Panamosity: Being in A State of Random Thought
I don’t know if this happens to anybody else so frequently, but I go through moments where my mind travels through various and sundry realms causing me to start a thought with Halle Berry and ending up thinking about the Cuban Missile Crisis or the Bay of Pigs Incident.
Knowledge is power. So, such as the case, I decided to just share. You’re welcome.
Oh yeah, Happy Cinqo de Mayo. Everybody hug a Mexican and then dap them up for whooping some French ass back in 1862.
-I think next week here at JGT Headquarters, I’m going to make it Hip-Hop Week. For a week straight, I’m going to do hip hop related posts. What that means is that I’m doing mostly personal hiphop related stuff, such as my 10 favorite hiphop albums of all time, which is a much harder undertaking than you might realize. Envision trying to find the cure for AIDS. That’s how hard it is going to be for me to do this. I’m just saying be prepared. I might even rev up the old rusty radio blog over there to the right and throw in some music to work to. I’m sexxy.
-You know what amazes me right now? It’s this notion that Lil Wayne AKA Weezy F. Baby (please say the Baby) is this lyrical, supernice rapper and shit, when in truth: he is not. He’s all swagger now. Have you actually listened to his past few singles? I mean he is saying pure and utter nothingness, but it sounds good. Now, on his past album The Carter (the first one) he was on some super lyrical shit then. Hell, it’s in my car right now and I’m actually impressed by his wordplay. Now…his rapping is about on par with them Laffy Taffy niggas, except he has the personality and swagger of Jay so its okay. And the Fireman song…not hot. That shit was the anti-hot.
-I have a confession to make. I only ask that after I make this confession, you don’t view me differently, nor judge me solely on this one admission. Peaches and herb, nigga. Peaches and herb.
Anyway, my confession is as follows: I, Panama Dontavious Jackson, not of the Gary, Indiana, Jacksons admit that I hereby like Nick Lachey’s song “What’s Left of Me” and further, own a copy of his new album, which I find to be actually pretty damn good. Seriously, I didn’t realize what a good songwriter he really is.
At this point, this admission should not be so strange given that I have admitted to liking: Omarion, Ray J, You Got Served!, Baby Boy, Hillary Duff, Brandy…well, I suppose you get the point by now.
-I also like Jagged Edge.
-I’ve gotten some strange emails lately. Apparently some people take the shit that I say on this here corner of the internet literally at all times. The problem that presents is that some people actually take offense AND TELL ME ABOUT IT. I guess nobody learnt them about me and folks taking offense to me. Well there are two ways I can handle that: 1) I can attempt to curb some of the statements and comments I’ve made (which have been rather tame by my past standards); OR…2) I can do what I’m going to do. Say fuck you and keep it moving pimpin’.
Shit, I just told you what I was gonna do but haven’t actually done it.
*clearing throat*
Fuck you. I’m gonna keep it moving.
“…quit trynna censor music this is for your kids amusment/but don’t blame me when little Eric jumps off of the terrace/you should have been watching him/apparently you ain’t parents…” -Eminem, “I Never Knew”, The Marshall Mathers LP
-Marriage season amongst my friends is kicking off at the end of this month and I couldn’t be happier. I have no less than 4 close friends of mine getting hitched this summer and one of my boy is finishing up a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering. Talk about overjoyed? I’m so happy I pledge to get at the VERY least tipsy at each one of the events that I attend. At my boy’s Ph.D. graduation…I’m getting drunk. Who knew black people got married and got Ph.D.s? Not me. I thought we all just had kids out of wedlock and stayed dumb for extend periods of time.
-Speaking of going dumb…I want somebody to stop trying to beat me over the head with “hyphy” music. For those not in the know, it’s a music style out of the Bay area in Cali. You know what the problem with hyphy music is? Come a little closer to the screen so you can read my words very loudly. You there? K.
THERE IS NOTHING EVEN REMOTELY DISTINCTIVE ABOUT IT. It will not catch on as a national trend because it doesn’t sound any different than shit else coming out of the South. And do you know why that is?? Come a little closer again.
BECAUSE LIL JON IS THE NIGGA PRODUCING THE DAMN SONGS.
