Late Pass :: Mos Def - Billie Jean Cover

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For those who never heard it

Cody ChesnuTT :: what kind of cool will we think of nexT

I need more of this in my life.

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For Wes :: Who's JAX

This reminds me of my boy Wes Mapes. Especially at 2:30! This is how me and my friends acted in high school.

BTW...add Wes on Facebook :: http://www.facebook.com/WesMapesShare

Theme Music

I always wanted a HBCU band to play music as I walked into a room. I have to make this happen one day. This video is representative as to why it should happen.

Furthermore, this guy should delegate for me at meetings.
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How to Become "Wise" on Race

I would jot some excerpts about Tim Wise but his analysis speaks for itself. With the election of Barack Obama, institutional racism will continue to do what it has always done, but overt racism and bigotry will be validated by white society because a Black man is in a position of power. I should have labeled this post, "Post-Racism My Ass," but I have class.Share

Good Hair

Chris Rock's last comedy special didn't do it for me. Specifically, Chris Rock continually depicts Black women in a negative light. He, like countless other Black male comedians, entertainers, politicians, and leaders have focused so much on race and competing with and/or deconstructing whiteness they either a.) are oblivious to gender completely or b.) feel blameless when dismissing gender or even being misogynistic because their experiences and perspectives of being a Black man in America warrants sympathy in regards to certain behaviors (i.e. Chris Rock's bit on not having a Black first lady in office). So, when I saw this trailer it eased my concerns and created a renewed enthusiasm in his work to see him getting his "Bluest Eye" on. Hopefully, his perspective in this documentary is that identity is complex especially in a country that has historically devalued anything Black. So far the trailer looks good. Also, don't take the Toni Morrison reference too literally. We know he is coming from a place of comedy so we can only wish the intricacies of race are discussed. We'll see.

Even though this post is about gender, I can't go two minutes without a race analysis (old fashioned race man, sorry). Check Rock's segment on HBO's "The Black List". He never really fails when it comes to race. His thoughts on equality being the ability to "suck like the whiteman" is brilliant.


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Actin Normal

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This is a video and mp3 rip of Slum's new song. Baatin kills it. So funny. This song is the personification of my attitude when I walk into a party. The way Baatin sings and what he is talking about is what I think of while talking to a woman at a party. Furthermore, if I'm intoxicated, I actually do say the things Baatin is singing.

The chorus is Godly:

"When I roll up yo you see my swagger so hard, so hard to oppose/
Come and get me because you know I'm actin' normal/
Yeah/
When I roll up Yeah/
Better have my cup/
Hennessy is on the ice baaabay/
When I roll up yo I see your beauty so hard, so hard to oppose/
Got the Grey Goose on the ice baaabay"

R.I.P. Baatin

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