Nice 2 be Important

Nice to be Important but More Important to be Nice

Peace. What a blast of a week. Gr8 party, Gr8 Sports and the Gr8est Show ever getting crazy Funky.

We kicked the week off last Saturday at one of the classiest, extravagant parties east of the Mississippi. I was invited to v-day party by my good friends Rome and Mill. Now there Chris and Snoop couple of my crew…..”They get mad work done”. The only bad part of the date was I was going to miss the Dunk contest and the Taylor-Pavlik rematch. Ohh well that why they got espnews. The event was so damn classy, there were candles and flowers decked throughout the hallway. Getting there early I partake in a cool Dewars and Coke……aww so refreshing. In the hall I bump into my good friend King, who mad the trip down from Connecticut. He was in great spirits as argued was Hasheem Thabeet better then Ray Hibbert….tuff call I thing Thabeet can be a defensive force but Hibbert plays a smart game not based on athletic ability that will prolong his career. I bump into my brother and his girlfriend in the foyer, they looks so smashing together. We had back to the bar and inform him about the Bibby to ATl trade. He was furious the Cavs didn’t land him, I told him the Cavs need shooters not per se Playmakers cause the king is the dominate ball-handler. Back to the Party.!! As more and more and my crew started filling in, we start congregating and holding court outside. A beautiful thing, everyone is dressed to the nines…I’m talking business casual, fine linens and 10gs of fine wrist-wear. These brothers were dressed like they had a court date or sumthin…..lol. All in all this was the classiest and elegant event I was blessed to attend. There were 3 world class food courses including a chocolate fudge cake that was richer the Warren Buffets portfolio plus 4 great music acts. Timeless and Memorable. If u ever think about throwing an event and need a delicate touch please visit. ……nuffin exceeds like excess.

Well the Taylor-Pavlik wasn’t a rematch but a mismatch as Pavlik whipped his ass again. I watched the 24/7 on the rematch and was really pulling for Taylor but he sucks and now goes into the Oliver McCall and Hassim Rahman, Buster Douglass (by the way he has the second best fight videogame ever- ) category…One lucky night” fighters. The Dunk contest was damn good and very innovative. I have on question; how does Gerald Green who stands 6’7 win the dunk contest last year and finish 2nd this year already get traded to his 3rd team. Anyways the Dunk contest but I want to see someone pull this dunk off:



This is even funnier…..


I got my email reminder for my March Madness on Demand. U haven’t heard, it’s only the best work invention since direct deposit and having the net at work….wat the hell did people do before? MMoD streams every NCAA tournament game so u don’t miss anything at work. Wat’s evern sweeter is the boss button that u click and a dummy excel sheet pops up and hides the game from ur nosey ass boss. Here’s the link:

Wire Spoiler
The Wire is getting way to funky. Robin Hood has his thoughts splattered on some corn chips, very sad I was speechless when I saw it. Had 2 rewind it 2x. My man Poot made a guest spot……to think Brodie and Wallace are now dead and gone. Only 2 more episode left and to I’m starting to get teary eyed.

As stated in my last blog, Happy Days are here again. The NBA is back to like those 93-01 days again. That Lakers-Suns game was uber. 2 gr8 teams battling with elite players. It not all about good teams, we need star players, we need big cites to have good teams and marquee talent. Yeah the Spurs are good but we would rather see PHX –LA play just off the star power.


Notes and ISh

I ran across this list pretty funny stuff:



This is one of the rawest realest videos ever. It was old skool but I don’t care it was before it tyme, they even had groupies in the 1980’s. Don Jaun ur goin to love this….



Qucikly, Pacman Jones is becoming my fave player in the League. That why it pains me to see the NFL still messin’ wit the Rain-man. I know in the public court appearance he seems to but guilty but after all the smoke clears he only been charged with a misdemeanor. Listen he paid his dues, let him in King Goddel. The perfect move will be for Tenn-a-key to trade him to the Cowboys. Wow can u imagine that star power: TO, Romo and Pac Man. Let’s get it done NFL.

Was watching American Gangster and was so impressed wit the RZA. He’s officially not just a rapper actor but legit actor. He went toe-to-toe wit Russell Crowe and held his own. Everyone who knows me, knows I’m the biggest Wu fan out there. I was listening to the new cd, which is damn good and found this clip on line.



Can u imagine any other hip-hop or for that sake Music artist that could sample the Beatles and then get his son to play it……that’s wat u call Power



I was watching some old 90210 episodes and thinking Damn they lived some damn good lives. The sleeper girl was Andrea (Brandon should have twisted that up). She was quiet and nerdy but damn sexy, she was dying for attention.