The biggest commercially successful hyphy songs were done by Lil Jon. Further you know your shit isn’t distinctive when in every video, you actually put the words hyphy so people will realize that what they are indeed listening to is hyphy music. Oh, and that’s pronounced “hy-phee”. Hell, Keak Da Sneak, one of the “kings” of hyphy put the damn definition up on one of his videos. Not a good sign for hyphy. Just stop. Nobody had to put the word crunk in videos…it was just understood. And it had a distinctive style.
-Speaking of Kead Da Sneak, is it me (for the people that actually know who he is, I’m aware it might be 2 people outside of the Bay area), or is he the most non-intelligble rapper ever. To this day, I haven’t been able to understand a damn verse of his. The funny thing is, I’ve had people tell me they like him, further proof that rap is more personality driven than it is about actual rapping. I think its time for Andre 3000 to drop that album with dogs wailing in the background to platinum success.
-Though I really like the song, “Go Dumb (The Hyphy Version)” by E-40 and Keak Da Sneak. I might be committing rap blasphemy by saying this, but I HATE E-40. You will never be able to convince me that he is a good rapper. Especially not with lines like this:
“Jesus Christ had dreads so shake ‘em/I ain’t got none but I’m planning on growing some…”
…further, the liar is sitting in a barbershop chair getting his hair cut in the video. Good times.
-PSA: If you have a MySpace page and you’re a government official, do not put your name, phone number, on it and do not cavort with 14 year old girls in Florida in attemps to get some underaged nookie. You migth be actually cavorting with an undercover cop. And you might go to jail while the local DC news shows you being taken out of your home in the middle of the night like you’re a black person who did nothing wrong.
-Happy Friday and remember to go hug a Mexican and take a shot of Tequila!
May 5th, 2006 13:05
Wow, your summer sounds like it’s going to be like mine–full of weddings and graduations…think I’ll dubb this year “The Year of the Next Stage” lol And btw, when are u gonna take the big plunge?…u don’t have to answer, just thought I’d ask…cuz I’m nosy
Anywho, no surprise I can’t add a lot on the hip hop front, but I’m sure you’ll make it do what it do next week, lol, though I will say a lot of people I know seem to have jumped on the Lil Wayne bandwagon the past couple years, I even heard he was getting a business degree or something? Hmmm…Movin on…don’t know ish about “hyphy” music so can’t add there either or Nich Lachey’s song so um, basically I just wanted to leave a comment. lol
Happy Friday er a Cinco de Mayo Alegre!
T
May 6th, 2006 15:48
clearly, this isn’t one of your lucid posts, but it’s entertaining nonetheless. I can’t wait for hip hop week!! Yipee!
oh and umm BNGAF
*snicker*
May 8th, 2006 05:42
What is this “hyphy” music you speak of. Never heard of it or maybe I have and didn’t realize I was listening to something “different”.
May 8th, 2006 13:51
Hyphy music sounds kind of like crunk music without any of the crunk. It’s just driven by lots of 808 shit and unintelligble rappers discussing what happens in the Bay.
E-40 probably has the preeminent hyphy song out right now with “Tell Me When To Go”…they play it in the clubs out here. Also, Too Short has a song out now though I can’t remember hte name of it. It’s pretty horrible by the way.
May 8th, 2006 14:50
You just summed up all of my feelings about hyphy that I couls never explain. How stupid is that? Not stupid like Michael Jackson is bad, either. Just plain, dictionary defined stupid.
I had to review E40’s CD a couple weeks ago, and I think I almost died. It was so so awful…pray for me, I’m still having nightmares…
May 15th, 2006 22:53
obviously you have NO idea what the bay is all about. if the hyphy music isn’t “distinctive” then why would it be so hard for people outside the bay to understand the lyrics. The bay doesn’t want our movement going national. we like it right where it is. e-40, keak da sneak, and mac dre (RIP WE MISS YOU) aren’t going anywhere. they are here to stay. lil jon has nothing to do with this movement, so before you go bashin on something you dont understand why dont you go STUPID DUMB AND HYPHY with some bay booty and learn what its all about…..YEEEEE
May 16th, 2006 09:48
Just because nobody can understand it makes it distinctive, it just means nobody can understand it. I’ll admit that the bay has some distinctive lingo, that doesn’t exactly make it great either. I live in DC, if you want to talk about distinctive lingo, then we have some fo that here too.
