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As many of you know...Photoshop is one of my hobbies. Trying to step my game up, so here is something that i started working on. It still needs some tweaking, but I think it's a good start.

RIP Teddy P!

I just heard that Teddy Pendergrass died tonight. (Source: MSNBC) You will Be Missed, Teddy. One of the most powerful and soulful voices in American Music. And Now, Oh My Brothers, I will leave you with my Favorite Teddy P song. You may not be as familiar with this one as the hits like Love TKO, Turn Off The Lights, or Close The Door, but this is a very beautiful song from Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes Featuring Teddy Pebdergrass called, Pretty Flower.



Rest In Peace, Teddy.

BlackDroog Special Request

Based on the success of my list on "BlackDroog The Racist", I was asked to produce a list that highlights those fraudulent beauties in Hollywood that dudes get all excited about, but really aren't all that. Either that, or they used to be hot then drastically changed themselves. By losing too much weight, botched plastic surgery, or smoking rocks. And I'm not big on judging what is beautiful and what is ugly, but all I'm saying is that these individuals are not even as hot as dudes hype them up to be...and I truly believe that it has to do with the fact that they are celebrities and nothing else. So now, I present to you...

Overrated Celebrity Chicks Who Look Like Feet



Eva Longoria Parker
Aka "Cake Face" on the account that she always looks like she has an inch of make up on at all times...well, apparently, there is a very good reason for that. (See Below)




Sarah Jessica Parker.
No Comment Necessary...



Renee Zellweger
Same as Above...



Christina Milian;
Not only does she look like she's 12 years old...but she also looks like a Bratz Doll with that big ass dome and the super weave.





Jennifer Aniston.
Never understood the appeal...she looks like a chick you would find working in the perfume department at Macy's...the one with the strong chin. Definitely overrated.



Taraji P. Henson;
I like Taraji and no, she doesn't look like a foot. But her Grinch-Like Eyebrows creep me out.




Kim Kardashian
"Oh Damn...look at that White girl with that big butt!" I'm not impressed and that sh*t probably is fake anyway! Plus...her claim to fame is getting boned on camera by Willie "Ray J" Norwood. For that reason alone...she is the Queen of the Overrated List.



Kelly Ripa
Seriously...this chick can't weigh more than 80 lbs. That Teenage Boy physique is not a good look, Kelly. Not at all.



Peace! I'm Out...Jettin' like a runaway Slave.

Shout out to Big Zo!

The Independent Droog #003

Writer/Director Jameel Saleem is a good friend of mine from back in the day. He's on his way to blowin' up...His first feature film, Cream Soda, is a romantic comedy about a dude who consistently fails to commit to any of his girlfriends because he is in love with someone(something) else...Cream Soda (www.creamsodamovie.com). I read the script and it is a very funny movie...Great Characters.

The Independent Droog #002

This time I back with more from Gilbere Forte...Exhibit G



And after this one...I'm officially a fan. Dude has given me hope for the next era of Hip Hop. Gilbere comes with a winning combination of soulful, hard hitting beat and focused, introspective lyricism. Lady and Gentleman, this is MC'ing in it's true form...enjoy.

BlackDroog The Racist...

The other day I was watching a news program which featured clips from a documentary about White Supremacy. It was one of the most racist and disgusting things I have ever seen in my life. There is a surprisingly large amount of groups that flat out hate black people. "Nigger this, monkey that...Obama is an African White Hater" and countless other ignorant comments focussing on the hatred of people based on nothing but their ethnicity. Well, you racist f*cks...black people, "Mexicans" and Jews aren't going anywhere...and we are as much americans as your pasty ass so shut the f*ck up and take your dirty ignorant white supremacist ass back to your cave and eat vienna sausages.

After being exposed to this ignorant sh*t, I have decided that it is my responsibility to restore balance back to my Universe. SO now I present to you...

White People Who Look Like Monkeys



Willen Dafoe; American Actor



Maggie Gyllenhaal; Terrible Actress



Justin Long; Hollywood Douchebag



Danny Devito; Frank from Always Sunny...




James Carville; Political Ranter & Raver



Ron Perlmon; The dude from Hellboy and Beauty & The Beast





Howard Stern; Smut King of Radio



Anne Coulter; Insufferable C*nt



Keith Richards; The Grim Reaper



Kevin Dillon; Matt Dillon's Brother



Mike Miller; The "So Easy A Caveman Can Do It" Guy of the NBA





*NEW ADDITIONS*

Mickey Rourke; Awesome Actor/Hollywood Badass



Roger Waters; Musical Genius (as a writer/bassist.)



Balance Restored...For now.