Early Sunday I caught Meet the Press, Obama is really doin his thing, they had a discussion on if he’s plagiarizing his word’s from the Massachuteus Gov. Now it just a simple ludicrous attempt by the Clinton camp to try to stop his momentum. Like Nas said “ain’t nuffin new under the sun, it not how u do it but how it’s done”. There getting so desperate and cheap it sad to see. By the way who in the Hell could guees Mass. has it’s first black Gov., Deval Patrick (
http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=gov3utilities&sid=Agov3&U=Agov3_Deval_Patrick_welcome_msg)
Wow, we’re living in history, I know the cynics will say the more stuff changes the more it stays the same but there no denying we’re in the midst of a social and political revolution.

I was watching the Food Network (big surprise) and caught a show called Cooking with the Neely’s. It a black couple form Memphis cooking show. The chemistry, the meals & the whole atmosphere of the show is incredible. I was inspired by a lasagna dish they cooked up and made it the following day. It turned out so good I was requested to make a batch at an wedding event in March….damn im good. Check them out
:http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/show_ny/0,3190,FOOD_30858,00.html

That it for now, mid-week review coming Thursday….GONE

Weekend Up2date-2/15/08

Week Up-date

Peace to all my wicked jumpshot readers, fans and groupies. Let’s dig in.

How in the Hell does Gayvon George have a no-trade clause. To be honest there should be only 2 players with (ntc’s, there actually 18)….Bean and King James. Here the excuse; he has a clause in his one-year, $2.4 million deal that stipulates he must agree to any trade. George forfeits his early Bird rights in a trade which, theoretically, could cost him a larger salary when he seeks his next deal after he becomes a free agent July. 1. Wow this is why the NBA is the best League in the world. Here u have a bum like George has all the power in leverage in the world, he has 3 rings, still has a house in LA and can tell groupies he know Shaq and Kobe…and Dirk and Cubes…….I love this country. In a few years Cubes will be thanking George for the hold-up, this trade stinks. The Mavs even with Kidd can’t beat SA, LA or PHX and to be honest a tem like Utah might beat them if they get a few breaks. So why trade for a 35 yr pg who cant shoot, yes he makes ur team a lil’ better but what happens when u double down on Dirk and swing it to Kidd and he clank that shit…………..Now u see the light. Dallas needs to chill keep Devo Harris (damn that boys needs a shape-up) and play it out.
Speaking of bad hair, I was watching the Celtic-Knicks highlight and asked my self why is Brian Scalabrine in the NBA. I just don’t get it. U gonna tell me there’s no one in the NBDL better then him. I just don’t believe it……. U know in Boston how it’s goin down…….


Was watching the Suns-Warriors game and was so entertained. Man they were goin at it, The Boy B-Diddy is incredible. He so strong and can finish so well. How in the hell is he not an all-star. This is goin to be a gr8 1st round match-up, but The Lakers will have the number one seed in the off’s. No it’s not a homer pick, here the proof: http://nocapprohoops.com/2008/02/12/why-the-lakers-will-win-the-pacific-division/

My new fave show is Americas Dance Team. I know I’m catch some flack but uck it, it very entertaining. U gotta watch it, plus there some nice jiggling females to keep ur attention. Mtv Thursday 10pm

I’m getting geared up for the ASG this year. I was thinking about some of my fave ASG moments.

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2. Quite possibility the greatest ASG dunk ever, Shaq eviscerates Drobb……wow



Here’s the NBA list of all tyme ASG plays, dunks, bloopers etc. Enjoy
http://www.nba.com/allstar2008/video/asg_top10s.html


By the way Espn Classix will be having a ASG marathon on Sunday 12. Comcast finally answered my prayers and gave us Classix on the reg. digi-package. They have a college basketball double header on in the afternoon. Yesterday I caught 2 Puke-MD games. 1995 Joey Smith gave them like 27 and 13 against such Puke legends like Eric Meeks and The other chief Cherokee Parks…….lol. The nightcap was the 2001 game when MD gave up a 12pt lead with 59 seconds……….amazing comeback



The even weird thing was Md had Puke up by like 10 in the 2001 Final 4 only to choke up and let them win. I hate him but I gotta give the boy Dookie Battier his due, he the most winning’est player in NCAA history 4yrs-133 wins.

