Did T.I. Snitch His Way To Freedom??

For a second, ignore the fact that this is a Hip-Hop website…. during this period, close your eyes and imagine that you are a judge in the court of law. Now imagine that you had a suspect who was caught purchasing several illegal weapons. Incorporate the fact that he is not allowed to purchase or own any fire arms because of past offenses. But before you jump to any conclusions, also remember that he is a convicted felon who has had serious run ins with the law on numerous occasions. To most people, the decision would be simple. You would give him a heavy sentence. If only life worked this way! Instead of you giving this man the jail time that many would expect him to receive, he cops a plea deal where he could do as little as two years. Does anyone find this a little strange……..

Just A Friend

Just a friend, just a figment of emotional affection nothing to ever desire with a wanting heart
So instead of spurring your Hormones I, just give advice and play the part. of the brother who’s understanding, I get to sit here feeling feel dry, when at last the frustration builds up, I just dont want to be that guy…..
Im so sick and tired of being that friend, the one you seem to trust with everything,
By living a good life, and being a good man, and improving who I am I seem to fall to the back of the hand
Its the Men with the girl friends Men with the wive’s while they swim in your affection I just stand right by,
Im only needed for conversation and some neutral advice, so instead of sexual seduction im just feeling real dry
Im not wanting anyone in particular, I just want to know that I can desired for… I just want to know if
the problem really is me, or if Im just not meant to be a man thats swimming in a sea of lovers,
so While I stay and be a friend he takes advantage of your love and sometimes just your body
But its quite alright when this goes down because when your head is hanging low you know that you can
Run to me…..YOUR FUCKING FRIEND

Sexual Tension

Steam grows and tension skyrockets, sending shock waves through the interior
while the pressure from the outside boils everything near, leaving nothing safe
the friction of the two continue to move at a pace so fast that any sight of a
pattern has been shot down to nothing but an illusion, as sweat and frustration
oozes from the skin while every thought, action and sin is adding to the flame
of what no one can categorize…
Almost scorching setting nerves ablaze and when the muscles tighten only then
is there a thought to slow down or even stop and retrieve whatever oxygen
that may be available, but like I said before, it was only a thought. So the Heat
Rises Blows me overboard, and I explode from the Fire burning inside me…..
No man can keep all his pains to himself.

My Mother

I love you mama, but you know you my Bitch, Dont mind the champaign that im pooring on your back
I love you mama and when I rape you its because I love you, forcing entry into a room with walls that didn’t want to welcome me in the first place, Stroking to reach a peak that can only be shared by one selfish mind which just happens to be me….
I love you mama, so I call you a hoe, and run through, you…you, and your sister to….thats just the way that I do….. dont mind the treatment just play your position….
I love you mama so when I bust this Nut dont expect me to stick around to take care of this kid, im a man, and as you should know we gotta do what we gotta do you stay with the kid, and you can keep the condom to
I love you mama, you accept me for who I am no judgment necessary so I gotta put these labels on you, put you on a pedestal and make sure you never reach the status that I claimed to have given you.
I love you mama, you and your strength, even the will power to give birth to a child, opening yourself up first to me than to something that hopefully another man will take care of because im not ready right now….
I love you mama, dont try to escape the mental rape that I plan to push into your perfect mind, with the intentions of destroying any level of self respect that you may have had….
Its my goal to destroy you, with a smile on my face, not because I hate you but because there is no one equal to you…. my mama my love the one that can never be replaced… SHUT THE FUCK UP While I recite this poem Bitch……
I didnt wanna knock you down your face ran into my fist….
I love you mama, I can never put any other above, if my love does this to you picture how much I must love myself…….

Think about it

Dry Dick Stan

With no relationship to mask the truth, I sit Idly by
No sex in my life so to on lookers im kind of dry
But without the risk of a relationship, or a buddy to grasp
I just have no plans to be running through random ass (No Homo)
So yeah its been a while, I’ve had no sex I cant even lie
but I’d rather keep this dry dick, no need to fuck everything that catches my eye
I cant look at myself in the mirror knowing I’ve been thorugh every girl
so instead I sit, while you run through chics, finding all sorts of kool infections for your dick
so while the STD’s and the pregnancies pile up on your doctors note, my dick stay’s dry
No stress no lie’s no sex no love for me.
But how do you look your love in the eye with no cause of regret without your soul screaming to scratch the surface
Your doing her wrong and your doing them all, piping pussy staying wet, but your concious you seem to forget
So when you laugh at my dry dick, and you recite that name remember I choose to be a man and not go off of my basic instincts…..

