Spreadin the Real: Ephraim Salaam speaks about former NFL players

Football is the modern day gladiator sport for real...though you won't die playing the sport like a gladiator in ancient Rome did, your life span will be shortened...peep the NFL vet speaking gospel...
 

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(4o)ur

Stuff of hilarity: The uppercut heard round the country

I don't advocate hitting females but when females provoke dudes and they act like dudes I can see the guy treating them like a dude (i.e. throwing hands with you and knocking you the F out)...good lawd this old school dude has a hilarious quotable ("Ohhhh you goin to hell nown") before he knocks this female out...I know I'm not supposed to laugh but geez that uppercut was like Sagat 'Tiger Uppercutting' Chun Li in Super Street Fighter IV...if you haven't already seen it here's the clip of the Cleveland bus driver uppercutting the disgruntled ratchet female...enjoy

 

p.s. - I know I need to blog more, this is my first post in almost a month.

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(4o)ur

Stuff of hilarity: Dumbest Family Feud answers

I haven't posted anything in a good lil while but I promise I'll get back to posting stuff...but to hold you over here's a video compilation of some of the dumbest Family Feud answers ever...this will give you a good chuckle at the stupidity of the answers given....peep it



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(4o)ur

SPREADIN THE REALLY REAL: Lupe Fiasco breaks down with Sway

Its been waaaaayyyy too long since I've posted a post on my blog (damn near a month)...but I'm back and I wanted to share a interview Lupe Fiasco recently did with Sway where he breaks down about 'ghosts' from his hood...you'll see what I mean when you peep the vid...this is one of the realest, most genuine interviews from a hip hop artist I've seen in a while...peep it

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p.s. - Lupe looks a little like Speech from Arrested Development since he grew his hair out...

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(4o)ur

Unlucky lottery loser: entry 28 (6.9.12)

Quick update I bought a $1 scratch off 3 weeks ago and once again lost..so my record is...

Results: 5 for 32
Winnings: $4

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(4o)ur

Random Rant vol. 44: 'About damn time' Lebron wins (plus article by Bill Simmons)

I became a pseudo Heat fan during the Heat-Pacers series when I found myself really going for the Heat when I watched the playoffs...so I just gave in and told people 'yes' I'm a Heat fan (at the expense of looking like a bandwagon fan)...but I found out the only reason I was a Heat fan was because I was rooting for LeBron James 100%...if LBJ wasn't on the Heat I would have watched the Heat play en route to the Finals like they did in '06 (in actuality they probably wouldn't even be on a championship run if LBJ wasn't on the team) simply as a basketball fan...

I never understood how people began to hate (media and fans) LBJ like he was the anti-christ all because of one decision he decided to publicize on ESPN...Seriously!!!??!! All this hate because he wanted to leave the lowly Cleveland Cavs where they never gave him a substantial no. 2 player to support him, he carried the team to a Finals appearance and 2 consecutive 60+ win seasons...With that said I began to like LBJ even more because everybody had something to criticize him for when he was and is the best player in the league...Since he finally won the title you now start to see the tide change about people's opinions of the 'Chosen One'...read this good article titled 'Lebron Makes LeLeap' by Bill Simmons that nicely talks about LBJ's championship run...(heads up, its a long but good read)
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LeBron Makes LeLeap

Sitting in awe courtside while King James finally figured it all out

By Bill Simmons

You know what saddens me? The funniest clip on YouTube is no longer funny. Yep, you can finally rest in peace, "The Heat Welcome Party" video. Thanks for giving us two sterling years atop the Internet comedy rankings. We're replacing you with a bullpen by committee of old reliables like "I Like Turtles," "Charlie Bit Me," the "It's Still Real to Me, Dammit" guy, Journey's immortal "Separate Ways" video and even the "I Like Turtles" techno remix. You will be buried officially during Monday's championship parade in Miami. We will bury you not once, not twice, not three times … just kidding, we're only burying you once.

Let's hope you don't resurface as something else — something scarier, something more ominous, something on the level of Namath guaranteeing Super Bowl III or Ali promising to defeat Liston. See, the ceiling of "The Heat Welcome Party" slowly changed during the last two games of the 2012 Finals. It's no longer about hubris or a suffocating lack of self-awareness. It might be more of an omen, a warning, a little like the Game of Thrones characters seeing a red comet streak across the sky and saying, Uh-oh, dragons are coming. I mention this only because, like every other non-Miami fan who attended the last two home games, I left that arena muttering to myself, "sh-t … he finally figured it out."

