"French Vanilla, Butter Pecan, Chocolate Deluxe..."

THROWBAAAAAACK!

THROWBACK!!!! Cherrelle feat. Alexander O'Neal - Saturday Love

Shot out to my moms for this one!

Throwback! Jeffrey Osbourne - You Should Be Mine

"Can you woo-woo-woo!!!!"

Throwback! Kool G. Rap - On The Run

Had to dig way in the "crates" for this one. It's another classic. Kool G Rap doesn't really get mentioned a lot nowadays but he was one of the best rappers back in the day. In hindsight, this was probably the first rap song I ever heard where the artist talked about killing someone. Of course, it was all a part of the story he was telling but it still jumped out at me when listening to the song since I had to be about 12 back then and I'm pretty sure my stepfather would not have let me listen to this if he knew I was, lol.

Throwback! Pharcyde - Passin' Me By

CLAAAAAAAAAASSIC!!!!

Throwback! Redman - Can't Wait

Not sure if ya'll remember Redman when he first came out, but this is from back when Redman was definitely one of the best lyricists in hip-hop. When Nas started saying hip-hop was dead this is the hip-hop he was talking about.

Throwback! Gerald Levert - Casanova

Classic!

Throwback!!! En Vogue - Don't Let Go

It's turning into Throwback Week around here.


Back before I really knew what a "bad chick" was, these were some bad chicks, lol!!!

Throwback!!! Lucy Pearl - Dance Tonight

This was my joint when it first dropped.

Throwback!!! Well, not that far back but still. Lenny Kravitz - It Ain't Over Till It's Over

Is this a Lenny Kravitz original? I feel like it's not but I'm not sure and I'm too lazy to do the Googling. I am gonna guess that it was originally Smokey Robinson's since I swear I hear him when I hear the song.

THROWBACK!!! Fu Schnickens (feat. Shaq aka "Shaq-Fu) - What's Up Doc

Today's Shaq's AKA "Da Hoopa Da Hypa!" 41st birthday so why not, lol???


What ever happened to the Fu Schnickens by the way?

This is clearly not Shaq's best rap work. Shaq reached his hip-hop apex with this one (rest in peace BIG):

THROWBACK! Drop It Like It's Hot Remix - Snoop, Jay-Z, Skateboard P

Jay verse is sick.

THROWBACK!!! Ray Cash - Sex Appeal (Pimp In My Own Mind)

Before there was Trinidad James there was...

Miscellaneous Randomness

The Broner/DeMarco Fight

My cousin, Thomas "Topp Dawg" Williams is a professional boxer and was on the undercard for the Broner/DeMarco fight until his bout was cancelled at the last minute. That was my primary (read: only) reason to go to Atlantic City. I didn't realize that Broner was THIS GUY and that I would be in for another ridiculous performance (both in terms of his boxing ability and his efforts to entertain before, during, and after the bout) by Broner.

As you'll see below, Broner danced his way to the ring with Kendrick Lamar alongside (a great surprise for me as a huge fan of Kendrick's album, "good kid, maad city") and subsequently put on a boxing exhibition reminiscent (tongue-in-cheek) of Floyd Mayweather Jr. on some levels. All his shenanigans aside, Broner appears to be a highly skilled boxer. AKA, Youngin is NICE! I'd like to see him when he fits some solid competition if he hasn't already even though DeMarco was the champ until last night.


Aside from that Special K also told me he used the phrase "no homo" in the post-fight press conference and I'm pretty sure he asked someone to brush his hair after entering the ring. Not to mention he did some sort of Harlem Shake/Stanky Leg dance after he knocked DeMarco out, lol. Shenanigans I tell you!

Eddie Murphy - "Put Your Mouth on Me"

Yeah sooooo, I don't know why I felt the need to post it but I did and just rolled with it. Never forget (lol)...



RGIII

You know good-and-well I wasn't going to let this past Sunday's performance go without mentioning the most exciting player in the NFL did you? I would like to reference you all back to my post predicting his numbers for the season. I predicted he'd throw for almost 4,000 yards, 22 TD, and 15 INT. Right now he's on pace to have less than 10 INTs and throw for close to 22 TDs. He definitely has a chance to be a really great quarterback. I'm not as impressed right now with what he can do on the deal as much as I am with how level-headed and grounded he seems to be. For someone his age, his humility and maturity are both pretty impressive. My Skins aren't likely to make the playoffs this year but things look hopeful for the future. And not that "buy up all the free agents and a coach" in the off-season hope they used to sell every year.

THROWBACK!!! In My Projects - Coo Coo Cal

Somebody besides me remembers this, lol. As far as I know, this is the only "hit" Cal had. I hope he made it out of his projects after the success of this song. And oh yeah, his dancing after the 3:20 mark cracks me up.


"Though my rent ain't nothing but 250, we sporting $5,000 drapes!"

I'm sure someone reading this is wondering what in the world made me think of this song. It was actually a Young Jeezy song I heard that made me think of it, "My Hood". My projects, my hood, pretty much the same thing.

THROWBACK!!! Scarface feat Tupac & Master P - Homies & Thugs

Rap-A-Lot records was the background music to about 3 years of my life in high school. This is one of my all-time favorites from that era.

THROWBACK RAP: Roc The Mic

Still gotta bop and dance when this joint comes on.

THROWBACK!!!! Cameo - Candy

Shot out to my mom for playing stuff like this on my way to school in the mornings!

THROWBACK!!!! Tracy Chapman - Fast Car

CLASSIC.

THROWBACK!!!! G-Dep (feat. Poppa Diddy Puff and Black Rob) - Special Delivery

Just read this article about G Dep and his murder trial (it's an interesting read) and it made me think of this song. It's unfortunate that G Dep fell off and ended up having to go to jail. But it's even more unfortunate that he killed a guy on some dumb bullshyt.


My two favorite lines from this joint:

1. "I was already on fish and spaghetti"
2. "Red bone pretty, when she get aroused like to..."

Remember when Suge said this...


SOURCE AWARDS: SUGE KNIGHT CALLIN OUT PUFFY by Top-Notch112
... yeah Puff, remember that?