Dry Dick Stan… and Proud to be that way

Elephant In The Room

Consistency is the ability to remain at the same level that you started on– which essentially means that no matter what you do, the performance level should never be able to change.

As a rapper consistency can a double edged sword. If you put out a great album when you first burst through the scene and have continued to do so ten to fifteen years later, that is always a plus.

With a good track record, fans will always want to buy what you’re offering. But if you have always been known to be average and have continued to offer the same type of average work, fans can become tired of the broken record. Things can get worse for you, if you’re the type to champion the lyrical and artistic growth you have gone through as it becomes a big contradiction, like the paraplegic that says he’s going to kick your ass.

With Fat Joe’s latest offering “Elephant in the Room,” the contradiction seems to rein supreme, as the Southern rapper, aims to prove the critics wrong. After listening to this album about ten different times, here is the breakdown for Mr. Make It Rain, him self.

Lyrics 5- Over the past couple of years, whenever Joe is asked about one of his albums, or where he feels he stands when talking of the hip hop elite, he has been very fast to say that he feels like he’s getting better over time.

Listening to the lyrics on this album, I would seriously have to beg to differ. With a rhyme scheme that has yet to do anything to impress or intimidate anyone, Joe continues to spit average lyrics that tend to do nothing but keep listeners from thinking his album is an instrumental CD. There are no punchlines, no metaphors, no multi’s, no subliminals.

He never changes his pace over the beat, has a very limited vocabulary, and seems to run out of things to say on certain songs. His lyrics aren’t horrible, they aren’t bad either, but it’s nothing that will have you repeating his lines for days and weeks to come.

Production 8- The production is what will keep you listening to this album, with producers like, Cool & Dre, DJ Khaled, and Scott Storch as well as many others, the hits keep coming.

Most of the beats are up-tempo so there won’t be too many introspective sessions while listening to Elephant in the room, as every beat gives you a club feel. If you have never heard a Fat Joe album you’ll probably think he’s from somewhere in the south, as most of his beats, had a southern flair to it, but believe it or not he’s from New York

Songs 6- Once again Fat Joe swings and misses, there are twelve songs on this album and nine of them have a feature on them, on 6 out of those nine songs, it seems like the featured artist outshines Joe himself.

While listening to this album I fount myself more interested in listening to Wayne’s hook on Crack House than to what Joe was saying on all three verses.

If he isn’t outshined by the beats he’s outshined by his features, it’s actually quite sad. He also seems to have a hard time staying on topic, songs like “The Fugitive” are a great example of that, he starts off reminiscing about cutting coke in his apartment and getting ready to flee the cops, but somewhere in the song he finds a way to start discussing his ring tone sales. To make things worse he constantly makes references to cooked crack or hustling but has no in depth story to prove his point. Songs like “My Conscience,” ” I wont tell,” and “You Isn’t Saying’ Nothin,” will help to keep this album from being a complete throw away.

Conclusion 6.5- If you have been a fat Joe fan for a while, you will get exactly what you wanted from him, just with a southern twist.

He has stayed consistent in every way possible. His lyrics are still average, his delivery is still predictable and unoriginal, and he still mentions cooked crack after every other line. If you were expecting to hear some sort of growth, then this album will be an utter disappointment as it does nothing to stimulate excitement via lyrically nor does it expand content wise.

Fat Joe seemed to be trying to prove something to his fans and critics with this album, unfortunately he probably did nothing but reinforce a lot of what they were saying. He does sound like a southern artist, he has not improved lyrically at all, and other than some pretty impressive features and some head nodding beats, Elephant in the Room is utterly average.

Fat Joe gave it his best, but after this effort he should really stop telling people that he gets better after every album, because this is just another example of him staying the same, and once again providing average music with above average expectations.

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Snoop Dogg Ego Trip

Record sales continue to suffer, sub-par artist continue to come out, and the ones who are not given a chance still blame the older artist for not giving them a chance. The Hip Hop reconstruction period is still in full effect.

But somewhere out there in the vast universe of Hip Hop there is an artist who seems unfazed by all that is going on. He has had troubles with the law, and even a couple of run ins, with the alledged Hip Hop Police, he has seen his friends and fellow artist suffer from the soundscan slump, and he has survived every era of Hip Hop. When things get tough he simply takes a puff from his blunt, exhales the thick smoke and lets out a sigh of confident relief. This artist is Rapper Snoop Dogg, and with the reconstruction of Hip Hop changing everyones musical ear and behavior, this old dog seems to stay stuck in his ways.

