BlackDroog

Random Untitled Cartoon Sketch

2012-01-05T17:49:00.000-05:00

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2012-01-03T14:25:00.001-05:00

Untitled #1

2011-12-12T19:30:00.001-05:00

Track 2 From the Lyrical Bullets Album. The Un-Anticipated, Un-Released, Un-Recorded Masterpiece from your favorite rapper that you never heard, J. Rock: The Verbal Assassin. There's no story behind this one but it does contain the line that inspired the album title. Other than that, it's just general rap mambo jumbo and a few mildly witty punchlines.

Beat Style: If this song were recorded, it would have been a simple beat with hard hitting bass drums, a piano riff and a little bit of conga drums in the background. Something very minimal, dark and haunting.

Title: Untitled #1
Album: Lyrical Bullets (Track 2)
Date: 05/09/99

All you weak ass Rappers know who's The Boss

I'll Run you over with a Jeep

Like Cappadonna, Winter Warz

And I'l sting you

Like Alcohol poured on a Bleeding wound

It gets quiet when I step in the room

My Rhymes stab you in the face like a Thousand Knives

And they get so hot

They Burn rappers and take lives

I'm in the Forrest

Chopping down trees with My Bare hands

Or walking through the dessert

Crossing Red Hot Sands

It doesn't matter where i'm at

Cause I always stay tight

Gettin you suckas so High

Your heads start to take flight

Ya style is musty

You must have spent the whole month of July with no deodorant

So take your funky ass

to the back of the class, son

Fuck the Impostors

I'm the REAL one

Sometimes I rhyme so hard I spit Bullets

Making your stupid ass say

"Whachu Talkin Bout Willis"

Blow your brains out like Old Man Quilez

My Mind's so Bright

That you need Ray Ban's

Just to look me in the eye

Go Head

Take me to court

You too scared to testify

I Got your heart in a Box

And when you go to the crib

You better Lock all the Locks

Remain Calm like a Shaolin Monk

Sip some ginseng and Do some Kung FU

Cause you'll be screaming in the streets

when I start to come through

I'll cremate your sorry asses

and take the ashes

Dump them in a pipe

Give it to your mama to smoke

I'll speak 3 words

Make you collapse and choke

Cause I'm the master

Puttin you through Natural Disaster

Like a Hurricane, I'll Pillage your Village.

Music Video Vision:

The Video for this song would be simple as the beat. I'm picturing me standing in a dark stage in a large, Hall or Opera House, dimly lit with a crowd sitting in silence. while i'm on stage rapping people will be throwing objects at me: cabbage, tomatoes, rocks. then as the song progresses, the objects get to be more intense: chairs, knives, glasses, tables, tools, cats, etc. The whole time I'm on stage snd they keep throwing stuff, nothing hits me and I keep on rapping. Eventually the objects stop flying and i'm just rapping on stage. At the end, you get a look at the audience and they have all turned to stone with shocked looks on their faces. Is it because My rhymes are so wack, it petrified them or is it because my rhymes are so dope that their minds can't handle it? Who knows?

Lyrical Violence

2011-12-09T17:51:00.001-05:00

The First song from the "Lyrical Bullets" Album. This is also the first rap song I ever wrote. It was written during my Junior year of high school. I believe it was in History class. I also believe it was written during the Civil Rights section of the class. So since I was one of two black guys in the entire class, obviously I was a little on edge. I desperatley needed something to distract me from the uncomfortable stares from the other students every time the word "Negro" was mentioned while our ill-prepared History techer read from the poorly written text book. So I started writing.

The song was my attempt at a Hardcore Battle Rhyme and, as you can see from the overly creative song title, it is an aggressive ballad of hypothetical video game/action movie-style violence that only a teenage boy can express properly. When me and my boy (The other Black Guy in the class) decided to write these rhymes the goal was to literally write the most ridiculous, grandiose thing we could imagine.

