Fan x Fan Show: 'The Flash' 301 - "Flashpoint"

We're back!  After the summer off, 'The Flash' returns with it's season premiere!  Show Highlights:

-  Trav and I live stream our show via Facebook and Periscope

- We talk a little 'The Flashpoint Paradox'

- We try discuss time travel vs. dimension hopping

- Iris is all the way fine

- Barry's Mom, also all the way fine

- Kid Flash's transformation, and the GREAT show trope of actors playing multiple roles

- Thawne's endless plotting

- "The Rival" and "Savatar"

- What we expect from the season

- Brand new Itunes review

- When to expect the song/ album of the year show in podcast form

Song/ Album of the Year LIVE SHOW!

June 8th, 2015 is the date I consider to be the first real South Kongress Podcast.  Travis Bryant and I did a Season One recap of CW's "The Flash".  Since then, we've covered TV shows, movies, relationships, charities, personal health and growth, among other things.  Probably the strongest reactions and listenership has come from our music review shows.  To super serve the fan base, as well as try to give our a bit more insight to myself, my friends, and our lives, I've decided to do a special live episode, debating the very best songs and albums of 2016.  First, I'll share the criteria I gave to the panel, so that you know what to expect:

All songs/albums must have been released between 10/1/15 and 9/24/16.

If it's a single off an album that was released between those dates, it passes, even if the single came out before the album.

Please show up with

-THREE songs you think were the best

-THREE songs you personally enjoyed

*These CAN overlap, so if you only have less than 6 songs, it's understood*

ONE of your songs can be played, in full.*

TWO albums you think were the best

ONE album you think was disappointing

The plan is to stream live on both Facebook and Periscope, so you may want to dress for the occasion.

You're welcome to bring guests, but make sure they understand they'll need to be toned down for this to work.

The most important thing- this is supposed to be fun.  There aren't right answers, only poorly presented ones.

This will take place Saturday, October 1st, at 8PM CST.  We'd love for you all to leave feedback on whatever platform you choose to view the show in.  This will be released next week in our normal podcast format, and depending on the length, may be split into two shows.  We look forward to showing everyone a good time!  Here are the links to the live streams:

South Kongress on Facebook 

CeeHawk on Periscope

Fan X Fan Show: Offseason #3 - It's Arguing Time!

Rolling solo this week, discussing:

- The 'Nneka the Uber Driver' Premiere Party & release schedule

(http://nnekatheuberdriver.com/)

- The 'People vs. OJ Simpson' vs. 'Fargo' award season debate

- Our upcoming 'Song/Album of the Year' show!!!

- You can submit 'Song/Album of the Year' suggestions (or any questions/commets) on the following social media platforms:

- https://twitter.com/ceehawk
- https://twitter.com/SouthKongress
- https://www.facebook.com/southkongress/

South Kongress #3 - Anisah Ali & Relay for Life

Every week, we talk fantastic people with fantastic abilities.  We took a small break to talk about real people with fantastic drive that's used to help those in need.  Anisah Ali heads Texas State University's Relay For Life organization/ event, built to support our cancer survivors and honor those who fought the good fight.  Anisah, along with members past and present, take us through the last few years of the event, the different themes, sponsors, and supporters that have helped to build their branch into what it is today.  We find out what motivates these people to give their time, and exactly what goes into producing this overnight celebration.  We also find a bit of time to talk favorite Disney Princesses/ movies and favorite superheroes, because HOW COULD WE NOT?  This year's event is 4/8/16, and tickets can be purchased at www.relayforlife.org/txst.

Fan X Fan Show: Spring Break #2

Brownface.  Blockbusters.  Bad rappers.  This week's Fan X Fan show went every which way, the majority of the time spent covering the first 7 episodes of the DCTVU's "Legends of Tomorrow".  Last week's episode went into the motivations of each character, but this week, we go blow for blow with our time traveling supers.  We talk similarities to "Star Trek", "Star Wars", "Sliders" and "Quantum Leap", as well as where we think the show may be headed for it's 2nd half (thanks Wikipedia!)  Travis, woke than a mug this week, explains to be why new rapper Desiigner may very well be the "Dab-churian Candidate" (copyrighted) and goes over all the wrong steps taken that lead to Zoe Saldana being the titular character in the Nina Simone Biopic.  I complain about all the fun I'm going to have next week for the SXSW music festival in my very best Kane/Drake tone.  We have ANOTHER 5 star Itunes review (so damn cool), and tell you about our awesome friend that's designed a FANTASTIC t-shirt for us for Wrestlemania weekend.  And remember... If Young Metro don't trust you...

