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Happy Post Valentine's Day from the Ace. Yeah, I would have had this up on February 14 but, when I saw this, I had a laugh the whole day. This is for the guys that gave candies, flowers, and all the goodies and their Valentine did not like. Mickael Pietrus, aka "Air France", guard from the Phoenix Suns, is here to help you out for next year.
Like everybody was doing yesterday, I was watching the Super Bowl, loving the commercials (s/o to Em for his Chrysler commercial showing Detroit, it is much needed in this day in America), and eating lots of food. Unlike many of the Super Bowl fanatics, I just could not stand watching Bill O’Reilly given his no-spin zone to Barack Obama because Bill O’Reilly love going after people he know he can control and get away with it (try that with those protesters in Egypt then I will give you some type of credit.), nor did I watch the Super Bowl halftime show with the Black Eyed Peas because I have a disdain for people who sold out on hip-hop. Here is my gripe on “The Black-Eyed Peas.”
Me and my blogger brother in the N.C, Citizen Ojo, was having a nice conversation about this during the Chicago Bears- Seattle Seahawks NFC Divisional Playoff Game. Decades ago, I really thought that the Black-Eyed Peas were going to be the West Coast version of my favorite group “A Tribe Called Quest.” Not because the elements that was similar,(Will.I.Am being the next Q-Tip,Taboo and Apl.de.ap being the next Ali Muhammed and Phife Dog) but because they were different in their own way of race (one black, one Filipino, and one Hispanic). I remember the first album called Behind the Front due to their hit “Joints and Jam” with artist Kim Hill.
It is still to me a bonafide hip-hop classic in many cases. In 2000, they collab with singer Macy Gray on “Request Line”. It was a pretty nice song that it hit 2 on the Rap Single. Yes the same time the Hot Boyz (Juvenile, B.G., Turk, and some lil knucklehead name Lil Wayne) was blazing the whole U.S. The same year Bad Boy was at their peak. So the question to me from 2000 to 2001 what happen.
Well development at Interscope came. Dumped Kim Hill because she wasn’t black enough and got a singer that was not black at all to coincide with the Rainbow Coalition that was already happening. Fergie did so much up and down to this group. She gave them international appeal and killed the once coined “one of the last few rap crew in the game.” What happened is that they became more pop than hip-hop. Sometimes I really think the Black-Eyed Peas played a part of the “Who killed the hip-hop group?” theory. It was a big….and quick decision to either get back into hip-hop or go pop. Well, three double platinum LPs, a song (and parody thanks to Aaron MacGruder) for our nation’s president , and many tour around the world, we see where this group went.
Now I am sitting here thinking three things. “Was it worth it,” “Would I still think of Joints & Jam the same way I think of Imma Be,” “Are they the expanded version of A Tribe Called Quest?”
….Well I don’t know, but I tell you my friends. That playing College Football 2010 on PS3 was worth playing than the halftime show.
After all this Lebron hoopla and Oscar Grant injustice that swirm me for the past week, today I am going all left field on everybody and talk about a first name that really intrigues me in a funny way. The reason I don’t know why but it always makes me think of laughing or thinking about entertainment. I always said if I can change my name and make a stage name, the first name will always be Percy. Only thing I could think of is that name sounds like an entertainer that do James Brown moves, singing will emphasis, and have ladies throwing their panties. So to whatever no avail…. I bring to you famous Percys
Percy Jackson – In his movie “Percy Jackson & the Olympians,” he is the protagonist.He is good-natured, friendly, brave, and often willing to risk his life to save his friends, strangers, and even his enemies, has a sarcastic sense of humor,and dislike titles being given to him, as he always tells horses, which his father is said to have created, not to call him "boss" or "lord" whenever they talk to him. He also has a strong sense of loyalty and fairness. He is played by Logan Lerman. Honestly, I thought he was a guy that had a singing crew and come on stage doing some James Brown moves with four guys singing background and kills greek gods by after 2am in the morning. I also thought the character of Percy was played by Bradon Jackson, seriously.
Percy Sledge – Come to think about it, he look like Uncle Curtis from “House of Payne.” Well he can sing and women were throwing their panties at him in the 60s, so that goes with the stereotype of a Percy.
Percy Weasley – He kills the stereotype Percy just with his last name alone. Plus he was in the Harry Potter movies. That did it for me.
