Okay, first of all, my new nickname is No Front. The reason why I chose this nickname for myself is simply because I don't like putting on fronts, and I hate it when other people put on fronts as well. It's very unattractive and annoying. I don't even consider people who put on facades like they're the shit or in an elite category of greatness. It's becoming a pet peeve to front, so I'd strongly advise all fronters to chill out...before I go to the trunk and bang on one of ya'll bitch ass niggas!
...See, I was just frontin' right there. But I will slap one of ya'll niggas.
So, what does frontin' have to do with types of females, you ask? Well, it's simple. I'm sick and tired of people in general, especially unattractive people, frontin' about people they admire and develop "types" about people. It's absolutely ridiculous! I think developmental types of people are a bit unrealistic. Standards can be a good thing, but when it's governed by the general, popular status quo of white America, it's not a good look...espescially in the black community.
Having types [or limiting oneself to a type] completely takes away from the meat of a person, in the case of relationships. It seems to me, for most people, that having a "type" of person to appreciate, sort of validates them. If a certain type of male/female is going to accomodate for your status as a person, then that's a personal problem. How low is your self-esteem? It's disheartening. The fact that a person is unaccepted and looked over in the establishment for a relationship is bogus because they don't fit a mold or a type. Some of the best people in the world don't always meet the standards or the requirements of individuals' personal preferences, but that doesn't make them bad if they don't meet the quota. It's sad, it really is.
I really don't admire types. They aren't real, and they never adequately define the essence of a person. I hear it all the time. Like, some people would say, "Oh, he/she is a cool person, but they're not my type." Then, when you ask a person what is their type, the utter ignorance shows its ugly head. I've noticed this a lot.
For dudes, they'll say, "She has to...":
*Be light-skinned
*Thin in the waist, but thick in the hips
*Nice chest
*Fat ass
*Smart (such a rarity)
*Have a nice dress game
*Long hair
*Knows how to fuck
*Knows how to cook up a good meal
*Nice lips
*Listen to similar types of music
*Gives head (how cheap, eh?)
*Be independent (if she was really independent, would she consider you?)
*Don't spaz out in public
*Look nice at all times
*Have a little bit of money, and don't mind paying for dinner
*Smells nice
*Don't be going through a nigga's phone
*Be willing to have 3-somes
*Hold a nigga down when shit gets rough
...And my all-time favorite [LMAO], "She has to go to church!"
As if that shit helps. Says absolutely nothing about a woman's salvation, but that's another post. As for the females [it practically gets worse].
"He has to...":
*Have money
*Have a car (sucks if you're a college student)
*Intelligent
*Sophisticated
*Good-looking
*Tall (is 6ft good enough?)
*Athletic built (cancels me out!)
*Be tough
*Treats me like a queen
*Treats his mother with respect (that doesn't help neither)
*Cuddle
*Hold my hand in public
*Tell me I'm pretty/sexy every day
*Do the little things
*Tell me good morning and kiss me goodnight
*Take me out to eat
*Take me shopping
*He ain't gotta be materialistic, but I wouldn't mind being spoiled every now and 'gain
*Don't trip when I check his phone, Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, and Blogger accounts just to see who he been talking to. It's not that I don't trust him, but...
*Have goals and aspire to acheive them
...And once again, my all-time favorite! "He has to be in the Lord and go to church."
[LMAO] It just kills me everytime a male/female mentions that. I laugh every single time. It's just simply hilarious!
Okay, on a more serious note, is it just me, or are these expectations and types of people a bit...you know...unrealistic? I mean, do people not think things through when considering a potential partner? It takes more than a few abstract things to make a healthy relationship and having types doesn't do anything for the natural and spiritual portion. People are human and humans aren't made to be perfect, so it's not okay to want something or someone who doesn't naturally fill these standards.
What's even more crazy about it, men and women often times want what they can't have. Oh yes, it's true! Some people just don't know how to stay in their lanes. They haven't come to accept that fact that 8 and below is the best they'll ever do. Sounds harsh, but true. It seems to me that the ugliest mu'fuckas are the ones yappin' about how they want this and that, and hold these crazy ass standards for people to reach. I understand that dudes want a light-skinned, long-haired, fat ass, nice eyed chick that goes to church, but I mean, seriously. If you look like the son of Danny Glover and Charles Barkley, you should just let it go; try finding a chick that looks like the daughter of Oprah and Amy Winehouse [I actually thought that bitch was fine at one point, but to each his own]. And yes, I understand that women want a dude with money, intelligence, looks like Boris Kudjo and smells like Aqua DiGio cologne, but forreal ladies. If you look like a crock-pot on steroids and your hair looks like "jungle boogie", then you should lower your standards. MEN/WOMEN WILL NEVER FIND THE PERFECT PERSON, THEY JUST HAVE TO ADAPT.
