Business…”For Myself and Others” is about the likelihood that Houston hip hop will blow up this year. And I know dealing with Typekey has been hell for many of you, but nearly all the kinks have been worked out. Comments are the best part of this site to me, so thanks for the patience while we got it right. Big shouts to George and Honey for their assistance.
Now, give this link a look.
All together…”What were you thinking, D?”
There are a host of questions any of us could ask about buddy when it comes to this one, but let’s start to the one that struck me first–didn’t you know where you were, D?
The highways of Virginia are famous for their dense collection of law enforcement officials. Whether talking about county sheriffs, state police, or city police departments, the Man is omnipresent in Virginia. Their so dedicated to pulling cats over that radar detectors are illegal. Even white people know not to speed through Virginia for fear of getting a ticket. When white people are forced to respect the power of the fuzz, it’s definitely a spot where folks need to respect the speed limit.
Now, I’d usually be inclined to say that D just didn’t know where he was, but he’s from VA! He was raised with this knowledge. What was on his cotton-picking mind?
And not that I’m really anticipating it–never been a huge fan–but isn’t it about time for him to drop a new tape? It has been five years since the last.
And at the risk of sounding like a hater, am I the only one that thinks, judging from that picture, that it’s unlikely D’Angelo will be doing any more videos in nothing but a gold rope chain any time soon?
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If this is true, kindly place this man under the jail.
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Playoff winners for this week–New England, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, and Minnesota. And has anyone else noticed that if Atlanta wins, a black quarterback is almost guaranteed to play in the Super Bowl? Call me stuck in the past, but that’s still a beautiful thing to see.
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Coming soon here…a look at Prince’s Dream Factory and a look at Carolina’s hoop squad after the Wake game. Check the BSN next week for a piece on the coolest thing about Pedro Martinez. Playlist, too.
Oh, and Happy Happy, Mackey Boy.
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Wow! D’Angelo looks really bad yo! Of course, most of us don’t look good when we’ve been drinking a lot. It’s funny , I didn’t even realize that it had been five years since he dropped ‘Voodoo’. I did know that after that album cover, album title and weak songs that I probably wouldn’t buy anything new that he released. (The whole voodoo thing just turned me off…call me old-fashioned if you want to).
bj in philly
Is it just me, or does D’Angelo now look like the late, great Ol’ Dirty Bastard?
I completely agree, Houston is on the come up (and I’m not just saying that because I live there…ok, well maybe, LOL). About D’Angelo, that’s just sad. I hope he gets some help (and a trainer). I’m a fan so I look forward to his next CD.
I couldn’t pull up MTV’s article on D’Angelo at work but I read the other news articles I could get on him and all I can say is when stars get used dto being out of the limelight, they lose their damn minds…
As for the Micheal Jackson news and the way all that testimony before the Grand Jury got out even though it was suppose dto be sealed…..let’s just say they are really not trying to let Mike get away with what R. Kelly seems to have. Now I can’t get it in my minds eye that Mike would actually do that to the kids…but stranger things have happened. This is not like some young teenage girl seducing and being seduced by Kells, that happens all the time in the world (not that its right, although some countries do it all the time, legally through marriage including this country a few decades ago), but still manhandling the little boys?! I know it happens, but damn Mike….I wonder if Macaulay Caulkin has any old memories he is repressing. Now if this really is a plot to steal the man’s money, ya’ll could have just asked, I’m sure he would have given that boy some funds….along with a chimp, a tiger, and some farm animals.
Damn Mike…getting the poor little kid bent on the moonshine…that’s not a good look. I really hope he didn’t do it, but if so, he should definitely be put under the jail. It don’t look good Mike…it don’t look good.
As for D. Sad to see him fall so low and I hope he gets his act together.
And who said marijuana wasn’t bad?
Now I see why it took D a few years between albums…also the munchies are a beyatch..