Rap Hater: Best of the Double O's - Part Two

RH's 20 Most Important Hip Hop Moments of the Double O's

01. G-Unit's Mixtape Massacre



50 Cent came out of nowhere with "How To Rob" when he took verbal shots at the entire Hip Hop Community. Then He got Shot, recovered, went to the gym...then resurrected himself by stealing EVERY hot beat and ripped it. G-Unit took the mixtape game to a higher level and demonstrated a work ethic beyond most of thier counterparts. The energy, wit, aggressiveness of the G-Unit Mixtape Era is still unmatched. Prime Example: G-Unit is the Future.

02. Too Many Rappers Dying



We lost waaaay too many rappers to violence and accidents in the Double O's. Some of the greatest in fact. Big Pun, Big L, Pimp C,Ol Dirty Bastard, Proof (d12), J Dilla...just to name a few. This is a trend that needs to stop this decade.

03. The Rise and Fall of Auto-Tune

T-pain came out of nowhere with that "I'm In Love with a stripper", then blew the f*ck up...then after everyone figured out what allowed him to do the "robot voice" every half assed, no talent asshole with a laptop started auto-tuning on their wack ass songs...Then later, Jay-Z dropped "Death of Auto-tune" and embarrassed the imposters. And to make it worse...T-Pain, sold the Auto-tune as a damn iPhone app.



04. Jam Master Jay's Murder



Another tragic, unsolved death that came completely out of the blue. Not to trivialize the other rapper deaths, but this one shocked the hip hop world drastically because this time, it was one of the pioneers and one of the most respected people in hip hop. RIP Jam Master Jay.

05. Fruity Loops & Lap Top-Based Beat Production.



Dude's like 9th Wonder (Little Brother) replaced an entire music production studio with a laptop and a cd collection. And what resulted was an entire revolution of laptop beat beat makers. Most (Outside of Wonder) weren't really that good but the impact this phenomena had on the Hip Hop world is the fact that making music was accessible to people that normally wouldn't have that access...and it was a whole lot cheaper too! The good thing is that Laptop Beats are checp and easy...the downside is that Cheap and easy beats attract terrible rappers. all of a sudden, the population of unsigned rappers grew exponentially, flodded the market, and later made it harder and harder for fans to decipher what was actually "good" because there were just way to many choices.

06. Nerd Rap Revolution



Artists like Mos Def, Talib Kweli, The Neptunes, Common, Pharaoh Monch, Black Thought (Roots) paved the way in the late 90's to introduce a breed of MC that is both intelligent and skilled, Inspiring and Entertaining. In the mid to late 2000's emerged dudes like Lupe Fiasco, Kidz in the Hall, Drake, Kanye West, The Cool Kids, Kid Cudi and Wale and the birth of Nerd Rap emerges. Now all of a sudden, the dudes that probably got made fun of, ridiculed and beat up in high school for being Nerds, Corny or borderline homo *cough* Drake *cough*, learned to rap (probably in college) and brought a new perspective to hip hop. Love it or hate it, there is no denying that these Once COrny, nerdy dudes have a lot to offer to Hip Hop if nothing less than to promote the anti-thug Movement.

07. LOX Let Go...Finally



After the let the lox go street campaign to free Jadakiss, Styles and Sheek from thier rape, I mean, record deal with P. Diddy's Bad Boy Record label, what followed was a brief string of mixtape tracks before thier rebirth in signing with Ruff Ryders. at the time, DMX was emerging as thier hardcore superstar, but when the LOX joined the team, Ruff RYders became synonymos with Hardcore Hip Hop. The Swizz BEats Dominated Psuedo-Debut, We R THe Streets, introduced the world to the real LOX. a bunch of hardheaded, ignorant gun loving hip hoppers from Yonkers. A far cry from the Shiny Suit wearing,back-up dancing, wannabe Goodfellas that we were introduced to with BAd Boy. Don't get me wrong...that first album (Money, Power Respect) was a dope late 90's Jiggy Era Album, but the problem was that it was a Late 90's, Jiggy Era Album. The Double R Lox did 2 things...brought hardcore hip hop back to the mainstream (in the pre 50 cent era) and it exposed Diddy (then Puff Daddy) as a money hungry, exploiter of young artists. (aka rapist).

08. 50 Murders Ja's Career



At one point Ja Rule was on top of the Hip Hop world. He released hit single after hit single, was popping up in movies, selling millions and living the life that most Rappers dream of...then he Pissed 50 Cent off. Without going too deep into the story, most of thier Rap Beef originated in Neighborhood shit in QUeens New York, but as far as the rap beef...50 went at Ja and Irv Gotti (Murder Inc.) so hard that not only did they become irrelevant, they became non existent. In a very short amount of time...about 2 years. And when 50 dropped Get RIch or Die Trying (The Album), it was all over for Ja...Damn, Homie!

