Dru Down: Baby Bubba Burnin' Rubba

What's up everyone? I'm barely home this week, so we're going to push the latest installment to next week. Be patient though, I should have some quality stories. I'm on Spring Break now. Even I'm allowed to take a week off in here, although some might cuss me for not having a "real" post up, but deal with it, you know how it goes. Monday, me and Cork hit up the Pirates Opening Day in Pittsburgh. I just got home after a few days of going to the mountains with my parents to fish and just relax to get away. Then in the morning (Friday) I roll 8-deep with my crew to Atlantic City and then on the way home, hit up a NBA game. Until then, thanks as usual for always reading and dropping comments off when I chat with ya, but here's the latest updated CD list of mine:



112: Hot & Wet
213: The Hard Way
5th Ward Weebie: Da Unexpected
50 Cent: Power Of The Dollar
50 Cent: 50 Cent Is The Future
50 Cent: Guess Who's Back
50 Cent: Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
50 Cent: Guess Who's Back Again
50 Cent: The Massacre
50/50 Twin: Grown Man Style
504 Boyz: Goodfellas
504 Boyz: Ballers
6 Shot: The Actual Meaning
Afroman: Good Times
Afroman: Jobe Bells
Afroman: Drunk 'n' High
Akon: Trouble
Akon: Konvicted
The Alchemist: 1st Infantry
AP-9: On Tha Block
Archie Eversole: Ride Wit Me
Ron Artest: My World
Avant: Private Room
Avant: Director
AZ: Final Call
AZ: A.W.O.L.
AZ: The Format
Baby a.k.a. #1 Stunna: Birdman
Baby/Birdman & Lil Wayne: Like Father, Like Son
Baby: Fast Money
Babyface Assassins: Success Is Revenge
Bad Azz: Executive Decision
Lloyd Banks vs. Cassidy: Big Mike Presents Round 2 - The Future Is Now
Lloyd Banks vs. Cassidy: Kochese Presents Round 3 - The Final Chapter
Lloyd Banks: Money In The Bank
Lloyd Banks: Hunger For More
Lloyd Banks: The Big Withdraw
Lloyd Banks: Rotten Apple
David Banner: Mississippi The Album
David Banner: MTA2- Baptized In Dirty Water
David Banner: Certified
Barbershop 2: Back In Business: Soundtrack
Battle 4 NYC: Brooklyn vs. Queens
Bay Madness: The Compilation
Beanie Sigel: The Reason
Beanie Sigel: Hung Jury The Mixtape
Beanie Sigel: The B. Coming
Beastie Boys: Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys: To The 5 Boroughs
Belo: The Truth
Benzino: Arch Nemesis
B.G.: Chopper City In The Ghetto
B.G.: Life After Cash Money
B.G.: The Heart Of Tha Streetz
B.G.: Play It How It Go Collection
The Notorious B.I.G.: Ready To Die
The Notorious B.I.G.: Life After Death - Disc 1
The Notorious B.I.G..: Life After Death - Disc 2
The Notorious B.I.G.: Duets - The Final Chapter
Big Boi: Got Purp - Volume 2
Big D: Club Night
Big L: Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous
Big L: The Big Picture
Big Lurch: It's All Bad
Big Mike: Professional Hood Shit - Part 6
Big Punisher: Capital Punishment
Big Syke: Be Yo Self
Big Tymers: I Got That Work
Big Tymers: Hood Rich
Big Tymers: Big Money Heavyweights
Birmingham J: Da Neighborhood Superstar
Bizarre: Hanni Cap Circus
Bizzy Bone: Alpha & Omega
Bizzy Bone: The Beginning And The End
Bizzy Bone: Speaking In Tongues
Bizzy Bone: Thug's Revenge
Black Eyed Peas: Elephunk
Black Eyed Peas: Monkey Business
Black Rob: Life Story
Black Rob: The Black Rob Report
Blackalicious: The Craft
Bone Crusher: AttenCHUN!
Bone Crusher: Release The Beast
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony: Faces Of Death
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony: E. 1999 Eternal
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony: The Art Of War (WWI)
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony: The Art Of War (WWII)
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony: BTNHRESURRECTION
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony: Thug World Order
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony: Thug Stories
Boo & Gotti: Perfect Timing
Boot Camp Clik: The Chosen Few
Boot Camp Clik: The Last Stand
Boss Hogg Outlawz: Boyz N Blue
Lil Bow Wow: Doggy Bag
Bow Wow: Unleashed
Bow Wow: Wanted
Bow Wow: The Prince Of Fame
Boyz N Da Hood: Boyz N Da Hood
Boyz N Da Hood: Straight Outta A-Town
B-Real: The Gunslinger - Part II: Fist Full Of Dollars
Chris Brown: Chris Brown
B-Rich: Born Rich
Brotha Lynch Hung & MC Eiht - The New Season
Bubba Sparxxx: Dark Days, Bright Nights
Bubba Sparxxx: Deliverance
Bubba Sparxxx: The Charm
Joe Budden: Joe Budden
Bun B: Trill
Bushwick Bill: Phantom Of The Rapra
Busta Rhymes: When Disaster Strikes...