Shyt about 2 nights ago I caught Cuse’ v St Johns….Gr8 players like Lawrence “Poetry in” Moten, The late great Malik Sealy…….What happened to legit College Players with good nicknames

I’m feelin’ the itch to pick up a new hobby this year,…..Any Suggestion. Maybe some dance lesson, wat about learning to play poker (so the next tyme I go to Vegas…very soon, I can maybe play another game other then roulette and 21) maybe find a local pub and become a regular. Like a Cheers…..speaking of Cheers…who could sing it better than:



Was thinking about how I haven’t went to a store and bought a cd in about 8 yrs. I was thinking wat are the best Album covers, I think my fave of all-tyme:

Lol, the creativity and rawness of the whole project was just incredible. I can remember buying this at the old Sam Goody at the Columbia Mall. It was the 3rd release after 36 chambers and Tical. Dirty was just in a diff zone then the rest of us. The thing about Dirty was his lyrical delivery was so uncanny he could just murder beats while still being funny and hardcore……”I got burnt twice but hey it was only gonorrhea” that’s like pain and pleasure; only gr8 poets can put a line like that 2gether.

My fave new Network of 2008(it might be old but who cares I say what I want) G4. Great network, Oliva Gunn , wat a fine slice of cheese :: over there and they play Cops and Cheaters. They have a segment at night that has All Japanese tv and it off the hook….very young and hip network, maybe they can get some re-runs of A-team, Knight Rider and GI Joes and it will officially replace Spike as the de facto Mans Network.

I’ve been reading complex since it inception funny because I’m not into the trendy fashion shit but the website is awesome www.complex.com.... If u doubting we can go issue for issue….u don’t want it

I’m a wrap this up wit my thought on V-day. It’s the Cole-Slaw of holidays. Nice sometimes, but who ever ask for cole-slaw. It’s a basic day that strictly for females and it bad for the environment. Think about it, we kill millions of flowers for one day, destroy mega tons of the cacao plant that makes chocolate…..for wat. Think about ask urself wat the best v-day gift u got…….keep thinking it doesn’t even register. But have no fear fellas, I got a holiday brewing for us………stay tuned.
PS: Fave V-day song….CAMAY by Ghostface, Raekwon and Cappadonna from the Iron man Cd.:



“Can you cook Darling….Baked Macaroni Turkey Wings a brother starving”…….

Enjoy the Weekend………

The Sweet Taste of Victory

The Sweet Taste of Victory

I have a few days to digest some heavy stuff: the uber bowl debacle, the laker’s trade the daddy-diesel goin out west …again. Where do I start, The Uber Bowl was an incredible game. I’m not goin to get into the details cause I’m sure u heard all week about them. The one thing I want to address is the Pats backlash; some are even saying there reign on the top was short like leprechaun. I don’t quite see it that way, they got some good pieces in place and the number 7th pick in the draft. U gotta think about it like this, they play the Jets, Fins and Bills twice. That’s 6 wins now lets say they go .500 the rest of the 10 games, that 11-5 and damn good enuff for the offs’. Now they do have needs and issues to address. I think they can leverage the 7th pick for more pick later in the draft. They might even think about trading the 7th and Assante Samules (sign and trade that the other team aggress to give him a big contract) for a nice package of picks like 2 2’s a 4th and 2 4th round picks. This reminds of my old Madden days as de facto GM. I used to love winning the chip in franchise mode and then trading all the players over 30plus wit high cap numbers. It was gr8 building ur dynasty wit young draft picks and finding cheap free agent talent like Devry Henderson (97 speed, wink Donnie). The fact that you could lock up all that young talent for much cheaper rather then pay for those high-price fa was just not fiscally smart.. That why I would always pick Madden over NCAA Football. In NCAA the best teams get the best player….period, it’s that simple. Most of crew plays with top teams: USC, Mia, Mich, Tex…u get the point. U wanna be a tru champ start a franchise with North Texas. Back to the Pats; 1st they gotta sign Moss and let Assante Samuels. Once in a lifetime WR’s are special and Avg. CB’s that play in a good system do. No offense to the boi, but avg players don’t need 10 mill a season. They should also go after Julius Peppers. He’s 27, wit a little infusion and passion, he will be the best pass rusher in the league. Speaking of Peppers he by far and away the best athlete in the NFL…..don’t believe watch:

Still not a believer:

Now to the LB corps, Vrabel good, Brushi can comeback but at lesser role, maybe a 3rd down linebacker and he’s gonna have to take a paycut. If Bellichik can call his old coach, the Tuna he can swing a trade for Channing Crowder. He’s young, unknown and has the range and speed to be a beast in that 3-4 defense. These are small personnel issue that will get the Pats hungry for another run but the real issue the Mind-state…The Psyche.

