool

I got a Party of Five, makin' 'em Scream like Neve Campbell

Turnin' 'em on like the idiot box and the next channel

She won't get paid, even if she's Julia Roberts

I'll just resort to the Richard "Gears" and money shoot her with dishonor(Eww!)

P.E.A.C.E

Biters Delight: Heart of the City

2009-05-05T08:48:00.003-04:00

If I only had a clue how hard this game would really be/

I would lock myslef behind these bars and probably never leave/

Shit ain't all greasy, I ain't bargain these chips/

But I should dip anyway...explain to me these days/

Stand out for many days trying to be an Idol, but hey can't find them at a job---fair/

Pay money for a dream but can't afford ya bus-----fair/

Now I ain't tryin' to point and stare/

'Cuz I would spend at least a meal and a half for fly hair/

Or a whole years rent just to say I'd be there/

In fashion, it's nothing/

No cure for AIDS but expos for fuckin'/

Expos for fuckin'?/

Now ain't I sayin' somethin'/

'Cuz if Life's a bitch I would do her all again/

Lay her down to sleep and inpregnate her coussss-in/

'Cuz if death is parallel to success/

I would make myself a martyr just to say I was the best/

(So put me to the test/)

And who said I wasn't nice with it, huh?!

P.S. - If the instrumental is not the instrumental, the sound isnt working on my CPU so I couldnt tell

Anachromatic

2009-05-04T06:56:00.000-04:00

It's like mofos are splitting up left and right. It was like M.T. Bag was broken, but it silly putty-ed its way back into shape....Then Nas and Kelis divorced.

Indeed, weirder than the rumored Chris Brown and Rihanna marriage. Kelis is said to be seven months pregnant with Nas' son. Oh, shit, Nas Jr, where you at, Hova II?

I was listening to Nas track "Thief's Theme", it made me think about the rest of the album, Streets Disciple. Now the songs don't mean anything. He made some of those songs with the thought of: "I'm getting married." With tracks like, "Remember The Times?", "The Makings Of A Perfect Bitch", and "Getting Married", what does it all mean? He even had Kelis on the intro to "Remember The Times" asking him who are the women he'd have sex with again, if he could....Now we got Nas back on the market, will we see another entry in -Matic series? Illmatic, young'n, Stillmatic, in his prime, Pillmatic, old ass man....

We'll see. I'm still kinda mad he never released Nigger; I STILL haven't listened to Untitled.

Eyes so dry and sleepy...

P.E.A.C.E

Unfinished Business(In The Morning With Neruda)

2009-05-04T06:34:00.000-04:00

You either love me or you don't. There's no in between. There's either attraction or intimidation.

You're too big headed to admit it, or you're afraid. Or I'm too big headed to admit it, or I'm too afraid. It's gonna happen. I know what I'm capable of. Everybody knows about you. Even the fruity boys get in on it, how can I be down?

Effortlessly, I'll make the rules. Maybe that's what you see in me. Maybe that's what you like about me. Maybe I'm too self-centered to care for what you like. Perhaps I'm Mr. Right. Maybe I'm that musician type of guy your mother warned you about....Maybe. Why have I become everything that I tried to avoid? Everything I stood up against? Now I'm doing the same shit.

You know what I can do? I can change your train of thought, give you a one way ticket to happily ever after. All you gotta do is take care of me and I'll take care of the rest. Ha....I'm not psycho, I'm sleepy....I'm irresistable to the big girls, intriguing to the theatre girls, creepy to the white girls, quiet 'round black girls, and the shit to everyone else. The next time they throw it at me, I just may hang the phone up, unless it's Unfinished Business, and or any chicken from The Bus or The Slab. Cincinnasty girls go so hard, it's almost too easy, and I don't mean all of y'all so chill.

I could never be whipped by it because I'm that raw. If anything, I should be in Menage A Trois mode right about now, but you gotta crawl before you walk. If that's the case, I was driving before they bought me a tricycle.

Soft-core spazzin' is what you'd call this one.....

P.E.A.C.E

P.S~Got shit to do before WSU gets out on some Summer shit...

Biter's Delight(Fate Revealed)

2009-05-04T04:47:00.000-04:00

On Kanye's beat for "Say You Will".

Not doing this one cuz I'm broken hearted or Drake Rogers
But cuz I feel I want a part, maybe the same offers
So I operate like resurrecting it is what my mission is
Word to my mother, to others, wife sentences
Pay my dues, lace my shoes, take my cues and play my dude
I quit playing games, now I'm committed to work
Tapes to do, take reviews, make the news, til I'm 82
As the day is laying, I look at life and live it reversed
Birthed: a man just pumps his waist into a girl
And that's the double entendre that gets you placed into this world
We're all crazy, cuz at one point, all our homes was nuts
Crazy world, and you got until you're 18 years old to adjust
Then WHAT!? If you're me, you're alone and stranded
Left to cajole humanity and then roam the planet
Hold my hand if, you're interested in the classified
I'm sayin', raps, I lied, cherish the words of this mastermind

Just a 16, goin' NOWHERE....

P.E.A.C.E.

Top 25 Emcees Of All Time(As Told By Empathy)

2009-05-03T18:44:00.000-04:00

I guess M.T. is still good. Dunno....We'll see. Anyway, this isn't the OFFICIAL list, but these are my picks for the top 25 emcees of all time.

Big L
Big Punisher
The Notorious B.I.G
Tupac Shakur
Jay-Z
Nas
Eminem
Lupe Fiasco
Common
Kanye West
Black Thought of The Roots
Ant of Atmosphere
Ghostface Killah
RZA
Method Man
MF DOOM
Mos Def
Andre 3000
Ludacris
Charles Hamilton
Negashi Armada of Supreeme
King Self of Supreeme
MURS
Canibus
Kool G Rap

Nothing official, just my thoughts at the time...