Fan X Fan Show: Spring Break #1

We're doing the very best we can to fight off speedster withdrawal!  It's something of a spring break, as we'll have a three week gap before the next new episode of 'The Flash'.  Luckily, Travis finally decided he actually does things between podcasts, so you get to hear all about our exciting weeks!  Trav finally saw 'Deadpool', so we get to talk broken ankles, CGI done right, and all the inside jokes he didn't realize were happening!  I ask him once and for all if that's an appropriate film for the Cam Jr.'s and Trav Jr.'s of the world (the answer is no) and I try to sell him on the McAvoy/Fassbender X-Films.  He talks all about the awesomeness that is Philly's Amalgam Comics, 'The Ultimates', and 29 Days of BlackCosplay!  I threw a WILD pizza party for a bunch of 9 year olds.  No joke behind that, that's really what happened.  I'll tell you about their love of cheese pizza and spitballs.  Also, the LONG AWAITED second 'South Kongress' Podcast episode drops this weekend, and I'll preview a heart to heart conversation built on vodka, tears and trap music.  After we all of that, we start our two part conversation about the surprise hit show, 'Legends of Tomorrow' by detailing the different characters and their motivations.  Flash may be on break, but one (physics shattering) monkey don't stop no show!!!

Drake is Tony Montana, Future is also Tony Montana - "Me and My Friends" talk "WATTBA" (Part 2)

Author's Note - this is not an "out of 10 review"  because everyone does that now.  Part 1 of the conversation can be found here.

Metro Boomin, Manu Ginobili, Chicken Wings.  Yes.

"Digital Dash" - prod. by Metro Boomin, Southside

Chris Little:  Future Floated, Drake was cool, production was fire.
Cameron Hawkins:  Yeah, the production was crazy
Miles Burton:  Metro Boomin really letting people know he's still here!  Future tap danced all over that damn song man, that shit really make me wanna be fake kinda drunk in the bar dabbing, or hitting that DJ Esco.  Also, Drake is on the song too.  Cool.  Metro Boomin is important.  I like that Young Drizzy threw a tiny jab at the (Dream) chasers in it though.  "I might take Quentin (Miller) to follies."  That's a massage spot in Philly.
CH:  "You hate your life just be honest!"
MB: "Massage" in air quotes.

"Big Rings" - prod. by Metro Boomin

CL:  That chorus is STOOOPID.  The Future shot was on there.
CH:  "You just a battle rapper"
CL: "You just a battle rapper/ I'm an official Trapper!"
MB:  "Big Rings" is the second best song on the tape.  'Nuff said."
CH:  I think the production is great, again.

"Live From the Gutter"- prod. by Boi-1da, Metro Boomin

CL:  I didn't like this song.  Production was smooth though.
CH:  I don't like it's placement.
MB:  Future danced all over this once again.  This shit make me want to mask up and go get them niggas.  However, I don't have any beefs or even know who "them niggas" is.  Also, I live in South Texas.  Too hot for masks man.
CL:  Should have been in the middle, or close to the end.
CH:  It's solid, but Drake being live from anyone's gutter is laughable any time.
MB:  It does break the hype music transistion; it shouldn't have been right after "Big Rings".
CL:  "Gotta kill witnesses cause Miles' beard sticking out" *Hov voice*
MB:  Drake probably picked up Sean from the gutter when they were getting closer before Ashley was rolling at a party and kissed Sean.  Remember, they were getting back cool and Spinner was jealous? Word to Degrassi Street.
CL:  (texts 5 yelling face emojis)

"Diamonds Dancing" - prod. by Metro boomin, Allen Ritter, Frank Dukes, Mikey Rodrigues

