MY FIRST FAVORITE SONG/VIDEO
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
NEW ARTIST ALERT!!! Bobby Generic - "Famous Nobody"
A new artist one of my tumblr followers introduce me to….Bobby Generic - “Famous Nobody”. Check him out & shout out to ne0nfaith (follower from tumblr) for introducing his music to me.
NEW ARTIST ALERT!!!! M.C. Red - "The Owtsider"
The HeatRock camp’s femcee, M.C. Red dropped her solo mixtape debut. Check it out, listen, download, spread the word, show support!
http://www.datpiff.com/MCRED-FtYuNgDuDeWORLD-The-Owtsider-mixtape.238070.html
http://www.datpiff.com/MCRED-FtYuNgDuDeWORLD-The-Owtsider-mixtape.238070.html
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Quote of the day
"We judge ourselves by our intentions and others by their actions" - Jerreau of Fly.Union
Friday, April 29, 2011
Chip tha Ripper-- Gift Raps
Listening to Gift Raps, you may wonder, what exactly is Chip good at? Well, he does not impress in one category, but put it all together, and it is good music. Chip’s flow is smooth and his beat selection is great on this tape. The overall theme of the collection is being fresh, smoking weed, and bagging dimes. Nothing complicated, but he does it so well. Gift Raps will be great for the entire Spring and Summer seasons, as it has the warm weather vibe, cruising in the whip. The one thing holding the tape back is the lack of features. Chip is known for stealing the show on other people’s songs, but he does not have any features here. It can be stale listening to just him for an entire tape. He has connections to some of the most talented rappers in the game ( Kid Cudi, Curren$y, Big Sean) yet he could not grab any of them. The production is top notch, and the lyrics are average, but the tape is still dope.
3/5
- Dyshae Dixon
Gift Raps is not Chip's best work (personal fav is still The Cleveland Show) but it was still pretty good. Solid productions, lyrics pretty average, flow is point (but his flow stay on point). Still worth checking out.
3/5
- A.J. "The Anti-Cool" Williams
AVG RATING:
3/5 (NICE)LATE MUSIC REVIEWS
YES I KNOW THE REVIEWS, I’M ABOUT TO POST IS LATE AS FUCK BUT I GOT 2 JOBS AND BEEN SQUEEZING IN TIME TO WORKOUT TOO SO I’VE BEEN LAZY…SO SORRY ABOUT THAT.
AFTER THIS, I’M GONNA TRY TO STAY ON POINT WITH THIS BLOG AND STAY UP TO DATE. ITS NOT FAIR TO MY FRIENDS/STAFF TO BE TURNING THIS STUFF IN A NICE TIMELY MANNER AND I BE TOO LAZY TO EVEN SIMPLY POST WHAT THEY TOOK THEIR TIME WRITE AND GET DONE FOR THIS BLOG. AND IT’S NOT FAIR FOR YOU, THE PEOPLE WHO BEEN ACTUALLY FOLLOWING THIS PAGE AND WAITING FOR UPDATES. SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT AND THANKS FOR UNDERSTANDING. PEACE
Monday, April 25, 2011
WTF?!: Soulja Boy gives 'shout out' to slave masters
SOULJA BOY IS OFFICIALLY THE MOST RETARDED RAPPER ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH AND LOST THE LITTLE RESPECT I HAD FOR HIM. HE GIVES A SHOUT OUT TO SLAVE MASTERS AND SAID “Shout out to the slave masters! Without them we’d still be in Africa. We wouldn’t be here to get this ice and tattoos.” WTF?!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/nov/04/soulja-boy-slavery
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/nov/04/soulja-boy-slavery
Friday, April 1, 2011
WORD OF THE DAY: gravitas
gravitas [GRAV-uh-tahs] n. High seriousness (as in a person’s bearing or in the treatment of a subject).
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
WORD OF THE DAY: bedaub
Bedaub [bih-DOB] v. To smear over; to besmear or soil with anything thick and dirty
Monday, March 28, 2011
Friday, March 25, 2011
Lupe Fiasco - Lasers Review
So our first couple of reviews will be pretty old but please bare with us....I've been busy as hell with work to the point that all my leisure time been used up by sleep lol.
BTW, THIS IS OUR RATING SCALE:
1/5= POO, 2/5=It's aight, 3/5= Nice, 4/5=The Truth & a perfect 5/5 = EPIC!