RIP

2009-05-03T12:57:00.001-04:00

Ace Boogie here....i'm leaving the band they know why....Peace

Abandon Ship

2009-05-03T03:01:00.000-04:00

(Highlighter Party)

You ever been to one? I have. Wright State has a knack for making a lot of party themes seem lame: Toga, Green, Pink, Birthday, House Parties. People were "goooone" trying to play Beer Pong in the black light. New Green Team member, Dez, was zoning all night....

Right now, I wanna discuss this world today. It seems the world is having second thoughts about itself. We're near the Half Time mark of the year, really? It'll be Christmas before you know it...

Been listening to some material recently. I got a little sample of Asher Roth's album, and I finally checked out some Charles Hamilton shits I've missed out on, Well Isn't This Awkward?

We got Murdock sleeping with elephants, we got Grimm peacing people out unnecessarily, Dent is AWOL and West is on "Rapid Ass-Hole"....what's going on?

In other news, see this?

I missed it...I forgot about it. Now everyone's talking about it. N*E*R*D was supposed to meet M.T. Bag...haha!

In other updates: Cin City starts soon. After that, With Flying Colours. After that, we got this one in store. We're gonna rap on other artist's beats, whoa oh!!!! Untitled as of now. Stay tuned!

P.E.A.C.E

P.S~Happy May Daze!!

What is Swag (pt.2)

2009-05-01T09:08:00.002-04:00

Hello world, check it Matt did a post a while back talking about "swagger" and what it really is, opinion wise, and now that EVERYBODY and their mother (literally, these older women were talking about how Obama had "swag") is talking about swagger, I decided to break this down and delve deep into the issue to find out what is swagger.

A lot of people say that it is your confidence, some will say your aura, others will say that is just how you act and the kind of vibe you put off. I always said that it was confidence and nothing else, "swagger" is just a hip way of saying a multi-syllable word. That confidence or "swagger" is how you present yourself, how you handle a situation, it is you gonads, so to speak. Women are somehow attracted to this and find themselves enthralled with the idea of a man who has swag. Now, I'm not dissing nobody but the only time young women refer to a dude having swag is when he is dressed hood. Now, I dont get that, if hustlin' can be anything from pushing weight to washing cars, your making money and hustling right? Right. So why can't "swagger" be the same? Why can anyone and everyone have swagger that is appealing?

I find myself befuddled with the reason women like hood cats and why their swagger is appealing. You see, to me, all it is is that they feel secure 'cuz no one fucks with goons, correct? No, ass-whoopings are color-blind. But you see, they like bad boys and coincidentally, they put off the most swag, as they say but swagger to me, is having guts, taking care of your own and not relying. Any man can hit a woman, shit I saw a week while going back to my old grade school, right in the middle of the street. But a real man with swag, they avoid it because they aren't "bad enough". LMAO. Silly Heaux.

But no one will truly know what swagger is for everyone has their own definition and standards on what qualifies you to possess swagger.

And on that ♫ ....

BAPE X Disney???

2009-04-30T18:29:00.002-04:00

Apparently, BAPE and Disney are coming together. I got down with the DC X BAPE, but Disney? Word up?

Awe, Winnie the Pooh? This is straight Japan, though. They love Disney....well at least dude who made Dragon Ball Z....

(Bibidi, Babidi, Buu...like Bibidi, Babidi, Boo!)

P.E.A.C.E

P.S~Tryna get gone!

"Matt, Why You Go So Hard?"

2009-04-30T18:00:00.000-04:00

Cuz I have to sweety. If I didn't, it would just be too easy...

Haven't posted in a minute. Not cuz I couldn't,. but cuz I wouldn't. A lotta things have been transpiring. The Dragon Punch is getting on my nerves. I have a few beats handy. Been on WSU's campus laughin' and shit. "Where these hidden heauxs comes form?"

Lemme do my blog shit...

I've taken a liking to Flud Watches....and

Terminator: Salvation....look at Common! Everybody kinda saw Batman playing John Connor coming, right?

Other than that.....party and bullshit....People tryna "Will Rap 4 Food" on us....Ignorant folks not demanding us, spending more time interrupting my advertising than absorbing it.....We sonning these n!99@$ like lunar eclipses....Got a new favorite Lil Wayne song. With Pharrell, "Yes".

It's probably the beat causing the audio addiction..."Yes, nigga, yes, nigga, YES!"

We finally rose to our respectable spot at #26 on eventful...

Nothing but love. 'Til we meet again....

P.E.A.C.E

With Flying Colours

2009-04-28T00:50:00.000-04:00

1.Out Of The Blue

2.Into The Green

3.Halcyon Days

4.Gray Matter

5.Black Death

6.White Lies

7.Tickle Me Pink

8.The Past, Present, & Fuchsia

9.Red Rum

10.Silver Lining

11.Amber Alert

12.Orange Ya Glad?

13.Brown Nose

14.Indigo Plateau

A revised list of With Flying Colours, notice the name change? "Waiting in the horizon, Future lyricists yield immense natural growth: Composing original lifestyles offering universal rhymes, sir."

We're like #27 in the Summerfest contest, yes! We were like 80something not too long ago. We did some campaigning today. Gotta j some haters. "Somebody" is tryna "Will Rap 4 Food" on us. "Get down with the click, or get found in a ditch".

