Thug Life Army
January 3, 2006 9:28 AM Subscribe
Thug Life Army. It's LiveJournal for gangsta' rappers. I think we can safely say that blogging has now arrived.
Um, it's not necessarily for "gangsta rappers". It's for anyone who is into hip-hop/rap/urban culture. I don't find it that odd that a person interested in such things would seek a forum to voice their opinions. Additionally, I don't think this is worthy of being an FPP. Your post comes across as condescending and ignorant. Flagged.
posted by cloeburner at 9:40 AM on January 3, 2006
posted by cloeburner at 9:40 AM on January 3, 2006
it's not necessarily for "gangsta rappers".
Your post comes across as condescending and ignorant. Flagged.
posted by cloeburner at 11:40 AM CST on January 3
Tad sensitive cloeburner?
The damn thing is called "Thug Life Army" but you find it "condescending and ignorant" to suggest it has some relation to "gansta rap?" The top post on their blog is about Tookie; the second about Tupac. It is patently about gangsta rap, so what the hell are you offended by?
I like the post. I found it a funny find that will certainly give plenty of chances to read something to laugh at. Or, if it isn't really a joke, then something to be depressed about.
posted by dios at 9:47 AM on January 3, 2006
Your post comes across as condescending and ignorant. Flagged.
posted by cloeburner at 11:40 AM CST on January 3
Tad sensitive cloeburner?
The damn thing is called "Thug Life Army" but you find it "condescending and ignorant" to suggest it has some relation to "gansta rap?" The top post on their blog is about Tookie; the second about Tupac. It is patently about gangsta rap, so what the hell are you offended by?
I like the post. I found it a funny find that will certainly give plenty of chances to read something to laugh at. Or, if it isn't really a joke, then something to be depressed about.
posted by dios at 9:47 AM on January 3, 2006
Blogging left the building ages ago.
And yeah, what cloeburner said.
Flagged.
posted by slimepuppy at 9:48 AM on January 3, 2006
And yeah, what cloeburner said.
Flagged.
posted by slimepuppy at 9:48 AM on January 3, 2006
"You seem a little irritable, Kyle. You got some sand in your vagina?"
Sorry, description was a little lacking. Otherwise I love the site. It's designed well, there's no pixelated Tupac background photo with text. Though for blogs I'm a big fan of the stripped down, very niche Nick Denton type blog. I don't like blogs that try to have too much going on at once. Here's to hoping they figure out how to do a blog on such a hard-to-follow topic.
Let's face it, the urban hip-hop community has such little web presence it's hard to link to anything. It's not like a hip-hop blog can simply aggregate information from other sources.
posted by geoff. at 9:50 AM on January 3, 2006
Sorry, description was a little lacking. Otherwise I love the site. It's designed well, there's no pixelated Tupac background photo with text. Though for blogs I'm a big fan of the stripped down, very niche Nick Denton type blog. I don't like blogs that try to have too much going on at once. Here's to hoping they figure out how to do a blog on such a hard-to-follow topic.
Let's face it, the urban hip-hop community has such little web presence it's hard to link to anything. It's not like a hip-hop blog can simply aggregate information from other sources.
posted by geoff. at 9:50 AM on January 3, 2006
U.N. General Assembly Resolution To Establish United Nations Decade Of Contact & Diplomatic Relations With E.T.s
Doesn't get more gangsta' than that.
Word.
posted by slimepuppy at 9:50 AM on January 3, 2006
Doesn't get more gangsta' than that.
Word.
posted by slimepuppy at 9:50 AM on January 3, 2006
Your post comes across as condescending and ignorant. Flagged.
Oh. Please. Next you'll be using the "R" word.
Yeah, it's not an exciting FPP. But for Christ sake, relax. There wouldn't BE many posts on MeFi if everybody flagged every single post they thought was condescending or ignorant.
On second thought maybe that would be a good thing. Hmmmm.
posted by tkchrist at 9:52 AM on January 3, 2006
Oh. Please. Next you'll be using the "R" word.
Yeah, it's not an exciting FPP. But for Christ sake, relax. There wouldn't BE many posts on MeFi if everybody flagged every single post they thought was condescending or ignorant.
