Well well well, this is new ground for KD the COMIC a REAL BLOG, Ahhh kinda! LOL I would like to take time out to talk about REALity TV. We all know that NOTHING is REAL on TV anymore, it is not (Except Ghost hunters LOL), But what makes me sick is how it has seem to INFLUENCED EVERYONE. Example: Jon and Kate should have masterbate..I mean plus 8. It taught women its ok to be a controlling,over bearing bitch, who puts her kid into the spot light…HEY Lady the show was great when it was called EIGHT IS ENOUGH! Now Jon I know is no saint but you know what…maybe he didn’t want to do the show…OHHHH YEAH he left, and she has ANOTHER show Coming…whos the bad guy here? Kate also showed that BUTCH DIKE hair cuts are as cool as THE MULLET! Next the newest show on TV is JERSEY SHORE…whats the word in Shore i am looking for OHHH YEAH W-HORE! I meen look at all these guys, nothing against them, but now I see every GUY wanting to be a JUICEHEAD, like in the 90’s it was cool to be black…yes I did it, but thats my point how weak minded we are as human begins that, this CRAP can INFLUANCE us! And the GUIDETTES?? Look I am not saying I wouldnt bang you cause I would…but now yu got girls wearing bumpits…300 pounds of play dough make up and chewing gum like your name was MR ED chewing hay! See my influences are P DIDDY how he got to the top and his game and people like George Carlin, Eminem and More that spoke their mind and didn’t give a shit what people thought. Now same can be said to the people on these shows THEY are just themself which I have nada against DO your thing guys, shit I would hang with you, but all you people that are doing what there doing….DO YOUR thing Not their THING!
Right. So I just had the most boring and useless day of my life. I woke up, had breakfast, went to math class, and came home. That was my afternoon. I ate lunch, did some math homework, went out go get a haircut, followed my parents around some stupid store, and came home. And now I`m doing this. These kinds of days honestly chip my life bit by bit until I go crazy. I could tell this would be a bad day too because when I first woke up I felt as if life was pointless, just for a good 5 seconds. Why is that? I wonder to myself all the time. I think it`s because I need things in life to cheer me up, and I use those things to look forward to everyday. If I don’t have these things then why am I living? every other moment I live in life is to wait for the times I enjoy in life, and once that`s over I start all over again. How sad is life? So today was one of those days where I had completely nothing to look forward to, and I guess I realized this when I woke up this morning. So it is clear that I was right, but it`s fine now that the day is almost over. Since I lead such a lackluster life I look forward to little things such as seeing my friends or just being able to go out for a bit. So I will update you with the latest thing I can deem good enough to look forward into in my sad and boring life. Hmm, yes I have my skit coming up tomorrow. Church tomorrow can be for God and seeing my friends. I find that oh so uplifting.
I need to confide in people. I need to interact with fellow human beings otherwise I will go crazy. Do you get that feeling where there are some people you enjoy seeing and being around with? Because you know you will see that one person and it is enough for you to put everything else behind. I`m sure all of you have felt the same way. So there is that special someone I can see tomorrow and that gives me hope, to be able to look forward to it. Yes it is a girl I`m am looking forward to seeing, not a guy. I am not gay, just to throw that out there. : )
Um okay so this post is continued off yesterday, because I totally forgot about this. So this is now me writing after church. I am sad. Just a bit. Once again I have been opened to the fact that other people don’t have time for me. I look forward to seeing other people and what happens? They don`t want to see me, simple as that. I hate this feeling, when you look forward to something so much, and then it`s gone just like that. I have had that happen to me so much, I can`t do it anymore. I don’t want to look forward to anything because things happen and it shatters everything I put so much into. But if I don’t look forward to anything then life turns useless. So what the hell do I do? It looks like I can just make the choices either to give up on life and one day lose it? Or do I keep looking forward to fake things and let it trick me more and more? Either path doesn’t seem too appealing to me, but what can I do? I usually go play basketball Sunday night, because my parents do not mind letting me exercise. But now I`m afraid to look forward to that because what if I don’t get to go? Trust me, that`s happened a lot of times when my dad agrees and pulls out last minute because he believes I don’t deserve to go. I`ve had enough of that. I have had enough of all this. I guess it`s time for me to seclude myself from everyone else. I will do it. Watch me. Not that you would care. I just wish I could find that one person who will really understand me…
Song I`m currently listening to:
Beautiful – Eminem
I love how all these songs can relate to my post. I`m thinking of posting another song of my life with this song, but it`s really long so that might take awhile.
