A good point was made by the daily beast today.   So The Tea Party supported by those such as Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin says the Obama administration is turning the US into a police state because the "enforcement" of insurance policies, the watch dog over banks and Wall Street but yet Arizona is now enforcing such a mentality we have yet to see the same energy from the Tea Party towards this enacted law.  More discussion

Funny Friday: Welcome to Arizona

In lue of one of the currently most discussed controversies...

Black farmers still not gettin' their money

"The Pigford II settlement agreement, which is contingent on appropriation by Congress, will provide a total of $1.25 billion dollars to African American farmers who alleged that they suffered racial discrimination in USDA farm loan programs"

Pigford II Litigation ––> article

Not sure why I haven't heard a lot of discussion about this within the media but then again, I do...

...And Congress says (at least what I think it would say if Congress was an actual person), "look here we don't have any more time to appropriate this contingency"...REALLY? An emergency appropriation was rejected as well. The providers of the food we consume each and everyday, we do not have time to pay? Keeping it in perspective, I do not sit in session with Congress in the Senate or House so I honestly do not know everything that is on the table of the discussion but of course that is why we have the wonderful C–SPAN network. I also do not know exactly what the attorneys for these farmers are asking Congress for in detail so yes this all speculation but I am still wondering....WHAT THE HELL?

But now that I think about it, Arizona is getting a lot of shine which will bring me to another post...

Clap on!...the music

"Ashes and Samples" feat. Michael Millions --> Straight outta the 804 from Chesterfield VA MHS! Got make sure I represent for back home and give love. This is from my boy Mike Bass aka Michael Millions. From his mixtape, Ashes and Sample...if you like what you hear and see, go get that! This is just the beginning....chyeah!



"Grammy Melody" feat. Sunni Ali Ber --> this joint is pretty smooth...FEELIN IT!



"Options" feat. Sene --> Sene has had some good lil joints in the past year. This one aint too bad either...FEELIN IT!



I am joining the bandwagon on the opinion that Dom Kennedy's "From the Westside with Love" mixtape is fiya! Very good production. This song should be a familiar tune to you 9th wonder fans. It was used on the "Dust ya shouldas off" remix off "Black is Back" remix album of the Black album (my favorite of the many that were made). Both are samples off Norman Connors's "Butterfly"....get that mixtape!


Old school for the moment:

One of my favorite artists and favorite songs...my friends who know me, know that anytime Anita Baker is on, I am in a trance that I can not come out of...Auntie Anita is an essence of soul, love, the elegance of beauty in music.



"I want you" feat. Cee-lo --> Cee-lo is back and I'm FEELIN IT!!! Unfortunately this is only a radio rip so I will update once I get a hand on the actual leaked single.


Support good music and go get that B.O.B. out today!

F the Constution, Prove it Obama....

I wanted to also comment about the hoopla over what the Arizona legislation is doing as well...

Most of yall would care less if he produced his real birth certificate and shared with the public...oh wait, he did...and you still believe he is a lie...Yeah, I am laughing with you, Mr. President.

So yeah umm, Article II, Section, Clause 5 of the Constitution states the a presidential candidate must be a natural born citizen of the United States. Let's use some common sense (which is not common) and think, if the Constitution, the foundation of all laws of the United States, is stating this is a requirement, wouldn't you (Arizona) think that proof must be shown...I am still bit confused by their push for legislation but eh, what do I know? I am no politician....

Funny Friday: "Say ello to my lil friend!"....literally....

Why not get 'em started early?...

As my boys over at on.us.tees would say, this is definitely "Doing it WRONG"

Angels added to the army...(Continued)

I felt that this last passing needed to be put on a separate page simply because I have a lot to say and this person was very close to my god son's family and I too developed good relationship with him.

Joshua McMackle was shot and killed this past weekend at Texas Southern University.  He was a first year student while attending, only 18...

While attending party, he was shot in the back.  I remember when I met him, we were at the annual Street family reunion and we were chillin' most of the time, talking about basketball tryouts he was going to attend while he was in school overseas and such.  Intelligent with a great spark of personality and passion for people, just all around good kid who life was stopped short due to foolishness at a party. I am a quarter century old have seen far too many times people of close association and a couple friends pass too quickly over things that really didn't matter in life...

