Monday, August 23, 2004
HIATUS
Due to recent developments in my personal life my blog will not be updated until I muster the desire to. Fabi was just diagnosed with asthma and I can't focus on anything for more than a few minutes before reverting to a state of depression, anger and disgust towards life. Nothing good could come out of those feelings so I decided to stop until I can realistically get a hold of our current situation.
Tuesday, August 17, 2004
Monday, August 16, 2004
WOW!! I HAVE ANOTHER READER!!! SWEET DEAL!!!
That's right... unbeknownst to moi, Ayiana left me a message!! SWEET DEAL!
But anyway, I read the post and some of the follow-ups in the link you left. I really don't get involved in online arguments but especially about religion, politics and race. I mean, everyone has their own beliefs and no matter what you say or how blatantly you can prove someone wrong, it won't affect how they feel or their point of view. Just as, for the most part, they won't change mine no matter how poorly they speak of my "peeps". Fortunately, the vas majority of us not driven by prejudice, hate or racism are more flexible and open to other points of view of ourselves and other cultures.
This dude is particularly vicious though... lol... I mean, he really hates Mexicans, doesn't he? The way I see it, is that most of these people are afraid... afraid of what? You inquiring little munchkins ask. Well, I look at it this way.. The way this country currently is was founded by foreigners. And as we all know, it wasn't in a civil or amicable way. It was taken by force and virtual genocide of its original inhabitants. So, in a way, foreigners from Europe came to this area and raped it out of it's current government and belief system, its inhabitants, its culture and ITS LANGUAGES!!. Same as Spaniards did to then-unfounded "Mexican" Indians.
Now, fast forward to the year 2004. Although I truly don't believe our little friend, 1215 really feels the way he so eloquently expressed himself in his post, there are many people who do. My take on it, like I stated above, is fear... they're afraid that we, Mexicans (and Hispanics in general) will rape their precious land of it's current government and belief system, its inhabitants (mostly by interracial breeding rather than homicide and torture), its culture and of course its language (hau doo chu gringos say? What goes around comes around????) . We already practically took back the Southwest including Texas, Nevada, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona and the motherload... California. (Now that I think about it, the Puerto Ricans and Dominicans have pretty much the Northeast and the Cubans have Florida, lol) Give a few more terms and from then on, every governor of California will be Mexican. We are going to do, whether we're doing it consciously or unconsciously, the same exact thing the forefathers did to the Indians. They're gonna live in scattered, trailer park and extremely poor reservations around the country (I.E. "And if you look at the little white lady over there holding the Strawberry and Kiwi Mad Dog 20/20, you can see her putting the finishing touches on her traditional American quilt, an art that was passed down from generation to generation amongst her people until it became a pathetic symbol of what this land used to be before the Mexicans took over government forcing them to sell their little arts and crafts on the side of the road and outside of casinos"). That, I believe is what they're afraid of. And since legally there isn't shit they can do... they have to resort to extreme vigilante groups such as the American Border Patrol and others (which have nothing to do with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (Border Patrol).
To be perfectly honest with you, I don't see life this way, divided by races or ethnic groups in a negative manner. For example, I never noticed, until someone brought it up, that there was no ethnicity in our management team at work (Actually, they just appointed a new black girl as acting team lead so that little problem is solved). I, personally, have never been exposed to discrimination or racism and what little nuggest of it that I've been exposed to has not come from whites or europeans. Sadly the race problems I've had have been with Blacks (especially males since they see I stole one of their fine ass honeys, LOL!!!!) and Chicanos (Mexicans born in the U.S.). I mentioned the post to Eugene (who's half Korean and half white)and he did bring up a point that I hadn't though of before. No matter in how many languages the signs that 1215 bitched so much about are, IT IS STILL WRITTEN IN ENGLISH FIRST AND FOREMOST! So, read your language and don't look at the one in Spanish... simple as that! No harm, no foul.