Facebook Fan Page of the Day:
I wish I could see how someone else saw me from their point of view ~
Punk-Rock idols Green Day will perform at the 52nd Grammy Awards
PREVIEW: LISTEN to Green Day performing “21 Guns” with the cast “American Idiot” on YouTube.
Hey did you know that The Grammy Awards are on TV this Sunday! Yeah, neither did I. It’s true that The Grammy Awards are getting further from relevance every year, but there’s at least one thing to look forward to this year. Green Day will perform with the cast of “American Idiot” the musical. Having a broadway show based on your incredibly popular, mainstream CD might not be “punk-rock,” but the musical has been getting rave reviews. Recently, the musical wrapped up a record breaking three month stint at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre in California, and on April 20th the show will make it’s Broadway debut at the the St. James Theater. So, be sure to check out Green Day and a performance by Eminem, Lil Wayne, Drake and Travis Barker. On second thought, The Grammy’s might not be too bad this year.
This is part one of a three-part series of posts I will write on the best rapper out, Tech N9ne.
That’s right. I said it.
The best rapper alive is not Kanye West. It’s not Eminem (at least right now). It’s not Lil’ Weezy and it’s not Jay-Z. The best rapper alive for this guy’s money is Tech N9ne.
Considering all the rap posts I’ve put together since this blog started five weeks ago, you at least have to know I listen to a lot of rap. It’s my favorite kind of music — not just for listening, but for debating. And the greatest debate in this genre is “Who’s the best?”
For a long, long time, I said the best rapper alive was Eminem. Marshall was my favorite — not just because I was white and related to his stuff, but because I genuinely believed his rhyme scheme and his lyrical content was the best.
Then, a few years ago, I swore on my life Lil’ Wayne was the best rapper out there. Weezy busted into our lives using the mixtape circuit and put so much incredible material together it was hard to not believe him when he’d calmly say, “I’m the Best Rapper Alive since the best rapper retired (Jay-Z).” But with the way the Rebirth Fiasco (http://thekidisback.com/2010/01/08/rebirth) has gone, it’s only fair to say Lil’ Wayne just isn’t where he used to be.
Is there room to ascend? Sure there is. And maybe we’ll be writing about Drake as the biggest star alive after Thank Me Later drops in 2010. Maybe Em will re-ascend to the throne. There are a lot of maybes and ifs now in the rap game.
But the truth of the matter is the one artist who is continually putting out great music is Tech N9ne. There’s just indisputable evidence to prove it.
Some of you might be unfamiliar with the number one hip-hop independent artist in the world, but he’s been positively influencing my life since 2002, when he dropped the classic album Anghellic.
For whatever reason, Tech N9ne is incredibly popular in Northern California, where I grew up. I can remember riding around in my baseball teammate’s truck when he first threw Tech into the radio and told me I needed to hear him. And the first song I heard, of course, was his first original classic.
In college, you might have heard some of Tech’s classic bangers. The most famous song from Anghellic is, without doubt, Einstein Tech N9ne. Have a listen:
This song is a perfect example of what makes T9 one of the greatest rappers to be a fan of. He can rap as fast as Twista, only with significantly better lyrics and a more devilish, exciting quality to his music. He will throw in elements from theater and movies into his music (witnessed in the “KC, MO Rolllllll,” which is clearly an homage to The Wizard of Oz.)
Similar to Lil’ Wayne, I could link literally hundreds of Tech N9ne songs in this post because he’s developed such an amazing collection of records under his label, Strange Music. That’s not to mention one of his Kansas City protégés, Krizz Kaliko, has released two albums within the last two years under the label. Kali is featured on a number of Tech’s songs, including another of my favorites, I’m a Playa:
Kaliko is incredibly talented and his contributions to Tech’s music will be featured in another post on this site. That said, he’s been along for this incredible ride with Tech for the last few years as Strange Music’s popularity has exploded (relatively speaking, of course).
To give you an idea of where the Independent Hip-hop scene has taken this group of talented rappers, Tech’s last CD (my personal favorite of 2009), K.O.D. debuted at number 14 on the Billboard charts this past year.
That fact is incredible when you think about it. This guy literally doesn’t have a single on the radio at any point and makes such incredible music that his fans never miss a release. And there have been an unbelievable amount of releases over the past four years.
Starting in 2006, when Tech came out with his first full CD since the epic “Absolute Power,” he’s released FIVE full-length CDs (two as Tech N9ne Collabos, where he works with a number of Strange Music and other artists to create a number of songs, many of them with guest appearances).
Everready released in 2006. The album features an insane amount of classic jams – some of which were actually featured in the Justin Timberlake film, Alpha Dog. Of those, the one that may have defined my senior year of college and which resonates with even the most casual of rap fans has to be the incredible Caribou Lou:
I can almost guarantee you can play this song at any dance party across the United States and you’re going to get the party jumpin’ and the hotties humpin’.
Since Everready’s release, Tech’s come out with the aforementioned Tech N9ne Collabos albums, Misery Loves Kompany and Sickology 101. Both albums are incredible and feature 18 songs apiece, but of those 36, this song is the best in my opinion:
In any event, I’ll be spending a lot of time on this blog talking about Tech being underrated and alerting you any time he’s featured on a song because his talent needs to be more widespread.
Tech, at least this half of TKIB salutes you – and I’m hoping we can get more people to feel the way I do.
Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity
To seize everything you ever wanted-One moment
Would you capture it or just let it slip?
Yeah,
His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy
There’s vomit on his sweater already, mom’s spaghetti
He’s nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready
To drop bombs, but he keeps on forgetting
What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud
He opens his mouth, but the words won’t come out
He’s choking how, everybody’s joking now
The clock’s run out, time’s up over, bloah!
Snap back to reality, Oh there goes gravity
Oh, there goes Rabbit, he choked
He’s so mad, but he won’t give up that
Easy, no
He won’t have it , he knows his whole back’s to these ropes
It don’t matter, he’s dope
He knows that, but he’s broke
He’s so stagnant that he knows
When he goes back to his mobile home, that’s when it’s
Back to the lab again yo
This whole rhapsody
He better go capture this moment and hope it don’t pass him
(You better lose yourself in the music, the moment
You own it, you better never let it go go
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime yo)
This soul’s escaping, through this hole that it’s gaping
This world is mine for the taking
Make me king, as we move toward a, new world order
A normal life is boring, but superstardom’s close to post mortem
It only grows harder, homey grows hotter
He blows us all over these hoes is all on him
Coast to coast shows, he’s know as the globetrotter
Lonely roads, God only knows
He’s grown farther from home, he’s no father
He goes home and barely knows his own daughter
But hold your nose cause here goes the cold water
His hoes don’t want him no mo, he’s cold product
They moved on to the next schmoe who flows
He nose dove and sold nada
So the soap opera is told and unfolds
I suppose it’s old partner’, but the beat goes on
Da da dum da dum da da
(You better lose yourself in the music, the moment
You own it, you better never let it go go
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime yo)
No more games, I’m a change what you call rage
Tear this motherfucking roof off like two dogs caged
I was playing in the beginning, the mood all changed
I been chewed up and spit out and booed off stage
But I kept rhyming and stepwritin the next cypher
Best believe somebody’s paying the pied piper
All the pain inside amplified by the
Fact that I can’t get by with my nine to
Five and I can’t provide the right type of life for my family
Cause man, these goddam food stamps don’t buy diapers
And it’s no movie, there’s no Mekhi Phifer, this is my life
And these times are so hard and it’s getting even harder
Trying to feed and water my seed, plus
Teeter totter caught up between being a father and a prima donna
Baby mama drama’s screaming on and
Too much for me to wanna
Stay in one spot, another day of monotony
Has gotten me to the point, I’m like a snail
I’ve got to formulate a plot or end up in jail or shot
Success is my only motherfucking option, failure’s not
Mom, I love you, but this trailer’s got to go
I cannot grow old in Salem’s lot
So here I go is my shot.
Feet fail me not cause maybe the only opportunity that I got
(You better lose yourself in the music, the moment
You own it, you better never let it go go
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime yo)
For duo, group or collaborative performances of Rap only. Singles or Tracks only.