Suddenly "Not one, not two, not three … " doesn't sound so far-fetched. Unless his body betrays him, it's hard to imagine LeBron not using the 2012 playoffs as a launching pad for the next stage of his career … you know, when he starts collecting trophies and climbing up that imaginary historical ladder. We remember NBA stars three different ways: by the entirety of their career, their career's highest peak, and the duration of that peak. Something like 25 players had genuinely great careers, but only seven played at the all-around level that LeBron achieved these past few weeks. Jordan, Russell, Kareem, Magic and Bird kept their peaks going. Wilt got bored. Walton got injured. Now we're here again.

LeBron spent the last nine years juggling various identities — a little Jordan, a little Magic, a little ABA Doc, a little Pippen — never revealing that HE knew what he wanted to be. Even his position was amorphous. Was he a power forward? A small forward? An oversize point guard? What the hell was he? By the end of the 2012 Finals, we had our answer: He's LeBron James. First of a kind. A power point guard who can create his own shot from the perimeter and the low post, a devastating passer who can't be double-teamed, a superior athlete who attacks the rim whenever he wants, an unfathomably durable workhorse on both ends, someone who can defend all five positions (yes, five) at an elite level.

Over everything else, he fully married his physical gifts with his basketball I.Q. and morphed into something of a basketball monster. Remember all those times when we wondered, Why doesn't LeBron just take it to the rack — it seems like he could score whenever he wants? Yup, pretty much. A good example of LeBron's physical dominance this spring: Late in Game 4, when LeBron started limping and finally toppled to the floor, everyone in the arena had the same reaction. Wait, LeBron can get hurt? LeBron feels pain? It was like seeing Michael Myers keel over. When he was carried off, the crowd audibly gasped in disbelief. They're carrying him off? They're carrying LeBron off? I assumed that he belatedly realized he'd blown out his knee because, you know, he's a fu-king cyborg. As it turned out, he only had cramps. Even that seemed kind of amazing. LeBron James gets cramps? LeBron James needs to drink water?

So yeah, everything starts with that remarkable body. If you were creating a basketball player in a science lab, you would create the guy we just watched these past five weeks. When was the last time an NBA player made you say, "Come on, that's not fair"? Maybe Shaq during those three Finals when he kept overpowering the Pacers, Sixers and Nets? That's how LeBron made Celtics fans feel during Game 6's cold-blooded scoring barrage, and that's how he made Oklahoma City fans feel during those last two Finals games. LeBron mastered their defense the same way Tom Brady would solve a nickel zone. Everything slowed down for him, and even better, you could see it slowing down for him. The court turned into his personal chess board. Throw in his superhuman athletic gifts and it almost didn't seem fair.

In Game 4, Miami planted him on the low post and LeBron went Larry Bird 2.0 on us. (For the record, there was never supposed to be a Larry Bird 2.0. We discontinued that model in 1992 and assumed it would never be seen again, much less in an even more devastating form. So … yeah.) In Game 5, he mixed that same low-post game with Dirk Nowitzki's high-post isolation game that worked so well in the 2011 playoffs, going Dirk 2.0 by adding a slash-and-kick component. Of his 13 Game 5 assists, eight resulted in 3s. Throw in his 26 points and LeBron was directly responsible for 60 points last night.

You know what was really scary? I didn't even think he played that well. Game 6 against Boston? A-plus. The first three quarters of Game 4 against Oklahoma City? A-plus-plus. Last night? B-plus … even though he finished with a 26-11-13 in a blowout victory. Something that wasn't totally reflected in the box score other than Miami's made 3s (14 in all): LeBron's brilliance lifted everyone else along with him. It wasn't a coincidence that Miami's supporting guys starting swishing 3s like pop-a-shot free throws. We just watched the same thing happen with the Los Angeles Kings — once Jonathan Quick established himself as the proverbial "hot goalie," his teammates started flying around with an inordinate amount of confidence. They could smell it. Same for Miami those last few games. And all because of LeBron.