09. The De-Construction of the South



All these retarded n*ggas like Soulja Boy, Plies, Gucci, etc. are destroying the once respectable Atlanta hip hop scene and the South in general....Yeah, they are making a little bit of money, but seriously...in 5 years, nobody is going to be checking for these dudes. They are the Rap equivalent of those airplane bottles of liquor.

10. Jay-Z Gets Ether'd.



All I need to do is present you with the lyrics...they speak for themselves. THe single greatest rap diss song ever...and Jay-Z never recovered from it.

[gunshots]

[2Pac talking]
("Fuck Jay-Z")
What's up niggas, ay yo, I know you ain't talking 'bout me dog
You, what?
("Fuck Jay-Z")
You been on my dick nigga, you love my style, nigga
("Fuck Jay-Z")

[Chorus]
(I) Fuck with your soul like ether
(Will) Teach you the king you know you
(Not) "God's son" across the belly
(Lose) I prove you lost already

Brace yourself for the main event
Y'all impatiently waiting
It's like an AIDS test, what's the results?
Not positive, who's the best? Pac, Nas and Big
Ain't no best, East, West, North, South, flossed out, greedy
I embrace y'all with napalm
Blows up, no guts, left chest, face gone
How could Nas be garbage?
Semi-autos at your cartilage
Burner at the side of your dome, come outta my throne
I got this, locked since '9-1
I am the truest, name a rapper that I ain't influenced
Gave y'all chapters but now I keep my eyes on the Judas
With Hawaiian Sophie fame, kept my name in his music
Check it

[Chorus]

[talking]
Ay yo, pass me the weed, pour my ashes out on these niggas man (no doubt)
Ay, y'all faggots, y'all kneel and kiss the fucking ring

[Chorus]

I've been fucked over, left for dead, dissed and forgotten
Luck ran out, they hoped that I'd be gone, stiff and rotten
Y'all just piss on me, shit on me, spit on my grave (uh)
Talk about me, laugh behind my back but in my face
Y'all some "well wishers," friendly acting, envy hiding snakes
With your hands out for my money, man, how much can I take?
When these streets keep calling, heard it when I was sleep
That this Gay-Z and Cockafella Records wanted beef
Started cocking up my weapon, slowly loading up this ammo
To explode it on a camel, and his soldiers, I can handle
This for dolo and it's manuscript, just sound stupid
When KRS already made an album called Blueprint
First, Biggie's ya man, then you got the nerve to say that you better than Big
Dick sucking lips, why not you let the late, great veteran live

[talking]
(I...will...not...lose)
"God's son" across the belly, I prove you lost already
The king is back, where my crown at?
(Ill...will) Ill Will rest in peace, let's do it niggas

[Chorus]

Y'all niggas deal with emotions like bitches
What's sad is I love you 'cause you're my brother
You traded your soul for riches
My child, I've watched you grow up to be famous
And now I smile like a proud dad, watching his only son that made it
You seem to be only concerned with dissing women
Were you abused as a child, scared to smile, they called you ugly?
Well life is hard, hug me, don't reject me
Or make records to disrespect me, blatent or indirectly
In '88 you was getting chased through your building
Calling my crib and I ain't even give you my numbers
All I did was gave you a style for you to run with
Smiling in my face, glad to break bread with the god
Wearing Jaz chains, no tecs, no cash, no cars
No jail bars Jigga, no pies, no case
Just Hawaiian shirts, hanging with little Chase
You a fan, a phony, a fake, a pussy, a Stan
I still whip your ass, you thirty-six in a karate class
You Tae-bo hoe, tryna' work it out, you tryna' get brolic?
Ask me if I'm tryna' kick knowledge
Nah, I'm tryna' kick the shit you need to learn though
That ether, that shit that make your soul burn slow
Is he Dame Diddy, Dame Daddy or Dame Dummy?
Oh, I get it, you Biggie and he's Puffy
Rockefeller died of AIDS, that was the end of his chapter
And that's the guy y'all chose to name your company after?
Put it together, I rock hoes, y'all rock fellas
And now y'all try to take my spot, fellas?
Philly's hot rock fellas, put you in a dry spot, fellas
In a pine box with nine shots from my glock, fellas
Foxy got you hot 'cause you kept your face in her puss
What you think, you getting girls now 'cause of your looks?
Ne-gro please
You no mustache having, with whiskers like a rat
Compared to Beans you wack
And your man stabbed Un and made you take the blame
You ass, went from Jaz to hanging with Kane, to Irv, to Big
And, Eminem murdered you on your own shit
You a dick-riding faggot, you love the attention
Queens niggas run you niggas, ask Russell Simmons
Ha, R-O-C get gunned up and clapped quick
J.J. Evans get gunned up and clapped quick
Your whole damn record label gunned up and clapped quick
Shawn Carter to Jay-Z, damn you on Jaz dick
So little shorty's getting gunned up and clapped quick
How much of Biggie's rhymes is gonna come out your fat lips?
Wanted to be on every last one of my classics
You pop shit, apologize, nigga, just ask Kiss

11. Michael Jackson's Death



MJ was the greatest entertainer in the world, and influenced everybody who ever made a single piece of music in some way shape or form. His death hit the entire music world like a bag of sand to the face. He also opened the door for black artists in the mainstream and kept that sh*t wide open. RIP, MJ.