It kind of reminds me of the 2004 Lakers. I remember the 2003 Lakers losing to the Spurs after goin for there 4th str8 chip. It was a shock, not in the Spurs beating the Lakes but the fact that they weren’t the best any more, like it was there right to win the chip every year. I can vividly remember that series so clear. There was no way we were gonna lose to them, Shaq and Kobe were just amazing…no way…..

Game 3 was so live that Jack Nick from the sideline got a tech and that just fired the whole Staples up. But in the end the Spurs won and that would set the table for the 2004 team. Look at the emotions on Dfish face….powerful. They felt they needed to get stronger at the 1 and 4 so they picked up Karl Malone and Gary Payton. The Pats picked up Randy “str8 cash” Moss and Make u say Oww like Junior (who Marble calls the Karl Malone of football players). Both had gr8 distractions…..Kobe Rape trial and Spygate. Both breezed thru there regular season and got to the Finals/Super Bowl. Then something happened, something clicked, the shine of both teams quickly lost there luster. The Lakers were eviscerated in the finals; Don Jaun calls it the first 5 game sweep. I was the most shocked person in the world, it didn’t seem right, it was like how could it happen, I’m sure Pat fans feel the same way “how in the hell did we only score 14pts”. Maybe it was the enormous pressure of being the best all year long, crazy expectations, I know it was classic underachievers like Chauncey and Eli putting it 2gether. We all know what happened to the Pats. The Lakers never quite recovered from that year, Phil left, and Shaq was traded. What the future of the Pats, only time will tell.

The Daddy is headed out west. I’m not going to get into the details (that why u have sports center) but best believe Phx. got the best of the deal. I’m not a huge Marion fan, he does some nice things but doest create his own shit, doesn’t play good d (no steals is not playing good defense, that just means your uber quick and get into those passing lanes). Listen, the Suns were never gonna get to the finals wit Marion….ever…period. The Daddy delivers like Fed-Ex.. This isn’t a trade about a lot of strategies and x and o’s, this is about an attitude …a swag.. a way of life…..Diesel fuel is skyrocketing bitches.

Now to our beloved Skin…….one phrase…”Wat the Uck”, the hiring of Jim Zorn is a debacle. It’s not a knock on him rather then the skins brass. How in the hell do u sign a coach that has never been a head coach and not even a offensive coordinator. Ok, he was the QB coach at Seattle but Hello…Idiots Mike Holmgren is like the Qb coach of the last quarter century so how much input did he have. So let me ask y’all this; if u was CEO of a company, would u hire the mailroom clerk as the vice-president….uck no but that wat Danny did. Don Juan made a good point, this is veteran teams that were very close to the old coaches, and there gonna revolt on the new guy. Now I think that a tad extreme but lets say there 3-7 and totally out the playoffs, I can see Santana and Portis starts ish’n on Zorny. This is bad all around, why wasn’t a minority coach even in the equation. If ur requirements include no experience and ur goin to hire all the coordinators u could have gotten a Mike Singletary and started from there. This move just stinks but what even stinker is the cap situation. I went to Hoghaven.com while I was waiting for some porn to d-l and came across the skins cap situation: http://www.thehogs.net/washington-redskins/salary.php. Dooooooddd, Brunell total cap hit for 2007 was 3.5 mil. Phillip Daniels, he of 24 tk and 1.5 sacks. But wait it gets worse, Cornelieus Griffith had 28 tk and 2.5 sacks all for the paycheck of 6.6 mil…..Wat the uck’……Lastly our gr8 center is making 3.8mil, for a damn center…..I’m sorry let me get one more in…Shawn Springs made 7.3 mil, highest on the team all for 57 tk and 4 int. Dood the Skins problem is in the front office, 1st step get a GM.