On second thought maybe that would be a good thing. Hmmmm.
posted by tkchrist at 9:52 AM on January 3, 2006
Cloeburner flagged and penalized 15 yards for asshattery.
posted by mrblondemang at 9:56 AM on January 3, 2006
posted by mrblondemang at 9:56 AM on January 3, 2006
Finally! A place I can go to bitch about my hose. [nsfw]
posted by Tommy Gnosis at 10:00 AM on January 3, 2006
posted by Tommy Gnosis at 10:00 AM on January 3, 2006
Let's face it, the urban hip-hop community has such little web presence it's hard to link to anything.
I can see how you might miss them, since they are very hard to find.
http://www.allhiphop.com/
http://www.hiphopsite.com/
http://www.blackplanet.com/
This post is a reminder that black people love us. Seriously. They do.
posted by haqspan at 10:00 AM on January 3, 2006
I can see how you might miss them, since they are very hard to find.
http://www.allhiphop.com/
http://www.hiphopsite.com/
http://www.blackplanet.com/
This post is a reminder that black people love us. Seriously. They do.
posted by haqspan at 10:00 AM on January 3, 2006
Finally! A place I can go to bitch about my hoes.
posted by Tommy Gnosis at 10:02 AM on January 3, 2006
posted by Tommy Gnosis at 10:02 AM on January 3, 2006
Who took the whites only sign off the Internet? This is an outrage.
I have to agree with dios. The place is called Thug Life Army; if they aren't taking a "gangsta" viewpoint, then they're really poorly named.
posted by I Love Tacos at 10:04 AM on January 3, 2006
I have to agree with dios. The place is called Thug Life Army; if they aren't taking a "gangsta" viewpoint, then they're really poorly named.
posted by I Love Tacos at 10:04 AM on January 3, 2006
http://forums.undergroundhiphop.com/
http://www.the-breaks.com/forums/
posted by rxrfrx at 10:05 AM on January 3, 2006
http://www.the-breaks.com/forums/
posted by rxrfrx at 10:05 AM on January 3, 2006
Metafilter: Blogging left the building ages ago.
posted by you just lost the game at 10:05 AM on January 3, 2006
posted by you just lost the game at 10:05 AM on January 3, 2006
Blogging left the building ages ago.
Before it left, it stunk up the joint and puked on the rug, too.
posted by jonmc at 10:07 AM on January 3, 2006
Before it left, it stunk up the joint and puked on the rug, too.
posted by jonmc at 10:07 AM on January 3, 2006
This post deserves to be flagged, but not for the reason cloeburner gives. The real problem is that there's no real content yet. The admin appears to be the only member and the only person posting, which makes this a link to a pretty boring blog.
Maybe in a few months, after a user base has developed, it'll be more interesting and then we can really argue about whether it's a community of gangstas or not.
posted by Espy Gillespie at 10:08 AM on January 3, 2006
Maybe in a few months, after a user base has developed, it'll be more interesting and then we can really argue about whether it's a community of gangstas or not.
posted by Espy Gillespie at 10:08 AM on January 3, 2006
I just flagged cloeburner's and slimepuppy's posts.
posted by driveler at 10:08 AM on January 3, 2006
posted by driveler at 10:08 AM on January 3, 2006
Who took the whites only sign off the Internet?
Most gangsta rap fans are white.
posted by jonmc at 10:08 AM on January 3, 2006
Most gangsta rap fans are white.
posted by jonmc at 10:08 AM on January 3, 2006
This seems like the perfect venue for Cindy from the Boondocks.
posted by Wolfdog at 10:15 AM on January 3, 2006
posted by Wolfdog at 10:15 AM on January 3, 2006
Espy: I agree with you completely. Right now it's a boring, content-free link. I'm actually kind of curious why anybody thought it was worth an FPP.
posted by I Love Tacos at 10:17 AM on January 3, 2006
posted by I Love Tacos at 10:17 AM on January 3, 2006
It became a FPP because the poster is some kind of backwoods internet rube who gets excited when they put in a new traffic light on Main Street.
posted by rxrfrx at 10:19 AM on January 3, 2006
posted by rxrfrx at 10:19 AM on January 3, 2006
I think we can safely say that blogging has now arrived.
