This awesome graph is just one of the many cool things you can find here at JamPhat. Go check it out, it'll change your life. That link was once again found via Joey at Straight Bangin', who just absolutely kills it every time. No one has better "finds" than Joey.
True story: The Greek Professor and I were once watching a rap show many years ago. One of the opening acts was a really lame trio of Haitian reggae/hip hoppers. They were all familiar in style, so much so, that I remarked to the GP that they should be named "The Three Pras", due to their resemblance to the hype man in the Fugees. I openly worried that the youth in Haiti might be inspired by Pras' success; it might probably be the worst thing to happen to Haiti in the last 50 years! (I'm kidding, of course).
I told that story today to The Marathon Man, and he wins the line of the week: "Wow, can you imagine if Haitian youth are really inspired by Pras? That's like all of Staten Island wanting to be like U-God!"
Word up. Dedicated to those whose spit 9 rhymes on whole Wu albums.
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Speaking of the Wu, another great find for you guys today... behold The Ghostface Doll. $500, ya'll. Comes with a real 24K gold chain. Quote the Burnout (who put me on to this): "I'm waiting for the Rza doll."
The Burnout must have found this via Pitchfork, which has this post on the topic. That chalice has special crystals in it.The doll has a blog. I'm just here to give you the facts, that's all. This post from the blog sums it up for me... caramel complexion, breath smelling like cinnamon....
The Marathon Man found us the ancestor of the Ghostface Doll.
More stuff: There exists Wu-Tang Clan wrapping paper. Dat Legal Girl told us she was going to buy both dolls as gifts for her brother, and wrap them in the Wu-wrapping paper. Here's The Marathon Man's reply:
You should buy a Barbie mansion for the dolls, a bunch of doll assistants for Hammer, and then kick them all out a few months later. Then, you can have Ghost move in and the U-God doll can live in the basement.
Did you guys know how many people are Wu
Affiliates? I think I saw SML’s name on that list…
Update: One more winner from TMM (regarding the Wu Affiliates):
I’m still looking for a description that reads “Once rode the S79 Bus with the GZA”
**********The Commission has it's Old Skool Friday videos up... go check it out.
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From Cracked, it's "The 25 Worst Rapper Names of All Time". Two winners:
23. Chamillionaire:
Is he a millionaire who blends in with the rest of us? Or is he
a millionaire that blends in with other millionaires because being rich is just
so natural to him? Or perhaps he has a million chameleons? Or maybe he is a
million chameleons who have joined together, combining their camouflage skills
to appear as a rapper in order to take advantage of today's enormous
market for bad hip-hop. Or perhaps he's only a tea millionaire with an enormous
collection of fragrant, healing Chamomile teas. Either way, he's an idiot.
With an endless supply of infamous military leaders to choose
from, this is who he picks-a CIA stooge who will probably live the rest of his
life in prison. And it's not even spelled right. Is he worried the real Noriega
will sue him for damages? Actually, that would be pretty awesome.
Finally, an old skool video for ya'll - the ironically named Young Black Teenagers (YBT), who I honestly didn't know were white, even after I watched the video numerous times, until one of my friends made a joke about some white boy wannabe rappers we knew, comparing them to YBT. I was like "Word? YBT is white?". He looked at me, and then started cracking up. I thought he was laughing at my ignorance, but then he confessed: "Yeah, it took me a while to get the joke, too". We Latinos aren't too good at the whole white/black thing:
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Updated Jamphat!
Diallo: I really just thought U-God was killed before the first album came out, and that's why he only recorded like two bars. I mean, didn't he get shot?
Nope, he was slinging that cocaina:
U-God was born Lamont Hawkins in Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York. Being jailed for narcotics possession prevented him from featuring heavily on the group's debut album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), his input on the seminal LP consisting of only a short bridge on the group's debut single "Protect Ya Neck" as well as the now-famous opening verse of "Da Mystery of Chessboxin".
jamphat wow, I haven't laughed so hard for a good bit. Thanks for this!
There a lot of dissension amongst the ranks of the Wu right now, on the even of their upcoming album release of 8 Diagrams:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxVklC45bOQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YduSm_uxuc4
a .05% sliver of the pie chart should reserved for babes who came feet first.
rza fell off when he started rocking those 'eyes wide shut' bobby digital masks.
Come on. You gotta admit that U-God stepped his game up on "Wu Tang Forever." I'm not saying he was spectacular or anything. But it's like expecting a regular cheeseburger for dinner, and your mom throws some bacon on it. It's still not good for you, but definitely an improvement.