The other part of it is this…i’m talking about the beats. I’ve heard a LOT of hyphy shit. I’ve been onto it for the past few years actually back when The Federation started talking all that hyphy stuff. Yeah, you all “hyphy” and dance and all that stuff, but they also do that in Chicago (with house) and DC (with gogo) and Miami (with the drum and bass).
And I ALSO beg to differ with you on them wanting to take it national. They apparently do or they wouldn’t be all up in the videos defining the term and going out of their way to show what it means to go dumb (though I really liked the E-40/Keak Da Sneak song). Them niggas are taking every opportunity to explain to folks what “hyphy” is. They want it to go national or every damn song coming out of the bay right now for national consumption on MTV wouldnt be some “hyphy” song.
June 4th, 2006 01:45
Well Lets jsut brake things down Hyphee is the new Bay terminology They had People going dumb before Crunk and thats E-40, B-legit, D-shot, and Richie Rich Yellin out MoBB SHIT BITCH! lmao, And it is distinctive if you listen to the beats and easily known by the slang. Keak da sneak Has a lot to say and he knows LOTS of people do not understand Thats Why he SAYS in a lot of old and new songs DO YOU KNOW WHAT IM TALKIN ABOUT naw I CANT EVEN FIGURE IT OUT!,And the Frontline has a lot to say damn they tell you whats going on in there tracks. you have your opinions and thats great, AND the Only way to be Commercialized Was to have LIL JON make the beat just like Rep yo city. E-40 is now Going mainstream after I dont know how many cds and Too Short had to Leave Oakland,(he was actually run out by Yukmouth) and Had Lil jon Hook him with a Beat so he can be recognized. But i like his old School and i like e-40’s oldshcool and I listen and understand what E-40 says and keak. Except when E-40 Spit out (Its a daily Routine I mean i mean I do this thing so Savagely PEPPERONI its all Gravity) I dont know why pepperoni is there by what is Shizzle? I got lots of heart felt songs by both rappers that people just cant understand. E-40 rapped with the best and was on the music video for Shed so many Tears by pac and rapped with him numerous times. do you think pac wanted to rap with a Rookie? Even ODB (that Poor crackhead) His Wu Brothers Said he was one of the deepest rappers( and they are deep Hip-hop), but i still cant figure it out. And finally Crunk Was Commerciallized in MANY South songs lmao, I mean shit they had songs on the Radio where the Hook was GEt CRUNK and GET CRUNK IN THE CLUB, and in the intro KINGS OF CRUNK and The Bay has at the most 2 Commercialized New bay tracks and your saying they are saying hyphy to much. the bay music slaps and i agree they put too much thizz, hyphee, stunna shades, and scrapin in there songs, but the New bay is just getting up and as soon as it started Mac dre died (lmao why?) He had a very unique style, and so does this list E-40, Keak da sneak, Turf talk, san Quinn, Yukmouth & numskull(aka the Luniz), Dru Down, Frontline, B-legit, and one of my personal favorites who is old school and is the only bay area rapper still livin criminal RICHE RICH! Its the Bay and our cousins Sacramento home of Brotha lynch, luni-coleone, and X-raided (still undergrounders and never heard of by other states) And Los Angles home of NWA members ice cube, Mc Ren, The Doc, and Dre and now the Game and backing up the bay. The Bay has been here for Too long With Pac Rappin out of Oakland, and Rbl Posse’s members being shot up, While Master P leaves Richmond we cant get no love. give lil Jon Credit for his Beats yes but it doesn’t only take a beat to make it to Tv or the Radio and BTW tell me when to go does not make me half as hyphee as Some old Bay and other new bay Tracks. Some Nigga Shit by E-40 & b-legit, or Lets Ride by Richie rich Or 2 Pieced By Turf talk and KNOW WHAT IM TALKIN ABOUT by Keak da Sneak oh yeah we’re the Real pimps of the year! Have a nice DAY
Hayward, Ca What it DO!