"jumped the shark" is more like it.
posted by TunnelArmr at 10:22 AM on January 3, 2006
"jumped the shark" is more like it.
posted by TunnelArmr at 10:22 AM on January 3, 2006
Wait, we have a Main Street, now? What a time to be alive...
posted by jonmc at 10:24 AM on January 3, 2006
posted by jonmc at 10:24 AM on January 3, 2006
yeah, 2sheets, tht one had me shaking my head in disbelief, too.
posted by jonmc at 10:29 AM on January 3, 2006
posted by jonmc at 10:29 AM on January 3, 2006
I think we can safely say that blogging has now arrived.
The proper term is "blogging is in da house!"
posted by clevershark at 10:38 AM on January 3, 2006
The proper term is "blogging is in da house!"
posted by clevershark at 10:38 AM on January 3, 2006
to elaborate: a balheaded, petulant, paranoid misogynist who uses samples and rhymes so obvious they'd make Puff Daddy blush is not my idea of a Malcolmesque figure.
Chuck D, KRS-One, Ice Cube, Ice T, all these rappers have a far better claim to that staus than Tupac.
posted by jonmc at 10:40 AM on January 3, 2006
Chuck D, KRS-One, Ice Cube, Ice T, all these rappers have a far better claim to that staus than Tupac.
posted by jonmc at 10:40 AM on January 3, 2006
Yeah, but Jon, he DIED, man. So is Biggie MLK or Medgar Evars? Or Al Sharpton?
Cleverhsark, I think the proper term is "blogging is in da HIZZOUSE"
posted by spicynuts at 10:42 AM on January 3, 2006
Cleverhsark, I think the proper term is "blogging is in da HIZZOUSE"
posted by spicynuts at 10:42 AM on January 3, 2006
Did Our Generation Lose Our Malcolm When Tupac Died?
nigga please.
posted by three blind mice at 10:43 AM on January 3, 2006
nigga please.
posted by three blind mice at 10:43 AM on January 3, 2006
We should take this discussion to Thug Life Army and get some content up in that beeyotch.
posted by spicynuts at 10:47 AM on January 3, 2006
posted by spicynuts at 10:47 AM on January 3, 2006
I feel like I should post at their site, as I have long been angaged by the hip hop scene. After all, two years ago a firend of mine axed me to say some emcee rhymes.
posted by maxsparber at 10:56 AM on January 3, 2006
posted by maxsparber at 10:56 AM on January 3, 2006
Friend of mine, actually.
posted by maxsparber at 10:57 AM on January 3, 2006
posted by maxsparber at 10:57 AM on January 3, 2006
If MeFi's color is blue, does that make us Crips? Maybe that explains why you guys got so bent out of shape when Tookie died.
posted by keswick at 10:57 AM on January 3, 2006
posted by keswick at 10:57 AM on January 3, 2006
I think the proper term is "blogging is in da HIZZOUSE"
ah yeah, foh shizzle, I forgot.
posted by clevershark at 11:06 AM on January 3, 2006
ah yeah, foh shizzle, I forgot.
posted by clevershark at 11:06 AM on January 3, 2006
spicynutz, true dat.
posted by youarenothere at 11:07 AM on January 3, 2006
posted by youarenothere at 11:07 AM on January 3, 2006
I found it a funny find that will certainly give plenty of chances to read something to laugh at. Or, if it isn't really a joke, then something to be depressed about.
Lame. Super lame.
posted by kosem at 11:09 AM on January 3, 2006
Lame. Super lame.
posted by kosem at 11:09 AM on January 3, 2006
Lame. Though I'm glad to see a lot of people feel making fun of urban culture makes them edgy. Somehow it's nice to know there are some topics out there that will move both jonmc and dios to action.
posted by nixerman at 11:12 AM on January 3, 2006
posted by nixerman at 11:12 AM on January 3, 2006
And I'm glad to see a lot of white people feel liking urban culture makes them edgy.
posted by keswick at 11:14 AM on January 3, 2006
posted by keswick at 11:14 AM on January 3, 2006
Tupac the misogynist beatmaker!
to elaborate, Eddie Van Halen: a chronically drunk, cock rockin' misogynist who uses riffs and solos so obvious they'd make Jimmy Page blush.
posted by foot at 11:14 AM on January 3, 2006
to elaborate, Eddie Van Halen: a chronically drunk, cock rockin' misogynist who uses riffs and solos so obvious they'd make Jimmy Page blush.
posted by foot at 11:14 AM on January 3, 2006
WHOOOOOOOOOO!!!@
posted by loquacious at 11:14 AM on January 3, 2006
posted by loquacious at 11:14 AM on January 3, 2006
who's making fun of urban culture?