Lyrics 7- What do you expect from snoop, mind blowing punchlines, subtle metaphors, and an animated delivery? If so this isn’t the album or the artist for you.Snoop stays true to his smooth baritone voice, spitting lyrics that slide onto the beat like a hot knife through butter. Even when he is imposing threats, his demeanor is so cool that even the hardest conservative would enjoy the lyrics.

Snoop doesn’t try to be something that he isn’t and it works for him. Don’t expect a barrage of similes, or an attempt from this veteran to overload a track with multi-lyrics and alliterations, Snoop is what he is and will always be. Never the less we appreciate it.

Songs 8- It doesn’t seem plausible that someone can listen to this LP and not be able to find one track they like.

In “Ego Trippin,” Snoop rides the gray line that differentiates commercial and hood. In “Cant Say Goodbye” He reminds you that he is older now and has priorities, but also reinforces his eternal love of the hood. While singer Charlie Wilson swoons in the background “I cant say goodbye” Snoop reminds everyone that the streets were there for him before his fans, so he can never ignore the streets. In “Been around the World” Snoop dedicates this song to his wife, proclaiming no matter where in the world he goes, nothing in the world will ever compare to her. Outside of “Sexual Eruption,” Snoop also has a ladies favorite in the making titled “Why Did you Leave Me,” spewing heartfelt lyrics, in tribute to a lady that may have left him this song is bound to get a large portion of spins if it hits the airwaves.

Production 8- Production is usually the hardest part of an album to judge because everyones musical ear varies.

What one might consider a great beat, another might consider boring and over used, and while one might be able to get a better feeling for a song in one production another listener may feel that the beat selection was totally off key.

But “Ego Tripppin” offers a variety of beat selections, giving the listener a different feel for every song, he even goes as far as giving a country beat. Props to Snoop for trying to be different, but he should never do that again. There are a couple of beats that will get the blood going but nothing that will make you seizure with excitement.

Overall 7.5- The original Concept for “Ego Trippin” was supposed to be an album in which snoop did not have a single guest, he had plans to hold down the entire album on his own.

Unfortunately this didn’t happen as Snoop ended up having a couple of collabos make the final piece of work. Luckily enough for everyone this album does not turn into a compilation cd, it once again rides the gray area, supplying to the pop fans the mainstream songs needed “Sexual Eruption”, while at the same time sticking to what he knows best. He has guest but never does any of his guest outshine him on his own album.

This Album is once again states what so many should have already know, he’s not going anywhere until he’s good and ready.

Graduation

<!–[if supportFields]&gt; SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1&lt;![endif]–><!–[if supportFields]&gt;&lt;![endif]–> This seems to be the end of the road for some. The time when all of your handiwork is noticed and put on display for others to admire, the day when all those countless hours you spent studying finally pays off. When all of the extracurricular activities that you were apart of are noticed, when all of the money you spent on tuition does not seem like such a large fee anymore.

So now you finally made it to this day, there were times when you weren’t sure if you would make it but somehow you did. You buckled down for school and you kept your eyes on the goal, and because of that you are here at your graduation ready to complete one of your biggest accomplishments.

On the outer surface you look excited but composed, ready for whatever may happen and whatever may be for the day, but on the inside your heart is beating about 100 miles an hour and your stomach is rolling up in knots. Invisible beads of sweat already threaten to begin running down your head through your burgundy cap. The air conditioning is on at full blast sending chills up and down your spine, while the auditorium begins to fill with friends, family, and fellow peers. The sun is beaming through the window, and the glares are running down the tip of your slacks. Millions of questions run through your mind. you think about how your going to pay off your loans, how long do you plan on staying with your parents, how long will it take you to get the job you want or even if you will be able to make it out in the real world. So many questions and no one there to answer them for you. As exciting and satisfying as it is to be graduating, you can’t help but feel uneasy when you ask yourself all of these open ended questions. With the rest of your life to worry and toil about the future, you take a deep breath, shake off the nervousness and begin to bask in the glory of your achievements.