In the postgame presser, he mentioned being happy it played out the way it did, that he needed to "hit rock-bottom" before he could become the player he needed to be. I don't believe this for two reasons. First, his jaw-dropping performance in the 2009 playoffs (35.3 PPG, 7.3 APG, 9.1 RPG, .510 FG) strongly hinted that this 2012 bloodbath (30.3 PPG, 9.3 RPG, 5.6 APG, the first player ever to average a 30-9-5 twice in the postseason) was coming. His evolution was always headed this way; we just got delayed (and nearly derailed) by 2010's meltdown in the Boston series, then "The Decision," then everything from last year. Second, I can't imagine LeBron would ever repeat the last 23 months. There had to be better ways to get there. During last night's interviews, we kept hearing the same wistful refrain from LeBron, his teammates and even his coach. The last two years weren't fun. Wearing that big bull's-eye and the black cowboy hat wasn't fun. Being booed wasn't fun, being picked apart wasn't fun, being maligned wasn't fun. They spent last season battling the collective vitriol, figuring out how to use it to their advantage … and ultimately failing.

As LeBron admitted last night, it just wasn't him. He wasn't meant to be someone who dunked on opponents and stared defiantly into the stands like a wrestling heel. He lost himself in the process, spent the summer remembering why he liked basketball, rededicated himself, found that same joy … and the rest was history. Even if that sounds like a sweet plot for a sports movie, I'm not buying that LeBron needed that specific sequence to achieve his manifest destiny. Sports would have taken care of that for him. You keep losing the title, you keep going back to the drawing board, you keep trying to get better. Wilt wanted to get past the Celtics. Bird wanted to get past the Sixers. Magic wanted to get past the Celtics. Jordan wanted to get past the Pistons. That's basketball. Eventually, LeBron would realize that losing sucked and spend the summer accordingly. Decision or no Decision.

So what actually changed? For one thing, Dwyane Wade injured his knee and became 70 Percent Of Dwyane Wade, inadvertently solving the "dueling banjos" dilemma. The Heat tried to thwart six decades of NBA history by teaming two alpha dogs together, making them equals and assuming their overwhelming talent would overcome any resulting bumpiness. They were wrong. Basketball doesn't work that way, for the same reason you don't need two transcendent lead guitarists for a rock band. Someone had to learn bass. It ended up being Wade, and only because fate intervened. We'll remember Game 6 of the Boston series for a variety of reasons, but mainly because LeBron looked around and said, I'm going down on my own terms. I'm playing all 48 minutes and scoring 50 points. If we lose, we lose. At least nobody will say that I rolled over. It ended up being the most important two hours of his career. He went out and assassinated the Celtics.

From that moment forward, Dwyane Wade became a glorified sidekick. Everything Miami did offensively went through LeBron. Wade quickly figured out how to coexist, grabbing stray shots and doing anything else the team needed: protecting the rim, crashing the boards, bolting toward the rim for backdoor passes anytime Oklahoma City forgot about him. You couldn't even call him more valuable than Chris Bosh, who reestablished himself in those last seven playoff games as a quality defender, screen-and-roller and inside/outside threat who didn't need the ball to thrive. Was Wade happy about how it played out? Absolutely … because they won. Tellingly, of course, he made a point of mentioning how "difficult" that adjustment was.

And that's only scratching the surface. Imagine you're Wade. Imagine you talk Bosh and LeBron into joining YOUR team and living in YOUR city. Imagine that first year going to hell. Imagine coming to the begrudging realization that you're only going as far as LeBron takes you, that — even though it's your city, and you're the one who gets introduced last at every home game — you're going to have to wear the Robin costume. By Game 2 of the Finals, everyone is wondering whether you're the same guy you used to be; meanwhile, you've never had to take a backseat on a basketball court before, and that's what is screwing you up more than anything. By Game 5, you're listening to your fans serenade LeBron with "M-V-P!" chants as he holds two trophies like a hunter holding a couple of deer heads. You're standing on the side, just like Shaq six years ago. Maybe that's what he meant by "difficult."

Just know the situation was resolved organically, much like it was during the 2008 Olympics, when Spain was closing in and Kobe said I got this, followed by everyone else letting him have it. That's just how basketball works. You can't have two guys saying "I got this." Miami figured that out a year late. And if Wade hadn't tweaked his knee, maybe they never would have.

The other twist of fate: Derrick Rose wrecked his knee in Round 1, propelling the Celtics into the Conference Finals … you know, LeBron's nemesis, the bullies who beat him in 2008 and 2010, the grizzled veterans who were convinced that LeBron would always cave when it mattered most. Garnett and Pierce loved pushing his buttons more than anyone. During their final regular-season road trip to Miami, which turned out to be a surprisingly easy win for the Celtics, they spent the last two minutes busting Wade's balls about LeBron. You picked the wrong guy. You'll never win with that guy. LeBron could hear everything. They didn't care. In Game 5 of their playoff series, Garnett and Pierce pushed things a little further, believing that LeBron was ready to cave again. Down the stretch, Garnett muttered derisive obscenities under his breath anytime LeBron was in earshot, then stuffed him at the rim on a pivotal drive. A little bit later, Pierce nailed a back-breaking 3 right in LeBron's mug, then yelled, "I have the balls to take that!" as he trotted back down the floor.

In retrospect, they pushed him too far. The Celtics regarded LeBron with a surprising amount of disdain — that's why Rondo angrily yelped, "Let's go!" before defending LeBron's final drive of regulation in Game 2. LeBron ended up settling for a 21-footer against someone seven inches shorter than him, followed by Rondo strutting back to the huddle and probably telling his teammates, "I knew he didn't have the balls to come at me." They spent that whole series challenging his manhood; by the end of Game 5, they thought they had broken him. Was that what turned him into a serial killer in Game 6? Not entirely … but it definitely helped. I just don't think LeBron makes LeLeap without the bullies from Boston.

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(4o)ur

Spreadin the Real: Bboy Tata and Bros. Bboyin

This is an ill display of acrobatic bboyin from Bboy Tata and Bros. from Flatbush, Brooklyn, NYC...Yak Films (they do nice work) did the video...so peep the vid and be amazed (dope music too, might download it)...


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(4o)ur

Unlucky lottery loser: entry 27 (6.6.12)

Well its been a while since I've updated my losing streak of scratch offs but here we go...i bought a "$5.000 Taxes Paid" $1 scratch off ticket June 6th and loss...this brings my record to:

Results: 5 for 31
Winnings: $4

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(4o)ur

Shameless promotion/Spreadin the real: Will Boy - If I die song

Here's my artist, Will Boy who me and my homie are promoting...check the skill...


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(4o)ur

Spreadin the Real: Nas reveals the new album cover

I haven't spoken to yall since my last post about me losing once again in the scratch off lottery game...but on a way better note, Nas reveals his cover for the new album "Life is Good" through a video...dope cover with nice symbolism....peep the vid..

 

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(4o)ur

Unlucky lottery loser: entry 26

Well I haven't been buying scratch offs that often but I decided to buy one yesterday (5.29.12), a $1 scratch off called 'Sunny Money'...and guess what, I didn't win a thing as usual....oh well another day another dollar lost...look at the latest results...


Results: 5 for 30
Winnings: $4

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(4o)ur

Spreadin the Real: Pusha T - Exodus 23:1 video

Pusha T's latest video for the diss track against Lil Wayne, 'Exodus 23:1' is a raw, cold video...peep it




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(4o)ur

Spreadin the real: A.I. presents gameball for Game 6

Allen Iverson was one my fav players to watch during his tumultuous time in Philly...he may be beloved in VA but he's definitely a beloved sports figure in the city of brotherly love...though he didn't win a championship, he did take the Sixers to the finals in '01...one of the greatest (if not the greatest) small men of the NBA...peep the ovation he receives during the presentation of the game ball (A.I. is 100%, hip hop swag [can't believe I used that word] all day)....



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(4o)ur

Spreadin the real: Curren$y's shoe game

Peep the interview Sneaker Watch had with Curren$y where he talks about giving Wiz some knowledge about Jordans and his fav Jordans, the Jordan IV white/cement...and I totally agree with him when it comes to the quality of the new retro kicks Nike releases, rather Jordan Brand releases...peep it....


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(4o)ur

Unlucky lottery loser: entry 22 - 25 (5.14.12 - 5.19.12)

This compilation of entries includes interstate purchases of tickets....i bought one ticket on May 14th and got a loss, the 16th was the same result...i went to Columbia on the 19th and while I was on my ride back to Charlotte I purchased a scratch off where I actually won....I won a $1 (Hooray), so with that winning ticket I used it for another ticket where I got a whopping L, nothing, noda, diddley squat...Wow i'm unlucky with the lottery...