To be completely fair though, there is something to be said about certain types of Mexican and Hispanic immigrants in this country as a whole (as I am sure Asians, Africans and other nationalities have the same types of complaints). Many Mexicans come here not expecting but demanding to be given a free hand out and live off the government. I've experienced this first hand in Brownsville, Houston and even Charlotte. People who believe that they don't speak English is the government's problem to solve, not theirs. People who demand that the government publishes shit in Spanish or they won't abide by the law or claim ignorance on a specific process or procedure. A lot of this people have a poor attitude and are the first to yell discrimination or racism because the non-hispanic teller at the local grocery store took too fucking long to count their change. I have not respect for shit like that, I myself would rather not be represented or lumped into the same group of Mexicans that live off the government. And don't get me wrong, if you need government assistance you need it, I'm all for that. Shit, my mom had to work two jobs in Brownsville and ask for food stamps to get us through middle and high school. But she worked, she moved forward, she saved she got herself and us out of that situation. She doesn't need to do that anymore, she can live on her own and succeed on her own. She's still trying to learn English and she's almost there now. But I've seen people who've sat in this country for decades and can't even spell the name of the fucking city they live in but they name their little kids Brian or Kelly (LOL)! When I was working at Time Warner I had a pissed off customer that was raising hell at me cuz his cable contract in Charlotte, NC U.S.A. wasn't in Spanish. I had to straight up tell him to fuck off and buy "Ingles Sin Barreras" or "Follow me" or some shit like that... the fucking nerve!
All in all, I don't get offended by racist or demeaning remarks against my culture or my language. It's mine, they don't have to like it or even accept it I do... I love it and cherish it. Yesterday Felicia asked me, after I told her about this link, if I would get insulted if someone called me a Spic *A highly offensive term referring to a Spanish-speaking person from Mexico, Central or South America, Spain, or Portugal. It doesn't, it never has and I don't think it ever will. She told me that I'm too laid back... I am, but I realized such "terms of endearment" mean nothing.. You’re insulting something I have no control over. I didn't ask to be born in Mexico or Spanish to be my language... it just is. I would be just as proud if I was Laotian, Lebanese, Scottish or Nigerian If you don't like it, that's fine with me... So, as long as that person doesn't take a personal or physical jab at me or my family and friends, you can call me whatever the fuck you want... it won't change who I am, who you are, where I come from or the fact that
WE'RE TAKING OVER THE FUCKING COUNTRY!!!!
VIVA MEXICO CABRONES!!!
LOL,
Sorry, La Raza took over me for a second there... darn those Aztec Warriors, they still have a lot of influence in modern day Mexicans.
Actually, I really don't think (or hope) that any one race will take over any country. But I had to come up with something better for Ayiana than I really just don't care about what that little minority group of "prejudistic" (yes, I know that's not really a word) assholes think. The Mexican population makes up for one of the best marketing targets in this country and as long as that is so, cell phone, cable, dish, restaurants and many other industries will tell you to shove your English sign before they shelf the Spanish one cuz they can milk more money with flashy and catchy pseudo pro-Hispanic advertisement (i.e. Ronald McDonald singing "pa, pa pa, pa pa, me encanta") out of an uneducated Mexican construction worker than an educated white boy (i.e. "Are you in?")
But anyway, I read the post and some of the follow-ups in the link you left. I really don't get involved in online arguments but especially about religion, politics and race. I mean, everyone has their own beliefs and no matter what you say or how blatantly you can prove someone wrong, it won't affect how they feel or their point of view. Just as, for the most part, they won't change mine no matter how poorly they speak of my "peeps". Fortunately, the vas majority of us not driven by prejudice, hate or racism are more flexible and open to other points of view of ourselves and other cultures.
This dude is particularly vicious though... lol... I mean, he really hates Mexicans, doesn't he? The way I see it, is that most of these people are afraid... afraid of what? You inquiring little munchkins ask. Well, I look at it this way.. The way this country currently is was founded by foreigners. And as we all know, it wasn't in a civil or amicable way. It was taken by force and virtual genocide of its original inhabitants. So, in a way, foreigners from Europe came to this area and raped it out of it's current government and belief system, its inhabitants, its culture and ITS LANGUAGES!!. Same as Spaniards did to then-unfounded "Mexican" Indians.