CL:  No need to ask about #4 Cameron Hawkins.
MB:  Yeah Cam, skip that.  I can't be too hype at work right now.  If it's not the best song of 2015 TO ME, it's a close second.
CH:  Lol go to!
CL:  "Scholarship" is fire
(I post a screenshot of "Diamonds Dancing" in the group)
CL:  DAMNIT CAM I TRIED TO SKIP IT (3 yelling face emojis)
MB:  Metro Boomin is very important.
CH:  So, ok.
CL:  Future set the tone off right.
MB:  VERY IMPORTANT
CH:  Future FLOATED
MB:  Now I have to listen to the whole song twice
CH:  And really.  REALLY?  Drake had an outro that lasted 3 minutes.  Being apex selfish hurt Drake.  Being "Perfect Cell" Drake.
CL:  I appreciate hurt Drake.
MB:  "YOU KNOOOOW/WHAT I NEED/FROM YOOOU, WHEN I GET HOOOME!!!/ YOU BETTER NOT BE ON THE PHONE/ TALKIN' UP A STORM LIKE YOU USUALLY DO/ TALKIN' TO YOUR FRIENDS LIKE YOU USUALLY DO/ TELLIN' THEM I NEVER SPEND TIME WITH YOU/ IT'S HARD TO FIND THE TIME, WE BEEN/ Sippin' on Dom Perignon for no reason... Poppin tags, upper echelon for no reason...
CH:  Being "how can your life be worth living if I'm not in it" Drake.  Oh, Chris, it's him at his best.
CL:  He makes singing to these women great.  Perfect description Cameron Hawkins.
CH:  Like, if "Hotline Blng was on Cinemax instead of TBS, it would be "Diamonds Dancing".
MB:  Cam, don't disrespect.  No shde to my youngin, but "Hotline Bling" is so fucking terrible.
CH:  It's forgiveable... "(Diamonds Dancing) is... He went full James Caan in "Casino" on that.

"Scholarships" - prod. by Metro Boomin

CL:  "I rock Kentucky Blue, on these heauxs"
CH:  So here - why not just put this on the tape twice and toss "Live From the Gutter" in the waste bin????  And the flexibility - THEY CAN SAY THE SAME HOOK AND BOTH KILL IT MAN.  "Metro Boom make it BOOM, on these heauxs!"

"Plastic Bag" - prod. by Neenyo

MB:  really the worst song.
CH:  My thing - I know it's not for ME.
CL:  It's trash.
CH:  Cuz strip clubs don't make sense to me.
MB:  Cam, it might be because I don't like the shake joint.

"I'm the Plug" - prod. by Southside

MB:  REALLY I'M THE PLUG!!!
CH: So like, this is the Drake I want rapping.
CL:  Drake's verse on this song was great.
CH:  Big Sean supa dupa flow drake.  What beat is is a riff of?  Off DS2?

"Change Locations" - prod. by Noel

(name excluded):  I don't have enough money to fully appreciate "Change Locations"  but i like the song a lot, EXCEPT how high and nasal Drake's voice is during the "Me and my friends" part.  "SIXTY naked bitches no exaggeration"?!  Nigga, I've only had two a couple times.  This nigga had thirty times more bitches than me at one time, no exaggeration.
CH:  Buying bottles still silly though.

"Jumpman" - prod. by Metro Boomin

MB:  the second best song if we're in the club.  Second or third worst outside the club.

"Jersey" - prod. by Metro Boomin, Southside

CH:  AGAIN - just put this on twice and get "Live from the Gutter" outta here
MB:  Future really making wonderful music.  "Extendo Extendo Extendo, the (clip) gotta hold like thirty!... YOU DO WHAT YOU WANT WHEN YOU POPPIN'!"
CH:  This really could have been on "DS2".

"30 for 30 Freestyle" - prod. by 40

CH:  Uh... Did Drake really say there's a conspiracy to get him out the paint?
MB: He really said that.  By the old niggas though, not his peers.  I don't think it's true, but he was fucking rapping on that shit.