So any way, here's some of NERD Inc.'s music staff thoughts on Lupe Fiasco's Lasers album:
Dyshae's thoughts:
After much anticipation, Lupe Fiasco drops his Lasers album. Through all the label problems between Lupe and Atlantic Records, threats of retirement, and fans protesting the label, it is finally here. In 2009, Lupe dropped, Enemy of the State where he destroys other people’s beats for about 40 minutes. This lead fans to believe, Lasers was going to be a hip-hop heads dream come true. Instead, Lupe gives up Lasers, which is not his most impressive work. I was anticipating the Lupe we get on mixtapes, fearless and vicious. This album sounds like B.O.B. meets Kid Cudi, which is not Lupe at all. Now, some people will like this sound. The beats are upbeat and futuristic, similar to The Adventures of Bobby Ray. Definitely, a pop-friendly album. There is nothing wrong with that, but it does not sound like the Lupe we are used to. The lyrics are still sharp, but the music behind it is too annoying to make the experience enjoyable. What the hell is this Lupe? The best song on the album is buried deep, as the 11th out of 12. “All Black Everything” he spits about a dream of Africa being a prosperous place, as well as black history in America. This album will sell records for sure, but has Lupe given in to the record label. Lupe has been seen as one of the few MC’s this era that can be named in the likes of heavyweights Jay-Z, Nas, and Eminem. Lasers is a set back to any claims of him being a legend in this game.His worst album to date.
2/5 (It's aight)
Gabbi's thoughts:
Lasers... The most anticipated from Lupe Fiasco right? Well I will say this.. for us true, ride to die Lupe fans it was not as much as it was hyped up to be.
However, we do have to remember that it was in the meddling hands of Atlantic, and Lupe was basically forced to dumb down his music to the pop standards that we have at this moment. So if you look at it in that perspective, LASERS is actually a SUCCESS.
Even though some of the tracks are quite pop-like (and I personally do not care for I Don't Wanna Care Right Now because of how much of a deviation it is from an actual Lupe song), he still tries to be his politically-challenging self, and I definitely appreciate his efforts to stay in that zone that everyone was pushing him to leave.
Now for all the people who say that it sucks, have you actually LISTENED to what he actually says in his songs? This CD has a mainstream outside and an underground inside that you can only catch if you actually listen for it. In a lot of the songs he is actually BASHING mainstream (such as State Run Radio) and describing his struggles of trying to be himself in an industry where being yourself isn't cool (Beautiful Lasers and Letting Go), especially in Lupe's case.
Not to mention his masterpiece track All Black Everything which stays true to the real Lupe that we all know and love. "Malcom X dies as an old man/ and MLK read the Eulogy for him." Absolutely riveting!
Now when it comes to a comparison of this album with his past albums, of course LASERS isn't going to live up to the lyrical mastery of Food and Liquor and The Cool, and definitely not his mix-tapes. The use of the auto-tuny sounding hooks (comparing the heartfealt singing of Mathew Santos in the live version of Beautiful Lasers to the straightforward notes by Pooh Bear in the album version) makes it a little less sentimental. However, it's not supposed to live up to those albums and tracks. Atlantic needed him to make a mainstream CD that would sell to a vast variety of markets, therefore he had to change it up this one time. And also remember that he HIMSELF was reluctant to release his album.. Cut the guy some slack!
Overall, LASERS is an amazing album under the circumstances, and in my opinion no one could have done it better. I give 4/5 (The Truth).
My thoughts (A.J. The Anti-Cool):
Well after all that stuff Dyshae and Gabbi wrote, they've pretty much summed it up for me. I liked it but it's not touching the first two albums. My rating... 3/5 (Nice)
NERD INC. TOTAL RATING: 3/5 (NICE)
So tell please comment and tell us what are your thoughts and personal rating?
BTW, THIS IS OUR RATING SCALE:
1/5= POO, 2/5=It's aight, 3/5= Nice, 4/5=The Truth & a perfect 5/5 = EPIC!
So any way, here's some of NERD Inc.'s music staff thoughts on Lupe Fiasco's Lasers album:
Dyshae's thoughts:
After much anticipation, Lupe Fiasco drops his Lasers album. Through all the label problems between Lupe and Atlantic Records, threats of retirement, and fans protesting the label, it is finally here. In 2009, Lupe dropped, Enemy of the State where he destroys other people’s beats for about 40 minutes. This lead fans to believe, Lasers was going to be a hip-hop heads dream come true. Instead, Lupe gives up Lasers, which is not his most impressive work. I was anticipating the Lupe we get on mixtapes, fearless and vicious. This album sounds like B.O.B. meets Kid Cudi, which is not Lupe at all. Now, some people will like this sound. The beats are upbeat and futuristic, similar to The Adventures of Bobby Ray. Definitely, a pop-friendly album. There is nothing wrong with that, but it does not sound like the Lupe we are used to. The lyrics are still sharp, but the music behind it is too annoying to make the experience enjoyable. What the hell is this Lupe? The best song on the album is buried deep, as the 11th out of 12. “All Black Everything” he spits about a dream of Africa being a prosperous place, as well as black history in America. This album will sell records for sure, but has Lupe given in to the record label. Lupe has been seen as one of the few MC’s this era that can be named in the likes of heavyweights Jay-Z, Nas, and Eminem. Lasers is a set back to any claims of him being a legend in this game.His worst album to date.
2/5 (It's aight)
Gabbi's thoughts:
Lasers... The most anticipated from Lupe Fiasco right? Well I will say this.. for us true, ride to die Lupe fans it was not as much as it was hyped up to be.