P.E.A.C.E

"They Want That Young Shit, That Dumb Shit"

2009-04-26T03:53:00.000-04:00

Man....It's hard out here for some pimps....I thought this Eventful.com contest was gonna be easy, but it's kinda hard. I figured, I got over 1,000 Facebook friends, all it would take is, for me to have them demand us and wha-laa! BUT NO.......People have to be difficult. I'm not trippin' though. Hopefully, my Facefucks will see through the difficulty, and help us out, but that's wishful thinking.

The past few days, I've been thinking about the concept of "conforming". It's looking REALLY tempting. I mean, music-wise, I've accepted what people are willing to listen to, versus what we make. It just gets frustrating to bust your ass lyrically, and have cats who rhyme like 5 year olds get more attention than you.

I got word from my bro that our shit's good, but there's no depth. M.I.C: music by teenagers, for teenagers, give us a break. Sp00ks & Sp00ns was made for the purpose of riding to. Cin City and With Flying Colours will be some thought provoking shit, along with that classic M.T. Bag sound.

Day in, and day out, I'm busting my ass tryna get this band some ears, and I often get eye/headaches. You get out what you put in. I thank the folks who appreciate what we do 'round here, and to those who don't like us, obviously, you're just not listening. I did a track with Relly Boi. Decent listen, should be on Myspace in a matter of days...

The point I'm making, I guess, how come "head-music" doesn't get as much shine as "club music"? It's ALWAYS about selling records and competition.....what happened to the music?

I don't know why we haven't cracked into Cin City yet, all this time? I'm feeling like ALL OR NOTHING all the time.

P.E.A.C.E

P.S~I gotta crack down on my condescending tone apparently...

Future Moves

2009-04-25T04:36:00.000-04:00

If you haven't seen the new thing we're doing here, you're late. Y'all screamin', "Lettuce ketchup!" Time to bring you up to speed. We want this show in Milwaukee. All you do is, click the Demand It link on the right of our page, fill out your email and send it! It's that easy. We had some Facefucks decline our event invitation like it's a place you go.....simpletons.

So, along with that, we're discussing M.T. Bag business. Cin City is still on the road here, yupp......Apparently, the Sp00ks & Sp00ns has not met the quality our early fans were expecting. Cin City is gonna make you think.....a little bit. We got this other one I mentioned months ago that is officially back in production: With Flying Colors. Let me break it down to you....

1.Out Of The Blue

2.Into The Green

3.Fields Of Gold

4.Gray Matter

5.Black Death

6.White Lies

7.Tickle Me Pink

8.The Past, Present, & Fuschia

9.Red Rum

10.Silver Bullet

11.Amber Alert

12.Orange Ya Glad?

13.Brown Nose

14.Indigo Plateau

This may be brighter than the usual font cuz I fucked up.....Anyway....Look out for our future shit and tell people to demand us. WE REALLY WANT THAT SHOW!!

p.e.a.c.e

"BLACKOUT!"

2009-04-23T21:45:00.001-04:00

Man, it's crazy at WSU, boy. Green Team has seen teams come and go: The Purple Team, formerly known as, Blue Team, and now this Team Blackout...It's whatever, though. I'm seeing albums I GOTTA HEAR, I want 'em.

Yeah, we swaggin', we surfin'. It's like, I need these...

Rick Ross--Deeper Than Rap
Eminem--Relapse & Relapse 2
Asher Roth--Asleep In The Bread Aisle
Lupe Fiasco--Lasers
Kid Cudi--Man On The Moon:The Gaurdian
Jay-Z--The Blueprint 3
Bun B--Trill O.G.(Trilogy)

Word up. It's like that.

P.E.A.C.E
P.S~Demand us in your town!

Supply & Demand

2009-04-23T13:51:00.000-04:00

"The stars are aligned in my favor, it's about time." Dig it, so, Fauste is hustling hard for M.T. Bag. I can finally give him ze props he deserves. We went from 48hundred, to 5 g's in about three days. Shortly after 5g's, we're close to 5100, so, I'm thoroughly convinced we're getting some eyes and ears. Sweet!

If you don't know, here we go. Weekly updates will follow as well, in case you're an easy forgetter. We got this Demand Us thing. All you do, is say you want us in your town, we need like 500 of you muthafuckas to demand us. When we get like 500ish, we'll be eligible to perform in Milwalky (excuse me spelling). You get it, though. Also! We could have a show in the Fall at UC's Catskeller. Looking forward to the summer tour, we're making big moves right now. Cin City, definitely on the way. If this comes out in cursive, excuse it, if it doesn't, neverminded. It's about to be done REAL BIG.

Once again, demand us, cuz we got the supply.....or, be buying, cuz, we're sellin'.......uh, insert some fly drug joke in here.

P.E.A.C.E

DEMAND US @ http://www.eventful.com/MTBAG

2009-04-23T09:50:00.000-04:00

View all Cincinnati events on Eventful

You mad 'cuz I'm stylin on you?!

2009-04-23T07:48:00.005-04:00

Carousing through the ol' facebook and while doing so I saw that fellow artist Jaye Cane entered in the summerfest contest also. He's like #3...keep in mind we #284-285. So I comment on his status saying "Good luck man. Our band just entered" Does that sound intimidating or asshole? HMM, no, not at all. I simply just stated a fact that our band entered while wishing him good luck damnit. He deletes my comment and I'm like "WHOA!" So in my rage I post back "Way to delete my comment guy, can't handle competition huh?. I just said "good luck".

Dude, chill out and realize that your ahead of the race and we probably won't make it. If anything you could have said good luck back, talk shit back whatever. Dont be like that and delete my comment, kid. Insecurity ain't a good look man, lol.