Drake is Tony Montana, Future is also Tony Montana - "Me and My Friends" talk "WATTBA" (Part 1)

Author's note - everyone does "week of" reviews - decided to let this one marinate, then discuss it with like minded folk.

"eeewwwwwwwhhhhhhaaatttt a time!"

Once I find a movie I like, I can watch it time and time again.  A few examples - "Step Brothers is one of the start to finish funniest things I've ever seen.  I feel like I find something new each time I watch.  "Friday After Next” certainly isn't as GOOD as "Friday", but the shift in storytelling, and the supporting cast just work for me.  "Blade", the first great Marvel movie, is a basic cable staple, and when it's on, I watch start to finish every time, commercials included.

One movie I watch, but never finish, is "Scarface".  Hood classic, late bloomer, Spike TV's favorite go to, the story about Cuban criminal turned American criminal turned coked out corpse, is a movie I both love, and find hard to enjoy in it's entirety.  Whenever Scarface is on, I stop the movie right after you see the tiger in the garden.  He made it.  Tony Montana rose to the top, got the girl, and the ridiculous pet.  Fin.

So my relationship with the super popular film parallels the relationship I have with Drake's music.  I'll preface this by saying, its all pretty good.  There really hasn't been anything he's released I didn't "like" upon hearing.  The issue is timing.  "So Far Gone", Drake's first mainstream mixtape, is maybe the most important collection of music to me personally.  To set the stage:

I had just recently graduated college, and had a well paying job.  I'd been seeing a girl for about four years, and we'd just moved in together.  Over the course of about four months, it just fell apart.  There was nothing specific, it was just the change from living with/ around friends, and going to just the two of us, didn't work at the time.  So the next few months were, in a word, intense.  I was out every night.  I was drinking more days than not.  I had never really dated, so I was getting used to the whole dinner/movie drinks aspect of early 20's adulthood.  But I figure this was how everyone else was living, so I should embrace my newfound freedom.

I didn't really talk to anyone about the situation for a time. It's hard to talk about things in your head going bad, when you have more control over your life than before, especially at a young age.  But the fun, wasn't always fun.  You become accustomed to sharing your space, your thoughts, meals with that other person.  So, to cope, there's the alcohol.  There are the parties, the bars.  There's poor dieting and a lack of exercise.  You want to exist in a space where you don't worry about what isn't happening anymore, but you want to control as much of every other aspect as you can. 

So word of mouth starts talking about "So Far Gone", and how this kid from Canada can really rap/ harmonize.  I give it a run.  I'm immediately floored.  The bars are strong.  The cadences are crisp.  The "ballads" as they were, REALLY work.  But the best thing about it - it's just so unapologetic in it's selfishness.  It's "808's and Heartbreak" if Kanye could naturally produce an alto.  The entire crux of it is "how am I supposed to handle all these good things happening to me?" and I could understand, start to finish.  It was about being the pressures of being desirable, asking people to fix things you ruined, and most importantly, nothing is really my fault.

So it's difficult for me to dive into the deep end of any other Drake project.  The music has progressed, and for all intents and purposes, he's BETTER today at singing and rapping.  But "So Far Gone" was my crutch, my doctor, my friend.  I don't need that tarnished, because it meant so much at the time.

On the opposite end of that is Future.  I want to hear every Future record made ever.  I want the stuff he tossed in the garbage, the stuff that didn't make a mixtape cut.  Whereas Drake's first big project is the very best of "Scarface", Future is the extended cut.  It's all so painful.  It's sex, drugs, and rock & roll, but if Roger Troutman smoked Newports and had his jaw wired shut.  I love it.  It's dark, even when it's being lighthearted.  I understand being around people that don't have your best interest at heart, self-medicating, and well, crazy dealings with women.  Everything he has to say, even if I can't internalize it, I want to know about it.

