Can I Share My Opinions Please?

     What's up everyone? Hope everyone is having a happy holiday season. I'm up late on a Monday night/Tuesday morning, listening to this, "Some Love Lost," album by Joe Budden, and it has me thinking all kinds of thoughts, so I thought I'd blog for you guys and share my thoughts.      First and foremost, this album is amazing, and absolutely one of the best albums released in 2014 in my opinion. It hits on everything that I love about music. It's right to the point, no filler, and great content. It's real! It's personal! There's no bullshit throughout the album. Just one man, a microphone, and complete honesty. I love it. There's not too many times that these famous musicians release music and I feel it the way that I feel this record. The closest thing I can think of off the top of the head, is Kanye's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy or 808's and Heartbreak. The feeling this album gives me is rare to say the least.      The reason...

     What's up everyone? Hope you all are doing well today and enjoying this holiday weekend. Over the past few months, I've become a bit more vocal about race issues here in America, as it relates to blacks and the injustice that is often experienced by my people. Today, while debating about the Michael Brown situation in Ferguson, Missouri, a fellow accused me of being racist and said that I'm apart of the problem, simply because I used the words, "my people." I couldn't believe it, and actually found it funny after I read the comment. I think there's a huge misconception about me and other people like me who are discussing these issues, and some people don't truly understand our stance.      I believe the misconception here is that we as black people, can't be all about preaching power to our people, uplifting our people, awakening our people, and fighting for equality for our people, without also not hating white people. It sounds ridiculous...

So, this past week, my beloved HTC One M8 went bad, and the screen started having some issues. Sad, sad news. Not quite sure what happened, as I don't fumble my phone or anything like that, so I sold it, and got the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 to test drive just for a week until the Nexus 6 arrives at T-Mobile. So I've been using this phone for a few days now, and I gotta say, this phone is amazing. Absolutely amazing. Samsung really stepped their game up with this device here. It's very well built, actually, I'd go as far as to say this is Samsung's best built device ever. The metal that's been incorporated into the edges of the device really make a huge difference in the feel of the phone, and I'm loving it.      Moving on, the camera on this thing? Absolutely bananas! I've never had a phone that took such clear pictures. I swear you could see my cuticles on my fingers on a picture I took of my hand. You could see my fingerprints. It's crazy! The screen...

     What's everyone? Hope everyone is doing well tonight. Before I say anything else, let me just say, kudos to Kim Kardashian for the pictures from her photo shoot for Paper Magazine. I know a lot of people, specifically women, will say she's nasty, or a whore, or whatever, but me personally, and not just because I'm a guy, I think the pictures were done tastefully. There use to be a time, not even that long ago, that it was considered an honor to pose naked for Playboy. I remember WWE use to have one of their Divas pose every March around Wrestlemania and those women were honored to do it. It was a big deal because you knew, Hugh Hefner and his staff would take care of you, and make it look tasteful. This is no different to me. Granted, this wasn't Playboy, (which Kim K has already posed for by the way.) but the pictures are done so professionally. It's not like this was a Bangbros photoshoot and she's got her legs spread showing her vagina. It's just a ...

     Now I'm sure all Tupac fans are ready to kill me right now, because in their eyes, Tupac is God's gift to rap music. But, don't get it misconstrued, I'm a Pac fan. Maybe not a die hard fan, but a fan nonetheless. I realize that Tupac was one of the greats of his time, but I also realize that he wasn't the greatest ever in 96, and isn't the greatest ever now. He may be the best selling hip hop artist (or 2nd best. I think Eminem is #1), but as I'm always reminded, sales don't have anything to do with skill or actual talent.        What's funny, is that the reason people hate Kanye, is the same reason they loved Pac. Pac was an asshole. I dare anyone to say he wasn't. I was alive and old enough to remember Pac. Dude was a jerk! But back in the 90's, that was no problem. Pac was in and out of jail. Pac was accused of sexually assaulting a fan, rape ultimately, joked on record (lying according to Faith Evans), about screwing his rivals wi...

I have become ashamed of the individual that I am today. To some degree. I use to be so easy going, care free, nonchalant some would say. I look now and see 80+ pairs of shoes and wonder what the hell happened to me? There's also shirts and accessories to go with those shoes. That's not who I used to be. I never cared about styles and different fabrics. I didn't know shoes had a release date before. It's become an addiction. I used to be a bit of a nerd, caring about video games, gadgets and electronics. Maybe I wanted to film myself doing something stupid and have fun. I used to like to read and watch science fiction. I used to want to write and rap all the time. I spent the majority of my money in those days on music, video games, and movies. Things that entertained me, and took me away from this world. I used to sit and think that a Grammy was in my future. What happened to me? What changed? Is it the shoes? (Is it the shoes?) If I leave the house now, I gotta throw ...

     If you're with somebody, and they cheat on you, having sex with another individual, what would you do? What if there was a reason behind their cheating? What if you were the reason for it? Say for example, you weren't as intimate with them anymore and you always declined their intimacy attempts, if they went out and found that intimacy from someone else, what would you do? Say on the flip side, you were doing everything right. You were a good significant other, supportive, intimate, everything a man or woman may want or need, but they still went out and cheated. What would you do? Would you stay? Would you go? Is there any justification for either action? A lot of folks, maybe even you reading this right now, may say, I'm out instantly, no second chances, etc. But, if your heart is involved, if there's plenty of time involved, if your emotions are involved, would you really just up and go?      If you're with someone, and they put hands on you, what w...