This week in 1994, New York City kind-of- a rap group Fu-Schnickens released their second album Nervous Breakdown. It featured the hit single What's Up Doc? (Can We Rock) w/ a guest appearance from Shaq Fu, himself.
Shaq's adeptness at inventing halfwords – like alidocious – would not be fully appreciated until later in history…
Starts off with some motivation from that old sage, 24-year old second-year NFL QB Matt Ryan…35 seconds in Lil Jon switches themes to getting crunk at the club, obviously.
Also, I just thought of three motivational speeches in sports movie that I'd like to go back in time and switch out whoever is delivering it for Snoop Dogg (Varsity Blues, Any Given Sunday, Slapshot). Lil Jon, Swizz Beatz, Snoop Dogg & Matt Ryan – I Do (Nike Sport Remix) via @jbdesousa & Nah RightCongrats to rapper Jay Electronica on the birth of his first kid today. Jay was giving live updates on Twitter today, keeping his 4,200+ followers in the loop as it went down..
He’s certainly the first person I’ve seen live tweet a birth! Well wishes to his family. Here’s Jay’s flow Eternal Sunshine:
I used to play ultimate frisbee with this dood – the deejay sporting the Teenwolf mask.
It pretty much rocks. Fordham.we.go.hard.
In ’09 Steady Burn believes in one band…and it’s Ninjasonik
Links:
Ninjasonik.com
Ninjasonik Facebook Fan Page
Myspace.com/ninjasonik
Special bonus post today, because this is the coolest thing I’ve seen all week.
H/T to Nah Right for posting this first. Rapper Skillz recaps the five illustrious seasons of The Wire in a single five minute – 678 bars, approximate – verse. Hell yeah.
On WashingtonPost.com, Michael Arrington (founder of TechCrunch) writes:
“WuChess, a partnership between Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA and ChessPark, a social network around online chess playing, launches today. It’s the “world’s first online chess and hip hop community” and will also include exclusive videos and mp3 of the “hottest cats in hip hop.”
Like most people of inconsequential intelligent who grew up in the mid or late 90s, I celebrate the catalog of the RZA, the GZA, Ol’ Dirty Bastard (may he rest in peace), et al.
In the same vein, I think I speak for most of the these people when I say that if it comes down to paying $48 bucks a year I’m content to stick with playing Scrabulous on Facebook.
Can’t say I envy anyone trying to launch a niche social network these days.
RZA says he’ll donate a large part of the revenue to the Hip Hop Chess Federation. Adisa Banjoko (CEO, HHCF) posted on the HHCF blog that they are currently looking for donations and sponsorship to hold the second annual Chess Kings Invitational.
The RZA himself currently holds the title. check it out:
