Dear Summer...

...I know you gon' miss me
For we been together like Nike Airs and crisp tees
S dots with polo fleeces
Purple label shit with the logo secret
Gimme couple years, shit I might just sneak in
A couple words and like peaches and herb
We'll be reunited and it feels so hood
Have the whole world saying "How you still so good?"...

BAH!

Ugghhh...

There was something about the month of June that made me lazy lol. So mainly I'm just posting this post just for the fact to post. Hopefully this encourages me to post more often [once again]...


Yeah, sorry for the hiatus
(to whoever the hell reads this lol)...

Enter random, hot picture:



Mmmm...

Peace!

Glow in the Dark Tour REVIEW: 5/5!!!

Probably THE most justified $110 I have EVER spent in life.

We (me, Jordan, JJ, Hissy, KL and Ashley) got to GM Place at about 6:20ish and there was lines and lines and lines -- oh boy. FORTUNATELY, our Gate was pretty calm so we got in with ease. We sat in our seats in section 118 row 23 seats 101-104 and waited (not for long until we "switched them" for some premo seats down front haha -- more on that later).

As the crowd started pouring in still, the lights suddenly started to dim at around 7:00ish on schedule. It started with Lupe Fiasco as the opener while the arena was still only half full. He didn't care though...he was warming up his vocals with his live rendition of "The Coolest" and by the second or third song in he had the crowd by the throat singing his chorus on "Go Go Gadget Flow"...

Lupe's Songlist (in order -- if I could remember):

• The Coolest
• Hello/Goodbye
  
• Go Go Gadget Flow
• Little Weapon
• Hip Hop Saved My Life (Nikki Jean came on stage)
• Paris, Tokyo
  
• Kick, Push
• I Gotcha
• Streets On Fire (Matthew Santos came on stage)
• Fighters
• Superstar
• Daydreamin
  

I was disappointed he didn't do "Hurt Me Soul" --- that song really does it for the crowd. But regardless, the kids really love Lupe...they really do. Everything he did was with style and grace although his set wasn't spectacular or anything, just simple and standard. Everyone and their momma seems to be a Lupe fan (whether from the get-go, or from the "Superstar" single) and it leaves great reason to believe that if he ever decides on starting and headlining an arena tour similar to this one, he'd surely not have a problem selling as evident from the crowds reaction...

"LU-PE! LU-PE! LU-PE!"

THEN came the "legendary" (as Kanye described) N.E.R.D. and holy smokes! Pharrell, Shay (who JJ thought was a fatter Usher haha), Chad Hugo, the hypemen, drummers, etc all came with A LOT of energy. I could feel the crowd not really getting into it in the beginning-- probably due to a lot of people not knowing their songs --- but hot damn!

N.E.R.D.'s songlist:

• Anti-Matter
• unknown song?
  
• Brain
• Spaz
• Everyone Nose
• She Wants to Move
• Rock Star
• Lapdance
• drum solo!
  
• random '7 Nation Army' rendition lol...

My favorite performed song was "Spaz" as it got the whole crowd goin nuts. The whole segment was actually pretty dope and probably caught the crowd by surprise -- the energy was unreal and these guys really know how to rock out! Pharrell showed Vancouver a LOT of love by staying behind and acknowledging the crowd.

There was a part where some ladies came out on stage for "Everyone Nose" (--- there was this REALLY hot one in the yellow lol). Anyways something hilarious happened. One decided to be an attention whore (well she stepped it up compared to her comrades lol) and was all over Pharrell. WELL in the middle of the song she somehow FELL OFF THE FREAKIN STAGE! hahahaha!

Pharrell:

"oooh shit...oooh shit!..."

Next was the beautiful and talented Rihanna. I don't really know her catalogue of music but I'll try my best to remember what she did..

