Pokey, raise up.

I talked to my main man TyTy the other day. He seems to be doing well. He also told me that he's been keeping shit far too gangster on the Southside of Illinois. Just for me.

The Realness.

I enjoy reading the comments on YouTube more than I like watching videos. Once in a while you find a gem of a post. Here's one taken from Jay-Z's "Run This Town" video:

thuglife84xxx (3 minutes ago)

nobody is whining...just trying to wake you people up...because you have absolutely no clue whats goin on in the music industry...believe that...this is highly satanic...sheeple wake the fuck up...YOU ALL LIVE IN A SMALL IGNORANT BOX...THERE IS SO MUCH GOIN ON IN THE WORLD YOU DONT KNOW ABOUT... and the only thing you people do is working and watch TV and admire your idols...so sad


I'm not sure YouTube comments are the best forum to voice this opinion. But thuglife84xxx is just trying to keep it real. Ha.

My Posse.

Steve Harvey once talked about how many people are on stage at rap shows. He talked about the confusion that takes place when trying to figure out which knucklehead is the person you came to watch. He was absolutely right. The Temptations only used one mic. How many do you think they got going on at this concert?

At this point why even have a stage? They should have just had a party and passed out microphones and told everyone to scream a word or two of the lyrics, hell, even some random shit would have probably worked. This is Hip-Hop at its very finest.

Here is a list of things I like about Boston:

-Marty

Patrick Kane.

If you know anything about me, you know I am passionate about hating certain things. What tops that hate-filled list? Hillbillies. Ha. Obviously I really just hate their ignorance. Hillbillies aren't necessarily white and poor, they can be rich and asian (is that the exact opposite of white and poor? or would the exact opposite be Gucci Mane?). I often find that people who are "upper class" indeed have no class at all. They are just plain ol' hillbillies. Patrick Kane is not an exception.

I once read that what makes us human is our ability to justify anything we do, no matter how hillbilly it is. I don't think that is the only thing that makes us different than other animals (see "creepiness") but I can see how this is the case in Patrick Kane's scenario. The past few days people have been going around saying, "Well he's only 20, let the kid make some mistakes." If a 20 year old pulled down his pants in the corner of a room at a family party and took a piss, people would not make excuses for him. He would just be labeled a "hillbilly." Or "one of us" if you are in the Southern states. To me, this hypothetical situation is comparable to Patrick Kane beating a 62 year-old fellow hillbilly. When I was 20, I had enough sense to not go around beating 62 year-olds over a couple of dimes. We ask 18 year-olds to fight in the military, to aim guns at brown people and shoot if necessary. Most have enough sense to shoot at things that may cause harm. I very much doubt they would lose sleep over four nickels.

No doubt Patrick Kane is a hillbilly. Everyone knows that but hell, the kid can play. Like everyone else I don't think the problem lies with him. Unlike everyone else I think the problem lies within us. When hillbillies attack, we sit around and act just as hillbilly as them by saying, "Well he's only 20." By justifying stupidity and ignorance, we in turn become the hillbillies. And no doubt, most of you reading this surely fall under this category. Patrick Kane's hillbilly rage got the best of him over 20 cents. All he really needed was 2.

Finally.

I was gone for so long because I was trying to find the best dancer on youtube. Turns out I found the best dancer in the universe. OK, now back to talking shit.

7th Letter Of The Alphabet.

Yes!

Yes!

Definitely YES!

Check out the 2009 graduating kindergarten class at the school my mom taught at. All of "hip" Urbana could not even come close to matching these little dudes' steez. Not a single person I know could pull these ridiculously fly suits off. While everyone is wondering what denim to buy for fall, these little dudes just keep shit straight classic and classy.

Little pimps, big pimpin.

FTW.

For a few months I've always overlooked the e-expression "FTW." I never had a clue as to what it meant and was far too lazy to look it up. Thanks to Urban Dictionary I found it means "for the win." Which I still don't understand. Let me try to use it in a highly fictional scenario.

Josh - Wow.
Marty - Yea man, alright fuck this I'm going to go talk to her.

Marty - Hey, it's really coming down out there. What is up with all this rain?
Hardbody - ...

Hardbody walks away. (N)FTW for Marty. (N=Not). I think that's about right. And this scenario is fictional because I would have never gone up to talk to Exhibit A. I would have just stared at her until she was uncomfortable enough to leave. That's my life, dig it.

Life 2.0

I like this painting.

There is still hope.

I think almost every guy has asked the question, "Why do all the hot girls go out with such douchebags?" Except for the guys that are the "douchebags" of course. Then the only question they're asking is, "Can we keep the lights on?"

I, personally, don't see it like that all of the time. Sure, in college it was depressing to think that the never ending popularity contest was indeed never going to end. But this dude Marko Jaric, gives me hope. He may be an NBA basketball player, but he is not a superstar and from what I can see he is pretty painful to look at. I don't think it's the picture that is doing him an injustice. It's his eyes. Look at how unbelievably close together they are. Literally. I actually don't believe that's what he looks like. I think someone must have Photoshop'd this. I guess in the end, I don't really care what he looks like. Eyes that are too close together is easily overlooked when you have that type of hardbody hanging off your arm. Good for him.

Twinz.

Why isn't rap music like this anymore?

Evolution.

How have we evolved into a small-talking, singing-into-computer-cameras, pathetic species? Answer #1: MySpace.

Keep Guessing

Keep Guessing from The Basement Productions Chicago on Vimeo.

Starring: Jason "Denzel" Merritt-Moore
Written by: Me.
Directed by: Josh Henning

If that doesn't work watch it in "HD" on youtube here

Yes.

There are still a few things worth looking forward to.

Mac Commercials.

Whenever a song no one has ever heard of is featured in a Mac commercial, the song receives overnight success. I just didn't know this dude was the one who wrote this song. What a liberal bunch.

Leo D.

I may deny saying this later in life, but oh well, Leonardo DiCaprio is the fucking man. I'm not very up-to-date on celebrity sightings but as far as I know, he's never caught doing lame shit. Like being seen at some "I'm Famous" party partaking in Hollywood talk, or dating some actress who thinks she's mega hot and ultra talented but really fails at both (see Cameron Diaz, she is in good shape though). Instead he only rocks with top notch breezies like Ms. Rafaeli.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Leonardo dates Rafael[i], while wearing Donatell[a]. That's all I got.

Still about the Bulls.

Although the Bulls are no longer hooping for the trophy, I would like to make sure that everyone knows that it has always been about the Bulls. All the other Chicago teams pale in comparison...literally, have you seen all the black guys on the Bulls?

Oh yea. This is the picture we're going to use when Al goes missing for a few years. The Feds will never figure out that the prime suspect is also pictured. And that mu-fucka ain't wearin no Bulls hat.

Bro Rock.

I'm not sure this is 100% real. Just a typical night with some bros.

Dirty South-west Airlines.

They get nasty on Southwest. Looks like that's the only airline I'll be flying these days.

That's right.

It's all about the Bulls. Bitches.