KP Said ...
Here we go...Your fanhood runs deep.
I don't know if this is a response to Lebron winning his 2nd consecutive MVP by a landslide (kobe had 0 first place votes), Clev looking like they'll be out in 6 games tops or the fact that flipping through your boy's spread would force even a diehard Laker fan to say "WTF??!".
I figured you'd liken this to Madea or Big Mama or Mrs Klump, instead he's the blackest muffuggah. Lemme guess, this is "High Fashion" or better yet "Couture" and an opportunity for cultural education.
Denmark Vesey said ...
1) Why is it cool for Kobe to do this?Because Kobe can do it.
2) The Madea Big Mama Ms. Klump argument ...
Them Negros wearing dresses. Kobe is wearing what looks like a half scarf / half Mexican pillowcase.
Stupid? Yes. Pure Faggotry? No.
3) Kobe isn't only the blackest muhfuggah on the court (keep them little Plantation MVP trophies like Mayweather told them cats to keep their WBC Belt) he is also a handsome brother.
Handsome brothers can do shit them Keith Closs looking Negros can't do. So he took a chance. He got some bad advice (I'd smack my wife she let me take some pictures in some shit like this) and now Kobe will hear about it from his boys for the rest of his life.Comedy? Yes. Faggotry? No.
fist tap Kay Dub
(I like how the brothas stood by him. They didn't jump on the faggot band wagon first chance they got.)
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Here we go...
Your fanhood runs deep.
I don't know if this is a response to Lebron winning his 2nd consecutive MVP by a landslide (kobe had 0 first place votes), Clev looking like they'll be out in 6 games tops or the fact that flipping through your boy's spread would force even a diehard Laker fan to say "WTF??!".
I figured you'd liken this to Madea or Big Mama or Mrs Klump, instead he's the blackest muffuggah. Lemme guess, this is "High Fashion" or better yet "Couture" and an opportunity for cultural education.
KP
Doesn't seem like Kobe himself was happy with the end product. And his teammates are just trynna be nice, but errybody knows he got played out.
Love me some Kobe.
That being said, when I see things like that, I can't help but to think that he still needs and is looking for validation. Why else would any superstar need to dress up in a Mexican pillowcase (that's hilarious)?
Now that LeBron is the golden child, this married too soon superstar is looking for someone to tell him that he's good at something.
Really, he looks like the ashy bastard child of Michael Collier.
You mentioned homo. Not me. He just did some corny shyt. You damm right its comedy yet a foolish looking negro is the blackest ____.
Plain and simple cats raised in Europe fall for this okey doke bs. He doesn't have nearly enough Philly in him to warrant blackest anything.
Since you like to spit:
"I walk away with heads in my take away from dinner bag/rock a wicked grin like Mahmoud Ahmedinijad/never been a nice nigga cuz they finish last..." - Philly's own Black Thought
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYud9kYr3d8
KP
KP!!!
Black Thought!!!
These are the only words I have left to post after that Negro siphoned and depleted my whole vocabulary.
I saw the Kobe pics yesterday; the first one with the dewrag and the big ass Diddy sombrero really threw me...Kobe's pics in GQ a few months ago even it all out though.
But never mind all that...Black Thought? If he ain't in your top five MC list (and five is being generous)...you should make another list. DOOM also (I saw someone quoted his gay runaway line in a previous post).
Pharrell imitating Busta talking about Baby Bam's gayness of the Jungle Brothers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bbIc0kiNhk&feature=related
DV,
You know that I can't give props to Kobe or Labron for anything" black" because they are such mega "stars" therefore, you must know they have been "co-opted" by the system. (Mayweather does not do commercials , kiss up, media darling BS,etc.,etc., . - so I think that he is still solid.)
As in Tiger, the same media knows how to protect them if it wanted, therefore it is my opinion that, Kobe's Denver incident was his warning to get in line which he did(ritual). (That is how it works-according to Chappelle:))
Again, Check out this video of these brothers hanging out and throwing up these signs with Gay Z and you something that ain't right. You and I know "Jim Brown(BLACK MASCULINITY)" will never exist again IF THESE CRACKERS CAN HELP IT.