“I deserve this more than anybody” you triumphantly say to your self, thinking back to all of those all nighters that you pulled with nothing but a malfunctioning Laptop and a single bottle of redbull. Standing in this crowded auditorium you find yourself zoning out to some of the good old days of your college career. You think back to your first semester when you and the rest of your friends would play Briarcliffe Fear factor in the cafeteria to make the hours go by while waiting for the bus. You think back to your first day as a college student and cant help but smile when you think of the disproportionate t-shirts you used to wear. Your first college party and the pride you felt when you pulled your first all nighters and handed in that A+ paper to your professor. So many wonderful moments, all flashing through your mind and your heart in glimpses. Thinking about it now it feels like it was yesterday when you were in that cafeteria walking around confused and a little overwhelmed, it seems like just yesterday when an average meal at the dorms was a bowl of rice crispies and hot sierra mist. These have been the best couple of years of your life. The people that you met here are probably going to be apart of your life forever.

Standing here at with the rest of your peers, shifting your weight nervously, realizing that these have been the best and worst years of your life, that you have gone through so much change in these last couple of years, building yourself into the student and even person that you may have not thought you could be. Knowing all of this you know have to take the final walk as a college student, if your not ready for what lies ahead it could be compared to a death march, but since you have been preparing for this day since you were born this is merely a march to glory. Head high, heart heavy, soul and conscience content at everything that you have achieved at this institution. Rejoice in your victory because you did it, you made it here and no one can take this from you, congratulation, on your graduation.

All About Sex

Can you feel the passion? The lips touching, hands caressing, the friction of the hips, soft moans of pleasure escaping the room. Can you feel the fire and desire of that moment, when two become one, like the missing piece to a puzzle? When physical contact is the only way to show that person how you feel about them, so with every kiss stroke and massage your intent is to show them that they are the only person you are thinking about. If your message is clear, the results can be mind blowing, you and your partner will be engulfed in the height of passion, and the after effects of disbelief, but if your message is cluttered, rushed or boring, you may find yourself in the dreaded circle of failure; playing back every moment of the two minute disaster that you call sex.

Sex, many have had it yet few truly understand it. Sex is possibly the most practiced act in America, even more than lying, and illegal downloading, yet so many people are afraid to talk about it. It has become more of a national past time than the World Series and the Super bowl put together, but people still shun it with a rapid pace. Let us lay down the facts, the pros and the cons of sex. We’ll start with the pro’s, it feels good, when done with the right person at the right time, it can be a connection deeper than the physical brand, it can bring life’s biggest joy to the world (children), and it is an expression of love and affection, but for every pro there are ten cons. It can be mentally and emotionally destructive towards those who are not ready for it; it can cause sexually transmitted diseases, unwanted pregnancy, or can be used as a form of blackmail, or payment. If someone has low self esteem, sex can be the temporary confidence booster for that individual, but unfortunately just like drugs, sex will only fill that empty void for so long before that individual has to jump to the next partner to feel complete again. So just as great as sex can be, it can also be amazingly self destructive.

Sex for all its worth has the uncanny ability to bring out all types of hidden personalities in people that you may have never expected. For example, the usually quiet and withdrawn Tameka might be the aggressive and overly confident mistress when the mood is right, whereas, the outspoken and smooth Anthony might be shy and submissive. The guy that does the most bragging about his sexual adventures could be as experienced as an infant is in long jumping. Sex brings out so many different personalities, reactions and tall tales. From men lying about their penis sizes, to women being dishonest about their history, and it is that reason that sex is such an amusing topic to talk about. The conversations can vary from personal experiences to sexual urban legends or horror stories of S.T.D’S contracted. Stick four young adults into a room, and bring up the subject of sex, the conversation if allowed and if in a comfortable area, can flow for hours. Then ask those same people what they think about global warming, and the conversation will probably die within ten minutes if it does not turn into an outright Bush Bash (George Bush) .

Then with all the free speakers that we have on the subject of sex, there are the types that feel that anything even remotely suggesting any kind of sexual action is a problem. For example, about five years ago, a commercial for a children game was pulled off of television networks because of its suggestive nature. That game was Mr. Bucket, anyone that is familiar with this game knows that the issue with this commercial was the song. “Im Mr. Bucket, you put the balls in my mouth”. Now to the average child there is nothing offensive about this, but to millions of angry parents this song was evil and sending the wrong message. The smallest thing such as a guy and a girl holding hands or flirting on a television show can rile aggravate and push these people to petition at just about any time. The only difference with their conversations would be that, they would speak on how negative the portrayal of sex is in America, but with all of that complaining and petitioning, how many of these activist are actually virgins themselves?