My only jokes were about blogging. My only comment on urban culture was a dismissal of Tupac. And I've never met anyone other than a journalist who uses the term 'urban culture' with a straight face.
posted by jonmc at 11:15 AM on January 3, 2006
My only jokes were about blogging. My only comment on urban culture was a dismissal of Tupac. And I've never met anyone other than a journalist who uses the term 'urban culture' with a straight face.
posted by jonmc at 11:15 AM on January 3, 2006
and if you wanns be 'edgy,' do us all a favor: go find an edge and either fall of it or cut yourself with it.
posted by jonmc at 11:18 AM on January 3, 2006
posted by jonmc at 11:18 AM on January 3, 2006
Did Our Generation Lose Our Malcolm When Tupac Died?
A question that's been discussed to death on Davey D's Political HipHop Palace.
God I'm such a loser. I'll read anything to avoid doing a scrap of work...
posted by PeterMcDermott at 11:22 AM on January 3, 2006
A question that's been discussed to death on Davey D's Political HipHop Palace.
God I'm such a loser. I'll read anything to avoid doing a scrap of work...
posted by PeterMcDermott at 11:22 AM on January 3, 2006
I'll fuckin' cut you, mang.
posted by loquacious at 11:23 AM on January 3, 2006
posted by loquacious at 11:23 AM on January 3, 2006
hmmm, I find the wording of the FPP and most of the comments here condescending and ignorant.
posted by atlatl at 11:26 AM on January 3, 2006
posted by atlatl at 11:26 AM on January 3, 2006
hmm, I find the wording of your comment to be sophist and condescending.
posted by jonmc at 11:28 AM on January 3, 2006
posted by jonmc at 11:28 AM on January 3, 2006
Never mind did Tupac resemble Malcolm X. The real question is how closely does he resemble Jesus Christ?
posted by PeterMcDermott at 11:30 AM on January 3, 2006
posted by PeterMcDermott at 11:30 AM on January 3, 2006
There is urban culture, jonmc. There's lots of it, and it's not a new thing. Jazz culture. Even rock culture. If you're thinking "guh, hip hop" when you hear "urban culture", you're thinking too narrowly and too small. It's not all spinners, whisteltips, and bling.
I've seen guys do things with a set of spray cans that are just mind-boggling. People dancing in the streets. Backyard parties. Block parties. Art and poetry on the fly ripped right out of the crumbling asphalt because there isn't anything else to work with. Food bearing gardens. Wise old grandmas dispensing wisdom like fountains to all comers. The crazy, dirty homeless guy down by the liqour store spouting philosophy to beat Derrida and Camus. All pulsating together in an intricate dance so refined and sultry it'd make you weep to even know it existed.
posted by loquacious at 11:31 AM on January 3, 2006
I've seen guys do things with a set of spray cans that are just mind-boggling. People dancing in the streets. Backyard parties. Block parties. Art and poetry on the fly ripped right out of the crumbling asphalt because there isn't anything else to work with. Food bearing gardens. Wise old grandmas dispensing wisdom like fountains to all comers. The crazy, dirty homeless guy down by the liqour store spouting philosophy to beat Derrida and Camus. All pulsating together in an intricate dance so refined and sultry it'd make you weep to even know it existed.
posted by loquacious at 11:31 AM on January 3, 2006
of course there is, loquacious, and I'm a big fan of a lot of things that fall under that rubric. It's just that only academics, journalists and dorky white people actually call it that.
posted by jonmc at 11:34 AM on January 3, 2006
posted by jonmc at 11:34 AM on January 3, 2006
I never found B.I.G to be that good at all. Don't get why he's so popular, other then being dead. I'm surprised it wasn't from a heart attack.
posted by delmoi at 11:35 AM on January 3, 2006
posted by delmoi at 11:35 AM on January 3, 2006
Yeah, jonmc, and we all know how very terrible those academics, journalists, and dorky white people are. You should go let them know what the real deal is. Then again, your stupid, trite dismissal of Tupac tells me you know less about urban culture then the people who study it, observe it, and participate it. Hmm. Maybe take a moment to think next time before dropping your pearls of wisdom on us. Well, on the bright side, you've managed to derail this thread so there's that.
posted by nixerman at 11:41 AM on January 3, 2006
posted by nixerman at 11:41 AM on January 3, 2006
Come on delmoi, the flow of BIG is much better than his misogynist lyrics:
"She don't remember shit! Just the two hits!
