We’re (Temporarily) Wack

Deal Breakers (Female Response Edition)

The lovely Miss Shelley Ro’s response to Epiphany’s “Deal Breakers” (that which will get a male/female left quick).

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Deal Breakers

I'm lying...this aint no deal breaker. Photoshop or not, I'd slap a unicyle on that mug and we'd be straight. Word to good parking.

I’ve grown, morphed, and have been stretched into ways of thinking and acceptance that the younger me would have never thought imaginable.  Still in our brave new world of everything goes and nothing is wrong, I must stand apart.  I just aint for some of these activities that stay poppin off.  Well, let me restate and be more specific.  I’m understanding of tolerance and people growing in their own time, but when it comes to my kickin it pahtna’s of the female persuasion, lines must be drawn.  So ladies and gents of IATL, I present to you some of my DEAL BREAKERS…

Remember, these are MY deal breakers.  Womens, you don’t have to like them or respect me afterwards, but know if you don’t then you probably fit two or more of the categories…

Your Mom Makes Her Booty Clap

"Oooooweee, some fool better get behind this quick."

I’ve stated this before and I’ll state it again:  My mom is a virgin.  I need no rebuttals about how ignorant that statement is or chuckles from folks who think I’m playing b/c aint really too much humor in what I’m spitting.  And her four pregnancies weren’t even of the Allen Iverson/we were just hugging and he got happy variety, I’m talking bout full on immaculate, lil white baby Jesus, conception. 

I’m NOT a Photoshop Trick

A direct rebuttal to Epiphany’s “I’m a Photoshop Trick“

(picture taken and retouched by Eli P (guest blogger))

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I feel as if maybe us retouchers and photoshop users *cough*(abusers) have maybe gotten a bad rep these days. Sure in every circumstance things are done in excess. I love myself some beer, but I recognize that moderation is the key to a good long term relationship with my favorite beverage. I never drink with the goal to get drunk, and rarely does it happen, but every now and then it sneaks up on me. As with anything, too much beer starts becoming your enemy and affecting your life in a negative way. Photoshop and image editing is no different. Well, I don’t think too much photoshopping is going to cause you to be hungover and start missing work and eventually ruin some internal organs, but you know what I mean.

I Do Have a Chance: Tyrese & Neyo edition

aka “Your Favorite Artist Used to Suck”

Thank God for progression.

I'm sorry ya'll. These highschool pics of Lil Jon get me every time. Makes me think that the Dave Chappelle skit wasn't that far off.

From time to time, I listen to my old music footage for a reference point.  I usually embark on these adventures by myself, not trynna hear the witty or “you gotta start somewhere” remarks from my people as they search for something complimentary to speak on.  I don’t trip on the suspect material I once made b/c as an artist I’m sposed to be improving and/or different now from then.  That’s part of learning and mastering the craft.  Because everybody who got good at what they do came UP from somewhere though.    Don’t believe me?  Cool.  Why don’t we look to some clips of present day stars just to see what I’m talking about.

Play-by-Play time…

Bout 2, 3 weeks

We love ya'll too.

It’s been a good year for IATL and we appreciate riding w/ ya’ll through it.  Now pardon us as we take the remainder of this year off for reflection and plan to come bigger and better for 2010 w/ that IATL goodness.

Ya’ll enjoy the holidays.

Lady Gaga Taught Me to Stay in My Lane

We all go through changes, but whatever.  Press play…

Deal Breaker pt 1: A Shortened Forever

Damn subtlety

So i was watching this show the other day on one of them educational type channels bout the “Science of the Brain”.  This particular episode was bout people who come back w/ crazy obsessions after having some type of serious brain trauma.  One dude had a stroke, gave up his good paying chiropractor practice and couldn’t stop painting.  Not the coolest, but bet.  Another dude was a surgeon or something, had a stroke or something, and then couldn’t stop counting or something.  The paycheck wasn’t quite the same afterwards, but cool.  But then there was this one lady…

Friendship is Essential to the Soul…

…or to the career at least!

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written by Big Nate from Da Bluff

In this world where people often piss on the people that help them get on and shit on those who didn’t there are a few people in the entertainment business who are stepping outside the realm of fakeness and keeping it 100 with their original road dog. See, today’s world has become the type of world that rewards people for not riding w/ those who got helped get them there. I often wonder how many people told some of these new age lame rappers they shit tight. Case in point Gucci Mane and OJ Da Juice Man,