It still hasn't even set in with me...things like this you can never get used to....seems so unreal.....but my thoughts and my mind is currently with J's parents and family.  I love ya J and I love yall...May you RIP cous....

they say good die young,
I say the angels are born early,
no, it doesn't make sense,
people these days are real dirty,
taking the life of a mother's boy and a father's son,
What makes you think that you are the only one?
Just cause you have a gun,
Now you aint scarred of anyone,
but without it,
you are a coward,
Now we are his roses,
you the wilted flower,
innocence in a guilty environment,
this proves that our fatherless society,
needs our fathers to come up outta retirement,
we look for answers but remember best,
the short times we had,
will last forever, as you lay to rest,
but no stress,
your life we celebrate like the king,
no lioness,
I wish i could keep on writing,
this is straight off the top,
we love you, we miss you
but the hurt is causing writer's block....

Your soul will live on....Rest In Peace Joshua McMackle

-juskev

Angels added to the army...

 Dr. Dorothy Irene Heights  - Passed today at 98. An extraordinary phenomenal woman, who we all should know or learn to know to understand and respect our history and the struggle and fight for civil rights.  She led many in the push for equal rights, a huge integral part of the National Council of Negro Women and plethora of many other accomplishment including a Congressional gold medal 2004.  May you RIP and thank you, thank you, thank you.

The Legendary Keith Elam (aka Guru), 1/2 of Gang Starr passed away yesterday....43 years old, still young in his time.  A huge influence on the hip hop community and definitely one of my favorites in "growing years" of hip hop.  Wanted to leave you with on of my favorites and I am sure many others as well.  Work  Victory is yours, Guru...RIP.

Funny Friday: The Finals' Funk

Apparently, students are studying so hard at M.I.T. that they are not taking showers.  The university took the initiative to give them a hint that your personal hygiene may improve your finals' scores.  They passed out free bars of soap...YUP!..hmm, I wonder which ones are studying biology?..

Check it out:
Bars of soap passed out to M.I.T students

good look on this one, Sydmac!

Jump through the history of the 23's

 I was browsing through AOL's annual Webby Awards nominees and found that the Nike web site for the Jordan basketball shoes had been nominated.  After viewing the site, I can definitely see why.  The website design and graphics are QUITE impressive.

Check it out:
http://www.nike.com/jumpman23/historyofflight/ 


And by the way, unlike some of my boys back home that probably have every single pair of Jordan's, I've only owned one pair and that was because they were on sale and went perfectly with this one Jersey I had, lol.  Dag gone shoes were too narrow for my feet anyway.

-juskev

Givin' you the best that I got cause Anita

03 Favors by Outasight
"Favors" feat. Outasight - Mr. Andrew comin' straight outta NY by way of Yonkers.  I like his stuff.  Check him out!



"Hot N' Nasty" feat. Eulorhythmics -->hardcore lyrics with twist of smooth soul. FEELIN IT!



"Star" feat. Little Brother --> Another great wonderful original Little Brother produced song but as I read on the source I pulled this from, 9th and them are still beefin' and it was even out on twitter (sigh)...dag gone it!...FEELIN IT!


Where's The Love by djparler
Really feelin' this mix by DJ Parler! Definitely using this for continued inspiration on my upcoming mixtape from DJ Lookup...FEELIN' IT!



"What's Not To Love" feat. Dwele -> Same ole, good ole, soulful Dwele. A lot fans and neo-soul fanatics are sayings they are getting tired of the same stuff he continues to put out but I say if it works for you and you are still making good music, keep doing whatcha doin...I've always liked the sound and my feeling aint change. His album will be at the end of June, W.W.W.



"Second Chances" feat. Little Brother, Bilal & Darien Brockington --> like this joint, another leak from the upcoming album and final album from LB...FEELIN' IT.



"Airplanes" feat. B.O.B. & Hayley Williams --> this debut album from Mr. Ray is looking pretty decent. Like the sounds he is coming up. Album is coming in the last week in April.



"She makes me feel Alright" feat. Freeway (Produced by JakeOne) --> from one of the illest underrated albums out right now...The Stimulus Package. I recommend this album as it is a breath of fresh to death hip hop at it's best.  CD has remained in heavy rotation ever since it came out in February.....go get that!..."yeeeeeah!"...FEELIN IT!



"Break Up Song" feat. Wale --> like the Stevie Sample speed-up on this one...FEELIN IT!

Confederate History Month

So it seems Governor McDonnell has mad many of our Virginians either very happy or very upset....

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/06/confederate-history-month_n_527363.html

Taxes after Death

Saw this while I was doing my taxes, yeah I know am doing them late in the game

Escalanteeee

This week the great high school math teacher Jaime Escalante passed. I have some great childhood memories of the movie "Stand and Deliver."

Gotta give much respect to the all teachers of the world. It takes an insurmountable amount of dedication and passion to truly care for students who often do not care for yourself.

For that I want to shout out all of my professors and teachers who took the time to be there for me.

You'd be very proud, I promise.

-juskev