My type of female is quite simple. I don't ask for much from a female because I hate it when females ask for too much from me, as far as what I can offer. I don't want the best-looking female nor a female that's too extra, but I like keeping it simple. I just want a female who's in the church and is saved, and I want her to just be there for me. It's that simple. Screw all of the other stuff, just give me the plain and simple, and that's it. I don't want a trophy wife or some chick that's gonna make me look good. I look very damn good by myself, why would I want a female in my life to take up space. It would be nice if she loved football, loved hip-hop and could cook her ass off, but if she doesn't meet those requirements for me, I'm not gonna stress it. You just have to accept people for who they are.
What ever happened to wanting the natural and good-hearted person? The person who respects you for you, loves the spiritual and natural world, is saved by the blood of Christ [extremely important], is gonna REALLY be there for you when push comes to shove, loves hip-hop and all other types of music, culturalistic, and may not be the best-looking but accomodates for whatever they lack? The good things about a person that are important, always outweigh the non-essentials. People should be realistic about things, it'll work out in the long run. If we all learned to see the good in people, the world would be a much better place.
Don't lower your standards and expectations, but be open-minded and fall for the false types.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Post 10: No, It Ain't Gucci!
Who in the hell is Gucci Mane?
According to a good friend of mines, who shall remain nameless for obvious reasons, believes this man, Radric Davis a.k.a. 'Gucci Mane', is the most lyrical and innovative rap artist in the game today. WTF?
A little background history of this dumb-ass rapper. Gucci Mane was born in Birmingham, AL but moved with his single mother at the age of 10 to Atlanta, GA. In school, Gucci enjoyed writing poetry and being the class clown as well. Along with his brazing sense of humor and his wit, he began writing rhymes around the age of 14.
Due to his success in rhyme and literature, he was also a self-proclaimed entrepreneur and leader in his own community, coming up from the streets in the all-time great story of "rags to riches", making hit records with artists such as Young Jeezy, Jim Jones, and fellow business partner and protege, O.J. da Juiceman, who has been a collaborator with Gucci since 2006.
As an advent listener of hip-hop music and an analytical hip-hop historian, I feel as though it's evident in today's society that social status, commercialism and marketing schematics are dominating this very spirited culture in which I love more than most things in my life. I love hip-hop, and I love everything hip-hop encompasses; from pain and struggle, to rebellion, the good and the bad. As a lover of hip-hop, I also respect the views and opinions of fellow hip-hop heads.
But never, and I do mean never, in my fuckin' life have I heard someone say that Gucci Mane is the hottest and most lyrical rapper out today!
There's some things about hip-hop music that I just cannot accept. In the case of Mr. Radric Davis, I don't think that he is a great rapper at all. As a matter of fact, out of all the whack emcee's in the game today, he has to be one of the worst rappers out today, if not the absolute worse. His music sounds like some of the most ignorant fuckery ever played on any radio station. There are many ways to prove how terrible he is as an artist. Shall I provide a few examples:
1. He lacks political and socially conscious thought within his rhyme scheme and his overall lyrics. One thing I can give him credit for is his dissertation of the life he's lived and the struggles he's went through. I give that same exact credit to every other rapper, but at the same time, there's absolutely no excuse to not have definitive lyrics and proper rhyme scheme.
2. He lacks content variable. In most songs I've heard him "rap" on, it's the same exact thing: money, trappin', the degredation of women, and materialism. What rapper doesn't rap about it? Yeah, I understand that. But at the same time you have to draw the line and analyze how lyricism and rhyming can become effective, and it has to coexist with your content. Rap about something more universal and master the finess and syncopation with your lyrics.
3. His lines make absolutely no sense whatsoever! "I got a tangerine porche, same color as orange..." What a fuckin' minute, are you serious? Last time I checked, a tangerine is darker and often times smaller than an orange. And it holds a bit more juice, in my opinion. Where the hell did he come up with that line? C'mon man.
