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I can't trust my heart 
I'm trying to be logical here.
I dont know if its my heart even.
Yo feelings or the lack of them suck.
I'm trying to be logical here.
I dont know if its my heart even.
Yo feelings or the lack of them suck.
My fukk ass barber never can stick to his damn appointment times 
, luckily I need some shyt At the mall.
, luckily I need some shyt At the mall.
My grandfather would've turned 122 yesterday, yep, my grandpa .
He married my grandma when he was 38 (she was 21) and had my mom when he was 59 .
He married my grandma when he was 38 (she was 21) and had my mom when he was 59 .
LinusCaldwell
From The Eastside with Love
How Drake’s Album Represents The Acceptance Of Mediocrity
Written by: Ziggiy
“All you gotta do is dumb it down. You dumb it down ‘cause it’s all there is out there. Nobody is shooting that “C.R.E.A.M.” or that bomb atomically or that Nas shyt. Or that Biggie shyt. It’s just strictly easy raps now. The club, your car, the bytches you fukking. It’s like four different things.”
-Ghostface Killah
Aubrey “Drake” Graham has it all at his disposal. After a $20 million dollar deal with Apple, Drake’s new album Views, will have been viewed audibly by over 200 million streams from the tech behemoths music app. This, along with digital purchases will include sales upwards of 1.5 million copies, making Drake the first rapper since his mentor Lil Wayne to push 1 million copies of an album in the first week. It is no secret that Drake has taken his tried and true formula of R&B infused crooning with boastful and triumphant bars, to great fame and fortune. He has packaged himself neatly into an instantly recognizable and accessible brand of pop music that can be enjoyed by the masses. Drake is that cup of instant Ramen Noodles that sits in the back of your cabinet, gathering dust until the day you realize you are overdrawn on your bank account and payday isn’t until the end of the week. It is available, instantly ready, easily digestible, and yet unfulfilling and unsatisfying, forgotten about almost moments after consumption. The thing about a formula is that once it is mastered it can quickly become old, the lack of new thoughts, ideas, or inclining, manifest as a desire for a new hypothesis. Is Drake capable of either improving upon his formula or creating new and improved ideas to express himself as an artist? For the man who has everything, including a collective of producers, engineers, and yes, writers, at his beck and call; can the cumulative of pawns keep the King atop his throne? If Views is any indication, the answer is no.
To read more:
Come Winter – Drake Views Album Review – FTESWL
Come Winter – Drake Views Album Review
Thoughts Regarding The Depiction Of Black Heroism As Portrayed In Captain America:Civil War
Written by: Ziggiy
“Hiiipower: the three i’s represent heart, honor and respect. That’s how we carry ourselves in the world, period. Hiiipower, it basically is the simplest form of representing just being above all the madness, all the bullshyt. No matter what the world is going through, you’re always going to keep your dignity and carry yourself with this manner that it don’t phase you. Whatever you think negative is in your life. Overcoming that and still having that self-respect.
everybody raise three fingers in the air, the sky is falling the wind is calling, stand for something or die in the morning”
Kendrick Lamar
The concept of black heroism in mainstream American cinema has had a long, complex, and rather disappointing history. Often times, the “token” character of color within the genre of superhero films exists to serve one of two purposes, that to serve as comic relief or the “good friend” (servant) of the main protagonist on his/her path towards victory. 1998’s Blade, starring Wesley Snipes helped to establish a cunning, determined, and undeniably masculine and capable black hero within a world where only he possesses the capabilities to defeat vampiric entities hell bent on conquering the world. That film went onto gross more than $131.2 million worldwide, at the time considered a huge financial success, and spawning two more sequels. Ten years later, Will Smith’s Hancock; about a troubled amnesiac superhero struggling to rediscover his own sense of valor, grossed more than $620 million worldwide. These two examples could serve as proof that there is indeed an audience for black protagonists as leading material within the superhero/fantasy genre, and yet when Marvel Studios began laying the groundwork to birth their most popular comic properties into a full fledged cinematic universe, it would apparently take 7 years, 11 films, and over 9.3 BILLION DOLLARS in grosses before Kevin Feige (Studio Chief Of Marvel Films) and Disney decided it was time for Black protagonists to graduate from side-kick to lead. So when it was announced that Black Panther, the first Black superhero to debut in mainstream comics back in 1966, was to be featured prominently not only in Marvel’s 12th cinematic outing, Captain America: Civil War; but also star in his OWN forthcoming solo film, it was met with an outcry of jubilance….and also trepidation. This was not the first time a major Hollywood studio (Disney) had introduced a bonafide black “lead” character into the mythos of an enormously popular franchise, only to portray that character as an emasculated coward whose entire existence served to highlight the strengths of his white counterparts. And with that in mind, the less said about Star Wars: The Force Awakens Finn, the better.
To read more:
Arcs Of Excellence – Captain America Civil War Depiction of Black Heroism – FTESWL
Arcs Of Excellence – Captain America Civil War Depiction of Black Heroism
@Ziggiy
Written by: Ziggiy
“All you gotta do is dumb it down. You dumb it down ‘cause it’s all there is out there. Nobody is shooting that “C.R.E.A.M.” or that bomb atomically or that Nas shyt. Or that Biggie shyt. It’s just strictly easy raps now. The club, your car, the bytches you fukking. It’s like four different things.”
