We are in full swing of the NFL postseason and the 1st weekend didn't disappoint...the only game that was a dud was the KC vs. HOU game where it was a blowout (B. Hoyer stunk it up with 4 INTs)...The Steelers vs. Cincy game was incredible (Cincinnati gave the game to Pittsburgh) and A. Rodgers looked like Aaron Rodgers lighting the 'Skins up...But the ending that was unbelievable was the Vikings vs. Seahawks game...Blair Walsh missed a chip shot FG (27 yards which is shorter than a extra point, 33 yards) to win the game....the only thing better than watching the game are authentic fan reactions to the game...enjoy....








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(4o)ur

Spreadin the Real: Hidden Truth about money

If you want to get some knowledge about the currency (not Curren$y the ill rapper) in the United States and how it was created and run check this video out...It tells the truth about how money is circulated, created from NOTHING and backed back NOTHING in this country...It will definitely open your eyes wide open and piss you the F*&K off..check it




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(4o)ur

Spreadin the Real: Pusha T talks about 'Coke Rap'

One my favorite emcees is Pusha T (from the broken up group The Clipse with bro Malice) and here's a interview he did with Hot97 speaking about his new role in G.O.O.D. Music, new album and 2nd colorway of the Adidas EQT '93 running shoe (another dope colorway)...check it

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(4o)ur

Random Rant vol. 45: Tennis shoes are not every sneaker

Its been a long time I shouldn't have left you (to those that still read this blog) and I truly have a random rant for you...This rant is nothing pertaining to anything in popular culture or current news...The rant that has been brewing in my gut for years is why do people call sneakers tennis shoes?...Now I understand at one point in time that the main sneaker that was worn and used for athletic use was actually a tennis shoe...You know the sneaker that was actually for use on a tennis court that professional, avid and amateur tennis players would wear for competition...But in the current 21st century, the year of two thousand and fifteen sneakers are MORE than just tennis shoes...In fact sneakers have been more than just tennis shoes for 90+ years...

One of the most popular shoes of yesteryear and still today is the Converse Chuck Taylor...These shoes were created for basketball use back in the 10s (that's right the 10's as in 1910s) by Chuck Taylor himself who was a basketball player...Now if one of the most popular and most recognizable sneakers that's been around for almost 100 years (created in 1917) is a basketball sneaker then why in the blue, F*$k were and still are referred to as "tennis" shoes?...There have been some genuine tennis shoes that broke into the pop culture and are classic like the Adidas Stan Smith's and that may be the reason why people just refer to sneakers as tennis shoes...But in actuality that's not a good enough reason because it didn't have the popularity of the Chuck Taylor so again I ask the question why are sneakers referred to colloquially as tennis shoes?!

I don't even have an answer I'm just aggravated by old and even younger people in the huge sneaker culture (we currently live in where sneakers can be basketball shoes, skateboard shoes, casual fashion shoes, racquetball shoes, cross fit shoes, running shoes, etc.) referring the comfortable footwear as TENNIS shoes...They are not just tennis shoes in fact they aren't even tennis shoes, they are most of the time basketball sneakers that look nothing like low top (or midcut) tennis shoes...Just call em sneakers that way you don't have to think about putting the sneakers in a particular category...You will just be generalizing all comfy footwear....Damnit man this is incredibly random and petty but I had to get it off my chest....

P.S. The shoe above is actually a tennis shoe that was worn by Roger Federer, a professsional tennis player.

P.S.S. The kicks are called Nike Air Vapor 9 and that colorway & design was a redesign with the Air Vapor 9 and the classic Air Jordan 3 design...for all my sneakerheads...(I wanted these bad but was limited and didn't get them)

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(4o)ur

Stuff of hilarity: Corey Holcomb 5150 -Extended Loose Talk pt. 2

I've been listening to Corey Holcomb's 5150 show for years since he was on the Foxxhole Radio station on Sirius/XM Radio and still listen to him strong...if you haven't checked for his internet show or his standup please do so...I've seen him twice in Charlotte when came through and he's one of my favs...be mindful that he's super raw and uncensored so he's not for the faint of heart....check this latest show that was released
yesterday...
 