Beat Style:
If this song was recorded, the beat would be extremely bass heavy with hard snare drums and an Electric Guitar loop complimented by some strong, deep horns. Imagine if M.O.P. and Ghostface Killah recorded a song for the Conan The Barbarian soundtrack. And imagine they recorded that song in a Dark Medieval Dungeon...Yeah, It would sound something like that.

Name: "Lyrical Violence"

Album: Lyrical Bullets (Track 1)

Date: April 8, 1998

I'll bust a hole in your chest when I speak

Call me the Punisher,

I'm not Big Pun, I ain't a Player,

But I'll Still Crush your shit.

Leave you breathless from the Rhymes I spit

Back slap your punk ass to Tokyo

Your weak rhymes are a Joke, Yo

Walking through this Cold World

My raps reign supreme

Killing you Suckas with my words

leaving a gruesome scene

Tragedy like Shakespeare

I'll shake the spear

and jab it through your heart

Make your bones fall apart

The Guillotine

Unheard, Unseen

Dropping lyrics full time

Never Decline

Unless you intervene divine

I am the...

Lightning bolt that's striking your mind

December to November

My Rhymes travel through time

and make you fall to your knees

Like STD's

I'll sneak up on you and ruin your life

Remain Sharp

Cut your throat like a knife

My Rhymes stab you

Leaving holes from your head to your navel

Have you coughing up phlegm

with blood dripping out your Nasal

You can't duck this Lyrical Violence

Coming through and killing the silence

I make sure everybody hears it

'Cause when you hear it, you Fear it.

Music Video Vision:

The music video for this song would be an over the top, fast paced Street Fighter/Mortal Kombat-esque fighting tournament where I'm walking through a desert in the middle of a thunderstorm punching hundreds of frail enemies in the face as they jump out of the ground one by one like a scene from the movie Tremors. At the end i'm sitting on a golden throne in a massive castle with all of my beaten down foes scattered all over the floor tending to their wounds as I uncontrollably laugh at their defeat.

I Used to be a Rapper...

2011-12-09T13:14:00.001-05:00

As shocking as that might be, it's true...the Rap Hater Himself, used to be an MC. It was a short lived rap career which occured between 1998-2000 (Roughly). I wasn't a good rapper, nor was I a bad rapper. Just a Rapper. I don't have an inspiring story about why I chose to be a rapper. No rags to riches story about how I used to be homeless and spit rhymes in an alley just to get discovered. No Drug Kingpin turned Rapper story. Nope. I was just bored in class one day and me and a couple of friends decided to write some rhymes on that day.

Once I got to College, I discovered that a few of my friends had similar stories so we started writing more, recorded some freestyles (for personal use) and eventually quit. My rap name was J-Rock: The Verbal Assassin. I wasn't a Gangsta Rapper nor was I a Conscious Rapper. In fact, I don't know how to describe my style but at the time, I was a heavy listener of Boot Camp Clik, Wu-Tang, Nas and Mobb Deep. As you see from the Rap Hater and The Rap Snob, my tastes in rap music haven't changed much at all but all of those influences were evident in my rap style.

My brief Rap career was fun but the fact that I had no aspirations of getting a record deal, coupled with my growing disdain for Rappers in general, eventually it became obvious that the best way for me to advance my rap career was to kill it before it even started. So I retired from the Mic and decided to use my writing skills for more beneficial and fulfilling projects like sporadically updating a Blog with irrelevant bullshit that nobody reads or cares about. I think I made the right choice.

Before I retired, I actually wrote an entire album. please note the key word "wrote" because none of the songs were ever recorded. The album was titled: Lyrical Bullets. It was an eclectic yet cohesive collection of battle raps, insightful narratives, personal reflection, visual imagery and a whole lot of good old fashioned shit talking. As I said before, I wasn't a good rapper, but I wasn't a bad one...Just a Rapper. A Retired rapper.