And on that ♫ .....

You like that tag, MZA ahaha....

I didnt provoke nothing...come on, he so afar ahead man. Chill Cane. M.T.B.A.G. , HEAUX

SUPPORT US AT " eventful.com/MTBAG

2009-04-22T09:25:00.001-04:00

We are trying to get a gig at Summerfest '09 and we need at least 430-500 demanders to get the top spot. Help us out!!

4/21: The Day After

2009-04-21T17:58:00.000-04:00

Man. 4/20. That was something else. Word up. I've never been that blitzed. Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist...still haven't seen it all. Pokemon The Movie, didn't watch it. Should've. Green Team is still good. Green League, yessir. I see Fauste is getting his swag on. "I'm swaggin', I'm surfin'." Ha.

I feel cleansed. Maybe, I still be the eastern philosopher lover boy. Hmm...Afghani Goo, Dro, Kush, Reggies, it was all there. Feelin' crazy for skippin' town. It's all good. I'm enjoying it.

I wish we were performing. That would be cool. I'm probably not gonna stop smoking because I haven't thus far. Oh well. Maybe next year, Green Team are jerks towards to each other.

Lettin' you know we still alive.

Don't bite my exit tag...

P.E.A.C.E.

Rockstar rap, B-Boys say I'm dope like Cobain

2009-04-21T07:51:00.010-04:00

Wat it does, this Fauste and before I post up (pun intended) I want to say this: don't NEVER doubt me...I know what I'm talkin' about even if it sounds far fetched and selfish....ask her....ANYWAY. As of right now, Sp00ks and Sp00ns is done and is currently in circulation. Just hit up (513) 377-3719 for a copy. I usually hang around UC and Mt. Healthy but I do deliver. For my out of city/state comrades a download link shall be in running condition soon.

Now, we have Cin City to complete and by the looks of Boogie-Mon's verses and Murdock's expected lyrix, this shall be monstorous. I have yet to hear from Skeem though but people stay tuned as we drop more updates, hopefully a song or three.

In other news, Boogie and our good friend from high school, Mphamous are collaborating on a song so that will be interesting indeed as Mphamous fuses Rock n' Roll with Hip-Hop beats...goodie... I plan on having an album with one of my good friends from work, Lamar and it fuses the same styles so "has M.T. Bag gone Rock?" Nope, we just expand our horizons. Im sure boogie still writes his songs for both R and B and Rock. That's the key to the door of fame. Do not limit yourself, which is why I say this: I will buy the Rebirth and the Alternate copy of 808's. I appreciate those who are different but do it in a way that leads to good music.

Which is why as song as I step foot on Wright's campus, I'm collaborating with EVERYBODY! I'm pullin' an M.O. (inside joke). While we still crank out this thizzle ass music and network, I just want to improve on my craft by being around all walks of life, can you dig THAT SUCKA?!

In short look out for Cin City sometime before July......Boogie-mon and Mphamous' track soon, I suppose.....and The Re(-e)volution soon, I can tell you that recording starts mid-May.....and be prepared to see us ALOT at Baba Budan's (shouts) and the Mad Frog (shouts) this summer starting mid-June.

P.S.- Because I think Murdock is still zombified from 4/20 and an overload of Dat Gooey Stuff, I decided to post today to keep 'ish current, plus don't ya'll love it when you can say that ya know that your fav group of emcees is dropping again AND expanding?! Sorry to hear bout 'ol girl's relationship change...it seemed peachy...oh well, I told her.

Dare to Dream:

One time for your mind...

2009-04-20T09:05:00.002-04:00

I promised I would never type these kind of posts but WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH WOMEN! Ya'll or the most picky, indecisive, ungrateful, siddity creatures God put on this Earth yet us, as men are attracted to your "ass"ets. That's it! We don't want you for relationships...just to fuck...I wish that was true but it's not and you know it's not so why must your persistently look over the "good guy" the "underdog", the guy friend who was always their but you never noticed him. This is life and not a fucking Disney movie where prince charming comes through in the end. Stop generalizing men. I mean, ya get tight when we call ya "hoes" and "bitches" but we can't get mad when we are called "dogs", "niggas", and "pussies". That shit cracks me up man.

See, I dont know what percentage of our viewers are women so I apologize for generalizing and maybe you should stop putting off the obvious and give that guy who may not be Kappa nigga or a GQ guy or even a "Goon" because he can probably still whoop ass...he just doesn't grip his nuts and shout it from the rooftop. If you wan respect, give it...don't assume that "one" will run into you because I guarantee you all it is is a man who wants to get his rocks off.

That's all... I'm done. P.E.A.C.E.

The Saga Continues

2009-04-17T08:50:00.000-04:00

I was browsing through the most recent issue of XXL and I read the Rick Ross story. By now everyone in the know, knows about Rick Ross being a Correctional Officer prior to his rap career. In the words of XXL, he was, "Hip-Hop's Milli Vanilli." Damn.

Despite the time he tried to deny his ties to the law, Ross was openly willing to admit that he indeed used to be a C.O. Either, he's a hoax: he was a C.O. and made up his image, or, his lie is air tight: he stated that he took the job for reasons of the street. "I don't care either way." What really matters in this era, at least to me, is the music. Cocaina pusherman or not, his music is still damn good, and no matter what you'll never take that from him. I admit, Port Of Miami wasn't that good to me. From what I've heard of Trilla, he totally stepped it up, and Deeper Than Rap looks even more promising. I wish Ross the best of luck, he seems to be handling the pressure quite well.

