just for frontin u got that ass whipped…

droppin some sh*t

first and foremost go read the post titled sample clearance over @ silas jawn. one of the illest pieces of work i’ve read on the internet.ever.

if y’all fresh to death…….extra nice today…i must say so myself.

if u want the best car wash in washington dc, there is a vacant parking lot that becomes a car wash located on south capital st & southern ave in SE D.C., down the street from Ballou High. First off, don’t be in that area and not be from that area past 6. I mean get there around noon before the youngns start buckin (RIP to the 15 year old kid that died this past saturday night). The car wash is poppin though. For 5 bucks u get the best crackhead carwash u gonna get in the city. That sh*t is official!!

and now a word from our sponsors….…

aiight so this is the 4 month gut check for my peoples and myself. I mean for real since I last hit y’all with that real deal talk. So what moves have/haven’t y’all made since then? Like I’m checkin niggas every few months to get it poppin. I’ll put myself on blast first…no shirts, mixtapes, tables, or anything pretty much. I’m workin hella, but i’m still slackin. I did get a new set up and was able to get a little skating done recently so jay skatebaorder is still alive…believe that!! But I’m saying though….

vad?
kel?
silas?
x?
rylo?

i mean y’all are the dudes that can get it crackn just as big as i can yet none of us has really done it b.i.g. yet. I don’t care if we have to jump it off with a voters registration at a church its gotta get crackn soon!!

on my block, where everything is everything fa sheezy

so i have a ? for y’all…the status of “the block” in young urban culture today has never been bigger. “The block” is where everything ends, begins, starts, etc. At the same time how much do u get out of the block? I mean its where character is earned and tested, where u learn your game, and it may encompass your world….but what about the people who can’t see past the block? The dudes who have never been out of North Philly, SE DC, or East New York? The eses who have never left East LA, West Phoenix, or parts of Alburquerque. I mean n*ggas pledge allegiance to their block tougher than they do their country. I can understand that cuz in their view the block has given more back, but its the principle. The block limits u more than it helps u grow. I see it daily, I hear kids brag about their hoods and blocks and thats all they know, yet they’ve never been to upper NW, Georgetown, or Adams Morgan. Cats need to know, it can start with the block but it can’t end on the block.

welcome to jay zs poetry corner

…got a fresh poem for y’all coming thru tuesday so be ready

Reunion Thursdays tonight for sure.

Hollertonix in the 757. I can almost guarantee Phareal will be in the building. Trying to decide if i should make that drive, being that i have to be at work sunday morning.

Happy Late Birthday to X - u aint special cuz u graduated on time, shit u just started paying hampton back before me hahahaha!!!

and now Salvador Gabor with a review of the Dave Chapelle, Live in DC!!

Dave Chappelle “Live at the Improv”
by Salvador Gabor

So we go to the show at “The Improv” down on Connecticut Ave. We get in the building at like 11:45 to get our tickets. It’s a MOB of people out there. Stars like Gilbert Arenas, Juan Dixon and Steve Blake were amongst the crowd waiting for the second of three shows to end. YES, Dave did THREE shows. So, then at like 12:00, we all see him RUN out to the tour bus. At this point we go in to the show and settle in

The opening act is Greer Country. Greer has been on a few of the Chappelle Show episodes. Greer played one of the gay boxers in an episode from this season. He also played the boyfriend of a women who was locked up on “When keeping it real goes wrong”. All in all, he was funny. He seemed to just be a guy who is on the road chilling wit Chappelle.

After Greer, Chappelle came on at about 1:00. The show starts off very well. He smoked like 15 cigarettes during the show. I dont know if he was nervous, or tryna have” babyback lungs”??? Anyway, he starts off talking about current events such as the Michael Jackson trial and other strange world news. He gives the traditional “shout-out” to the white people, as all black comics do. Although he did this, he did it in a different way than most comics. Although a D.C. native, Chappelle spent some time in Ohio as a kid. That time made him more familiar with the caucasian race. He capitalized on both being a D.C. native AND being used to other races on this night. He talked about things in D.C. that only a D.C. person would know. He used D.C. slang and if yall haven’t noticed, he is beginning to use D.C. slang more and more as the TV show goes on.