I recently stumbled across my old rhyme book and found all of the songs from the unreleased, unrecorded album so, since I have nothing better to post on BlackDroog.com, I'm posting them here. But before I do that...I also designed an album cover in honor of the album that was never released or recorded.

Tracklist:

01.) Lyrical Violence

02.) Untitled #1

03.) When The Gun Cries

04.) Supreme

05.) Fear No Man

06.) Lyric Assassin

07.) Untitled #2

08.) Perfect World?

09.) The Man In Your Mirror (Self Hatred)

10.) I Own You

11.) So What?

12.) Fists of Fury

13.) Unfinished Battle Rap

14.) Thug Experimentation

100 Greatest Movie Insults

2011-11-28T18:40:00.000-05:00

Great list... Part 2 (The Other 100)

Rap Snob Resurrection (And other Cliche's)

2011-07-01T13:18:00.005-04:00

Guess Who's Back...Don't Call it a comeback...blah blah blah. Yeah I'm still around. Not dead, didn't move to Canada. I'm still here. and still a Rap Snob. More Updates coming soon but in the mean time...here's some dope for the real hip hop heads.

Random Axe, the latest Super Group featuring Black Milk, Guilty SImpson and Sean Price. WHo by the wya, is the BlackDroog's, Rap Hater's and Rap Snobs, hands down Favorite Rapper. This is "The Hex" One of the hardest hitting ferocious and beautiflly hip hop rap tracks I've heard in the last 5-10 years. Enjoy...

Murray Lightburn is The Man...

2011-03-24T17:28:00.006-04:00

Musical Genius? Pioneer? Revolutionary? Several buzz words can be applied to this man's work and as one of the few Black Front men in Rock music, he and his band The Dears, clearly stand out. And the quality of their music makes them stand as giants among the sea of monotnus douchebags with guitars polluting the world's music outlets. The Dears are one of a kind and Murray is the mind behind them. If you have never heard of him or his band before now, consider yourself enlightened.

Photoshop Tribute to Ignorance - Episode #001

2011-01-14T13:26:00.006-05:00

This is part one of my Photoshop tribute to some of the most ignorant sh*t I've seen in the last year or so and general ignorance from World History as I see fit. So...Let's begin.

1.) Gucci Mane's Tattoo

Link to Original

The Delusional Droog

2011-01-07T14:32:00.004-05:00

In case you didn't know...We at BlackDroog.com are also good at making stuff up too. i.e. Writing things that aren't true in such an eloquent way that the reader either believes it to be true or wishes it was true. The Literary snobs call That, Fiction. Well...we have dedicated a separate site to only fiction and creative writing. That site is called The Delusional Droog.

Here is a link to the latest post titled, Swan Dive.

http://delusionaldroog.blogspot.com/2011/01/swan-dive.html

Rap Snob - Episode 107

2010-12-06T15:21:00.002-05:00

I can't even articulate how amazing this track is. But it is 100% Raw/Uncut Hip-Hop in it's purest form. Damn!

Black Droog Dot Com

2010-11-19T18:44:00.002-05:00

New Look...Same Sh*tty Attitude.

Rainy Tuesday

2010-11-15T12:11:00.002-05:00

Nightmare Children

2010-11-11T16:04:00.002-05:00

Rap Snob - Episode 106

2010-10-02T23:56:00.005-04:00

Evidence - Far Left (Feat. Alchemist & Fashawn)

The Alchemist is my favorite white dude in all of Hip Hop. As a producer he's top notch. As a rapper...he's terrible, but I forgive him. This track is an older one from Evidence (Dilated Peoples) solo album and features newcomer, Fashawn. This song, despite Alchemist's poor rap skills, is Hip Hop at it's finest. And they are all West Coast MC's. The Video is super creative and a great, enjoyable experience. Well done, Fellas.

Enjoy.

Rap Snob - Episode 105

2010-10-02T23:49:00.005-04:00

Skyzoo & Illmind - Frisbee

Skyzoo is one of my favorite young rappers. Dude is a beast. I'll leave it at that and let the music speak for itself. Awesome video. Very creative.