"DS2" is phenomenal.  It's blood and guts, the whole way through.  "Is Rap music destructive?"  Is always a hard conversation for me, because like most things, it's how you internalize it.  I'm pretty sure at least 15 people died over the course of 18 songs.  MAD BIRDS got flipped.  So many pints of lean were consumed!  But it's the way you present the subject matter.  People forget Nelly's first single was about a damn drive by, because of the sing-songy nature of the hook.  HE CAME OUT THE GATE KILLING PEOPLE!  So when Future has the confidence to title a song "The Percocet & Stripper Joint", neither of which I'm really fond of, and I can't stop listening, I know whatever the subject matter, he's going to present it in a way I just want to hear more.  It's real artistry - no matter the specifics, it's crafted in a way that even if you don't live it, you can SEE it.

Perhaps the biggest hook to Future's music is how it deals with women.  It's certainly not embracing any type of one on one relationship, but the why out weight the "WTF?" for me.  It's common knowledge Kayne's "808's" and "MBDTF" were inspired by ex girlfriends (to varying results), and a common idea is that "Yeezus" was hyper sexual because it was created while his wife was pregnant.  So when Future opens with "you'll fuck a bitch nigga for the fame, won't you?/ you'll give that pussy up to a lame, won't you?"  you have a pretty good read on who's being referenced.  So even it the relationships aren't the one's your parents would approve of, you see real world events inspire language and code, making the music more authentic.  In 2015, this is the only artist who's every word I'm hanging on.  In the same way that I replay the hotel chainsaw scene in "Scarface" 5 or 6 times every time I watch.  Up until the Tiger.  Because there's really no movie after that.  I'm convinced.

The "What a Time to be Alive"  group conversation is in part 2.

Pudding Pops, Pusha T and Paramount Pictures - Bill Cosby? Not your Father.

I went to a Hannibal Buress show earlier this year. I knew him as an SNL writer, and a supporting character on the show 'Broad City' I rave about. Buress is my kind of comedian - he's in the know.  Well read, but not removed from urban culture. In a crowd that mostly early 30's white men and women, I was one of the few reciting the Pusha T songs that played during the pre show. You can't control your audience, but you can control what you give them. In a post Dave Chappelle world, it was nice to have a comedian that operates in a space similar to mine.


The show was really, really good. He covered a wide range of topics - music, sex, race, violence, drugs... all the things we laugh about, cry about, and stay up at night contemplating. That, coupled with the fact that we brought in a few flasks, made for a fantastic experience. Months later, Buress did what lots of comedians do - he took a very real situation, deadpanned it, and waited for the crowd to react. Bill Cosby, famous TV dad, legendary comedian and crotchety old Black guy, spent YEARS stressing that, in many cases, we as young Black people were our own worst enemies. "pull up your pants, use your suffixes, turn your hat around" the whole nine. I've had this argument with parents, kids, teachers, hell, strangers, about the validity of such a statement. I could write an entire post on the intricacies of who's at fault there, but that's for another time. Before I talk about Bill Cosby being the scum of the earth, I want to explain to you my adoration of Bill Cosby. I'm a 28 year old Black Man from the east coast with a college degree. I fucking love Bill Cosby. I love Bill Cosby for the Huxtable family. This was a Black family of Doctors, Lawyers, Teachers, and dedicated students. They weren't "holier than thou" people. They made being educated seem NORMAL, like that's the way things were supposed to be. Even when light skinned Elvin decided showed up to lead Sondra astray, Elvin came from an educated family, so even if his common sense was gone, he had the tools to help people out in the world.

No funny quips here... except "jammin' on the one!"  Loved that.

Even heavier than that, 'A Different World' was, and still is, mandatory viewing for children Black, white, and in between. I've seen every single episode front to back, and they still hold up. I've never seen LIFE on screen the way Hillman was given to us. The place was alive, teeming with ideas, hunger, fear... it was what I wanted from adulthood before I even knew what adulthood was. Looking back on it as a person older than those characters now, you see the ignorance the apprehension, the desire for understanding. It was a look at life after high school, but before the world really begins, that hasn't been replicated since.

When being smart became being awesome!