"Guess who's back, back again?" It's been three years since Eminem was heard on a full length album, and five since he put out his own release. Em' is back on that Eminem shit. I had the chance to see an excerpt of his interview for next month's issue. He talks about how T.I. and Lil' Wayne are really the only ones still doing it...Hmm.....He also discusses how today's music is watered down to "The hook and the beat." He says there is no more substance, which is true. It seems all you need is a decent beat and a catchy hook, it doesn't matter what you say on the verse. The part that is usually ringtoned is the chorus anyway.

This circulates back to the Rick Ross issue. New York rappers are pissed off because they feel the South is the reason lyricism isn't important anymore. I don't think it's the South's fault. Music is expression, and that's how the South gets down, partying, Sizzurp, and getting Crunk, ha! South rappers accuse other regions of biting their sound. Joel Ortiz justifies this by saying, if that's what's hot, and they play nothing else, you can't help but to adapt. Ortiz feels like he sunk to a bullshit level after making a "strip club" song for the sake of being played. He also got pissed at his label for trying to pair him "other" artists. He talked about how Saigon's label wanted to match him up with Pretty Ricky, really?

What is this business coming to? I'm feeling like M.T. Bag is the only hope for this game, but I fear by the time we make it into the rat race, the business would have imploded by then....No more Hip-Hop? That's why n!99@$ are a super group, save the music.

P.E.A.C.E

The Thuggish Ruggish Bag

2009-04-17T00:21:00.000-04:00

"Stalkin' gat fools, walkin' jack moves."

I'm at the Fauste house listening to some Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. Came from Stuntman's a lot earlier. He had himself a cute baby, but that didn't stop him from getting a royal ass whooping in some games. (Soul Calibur III and Mortal Kombat: Deception)

I was listening to some verses from the Fauste Meister, I can't wait for Cin City to come out. People are really liking the story. This is when the kid feels flattered. I feel my ideas are coming to life and such. Anyway, I thought about the original Third Worldians and how we compare to Bone.....the rappers anyway. This is done in order of the picture above, in case you're not Bone savvy.

KRAYZIE BONE: I think I'm closest to Krayzie because he calls himself Leatherface, and I'm Niggaface...ha. Usually, Krayzie is the considered the leader, I claim foreman, no heirarchy. Besides these, I'm kinda singled out for the reasons I'ma give on the other ones.

LAYZIE BONE: This one is Ace Boogie. There's a lyric in the song "Creepin' On Ah Come Up", "dressed in black, wearin' make-up on my face." This lyric reminds me of a song he and I did "Spy Vs. Spy", where he said, "I paint my face like a clown." Ha. Okay, just reminded.

BIZZY BONE: Most definitely Stuntman. Out of control flow, and pretty damn violent, yet religious at the same time.

FLESH-N-BONE: Skeem, yes. Most likely to go to jail AND go directly back.....haha, no hate, or wishing that upon you. Also, known to leave the group, or not be present. Topics are similar too.

WISH BONE: FAUSTE! Some believe Wish ruins the group, I think he's nice, it's just sometimes, he drops the pace. Not saying that about Fasute. I compare these two because in both of these rapper's lyrics, you are "taken there." Quite visual, I mean. Dig it?

Probably should sleep. "Love Lockdown" ain't old to me yet, "you looooose!"

P.E.A.C.E

Me Likey

2009-04-16T10:30:00.000-04:00

Can you say appeal? "A peel?" No, silly, "Appeal". "Cop a feel?" Forget it?

Anyways, The Chef is hard at work doing his UC duties, just like Ace and I did at Wright State. I'm not there to see the progress, but I'm sure I'll receive a lukewarm welcome Friday. Chef says he distributed the sound and such to his English class, the peers AND the teach. "Cook beans!" It's about damn time, I thought we'd never drop a CD on the welcome mat of UC, but now the word is getting out.

The sound of M.T. Bag continues to spread like lung cancer, and people are left breathless after hearing the sound experience. So, what does this mean? We're starting to reach out to more audiences, just like the "master" plan said. The gangstas like our shit because, as of recently, the beats are getting that "wang" in them. The old folks like our shit because, it's not"gun poppin' nonsense". The kids like our shit because they're kids. Heauxs, P.A.N.C.A.K.E.S, single ladies, and such like our shit because we got it like that. It's only a matter of time. I mean, I've NEVER heard anybody say we suck, so that's a good sign. I'ma tell you what Czar*Nok told me, "You can only keep getting better." Pimp Tight!

The Chef keeps telling me about how people dig my beats and such. My response: "I know." No cocky. When you make beats, they're either 100% nice or they're not, simply put. We wouldn't rap on a garbage beat and expect you to listen to it. So when "Cincinnati's Finest" or "Nikes & Pumas" comes on, you and I know what's goin' on.

My "The, The Affiliates, Boy!" section is gonna start to grow, people think it's a nice concept. I agree. This is a decent opportunity for y'all n!99@$, once again, no cocky. When/if we make it to the top, y'all automatically come with us, and vice versa if y'all push us like we do y'all. "I just copped that M.T. Bag album. Let's go their website...Who are all these people? Let's check out their music too." You see?

By the way, South Park deserves some kind of award. Last night's episode wasn't epic, but it was still pretty good. "Oh my God!!! Not FINNNNNLAAAANNNDD!!!"

P.E.A.C.E

P.S~Seriously, anybody got a SNES adaptor, I'll Roshambo you for it.

C@$H C0\/\/

2009-04-15T23:27:00.000-04:00

"I like big butts and I cannot lie. You other brothers can't deny, when a girl walks in with an itty bitty waist and puts that round thing in your face, you get SPRUNG!"

These are probably the most famous lyrics on the planet, okay, maybe, the United States. Regardless, Sir Mix-A-Lot has been living off of this one song for the latter part of his career. When you think of Mr.A-Lot, how many songs do you know by him?......................................I thought so. The man has 6 studio albums, with his most recent released in 2003, bet you didn't know that! His bread and butter song, "Baby Got Back" came off of his third album. Today's post is like the "If You Play With Skills..." post. One song is all it takes to really survive in Pop Culture, not the music biz, however.

So, where else can allegories to Mix-A-Lot's hit be found? Was that Shrek part one or part two? Remember the music mash-up? "I like big butts and I cannot lie. You other brothers can't deny, when a girl walks in with an itty bitty waist and puts that round thing in your face you get (FEELINGS)". It was funny....Remember Robot Chicken's "Table Be Round"?

If you've seen commercials today, you probably laid eyes on Burger King's Spongebob Squarepants campaign.

Oh, okay, so on Digital Underground's "Humpty Hump", brotha couldn't get a Burger King commercial for getting busy in their bathroom?

Chillin' with The Chef tomorrow(Thursday), Friday should be lovely. 70 Degrees!! Brrr!

See you in a few hours, it's inevitable.

P.E.A.C.E

P.S~Look at creation: http://www.affiliatesboy.blogspot.com

A Little Slice Of Heaven

2009-04-15T18:37:00.000-04:00

Empathy has spent his entire life(thus far), living in the continental U.S. So, I dunno what it's like overseas, I just hope the Russians love their children too. Since I only know American living, is it just us, or do we think more of ourselves , over here, than the rest of the world?

(The Late Pimp C)

It's pretty popular in the rap music, this boasting thing we do. When emcees started getting paid, the content changed from real life to, rims, chains, alchy, heauxs, et cetera. Every other emcee thinks they're God because they can rhyme, ooh, rhyme, "does it do anything else?"

I'm gonna give musicians a break today for a change. Today's spotlight focuses on your average individual. There's ABSOLUTELY NOTHING wrong with self-confidence. After all, it is what is needed to stay alive in today's world. I think we all get a little ahead of ourselves sometimes. Rakim was voted by Hip-Hop heads as The God Emcee. Jay-Z refers to himself as Hov, as in Jehovah. Nas calls himself God's Son. Lil Wayne thinks he's some kinda demi-God because he can rap, I seen a little girl on TV that'll shit on him. Kanye West with his out of this world ego......We all need to sit down and think about it.

Back to the average person. Today's generation of women are under the influence that their shit don't stank......Why? It's the music. Highly influenced by egotistical women like Beyonce, and.....that's about it. Who do the little boys have to look up to music wise today, Wayne, and.....that's about it.

It also trips me out how much money is the topic of music, and has been for over a decade. I especially don't like hypocrites, except myself....We can't tell the media we care about world hunger and The Virus, and then turn around and say, "Y'all broke N!99@$." At one point, Mr or Mrs Artist, weren't you broke too, now you talkin' wallet shit? Comparing wallets is plain stupid and OLD. Just because you make more mone than I, doesn't make you a better person than. Not by a long shot. That shit talk feeds ever going stereotypes and mind states: Gold Digging, Pimping, Boasting, Wack Lyrics, Bad Music, et cetera. This is why Hip-Hop is dying and people are pointing fingers in the wrong direction.

I've heard accusations from all over the place. Soulja Boy, he does his thing, it may not be that great, but he appeals to an audience being him, that's Hip-Hop. The South as a whole, Trapping, Crack, Chevy's, et cetera, that's what they do, not all of them, but if it's you, it's Hip-Hop. Unless you're faking your image, if you don't warn people you're making music through a persona and claim that's your life, you're killing it. Shouts out to Rick Ross, his music is still good though. West Coast, Lo Lo's, Chronic, Drive By's, if that's you, that's Hip-Hop. Mid-West n!99@$ are going through identity crisis right now. If you wanna act like you're from the South, go ahead, and keep murdering the music for real n!992$ tryna do it. We don't mind, it's okay, you just won't make it anywhere.

Flesh of my flesh, blood of my blood.

P.E.A.C.E

Under A Rock I've Been Living

2009-04-15T16:09:00.000-04:00

Let me get real for a minute....I NEVER watched Making The Band until the tail end of season 3. When Danity Kane was working on album two, Donny was solo, and Day 26 got together. I saw ONE episode of that season. Thus far, I'm beating that record this season with a whopping TWO episodes. What's common knowledge to you, is news to me. Czech it:

(Day 26)

I didn't know these dudes were putting out album two. I mean, they were talking about this being their second album coming out, but I never heard anything from them until the Diddy and Yung Joc song. I feel left behind.

(Aubrey "Drake" Graham)

Burnz has been watching Degrassi for as long as I can remember. He kept telling me how good it was, I only took his word for it. In my lifetime, I've probably watched a grand total of: 9 minutes of this show. When this Drake character came out, I decided to spot this cat on his show. "He's in a wheelchair, now these heauxs on his jock?" The Canadian 'Crippler' changed his image QUICK! All of a sudden he's a n!99@ now....Either way, I can't wait for the album.....oh, my point on this guy, I didn't know how popular he was. He's touring all over the places. Kudo.

(Lark Voorhis)

While I was looking up Asher Roth's "Lark On My Go Kart", I stumbled upon a fact I found funny. Lisa Turtle is a singer. Apparently, her single came out back in January. The song was called "Saturday", I think. "I never heard of it."

"And if you don't know, now, you know."