BlackDroog.com...

2010-09-29T23:10:00.004-04:00

Is the worst Website of all time...Of ALL Time.

Don "No Soul" Simmons

2010-09-01T18:53:00.007-04:00

Another clip from Amazon Women on The Moon. This one features David Alan Grier. You Know...DAG is a verry underrated comedian. He has always made me laugh since In Living Color. And most of the time he doesn't even have to say anything. His facial expressions alone are worth 1,000 jokes...If you don't believe me go watch Blankman and Tales From The Hood. The man is a genius when it comes to comical facial expressions. And more importantly, outside of that disaster of a show he had on Comedy Central a couple years back, Dude has consistently been hero for miscelaneous, non-threatning, semi-funny black guys all over the world. BlackDroog.com salutes You, Mr. Grier.

If You Are Ever Having A Bad Day....

2010-09-01T18:39:00.004-04:00

Be happy that you aren't this guy.

Scene From: Amazon Women on The Moon (1987)

Gratuitous Violence

2010-08-31T02:23:00.004-04:00

When I was a kid i used to love Kung Fu Movies...So much that I would look forward to Saturday mornings just to see the Kung Fu Theater so I could reenact the scenes in my super man pajamas. Sound Effects and All. Here is a scene that takes me back to those days.

Rap Snob - Episode 104

2010-08-23T18:28:00.003-04:00

Black Milk has easily become one of my favorite producer/rappers. He came out of the SLum Village camp where he was mentored by the Late J. Dilla. His soulful beat style often rivals greats like Kanye and Pete Rock and his Rhymes are always on point. Here is his latest track:

Deadly Medley (Feat. Royce 5'9", Elzih)

Rap Snob - New Classics

2010-08-19T17:30:00.023-04:00

The word "Classic" gets thrown around a lot in discussions about albums, but rarely are they even accurate. I will spare you the CLiche of posting the Webster's Dictionary definition of the "Classic" but basically, a Classic album is one that not only has an almost infinite shelf life in the sense that it stays fresh no matter when you listen to it, but it is one that you really don't have to skip tracks on.

And for the sake of perspective...Based on several conversations that I have had with different rap fans, there are a few universal classics that most fans can agree on. Here is a short list:

Nas - Illmatic
Raekwon - Cuban Links
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
Wu-Tang CLan - 36 Chambers
Mobb Deep - The Infamous
BIG - Ready to Die
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
DMX - It's Dark and Hell is Hot
NWA - Straight Outta Compton
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation of Millions...

Just to name a few. All of the albums mentioned above are ones that you would find on many "Classics" lists from Hip Hop Fans all over. What they have in Common is that each of those albums has "Stood The Test of TIme" for nearly 20 years (Some Longer) and are both accepted by new rap fans and revered by Hip Hop Senior Citizens like myself. So with that said, I now introduce the Rap Snob's New Classics. New classics have not been around long enough to be considered classics (Less than 10 years) but are well on their way. And now the list...

Little Brother - The Minstrel Show (2005)

Rap Snob Review:
The essence of Pure MC'ing and soulful production on this album, is reminiscent of Pete Rock and Tribe Called Quest in their prime. Phonte, Pooh and 9th WOnder followed up their Debut and perfected their craft to release a soon to be classic Sophomore effort. Unfortunately, this would be the last album with the group in tact. (9th GOt the Boot) Leaving Pooh in Rap Oblivion, Phonte is now an R&B SInger, and 9th signed to Duck Down and revitalized Boot Camp Click, one of the most influential crews of 90's Hip Hop.

Stand Out Tracks:
Lovin' It, Watch Me, Sincerely Yours

Downside:
The Percy Miracles Skit is lame and very very not funny. Also The guest MC's are clearly out of their League (Mainly Chanudon and Joe Scudda) and they almost ruin the flow of some of the great tracks.