4. Most of his material is club-saavy. People often say that he makes hot music because his beats are hot and his hooks are fly, although his lyrics aren't the best. Let's break this down a bit. 1) Gucci Mane doesn't make his beats, he has an in-house producer to avoid being over-charged for beats. 2) How hard is it to make a hook? According to The Source magazine, most artists have a team of writers who are under the scope of a record label who write and record choruses of particular songs in hopes of making a hit. His music is "fun" to listen to in the club, but what about outside. To each his own.
I can keep going...
I don't know where my friend got off saying that Gucci Mane was a musical genius. He even said that Gucci deserved an Oscar Award for his music. Oh man, when he said it, I thought he was joking. I laughed the entire conversation. Yes, I'm rude, but who gives a fuck? Not me. Cool beans.
I leave the Blogger world with this in mind. Be critical of the music you listen to. Take time to listen to the lyrics and analyze the music from top to bottom, whether you like a certain artist or not. Allow me to recommend a group of artist for your listening pleasure, if you love rap & hip-hop:
Fabolous
Joe Budden*
Jay Electronica
Aasim
Lil' Wayne
Crooked I*
Apathy
Rakim
Jay-Z
Nas
Drake*
Asher Roth*
Joell Ortiz
B.O.B.
Pete Wurthy
(*) Currently listening to right now...
That's it!
According to a good friend of mines, who shall remain nameless for obvious reasons, believes this man, Radric Davis a.k.a. 'Gucci Mane', is the most lyrical and innovative rap artist in the game today. WTF?
A little background history of this dumb-ass rapper. Gucci Mane was born in Birmingham, AL but moved with his single mother at the age of 10 to Atlanta, GA. In school, Gucci enjoyed writing poetry and being the class clown as well. Along with his brazing sense of humor and his wit, he began writing rhymes around the age of 14.
Due to his success in rhyme and literature, he was also a self-proclaimed entrepreneur and leader in his own community, coming up from the streets in the all-time great story of "rags to riches", making hit records with artists such as Young Jeezy, Jim Jones, and fellow business partner and protege, O.J. da Juiceman, who has been a collaborator with Gucci since 2006.
As an advent listener of hip-hop music and an analytical hip-hop historian, I feel as though it's evident in today's society that social status, commercialism and marketing schematics are dominating this very spirited culture in which I love more than most things in my life. I love hip-hop, and I love everything hip-hop encompasses; from pain and struggle, to rebellion, the good and the bad. As a lover of hip-hop, I also respect the views and opinions of fellow hip-hop heads.
But never, and I do mean never, in my fuckin' life have I heard someone say that Gucci Mane is the hottest and most lyrical rapper out today!
There's some things about hip-hop music that I just cannot accept. In the case of Mr. Radric Davis, I don't think that he is a great rapper at all. As a matter of fact, out of all the whack emcee's in the game today, he has to be one of the worst rappers out today, if not the absolute worse. His music sounds like some of the most ignorant fuckery ever played on any radio station. There are many ways to prove how terrible he is as an artist. Shall I provide a few examples:
1. He lacks political and socially conscious thought within his rhyme scheme and his overall lyrics. One thing I can give him credit for is his dissertation of the life he's lived and the struggles he's went through. I give that same exact credit to every other rapper, but at the same time, there's absolutely no excuse to not have definitive lyrics and proper rhyme scheme.
2. He lacks content variable. In most songs I've heard him "rap" on, it's the same exact thing: money, trappin', the degredation of women, and materialism. What rapper doesn't rap about it? Yeah, I understand that. But at the same time you have to draw the line and analyze how lyricism and rhyming can become effective, and it has to coexist with your content. Rap about something more universal and master the finess and syncopation with your lyrics.
3. His lines make absolutely no sense whatsoever! "I got a tangerine porche, same color as orange..." What a fuckin' minute, are you serious? Last time I checked, a tangerine is darker and often times smaller than an orange. And it holds a bit more juice, in my opinion. Where the hell did he come up with that line? C'mon man.
4. Most of his material is club-saavy. People often say that he makes hot music because his beats are hot and his hooks are fly, although his lyrics aren't the best. Let's break this down a bit. 1) Gucci Mane doesn't make his beats, he has an in-house producer to avoid being over-charged for beats. 2) How hard is it to make a hook? According to The Source magazine, most artists have a team of writers who are under the scope of a record label who write and record choruses of particular songs in hopes of making a hit. His music is "fun" to listen to in the club, but what about outside. To each his own.