Now, fast forward to the year 2004. Although I truly don't believe our little friend, 1215 really feels the way he so eloquently expressed himself in his post, there are many people who do. My take on it, like I stated above, is fear... they're afraid that we, Mexicans (and Hispanics in general) will rape their precious land of it's current government and belief system, its inhabitants (mostly by interracial breeding rather than homicide and torture), its culture and of course its language (hau doo chu gringos say? What goes around comes around????) . We already practically took back the Southwest including Texas, Nevada, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona and the motherload... California. (Now that I think about it, the Puerto Ricans and Dominicans have pretty much the Northeast and the Cubans have Florida, lol) Give a few more terms and from then on, every governor of California will be Mexican. We are going to do, whether we're doing it consciously or unconsciously, the same exact thing the forefathers did to the Indians. They're gonna live in scattered, trailer park and extremely poor reservations around the country (I.E. "And if you look at the little white lady over there holding the Strawberry and Kiwi Mad Dog 20/20, you can see her putting the finishing touches on her traditional American quilt, an art that was passed down from generation to generation amongst her people until it became a pathetic symbol of what this land used to be before the Mexicans took over government forcing them to sell their little arts and crafts on the side of the road and outside of casinos"). That, I believe is what they're afraid of. And since legally there isn't shit they can do... they have to resort to extreme vigilante groups such as the American Border Patrol and others (which have nothing to do with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (Border Patrol).
To be perfectly honest with you, I don't see life this way, divided by races or ethnic groups in a negative manner. For example, I never noticed, until someone brought it up, that there was no ethnicity in our management team at work (Actually, they just appointed a new black girl as acting team lead so that little problem is solved). I, personally, have never been exposed to discrimination or racism and what little nuggest of it that I've been exposed to has not come from whites or europeans. Sadly the race problems I've had have been with Blacks (especially males since they see I stole one of their fine ass honeys, LOL!!!!) and Chicanos (Mexicans born in the U.S.). I mentioned the post to Eugene (who's half Korean and half white)and he did bring up a point that I hadn't though of before. No matter in how many languages the signs that 1215 bitched so much about are, IT IS STILL WRITTEN IN ENGLISH FIRST AND FOREMOST! So, read your language and don't look at the one in Spanish... simple as that! No harm, no foul.
To be completely fair though, there is something to be said about certain types of Mexican and Hispanic immigrants in this country as a whole (as I am sure Asians, Africans and other nationalities have the same types of complaints). Many Mexicans come here not expecting but demanding to be given a free hand out and live off the government. I've experienced this first hand in Brownsville, Houston and even Charlotte. People who believe that they don't speak English is the government's problem to solve, not theirs. People who demand that the government publishes shit in Spanish or they won't abide by the law or claim ignorance on a specific process or procedure. A lot of this people have a poor attitude and are the first to yell discrimination or racism because the non-hispanic teller at the local grocery store took too fucking long to count their change. I have not respect for shit like that, I myself would rather not be represented or lumped into the same group of Mexicans that live off the government. And don't get me wrong, if you need government assistance you need it, I'm all for that. Shit, my mom had to work two jobs in Brownsville and ask for food stamps to get us through middle and high school. But she worked, she moved forward, she saved she got herself and us out of that situation. She doesn't need to do that anymore, she can live on her own and succeed on her own. She's still trying to learn English and she's almost there now. But I've seen people who've sat in this country for decades and can't even spell the name of the fucking city they live in but they name their little kids Brian or Kelly (LOL)! When I was working at Time Warner I had a pissed off customer that was raising hell at me cuz his cable contract in Charlotte, NC U.S.A. wasn't in Spanish. I had to straight up tell him to fuck off and buy "Ingles Sin Barreras" or "Follow me" or some shit like that... the fucking nerve!
All in all, I don't get offended by racist or demeaning remarks against my culture or my language. It's mine, they don't have to like it or even accept it I do... I love it and cherish it. Yesterday Felicia asked me, after I told her about this link, if I would get insulted if someone called me a Spic *A highly offensive term referring to a Spanish-speaking person from Mexico, Central or South America, Spain, or Portugal. It doesn't, it never has and I don't think it ever will. She told me that I'm too laid back... I am, but I realized such "terms of endearment" mean nothing.. You’re insulting something I have no control over. I didn't ask to be born in Mexico or Spanish to be my language... it just is. I would be just as proud if I was Laotian, Lebanese, Scottish or Nigerian If you don't like it, that's fine with me... So, as long as that person doesn't take a personal or physical jab at me or my family and friends, you can call me whatever the fuck you want... it won't change who I am, who you are, where I come from or the fact that
VIVA MEXICO CABRONES!!!