Results: 5 for 29 (winning percentage is a whopping 17%)
Winnings: $4

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(4o)ur

Unlucky lottery loser: entry 21 (5.11.12)

We'll I haven't posted anything to this blog since the 3rd and since then I haven't bought a $1 scratch off until yesterday....my experiment is now going to continue but I'm going to randomly buy the same $1 scratch off from different spots in my area...the spot i've been buying from is not lucky at all because once again I've come up a loser...so I continue my quest to show people that I'm the most unlucky lottery player of all time...here's the latest results

Results: 4 for 24
Winnings: $3

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(4o)ur

Unlucky lottery loser: entry 16 - 20 (4.24.12 - 4.30.12)

Unlike Mr. Sheen I'm not winning I'm definitely losing when it comes to the scratch off lottery game...Like I had in the previous post of my entries I decided to combine my losing entries in one post...on the 24th I bought 2 $1 scratch offs and lost both...the store didn't have any $1 scratch offs on the 25th thru the 28th so I had to buy $2 scratch offs (the "$30000 taxes paid" game scratch offs)... the results were a lost on the 25th, 26th and 28th...the store stocked back up on $1 scratch offs on the 30th of April so I bought 2 of them and lost twice...so I played for about a week and didn't win one frappin dollar...the saga continues....

Results: 4 for 23
Winnings: $3

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(4o)ur

Spreadin the Real: Jadakiss interview with DJ Whoo Kid

Peep the interview with Whoo Kid on Serius XM radio...hilarious entertaining interview and this cat Jadakiss' laugh is crazy bug (old school 90s slang)...peep it




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(4o)ur

Spreadin the real: Phonte - The Life of Kings ft. Evidence and Big K.R.I.T. video

One of my fav artists and groups is Phonte (Phontigallo for those that know one of his aliases) and Little Brother....this is the video from one of tracks from Phonte's album that came out last year in the fall (slept on solid album)...very entertaining video because Phonte's mom makes a cameo and shows some skill...peep the vid to see what I mean...



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(4o)ur

Unlucky lottery loser: entry 13 - 15 (4.19 - 4.22.12)

I decided to put entries 13 through 15 on one post...i feel it makes no sense to tell you in 3 separate posts that I lost...well I bought tickets on Friday, Saturday and Sunday and lost on every ticket...in fact i'm so unlucky with scratch offs where if you buy a ticket in my presence I can damn near guarantee that you will lose....i know this because my girl bought like 6 of the same $1 scratch off from a convenient store and lost on all of them...that's another episode of the unlucky lottery loser...

Results: 4 for 16
Winnings: $3

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(4o)ur

Stuff of hilarity: Britney Spears is terrible singing on stage

I know most of these artists that sing and dance on their tour shows lip sync most of the time (Michael Jackson didn't that's why he was the greatest) but geez louise Britney Spears is absolutely terrible singing on stage...now i'm not naive to the fact that she's always lip synced and couldn't sing ever but damn this is terrible....peep the hilarity in the video...



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(4o)ur

Unlucky lottery loser: entry 12

I bought a new kind of ticket due to the fact that the Lucky 7s lottery ticket is discontinued...I bought a $1 scratch off that's titled '$5000 tax payoff'...on my first ticket I won a whopping $1...so Thursday I'll use that ticket to get another one...
Results: 4 for 13
Winnings: $4
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(4o)ur

Unlucky lottery loser: entry 11 (04.16.12)

Well let's get to the point...I bought, I scratched, I loss (again)...check my stats since my first lottery ticket purchase during this experiment:

Results: 3 for 13
Winnings: $3

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(4o)ur

Unlucky lottery loser: entry 10 (4.14.20)

I used the $1 winning ticket from Friday to get another ticket Saturday and once again I lost...simple as that another losing ticket.

Results: 3 for 12
Winnings: $3


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(4o)ur

SPREADIN THE REAL: 2Pac performs at Coachella 2012

The technology limits are limitless in this day in time...here you see 2Pac performing (as a hologram) at the 2012 Coachella music festival with Snoop...this is incredible, simply astounding stuff...the company that created this is going to be instant millionaires after this performance, their workload will increase 10 fold in a matter of months...damn this is crazy...peep it

 

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(4o)ur

Unlucky lottery loser: entry 9

We'll I'm back on my plan and I bought two lucky 7 tickets and only won $1 from one of the two tickets...so for the day's results I was 1 for 2..