Her hittin the floor, and me hittin the clits!
Suckin on the tits! Had the hooker beggin for the dick
And your moms ain't ugly love; my dick got rock quick
I guess I was a combination of House of Pain and Bobby Brown
I was "Humpin Around" and "Jump-in Around"
Jacked her then I asked her who's the man; she said, "B-I-G"
Then I bust in her E-Y-E"
posted by geoff. at 11:41 AM on January 3, 2006
"She don't remember shit! Just the two hits!
Her hittin the floor, and me hittin the clits!
Suckin on the tits! Had the hooker beggin for the dick
And your moms ain't ugly love; my dick got rock quick
I guess I was a combination of House of Pain and Bobby Brown
I was "Humpin Around" and "Jump-in Around"
Jacked her then I asked her who's the man; she said, "B-I-G"
Then I bust in her E-Y-E"
posted by geoff. at 11:41 AM on January 3, 2006
I never found B.I.G to be that good at all. Don't get why he's so popular, other then being dead.
Woah... you can diss the bald-headed paranoid misogynist all you like, but don't be talking shit about Big Poppa. Ready to Die has to be THE best east coast hiphop album of the 90's.
Listen to something like Juicy, Things Done Changed, or his great duet with Jay-Z, Brooklyn's Finest and then tell me he's no good.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 11:43 AM on January 3, 2006
Woah... you can diss the bald-headed paranoid misogynist all you like, but don't be talking shit about Big Poppa. Ready to Die has to be THE best east coast hiphop album of the 90's.
Listen to something like Juicy, Things Done Changed, or his great duet with Jay-Z, Brooklyn's Finest and then tell me he's no good.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 11:43 AM on January 3, 2006
Then again, your stupid, trite dismissal of Tupac tells me you know less about urban culture then the people who study it, observe it, and participate it.
I realize you're simply being your usual passive-aggressive self, nixerman, so I'm not even going to bother to get in a whos-is-bigger with you. But I didn't realize Mr. Shakur was a such a sacred cow. The day he's even a pimple of KRS-One's ass, hell will be a Frigidaire dealership.
posted by jonmc at 11:48 AM on January 3, 2006
I realize you're simply being your usual passive-aggressive self, nixerman, so I'm not even going to bother to get in a whos-is-bigger with you. But I didn't realize Mr. Shakur was a such a sacred cow. The day he's even a pimple of KRS-One's ass, hell will be a Frigidaire dealership.
posted by jonmc at 11:48 AM on January 3, 2006
Og Loc?
posted by Smedleyman at 11:59 AM on January 3, 2006
posted by Smedleyman at 11:59 AM on January 3, 2006
This thread needs to be nuked from an altitude of over 50,000 feet.
posted by rxrfrx at 12:01 PM on January 3, 2006
posted by rxrfrx at 12:01 PM on January 3, 2006
does anyone wanna challenge me to a rap battle? actually, let me rephrase that: does anyone want their ass handed to them by me in a rap battle?
posted by mcsweetie at 12:17 PM on January 3, 2006
posted by mcsweetie at 12:17 PM on January 3, 2006
mcsweetie wants to battle one
easier for him to fuck a nun
fronting all over this meta
'howie be filtering like HEPA
you waiting for a flameout
better you wait for my callout
Sorry it's really hard to rap about Metafilter.
posted by geoff. at 12:26 PM on January 3, 2006
easier for him to fuck a nun
fronting all over this meta
'howie be filtering like HEPA
you waiting for a flameout
better you wait for my callout
Sorry it's really hard to rap about Metafilter.
posted by geoff. at 12:26 PM on January 3, 2006
Like most disagreements, this can all be resolved through a breakdance battle. Now get to steppin, jonmc and nixerman.
posted by horsewithnoname at 12:35 PM on January 3, 2006
posted by horsewithnoname at 12:35 PM on January 3, 2006
I dance like a straight white guy. couldn't we make it a mosh pit instead?
