“It’s like New York’s been soft ever since Snoop came thru and crushed the buildings.”
Hov-”Money, Cash, Hoes” 1997 …and we still haven’t recovered read more »
Trying to close a $15.4 billion budget gap, Paterson called for 88 new fees and a host of other taxes, including an “iPod tax” that taxes the sale of downloaded music and other “digitally delivered entertainment services.”
Movie tickets, taxi rides, soda, beer, wine, cigars and massages would be taxed under Paterson’s proposal. It also extends sales taxes to cable and satellite TV services and removes the tax exemption for clothes costing less than $110.
Full Story: NY Daily News
It looks like New York has gone crazy with taxes to make up for budget gaps and the slow economy. Along with the various new fees and taxes there will be a 3.3%, or $698 million, reduction in school aid. The school system is already a mess and now your taking away money from the budget? Then you increase the cost of tution to take out the recession on students. It just seems when things are going good the rich profit the most and when things are going bad the middle class and poor people feel it the most. Don’t Jock Jay-Z, tax him and all the rich people in NY.
Don’t worry there won’t be a RealTalkNY tax in 09.
In your opinion, what was the best hip hop battle related quotable or statement ever made? I immediately thought about it a few weeks ago after viewing a video that’s probably one of the illest, (yeah I know I’m dating myself) hip hop moves in recent years. It was a stance and I mean that literally, taken by the only rapper who now has two songs in Billboards top 5. And what I’m referencing is just hip hop, which used to be bold, braggadocios, nut grabbing, chest thumping, declarations of “I’m nicer than you with this rap shit and no matter what, you can’t fuck with me!”
- Cornell Dews
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I put on the news and the first 5 minutes was non stop bad news about the economy. In New York we may have a new train/bus fare between $2.50 to $3! All I hear about is the stock market doing bad, people getting fired and women getting their purses snatched. Clearly I’m not poppin champagne or trickin if I had it. If your wifey/man/family ask for anything expensive this Christmas hit them with the, “It’s a recession,” line. These are the times where you stop trying to be flashy and build that bank account up. How are things going for everyone out there?
What is Hov talking about on his new track “History” ? Is it about more than “History” and “Victory?”
There is always the tendency to feel as if we are thinking too much; that we are taking it too far. It becomes a feeling we have when looking at all forms of art: music, paintings, poetry, dance, etc.
But the great artist is the one that legitimates our search for something more. They make you see further, think longer, listen closer—they make you believe there is meaning to their work; beyond the surface; beyond the first encounter; beyond the first layer.
Article by Michael Partis
“Cash Rules Everything Around Me” is the reality. Does politics fit inside of it?
Forty years ago this month, the 1968 Olympic Games was defined by the political statement of two Black athletes. With Black fist raised high, and an ode to the Black Power movement displayed, Tommie Smith and John Carlos made one of the most profound political statements ever seen at an international sporting event.
I had a conversation with a couple of people the other day about the importance of Tupac. Somebody told me that Tupac wasn’t one of the most globally known, or internationally recognized Black people ever. Another person said that his music wasn’t politically or socially relevant; that he wasn’t as important to Black music as Bob Marley.
All of this is just a couple of weeks after Blender Magazine said Pac was the most overrated musician of all-time.
So is the world coming to the end? Was Tupac really not that important, then and now?
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