LOL,
Sorry, La Raza took over me for a second there... darn those Aztec Warriors, they still have a lot of influence in modern day Mexicans.
Actually, I really don't think (or hope) that any one race will take over any country. But I had to come up with something better for Ayiana than I really just don't care about what that little minority group of "prejudistic" (yes, I know that's not really a word) assholes think. The Mexican population makes up for one of the best marketing targets in this country and as long as that is so, cell phone, cable, dish, restaurants and many other industries will tell you to shove your English sign before they shelf the Spanish one cuz they can milk more money with flashy and catchy pseudo pro-Hispanic advertisement (i.e. Ronald McDonald singing "pa, pa pa, pa pa, me encanta") out of an uneducated Mexican construction worker than an educated white boy (i.e. "Are you in?")
Thursday, August 12, 2004
THE 26 BEST RAP/HIP HOP ALBUMS I'VE EVER OWNED
Ok, the first thing I need to disclaim is that I am not what you would call a rap/hip-hop fanatic. I like some but overall I don't have the largets selection in my collection (which I can boast is rather large =o). Most of my interaction with rap/hip-hop was during the early to mid 90's. Before then I listened to punk and after that I listened to punk... actually, during that time I mostly listened to punk too but most of my friends were into this music so I started picking up things I liked too. I am not a rap/hip-hop historian or claim to have the best taste in rap or that I've heard everything out there.... I say all this cuz I know some people can be rather sensitive or easily insulted by "perpetrators" in their music/culture like myself... lol. Why did I chose this genre? Well, out of all the other genres I listen to, there was no way in hell I could have made a list of at least less than 100 favorite albums... not to mention, my favorite albums on genres I actively love change constantly where as to this genre I can pretty much say I don't listen to it anymore cuz I don't like the new shit out there... Jay-Z, Ludacris, Sisqo and all the MTV shit I can't stand.
Anyway, so here are the 26 (I tried to make it 25, but I couldn't get DJ Quik out) best Rap/Hip-Hip albums I've owned (and yes, in case you were wondering, I own much more than 26 albums in this genre.... NOOCH!)
Artist: DJ Quik
Release date: 1988
Cool tracks Quik is the name and Born and Raised in Compton.
Artist: The D.O.C.
Release date: 1989
Cool tracks It's funky enough and The lesson.
Artist: Control Machete
Release date: 1997
Cool tracks Comprendes Mendes, Humanos Mexicanos, Control Machete.
Artist: Spice-1
Release date: 1992
Cool tracks In my neighborhood, 187 proof, Peace to my nine and Welcome to the ghetto.
Artist: Nas
Release date: 1994
Cool tracks Memory Lane and N.Y. state of mind.
Artist: Notorious B.I.G.
Release date: 1994
Cool tracks Big Poppa, Gimme the loot and Warning.
Artist: Ice Cube
Release date: 1990
Cool tracks Pretty much the entire album.
Artist: Geto Boys
Release date: 1990
Cool tracks Trigga happy nigga, Scarface, City under siege.
Artist: Cypress Hill
Release date: 1993
Cool tracks I ain't going out like that, Insane in the brain, 3 lil' putos and Legalize it.
Artist: Public Enemy
Release date: 1994
Cool tracks Brothas gonna work it out, 911 is a joke, Welcome to the terrordome, anti-nigger machine.
Artist: Method Man
Release date: 1994
Cool tracks Bring the pain, All I need, Stimulation and Method Mad (remix).
Artist: A Tribe Called Quest
Release date: 1991
Cool tracks Scenario, Verses from the abstract, The infamous date rape and CHeck the rhime.
Artist: Outkast
Release date: 2000
Cool tracks I don't think there's a single song in this album that doesn't stand out.
Artist: Ol' Dirty Bastard
Release date: 1995
Cool tracks Shimmy shimmy ya, Brooklyn zoo, and shit, pretty much the entire album was a unique experience!.
