Entries from December 2008
Enjoy the gifts, enjoy the food, enjoy the paid holiday, enjoy the weather, enjoy the alcohol, enjoy the sports, enjoy putting together new toys, enjoy your new outfit, enjoy your dope new camera, enjoy reading your holiday cards, enjoy last minute grocery shopping, enjoy nearly empty city streets, enjoy Facebook, MySpace, and holiday text messages, enjoy holiday music, enjoy holiday television specials, enjoy giving, enjoy receiving, but most of all, enjoy spending time with loved ones and what this time of year symbolizes, regardless of your faiths and beliefs.
Categories: Nostalgia · Random
Tagged: Jay Fingers, Christmas, Chrismahanukwanzakah, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Happy Holidays
December 24, 2008 · 1 Comment
One of my favorite up & coming rap crews is Miami’s own Down South Infantry, better known as DSI Entertainment. The collective was founded by two talented MCs, K-OTIC and Baysiqly, and these cats have been consistently dropping under-the-radar gems for a few years now.
Another member of the camp is my buddy E.R. In fact, it’s because of E.R. — whom I initially got to know as DaMadScientizt on the infamous Wodie/SC boards — that I became aware of the DSI crew. After toiling in the studio for months, E.R. has finally dropped his debut mixtape, Rice n Beans & Fried Cheese. Featuring artists such as Pharrell, Busta Rhymes, Lupe Fiasco, B.Z., and K-OTIC over a mixture of familiar tracks and original production, Rice n Beans is a banger.
This is not the typical cocaine rap that the 305 is known for these days, so please give this a chance. Tracklisting and download link after the jump.
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Categories: Miami · Music · entertainment
Tagged: 305, Baysiqly, Busta Rhymes, DSI Entertainment, E.R., hip-hop, hiphop, K-OTIC, Little Havana, Lupe Fiasco, Miami, mixtape, Pharrell, Pusha T, rap, Rice n Beans & Fried Cheese
The following was written via PDA on the train last Friday. Enjoy:
So, at this very moment, I’ve planted my tired black ass on an orange seat in the despicable F train, the only train in the MTA that I have feelings of animosity toward. The time: ten-thirty in the pm. My reason for being on the F train: the Fools Gold party at some clublike venue in the Flatiron District, near Madison Square Park.
I was coerced into going my the homie BCS, a fellow member of Team Liquor. The inciting incident, the reason I got out of bed, out of my flannel pajama pants, away from Twitter, the Facebook, and the umpteenth viewing of the masterpiece known as Ocean’s Twelve, was a text message: “Unexpected open bar.“
My reply was succinct: “Fuuuuuuuuuuuck.“
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Categories: New York City · Nightlife · Random · WTF · entertainment
Tagged: cabernet sauvignon, DJ A-Trak, DJ Premier, F Train, Facebook, Fools Gold, Kid Sister, Mission Impossible, MTA, Sierra Nevada, Team Liquor, Twitter
What can I say? Life happens. It’s the holidays. People get busy. I know I’m busy. Are you busy?
Quick update: new gig. Yeah, the “freelance” lifestyle I was living had to end, as all good things must. A brother needed some steady income, haha! The upside is, I’m working with some cool people, the atmosphere is Lebowski laid-back, I probably work 6 hours a day, got benefits and shit, and the money is fanfuckingtastic. Best of all, I’m still able to pursue my pursuits, which suits me just fine.
As most people say around this time, changes will come with the New Year. No, for seriously. I’m not telling you what they are just yet. Wait and see. I’m sure you’ll be interested.
By the way, the picture of Jay-Z and Beyonce have nothing to do with anything. Their shared look of disgust simply makes me laugh.
Okay, so that’s it. Bye.
Categories: Random
Tagged: Film, Jay Fingers, employment, Beyonce, Jay-Z, writing, Update, Procrastination