Young Exo breaks it down.
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In the brilliant "truth follows fiction" dept., this one came to me via RJ Smith: Queens drug crew learns the game by watching The Wire.
File this under the "truth is strange than fiction" dept.: The Pentagon spent requested $7.5 million to research a weapon that would compel enemy troops to have sex with each other. Yes folks, a "gay bomb." Truly, utterly amazing.
The East Bay Express' Eric Arnold does the Rap '04 Round-up. Includes such tidbits as:"Pimp" Goes Mainstream
The good: The word appears in a New Yorker cartoon, signifying its arrival.
The bad: Nelly's P.I.M.P. college scholarship program. Twelve-year-old white suburban girls throughout the red states sing When the pimp's in the crib/Drop it like it's hot, thanks to Snoop Dogg. A proposed ballot measure to decriminalize prostitution gets a thumbs-down from Berkeley voters.
The ugly: Snoop's outfits in Starsky & Hutch.
(credit: Can't Stop, Won't Stop)
Speaking of the Bay - Newsweek sez Hyphy is the new crunk. Yeah, Newsweek.
(credit: Prohiphop.com)
I meant to post this a while back but it's never too late: The Geto Boys' "Minds Playin' Tricks On Me" as performed by Star Wars action figures.
This new Mariah Carey song would have sounded next level...three years ago. I don't think it's a bad song but Carey just sounds so...so...'90s. You know?
I think Government Names needs to do an expose on Johnny Crack.
Kobe might be on the road to redemption but his shoes are still ugly.
(credit for the trio: Different Kitchen)
So far, the score has been Irina: 2, eBay: 0.
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