Rihanna songlist:

• i have no idea
  
• Push Up On Me
• Pon De Replay
• cover of M.I.A.'s "Paper Planes"
• cover of Lauren Hill's "Doo Wop (That Thing)"
• S.O.S.
• Unfaithful
• Take a Bow
• Don't Stop The Music
  
• Umbrella

I'm missing a bunch of songs. Anyways, I'm not gonna lie -- Rihanna was fire. The "Paper Planes" bit (which seems to be everyones favorite song, even though they have no idea who M.I.A. is!) got everyone movin' -- as well as "Don't Stop The Music". She did better than I expected although she was my least favorite of the acts. But you gotta love performers who give the city a lot of love. Rihanna claimed Vancouver to be one of her favorite spots in the world. She also declared "Umbrella" to be Canada's song because of the "EH, EH, EH" part haha .... She really didn't look out of place in this show as she added that element that complimented the entire show pretty well.

Now...the main event! Now people had to realize how intricate, complicated, technical, etc etc Kanye's set was which totally justified the 40 minute wait. But before I get into that, let me explain our "premo" seats...

Bascially, in the middle of Lupe's set (I think during "Hello/Goodbye") we noticed so many seats empty upfront that we thought and realized "hey, what a waste of seats...let's go jump a couple rows and put them to good use"...

Well, a couple rows turned out to be about a dozen!

(if it wasn't for the hosts/security guards we would have ransacked onto the floor area! LOL)

So basically our seats and view went from this....


To THIS....


...it was like exchanging gold for platinum haha. We actually ended up staying in these seats as the people with these tickets (probably low life scummy scalpers) never showed up!

Now onto the main event...the lights suddenly went dark as everyone started to scream "KAN-YE! KAN-YE KAN-YE!"

It started with a dramatic introduction of a spaceship losing control and crash landing onto an unknown planet. With the effects and graphics on the video display on the large plasma screen in the middle of the set, the visuals were really easy to follow. Mr. Kanye West then appeared on stage laying on his back on a well designed stage of what looks like hills of grass, while going into his introductory song "Good Morning"...

Kanye West songlist:

• Good Morning
• I Wonder
• Heard Em Say
• Through the Wire
• Champion
• Get Em High
• Diamonds From Sierra Leone
• Can't Tell Me Nothing
  
• Flashing Lights
• Spaceship
• Drunk and Hot Girls
  
• All Falls Down
• Gold Digger
• Good Life
• Jesus Walks
• Hey Mama
• "Don't Stop Believing" interlude
• Stronger
• Homecoming
• Touch the Sky (with Lupe Fiasco)

Kanye's set was amazing. The visuals, sound effects, everything was intricate and precise. You could tell Kanye is a man of perfection -- everything we saw was done with a purpose. When he broke into "I Wonder", it was quite the site to see the floor section going nuts. The "Spaceship" segment was unbelievable as well as the stage transformed into a spaceship and suspended Kanye in the air on a platform. (this was about the same time when the lights went out and the crowd started throwing glow sticks around --- to which Kanye replied "stop throwing shit" haha)

The diamonds in the air, the crowd following the lyrics, the emotional "Hey Mama" performance was all spectacular --- I especially loved his extended performance of "Good Life" as it got the whole arena involved with the easy-to-follow chorus and hook. The script in the plot was a bit cheesy at times however...

The Plot in a nutshell: Kanye was on a spaceship, it crashed on an unknown planet, he tries to fix the ship but the ship does not comply, he then gets really horny, the spaceship tries to help but the spaceship fails again, he gets emo, he gets celebratory, some aliens come and tell Kanye he is the biggest star in the universe because he glows in the dark, thus becoming harder better faster and inevitably stronger, to which the ship gets fixed, returns home on Earth in Chicago, to which he proceeds to "Touch The Sky" with Lupe...

Not to belittle the plot, it was actually great. We all witnessed a theatrical play and a concert all in one show. Kanye West loves his art and it really showed. The songs...the content...the effects...it all worked. It was like Kanye had this planned from the beginning (wouldn't be surprised actually).