At about 1:30, the scripted act went down hill. People began to heckle Chappelle. It was surely not because he wasn’t funny!! It was moreso because people were overly drunk and too amped to see Chappelle. Chappelle made a funny comment that actually made lots of sense. “Whenever you see a white person…….entertain them. Just start dancing in front of them. That’s the only way you’re gonna make it out the ghetto”. Of course, the remark was sarcastic but, he was on to something. Some of the people that I went with thought that it seemed to only be the caucasian patrons screaming and heckling. Chappelle completely went away from his show and had to address the crowd’s questions. Other patrons of the show were mad and actually asked Chappelle to tell the hecklers to shut up. Chappelle seemed to have no control over the crowd. People were totally out of line. In my opinion, it seemed as if many people felt that they were bigger than the act itself. They felt that he is there to sing and dance and act bafoonish for them. Almost to a point where they were treating him like he had a slot on his hip to put quarters in. For him to be a millionaire and have one of the top variety shows on TV, it didn’t seem like it last Wednesday.

Chappelle stayed on stage until about 3:40 A.M. After all of the heckling from the crowd he eventually gave in to the crowd and from 1:30 to 3:40 A.M., he had conversations with the crowd and discussed Iraqi Money, D.C Public Schools, Chris Rock and he even helped a woman who passed out of her chair from being too drunk. I gained a new found respect for Chappelle. The average comic would have left or not been funny at all. Chappelle made up skits on stage for hecklers who asked questions. Someone would say something and he’d stop, laugh and make a skit RIGHT on the spot. At the end of the night, he seemed to be a guy we all knew. He made himself at home and didn’t take offense to the rowdy crowd. Someone yelled out something crazy and Chappelle stopped……… “This is one of my worst shows………but my shows will never be worst than that Siegfred and Roy show”

Wednesday night showed Chappelle that he isnt too rich to be heckled. He even hinted to the fact that he’s not that rich after all. “Im rich Beeeeyotch!”. This is the saying that Dave Chappelle has made famous over the last 2 years. Even though he makes note of his wealth with that saying, he was reminded of the underlying tone of that saying. Even in his show on Wednesday, he refered to the saying as being a “joke”. “NIGGA……dont yall see the CHAINS………its a joke……IM NOT RICH BEYYOOOOTCH!”. It was funny but, so true. He talked about doing Coke AND Pepsi commercials. When asked by the crowd which soda is better, he said Pepsi…….”because they paid more!”. Chappelle was also asked about doing a “Men in tights 2″ and “Half Baked 2″. He responded …….“Im gonna do Men in tights 2 RIGHT after I do Half Baked 2……….and if I do Half Baked 2, just know that I’m BROKE……..im saving that one for a rainy day” . I dont know if and when that rainy day will come for Dave Chappelle but, if it does come, he’s well prepared to handle going back to doing shows for a rowdy bunch of hecklers in a smoky club.

b*tches grab your tatas, get them n*ggas for they chedda, f*ck it gucci sweaters and armani leathers…

scarface kid

The Diary of Kanye West was alright. I mean dude definitely helps keep Polo in business thats for sure. I understood what he was trying to do as far as hittin that mall. You really aren’t sure of how u reach the people who aren’t paying to see your show, until u are among them. The Chi defnitely showed him love.

…at the same time f*ck a john monop

Best Buy tried to get me Friday. They were sellin this digi cam for $150. I’m out in Tysons like jeah its about to go down. I get out there and it has no optical/digital zoom. Whatever it was it was a rip-off. I was more upset about the gas I wasted. I did pick up Top Gun, Road to Perdition, and Tony Hawk Underground.

Shout out to Attitude Boardshop in College Park for hooking me up with the new skatedeck. I’m so ready to get it crackn as long as these cicadas don’t mess this summer up.

The big deal MTV created over Jays 99 Problems vid was unnecessary to say the least. Yeah he got wet up at the end of the vid, but now that Jay Z is dead, I’m sure we’ll get a good amount of Sean Carter.

u know the type, loud as a motor bike, but wouldn’t bust a grape in a fruit fight

If you are a basketball fan TNTs 40 games in 40 nights is heaven. Between that and MTV JAMS I don’t leave the tube.

Random

Deez get healthy holmes.