50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Trying (2003)

Rap Snob Review:
After all the hype, anticipation, gunshot wounds and the legendary mixtape massacre from 50, Banks and Yayo...this album truly met and exceeded all expectations. CLub Bangers, chill songs, gangsta sh*t and the vintage tough talk that made 50 famous, all flowed seamlessly from track to track through this damn near perfectly produced album. Another Dr. Dre Masterpiece.

Stand Out Tracks:
Many Men, Whattup Gangsta, In Da Club

Downside:
Nearly half of the album's songs were released as singles which caused it to get played for a bit, but years later it still sounds fresh.

Kanye West - Late Registration (2005)

Rap Snob Review:
Most people consider College Dropout to be Kanye's best album, mainly due to the fact that after a few years of lacing Jay-Z and others with some of the best beats of the decade, Kanye proved that he was a legitimate MC. To Me LAte Registration was the album where he took that solidification and threw it through the glass ceiling that blocked Producer/Rappers from joining the ranks of elite MC Status. Because most importantly, he proved that College Dropout wasn't a fluke. And musically, Late Registration was much more sophisticated and orchestrated compared to the previous album. He also developed his identity as an MC and came with sharper, wittier lines.

Stand Out Tracks:
Diamonds from Sierra Leon, On My Way Home, Touch The Sky, Drive Slow, We Major

Downside:
The Fact that Kanye did not provide a verse for "On My Way Home" and even more disappointing, the fact that Game didn't spit a verse on Crack Music. Lastly, Golddigger was completely raped by the radio, movies, commercials, etc. ruining it forever.

Jay-Z - American Gangster (2007)

Rap Snob Review:
Musically, this is Jay-Z's best album. Many would say Blueprint or maybe even Black Album, but the way the beats fit the themes and content of each album is demonstrated this perfect on very few albums. The 70's samples provide a beautiful backdrop for Jay's story telling and make you feel and see the images as vividly as Jay resorted back to his hustler days for this one. Which was very refreshing for fans like myself considering the fact that he vowed never to return to those days due to his tremendous commercial success. If you ask me, This album could have easily been released as a Jay-Z album under a different name instead of a soundtrack and been equally as good, but Jay has never been one to run away from money and marketability.

Stand Out Tracks:
Ignorant Sh*t, I Know, Fallin', Say Hello, Roc Boys

Downside:
The fact that Jay-Z only did this album as a soundtrack to the American Gangster film always left a bad taste in my mouth. Especially since this was the type of album I had been wishing he released since reasonable doubt. The fact that it is a soundtrack also makes the rhymes less authentic to me. Oh and...Nas murdered Jay on his own sh*t (Success).

Game - The Documentary (2005)

Rap Snob Review:
To this day, Game still has the best album of all of the G-Unit goons. Unfortunately, it would be his last album as a G-Unit goon, but he went out on a high note. Game's sharp wordplay and gang-affiliated story telling brought west coast rap back to a place it hadn't been since Snoop dropped Doggy Style. The production from heavy weights such as Dr. Dre, Kanye West, Just Blaze and Timbaland made this album amazing with no skips. Dreams is still one of my favorite Rap songs ever recorded.

Stand Out Tracks:
West Side Story, Dreams, Put you on the Game, Higher

Downside:
The Name Dropping is almost unbearable at times. Game knows a lot of people in the Rap business and he wants to make sure that everybody knows that. There are at least 5 name drops in each track which can get annoying. Also, sometimes Game sounds like Nas...other times he sounds like Dr. Dre.

LOX - We Are The Streets (2000)

Rap Snob Review:
The LOX finally burned their shiny suits and dropped the album that they were born to record with We R The Streets. Hardcore East Coast Rap was in a state of decline when this album dropped, and it came back hard like a back alley brawl. The LOX spit violence and drugs with the authenticity and entertainment quality of a Martin Scorsese flick. The album asle established Swizz Beatz as an elite Producer and Jadakiss established himself as one of the Top 5 Dead or Alive.