Results: 3 for 11
Winnings: $3

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(4o)ur

Spreadin the real/stuff of hilarity: Jalen Rose vs. Skip Bayless

Watch the clip because its incredibly riveting and entertaining...I wish I could watch ESPN's First Take everyday but unfortunately I have to work to pay the bills...Skip Bayless and Stephen A. Smith are GOLD on this show and Jalen Rose is one my fav analysts on any network...peep the goodness...



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(4o)ur

Unlucky Lottery Loser: update

I deviated from my plan of buying a ticket every day...but I will get back on my plan this Friday by buying 3 of the same ticket (Lucky 7) and then as usual reporting my losses....be back soon in a day and a half...

Recap:
record: 2 for 9
total winnings: $2

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(4o)ur

Spreadin the real: Meek Mill - Faded too long video

Though I like the Drake original song with this beat, Meek Mill got right on this beat...peep the vid


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(4o)ur

Unlucky Lottery Loser: entry 8 (4.5.12)

Just to keep it simple and to the usual point, I bought the same scratch off yesterday and once again lost...i'll report that I lost again later tonite....

Results: 2 for 9
Total Winnings: $2

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(4o)ur

Spreadin the real: Griffin does it again

Blake Griffin posterizes Pau Gasol, wow...peep it...



p.s. - Griffin got Gasol twice...here's the other...my gawd this one might be worst for Gasol
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(4o)ur

Unlucky Lottery Loser: entry 7 (4.4.12)

Here's the results for the lottery scratch off I got yesterday on the 4th of April...i received nothing as usual...hopefully today its better luck...

Results: 2 for 8
Total Winnings: $2

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(4o)ur

Unlucky Lottery Loser: entry 5 (4.2.12) & entry 6 (4.3.12)

I forgot to blog the entries from Monday and Tuesday so this is for entries 5 and 6...I bought 1 $1 Lucky 7 ticket that resulted in me winning a whooping ONE DOLLAR...for Tuesday's purchase I just used the winning ticket to buy another of the same ticket that resulted with a non-winning ticket...so I'm still a loser when it comes to games of chance in the lottery

Results: 2 for 7
Total Winnings: $2

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(4o)ur

Unlucky lottery loser: entry 4

Bought the lottery ticket today with the winning $1 ticket I got yesterday...the result from the new lottery ticket was no winner...the april fool is me thinking I would get a winning ticket today (I know I know it was a calculated lame, corny joke. Forgive me)...

Results: 1 for 5
Winnings: $1

ps- and I found out 3 people had to split the mega millions jackpot...damnit

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(4o)ur

Unlucky lottery loser: entry 3

Bought 2 Lucky 7 $1 scratch offs...the result was one ticket I won nothing and other 2nd ticket I finally won something, a stinking $1.
So I finally won some money...

Results: 1 for 4
Total Winnings: $1

Ps- imma buy some mega millions tix because the jackpot is at $680 MILLION...Its a slim chance in hell to win but I gotta try

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(4o)ur

Unlucky lottery loser: entry 2

Bought a lucky 7s $1 scratch off and the prize was the $1700...The result was a lost...I just needed one more 7 to win.

Record: 0 for 2
Winnings: $0

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(4o)ur

Unlucky lottery loser: entry 1

1st day of my lottery quest to win something annnnnnnndddd I came up a loser...I bought 1 Lucky 7 $1 scratch off and didn't win a dollar!

Record: 0 for 1

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(4o)ur

Random Rant vol. 43: I don't have any lottery luck

I'm not a unlucky or a person that something always bad happens to me but I am unlucky as all get out when it comes to winning...When I say winning I mean I never win a radio call-in contest, a raffle drawing, a sweepstakes, a luck of the draw game of chance or the lottery...I've been playing the $1 scratch offs sparingly for about 4 months...sometimes I'll buy 4 of the same $1 scratch offs or I'll just buy 1 $1 scratch off at a time...I'm tellin you know lie, in about the 25 times I've played the scratch offs I've only won three times (and they were $1 amounts)..

