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Peace,
A few reflections:
- This weekend, TV Land had a Good Times marathon. They actually showed Good Times all day saturday and sunday. Due to the fact that I recently critiqued the Cos, I won't go as in-depth as I usually would, b.u.t. here's what I dug:
- You could see the show becoming more coonish as it went along, and especially after John Amos left and J.J. became the star of the show
- It was deep when they subtly replaced James senior with Mr. Dixon, Micheal's boss at the hardware store to have a male figure
- Michael went from Black Nationalist in the early years to loverboy and intellectual at the end
- From watching the credits, it was plain to see that they had a high writer turnover, which may have accounted for the lack of consistency
- It would've been cool if somebody could have moved out just so that had a little taste of reality
- As strong as gangs were in C-Medina (Chi-town)during the 70's, they should've had a larger presence
- As my brother C'bs Alife Allah pointed out on his blog, learning 120 is not optional for Gods in the NGE. Please don't come trying to shape our Culture according to your personal tastes.
- I don't know what he did, b.u.t. Dame Dash sure is getting the short end of the stick these days
- With that said, Dash's signing of Sizzla is extremely promising. A roster of Beans and Sizzla Kalonji? Strictly fire and brimstone
- I read the Lauryn Hill interview in Trace magazine the other day. From my perspective, we may never know what she could have brought to the table if she didn't get hurt
- You know what Hip Hop lacks? An element that bridges original people in America with the diaspora. The last person to do it was the fugees, and look how many records they sold. And no, Ludacris going to Africa does not count, noble as he may have thought it was
- To all those who are not of NGE, please do not call Allah "Clarence 13 x". It's disrespect. If you're religious, and have a problem calling a man God as you understand him, then call him Father Allah. It's exactly the same as calling El Hajj Malik Shabazz Malcolm Little. OR Elijah Muhammad Elijah Poole
- Where is Osama and Mullah Omar?
Peace,
A few reflections:
- This weekend, TV Land had a Good Times marathon. They actually showed Good Times all day saturday and sunday. Due to the fact that I recently critiqued the Cos, I won't go as in-depth as I usually would, b.u.t. here's what I dug:
- You could see the show becoming more coonish as it went along, and especially after John Amos left and J.J. became the star of the show
- It was deep when they subtly replaced James senior with Mr. Dixon, Micheal's boss at the hardware store to have a male figure
- Michael went from Black Nationalist in the early years to loverboy and intellectual at the end
- From watching the credits, it was plain to see that they had a high writer turnover, which may have accounted for the lack of consistency
- It would've been cool if somebody could have moved out just so that had a little taste of reality
- As strong as gangs were in C-Medina (Chi-town)during the 70's, they should've had a larger presence
- As my brother C'bs Alife Allah pointed out on his blog, learning 120 is not optional for Gods in the NGE. Please don't come trying to shape our Culture according to your personal tastes.
- I don't know what he did, b.u.t. Dame Dash sure is getting the short end of the stick these days
- With that said, Dash's signing of Sizzla is extremely promising. A roster of Beans and Sizzla Kalonji? Strictly fire and brimstone
- I read the Lauryn Hill interview in Trace magazine the other day. From my perspective, we may never know what she could have brought to the table if she didn't get hurt
- You know what Hip Hop lacks? An element that bridges original people in America with the diaspora. The last person to do it was the fugees, and look how many records they sold. And no, Ludacris going to Africa does not count, noble as he may have thought it was
- To all those who are not of NGE, please do not call Allah "Clarence 13 x". It's disrespect. If you're religious, and have a problem calling a man God as you understand him, then call him Father Allah. It's exactly the same as calling El Hajj Malik Shabazz Malcolm Little. OR Elijah Muhammad Elijah Poole
- Where is Osama and Mullah Omar?
posted by I Majestic at 1:10 PM
2 Comments:
about bridging the folks from here and the diaspora: check Afrobeat...
Peace God,
You making me want to go and get those DVDs that have the entire seasons. Grew up on that stuff. That was always curious on how none of the gangs in C-Medina ever had a strong presence on the show.
Remind me to tell about the ‘Old Man Justice didn’t have to learn 120 degrees’ discussion that I had AGAIN with this individual. Sigh.
With the bombings in Love Divine I am sure that we will get another ‘recorded’ shout out from Osoma soon.
Peace
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