posted by jonmc at 12:42 PM on January 3, 2006
posted by jonmc at 12:42 PM on January 3, 2006
Metafilter: Art and poetry on the fly ripped right out of the crumbling asphalt because there isn't anything else to work with. Food bearing gardens. Wise old grandmas dispensing wisdom like fountains to all comers. The crazy, dirty homeless guy down by the liqour store spouting philosophy to beat Derrida and Camus. All pulsating together in an intricate dance so refined and sultry it'd make you weep to even know it existed.
posted by Sparx at 12:50 PM on January 3, 2006
posted by Sparx at 12:50 PM on January 3, 2006
Is the term "urban culture" ever not co-terminous with "black culture"? Euphamisms piss me off.
posted by pieisexactlythree at 12:55 PM on January 3, 2006
posted by pieisexactlythree at 12:55 PM on January 3, 2006
I used to think the same way pieisexactlythree, but then you must realize that not everyone in the urban culture is black, and a minority are latino or white. Besides a lot of what you can call black culture has nothing to do with what is defined as urban culture.
posted by geoff. at 1:04 PM on January 3, 2006
posted by geoff. at 1:04 PM on January 3, 2006
Regarding Tupac, I think Chris Rock said it best:
l'm watching the news, and like, 'Tupac Shakur was assassinated. Biggie Smalls, assassinated. Struck down by assassin's bullets.'
l'm like, 'No, they wasn't!' Martin Luther King was assassinated. Malcolm X was assassinated. John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Them two niggaz got shot.
Shit, l love Tupac, l love Biggie, but school will be open on their birthday.
posted by horsewithnoname at 1:07 PM on January 3, 2006
l'm watching the news, and like, 'Tupac Shakur was assassinated. Biggie Smalls, assassinated. Struck down by assassin's bullets.'
l'm like, 'No, they wasn't!' Martin Luther King was assassinated. Malcolm X was assassinated. John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Them two niggaz got shot.
Shit, l love Tupac, l love Biggie, but school will be open on their birthday.
posted by horsewithnoname at 1:07 PM on January 3, 2006
Yes, geoff. I've come to think of the term as a marketing tool aimed at branding an image of black culture for easy comodification.
What insecure, miserable teenager wouldn't want to join a "thug life army" and feel bad-ass? Now they can go to Hot Topic, or it's hip hop equivalent and do just that.
BTW where I live - Portland, most of the "urban" areas are filled with white yuppies like myself, adding to the confusion.
posted by pieisexactlythree at 1:34 PM on January 3, 2006
What insecure, miserable teenager wouldn't want to join a "thug life army" and feel bad-ass? Now they can go to Hot Topic, or it's hip hop equivalent and do just that.
BTW where I live - Portland, most of the "urban" areas are filled with white yuppies like myself, adding to the confusion.
posted by pieisexactlythree at 1:34 PM on January 3, 2006
did you just join?
Unaswered post on: Tha Spot
Dave
Top 10 Contributor
Joined on 01-03-2006
Portland, OR
Wassup!
This is Dave. After all the bullshit it took to setup these damn forums, I hope you like it as much as I do. lol What doesn't kill us, makes us stronger ...
posted by Jikido at 1:38 PM on January 3, 2006
Unaswered post on: Tha Spot
Dave
Top 10 Contributor
Joined on 01-03-2006
Portland, OR
Wassup!
This is Dave. After all the bullshit it took to setup these damn forums, I hope you like it as much as I do. lol What doesn't kill us, makes us stronger ...
posted by Jikido at 1:38 PM on January 3, 2006
"I never found B.I.G to be that good at all. Don't get why he's so popular, other then being dead. I'm surprised it wasn't from a heart attack"
I agree with PeterMcDermott- that cd was in my player for months...
Bethca Biggie won't slip
I got the calico with the black talons loaded in the clip
so I can rip through the ligaments
put the fuckas in a bad prediciment
where all the foul niggas went
Touch my chedda, feel my Beretta
Buck with what I hit you wit
you motherfuckers betta duck
I bring pain, blood stains on what remains
Of yo jacket, you had a gun ya shoulda packed it
Cocked it, extra clips in my pocket
so I can reload and explode on ya asshole
I fuck around and get hardcore
C4 to ya door no beef no more (nigga)
feel the rush scandalous
The more weed smoke I puff the more dangerous
I dont give a fuck about you or your weak crew
What you gonna do when Big Poppa comes for you
I'm not runnin, nigga I bust my gun in
Hold on I hear somebody comin........
posted by Jikido at 1:51 PM on January 3, 2006
I agree with PeterMcDermott- that cd was in my player for months...