Busta Rhymes: E.L.E. - The Final World Front
Busta Rhymes: Genesis
Busta Rhymes: It Ain't Safe No More
Busta Rhymes: The Big Bang
Camoflauge: I Represent
Cam'ron: S.D.E.
Cam'ron: Come Home With Me
Cam'ron: Purple Haze Mixtape
Cam'ron: Purple Haze
Cam'ron: Killa Season
Canibus: Mind Control
Canibus: Hip Hop For Sale
Cappadonna: The Struggle
Cappadonna: The Pillage
Capone: Pain, Time, & Glory
Ray Cash: Cash On Delivery
Cassidy: Split Personality
Cassidy: I'm A Hustla
C-Bo: Money To Burn
Cee-Lo: Green And His Perfect Imperfections
Cee-Lo: Green Is The Soul Machine
Celly Cel: It'z Real Out Here
John Cena: You Can't See Me
C-Formula & Mic Moses: The Public Broadcast
Chamillionaire: The Sound Of Revenge
Chingy: Jackpot
Chingy: Powerballin'
Chingy: Hoodstar
Choices Soundtrack
Choices II Soundtrack
Choppa: Straight From The N.O.
Choppa: Coming Back Home
Chrome: Straight To The Pros
Clipse: Lord Willin'
Clipse: We Got It 4 Cheap - Volume 1
Clipse: The Hustler's Manual (Best Of)
Clipse: Hell Hath No Fury
C-Murder: The TRU Story - Continued
Coach Carter: The Soundtrack
Rafael Colmore: Rock-Hop Volume 1
Common: Like Water For Chocolate
Common: Be
Conspiracy Clique: Kickin Down Dooz
Coolio: The Return Of The Gangsta
Coo Coo Cal: Disturbed
Coo Coo Cal: Still Walkin'
Coo Coo Cal: All Or Nothing
C-Murder: The TRUest Shit I Ever Said
Cormega: Legal Hustle
Cradle 2 The Grave Soundtrack
C-Rayz Walz: Limelight - The Outroduction
C-Rayz Walz: Ravipops - The Substance
Crime Mob: Crime Mob
Criminal Manne: Street Ways
Crooked I: Young Boss - Volume 1
Crucial Conflict: The Final Tic
Crucial Conflict: Good Side Bad Side
Cutmaster C & Gravy: The Streets Is Still Watchin'
D12: Devil's Night
D12: D12 World
D4L: Down 4 Life
Da Army: A Soldier Dies Once - Volume 1
Da Backwudz: Wood Work
Da Band: Too Hot For TV
Da Muzicianz: Da Muzicians
Da Unda Dogg: The Crest
Dayton Family: Dope House
Dayton Family: Family Feud
Dayton Family: Return To Dayton Ave.
Daz: R.A.W.
Daz: DPGC: U Know What I'm Throwin' Up
Daz: Tha Dogg Pound Gangsta LP
Daz: Gangsta Crunk
Daz Dillenger & Young Gotti: The Saga Continuez
Daz: So So Gangsta
Dead Prez: RBG - Revolutionary But Gangsta
De La Soul: The Grind Date
De La Soul: The Impossible Mission
Delinquent Habits: Delinquent Habits
Dem Hoodstarz: Band Aide And Scoot
Derek D: Ya'll Ant Ready
Devin The Dude: Just Tryin Ta Live
Devin The Dude: To Tha X-Treme
Devin The Dude: Waitin' To Inhale
Dilated Peoples: 20/20
The Diplomats: Diplomatic Immunity - Disc 2
The Diplomats: Diplomatic Immunity II
The Diplomats: Dipset - More Than Music Volume 1
Dirty: The Pimp And Da Gangsta
Dirty: Hood Stories
DJ Clue: The Professional #2
DJ CLue: The Incredible
DJ Ideal & Lil Flip: Da Bottom Part 6
DJ Kay Slay: Protect Ya Neck (Hosted By Ron Artest)
DJ Quik: Quik Is The Name
DJ Quik: Trauma
DMC: Checks, Thugs, & Rock N Roll
DMX: It's Dark And Hell Is Hot
DMX: And Then There Was X
DMX: Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of My Blood
DMX: Grand Champ
DMX: Year of the Dog, Again
The D.O.C.: No One Can Do It Better
Tha Dogg Pound: Dogg Food
DPG: Tha Unreleased Collection
Tha Dogg Pound: Cali Iz Active
Tha Dogg Pound: Dogg Chit
Dolla: Get You Drawz Out Ya Boodie
D.O.N.: The Miscounted Soul
Do Or Die: Headz Or Tailz
Do Or Die: Victory
Do Or Die: Back 2 The Game
Do Or Die: Pimpin' Ain't Dead
Do Or Die: Greatest Hits
Do Or Die: D.O.D.
