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“Cutbacks”
01.5.09
Most people that know me or that have read my articles over the years probably know that I have been pretty disappointed in a lot of Atlanta’s city government, especially in the area of mayor. The last two mayors basically sucked, Bill Campbell couldn’t run water and Shirley Franklin screwed up our tourist trade and night life at the same time. Freaknic used to be a real draw for this city and it brought revenue that we could use but Bill Campbell had to F*&* that right on up. Shirley Franklin’s administration dealt a blow to the club scene by not renewing the liquor licenses of clubs that they wanted to get rid of, and then made it where the city simply shuts down too damn early. I’ll be honest I didn’t like the way either of these mayors really ran and run the city but that’s my opinion and most of my issues with the Mayors have been about them screwing up financial opportunities for the “A”, the problem that I’m seeing now is much different.
If you live in Atlanta you may have noticed that there seems to be less of a police presence on the streets, which is because there is. You see our mayor made cuts in law enforcement and the fire department. To be accurate what she has done is not fill over 50 police jobs that previously needed to be filled, not hiring 25+ new fireman recruits, and closing our oldest fire station, in the aftermath almost 80 people are laid off and well over 100 job vacancies are simply non existent. This will save the city somewhere around $22 million but at what human cost. The people of Atlanta don’t agree with Franklin’s decision because if they did they wouldn’t have booed her at the fire station closing. Hell they were on her so bad that she ended up basically arguing with the crowd, which wasn’t a god look, but at the same time very telling.
· What I don’t understand is why the city council wasn’t notified about this plan far enough in advance to notify citizens so that they could maybe make their opinions known. fin
The First Family Gets Ready For School
01.5.09
President-elect Barack Obama and wife Michelle joined their daughters Sasha and Malia for their first day of school in the Washington D.C. area today. Seven year-old Sasha and 10 year-old Malia are attending the prestigious Sidwell Friends school. Sasha is at the school’s Maryland campus attending second grade and Malia in on the District of Columbia campus, starting fifth grade.
I’d like to thank the Obama Transition Office for sending over the photos. You guys are the best!
Look out for Rolling Out coverage in D.C Inauguration weekend!
Holly Weerd - Electricity Showroom (Mixtape)
01.3.09
Been following these cats since their inception a little over a year ago. This one is more Color Blind Cognac than Edible Phat (Phat was still cool though). Y’all be sure to drop by the release party tonite for Electricity Showroom at Standard in ATL. Go Falcons baby!
Tracklist…
Jimi’s Intro/ Violet 2:52 (Beat by 14KT)
Ridin Wit My Homiez / Miles Davis’ Lament 1:36
Triple Chrome Undipped/ Hold Up Zelda 3:46 (Beat by Michna / Produced by Devon )
3000’s Lesson / Step in Tomorrow 2:13 (Beat by Madlib)
Black Friday Interlude / Cut the Check 5:40
Eye of the Eagle Interlude 1:23
Wine & Dine / Love Handle 1:37 (Beat by Obsidian Blue/ Beat by 14KT)
Black Dynamite / All in Your Smile 3:39 (Produced by 9th Wonder)
The Date Interlude / Crazy Girls feat. Yelawolf 3:10
Dilla Phone Call 0:55
Bust it Open / Fist Foot Interlude 3:06
The Arrival / A&T 4:13 (Produced by Jay Jay the Kid/ Produced by TheMattSmith)
U Scared Shawty 2:29
Jimi’s Lament / Til Death 1:24 (Produced by Mr DJ)
Miles Again/ Day N Nite (Wiimix) 3:36
Pinexpress / Spend the Night pt.2 4:30
Mandatory Mandate 5:13
I’m Soul / First Class 2:51 (Produced by Amdex / Produced by Madlib)
Shawty Too Hot/ Wizlude 2:22
Carnivale Et Stag 2:11 (Composed by Jon Brion)
Member’s Only Remix / Sleep Tight 3:51 (Produced by Aeon/ Produced by Devon)
Jimi Again / Electric Feel 4:32
Kodack 1:26 (Composed by Jon Brion)
“What’s G”: Lil’s Wayne’s Gatorade Commercial
01.3.09
Weezy doing the corporate thing, getting that guap! You know you’re a superstar when Gatorade will pay just to have your froggy-sounding voice as their narrator. Props!
Soula Boy attackers speak out!!!!!!!!!!