I've known people who have played 3 $1 scratch offs at one time and won on every ticket (even if its just $1 wins)...I've known people who've won $40 and $50 from scratch offs when I can't win a stinkin' $3 from a ticket...So this is what I'm going to do, I'm going to document every day my winnings from buying 2 of the same type of ticket from the same store for a month...just by the law of averages I should win something (but I bet I won't win SQUAT)...my first buys will be this Friday (3.30.12) and I'll document what happens...

signing off, the unfortunate lottery scratch off loser

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(4o)ur

Stuff of hilarity: Relationship Screams

This video is hilarious because its so true...Its incredible how spot on this video is when it comes to relationships and how males and females interact...peep the hilarity....


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(4o)ur

Stuff of Hilarity: Just checkin in & Craig Mack joins a SC cult

I haven't posted in a while but check this vid (which is actually just audio)...P.Diddy f'd him over so bad that this dude is so lost that he joined a cult at a compound in South Carolina (damn that's my home state too) with a dude claiming to be Jesus (that is original huh)...damn Mack sad to see this is the road you've traveled down, joining a cult...anyway peep the video...



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(4o)ur

Spreadin the real: De La Soul's Plug 1 & Plug 2 present First Serve

I just found out about this semi-De La Soul album that will release this spring...here's the gist of the album and why the name of the group is De La Soul's Plug 1 & Plug 2 presents First Serve...Its a collaborative record featuring two of the group and two French producers called Chokolate and Khalid. It's a concept album about a couple of kids who start MCing before falling out with each other. The album releases in April. (info is from q the music) ....so here's the first single's video...peep it

 

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(4o)ur

Cheap promotion: Will Boy - Video Vixen

Since I don't have anything worth a damn to blurt about I'm gonna partake in some cheap promotion...here's the artist I'm promoting Will Boy and his latest video 'Video Vixen'...peep


Here's my new mixtape- DJ Marc ONE - Digital Skill sector 2




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(4o)ur

Spreadin the real: Doug Williams 1st and still only (BHM)

January 31, 1988 was the date that is etched in black history sports...I can still remember vividly my parents and lil bro (who is actually larger in stature now) watched Super Bowl XXII where my parents were clearly rooting for the Washington Redskins to win against the heavily favored Denver Broncos with HOF QB John Elway...now my parents didn't and still don't have a NFL team (maybe my dad likes the Panthers because we live in the Carolinas [parents in SC, me and my bro in NC]) but that night they were all out Redskins fans...the reason for the loyalty was because Doug Williams, the 1st black starting quarterback in the Super Bowl was playing...

So for black history month I want to recognize Doug Williams, the 1st black starting quarterback to play in the Super Bowl (only 2 have played since, Donovan McNabb and Steve McNair) and the only black quarterback to win a Super Bowl...Doug Williams went to Grambling State University and played for the Tampa Bay Bucs & Washington Redskins in the NFL...during Super Bowl XXII he was the first QB to pass for 4 TDs in one quarter and a half...salute to Doug Williams #17 one the 70 greatest Redskins of all time (kinda gnashing my teeth to say that because I'm a Cowboys fan)

holla,

(4o)ur

Random Rant vol. 42: My hip hop maturation

Its 2012 and hip hop has been around for a solid 30+ years...we've seen the upstart of the genre with Marley Marl, Sugarhill Gang, Grandmaster Flash & the Furious 5 and Kurtis Blow to the golden era of the 80's...the 90's ushered in the 'gangsta rap' era along with the conscience rap emergence...the 90's also had the emergence of the flash, braggadocio rap of Bad Boy and also had the birth of hip hop legends Nas, Jay-Z, 2Pac and Notorious B.I.G...the late 90's and 2000's showed the world that hip hop was incredibly marketable and young black entrepreneurs could become millionaires (shout out to Roc-A-Fella Records, Bad Boy Records, No Limit and Cash Money records)...

Now that I've given you a brief history on hip hop let me get into my maturation of hip hop focusing on Jay-Z...before Jay-Z showed the world that hip hop is not only a young man's game, it was thought that once you hit the age of about 35 that rappers should not create anymore new music...that thought almost seemed to make sense because some of your favorite rappers of yesteryear just didn't produce quality music when they hit their mid 30's...that way of thinking about hip hop is dead!