Too Many Rappers
Beastie Boys & Nas
[Capitol]
Crack A Bottle
Eminem, Dr. Dre & 50 Cent
Track from: Relapse
[Aftermath/Interscope]
Money Goes, Honey Stay
Fabolous & Jay-Z
Track from: Loso’s Way
[Def Jam]
Make Her Say
Kid Cudi, Kanye West & Common
[Universal Motown/GOOD Music]
Amazing
Kanye West & Young Jeezy
Track from: 808s & Heartbreak
[Roc-A-Fella]
100. Jet – She’s A Genius
99. Paramore – Ignorance
98. The Fray – You Found Me
97. Tori Amos – Welcome To England
96. Placebo – For What It’s Worth
95. Kris Allen – No Boundaries
94. Florence and The Machine – Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)
93. Ashley Tisdale – It’s Alright It’s OK
92. The Whitest Boy Alive – 1517
91. Pete Yorn and Scarlett Johannson – Relator
90. Passion Pit – The Reeling
89. A Fine Frenzy – Blow Away
88. The Veronicas – Untouched
87. Peter Bjorn and John – Nothing To Worry About
86. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – 15 Minutes
85. Death Cab For Cutie – Meet Me On The Equinox
84. Boys Like Girls – Love Drunk
83. Kid Cudi feat Kanye West & Common – Make Her Say
82. Lady Sovereign – I Got You Dancing
81. R. Kelly feat Keri Hilson – Number One
80. Kleerup feat Lykke Li – Until We Bleed
79. Raygun – Just Because
78. Chris Brown feat Lil’ Wayne – I Can Transform Ya
77. Arctic Monkeys – Crying Lightning
76. Sean Kingston – Fire Burning
75. Flo Rida feat Ke$ha – Right Round
74. Mary J. Blige feat Drake – The One
73. John Mayer – Who Says
72. Pet Shop Boys – Love etc.
71. Marié Digby – Avalanche
70. 3!Oh3 – Don’t Trust Me
69. Amerie – Why R U
68. P!nk – Sober
67. Pussycat Dolls – Hush Hush, Hush Hush
66. Usher – Papers
65. Depeche Mode – Wrong
64. Regina Spektor – Laughing With
63. Miley Cyrus – Party In The USA
62. Dave Matthew’s Band – Funny The Way It Is
61. Snow Patrol – Just Say Yes
60. The Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition
59. Linkin Park – New Divide
58. Joss Stone – Free Me
57. Katy Perry – Waking Up In Vegas
56. All-American Rejects – Gives You Hell
55. Colbie Caillat – Fallin’ For You
54. Kasabian – Underdog
53. Gym Class Heroes feat Estelle – Guilty As Charged
52. OneRepublic – All The Right Moves
51. Ciara feat Justin Timberlake – Love Sex Magic
50. India.Arie feat Musiq Soulchild – Chocolate High
49. James Morisson – Get To You
48. Eminem – We Made You
47. Whitney Houston – Million Dollar Bill
46. Timbaland feat Nelly Furtado & Soshy – Morning After Dark
45. Calvin Harris – I’m Not Alone
44. Jordin Sparks – Battlefield
43. Jason DeRulo- Whatcha Say
42. Mika – We Are Golden
41. Dashboard Confessional – Belle Of The Boulevard
40. Natalie Imbruglia – Want
39. Rihanna – Russian Roulette
38. Rob Thomas – Her Diamonds
37. Mario – Thinking About You
36. Green Day – Know Your Enemy
35. Michael Bublé – Haven’t Net You Yet
34. Britney Spears – 3
33. Pearl Jam – The Fixer
32. Madonna – Celebration
31. Daniel Merriweather feat Wale – Change
30. Ke$ha – TiK ToK
29. Robbie Williams – Bodies
28. Pitbull – I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)
27. Kelly Clarkson – My Life Would Suck Without You
26. U2 – Get On Your Boots
25. David Guetta feat Kelly Rowland – When Love Takes Over
24. Lenka – The Show
23. Little Boots – New In Town
22. Akon – Right Now (Na Na Na)
21. Pixie Lott – Momma Do (Uh Oh Uh Oh)
20. Shakira – She Wolf
19. Muse – Uprising
18. Kings of Convenience – Mrs. Cold
17. Owl City – Fireflies
16. Keri Hilson feat Timbaland – Return The Favor
15. Norah Jones – Chasing Pirates
14. Imogen Heap – First Train Home
13. Leona Lewis – Happy
12. The Black Eyed Peas – Boom Boom Pow
11. Alicia Keys – Doesn’t Mean Anything
10. Maxwell – Pretty Wings
9. Jay-Z feat Alicia Keys – Empire State Of Mind
8. Mariah Carey – Obsessed
7. Taylor Swift – You Belong To Me
6. Lily Allen – The Fear
5. The Gossip – Love Long Distance
4. Paloma Faith – New York
3. La Roux – Bulletproof
2. Beyoncé – Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
1. Lady Gaga – Poker Face