Stand Out Tracks:
Blood PRessure, Breathe Easy, Felony N*ggas, We Are The Streets

Downside:
Perhaps the biggest downside to this album is the fact that 10 years later it is the most Recent LOX group album. Sure there are plenty of Solo albums from Sheek, Styles and Jada, but this is the last Solo Album and there doesn't seem to be another coming any time soon.

Common - Be (2005)

Rap Snob Review:
Hands Down Be is Common's best album. I have been a fan since Resurrection and bought every album, but it wasn't until Common hooked up with Kanye West where he finally reached his peak as a top tier MC. The album is very very soulful musically and Common drops intelligent, thought-provoking lines and vivid stories as is his skill.

Stand Out Tracks:
Faithful, Real People, They Say, Be, Go

Downside:
it's too short. Most times when an album has too many songs, it has a lot of filler, but this combination could give me a double CD and I would be happy. Thank God they did Finding Forever a few years later.

Raekwon - Cuban Links 2 (2009)

Rap Snob Review:
I waited for nearly 15 years for this album to drop and once it finally did it didn't disappoint one bit. The Chef and the Ghost revisited the kitchen and cooked up another classic. It had that classic Wu-Sound from the hard hitting beats to the even harder hitting lyrics. It won't ever be on the same level as the original but it's pretty damn close.

Stand Out Tracks:
Broken Safety, Canal Street, Surgical Gloves, House of Flying Daggers

Downside:
Fatal Flaw #1 - No Nas! Also, the album has a lot of the beats were recycled beats and taken from other rap songs. ie. Pyrex Vision shared the same beat as OC's Jewels, Canal Street Shares the same beat as It's Time I See You (LOX), Fat Lady Sings has the same Beat as Memphis Bleek's Sleping on Bleek. But that is a small annoyance. the rhymes make it irreleveant to the overall listening experience. But the other downside, perhaps the mort important, is the fact that JADAKISS has the hardest verse on the entire album. Jada is nice, but he's not even a Wu Affiliate! How you let him outshine the whole album with one 1-minute verse??? But in Rae's Defense, it's not hard to get out-shined by Kiss. Still a great album.

Honorable Mention:

Torae & Marco Polo - Double Barrell
Curren$y - Pilot Talk
Common - Finding Forever
Talib Kweli - Eardrum
Young Jeezy - The Inspiration
Lil Wayne - Carter II
Skyzoo - Salvation
Prodigy - H.N.I.C.

And that concludes the list. Leave comments on any omissions, props or differences of opinions.

Peace.

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2010-08-17T18:43:00.007-04:00

John Madden's Latest Victim

2010-08-16T19:11:00.007-04:00

All sports Fans know that the MAdden COver is a curse, and if you don't believe me ask Shaun Alexander, Michael Vick, or most recently, Troy Palomalu. This Year features Super Bowl Champion QB, Drew Brees. So Now I present to you...

Top 5 Madden Curse Scenarios Now That Drew Brees is on the Cover

05.) Saints don't Make The Playoffs.
04.) Hurricane Kathleen (Katrina's Revenge)
03.) Week 12 at Cowboys Stadium. 2 words: De Marcus!!!!!!!!
02.) Steve Nash' Hairline Sues Drew Brees hairline for Identity Theft
01.) Nothing Happens. The Curse is broken forever and since there will be no 2011 NFL season, the evil demons responsible for the Madden curse will get bored and move on to haunt something like Wii Sports Resort. Watch your back Mario!

Rap Snob - Episode 103

2010-08-16T18:53:00.003-04:00

Another classic from Duck DOwn Records. This album dropped last year and has stayed on heavy rotation on the Rap Snob's Ipod. Torae spits that hardcore "baseball bat to the face" rap while Marco Polo gives you vintage Boom Bap, heavy speaker blowing beats. This album is hands down one of my favorites from last year and Rap Snob Approved as a "New Classic". Here is the title track from that album.

Torae & Marco Polo - Double Barrel