So Bill Cosby, or Heathcliff Huxtable, or Debbie Allen, or Carmen Finestra, someone, was definitely a surrogate parent for me. But arrogant ass that I am, when people start talking crazy, I start separating the characters from the men behind them. BILL COSBY HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF RAPE FIFTEEN TIMES MAN. Now, I knew that, Weez and Travis probably knew that (hey guys) I'm certain Miles knew that, and Bradford and Chad knew that, because they know everything. I'm at the barbershop Wednesday, like I typically am on Wednesdays, and we started talking Cosby after the story came across the HLN ticker. I'll tell you something about Black people, if you weren't aware - we are VERY SLOW to condemn our successful individuals. Because we claim them as our own successes, it's very hard for us to throw them away. I had a spirited discussion which ended with me being called a coon because I choose not to listen to Michael Jackson anymore. Without getting into too much detail, MJ's catalogue is great, and I'd never tell anyone else they shouldn't partake... but I'm cool over here. So the first reaction from a woman in the shop was "that's a shame, someone trying to get Bill Cosby." In a very even tone I responded "this is the 15th time he's been accused of rape or sexual abuse." The two barbers nodded their heads, and that was the extent of the conversation. You damn near have to kill a Black baby while entering a white woman to have the Black community turn against you!

How Black folks treat Black celebrities with "issues".

So understand my shift in feelings if you will - Bill Cosby, who told us to "act" a certain way for years and years, had access to channels other Black actors/ artists never did, because of the wholesome image he portrayed. Here's where it gets a little dark. How does a Black man, albeit a world renowned one, get accused of rape that many times, and most folks NEVER EVEN HEARD ABOUT IT?  Because that's an image organizations work hard to maintain, because they can make a fucking MINT off that image. There are people who do bad, bad things that you'll never know about, because they mean too much to someone in power for that information to be as widespread as it should.

Hold up... YOU want ME to pull up MY pants???

Who knows what'll happen from here - maybe Bill Cosby's life finishes out in prison, maybe he goes broke paying off lawsuits, maybe he "gets away with it" and spends his remaining days in a big house on a pile of money. Just be aware that the things we grew up on, the things that shaped us, were at least in part put out there to turn a profit. Don't let Bill Cosby ruin Heathcliff Huxtable. Or 'Ghost Dad'. That guy was a Saint.

HOW WAS THIS EVEN A THING?

Bonus - Me at the Hannibal Buress Show - Gibberish Rap x Ballerinas

ACL Festival, Day #1 - Pictures

For all my non facebook using friends (Josh) you're welcome!

Here are some of the sights and sounds from Day 1 of the Austin City Limits Music Festival, headlined by my favorite group ever, OUTKAST!

ALL MINE!

People that are always on their phone... that's not a good look!

Why's she take this?  I'll never know.

They were showing the ALDS in a pavillion. so.... we took a break.

So much happening here.

It is I, the B-I-G the B-O-I!

Dre's jumpsuit tonight read "Drake Love Live War".  FLAMES.

Best group since ever.  EVER EVER.

"Your Style" x "Hot Ni**a" - My Two Songs of the Summer So Far.

Also - if anyone can point me to a "Hot Ni**a" download link (LEGAL IF APPLICABLE) it would be appreciated.


Troy Ave x Lloyd Banks - "Your Style"



Bobby Shmurda - "Hot Ni**a"

Funk Flex vs. Dame Dash - The "Culture Vulture" Faceoff

... this is getting good.

Ray J Can't Deal

Looks like a cry for help. From a jackass.

Wale - 'Razor Freestlye (Bad Guy)'

If you've been reading this blog for any length of time, you know I'm a huge wrestling fan.  If you know me, you know that Scott Hall is my favorite wrestler of all time.  So when you get someone rapping over Hall's "Razor Ramon" persona entrance theme, you get a post, form me telling you just how great it is.  Special thanks to +Kazeem Famuyide (@reallifekaz)  for making the whole #wrasslerap movement happen. For those unfamiliar - SAY HELLO TO THE BAD GUY!
 

Weekend Listening: Yacht - 'Psychic City'

I used to live, live...

There's a New Cam'Ron Video... with Dame Dash Talking Ric Flair Levels of S#!T on it!!!!!

What's that feeling?  It's called bliss folks.  Pure bliss.  Let's go!

So Beyonce's Sister Solange attacked Jay Z in an Elevator Last Week...

... thought i'd share.

