word of the day

cupidity (kyoo-pid-uh-tee)

noun

excessive or eager desire, especially for wealth; greed; avarice 

now use it in a sentence!

~charity

song of the day

little weapon ft. bishop g and nikki jean - lupe fiasco

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it is a rare occasion when lupe fiasco gets outshined on a verse but this is definitely a case.  not saying that lupes 2 verses on this song arent amazing but bishop g taking the concept of a child soldier being a kid playing a video game is genius.  i may be looking at it deeper than most but the comment it makes on how the youth today are desensitized to violence through video games that reduce it to "childs play" is definitely a point that should be investigated further.

~charity

word of the day

crux (kruhks)

noun

1.  the basic, central, or critical point or feature

2.  anything that is difficult or puzzling to explain or solve

now use it in a sentence!

~charity

...you dont have to say a word

did i hear senator mccains speech tonight...no.  but i didnt hear senator obamas until the day after it aired either...but in both situations i did check the facebook status updates.  in both cases i saw people claim that the senators respective speeches moved them to tears!  tears, i guess im too cynical to be moved to tears by the rhetoric of career politicians, especially those who dont address the issues most important to me.  i also saw facebook status about how horrible john mccains speech was, but none about how bad obamas was, only about how he failed to address certain issues (as is customary for all good politicians).  point being that i realized that i have a large social network with bleeding hard liberals, ultra conservatives and everyone in between, as well as those beyond the spectrum of the two considered extreme positions.  through these facebook status updates though, i am able to get some insight into the mentalities of these people.  like the white male conservative who quotes 50 cent but considers it out of the question to even consider voting for barak obama.  or the black feminist who has damn near nakked pictures next to quotes about women respecting their bodies and how men should stop objectifying them.  tying it in to the recent events was a status message by a high school classmate of mine who is currently in the military and has served in the war whose status said that mccains speech brought him to tears...knowing what we (should) know about the iraq conflict and what mccain plans to do about it...and the impact it will have on not only him but many of his comrades...he still supports mccain and his plans for the country...people are complex. lot of megalomaniacs out there (see me using the word of the day) if you really 

just watch the updates you can learn a lot....its written all over your face(book)

~charity

song of the day

save ya ft. t3 - elzhi

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i love elzhi.  honestly when i think about the emcees that influence the way i spit, hes in the top 10 and most people dont even know who he is...hes in the current installment of the detroit group known as slum village.  i know i know its hard to call it slum village with out dilla *r.i.p* and bataan but elzhi is one of the illest spitting right now so id be doing yall a disservice not to give yall a taste of the mans gift...you should actually cop the album. no really, its worth the money

~charity

word of the day

megalomania (meg-uh-lo-may-nee-ah)

noun

1.  a mania for grandiose or extravagant things or actions

2.  a mental disorder characterized by delusions of grander

now use it in a sentence!

~charity

song of the day

nautilus - bob james

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just a little crate digging for the heads out there.  if you arent familiar with bob james, dude was crazy ill on the keys and equally with the composition.  even if you havent heard of him youve heard his work sampled.  of the top of my head i can name some tracks that sampled different elements of this song...

*slick rick: childrens story

*eric b and rakim: let the rhythm hit em

*ghostface killah: daytona 5000

*wale: daytona squared

and my personal favorite use of the song in a sample

murs: murray's revenge...9th put his foot in that

im sure there are many others anybody know any i didnt name, feel free to hit me with em.  i guess nas wasnt lying when he said in carry on tradition "i coulda made a double lp just by samplin different parts of nautilus" he wasnt lyin.  this song is a producers dream and anybody who wants to chop it up and give it to me to spit over...i welcome it.

~charity