Random Thoughts

• Monday is the best night on TV, 8pm u can lock and load American Gladiators, 9pm Intervention(damn good show, u thin ur life is messed up wow…..) 10pm Making the Band 4 11pm On-Demand the new Wire a week earlier………damn good night, way to start ur weekday
• I love the way Rick Pitnio changed suits at half-time and still beat G’town
• Hate Duke so much I couldn’t even sleep after that Loss. I mean they really make me sick…..uck Rome
• Was up early Monday morn’ and saw Hard Target w/ Van Damme, he a pussy and his movies suck. Steven Segal would whip his ass
• U gotta peep Turbocity.net, I’ve been raping that site since my pody crashed, now I’m bigger-better then ever.
• Best Mixtape out right now is the G-unit Body Snatcher…hate on Fif if u want, his music when focus is incredible: http://www.zshare.net/download/7189265233c867/
• Actually watched the whole Pro-Bowl this year, it was a good game.
• Early prediction, Adrian Peterson will get 2g’s next year, incredible vision.
• Lakers look damn good, Kobe is MVP……hands down
• The Cle-Den was interesting, I heard King didn’t join none of the 4th qtr huddles….a lil drama in the Kingdom, dood is mad the the Cavs aren’t making any moves….hello ur GM last name is Ferry and he went to Duke.
• Was having a talk wit Don Juan and he said Lebron goin to sign with the Lakers when his deals up. I said he could make more money elsewhere and he said he won’t need the money. Shits don’t think the ball-players don’t go broke. Case in point Latrel Spreewell: http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3241444 The dood cant even make his mortgage payments, this a few years of turning down 21mil deal. WOW u gotta read that.
• Wiz need a break bad and they need to get Gilly back soon, Check out his blog….wanna be like Uddy and shit: http://my.nba.com/forum.jspa?forumID=400032200
• Just saw the Knightrider promo, shit looks hot ……I’m waiting for the A-team movie wit Ice Cube as B. A Barakus
• I’m out remember to vote !!!!!!!

Uber Bowl

The Brawl for it All……….Since we can’t get along we gotta get it on!!!

This is the Uber-Bowl edition. Here’s the low down u have a good team playin great, u have a great team playing good right now. What gonna give. I been watching the nfl network this whole week (bullshyt u get this lame ass network and not espn classic or nba tv) but that’s another topic. The coverage has been lame at best wit lame ass reporters and a bunch of has been’s ( terrel davis and trent dilfer) and a bunch of never was beens (jim mora and your future coach of my beloved redskins Coach Mooch). Media day a damn joke, once again the nfl trying to play both sides of the fence…….hardcore football junkie losers and the vh1-tmz clique. Either way who cares….I don’t give a ish about a someone askin Tom Brady to marry her……..who gives a ish, Now a blow-job on the trophy podium after the game will be a tad more interesting; I’ve regressed!!!!!. The point being the Super Bowl is pretty lame until the actual game is played and someone wants to stop history and and someone want to create history…..it the same theory of watching a porn. Let say porn is 2 hrs; one might only watch only 15 mins of footage, with a lot of fast-forward and bam right to the money shot. Who in the hell goin to care about the lame ass Fox pre-game!!Hello, Ryan Seacrest is hosting, sure there might be some good eye candy……………. {An Uddy crazy ass tangent}, I was home 2day nursing a bad stomach after some questionable sushi and caught the Tyra Banks show. She had a prego Jessica Alba….whoa major thickness in those thighs, her and Tyra were frickin hot.} Anyways back to the Fox pre-game, Randy and Paula are going to be performing there new single……ewwww. Ask urslef wat the hell happened to Idol, it so lame now. Easily Makin the Band 4 and The Challenge has replaced it as the top Reality Show. So once the pre-game is over we get to hear Troy and Joe Dumb’ Uck. I mean this guy is the epitome of why I turn the down my tv unless Emmit is doing pre-game “they got blowed out”. Buck’s preppy rich kid smuggy way about him just makes me sick.

So after all that after the combined 4 turnovers in the 1st half, 3 by Eli, a pik-6, botched snap and fumble when Vrabel hits that corner and blaw!!!, the Gints will be down 21-6 at half. The BS halftime reports that give the team up a way bigger advantage cause it’s a 20 min half-tyme. The Pats will come out and throw deep 3 str8 times. Moss will take one to the house and the game will be unofficially over. Some scrub points back and forth and the Final score will be 42-21. I could go into all those stats…time of possession, yard per catch etc. But that mean’s squat to me. This isn’t about what the Gints can do, it about the Pats and what they allow you to do. There perfect….the Best Team ever, All ya’ll hesitant to give them that title need to wake up. Think about it, were in the midst or Revolution…..A black and a woman are serious presidential candidates, the Pats are the gr8est football team ever and Sly Stallone came out wit a new Rambo………

Revolution………Baby!!!

Sidebar NBA Note:

Happy Days are here again….The Lakes pulled the trigger on one of the best steals in the 21st century….The were able to get Pau Gasol, he of career numbers 18-8-3 for the oft criticized Kwame Brown. I mean this is a gr8 move, it give the Lakes one of if not the best Front line in the entire NBA. They got length, height size, can score can rebound, Odom and Gasol are gr8 passers. All while they control the middle…..you got Beans killin the perimeter…….This is a gr8 trade, I will get more in-depth later, but Happy Days are here again.

Enjoy the Game……!!!!!!

I’ll have a major post this week……..

PS: Look forward to a new Holiday this Summer………………..