Yeah, H-town seem poised to blow up…but to officially blow up, Houston needs one song to really put a stamp on the scene (read: Back Dat Azz Up/Me So Horny/Any ATL rap hit except “White T”/Lay It Down/Tear Da Club Up ’97/Murder/Pocket full of stones…etc)
I forgot…
maybe he was using the coke to counteract the muchies from the chronic…
if he wanted to speed his metabolism up..shouldn’t he have stopped to GNC or Wal-Mart and copped some Metabolife or Hydroxycut
Hey Bo, it’s me ShaVaughn…anyhoo. D’Angelo is just sad..I am an extremely huge fan of his. I read the report in an entertainment newsletter that I get and he looks a hot ass mess. It’s funny how people so talented and with so much potential let themselves go due to lack of training and work motivation. As for Mike…they need to just leave that man alone. He’s been degraded enough and he’s had a pretty rough life. Not the roughest life but pretty damn draining…If and only if he did it, just send the man to an institution cause he wouldn’t last two seconds in jail…
I remember hearing about D’Angelo falling off back during the voodoo tour. I read a QuestLove article about D’Angelo’s antics during shows that nailed him something terrible. Thoughts on D’Angelo being caught with yay? Cocaine is a helluva drug. The Michael Jackson transcript is pretty whoa. This part caught my attention- “Accuser: Well, it wasn’t really a good idea for me [sic] drinking because I only had one kidney, I only have one kidney. And so it harms my kidney for I drink that stuff [sic]. But he would just say, ‘it’s OK.’ And he would just keep on telling me to drink.” Thats some pretty evil shit that goes along with all the other disgusting molestation charges. I’m ready to delete all my Michael mp3s and unlearn the moonwalk. And lastly, the Eagles will win without T.O- we’ve done it for the past three years, and besides Minnesota already celebrated their Super Bowl victory last week.
Saw this one a few days ago. There was a picture of the “How Does It Feel” D’Angelo in one of those papers they hand out at the METRO station. So I looked at the picture and thought to myself ‘Self, I guess D’s coming out with another CD finally.’ Negative. Now I know where he’s been the past 5 years. Somewhere chiefing out and treating his nose. Damn D…Did Erykah Badu date him too? A lot of people didn’t dig Voodoo, but I thought it was near genius, except for how does it feel…
Houston Rap…Hmmm. I will say this, Slim Thugg might be all right if I could get past the camera zooming in on his grill for full teeth nudity in his video “Like a Boss.” Someone’s a little too proud of their new teefes (pronounced TEE-FESS).
I’m diggin’ Mike Jones (Who? Mike Jones. Is he from Houston?) and Slim Thugg’s “Still Tippin'” though. That’s my shit.
Finally, someone tell me. I don’t know. Is Port Arthur near Houston…FREE PIMP C! Goddamn when does he get out? Did he kill a cop?
Bomani’s note – yes, Mike Jones is from Houston. And Port Arthur is about an hour east of Houston on I-10. I think Pimp C has about two more years. He’s in jail on a probation violation stemming from an incident at a mall where he showed someone his pistol in a threatening fashioning, which is assault with a deadly weapon.
HOT DAYUM! D’Angelo looks rough!
First thought when I saw the mug shot: the “D” stood for Dirty. Looks like others saw the same thing. Second thought: Anyone who thinks that Voodoo was garbage AND that Houston “hip hop” is about to be legit needs to get the name of their supplier to D’Angelo. Whatever you smoke is way more potent than cocaine and weed.
You’re a smart man, Bo. Insightful to the edge of being socially psychic. But please Lawd, be wrong about Houston hip hop blowing up. After living here for 7 months (damn, you’d think the school year would be over already), I have developed a severe allergy to Swisha House’s Mike Jones, mostly because I find speaking in third person to be somewhat neurotic and anyone who repeats himself as much as he does in one verse should be shot with no blindfold and stabbed with a rusty ice pick. Meanwhile, some folks that’s folk with Swisha House and Chamillionaire (if it wasn’t for Mixtape Messiah, I’d give up on H-town rappers) updated me on a sad occurence a little while back. Apparently, Cham’s little brother was at some club where Swisha House was in full effect and Paul Wall was on the tables. Well, apparently, somebody from the SH camp decided it would be a good idea to jump him, and Paul went so far as to come from behind the tables to kick buddy while he was down. I got a sick feeling Round 2 will be less beatdown and more clicking hammers, but I could be wrong.
Bomani’s note – as someone who remembers when Paul and Hakim (Cham) were in high school and were real tight, it would be sad if this were true. But, assuming these cats are remotely similar to how they were back in the mid-nineties, neither Paul nor Hakim’s grabbing a pistol.