P.E.A.C.E

On my grown man shit real proper like for the 2k9 representing out of the that good nasty nati you know that one way type shit ya dig im swaggin boi

2009-04-15T08:55:00.003-04:00

Hahaha, excuse the title, it was a very random moment in the life of Fauste. But dig, right about now I want to give you a play by play of how we as a group as grown and do my periodical thing of comparing us because I feel some may still not know us so its always good to "give an idea of", so dig. But Im switching it up and showing you our potential...ah! In the form of how XXL does it. (note: all pics of said people will be shown at the end)

Skeem(-ilton) - Name: TwoFace/ Skeem

Sounds Like: Ace Hood meets 3 6 Mafia

Notes: He has alot of potential to be a leader in an attempt to bring gangster rap
back. He has the slow and hype flow of a 3 6 Mafia but not so syrupy but
still can kick catchy lyrics that are suitable for radio play like a Ace Hood
and that's not bad because it gets attention.

Side Hustles: Running that good trap-a-thon (had to do it, just laughs) and your
girlfriend.

Matt Murdock- Name: MZA, Murdock

Sounds Like: Murs

Notes: This guy obviously knows what he's doing when it comes to FL Studio but as far as rap he has the mid-tempo flow that Murs has. He is our in-house producer/ founder of Third World Records.

Side Hustle: Running http://www.mtbag.blogspot.com and Producing

Ace Chase- Name: Inspectah West, The Flash, Ace Boogie

Sounds Like: Eminem meets Ludacris

Notes: "Full-time student, Part-time stoner" this guy has all the capabilities to make it solo but seems to fit better in a group setting. His style was polished and fine-tuned by MZA but he's grown into something nasty.

Side Hustle: Student Gov't, Green Team and Green League...(yes, we have a minor league playboy..."how come you in GT automatcially....I was blessed in bitch! I still hold my own though), Organizing sessions and what-have-you-not.

Shaun Fauste- Name: Ghrim, "Iffy Fauste", and depending who you are,Rashaun

Sounds Like: ???

Notes: Honestly and wierdly enough I dont know who I sound like but when I found out I'll let you know or maybe someone in the group can tell me. I want to say Kanye, Drake or Wale, maybe Cudi

Side Hustle: Songwriting, ghostwriting and poetry

From Left to Right: Murdock, Ace, Skeem, and Fauste

48 ?'s....A Facebook Survey

2009-04-15T03:05:00.000-04:00

Our story begins with a bored Matt Murdock. Sitting in a home far away from home, Murdock decides to take action! Suiting up in his Daredevil uniform, he goes to work on the blog. This is where our story begins:
1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? Negative, hombre.

2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? I smoked a Black and the smoke got in my eye.

3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? Only when I make it presentable. I dig its uniqueness, nobody can read it, but me and teachers.

4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? Go ham on 'em.

5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS? Nope.

6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON, WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? It depends on when I catch me, but if I'm somebody else, who is me? They are them!

7. DO YOU USE SARCASM? That's my demeanor.

8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? I hope so, I need those for free ice cream.

9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? Depends on my level of sobriety.

10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Cinnamon Toast Crunch or Trix.

11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? My shoes are always untied.

12. WHATS YOUR FAVORITE DRINK(S)? Aqua, Vitamin Aqua, OJ(Aye!), and Pepsi.

13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? Cookies & Cream.

14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE? Eyes, clothing, persona.

15. RED OR PINK? Red bones & Pink polos, together at last.

16. WHAT IS YOUR LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? The way my hair grows, and maybe my lack of being "normal".

17. DO YOU HAVE ANY PETS? No, I might go in on a fish at Green Team.

18. WHATS YOUR STYLE? Superdopeballeristic Ish.

19. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? Clear(invisible) shoes, and black pants.

20. DESCRIBE YOURSELF IN THREE WORDS? Amazing. Ill. Thizzle.

21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? The Golden Girls in the back.

22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? Black, often confused with Purple for some reason.

23. FAVORITE SMELLS? Clean lady. Chipotle. Fresh LRG clothing.

24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? M.O.

25 WHAT SIZE FEET ARE YOU? 12.

26. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH? Football, during the Play-Offs and the Super Bowl. College Basketball in the Final Four. Tennis. Soccer, now.

27. HAIR COLOR? Black

28. EYE COLOR? Brown

29. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? Never.

30. FAVORITE FOOD? General Tso's Chicken. Shrimp Alfredo. Meat Loaf. PB & J.

31. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? Scary Movies that scare me for a change.

32. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? Step Brothers.

33. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? Black.

34. SUMMER OR WINTER? Summer.

35. HUGS OR KISSES? I'm fond of both.

36. THONGS OR KNICKERS? Knicka, what?

37. MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND TO? Family, Band, Bad Bitch....ha!

38. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND TO? ~~People I don't know.~~ Depends.

39. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW? Read, me?

40. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? Don't have one.

41. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT? Robot Chicken.

42. FAVORITE SOUND(S)? M.T. Bag, beautiful lady, when Ace's little brothers go, "AWWWWWWW!!!!"

43. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? Ze Beatles.

44. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME? Florida.

45. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? I can sample something mean and make it Hip-Hop. I can make some crazy words rhyme, give me ANY word, it shall rhyme. Got art skills.

