6.23.2010
Financial Quote of The Day
A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it. ~Bob Hope
5.17.2010
A Budding Preauxx!!!!!??????!!!
Man, I'm tryna make good musik bro!!!! -Preauxx
I was in Memphis a little over a year ago, preparing to leave for my journey in the "Big City and Bright Lights" and I just so happened to be with two of my friends/producers/emcees, 901 and Quake The Great! We linked, hopped into the whip and proceed to Richardson Towers South! (They wanted to meet up with Preauxx) Now I knew I was on tresspass for being blatantly disrespectful to the disrespectful and I also knew I was running a risk of being arrested but, what the hell!!???!!????!! Go with the flow!!!!
I had no idea that I would be meeting the cat who came up to me just months before and offered me props on my own craft! I accepted, appreciated and kept it moving then and now I was about to see what he was up to. Initially, I was ready to freestyle with him and simply build, but I had to listen! So that's what I did! He rehearsed, letting future material grace my ears and I smiled......I saw me in him! The hunger! The passion! The purpose for more than just typical music!
To keep this honest, direct and open, I have been cutting all ties with Memphis folk from my past and really opening my eyes to my abilities, strengths and just leaving lolly gaggers behind, literally 1000 miles behind, but today I talked to Phat Mak and now I'm listening to this "To Kill A Mockingbird" Mixtape by Preauxx!!!
I will have to say that it is very refreshing to hear new music and concepts from a old place that my heart holds so dear! With that said, I give props to you Preauxx! Keep it fresh, keep it aware, keep it conceptual and most of all, keep it Preauxx! Classic! Timeless and All Love!!!
Big shout to the Dynasty on the Graphics!
5.01.2010
4.16.2010
How Fast Food Has Tried To Steal My Soul!!!!
I DON'T LIKE McDONALDS!
Hate is a very strong word that I will not use because I am a lover! With that said, I dislike, very strongly, the cost of convenience in this day and age. It's totally out of control in my opinion. Just the other day, I had to be in Downtown Brooklyn for a very important appointment and it just so happened that I needed some food. I traveled down Flatbush Ave, past the oversized Rocawear Billboards, to Fulton Street to visit our local Mickey D's. I knew what I was already going to get for my lady and I: 2 Egg and Cheese McMuffins (minus the meat due to our new vegetarianism), 2 Fruit and Walnut Salads and 2 Orange Juices. Now, I haven't bought fast food like this in a long while and usually when I go into McDonald's, it's for something snackwise. (a snackwrap or something else off the dollar menu). On this day, I slipped!
As I first entered, I stood in the longer line. Then I switched to a shorter on located along the wall. As I waited, I realized that I had a very good vantage point to take a census of who was buying and who was sellings. 99.6% African American and other people of color. This is that type of area so what else could I expect? After I was done assessing the socio-economic food make up, I proceeded with my order and was totally appalled that the total came to over $15. WTF?????? For this?
These prices were totally outrageous to me and I guess they were outrageous for a few reasons. One, I know better. Two, for $15, I knew that I could have been better prepared by going to the local Food Bazarr @ Myrtle Broadway and spending that $15 on a 6 pack of Thomas English Muffins, 1 carton of vegetarian eggs, apples, yogurt and a pack of walnuts to compliment our fruit and walnut salad. We could have eaten for 3 days off that $15 instead of having one serving that would do nothing but let us down by 3pm.
In conclusion, I know I am not everyone else and I say that with happiness but I will say that the prices that WE pay for convenience is "off the chain". We know better therefore we should prepare ourselves to do better. Plus, I like mine and Jessica's cooking better than the bodega or any fast food joint I can think of! And I sure don't want any corporate slaves fixing my food! That shit sucks for them and me! Sometimes I despise having morals! But it's better to have than not!
Hate is a very strong word that I will not use because I am a lover! With that said, I dislike, very strongly, the cost of convenience in this day and age. It's totally out of control in my opinion. Just the other day, I had to be in Downtown Brooklyn for a very important appointment and it just so happened that I needed some food. I traveled down Flatbush Ave, past the oversized Rocawear Billboards, to Fulton Street to visit our local Mickey D's. I knew what I was already going to get for my lady and I: 2 Egg and Cheese McMuffins (minus the meat due to our new vegetarianism), 2 Fruit and Walnut Salads and 2 Orange Juices. Now, I haven't bought fast food like this in a long while and usually when I go into McDonald's, it's for something snackwise. (a snackwrap or something else off the dollar menu). On this day, I slipped!
As I first entered, I stood in the longer line. Then I switched to a shorter on located along the wall. As I waited, I realized that I had a very good vantage point to take a census of who was buying and who was sellings. 99.6% African American and other people of color. This is that type of area so what else could I expect? After I was done assessing the socio-economic food make up, I proceeded with my order and was totally appalled that the total came to over $15. WTF?????? For this?
These prices were totally outrageous to me and I guess they were outrageous for a few reasons. One, I know better. Two, for $15, I knew that I could have been better prepared by going to the local Food Bazarr @ Myrtle Broadway and spending that $15 on a 6 pack of Thomas English Muffins, 1 carton of vegetarian eggs, apples, yogurt and a pack of walnuts to compliment our fruit and walnut salad. We could have eaten for 3 days off that $15 instead of having one serving that would do nothing but let us down by 3pm.
In conclusion, I know I am not everyone else and I say that with happiness but I will say that the prices that WE pay for convenience is "off the chain". We know better therefore we should prepare ourselves to do better. Plus, I like mine and Jessica's cooking better than the bodega or any fast food joint I can think of! And I sure don't want any corporate slaves fixing my food! That shit sucks for them and me! Sometimes I despise having morals! But it's better to have than not!
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