However, we do have to remember that it was in the meddling hands of Atlantic, and Lupe was basically forced to dumb down his music to the pop standards that we have at this moment. So if you look at it in that perspective, LASERS is actually a SUCCESS.
Even though some of the tracks are quite pop-like (and I personally do not care for I Don't Wanna Care Right Now because of how much of a deviation it is from an actual Lupe song), he still tries to be his politically-challenging self, and I definitely appreciate his efforts to stay in that zone that everyone was pushing him to leave.
Now for all the people who say that it sucks, have you actually LISTENED to what he actually says in his songs? This CD has a mainstream outside and an underground inside that you can only catch if you actually listen for it. In a lot of the songs he is actually BASHING mainstream (such as State Run Radio) and describing his struggles of trying to be himself in an industry where being yourself isn't cool (Beautiful Lasers and Letting Go), especially in Lupe's case.
Not to mention his masterpiece track All Black Everything which stays true to the real Lupe that we all know and love. "Malcom X dies as an old man/ and MLK read the Eulogy for him." Absolutely riveting!
Now when it comes to a comparison of this album with his past albums, of course LASERS isn't going to live up to the lyrical mastery of Food and Liquor and The Cool, and definitely not his mix-tapes. The use of the auto-tuny sounding hooks (comparing the heartfealt singing of Mathew Santos in the live version of Beautiful Lasers to the straightforward notes by Pooh Bear in the album version) makes it a little less sentimental. However, it's not supposed to live up to those albums and tracks. Atlantic needed him to make a mainstream CD that would sell to a vast variety of markets, therefore he had to change it up this one time. And also remember that he HIMSELF was reluctant to release his album.. Cut the guy some slack!
Overall, LASERS is an amazing album under the circumstances, and in my opinion no one could have done it better. I give 4/5 (The Truth).
My thoughts (A.J. The Anti-Cool):
Well after all that stuff Dyshae and Gabbi wrote, they've pretty much summed it up for me. I liked it but it's not touching the first two albums. My rating... 3/5 (Nice)
NERD INC. TOTAL RATING: 3/5 (NICE)
So tell please comment and tell us what are your thoughts and personal rating?
Monday, February 28, 2011
THINGS THAT RELAXES YOU...
It was just a random thought that just popped up in my head as I was just looking at few pics of some landscapes I liked on here...and thought to myself, "When I think about it, fascinating & beautiful landscapes are some of the things that makes me calm." Which resulted in me making this post...so I'm wondering, what things help relax you?
Thursday, February 17, 2011
DEFINITION OF A NERD...
The word NERD have many definitions like outcast, dork, geek, smart, weirdo, etc. I know I'm a nerd and I embrace it b/c the life of a nerd is fun, unique, and spontaneous even though we have our hardships but that's life (everyone do).
Anyway, I'm just wondering what's everyone else definition of NERD, rather it's good or bad. My personal definition of a NERD is simply "ANTI-COOL", opposite of cool (today's "cool")
So people, friends, fam and my fellow nerds.....What's your definition of a NERD?
Anyway, I'm just wondering what's everyone else definition of NERD, rather it's good or bad. My personal definition of a NERD is simply "ANTI-COOL", opposite of cool (today's "cool")
So people, friends, fam and my fellow nerds.....What's your definition of a NERD?
Sunday, January 2, 2011
2011: Give Birth to New Possibilities
by Anisa TheNerd Parks
Use everyday as a learning experience to keep going forward. Often I have past failures to define my future. I cannot allow a few ‘bumps in the road’ to stop me. Donald Trump has had to file for bankruptcy three times for Trump Enterprises, but banks and bondholders continue to loan him money to build Trump Enterprises. Donald Trump is a visionary. Sometimes those visions pay off tremendously and sometimes they go bankrupt, Trump does not stop trying. Neither should I or you for that matter. We have to continue to push forward until our dreams are realized.
Without dreams concrete ideas would not become realized. It was a dream that kept Martin Luther King, Jr. going until his death. It was a dream that inspired Bob Johnson to create B.E.T. (Black Entertainment Television). It was a dream that turned a local broadcast woman with a funny name into one of the most recognizable women in the world, Oprah Winfrey. Now Oprah Winfrey has her ‘OWN’ network, Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN). Those dreams are too big for you? Maybe you’re just living too small. Step your game up, player.
This has turned into a NIKE ad, Just do it! No more waiting on your dream to be realize. Make it happen. God has greenlight your goals. It is time to decide to follow them. It’s time to stop bullshitting and get things done. 2010 was a great year. I started a concept call NERD, Inc. NERD is an acronym for New Eduction to Reform & Develop. In 2010 it was conceived, but in 2011 it will be realized. I am wonderful. I am intelligent. I am a visionary. I have to sell my vision to potential donors, business partners, volunteers and anybody who can help me. I will be a little arrogant. Actually, I will be confident about my abilities. You may call me an asshole, but it doesn’t matter. You will never call me a failure again. 2011 is the year of redemption, realization and action.
If you are a NERD, come with me. 2011 is about to be on and popping. No bubbly but dreams will come true!
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