46 WHERE WERE U BORN? Queen City, Porkopolis, Cincinnati, Cin City, et cetera.

47. WHOSE ANSWERS ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK? Nobody, I blogged it.

48. HOW DID YOU MEET YOUR SPOUSE/SIGNIFICANT OTHER? Through a Star Wars chat room in El Segundo.

P.E.A.C.E

Fecthing Water From The Mainstream

2009-04-15T00:38:00.000-04:00

It's common knowledge, the best music on the planet is, music that isn't created for the purpose of radio play. Listen to M.T. Bag. Some songs are radio worthy, that's a coincidence. We don't ever get in the studio like, "This is about to be a radio joint, right here." Not the goal. The look at these albums made by people who care about the sound, not the renown.

Revolutionary Volume 1--Immortal Technique. Immortal could've been mainstream years ago, but he refused to sign a contract if it meant he had to sacrifice his style. This proves to you it's not always about the money. This is one of the best underground albums I've ever heard, so much so, I went out and bought it. He's like the only artist with words on politics that I'm willing to listen to. His delivery makes it so not boring. I think he shouted us out with his third album, Third World.

Monkey Business--Black Eyed Peas. Don't lie, you love this album too. "Humps", you were singing it too. "Don't Lie", "Like That", it's all there. I don't know shit about either member of the group, but when they drop, it's ALWAYS good music. Keep it up, kiddos.

4,5,6--Kool G Rap. Easily THE best gangster album ever created. Back in the day when selling records wasn't a priority. This goes in my category of albums you don't push fast forward once on. It's just meant to be played front to back. GOLDEN.

I'm out. Listening to M.T. Bag: "Only A Feeling", it warps in and out, that's why I don't listen to it.

P.E.A.C.E

Million Dollar Dream

2009-04-14T20:14:00.000-04:00

I can't believe it leaked....This makes me wonder, how do albums leak? It HAS to be somebody within, right?

Anyway, originally titled: The Greatest Hits Of Asher Roth, or was it, The Best Of Asher Roth? I don't remember, either way, I'm over his title change. The album features production from Don Cannon and mostly Oren Yoel. It includes some guests I would expect and others I wouldn't: Cee-Lo, Busta Rhymes, Keri Hilson, Jazze Pha(where you been at?), Beanie Sigel(?), and Chester French. Sounds hot. I'm not gonna download it immediately, not to say I'm not expecting some dopery. Where's the rest of the Class of 2009, y'all sleepin'?

P.E.A.C.E

SNES 1995(Stompin' N!99@$ Ever Since 1995)

2009-04-14T19:55:00.000-04:00

I know there's a small community of people who still own Super Nintendos. If this is the case, I composed a list of SNES games that little to no people can give me competition in.

(Super Mario Kart)

The character of choice is Koopa, but I'll dust you, EVEN with Donkey Kong. Race or Battle, the game is TOO simple for me to lose it. I'm pretty decent at the more recent installments as well, but I wouldn't dare boast with those.

(Super Marios Bros. 3, though)

On this version of Mario, when you go to Super Marios Bros. 3, there's a Battle Mode. Once again, it's too simple. There is NO point of playing this game, but I cannot be stopped.

(NBA Jam: Tournament Edition)

I count count on one hand the number of people who can beat me in this game, other than that, you can't touch this.

(Super Street Fighter II)

Before the introduction of Focus Attacks, Ultra, Super, et cetera, I ruled the screen with Ryu and the Hadoken. Days turned to Weeks, Weeks turned to Months, and Months turned to Years of Zoning and Spacing in this game. No matter my opponent, Ken is ALWAYS their pick, why? Besides that fire Dragon Punch, he doesn't do anything for me.

P.E.A.C.E

"Keep That White Girl"

2009-04-14T18:10:00.000-04:00

I was looking up old songs from the Thousands and such. I stumbled upon Christina Aguilera's "Dirrty" with Redman. Though that song came off of her album, Stripped, it made me think of Back To Basics. Why? Pop artists working with Hip Hop folks is like the best thing since the meeting of Peanut Butter and Jelly. Trip with me as we look at the Hip Hop producers and Pop stars of our time.

(Christin Aguilera & DJ Premier)

Christina reached out to Primo. Primo was confused like, "Does she know who I am?" Putting five songs on Back To Basics, inducted Mr. Gang Starr into the Pop world. Really worth your listen.

(Pharrell & Britney Spears)

'Til this day, the illest Britney Spears song I've EVER heard is "Slave 4 U". Your regular Neptunes beat, not your usual Britney.......Really nothing else to say.....

(Gwen Stefani & Pharrell)

After No Doubt success, the band split. Why? I dunno. Out of nowhere, I heard "Rich Girl" or "Holla Back Girl" or "Harajuku Girls" and was like, "No Doubt REALLY changed their sound." I was told it was JUST Gwen. Wow, how long's this gonna last? Two albums later, it's pretty evident Gwen doesn't need No Doubt. I do doubt she'll NEVER make another classic song as long as she lives because she's doing this Hip-Hop Pop thing. You don't go from being in the illest band on the planet to, featuring on songs with Pharrell and making music with Slim Thug......Hmmm.....

(Black Eyed Peas)

For the record, Monkey Business is THE BEST MUSIC EVER. For another record, doesn't Taboo look like Snoop Dogg's character on The Boondocks? Anyway, as of recent times, THE ONLY voices you hear from the Black Eyed Peas are will.i.am and Fergie. I've seen some productions credited to will.i.am and Fergie sings AND 'raps', this counts as a Hip-Hop Pop duo.....

(Timbaland & Justin Timberlake)

Ok....not a white girl, but the same rules apply. As soon as Timberlake departed from N'Sync, Hip-Hop producers were breaking his door down to make music with him. Ok......so the only big names I'm aware of are The Neptunes and Timbaland. Side note: It seems you get the total package if you get a Timbaland beat, Justin comes with it apparently.

P.E.A.C.E