Sex for the past twenty or thirty years has not only been a controversial topic, but a marketing scheme, an addiction, a fad, or just something to do when your bored. The beautification of it will probably continue until a new fad erupts, but until then sex and all things about it will be displayed all across our television screens, our bulletin boards, our conversations, and obviously our lives. Sex and everything about it. Whether it’s multiple hours of passion or multiple minutes of awkward thrust and heavy breathing, sex is hear to stay. So instead of bringing a deaf ear to it, become more receptive and let’s see if we can at least learn how to have it in our lives without so much reckless abandon.

All About Sex

Can you feel the passion? The lips touching, hands caressing, the friction of the hips, soft moans of pleasure escaping the room. Can you feel the fire and desire of that moment, when two become one, like the missing piece to a puzzle? When physical contact is the only way to show that person how you feel about them, so with every kiss stroke and massage your intent is to show them that they are the only person you are thinking about. If your message is clear, the results can be mind blowing, you and your partner will be engulfed in the height of passion, and the after effects of disbelief, but if your message is cluttered, rushed or boring, you may find yourself in the dreaded circle of failure; playing back every moment of the two minute disaster that you call sex.

Sex, many have had it yet few truly understand it. Sex is possibly the most practiced act in America, even more than lying, and illegal downloading, yet so many people are afraid to talk about it. It has become more of a national past time than the World Series and the Super bowl put together, but people still shun it with a rapid pace. Let us lay down the facts, the pros and the cons of sex. We’ll start with the pro’s, it feels good, when done with the right person at the right time, it can be a connection deeper than the physical brand, it can bring life’s biggest joy to the world (children), and it is an expression of love and affection, but for every pro there are ten cons. It can be mentally and emotionally destructive towards those who are not ready for it; it can cause sexually transmitted diseases, unwanted pregnancy, or can be used as a form of blackmail, or payment. If someone has low self esteem, sex can be the temporary confidence booster for that individual, but unfortunately just like drugs, sex will only fill that empty void for so long before that individual has to jump to the next partner to feel complete again. So just as great as sex can be, it can also be amazingly self destructive.

Sex for all its worth has the uncanny ability to bring out all types of hidden personalities in people that you may have never expected. For example, the usually quiet and withdrawn Tameka might be the aggressive and overly confident mistress when the mood is right, whereas, the outspoken and smooth Anthony might be shy and submissive. The guy that does the most bragging about his sexual adventures could be as experienced as an infant is in long jumping. Sex brings out so many different personalities, reactions and tall tales. From men lying about their penis sizes, to women being dishonest about their history, and it is that reason that sex is such an amusing topic to talk about. The conversations can vary from personal experiences to sexual urban legends or horror stories of S.T.D’S contracted. Stick four young adults into a room, and bring up the subject of sex, the conversation if allowed and if in a comfortable area, can flow for hours. Then ask those same people what they think about global warming, and the conversation will probably die within ten minutes if it does not turn into an outright Bush Bash (George Bush) .

Then with all the free speakers that we have on the subject of sex, there are the types that feel that anything even remotely suggesting any kind of sexual action is a problem. For example, about five years ago, a commercial for a children game was pulled off of television networks because of its suggestive nature. That game was Mr. Bucket, anyone that is familiar with this game knows that the issue with this commercial was the song. “Im Mr. Bucket, you put the balls in my mouth”. Now to the average child there is nothing offensive about this, but to millions of angry parents this song was evil and sending the wrong message. The smallest thing such as a guy and a girl holding hands or flirting on a television show can rile aggravate and push these people to petition at just about any time. The only difference with their conversations would be that, they would speak on how negative the portrayal of sex is in America, but with all of that complaining and petitioning, how many of these activist are actually virgins themselves?

Sex for the past twenty or thirty years has not only been a controversial topic, but a marketing scheme, an addiction, a fad, or just something to do when your bored. The beautification of it will probably continue until a new fad erupts, but until then sex and all things about it will be displayed all across our television screens, our bulletin boards, our conversations, and obviously our lives. Sex and everything about it. Whether it’s multiple hours of passion or multiple minutes of awkward thrust and heavy breathing, sex is hear to stay. So instead of bringing a deaf ear to it, become more receptive and let’s see if we can at least learn how to have it in our lives without so much reckless abandon.