Part of that agenda is/was to de- masculinize black male role models. Maybe it is not faggotry, but it ain't masculine and Kobe is on their Team.
The photo shoot just don't make any sense. If you can't see the picture with the hat on make Brah look like a "sweetie", YOU AIN'T LOOKING HARD ENOUGH. I can't believe with all the agents and advisors that he has, they would let that get out unless they could not stop it.
Did you see Derrick Fisher's face?
Preciate that D & GC.
Thought is elite. That clip might be the hardest I've ever heard him spit. He's Philly to the bone marrow.
Its hard for me to put him above 3 cats:
Rakim
KRS
Pac
so I'll just keep all four in the conversation so I don't have to choose.
D - You get major dap for mentioning Doom. Remember "Peachfuzz" by KMD?
KP
the gay pilgrim lmaoooo
KMD...hells yeah. Gotta get another copy of Black Bastards though; got an unplayed copy of "What a Niggy Know" in the basement on the 12"...but what about King Geedorah? One of my all-time favorite DOOM joints. Operation Doomsday is (if not already) set to be re-released...think I saw that news on the Stone's Throw site. Another ill one..."Air" produced by Dabrye. Just the first line even: "The beat is sicker than the blood in your stool, the way it repeats'll trick ya like a stuttering fool..."...Man. That and "Fancy Clown" off Madvilliany...Dude is ridiculous.
King G is special fa sho. Doom as a developed character, the philosophy behind the mask, the lyrical precision, the production... is all a form of genius. I think he's one of the most succinct, uncut expressions of originality, dope beats & dope rhymes. He's among the last of a dying breed. They need to bottle his spirit and sell it at the emcee farmers market.
KP
Kobe you better work!!!!! Sache Chante Chante Chante.
This is hilarious
LOL, thanks BigMan. Kobe's neva gonna live this down, his boys will tease him mercilessly in the locker rooms. I'm sure the Boondocks won't let this slip by.
Gotta get another copy of Black Bastards though; got an unplayed copy of "What a Niggy Know" in the basement on the 12"-D.Smith
I got that to...also the Gas face refill.
Doom as a developed character, the philosophy behind the mask, the lyrical precision, the production... is all a form of genius. I think he's one of the most succinct, uncut expressions of originality, dope beats & dope rhymes. He's among the last of a dying breed. They need to bottle his spirit and sell it at the emcee farmers market.-KP
As a lyricist his use of colloquialisms, his ability to appropriate the landscape of pop culture parallel to hip hop's beginnings.
-Like the Bomb Squad, Dre’, RZA, DJ Premo he has managed to carve out his own unique style of production. Whether or not his style of production is equal is debatable.
-Imaginative control of his imagery and the creation of aliases. He doesn't reduce his lyrics or image to the monotonous street facade template that the majority of MC’s are locked into. Doom talks about the streets to, but within esoteric constructs transcending "rhyme for the sake of riddling." He represents an evolution in the art.
Not only does he subvert the template for the "major record label contract" as an antecedent to success, he debunks the unwritten rule of a cosmetically market friendly image as an intrinsic element, signified by the Bling Dynasty, while still preserving the tradition of classic rapper bravado.
It's not difficult to wear jewelry for your fans, it's not difficult to get tats for your fans, when in actuality one does this out of a fear of breaking routine, being contempt with “leaving well enough alone,” when rap was founded on dismantling routine or the proven template for audiences in the first place. It's like Rae said when asked how Wu came with their concepts, "We just looked for WHAT WASN'T out there." That is probably the most important contribution Doom has given. Up until the early 90’s record companies were signing any one who looked like a rapper because they hadn’t learned how to market and control it. That left it open to a larger variety of artists. Otherwise a KMD wouldn’t have ever seen the light of day.
