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When Living in the Moment Goes Wrong, Sports Edition
Yo! Yo! Yo! fellow readers of OM, I hope your new year is going well so far. I’m not into New years Resolutions or anything but if you made some, I hope you are sticking to, or attempting to stick to them. I guess one we all have is to save more and spend less but it’s rather daunting to do so. Anyway let’s touch on some of the stuff we’ve seen in sports over the last few weeks. I want to congratulate Peyton Manning on his victory against the Patriots this past Sunday. I mean after all you beat a Patriots team that was already void of receivers (we’ll…
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Dear Hip Hop, We Hardly Knew Ye (Pt II)
Several months back I wrote an article called, “Dear Hip Hop we Hardly knew ‘Ye” in which I touched on an era of hip hop where it was truly that – Hip Hop. You could go to any party and dance to the tunes or simply pop them in the tape deck and bump your speakers. There were no 187’s on any muthafcukin’ cops. No derogatory remarks towards women and no swag of any kind. Don’t get me wrong, some gangsta rap was/is popular and successful, but after a while it becomes hackneyed; especially where there is no pure lyrical flow. For example, Big L was a gangsta rapper, but…
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Killer Shoe Game – New Jordans are to die for, Literally
I’m sure many of you all remember this jingle from back in the days, and I mean BACK IN THE DAYS when Gatorade primarily came in two colors and was in a glass bottle. Well I’m certain many people who camped out in front of stores and malls very recently just to buy the newly released Jordan’s were singing that tune, or not. How about the fact that his sneakers are ridiculously overpriced and people will camp out in front of stores for them. O_0 Seriously, sleeping outside in blankets and in sleeping bags like you’re on skid row status just to buy sneakers?! And this ‘phenomena’ is happening in…
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Reflections on WorldStar, Kanye, Bullying and The Game
Is this bullying law detrimental or something empowering for our children moving forward? Is Kanye West opening his eyes finally? Why is World Star so niggerized? Well let’s get it in and rap… 1. College is overrated I know this is a strong stance to take but allow me to explain. How many of us do the right thing? From a very young age, we are told to go to college and get our education. Most of us follow this. But what happens if your parents can’t afford to do so? If you’re not a scholar during high school? If you can’t jump out of a building or throw a…
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Is There a Problem with Black Men in Hollywood?
I was watching the above episode of Oprah Winfrey some time ago (yes I know she has been off air for a minute now) and she had Dave Chapelle on as a guest in which he had some very insightful commentary. During his interview, it had me thinking: Chris Tucker – (5th Element) Martin Lawrence – (Big Momma’s House 1-3, and Martin sitcom) Wesley Snipes – (Too Wong Foo) Ving Rhames – (Holiday Heart, I Now Pronounce you Chuck and Larry, Pulp Fiction) Chris Rock – (CB4) Eddie Murphy – (Nutty professor, Norbit) Tyler Perry – (Madea) Miguel Nunez – (Juwanna Man, Life) Will Smith – (6 Degrees of Separation)…
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Best Individual Sports Teams to Never Win a Title
There have been many heart breaking moments that sports fans have gone through: Your team missed a last second shot; the opposing team scores a winning touchdown in the closing seconds; losing a back and forth game in a close finish; or just simply getting blown out in a winner take all game. Nothing is more heart breaking than having your hometown team put up spectacular numbers, being the odds on favorite to win a championship and…. falling short. Here we go, with the best team to not win a title during that season. Some of these are truly gut wrenching and the list is in no particular order. (*…
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Reflections on Young Black America, MLK and Miley Cyrus
Interesting week. Miley Cyrus trying out for the twerk team, football players losing their minds, and much more to cover so let’s chop it up. Riley Cooper is an idiot “‘l will fight every ni**er in here”. Yes in case you haven’t heard that’s what Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Riley Cooper said during a drunken state at a Kenny Chesney concert. Sad thing is 90% of his teammates are black, and believe it or not, some supported his apology while others didn’t. This arguably temporarily left a locked room divided. He did take a leave of absence from the team, but it goes to show you the word and racism…
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A Rant on Bad Sex, ‘Good’ Food, Race and Violence
Yes here I go thinking again, and I wanted to share my views on some things that have happened recently, things that are on the dome, and just random rants as well. Dress the part play the part As I’ve grown older the club scene for me has become relatively non-existent, with the exception if one of my fellow brothers has an event. Then I’ll attend and support/celebrate. Recently I went to an outing where there was no dress code and people acted like there was no conduct code as well (although I did enjoy the music). For one, I prefer getting a little snazzy when I go out, but…
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Top 5 Most Tortured Sports Cities
After winning the World Series in 2004, thus breaking their own 86 year title-less drought, the Boston Red Sox celebrated in the locker room. Pitcher Curt Schilling raised a bottle of champagne in the air & cried out “Why not us!?” Well, the cities home to these sports franchises have to be saying “Why Us?!” These are cities with teams that have long playoff droughts and/or never won a championship. 1. CLEVELAND Browns: After many ups and downs from the 1950’s through the 1970’s, they were on an upward trend through the early 80s’ peaking in 1986 going 12-4. The Cleveland Browns had a good offense and an even better defense. Their starting QB Bernie Kosar had…
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Dear Hip Hop, We Hardly Knew Ye
“Damn….those were the days”. “I remember this song…wow”. These are some of the things people might say when they listen to certain songs that send them back into that nostalgic era of positive rap music and good vibes. Back when there was little misogynistic lyrics of women, no mentions of “1-8-7’s”, etc. You know,…you felt good and somewhat up lifted after hearing the song. Some songs you found yourself actually dancing to (Go ahead break out the Roger Rabbit one time…I’ll wait). And I don’t mean bob your head, but actually DANCE. Even some of the gangsta rappers developed some sense for a few minutes to do some decent songs…