Do Or Die: Get That Paper
Dopegame
Dopegame 2
Dopegame 3
Dopegame: Da Mix Tape
Dr. Dre: The Chronic
Dr. Dre: Concrete Roots
Dr. Dre: Back 'N The Day
Dr. Dre: Chronic 2001
Dr. Dre/Snoop Dogg: The Wash Soundtrack
Dr. Dre: Detox
Dreamer: High School High
Dru Down: Explicit Game
Dru Down: Can U Feel Me
Dru Down: Pimpin' Phernelia
Dru Down: Gangsta Pimpin
Dru Down: Best Of Dru Down
Dru Down: Got Purp - Volume 1 Mixtape
Dru Hill: Dru World Order
Dru Hill: Hits
DSGB: 'Til Death Do Us Apart
DTP: Golden Grain
DTP: Fuck U Mixtape
E-40: Mr. Flamboyant
E-40: The Mail Man
E-40: In A Major Way
E-40: Loyalty And Grind
E-40: Grit And Grind
E-40: Breakin News
E-40: Bosko That Fire
E-40: The Bay Bridges Compilation
E-40: My Ghetto Report Card
Eazy-E: Eazy-Duz-It
Eazy-E: Str8 Off The Streets Of Muthaphukkin Compton
Eazy-E: Eternal E
E.B. Daddy Of Da Hood: Hood Rebel
ECW Themes: Volume 1
ECW Themes: Volume 2
Eightball: Almost Famous
Eightball: Lost (Disc 1)
Eightball: Lost (Disc 2)
Eightball & MJG: Living Legends
Eightball & MJG: Ghettoville - The Remix Album
8 Mile Soundtrack
Eminem: Infinite
Eminem: The Slim Shady LP
Eminem: Off The Wall
Eminem: The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem: The Eminem Show
Eminem: Encore
Eminem: Rap Attack
Eminem: Curtain Call - Deluxe Edition
Eminem Presents...: The Re-Up
EPMD: Out Of Business
EPMD: Greatest Hits
E.S.G.: All American Gangsta
Essential Contemporary Crying Music: Volume 1
Essential Contemporary Crying Music: Volume 2
E-White: The White Album
Fabolous: Street Dreams
Fabolous: Real Talk
The Fast And The Furious Soundtrack
2 Fast 2 Furious Soundtrack
Fat Joe: Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.)
Fat Joe: Loyalty
Fat Joe: All Or Nothing
Fat Joe: Me, Myself, & I
Federation: The Album
The F.E.D.S.: #1 With A Bullet - Presented by Allen Iverson & ABK
Lupe Fiasco: Food & Liquor
Field Mob: From Tha Roota To Tha Toota
Field Mob: Light Poles And Pine Trees
Fiend: There's One In Every Family
Fiend: The Addiction - Hope Is Near
Flavor Flav: Hollywood
Foreigner: The Definitive
Jamie Foxx: Unpredictable
Fozzy: All That Remains
Frayser Boy: Me Being Me
Freeway: Philadelphia Freeway
Freeway: Best Of Freeway
Frost: Till The Wheels Fall Off
Frost: Blunts & Ballerz
Froze Ony: Gutta Ways
Funkmaster Flex: 60 Minutes Of Funk Volume 4
The Game: Nigga With Attitude
The Game: The Documentary
The Game: West Coast Resurrection
The Game: Ghost Unit
The Game: Doctor's Advocate
Gang Starr: Hard To Earn
Gangsta Lou: Almost Famous
Gangsta O: Independent Dope
Geto Boys: Greatest Hits
Geto Boys: The Foundation
Get Rich Or Die Tryin' Soundtrack
Ghetto D: Street Campain From A Young G's Perspective
Ghetto Mafia: Straight From The Dec
Ghetto Mafia: On Da Grind
Ghetto Mafia: Da Return Of Ghetto Mafia
Ghostface Killah: Bulletproof Wallets
Ghostface Killah: The Pretty Toney Album
Ghostface Killah: Shaolin's Finest
Ghostface Killah: Fishscale
Ghostface Killah: More Fish
Ghostface Killah: Hidden Darts - Special Edition
Ginuwine: I Apologize
