Crooklyn for OBAMA!

Instead of watching the whole speech by Barack Obama with my family in the living room I opted to go in my room and watch it alone so I can cry my eyes out(I hate crying in front of people..LOL). To see an African-American man stand before the country with confidence and great poise with such a profound eloquence showed me that there are many possibilities which can actually be more near than far. Now I've been a fond believer for years that politicians we're useless but last night it was as if he'd listened to my fears and concerns about living in America. He spoke to the independent business owner/s, middle classs families that struggle to pay their child college tuition(me), the unemployed, those who have no health insurance and msot importantly Mcain and his ignorant 72 year old ass! He literally hit every core issue and hit my heart as well. I thought about the little black boy or girl sitting at home listening that will now be able to look at Barack and know that it is indeed a possibility! We have officially 67 DAYS left to make that choice America!

Crooklyn Chronicles for OBAMA!

Enjoy Part 1 and 2 from the speech last night

Carnival Weekend

Those of you who know me well know how much I LOVE Carnival! I have never in my life and I emphasize on NEVER, missed the festivities of Laborday weekend in Crooklyn. The experience and the culture is crazy!!!!! It's nothing like smelling and eating the grilled jerkchicken, corn, the roti, cookup rice, palou, blackpudding, sowce, stewchicken(OMG I'm getting HUNGRY already). Then on Monday on de parkway chipping down de road (a type of walk that consists of you walking and dancing to the music at the same time).. The flags of all countries, the different faces, the hood, the tourists and the many former and some still present immigrants who have contributed to building this country. Often times West Indian, Carribean and South Americans(Guyanese!!!!!) don't often receive the acknowledgement so on the parkway they make sure to take over in every way! As a child of Guyanese parents and a lover of soca/reggae every year I make it a duty to get on stink(hahahaha..a term that describes wilding out). So it's my duty to help you get around this weekend so that you too can jump-up and take part of this cultural explosion.

(pics courtesy of flickr.com)


Tonight
Friday, August 29th Time: 12:00pm to 4:00pm
STAY IN SCHOOL CULTURAL EDUCATION - FREE! MC: Father Goose

Featuring youthful performers
-Hip Hop, Steelband, Dance, Fashions, Karate, Police Youth Club, Gowanus Drill Team, Harlem Children’s Zone, Soul Tigers Marching Band, Pink Diamond Steppers and more! Friday 29th – (Evening) Showtime – 8:00pm: Tickets in advance $35: At the Door: $40

BRASS FEST (GYAL FARM Edition)
Artists – Shurwayne Winchester & Traffik, KES the Band, Edwin Yearwood & Krosfyah and Statement (from Barbados) Berbice (from Grenada) and Hunter singing “Bring it in a Bottle” with Dil-E-Nadan Orchestra (special prize for the best dressed -farmer brown outfit)

Tomorrow
Saturday, August 30th (Daytime) 8:00am – 3:00pm: Children FREE (Adults $5 donation)

Route: Kingston Ave & St. Johns Pl, to Franklin Ave Sooutn, to President St, into Brooklyn Museum Grounds

Saturday 30th (Evening) Showtime – 8:00pm: Tickets in advance $30: At the Door: $35
Steel Bands: (2007 Champions) - Pan Sonatas, CASYM, Sesame Flyers, Despers USA, Harmony, Crossfire, Pantonics, Ad Lib and Radoes.
Event – PANORAMA STEELBAND COMPETITION – (Cash prizes & challenge trophy)

Sunday, August 31st Showtime - 7:00pm: Tickets in advance $30: At the Door: $35
Event – DIMANCHE GRAS
Artists – David Rudder, Scrunter, Crazy, Barron, Hunter and others along with a dazzling competition for King & Queen of the Bands
Description – The Sunshine Band & Calypso veterans perform, Kings & Queens compete and Dancers entertain to conclude the weekend concert events leading to the big Labor Day Carnival Parade.

For advance tickets please call 718.467.1797 or the following locations: Charlies’s Records: 718-783-8336, Tropical Paradise: 718-629-3500, Brooklyn Museum: 718-638-5000 Email: wiadca@gmail.com & www.wiadca.org & www.myspace.com/wiadca
WIADCA’s Address 323-325 Rogers Avenue (between Sullivan Pl & Montgomery St) Brooklyn, NY 11225

MONDAY-FREE
Labor Day Carnival Parade on Eastern Parkway - 9/1/08 - 8am-6pm

Enjoy the tunes of Lord Kitchener who is one of the most internationally known calypsonians!

This pic of me is from Laborday2K6, might just see me on the parkway this year(crossing fingers)!

Video of the Day

As the summer departs, I guess for most people it's back to laying low with a hubby ,LOL! Enjoy the video and the rest of the summer that's left!

* Don't we miss LAURYN?

Bob Marley-Lauryn Hill -Turn Your Light
Uploaded by hushhush112

Monday MUZIK

Photo Credit: Vlad!

It's a chilling feeling to know that one day this picture and this track will mean soooooooooo much one day. In due time...

Check this exclusive M.I.A. Paper Planes remix with Smash and Mickey.

http://www.zshare.net/audio/17467463a111f3a1/

Dear Foxy!

"FB, there ain't no equivalent, the flow is oh so belligerent.The hood love the style that I'm delivering, Fox is hip hop, they just can't rid of this..."