Is JADA the next great NY emcee?

Damn I need a range rover or G5. I drive past 1 eveery morning to work and get that good motivation I need at 5:19 am.

I hate beer and soft drink commercials that have people acting or talking “hip hop”. PR Firms need to be shot if they create commercials like that.

i shine, you shine (shine), i shine you shine (shine)….

weekends are made for michelob

you are evited/invited to the HBCU Grandslam party in NYC. Get it crackn fellas.

on the 2000% real deal, gotta wish my man darryl good luck and a speedy recovery with his surgery today. i hope dude makes it out just fine. because of this new development my trip to ny is more than likely not going to happen just because i’d feel selfish and somewhat of an annoyance to have to be in dudes room and in his face while hes sick and what not. i’ll catch ny another time this summer, believe that.

DC Hip Hop

relax yourself girl - please set-tle down..its taken me forever to find out what the hell tip was sayin, but i caught it a few weeks ago @ reunion thursdays and just remembered to post it.

Diary of Kanye West is on this weekend. Check it out, young Bizzle might be in there.

anytime a dj spins much more by de la soul then hits you with the love song by the bush babies and mos def, you know you are in a dope spot. trying to tell y’all, dc get your butts out chief ikes on thursday nights (1725 Columbia Rd. NW).

whats your wkend hittin for? Working all day saturday and sunday, because sleep is the cousin of death. I do have today off, but I’m gonna finally get my car checked out and start that process. If thats not too expensive, see what a digi cam is hittin for @ Best Buy, maybe scoop Pretty Tony (i refuse to add the “e”).

Roc-A-Scenes are hilarious!

when it comes to love i don’t lie, and the girls respect me for it

bbd all on your bedroom wall

can anyone cop me the Maroon 5 album on vinyl? I don’t feel like running through MD trying to find it and getting hella lost. If u can, email me (jeromebaker3rd@hotmail.com) and let me know whats good.

man k.wests verse on “selfish” by slum village is cold…

now don’t be coming round my girl trying to act like
mr. friendly
and steal the spotlight like
mr. bentley
i spotted her like
spud mckenzie
and for the fake boobies i paid those
benjies
get ya own
i got paris, he got nicky
he tryin to get him a clone (uh)
he said we know u got extra homes and everything u do is extra cold
from the polo fleece
to the jesus piece
i got family in high places like jesus niece
can i please, say my piece?
if y’all fresh to death, then i’m deceased
and this one here is a heat rock
spit like the beat box
the way the beat rocks
new version of pete rock
but for that benz i give CL love
so i switch my girls around like 3LDUB.
i’m callin….

what has the weather been like where u are? D.C. just gets iller and iller i must say. Hot one day, warm the next, catch a cold type weather now. Makes no sense at all. However if u are a college student, now is the time to be outside and get it in. Spring is crackn, breezies are ready to give u preview of how well they’ve been doin on the work out plan (thats right put in work…), and its just that overall time to make moves. See the state of Virginia probably gets it in most now, as far as college studens are concerned. Theres the black college day event @ Kings Dominion, multiple spring fling concerts, and the days in VA just crack in general (that means they are exciting, full of adventure, etc.). I need to get my behind back in school.

oh yes, I saw N*E*R*D in concert a few days ago and never let y’all in on what went down. When I got there, I caught Clipse performing. Its not even that they have a good stage presence or ill lyrics - them dudes just have ill beats behind them like no other group in a minute. “Cot Damn”, “Grindin”, etc. are some of the illest beats from chad and pharell.

(ok so black eyed pea performed right here, is there anything worth noting more than the girl and her stomach? nope.)

After VA’s finest drug dealers perform Spymob takes the stage and plays their songs. Now I think Spymob is dope, but i think it was too much republican-ness in the air for the rest of the khaki and oxford shirt crew to feel them. They said their album dropped, but i need a mom and pop record store to cop at.

Then Pharrell takes the stage w/Shae (cuz u already know Chad is back in Suffolk, kickin it!). They run through a mix of hits from both albums and got the illest responses from “She Wants to Move”, ‘Rockstar”, and “Lapdance”. I think D.C. is too square for a group like nerd. i understand its a monday night, but sht i worked 2 jobs that day and was still ready to make it crack. people just looked wack in there, i don’t know.

we will not be the losers, losers!