12. Kanye West Makes Beats for Everybody...then Loses his Mind.



Kanye had a long career in the Chicago underground, then was discovered by Jay-Z, gave Jay his musical identity, laced hip Hop's elite with some of the best beats that money can buy, released a critically acclaimed solo album...then lost his muthaf*ckin mind!!!! His countless outbursts, temper tantrums, and crashing several award shows were all clearly evidence of a goddamn spoiled brat trapped in the body of a grown man who can't hold his liquor...but do you think I give a sh*t? Hell No...as long as the music keeps coming, I'm good.

13. Mobb Deep Sells Thier Soul



My Heart broke when Mobb Deep, One of the most influential and respected Rap groups of the 90's, and my personal favorite rap group of the 90's, signed thier souls away to G-Unit. I know that you "gotta get that paper", but something just didn't seem right about seeing them calling 50 cent, Bossman. Then they released a half assed, lazy album and faded into oblivion shortly after. Luckily, Before Prodigy got locked up, he dropped some solid independent albums and HAvoc made some good guest appearances and dropped a decent solo album (The Kush). Prodigy's HNIC 2, Return of the Mac, and Product of the 80's can be classified among the best albums that the Mobb has released in the Post "Hell on Earth" era. So, I guess it's not all that bad. FREE P!!!!

14. Queer Eye for The Rap Guy



Skinny Jeans, Man Scarfs, Pink EVERYTHING, colored jewelry, and skittles flavored outfits made hip hop fashion real gay real fast. I don't even know where this bullsh*t came from, but dudes like Pharrel Williams, Kanye West and Lil Wayne made teenage boys think that looking cool was synonymous with dressing like a teenage girl. This sh*t is terrible.

15. OB4CL2



Nearly 15 years after dropping Only Built for Cuban Links, one of the most influential and critically acclaimed albums in all of hip hop, Rae and Ghost did it again. Personally this was the most anticipated albums in all of music for me and when it dropped it felt like christmas. The first was perfect and the second was almost as good. Rae went back into the kitchen and brought the streets back like a muthaf*cka!!!

16. Internet A&R's



websites like soundclick, youtube and myspace became free advertising tools for aspiring rappers to expose the world to their terrible music for free. the downside (the other downside) is that they have also flooded the market with their bullsh*t and, as noted earlier on this list, they make the pool so crowded that it makes it too difficult for people to identify what is "good" because there is too much crap for them to sort through first.

17. Smacked Rap Beef



These DVD's that highlight Rap Beefs gave rappers a platform to b*tch about their feelings getting hurt when another rapper "disrespects" them. eventually, it turns into a harbinger of these rap beef's and a lot of the sh*t ends up looking like fabricated publicity stunts.

18. Three Six Mafia Won an Oscar? WTF?



What happens when you take the most ignorant rap group of the last 20 years and ask them to write, produce and perform a song about pimpin' for a movie about pimpin...apparently you get an Oscar. The good thing was that it put hip hop on a grand stage and recognized Hip Hop's contribution to pop culture. The bad thing was that it was the most ignorant rap groups of the last 20 years!!!! But I must admit that Three Six is one of my guilty pleasures. I sometimes dabble through their catalogue, but the ignorance is so much that I can't handle too much at a time, but they are often comical and most of the beats are head nod inducing.

19. Free Music Downloads



in the early 2000's, Napster exposed millions of rap fans to thousands of songs 100% free...so all that sh*t that you would never spend $14.99 on a cd but really wanted to hear, you could get it for free. Broke your Mobb Deep Infamous CD...Get it from Napster...FOR FREE. this changed the entire music industry in the sense that people no longer had to wait for albums to be released to the stores...they could get it instantly. THis in turn made the artists bitter and lazy when it comes to the quality of their music, but in the end, everybody wins. Because people now have an avenue to discover music that they once couldn't afford...and the mediocre artists can rest assured that people are actually out there listening to their mediocre music...and that's gotta be worth something.

20. Jay-Z & Nas Squash Beef...and Perform Dead PResidents Together.



In the post Ether era of Hip Hop...the Jay vs. Nas debate was a never ending debate. I found myself in it several times. I won't get into my argument here, but all I will say is that Jay-Z inviting Nas to perform on stage with him in 2006 helped save Jay from fading into obscurity. Don't Believe me? Go Listen to Kingdom Come.