When Jay introduced you to us we became admirers, real dudes respected your raw capability of telling a dude who you were and what you demanded. At sixteen you fearlessly held it down for the brown girls, no heavy makeup just black lipstick, lip liner and hard looking jet black weave with the black gel sideburns (LOL).So GHETTO but we fell in love with it! To add to that The Firm gave you crazy street cred, spitting with Nas and AZ (so slept on...) When "Hot Spot" came out we we're optimistic, didn't really care that you and Kim we're beefing, seen it coming anyway. All we knew was that our girl was getting those MTV spins. Okay so couple months passed we didn't hear from you. You did a couple of features here and there but still no album. In between the anticipation that's when the turn started. Car accidents on Flatbush, hospital visits, run-ins with the law, random fights, court dates and cursing random people out. It definitely caught us off gaurd so we gave you the side-eye and focused on Kim so you could get the picture. The Queenbee was killing it during your break and we even bumped to Trina, had us on that Miami shit for a while (Why is NY so bias to other artist not from here, SMH). I'm guessing you took note and came out with, "BK's Anthem" ahhhhh we we're hype! In the video you had the army green Sean John baggy velour bugging on the stoop with your bro Gav, showed shots of dudes playing c-lo, and spitting in front of Junior's. The vid did a great job at embodying your core fans. It was a great look, we crossed fingers. Thanks to you your ex-boo Spragga for being an influence you blessed us with, "Oh yeah," and had us dubbing like crazy in the bashments. Of course we fell in love with the new style change because the beauty supply store couldn't keep the wet and wavy weave packs on the shelf. And we're loving the fact that you rocked that teacup pink lip gloss for every phot op. It was your summer but as always more of the bullshit started up again. After what seemed like your tenth hiatus we heard you got signed to Badboy then you teased us with, "Stylin," and made it necessary to style in burberry. After a while and album let down's it became normal to hear you we're cursing people out, walking up in people's establishments and being arrogant. You we're probably flipping that big hair all over the place. It got to a point where people didn't even care about you or your career. You became a laughing stock but when you'd randomly show up on Flex and spit a crazy free-style where he'd be dropping his famous bombs all night it'll always tell us you still reigned supreme. Thought your reunion with Hov and your hear loss would humble you but things didn't change.

The sad thing about it is that when it's all said and done we're not gonna remember you for your sick, authentic delivery, swagger or rhymes. Instead we're gonna remember you for your ever changing public disputes, jail sentence and leaked albums that never saw the light of day only on youtube, limewire and other music sites that got a hold of it.

Mayb'e I've been hard on you throughout this letter but I wonder how did it all get this way. Was it your early exposure to the game at which can be considered a fragile point in a young woman's life? I mean at sixteen you we're in a black see-through bathing suit rapping on "Ain't no Nigga," talking about paying commisary for your man and how your ish got you 5 carats and all that... Since I'm not sure I'm blaming it on growing up too fast, the press built beef between you and Kim who was once yor good friend, the pressures of being introduced by a male powerhouse like Jay and let go to rock on your own. Love and relationships, cause I'm sure it's hard having to deal with that in the public eye. I don't know if I should be tight but we need you Fox. I still grin when I hear you bust that mean patwa on songs fronting like your Jamaican, or when your hair is extra big with fushia flash nail polish! COME BACK, I guess I have to be receptive to your transitions but it's time to get your act together, it's a void in the game in terms of female rappers and there's some of us who haven't given up and know you can fill it.

Sincerely,

You're last remaining fans....

Let's reminisce, Look at her hair scattered all over the place in the first video! hahahahaha Gosh I love her, LOL!


She was only SIXTEEN in this video!

Foxy Brown - Oh Yeah
Uploaded by hushhush112

Foxy Brown - "Living Legacy"
Uploaded by IlladelphSoldier

Feeling a Lil' Nostlagic!!!!

It's 12 something and I'm thinking about how quick the summer is ending and of course that has me in the mood to kick back under the blankies (and yes that's without a hubby unfortunately LOL:( and watch my favorite movie, "Crooklyn." Earlier on I reminisced with my sister about how summer in Crooklyn use to be. I remember the times when we just lived to go outside and have fun. It was nothing like staying out until the street lights came on, playing "red light green light...," riding your bike in packs, feening for the ice cream truck to come up the block and having stupid arguments over double-dutch and who's hair was longer(LMAO). If you had a big family or lived on a crowded block full of other kids I'm sure you can reflect as well. Before we we're self-proclaimed hustlers up at the crack of dawn on the grind we all kicked it on the stoop of the neighbor that hated us from sun up and sun down playing truth or dare. Ahhhhhh and remember how we just reveled at the fact we could sneak feels and kiss behind the tree. And to think we didn't care if playing outside all day made us smell like sweat, cheese doodles,candy, dirt and sticky icies (LOL). Feels like yesterday right?...Fast forward to today and think about the responsibilities that we face as adults now, shitttt it's kind of hard to do that now. But, anyway I guess I'm missing that feeling a little bit.....

Here's two clips from Crooklyn!!!!!

ROC THE BLOC!

I'm sure you've all heard about the events going down today. Look, call me a lazy blogger but I truly cannot list every event that's going down this Saturday! I don't even know if I'll make it to every one. So here's a link to Minority Report, Al the man that has it all covered has info on the location, artists, event prices, all the info you need!! Just know you better be at NOT JUST VINTAGE and Frank White!

http://www.theminorityreportnyc.blogspot.com/