NY on Wednesday baby! Got to get it in for real. G Murda i swear on this fresh ass polo sweater i just copped (which is so SAUCY, oh coy!!) that if we don’t get it crackn that thursday its gonna be issues. I need to get to either uptown or manhattan that thursday, cuz i have no tour guide except my mind and a subway pass. i mean i can do the damn thing solo, but thats your city. its like if someone came to phoenix and knew a little bit, but didnt know the mom and pop spots, the spots where camron might be, or the spots to pick up a brand new digital camera for $50 (i know NY gotta have the vicious crackheads).

Retro skateshoes…i was never into skteshoes past vans, but i can respect these dudes for their knowledge and feelings for particular shoe. NIKE RETRO THE AIR MAESTRO. I WILL BUY 4 PAIR.

Kweli @ UMD. I might go, $10 isn’t that much (paid $25 for nerd), but all the east coast dudes i know have been slackin on coppin that good west coast album they need in their lives. Come on X, if you buy the new westside connection i’ll go to this concert.

I didn’t even know that Barry Bonds had hit homeruns for 8 days in a row until it was over. Damn Barry. 40 year old niggas are trying to get it in. A-Rod needs to pick it up however.

Polo Fashion people…

work now, rest when u dead

this is the story of a girl

Dejeanne on Vibe Online. Rumble young girl rumble. Get that!!

my guy Silas breaks down the comparison and use of nigga/nigger and its effect on black and white people. Real talk for y’all.

A stanton DJ pack for $350? Yes or no?

ahh man…work has been killer. Found out my j-o-b owes me like 100-125 hours pay at the time and a half rate….CHEA!!

MTV2 is the shit.

Get your Nike Hemp Dunk on.

Man I’m almost uninspired at this point just cause work is killing me. I’ll try to post more tomorrow.

Cop that Ghostface ASAP.

i absolutely love her, when she smiles…

Whtats up with the playoffs? Kinda ehh so far with the exception of Miami/N.O. & Rockets/Lakers. It seems like hoops is too shoved in your face now. You can’t have a fav player who isn’t all over the news/media etc…

…and speaking on more shit like that whats up w/Bron gettin rookie of the year? That was Melos for sure. Nike owns David Stern.

more in the am…

so it basically means i’m into better things, 4gs and a paper denim jean

starting tonight…

its hot! I mean it was like 84 in D.C. yesterday but it caught hella people off guard because it was hotter than expected. I mean when they said 76 they should said 76+ 8. I’m not complaining at all, just sayin gimme time to rock a fresh lo sweater i just got.

If you didn’t already know I went to Hampton University in Hampton, VA. Its a small school in a cool ass area, but it attracts students from alaska to africa and beyond. Saying that its wild that people are discussing how it feels to be an okayplayer at HU. I mean there are all types of niggas at the school from jocks, fly guys (CO!), popular dudes (Rylo), and just about every other nigga u can think of (oh yeah now theres a rack of dipset pink wearin niggas).

Have you ever thought about this: why is it that everybody and their mom, when they have a problem says “don’t make me get my cousin?” I mean what if somebody has a soft ass cousin? Then what do they do? That never made sense to me cuz i had no cousins to call for some shit like that. What if you were the cousin someone was gonna call? Would u ride for them no matter what?

Those Carmelo 2s are saucy.

f*ck a six pack n*gga cop the whole case

some quik observations…

Sam Cassell is an ugly n*gga, however his mid range (15-19ft.) jumper is the best in the NBA. No one can stop dude when that shot is falling.

Miami wanted to lose that game last night and they should’ve. Skip did the damn thing though.

Is it me or is the NBA on TNT 100x better than anything on ABC?

yous a ho, i said that yous a hoe, (hoe!!)

I am all for women getting out there in the world and grinding. Truth be told its a turn on. With that said have you seen MTV2s Video Honeys? It showcases some of the more prominent women in hip hop vids as well as a few newcomes. There is Melyssa Ford, who is a goddess, Gloria Velez, who went from BAD video vixen, to a chic who got exposed on one of Lukes freak videos ( i had that jawn jr year, deez nuts holla!!), to rhyme spitter (Damn everyone raps nowadays) and a couple other tuff winners.