Percy Watson – This guy is the perfect Percy. The name, the moniker, and everything just have my version of Percy written all over him. The WWE needed to stamp that name because he portray the Percy that I always thought except for the singing part. Plus I think if the WWE wasn’t so PG, ladies would be throwing their panties at him. Besides, dude really reminds me of a partied-up, sugar-jacking, bigger version of Steve Urkel.
Percy from “Talking Dirty After Dark” (Daryl Sivad) – I swear for a guy that had lame jokes and everything in this movies, that made him funny to me plus Deebo ready to pound him in for Deebo thinking he was messing with his woman. This Percy did not have panties thrown at him but he did catch a George Bush by Joe Torrey.
What name do have stereotypes of? Do you know any famous Percys?
The Smoking Ace is also a music living, crate diggin, hip-hop head and I love my region’s hip-hop music, The Dirty South. I recorded VH1 Hip Hop Honors,The Dirty South, but did not get to look at until yesterday. I can tell you this as a hip-hop head from the south that………
VH1 either really hates southern hip-hop or don’t know jack-s@#@ about the history of Southern hip-hop because while they got the whole concept wrong.
I can give you what they got right. Notably Luke Skywalker and the 2 Live Crew, JD, Master P, Trick Daddy, and Organized Noise. Scarface would have been honored also but I know why
Here is where the pure Sh@#$ery goes down.
You should have left it as "Vh1 Hip Hop Honors 2010" - Scarface said it best in his blog when talking about the reason he decided to not accept being honored on the show.
Why would you categorize us as “Dirty South”? Why can’t you just honor some muthafuckers from down here and leave it like that? You ain’t gotta make us look extra country. We know where we’re from and we know where you’re from. We know where Hip Hop came from, man. We’re cool with that. I’m proud to be from Houston but don’t make a mockery of my accomplishments. We’re not “dirty” down here in the South anyway. This shit down here probably cleaner than the rest of the country, cause we got grandmas down here. Our grandmas don’t play that shit.
Bonecrusher should have never been on there - He is the reason for the quote from an episode called “Soul” off of CBS Cold Case .
“Steal a little, you a thief. Steal a lot, then you’re the king” –Lt. John Stillman, Cold Case
Bonecrusher, whether he likes it or not, stole the hit “Never Scared” from Mississippi’s Rap Duo Reese and Bigelow.
Since when does Virginia become “The Dirty South” – Last time I checked, they have a region of their own. They call it the “D-M-V.” When VH1start honoring the DMV, then I would honor Timbo. VH1, “The Dirty South” consist of the following: Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, and Tennessee. The Carolinas have their own region and Virginia is part of the DMV which is a region of its own. ……..and speaking of Tennessee.
A Dirty South honor without Memphis hip-hop, Are you serious? – Let’s back track for a history on Southern Hip Hop 101, J Prince did represent Texas, but a 16- year old entrepreneur named Tony Draper started a label, based off the West Coast Death Row Records, called Suave House.Suave House consist of legendary Memphis pioneers Eightball and MJG, South Circle, Crime Boss, and Tela. Although Outkast had the South on lock being that Atlanta became the new hot spot, Suave House had the whole South on lock along with Rap-A-Lot records and Jive’s UGK.Eightball and MJG’s “Coming Out Hard” is still a bonafide classic album in the south, “Lay It Down” was the South’s national anthem, Tela’s “Sho Nuff” is the Nupes national strolling athem, and everybody learn the game in their classic song “Pimps.” Speaking of Memphis hip-hop, how the executives leave out the ONLY hip-hop group with an Oscar, Three-Six-Mafia. They were the reason for Crunk music. Before crunk, Triple-Six had people fighting in the club for no apparent reason.
If we are going to represent VA, why not Carolina hip-hop? – Everybody was reppin North Carolina when Petey Pablo came out with “Raise Up.” Also the most educated hip-hop group since Boogie Down Production is Little Brother. They were so good, BET banned the song “Loving It” from the video list. Speaking of the Justus League, what about 9th Wonder? He has made major contributions to Hip-hop producing (HBCU stand up!!).