Gnarls Barkley: St. Elsewhere
Goodie Mob: One Monkey Don't Stop No Show
Goodie Mob: Nuttin' But Dat G
Gucci Mane: Trap House
Guerilla Black: Guerilla City
G-Unit: Beg For Mercy
G-Unit: DJ Mello Presents The Best Of G-Unit
G-Unit: The Realest Killaz
Guns N Roses: Greatest Hits
GZA: Liquid Swords
Anthony Hamilton: Comin From Where I'm From
Anthony Hamilton: Soulife
Haystack: It Ain't Safe No More Mixtape
Haystack: From Start To Finish
Hieroglyphics: Full Circle Tour
Hillside Stranglaz: Celly Cel Presents Bad Influence
Hi-Tek: Hi Teknology - Volume 2 (The C hip)
Hollow Tip: Ghetto Famous
Hollow Tip: Mercenary Life
Hot Boys: Let Em Burn
Houston: It's Already Written
Marques Houston: MH
Marques Houston: Naked
Marques Houston: Veteran
William Hung: Inspirations
Hustle & Flow Soundtrack
Hydro & G-Ron: Illegal Procedures
I-20: Self Explanatory
I Got The Hook-Up! Sountrack
Iceberg Slimm: The World On Ice
Ice Cube: The C.I.A. EP
Ice Cube: AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
Ice Cube: Death Certificate
Ice Cube: War And Peace Volume 1 (War Disc)
Ice Cube: War And Peace Volume 2 (Peace Disc)
Ice Cube: Laugh Now, Cry Later
Ice-T: Gang Culture
Ice-T: Gangsta Rap
Inspectah Deck: Uncontrolled Substance
Inspectah Deck: The Movement
Inspectah Deck: The Resident Patient
The Isley Brothers: Body Kiss
The Isley Brothers: Baby Makin' Music
Michael Jackson: Off The Wall
Jadakiss: Kiss Tha Game Goodbye
Jadakiss: Kiss Of Death
Jadakiss: DJ F Sharp Presents Top Five Dead Or Alive - Part 1
Jadakiss: Rock The Vote Mixtape
Jagged Edge: J.E. Heartbreak
Jagged Edge: Hard
Jagged Edge: Jagged Edge
Jaheim: Still Ghetto
Jaheim: Ghetto Classics
Ja Rule: Venni Vetti Vecci
Ja Rule: Rule 3:36
Ja Rule: Pain Is Love
Ja Rule: The Last Temptation
Ja Rule: Blood In My Eye
Ja Rule: R.U.L.E.
Jay Tee: The Thousandaire
Jay-Z: Reasonable Doubt
Jay-Z: Volume 2 - Hard Knock Life
Jay-Z: The Dynasty - Roc La Familia
Jay-Z: The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse - The Gift
Jay-Z: The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse - The Curse
Jay-Z: The Black Album
Jay-Z & Linkin Park: Collision Course
Jay-Z: Fade To Black Mixtape
Jermaine Dupri: Life In 1472
Jermaine Dupri: Instructions
Jibbs: Jibbs Feat. Jibbs
Jim Crow: Crow's Nest
Jin: The Emcees Properganda
Jin: 100 Grand Jin
J-Kwon: Hood Hop
Joe: And Then...
Jim Jones: Ambitions Of A Gangsta
Jim Jones: On My Way To Church
Jim Jones: City Of God
Jim Jones: Harlem - Diary Of A Summer
Jim Jones: Hustler's P.O.M.E. (Product Of My Environment)
Mike Jones: Ice Age
Mike Jones: King Of The Streets
Mike Jones: Who Is Mike Jones?
Roy Jones Jr.: Round One The Album
Roy Jones Jr.: Body Head Bangerz - I Smoke I Drink
JR Writer: Writer's Block 4
JT Money: Pimpin' On Wax
JT Money: Blood, Sweat, And Years
JT Money: Undeniable
JT The Bigga Figga: Nothin' But Thow Bows
JT The Bigga Figga & Mac Mall: Illegal Game
JT The Bigga Figga: Black Wall Street Compliation
JT The Bigga Figga: Neighborhood Superstarz
JT The Bigga Figga: Who Grind Like Us?