Artist: Public Enemy
Release date: 1987
Cool tracks Sophisticated bitch, Public Enemy No. 1, Yo! Bum rush the show, Terminator X speaks with his hands.
Artist: DAS EFX
Release date: 1992
Cool tracks They want EFX, Mic Checka, Straight from da sewer.
Artist: Digable Planets
Release date: 1993
Cool tracks Where I'm from, Rebirth of slicl (cool like that), Jimmi diggin cats, Nickle bags, Swoon units.
Artist: Cypress Hill
Release date: 1991
Cool tracks Pigs, How could I just kill a man?, Latin lingo, Tres equis and Hand on the pump.
Artist: Run DMC
Release date: 1983
Cool tracks It's like that, Rock box and Wake up
Artist: Ice Cube
Release date: 1993
Cool tracks You know how we do it, Really doe, Bop gun, Lil' ass gee.
Artist: N.W.A.
Release date: 1990
Cool tracks Straight outta Compton, Gangsta gangsta, Express yourself, and I ain't da 1.
Artist: Beastie Boys
Release date: 1989
Cool tracks Ummmmm, ALL OF THEM!
Artist: Da Pharcyde
Release date: 1992
Cool tracks Oh shit, Pack the pipe, Ya mamma, Passing me by.
Artist: Snoop Dogg (as Snoop Doggy Dogg)
Release date: 1993
Cool tracks Gin and Juice, Lodi Dodi, Murder was the case, Who am I? (What's my name?).
Artist: Wu-Tang Clan
Release date: 1993
Cool tracks C.R.E.A.M., Method Man, Tearz, Brind da ruckus, Protect ya neck.
Artist: Dr. Dre
Release date: 1992
Cool tracks The Chronic (intro), Wit Dre Day (And everybody's celebratin'), Let me ride, The day the niggaz took over, Nuthin' but a "G" thang, Deeez Nuuuts, Lil' ghetto boy, A nigga witta gun, Rat-tat-tat-tat, The $20 sack pyramid, Lyrical gangbang, High powered, The doctor's office, Stranded on death row, The roach (The chronic outro) and Bitches ain't shit... oh wait, that's the entire fucking album!
Well, that's it.... I know the real hardcore, hip-hop fanatics are gonna have a field day clowing my taste in rap... but fuck'em. hehe...
The wallpaper in the link on the title of this post is the cover for the Gravediggaz's (of which the Rza was part of) Six Feet Deep (also known as Niggamortis) which I also had along with the Flatlinerz's U.S.A. It was the rap equivalent of death metal. I loved it... but it didn't seem to sit well with others.)
Anyway, so here are the 26 (I tried to make it 25, but I couldn't get DJ Quik out) best Rap/Hip-Hip albums I've owned (and yes, in case you were wondering, I own much more than 26 albums in this genre.... NOOCH!)
| 26. QUIK IS THE NAME. |
Artist: DJ Quik
Release date: 1988
Cool tracks Quik is the name and Born and Raised in Compton.
| 25. NO ONE CAN DO IT BETTER. |
Artist: The D.O.C.
Release date: 1989
Cool tracks It's funky enough and The lesson.
| 24. MUCHO BARATO. |
Artist: Control Machete
Release date: 1997
Cool tracks Comprendes Mendes, Humanos Mexicanos, Control Machete.
| 23. SPICE-1. |
Artist: Spice-1
Release date: 1992
Cool tracks In my neighborhood, 187 proof, Peace to my nine and Welcome to the ghetto.
| 22. ILLMATIC. |
Artist: Nas
Release date: 1994
Cool tracks Memory Lane and N.Y. state of mind.
| 21. READY TO DIE. |
Artist: Notorious B.I.G.