One thing I realized is how many hits this guy has is amazing. It truely is...hit after hit the crowd loved it. And his trademark rant at the end was a great touch and classic "Kanye" if you will --- the profanity was a bit harsh however (I looked around and saw some awkward faces on young kids with their parents haha).

How Mr. West could memorize everything (although it is his job to) day in and day out, for how many days on the road is really a spectacular thing. And he made it clear --- it is his passion and his love to do this. And he truely did display it through this spectacle of an event. I'd like to thank Kanye West for creating and producing the greatest concert I will probably see in a lifetime. I was never bored in the 5 hours the show took.

Please post a reply if you went as well! I wanna hear opinions and what your favorite parts were and stuff!


Well this is about the biggest post I ever made and I don't think I can interest anyone (if you made it this far) any longer. Let me just end with, it was unbelievable. Worth every penny. Super dope, fantastic shiet. Done.


Peace!

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Wale - "The Mixtape About Nothing"

TRACK LISTING

1. “The Opening Title Sequence” (produced by Best Kept Secret)
2. “The Roots Song Wale Is On” f. Chrisette Michele (produced by ?uestlove & James Poyser)
3. “The Feature Heavy Song” f. Bun B, Pusha T and Tre from UCB (produced by Best Kept Secret)
4. “The Freestyle (Roc Boys)”
5. “The Perfect Plan” (produced by Best Kept Secret)
6. “The Kramer” (produced by Best Kept Secret)
7. “The Crazy” (produced by Best Kept Secret)
8. “The Vacation From Ourselves” (produced by Best Kept Secret)
9. “The Remake of A Remake (All I Need)” f. Tawiah (produced by Mark Ronson)
10. “The Grown Up” (produced by Best Kept Secret)
11. “The Manipulation” (produced by Best Kept Secret)
12. “The Artistic Integrity” (produced by Best Kept Secret)
13. “The Star”
14. “The Skit (Untz Untz)”
15. “The Cliche Lil Wayne Feature (It’s The Remix baby!)” (produced by Osinachi)
16. “The Bmore Club Slam” (produced by Scottie B)
17. “The Chicago Falcon Remix” f. The Budos Band (produced by Mark Ronson & Eli Escobar)
18. “The Hype” (produced by Best Kept Secret)
19. “The End Credits” (produced by Best Kept Secret)

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Damn my knee to hell!

So there I was redeeming myself last night from an embarassing loss to the Purple Haze -- almost pulled it off too as I had a pretty decent game until..

*POP*

my knee shifts as i caught an edge on my skates! i felt something pop..

I fall in agony to the ground!

Ref: "can you walk it off? are you okay?"
me: "well, i wouldn't be bitching bout nothing now would I!?"

As I was laying on the ground, I then move my injured knee slightly to the right when...

*POP*

I felt 2 seconds of relief!

Everything was back intact and I was like "SWEET I'm good to play now!" until a few seconds later it all went to hell again!

lmaooooo

I didn't go to the doctors yet but here's hoping it's nothing serious. The safe bet is I'll be out for 3-6 weeks =(

*sigh*

OH GOD DAMNIT I just realized that the Glow in the Dark Tour is on Monday!!!!

$^%#$@!!$@!$@#$@#@$

gahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Training Day: 1 of 5

So I'm going to let you all in on a little secret...

(psst...I'm legally not allowed to be a security guard lol)


But I'm finally getting my proper training this week and I have to complete a course called BST -- Basic Safety Training (it comes in two parts --- BST1 & BST2). I have a really cool instructor...the course includes stuff like how to properly handle difficult situations like when I'm being attacked by a 7 foot tall, 350 lbs monster or when a junkie comes running at me with a needle.

Crazy shit ALWAYS happen out there...

People will steal from dollar stores...
Kids get banned from malls for stupid shit...
Homeless will go all out in a fist fight for a loaf of bread...

So don't shoplift!
(and not only coz it makes my job so much harder lol)

FYI, just to tell you common shoppers...
Someone is ALWAYS watching...


Anyways, here's a YouTube video of a thief in action...
Scum I tell you...



Anyways, peace!