Bethca Biggie won't slip
I got the calico with the black talons loaded in the clip
so I can rip through the ligaments
put the fuckas in a bad prediciment
where all the foul niggas went
Touch my chedda, feel my Beretta
Buck with what I hit you wit
you motherfuckers betta duck
I bring pain, blood stains on what remains
Of yo jacket, you had a gun ya shoulda packed it
Cocked it, extra clips in my pocket
so I can reload and explode on ya asshole
I fuck around and get hardcore
C4 to ya door no beef no more (nigga)
feel the rush scandalous
The more weed smoke I puff the more dangerous
I dont give a fuck about you or your weak crew
What you gonna do when Big Poppa comes for you
I'm not runnin, nigga I bust my gun in
Hold on I hear somebody comin........
posted by Jikido at 1:51 PM on January 3, 2006
I predict some really enlightening conversation about racism (both overt and covert), hip-hop, and other cultures in this thread.
I also predict many people bending over backwards to make comments like "I'm as open-minded as the next guy, but this shit is just dumb!"
posted by trey at 1:53 PM on January 3, 2006
I also predict many people bending over backwards to make comments like "I'm as open-minded as the next guy, but this shit is just dumb!"
posted by trey at 1:53 PM on January 3, 2006
Hi Dave! lets meet for lattes next time I'm out in Beaverton!
posted by pieisexactlythree at 1:55 PM on January 3, 2006
posted by pieisexactlythree at 1:55 PM on January 3, 2006
Word. Holla. I got a starbucks credit card for Christmas.
posted by Jikido at 1:59 PM on January 3, 2006
posted by Jikido at 1:59 PM on January 3, 2006
Seriously, if we're not going to discuss anything important here, can someone tell me how Cheddar came to mean money? As in "I check chedda like a food inspecta" These rappers, they come from Wisconsin?
I try to stay ahead of the cultural zeitgeist, but that one just slipped right by me.
posted by pieisexactlythree at 2:07 PM on January 3, 2006
I try to stay ahead of the cultural zeitgeist, but that one just slipped right by me.
posted by pieisexactlythree at 2:07 PM on January 3, 2006
can someone tell me how Cheddar came to mean money?
well, pieisexactlythree:
Cheddar is derived from "Cheese," precursor slang for money.
But where, you ask, did "Cheese" pick up this meaning? The answer, according to what I've heard, and to the consensus over at urban dictionary, is that "Cheese" is shortened from "Government Cheese." "Government Cheese" is given along with money in the welfare line. Corroboration here.
posted by kosem at 3:11 PM on January 3, 2006
well, pieisexactlythree:
Cheddar is derived from "Cheese," precursor slang for money.
But where, you ask, did "Cheese" pick up this meaning? The answer, according to what I've heard, and to the consensus over at urban dictionary, is that "Cheese" is shortened from "Government Cheese." "Government Cheese" is given along with money in the welfare line. Corroboration here.
posted by kosem at 3:11 PM on January 3, 2006
Is the term "urban culture" ever not co-terminous with "black culture"?
No. No element of "urban culture" is exclusive to blacks, except, perhaps, for the Mardi Gras Indians. Hip Hop, for example, has had significant contributions from Hispanics and whites. So calling urban culture "black" uneccesarily limits it. Urban culture is an outgrowth of an urban experience, and not limited to race.
posted by maxsparber at 5:26 PM on January 3, 2006
No. No element of "urban culture" is exclusive to blacks, except, perhaps, for the Mardi Gras Indians. Hip Hop, for example, has had significant contributions from Hispanics and whites. So calling urban culture "black" uneccesarily limits it. Urban culture is an outgrowth of an urban experience, and not limited to race.
posted by maxsparber at 5:26 PM on January 3, 2006
I predict some really enlightening conversation about racism (both overt and covert), hip-hop, and other cultures in this thread.