No Outkast, or Geto Boys are you really serious? - Those two are hand-in-hand the RUN- DMCs of the South. Without Outkast, there will be no Organize Noised honored and without the Geto Boys, Texas will still be heard just from the south. They were the trendsetters out of the South. Both groups change the game in rap music. The Geto Boys were changing it with their raw and edgy lyrics that made people cringed. The first time I heard “Assassin” I was amped up. I see why the Insane Crown Posse, the craziest group that walk on Earth, remade the song.The Geto Boys were the first to sample lines from Brian De Palma epic classic movie “Scarface.” Outkast, on the other hand were 2 kids that were lyrical geniuses and serious go-gettaz. They have done it all, with all respect in the South.
If you wanted Missy on their so bad to represent the female MCs from the South, why not Mia X, or even Gangsta Boo? - I give Missy her credit in her contribution to hip-hop, but as far as southern female MCs, those two brought fear to the heart of male MCs in the house and their independence songs showed. Come on, ladies in the house was still humming "Where Dem Dollars At?" till this day.
Seriously, How in the HELL you leave out DJ Screw as a Honoree? - Without DJ Screw, there will be no "Screwed and Chopped." Texas would be like any other hip-hop. That is what made Texas hip-hop so unique.
There are my rants and I am sticking to them.
How do you feel about VH1’s “Hip Hop Honors?” Where do you feel it missed the mark in Southern Hip-Hop?
People can talk about Joe Budden all they want. I personally say that every Underground Mixtape he has established has been pure 100% classic. I know Nas talk about "Hip Hop is Dead," but Joe Budden's 2008 freestyle "Who Killed Hip Hop Part1 & 2" is a bonfide classic. I can hear this 10 years from now and will still see what he is talking about. So to all the people who like mainstream artists, this is DEFINITELY NOT for you.
Do you feel Joe Budden on this freestyle? How did you feel about this hip hop song?
Yesterday was Mother’s Day, but I also lost my first crush yesterday
Lena Horne, the silky-voiced singing legend who shattered Hollywood stereotypes of African Americans on screen in the 1940s as a symbol of glamour whose signature song was "Stormy Weather," died Sunday in New York City. She was 92
Horne died at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, a spokeswoman said. No cause of death was given.
I have a list of women I would just love to date if I have a time machine.
5. Brandy and Monica in the 90s and I transformed into a teenager (don’t front fellaz, we all wanted to.)
4. Irene Cara in the 80s.
3. Vanity in 1984
2. Pam Grier in the 70s
……and
Lena Horne from the 40s-60s.
Now Lena Horne was a different type of woman. Although Ertha Kitt brought out generations of fantasies (Some of them old and a few of new players use to tell how Ertha Kitt was the type of woman that …..well you know), Lena Horne brought out boy and man crushes for generations to come. Lena was a smile that you can see coming from a mile. She was what Black Hollywood was all about (It is not just the talent, but the eye of the beholder). My first sight at Lena Horne was when I was five looking in those Jet magazines in the barber. She was that woman that if she smiled, I would literally faint because she was that pretty and that genuine. She was an actress, a singer, a vocal part of the civil rights movement. At that time, entertainers meant more than these entertainers now. She paved the way for those who are good in the sound stage just as well as the acting scene (Diana Ross (who is also a triple threat like Lena), Whitney Houston (circa 90s), Jennifer Hudson, Beyonce, Alicia Keys, Queen Latifah, Brandy (circa 90s), Janet, and Jill Scott). She was the reason I really got into black and white films. I remember the episode of “A Different World” where the kids were meddling and saying that Mr Gaines about his old day’s memories. The students and the dean was trying to pamper Lena when she came in but she was unimpressed. She went to The Pit, asked Mr. Gaines to whip her up some of that good ole’ soul food and they were reminiscing about the time at the war where she was performing. She was real on that situation. I guess you can although I mean guy my age that was young was feeling Tina Turner, Whitney Houston, and Janet Jackson, I was stuck in an old soul with an old soul crush on Lena.
You will be missed Miss Horne.
-SA
What are your memories of the late, great, and beautiful Lena Horne?
Well after doing exams, cramming, fatigue, and other stuff that I did not know my body can go through, I had to take time to wish every mother, aunt, god-mother, and motherly woman a Happy Mother's Day. So for the Weekend Jam, I am just going to play my all-time favorite Mother's Day song. I will be back shortly with major post, an upcoming post on Black Man's Law, and a week of guest bloggers with a catchy theme call "Who's at the Ace House."