Release date: 1994
Cool tracks Big Poppa, Gimme the loot and Warning.
| 20. AMERIKKKA'S MOST WANTED. |
Artist: Ice Cube
Release date: 1990
Cool tracks Pretty much the entire album.
| 19. GETO BOYS. |
Artist: Geto Boys
Release date: 1990
Cool tracks Trigga happy nigga, Scarface, City under siege.
| 18. BLACK SUNDAY. |
Artist: Cypress Hill
Release date: 1993
Cool tracks I ain't going out like that, Insane in the brain, 3 lil' putos and Legalize it.
| 17. FEAR OF A BLACK PLANET. |
Artist: Public Enemy
Release date: 1994
Cool tracks Brothas gonna work it out, 911 is a joke, Welcome to the terrordome, anti-nigger machine.
| 16. TICAL. |
Artist: Method Man
Release date: 1994
Cool tracks Bring the pain, All I need, Stimulation and Method Mad (remix).
| 1. THE LOW END THEORY. |
Artist: A Tribe Called Quest
Release date: 1991
Cool tracks Scenario, Verses from the abstract, The infamous date rape and CHeck the rhime.
| 14. SOUTHERNPLAYALISTICADILLACMUSIK. |
Artist: Outkast
Release date: 2000
Cool tracks I don't think there's a single song in this album that doesn't stand out.
| 13. RETURN TO THE 36 CHAMBERS. |
Artist: Ol' Dirty Bastard
Release date: 1995
Cool tracks Shimmy shimmy ya, Brooklyn zoo, and shit, pretty much the entire album was a unique experience!.
| 12. YO! BUM RUSH THE SHOW. |
Artist: Public Enemy
Release date: 1987
Cool tracks Sophisticated bitch, Public Enemy No. 1, Yo! Bum rush the show, Terminator X speaks with his hands.
| 11. DEAD SERIOUS. |
Artist: DAS EFX
Release date: 1992
Cool tracks They want EFX, Mic Checka, Straight from da sewer.
| 10. REACHIN' (A NEW REFUTATION OF TIME AND SPACE). |
Artist: Digable Planets
Release date: 1993
Cool tracks Where I'm from, Rebirth of slicl (cool like that), Jimmi diggin cats, Nickle bags, Swoon units.
| 9. CYPRESS HILL. |
Artist: Cypress Hill
Release date: 1991
Cool tracks Pigs, How could I just kill a man?, Latin lingo, Tres equis and Hand on the pump.
| 8. RUN DMC. |
Artist: Run DMC
Release date: 1983
Cool tracks It's like that, Rock box and Wake up
| 7. LETHAL INJECTION. |
Artist: Ice Cube
Release date: 1993
Cool tracks You know how we do it, Really doe, Bop gun, Lil' ass gee.
| 6. STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON. |
Artist: N.W.A.
Release date: 1990
Cool tracks Straight outta Compton, Gangsta gangsta, Express yourself, and I ain't da 1.
| 5. PAUL'S BOUTIQUE. |
Artist: Beastie Boys
Release date: 1989
Cool tracks Ummmmm, ALL OF THEM!
| 4. BIZARRE RIDE 2: THE PHARCYDE. |
Artist: Da Pharcyde
Release date: 1992
Cool tracks Oh shit, Pack the pipe, Ya mamma, Passing me by.
| 3. DOGGYSTYLE. |
Artist: Snoop Dogg (as Snoop Doggy Dogg)
Release date: 1993
Cool tracks Gin and Juice, Lodi Dodi, Murder was the case, Who am I? (What's my name?).
| 2. ENTER THE WU-TANG. |
Artist: Wu-Tang Clan
Release date: 1993
Cool tracks C.R.E.A.M., Method Man, Tearz, Brind da ruckus, Protect ya neck.
| 1. THE CHRONIC. |
Artist: Dr. Dre
Release date: 1992
Cool tracks The Chronic (intro), Wit Dre Day (And everybody's celebratin'), Let me ride, The day the niggaz took over, Nuthin' but a "G" thang, Deeez Nuuuts, Lil' ghetto boy, A nigga witta gun, Rat-tat-tat-tat, The $20 sack pyramid, Lyrical gangbang, High powered, The doctor's office, Stranded on death row, The roach (The chronic outro) and Bitches ain't shit... oh wait, that's the entire fucking album!
Well, that's it.... I know the real hardcore, hip-hop fanatics are gonna have a field day clowing my taste in rap... but fuck'em. hehe...
The wallpaper in the link on the title of this post is the cover for the Gravediggaz's (of which the Rza was part of) Six Feet Deep (also known as Niggamortis) which I also had along with the Flatlinerz's U.S.A. It was the rap equivalent of death metal. I loved it... but it didn't seem to sit well with others.)
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