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(4o)ur

Spreadin the Real: #AssaultAtSpringValleyHigh

If WE the melanoid people (aka 'black' people) of America and other citizens in this country don't see that we are in a police state then your clearly being naive...this brutality and killing of people in this country by the hands of cops is SYSTEMATIC...its like the officers are given a 'green light' to enforce any level of brutality rather it be over the top physical abuse or flat out killing a person because he/she was a 'threat'...this is complete bullshit that any officer at a high school would pull a young teenager out her desk and SLAM her on the hard floor then drag her...the officer had no remorse because he did this with no hesitation in front of other students over nothing...THIS SHIT AS GOT TO STOP...#NoFoul12...check the vid for the insanity...

 

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(4o)ur

Stuff of hilarity: Did Mike Ditka fart on NFL Countdown?!

When you get to a certain age you just don't give 0 F*$s about anything...that includes how people feel when you say something, what anybody thinks of you and apparently farting in public for everyone to hear...this is knee slapping funny (especially for me because I always thought the fart noise was amusing and will til I'm 80 years old)...you be the judge and listen if that's Mike Ditka releasing is toxins in the air (also check Cris Carter's facial expression after the noise)...check it

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(4o)ur

Stuff of hilarity: Pill Cosby & Sofia Vergara interview (edited)

I grew up watching the Cosby Show with the family every Thursday when the show aired in the 80s to early 90s...Though I remember him as a TV dad as I got older I realized that you must separate a fictional character from the real person...in reality 'Pill' Cosby was gettin super loose with many women with the aid of Quaaludes and livin the life of a mega superstar...anyway, this vid is Bill Cosby guest hosting the Late Show years ago before Sofia Vergara became a household name edited hilariously...check the link (for some reason it won't embed, my bad)

http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshh6o7rVn16gArlB17g

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(4o)ur

Spreadin the Real - Isiah Thomas on his issues with Pippen

The NBA in the 80s & 90s was incredible...those decades had the legendary players, classic commercials and epic matchups...On this installation of 'Spreadin the Real' Isiah Thomas airs out his grievances on NBATV's Open Court (one of my fav sports shows) about Scottie Pippen not wanting him on the '92 Dream Team...and really it was a damn shame Isiah Thomas was not on that Dream Team in Barcelona...the NBA is Fantastic! (classic NBA promotional slogan of the 80s)

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(4o)ur

Innovations: Self Driving Car

I don't where I've been for the past 5 to 6 years but I always thought those Google cars that take pictures for Google Maps where normal cars...I didn't know that some of the cars were self driving cars (totally oblivious to this astounding fact)...well for those that didn't know this technology was a working technology (I knew it was in development) check this vid of a blind man in the Google Self Driving car...

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(4o)ur

Shameless Promotion: more Will Boy - U be the witness video

Also check his video from "The New Old Album" U be the witness...#youWILLknow...

Shameless Promotion: Will Boy - The New Old Album

My artist Will Boy has a new album out that's stellar...Its a blend of old 90s flavor with new skill and talent of this era...recognize the talents of Will Boy and stream the album on iHeartRadio check below

http://www.iheart.com/artist/will-boy-30973023/songs/new-old-35734998/

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(4o)ur

The Re-Return of the blog

Well,  if anyone is still checking this blog I would like to say wdup and sorry...I think I stated 2 years ago that I will come back and start making regular blog posts here but to no avail I haven't...Ok I promise this go round that I will start making posting something fairly often...Hell if I can check and post on my IG page (@mlomiracgraf, shameless plug) everyday then I can definitely post some content here...So starting this week I'll start making posts again (feels like I may be talking to myself because I don't think no one's checking this anymore)...gone

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(4o)ur

The return of the blog

I have not written a blog post on this blog for over a year now...I have been preoccupied with other social media outlets mainly Twitter (still use Facebook but not everyday like i'm on Twitter)...I realized that I need to start posting back on this blog because I have a lot of rants stored up in this jumbled mind of mine...so if anyone is still reading or checking for posts on this blog I will be posting again regularly about 3 times a week like I used to...Thanx for your support..

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(4o)ur

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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