One day, the Queen and I were having dinner at her place.We got on the discussion on black men and what I as a black man do not find very attractive because she wanted to know my limits. I told her two things in particular that was pet peeves to me
1. 1.I don’t like my sex life out in the streets, single or not.
2. 2. I don’t like my private business in the streets, single or not.
Well seem like Bobby Valentino and Michael Beasley didn’t catch that memo
Note to Bobby and Michael, never do stupid stuff because you have people like this that will air your “nasty” little secrets.Kat Stacks has just opened the floodgates for pure foolishness.
How would you feel if somebody aired out something you did on video?
("I don't have to worry about what people are thinking and what's going on in the industry. I don't want that stuff to influence what I'm doing. Because I think it stifles you creatively. I don't want to have to care too much about that. All I care about is what the fans think. It's really all I care about, honestly.)
-Shania Twain
("What good are fans? You can't eat applause for breakfast. You can't sleep with it.")
- Bob Dylan
(An Ace's thought: That is my Angel vs. Devil quotes for this post.)
I remember December 9, 2002, I wrote a post about Kelis channeling back 1997-2002. That was pretty much the first time I really got some pretty shaky reponses (I am a Kelis fan, but wow, they made me look like I wasn’t. Sorry, just didn’t like her third and fourth album. Seriously, they are not too hot.) Well after all the courts, paychecks, and looking like this……..
and
…….articles are out that she is going to do a fifth album. This time she is collaborating with Black Eye Peas’ Will.I.Am which is pretty cool seeming that both are creative. To tell you the truth, I am glad she left Jive records. They really made her sound crappy after the second album. I been telling people that Kelis is “poetry in motion,” and Will.I.Am is going to polish the jewel (please, no pun).
But not everybody is happy with her working on a new album.
when this bitches album flops and she gets eggs thrown at her during her release party maybe shell give it up and go back to sucking the kids out of the tip of pharells penis no homo
yeah for real, i got no kind words for this chic. she really disgusts me for what shes doing to nas. i dont even wish her shit flops because in that case she can stll fall back on nas and rape him for the 645K shes now going to be getting on a yearly basis. I hope she does well enough so she can get her support decreased. I hope this dude wins joint custody of his son, i hate gold diggers, with a passion. shit is wrong and way too many women do this.
This is the first article i read about this bitch that aint about her stealing all nas money shit man, i hope she does well so Nas can get some money lmao... and flash back moment this chick use to be hot, now she ugly
Truthfully Kelis is gone to flop but she will have a one hit with Acapella! And by the way if you guys think that Kelis is going to be receiving alimony from Nas for 18 years...you need to know the law of CA! Nas was not married to her for 10 years or more...she will only get alimony for a limited time most likely a year. That is why she was back to work so soon after giving birth! If Kelis could be a stay at home mother she would! Kelis has no choice but to work because she will be paying 50% percent of that child support and her alimony will be voided if it is not already! Why would Nas have to pay her alimony for 18 years he was only married to her for 3 years? But that excessive amount that she has already received is totally unwarranted for this non-talented SKANK who also had a career before Nas...this woman is WHACK!!
BROKE BEOTCH GET OUT OF NAS ASS AND GET A FUCKING JOB, YOU NO TALENT NO JOB SKILLS HAVING PORN VIDEO UGLY ASS HOE!!!!!!!!!!! NI99AS HATE BITCHES EVEN MORE CUZ OF YOU. YOUR STANK PUSSY AINT WORTH $55,000 PER MONTH PER MF'ING MONTH!! DEATH TO ALL HOES LIKE KELIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now this is under a 18-hour span. Though she has many fans (myself included), what she pull off with Nas was illmatic (definitely, no pun intended) and left so many people to question her greed. I think Kelis need to listen to a song called “Don’t Let it Go To Your Head” by either Jean Carne or rap Group Brand Nubian because if she flop out on this one, she will get a reality check that “your past actions can come back and haunt you.”
Being that Will.i.am is working with her on the fifth LP “Flesh Bone,” how do you feel Kelis is going to do? Do you still have love for Kelis, or do you feel that she is a pain in the…. After the fiasco with Nas?”
and 
fuck this money hungry bitch stickin my nigga Nas for his paper
Q!
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