Jogging Past The Heauxs - Love & Hip-Hop ATL Review (part 1)

So it's back.  It's been a long time, but that weekly dose of bad acting, fictional situations and all around jackassery has resurfaced.  It's Love & Hip Hop Atlanta, one of the cornerstones of Mona Scott Young's "let's exploit these clowns" reality TV empire.  Chances are you've seen the show before, so let's not do too much backtracking.  Here's what you need to know - Stevie J is a womanizer, and has been for a REALLY long time, and the other men on the show are the same, to a lesser degree.  The women spend the majority of their time being aloof, or fighting with one another.  Also - Lil Scrappy has an overbearing mother.  So let's get to it.

Stevie J - Karmaloop GAWD.

Stevie J married Joseline.  And bought a big ass crib.  That he calls the White House, because it makes him feel presidential.  Yeah.  Now, the key plot point they wanted to get across was that they didn't have a "big" wedding, they got married in a court house.  But Joseline, always looking for a chance to showcase her... whatever she does, pushes for a big ceremony, and somehow, using his Pimp Jedi Mind Tricks, Stevie convinces her that a joint birthday party is celebration enough for the time being. So for a relationship based on lies and money, they seem to be about as happy as can be.

You won't like her when she's angry bruh.

Kirk and Rasheeda, the manager/ rapper married couple in the story where FUCKING BOBBY VALENTINO plays devil's advocate, welcomed (kirk's 6th) child into the world, and while they aren't all the way together, they are jointly raising their child.  In the same house.  Where they have to look at each other all the time.  Truthfully, I think the whole infidelity thing was fraud from jump street, and a way for them to maintain their status on the show.  It did provide a moment where Rasheeda's mother ran over Kirks motorcycle, so I guess it's all worth it.

"I don't eem really wanna be here man."

Now we get to Mimi, to whom i owe credit for helping me produce our most read, most discussed blog to date.  She left off last season saying she'd do what she could to be a great example for her daughter, Eva.  Then sometime between then and the premiere,  so was riding a guy while holding onto a shower rod in a film produced by the largest pornographic company in the world.  So there's that.  She is still with said guy Nikko, who produced a bunch of songs you never heard of.  She makes it a point to tell us she's currently having the best sex of her life.  It's like when your friends tell you about a restaurant they love to death while y'all are at another restaurant.  If that's really how they felt... anyway, they hammer home that they've been making sex tapes.  HAMMER.  If you had any doubt that sex tapes were going to be a plot device, rest assured, that's going to happen and happen a whole lot.

#neverforget

Now we get to the new cast members. The fresh couple on the show are Wacka Flocka Flame and his girlfriend Tammy, an aspiring R&B artist.  Wacka is one of my favorite artists to listen to, not just his music, but also interviews.  Really comes across as someone that isn't afraid to speak his mind.  Their issue?  Wacka was ON THESE HEAUXS BRUH.  FOR YEARS AND YEARS.  And she's hoping that's changed.  Yeah, we'll see.

This probably sounded better in his head.

Scrappy, who made some quality songs back when I was young college Cam, has a new girlfriend, Bambi.  While this was happening, I was in a group chat, and sitting next to my girl.  Immediately all the women in the chat and my girl commented on all the things they didn't like aesthetically about Bambi.  Scrappy seems to evoke these emotions in women i know.  The blind rage seemed to make them forget that she was 1) from 'Basketball Wives LA' and 2) in the hot tub when Kirk was getting "turnt up".  Anyway, they are playing basketball, and Bambi, like all the other women that date men with bad histories, wants to know where they stand.  Scrappy explains his level of monogamy by saying he's "jogging past the heauxs", to which she replies "you need to be sprinting."  Here's hoping he sprains an ankle.


So that's the setup - in part 2, we'll talk about the things that started to materialize.

Batman x Fast Life Yungstaz - Swag Surfin

Waiting till this Sterling stuff dies down to get back into thing of things... watch this while you wait!

With a Single Picture, ASAP Rocky Shows Me Just How Out of Touch I Am.

A picture can say 1,000 words, or leave you speechless.  I think 4 more grey hairs just popped up on my dome.

Even the guy in the background is like "Really my G?"