Till this day they talk about the next Jordan. How do you compete with that? You don't. Doom refused to compete with the template. I think he learned that lesson after the Black Bastards project. Subroc and Doom conceded to the dated “riggidy ruff, riggidy raw” signature sound of the early to mid 90’s. ..possibly the pressures of being pigeonholed and made estranged to the cultural landscape one not only has an affinity for, but a background one is intimate with. De La went through it, Tribe went through it. Not disapproving growth, but it’s obvious that these groups felt a need to explain themselves to the “raw/hardcore crowd” by reminding them of their realness or background. Which is fine, but one has to admit that they begin to slowly detach themselves from the fan base they created that a record company would never have the gall to do. You signed that contract as an artist. So continue to break the mold as Doom continues to do.
This gender blurring has always taken place in entertainment, performance, music especially. During the early 80's David Bowie, Kiss, Poison, Prince as well as others were leading the movement. The thing is with artists, people have the impression of them already being "weird" in some way. Eccentric, difficult to read, introverts with extreme passions for their work. Therefore their actions are generally dismissed for their already established weirdness.
Now what is taking place is an integration of disciplines that are commonly associated with masculinity such as sports. First the indoctrination process.
"Be secure with your masculinity. OK, is everybody good and secure? Good, now wear this dress in this role, wear this purse in public. Oh, you don't want to do it? What you got to hide, what's the guilt trip all about?"
But why are we playing the cross dress game in the first place? Why is it so important to make a ritual of publically dismissing insecurities? Because the ones doing it don't have to really be down with the program. What counts is the public endorsement. Don Johnson didn't have to really like Pepsi as long as he endorsed it.
Already men in sports are groomed to except other nude men, in the locker room. It is suppose to be so much of a comfort zone that you are totally "secure" with your masculinity. ANYthing that you are exposed to time after time eventually leads to you being desensitized to it. They get on Michael Jackson, while YMCA gyms will have young boys and grown men nude in the same locker room! WTF!
Sports is a space that does not call for some academic trained elite art historian, to interpret a man in a mask-less gorilla suit in red high heel pumps riding around on a tricycle. You are dealing with athletes pushed to the limits of human potential, replacing traditions of young men groomed for pending war. A simple easy conveyed message for the layman. My city vs your city. You beat us on the battlefield of basketball, but what about the battlefield of football? A controlled battlefield with countless spectator wanna-be warriors, living out their fantasies through their favorite sports hero. So let's introduce eccentricities to a raw masculine testosterone driven space. Sports and rap is that final front to have feminine displays endorsing affection.
Now some cultures do not consider everything feminine what we may consider feminine and Vice versa.
Example: I've had cats from Kenya and Somalia hold my hand in conversation as a display of brotherly affection. Now these are dudes back in their country have seen more AK’s than we’ve seen 22’s. I would explain to them with tact how some acts are considered a display of homosexuality in American contexts. As for myself, it took time to not have knee jerk reactions when someone of another cultural background would do that. Now in Nigeria, a dude with corn rolls may be considered too feminine whereas here it represents “street.”
So Kobe, as well as others, have to use wisdom. No it may not be a testament to homosexuality, but you can't think you are big enough to readjust a culture and not think your actions won't ignite criticisms. That's poor reasoning. Instead, what takes place is emulation of acts without their cultural contexts. In this case because in our culture, for a man to kiss another man, or hold his hand is associated with homosexuality, it serves to endorse it rather than affirming secure masculinity. You can’t put Ronnie Coleman in a boxing ring and expect him to dominate just because he has muscles were muscles don’t even exist. Trying to appropriate a thing that only has significance in it’s own space.
What trips me out is that scene on Borat when he kises that cowboy and the cowboy explains to him about people who do that.
Kobe can't take pictures like that because his image is clowning niggas on court. Crossovers on fools. Under The Cherry Moon and NBA Finals won't work. Every athlete is looked at as the epitome of masculinity. Nobody wants to see a basketballess NBA athlete in some Tom Sawyer trousers striking some seductive pose. That's for them hotel hootchies.
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