-Ghostface Killah
Aubrey “Drake” Graham has it all at his disposal. After a $20 million dollar deal with Apple, Drake’s new album Views, will have been viewed audibly by over 200 million streams from the tech behemoths music app. This, along with digital purchases will include sales upwards of 1.5 million copies, making Drake the first rapper since his mentor Lil Wayne to push 1 million copies of an album in the first week. It is no secret that Drake has taken his tried and true formula of R&B infused crooning with boastful and triumphant bars, to great fame and fortune. He has packaged himself neatly into an instantly recognizable and accessible brand of pop music that can be enjoyed by the masses. Drake is that cup of instant Ramen Noodles that sits in the back of your cabinet, gathering dust until the day you realize you are overdrawn on your bank account and payday isn’t until the end of the week. It is available, instantly ready, easily digestible, and yet unfulfilling and unsatisfying, forgotten about almost moments after consumption. The thing about a formula is that once it is mastered it can quickly become old, the lack of new thoughts, ideas, or inclining, manifest as a desire for a new hypothesis. Is Drake capable of either improving upon his formula or creating new and improved ideas to express himself as an artist? For the man who has everything, including a collective of producers, engineers, and yes, writers, at his beck and call; can the cumulative of pawns keep the King atop his throne? If Views is any indication, the answer is no.
To read more:
Come Winter – Drake Views Album Review – FTESWL
Come Winter – Drake Views Album Review
Thoughts Regarding The Depiction Of Black Heroism As Portrayed In Captain America:Civil War
Written by: Ziggiy
“Hiiipower: the three i’s represent heart, honor and respect. That’s how we carry ourselves in the world, period. Hiiipower, it basically is the simplest form of representing just being above all the madness, all the bullshyt. No matter what the world is going through, you’re always going to keep your dignity and carry yourself with this manner that it don’t phase you. Whatever you think negative is in your life. Overcoming that and still having that self-respect.
everybody raise three fingers in the air, the sky is falling the wind is calling, stand for something or die in the morning”
Kendrick Lamar
The concept of black heroism in mainstream American cinema has had a long, complex, and rather disappointing history. Often times, the “token” character of color within the genre of superhero films exists to serve one of two purposes, that to serve as comic relief or the “good friend” (servant) of the main protagonist on his/her path towards victory. 1998’s Blade, starring Wesley Snipes helped to establish a cunning, determined, and undeniably masculine and capable black hero within a world where only he possesses the capabilities to defeat vampiric entities hell bent on conquering the world. That film went onto gross more than $131.2 million worldwide, at the time considered a huge financial success, and spawning two more sequels. Ten years later, Will Smith’s Hancock; about a troubled amnesiac superhero struggling to rediscover his own sense of valor, grossed more than $620 million worldwide. These two examples could serve as proof that there is indeed an audience for black protagonists as leading material within the superhero/fantasy genre, and yet when Marvel Studios began laying the groundwork to birth their most popular comic properties into a full fledged cinematic universe, it would apparently take 7 years, 11 films, and over 9.3 BILLION DOLLARS in grosses before Kevin Feige (Studio Chief Of Marvel Films) and Disney decided it was time for Black protagonists to graduate from side-kick to lead. So when it was announced that Black Panther, the first Black superhero to debut in mainstream comics back in 1966, was to be featured prominently not only in Marvel’s 12th cinematic outing, Captain America: Civil War; but also star in his OWN forthcoming solo film, it was met with an outcry of jubilance….and also trepidation. This was not the first time a major Hollywood studio (Disney) had introduced a bonafide black “lead” character into the mythos of an enormously popular franchise, only to portray that character as an emasculated coward whose entire existence served to highlight the strengths of his white counterparts. And with that in mind, the less said about Star Wars: The Force Awakens Finn, the better.
To read more:
Arcs Of Excellence – Captain America Civil War Depiction of Black Heroism – FTESWL
Arcs Of Excellence – Captain America Civil War Depiction of Black Heroism
@Ziggiy
Marco Andretti
GRINDHARD
I mean slightly me if you wanna be technical . But mostly her .. if you ain't eat you already cranky .. that's why snickers is so famous today lol. On top of that I just woke up to a losing team that I love.. cmon man!!!
Blackout
just your usual nerdy brotha
I never liked oxtail. It has too much fat.Imma go with the oxtail... or the peppered steak?
No lie, I would have been mad if I were the dude. Like damn you can't do something simple like wake me up when I ask? Retard lol
Derby day and both my boys I asked to hit up the track passed when I offered yesterday. Saves me some money but it was something to do. Will have to wait for next time. Good thing cuz I didn't realize the Heat play today so I can watch that instead.
Marco Andretti
GRINDHARD
I'm finna get some oxtail now.. withyellow rice mac n cheese and cabbage
Dreamzeedream
Banned
I'm a Finish this Year out Strong. Grinding
Tenchi Ryu
Ashtray B!tch
Having a mama's day cookout tomorrow....
Getting the Ribs and Chicken ready, gonna let them sit in seasoning the next 24 hours
Getting the Ribs and Chicken ready, gonna let them sit in seasoning the next 24 hours