Eminem was 37 and released a very solid album in 2010 "Recovery" , Jay-Z, 40+ yrs old released a banger album "Watch the Throne" with KanYe in 2011 that had 2 smash hits (Niggas in Paris and Otis) and Nas is still producing great music whether is solo or collab projects...When you see Jay-Z performing at venues like the President's inauguraral ball, Carnegie Hall and becoming the first hip hop act at the Glasonbury Festival, you recognize that hip hop is a well respected genre that will have our favorite artists touring and selling out large venues like The Rolling Stones and Aerosmith til they are in their 60s (damn that's a helleva run-on sentence)...

I'm just glad to see real hip hop and talent will live forever with respect like the other genres...thanx Hov for showing the world that 'you will respect me simple as that' (line from 'The Ruler's Back' from Blueprint album. I probably shouldn't have said that because I just ruined the aura of my creative writing.). Hip Hop forever!

holla,
(4o)ur

Stuff of hilarity: Kobe System-Beastion w/ Kanye West

funny 30 sec commercial of the Kobe System commercial...peep it




holla,
(4o)ur

Spreadin the real: Real hip hop is out here

I caught this video dude rapping over him bangin a beat out on the porch....now i'm not sure where he's from but judging from his lyrics he says Greenville and Conway and those 2 towns/cities are in S.C. ...so imma claim him from my home state anyway and tell the world that South Carolina has got some talent ...this dude is nice and my dude, Will Boy (Cheap promotion is alive and well) is ridiculous...peep the 2 videos of ol' dude rappin and my boy Will Boy newest video 'Video Vixen'...



 Will Boy - Video Vixen

holla,
(4o)ur

Spreadin the real: RIP to the internet 2012

I had a post about megaupload being shutdown and Filesonic disabling its service well it looks like the death of file storing sites is here because more sites are shutdown as of January 24, 2012...here's a list of the sites shutdown, disabled their services or under investigation:


Megaupload - Closed.
FileServe - Stopped filesharing. You can only download your own files. Deleting multiple files. Banning Premium accounts. Closed Affiliate Program.
FileJungle - Deleting files. Owned by Fileserve (same as above). Testing USA IP addresses blocking.
FileSonic - Stopped filesharing. You can only download your own files. Closed Affiliate Program. Changed server location Jan 22, 2012. Taken down it's Facebook page Now using Digital fingerprinting. Files are being deleted as soon as uploaded (as Hotfile did).
UploadStation - Owned by Fileserve (same as above). Testing USA IP addresses blocking.
VideoBB - Closed Affiliate Program.
Uploaded - Banned U.S. and the FBI went after the owners who are gone.
FilePost - Started suspending accounts with infringing material (as Hotfile did)
Videoz - Closed Affiliate Program.
4shared - Deleting files with copyright and waits in line at the FBI.
MediaFire - Called to testify in the next 90 days and it will open doors pro FBI
Org torrent - could vanish with everything within 30 days "he is under criminal investigation"
Network Share mIRC - awaiting the decision of the case to continue or terminate Torrent everything.
EnterUpload - Down (Redirect)
Koshiki - Operating 100% Japan will not join the SOPA / PIPA
Shienko Box - 100% working China / Korea will not join the SOPA / PIPA
ShareX BR - group UOL / BOL / iG say they will join the SOPA / PIPA


damn its a sad day


holla,
(4o)ur

Spreadin the real: Gov't goin hard after d'load sites

If you haven't heard the founder of Megaupload.com (Kim Dotcom) a popular file storing site where you can download all types of files was shutdown by the government...it looks like other sites like filesonic are getting scared because they have disabled public access to downloading files...it looks like we are on the brink of the end of an era on the internet with the shutdown of Megaupload and other file storing sites disabling their services...just like Napster in the early '00s this illustrious era seems to be closing...damn SOPA and the gov't digging in to the internet...damnit

Innovations: LL Cool J talks Boomdizzle + some

Peep this new innovation that  LL Cool J founded, owns and brainstormed...it sounds groundbreaking and may be the next big wave of technology...peep it...LL Cool J a true living legend in Hip Hop spittin real knowledge...




holla,
(4o)ur

Cheap promotion: Will Boy - Video Vixen trailer

Here's another plug for the label Down East Music Group artist and ill lyricist Will Boy....his Video Vixen video will be released in a few days but here's a trailer to hold you off...peep it

 

p.s. - sorry for the minimal amount of posts from me in the past 3 months

holla,
(4o)ur