01.2.09
If you haven’t read the story on www.rollingout.com, check it out now…Apparently Soulja Boy (yeah, I’m all over him today, sorry) was assaulted by six men armed with AK-47’s and Pistols at his home on December 30th. A day later, this video emerged with two guys featured claiming to be the sole jackers and give their side of the story. Right now, ya boi Billy Blog doesn’t know what to think. Maybe out of everyone in the world who hates Soulja Boy someone mustered up enough courage to get at him or maybe Nas sent some of his people’s down from Queens to sort the lil’ man out after Soulja Boy used his name in vain. Either way, all of this makes for good blogging! Enjoy!
Soulja Boy disses Nas: blames MC for death of Hip-Hop
01.2.09
Ok, I won’t lie. When Soulja Boy dropped “Crank Dat” ya boi Billy Blog was in the club with everybody dancing my ass off. These days the entertainer (sorry, he doesn’t deserve an MC title) is making more headlines for saying ignorant shit, than he is getting all of those 7 and 8 year-old’s flock to the nearest record store to cop his new disc (currently just about 80,000 units sold). Now, Mr. Supermandatho, is going after lyrical legend Nas. I can’t say anymore just watch this.
“Republican Magic”
12.31.08
I’m sure that many if not most of you have already heard about the republican Christmas racism for 2008 where Chip Saltsman who is the former Tennessee GOP leader who headed up Mike Huckabee’s presidential campaign passed around a CD with a song called “Barack the Magic Negro” on it to members of the Republican national Committee. For the people that don’t know this song was done to the tune of “Puff the Magic Dragon” by a white guy, and in a voice that is supposed to be an impersonation of Al Sharpton. This crap is something right out of an old black faced minstrel show. The white guy probably had to do it because you couldn’t pay a black man to be as much of an ignorant nigger as this fool is. Personally I think the song sounds stupid and so does the racist idiot singing it, but some people (we all know which people) seem to think that this is legitimate political satire I want your opinion. Check out the video by clicking the link above and tell me what you think.
· Oh yeah; Fu** Chip Saltsman and anybody down with him! Fin
Colin Munroe: Colin Munroe is the Unsung Hero (Mixtape)
12.30.08
Ok, so I’m sure some of you hip-hop heads have been wondering who is that dope Canadian white boy on every other rapper’s track? Well, it’s none other than Colin Munroe and your Billy Blog has fresh new mixtape on deck for all to enjoy. Listen up and let me know what you think. Below is the and Munroe’s take on Kanye’s “Flashing Lights,” and the download link. Holla
Link: www.onsmash.com/unsunghero (sorry gang, having some blog issues.)
Lance Gross proposes to Eva Marcille
12.30.08
And she said, “Yes!” “America’s Next Top Model: Season 2” winner Eva Marcille (Pigford) received her Christmas gift a little early when her beau, actor Lance Gross (“Tyler Perry’s House of Payne”) popped the question on Christmas Eve.
“Advantage”
12.23.08
One thing that I’ve noticed about many people is that they like to take advantage of others for their own personal gain. This goes for the regular confidence schemes that we hear about all the time like pyramid schemes or the scamming of the elderly to straight up armed robbery or car jacking. Either way, I don’t like predators who just want to feed off of others and not earn their way through life. Now obviously no one but straight up criminals agree with or support con artist and robbers, but we all enable them.
Every time we leave our doors unlocked or give personal information to someone we don’t now we are enabling these people. There used to be people that would call you and try to get you to push certain numbers on the keypad of your phone which would allow them to access your account in some way and people were going for it too. I’m not saying that I’m con proof but I’d probably hang up in the real phone company’s face I know I wouldn’t have fallen for that one. We enable them when we do things like go to teller machines in dark places late at nigh in suspect areas, and we enable them when we are not focused in public as if we are oblivious to the dangers that are out there.
Of course I consider the worst type of advantage taker to be those that you know personally or that you thought you did anyway. These people can be friends but are often family members, because unfortunately to some people, blood relation means easier to get over on instead of off limits. When I was growing up most of the time when someone would steal from their own relatives they were hardcore drug addicts, but that’s not necessarily the case these days. These days it seems that people just don’t have the same moral fiber overall that that people used to, and that’s everywhere, every ethnicity, every income. People just don’t seem to care about each other quite as much as they used to, but this could also be because we as humans fixate on the negative instead of the positive.
· The other day I saw a TV program where people were competing to see who could get the most Items from a list to help the homeless and people where surprisingly generous, and one guy even gave the coat off of his back. This is of course a positive thing but the sad thing is that their generosity was a surprise. Fin
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