Thing about this show is it showcases the womens brains and their beauty. I mean you see the hustle and the intelligence it takes to move beyond a video ho to become a businesswoman in an industry that eats so mant talented beauties up (christina milian, HOLLA!!). Anyhow shouts to all the hard working, intelligent women in the world whether they be college students, single moms, girls who did me wrong, whateva!

if y’all fresh to death, then i’m deceased

so I caught a free Kanye West concert saturday @ george washington university. it was probably the best out of the 4 times i’ve seen the negro (yea a little excessive, but until ghost or jay tours again…) and the crowd was about it. first off all i have to thank X and Ryland for teaching me that theres always a way in. I mean there is always an open door, somebody lunching on the job, or a security guard tryin to get ass that isn’t payin attention. Either way I was in there and it cracked. Dude has a mean polo on.

Shout to Big Rob living in Lincoln, NE now gettin that paper. Go hard at those breezies, tell em u a trainer for the football team and you’ll be that nigga twice.

Ghostface Killahs album drops tomorrow. I’m so at Target after work.

crosstown beef be like crosstown traffic….THICK (brothers be on some bullsh*t)

you better stop playing with me….

first and foremost eff any wack rhyme spitting b2k affiliate named young rome…do u know the jokes i’ve had to endure since this square dropped his first single/video this week? See I was always a grade younger and a year younger than my dudes in college so the name fit perfect. But now this slinky haired, no flow having sq7 is all in my steez. Wait till i see dude at the BET awards this summer..its on n*gga!!

Aight so here we go. Saturday moring the Black/Red 19s drop TOMORROW in PG County Plaza. Please email me today if y’all want a pair cuz ima be at the mall @ like 8 to get these jawns (i know they drop on 5.8.04, but its always good to have em first).

What is your weekend hitting for? Work as usual for me except today is supposed to be hella nice so I’ll be in the streets after this bs meeting at work. As usual the weekend starts for me on Thursday, as Thursday is the new Friday (til it warms up at least).

if you’re a friend theres no need for alarm

as usual last nights jawn cracked off something tuff. right when i was tellin this dude that they should drop some Del what does dude play…

MY top 5 producers of all time
dre
no i.d.
rza
primo
a collective of west coast dudes (quik, battlecat, daz, cold 187um, domino from hiero)
*jay dee (*because he did “runnin” & “drop”)

I coulda told you the D.C. Police were on some shit.

do we have any readers in california? if so reach out & email me and let me know how u found out about the site. thanx.

Jessica Simpson is now considered a diva? Come on bee, u telling me Tamia couldn’t get up there. Man this breezy has used a lack of common sense to make millions people. I’m not hating, I’m just saying though.

but i’m never snitching i’ma rider

New Yorkers, Premium Goods has Bape t shirts. Go there, and get 1 for me, I’ll be in NY in 2 weeks.

Has anyone ever taken the Peter Pan bus? I’m supposed to take it to get to NY, but I’m kinda leary as past bus trips have always been wild. I don’t have to tell y’all bout the bus station in Richmond. EVERYBODY has a story about the bus station in richmond. I’m thinking the Peter Pan on a Wednesday night should be fine and dandy, but u never know.

Even though I’m late getting it, MTV Jams is the absolute sh*t! MAn that station can’t be effed with except when the jam of the week is wack (that mr.vegas song is ASS).

and yes….that slum village “selfish” is the cut right now…

is it me or is BET losing right now?

have that solid weekend, i’ll be at pg county mall sat morning, run n shoot mid day, in front of the tv for the jordan cap classic sat even, and working the overnight (10pm to 8am). I need to get in the music/fashion/something else industry ASAP!

chuck deuces…

“Forever, I ain�t gonna be rappin�. Sh*t that happens to me. I gotta let n*gg@s know”.

fresh to death brings you 10 ways to have fun @ a concert…get at it.

“Do You Know What Today Day Is�?”
It�s NOT your Anniversary
It�s NOT my birthday
It�s NOT R. Kelly�s date of arraignment
It�s the last day to file your 2003 income tax return (without penalty)

I hope all you guys who have legal jobs have filed. Only things guaranteed in life is death and taxes. The Grim Reaper and I.R.S., a.k.a. Invariably Raping Suckas, have you by the short and curlies.