I can keep going...
I don't know where my friend got off saying that Gucci Mane was a musical genius. He even said that Gucci deserved an Oscar Award for his music. Oh man, when he said it, I thought he was joking. I laughed the entire conversation. Yes, I'm rude, but who gives a fuck? Not me. Cool beans.
I leave the Blogger world with this in mind. Be critical of the music you listen to. Take time to listen to the lyrics and analyze the music from top to bottom, whether you like a certain artist or not. Allow me to recommend a group of artist for your listening pleasure, if you love rap & hip-hop:
Fabolous
Joe Budden*
Jay Electronica
Aasim
Lil' Wayne
Crooked I*
Apathy
Rakim
Jay-Z
Nas
Drake*
Asher Roth*
Joell Ortiz
B.O.B.
Pete Wurthy
(*) Currently listening to right now...
That's it!
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Post 9: Procrastination
Hello, world! How is everything going? I hope everyone is having a lovely Easter weekend, I know mines has been pretty good, but I still have work to do. It's been a minute since I've hit you off with a brand new and exciting blog from yours truly, but I've been elsewhere in the internet world, really trying to find myself. So far, so bad [I've missed the ventilation freedom from blogging].
In the meantime, I've been trying to get my schoolwork done as well. It's coming down to the close of the semester and I'm trying to maintain the good grades that I actually have. It's been a pretty quick-moving semester, but I've held in there for the toughest parts of it. I've also learned how to be a better writer and more oratorical. So far, so bad, but it'll get better, I hope.
Sidenote: Chicken wings and white rice, sounds really good right now!
Anywho, on to other things. Since I came to school back in Fall 2005, I've had this issue with turning in schoolwork on-time [on-time in college means - anytime before the deadline]. I'm a procrastinator at heart. I can't even front about how many times I've waited til the very last minute to do an assignment. I don't understand why I can't just do what needs to be done on time. It's an addiction that I can't help and I can't understand why I procrastinate. Honestly, I think it's just me being lazy, but I work well under pressure when an assignment is due. I believe that I would have better grades, and a higher GPA, if I didn't procrastinate. I know a lot of people go through this, especially in college, but it's a major issue for me. I just can't seem to get it together.
So, to my fellow bloggers, I leave you with these words. If you're a procrastinator, you need to go and buy yourself a calendar. When you find yourself a calendar, mark the date for a due assignment. Not only that, you should mark a due date for "yourself". Sounds weird? It is weird! Sometimes you have to be self-disciplined. You have to set aside minor priorities and focus on what's most important. Right now, I should be doing an assignment for a class project, but guess where I'm at? Here, on Blogger! I'm gonna practice what I preach...as soon as I leave here!
Yours truly,
Justin J. Cunningham aka Loyalty
In the meantime, I've been trying to get my schoolwork done as well. It's coming down to the close of the semester and I'm trying to maintain the good grades that I actually have. It's been a pretty quick-moving semester, but I've held in there for the toughest parts of it. I've also learned how to be a better writer and more oratorical. So far, so bad, but it'll get better, I hope.
Sidenote: Chicken wings and white rice, sounds really good right now!
Anywho, on to other things. Since I came to school back in Fall 2005, I've had this issue with turning in schoolwork on-time [on-time in college means - anytime before the deadline]. I'm a procrastinator at heart. I can't even front about how many times I've waited til the very last minute to do an assignment. I don't understand why I can't just do what needs to be done on time. It's an addiction that I can't help and I can't understand why I procrastinate. Honestly, I think it's just me being lazy, but I work well under pressure when an assignment is due. I believe that I would have better grades, and a higher GPA, if I didn't procrastinate. I know a lot of people go through this, especially in college, but it's a major issue for me. I just can't seem to get it together.
So, to my fellow bloggers, I leave you with these words. If you're a procrastinator, you need to go and buy yourself a calendar. When you find yourself a calendar, mark the date for a due assignment. Not only that, you should mark a due date for "yourself". Sounds weird? It is weird! Sometimes you have to be self-disciplined. You have to set aside minor priorities and focus on what's most important. Right now, I should be doing an assignment for a class project, but guess where I'm at? Here, on Blogger! I'm gonna practice what I preach...as soon as I leave here!
Yours truly,
Justin J. Cunningham aka Loyalty
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