I already predicted that 20 posts ago.
Cheddar is derived from "Cheese," precursor slang for money.
Hey. Whadda 'bout: "Cheese it! It's the cops!" I thought that meant "scram."
What insecure, miserable teenager wouldn't want to join a "thug life army" and feel bad-ass?
I was in the KISS Army. And we WERE bad ass, brother.
Interesting. That imitation of a popular "urban" vernacular (now tied to the black youth identity) that is in itself the derivative another much older rural vernacular (poor southern white and black.)
And this modern imitation is some how racially controversial - when in fact it's roots are in class. At that controversial to mostly to white urban college educated people who wouldn't know a poor person unless they squeegeed their Passat.
Do people get upset when people do the Swedish Chef from the muppets? other than Swedes, that is.
Oh. And. By interesting I mean funny. And by funny I mean stupid.
posted by tkchrist at 5:48 PM on January 3, 2006
I already predicted that 20 posts ago.
Cheddar is derived from "Cheese," precursor slang for money.
Hey. Whadda 'bout: "Cheese it! It's the cops!" I thought that meant "scram."
What insecure, miserable teenager wouldn't want to join a "thug life army" and feel bad-ass?
I was in the KISS Army. And we WERE bad ass, brother.
Interesting. That imitation of a popular "urban" vernacular (now tied to the black youth identity) that is in itself the derivative another much older rural vernacular (poor southern white and black.)
And this modern imitation is some how racially controversial - when in fact it's roots are in class. At that controversial to mostly to white urban college educated people who wouldn't know a poor person unless they squeegeed their Passat.
Do people get upset when people do the Swedish Chef from the muppets? other than Swedes, that is.
Oh. And. By interesting I mean funny. And by funny I mean stupid.
posted by tkchrist at 5:48 PM on January 3, 2006
I flagged it too, as a fantastic post/comment. There. Your karma is even.
posted by nlindstrom at 7:13 PM on January 3, 2006
posted by nlindstrom at 7:13 PM on January 3, 2006
No. No element of "urban culture" is exclusive to blacks, except, perhaps, for the Mardi Gras Indians. Hip Hop, for example, has had significant contributions from Hispanics and whites. So calling urban culture "black" uneccesarily limits it. Urban culture is an outgrowth of an urban experience, and not limited to race.
Hmm, you might want to adjust that snark'o meter, tkchrist. As a term of art, or even in the context of a serious conversation, Urban Culture writ large has some pretty precise meanings. As an anthro major, I could go off on how it's related to the rise of the modern bourgoise and the centralization of power, but that's not what were talking
about here.
This is something that's irritated me ever since I first noticed that "urban" is used in coloquial speach and media discourse as shorthand for "black." I spotted a tv listing for some UPN sitcoms describing them as "urban comedy." Coloquial speach is full of codes. If I say, "I'm going to see a man about a horse," most americans understand that I'm going to take a shit, even though, etymologically, there's no thing in my statement that would indicate that. I just wish people wouldn't be such pussys and be upfront about the fact that they're talking about race, and not attempt to cloak it in terms fo geography.
posted by pieisexactlythree at 7:38 PM on January 3, 2006
Hmm, you might want to adjust that snark'o meter, tkchrist. As a term of art, or even in the context of a serious conversation, Urban Culture writ large has some pretty precise meanings. As an anthro major, I could go off on how it's related to the rise of the modern bourgoise and the centralization of power, but that's not what were talking
about here.
This is something that's irritated me ever since I first noticed that "urban" is used in coloquial speach and media discourse as shorthand for "black." I spotted a tv listing for some UPN sitcoms describing them as "urban comedy." Coloquial speach is full of codes. If I say, "I'm going to see a man about a horse," most americans understand that I'm going to take a shit, even though, etymologically, there's no thing in my statement that would indicate that. I just wish people wouldn't be such pussys and be upfront about the fact that they're talking about race, and not attempt to cloak it in terms fo geography.
posted by pieisexactlythree at 7:38 PM on January 3, 2006
If I say, "I'm going to see a man about a horse," most americans understand that I'm going to take a shit
I always thought this meant you had to take a piss?
posted by NationalKato at 6:55 AM on January 4, 2006
I always thought this meant you had to take a piss?
posted by NationalKato at 6:55 AM on January 4, 2006
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