Every month, since this year started, I said to myself “Self, you gotta do your taxes”. I would reply “I know, Damn”. So this week rolled around and I still had not gotten the booklet nor had I paid someone to do it.

So my sister says that she had an extra copy of the forms I need. So I ordered (I never ask) her to do my taxes. I gave her some words of encouragement before she started “I am not going to jail because of you”. With those words, I went up stairs to retrieve all pertinent documents to successful file my taxes.

So, at 8:00, Tuesday morning, my sister, with my watchful eye, started to do my 2003 Federal and State Income Tax Return. I sat down next to my sister�s desk while she worked. I likened the experience to sitting next to my teacher while she grades a sub-par assignment that I handed in.

My sister did the Federal return first. After 20 minutes of writing and calculating she says, with a smile, that I owed them money. I immediately said “F— the Federal Government those evil capitalist pigs”. My sister starts laughing and tells the truth that I will be receiving money. The fact that I would receive money did not diminish my anger I continued to rant and I found someone to remark about Condolezza being a scapegoat for the man.

Then she started to do my State return. It took her another 20 minutes to do the calculations but this time it was done with a soundtrack. She started groaning and taking deep breaths. She puts down her pen and says “You owe them”. Her tone led me to believe she was not lying. I started laughing maniacally. Then I started ranting about our crooked State government and my yearning for the days of Cuomo. As I went up stairs, to get my checkbook to write these bastards a check, I let out numerous groans and inaudible curses.

I thought to myself the State government is not gonna funnel the money to the city level to help homeless families, fix schools or increase funds to PAL after school programs. They are gonna use MY money to pay some jackass who will use MY money to send his mistress� son, who is in college, “pocket money”. (How do I know?? I KNOW)

“The I.R.S. is like a crew, they do whatever they want to do. If they found out, after they shake you down the first time, that cash is missing THEY SHALL RETURN.”

By 8:50 a.m. on April 13th 2004 I had successfully completed my 2003 Federal and State Income Taxes. You�re welcome America.

I told my sister that next year I would either be married with children (for the tax breaks) or move to another country. So, I guess people in the near future I will be writing a blog about my wedding reception or I will inform you about the weather, women and culture of Paraguay. (Either way you are in for a treat)

[The views expressed in this blog entry does NOT reflect the views of all contributors to this site, JUST ME, X]

Deep Thought By X
One of the SEXIST things in this world is to see an attractive, well-dressed, woman reading a book on the subway. (Not a book entitled “Every Thug Needs a Lady” but one entitled “Go Tell It on the Mountain” by James Baldwin)

I would like to invite you to a wonderful cyber gallery at www.np4p.com ENJOY.

I would like to wish my sister a HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY.
Deez, you got your shout out yesterday.
Happy B-Day Mr. Brown. We didn�t forget.

“This ain�t no Cinema B*tch”

this is for my number one

luv u better…

According to the Weather Channel its supposed to be 76 in DC on Saturday. CHEA! I’m bout that for sure. Trying to get in these streets something real light.

Now that the NBA season is just about over here are a few quick awards sponsored by jeromebaker.blogspot.com…

NIGGA of the Year

Allen Iverson…dude quit on his squad, argued with his coach, and straight up displayed niggerish activities throughout the season. Lost alot of respect for dude this year.

Team of the Year

Miami Heat….yes a team full of negroes in Miami made very little baby-mama drama in the news and kept it all B.I. on the court. Gotta respect that.

the rest of the awards will be posted Friday (who is your ROY? Bron? Wade? Melo?)

give me a smith and wesson i’ll have niggas undressin

and a Happy 24th Birthday to my man Darryl “Deez Nuts/Deezus” Henderson of Brooklyn, NY. I’ll buy u a quarter water and a drink when I hit NY. Deez has been my dude since 99 when we though we weren’t going to be back i school for the second semester (eff the HU financial aid department). Deez is a good dude though. See I was gonna put him on blast but then I was like nah, hes cool. Just whatever y’all do don’t let that nigga grab his stomach and start dancing.

more wildness later today as this computer i’m on sucks…

crumbs…