JT The Bigga Figga: Drop Your Thangs (Just Box)
Juelz Santana: From Me To U
Juelz Santana: Back Like Cooked Crack
Juelz Santana: What The Game's Been Missing
Juvenile: 400 Degreez
Juvenile: Juve The Great
Juvenile: Reality Check
Kanye West: The College Dropout
Kanye West: Late Registration
Keak Da Sneak: Thizz Iz Allndadoe
Keak Da Sneak, P.S.D. Tha Drivah, & Messy Marv: Da Bidness
Killa C: Tainted Flesh
Killa Tay: Thug Religion
Knoc-Turn'al: The Way I Am
Kool Keith: The Return of Dr. Octagon
Krayzie Bone: Gemini - Good Vs. Evil
KRS-One: Return Of The Boom Bap
KRS-One: I Got Next
KRS-One: A Retrospective
KRS-One: Spiritual Minded
KRS-One: Life
Kurupt: Against The Grain
Layzie Bone & Bizzy Bone: Bone Brothers
Layzie Bone: It's Not A Game
Layzie Bone: Cleveland
John Legend: Get Lifted
John Legend: Once Again
Lil Boosie & Webbie: Gangsta Musik
Lil Boosie: Bad Azz
Lil Flip: Leprechaun
Lil Flip: Undaground Legend
Lil Flip: U Gotta Feel Me - Disc 1
Lil Flip: U Gotta Feel Me - Disc 2
Lil Flip & Z-Ro: Kings Of The South
Lil Head: Tha 4'3" Giant
Lil Italy: Top Of The World
Lil Jon & The Eastside Boyz: Put Yo Hood Up
Lil Jon & The Eastside Boyz: Kings Of Crunk
Lil Jon & The Eastside Boyz: Crunk Juice
Lil Ken: Str8 Out Tha Stable
Lil Kim: La Bella Mafia
Lil Mo: Meet The Girl Next Door
Lil Rob: Neighborhood Music
Lil Romeo: RomeoLand
Lil Scrappy: Bred 2 Die Born 2 Live
Lil Spade: Full Decc
Lil Troy: Sittin' Fat Down South
Lil Tweety: The Bad Boy
Lil Ty: I'm Bad
Lil Wayne: 500 Degreez
Lil Wayne: Tha Carter
Lil Wayne: Squad Up 5
Lil Wayne: C Squared
Lil Wayne: The Mayor of the South
Lil Wayne: Tha Carter II
Lil Wyte: Phinally Phamous
Little Brother: The Minstrel Show
LL Cool J: Radio
LL Cool J: Bigger And Deffer
LL Cool J: G.O.A.T.
LL Cool J: 10
LL Cool J: DEFinition
LL Cool J: Todd Smith
Lloyd: Southside
Lloyd: Street Love
The Longest Yard Soundtrack
Loon: Loon
Loon: No Friends
Lud Duc: In My Own World
Ludacris: Back For The First Time
Ludacris: Word Of Mouf
Ludacris: Chicken & Beer
Ludacris: The Red Light District
Ludacris: Disturbing Tha Peace
Ludacris: Release Therapy
Luni Coleone & Hollow Tip: Still Wanted
Luniz: Operation Stackola
Luniz: Lunatik Muzik
Luniz: Greatest Hits
Lyfe Jennings: The Phoenix
Mac Dre: Ronald Dregan Dreganomics
Mac Dre & Andre Nickatina: Tales Of II Andres
Mac Mall: Immaculate
Mac Mall: The Macuscript - Volume 1
Mack 10: Bang Or Ball
Mack 10: Ghetto, Gutter & Gangsta
Mack 10: Hustla's Handbook
Mannie Fresh: The Mind Of Mannie Fresh
Mario: Turning Point
Mark G: Muthafuckin Boda
Dean Martin: Dino - The Essential Dean Martin
Ma$e: Harlem World
Ma$e: Welcome Back
Masta Ace Incorporated: Sittin' On Chrome
Masta Ace: A Long Hot Summer
Masta Killa: No Said Date
Masta Killa: Made In Brooklyn
Master P: Ghetto D
Master P: MP Da Last Don - Disc One
Master P: MP Da Last Don - Disc Two
Master P: Ghetto Postage
Master P: Good Side, Bad Side- Disc One
Master P: Good Side, Bad Side - Disc Two
Master P: Master P & Friends
Master P: Ghetto Bill
MC Eiht A.K.A. Tony Smallz: Smoke In Tha City
MC Eiht: Veteran's Day
MC Eiht: Compton's OG
MC Eiht: Representin'
Memphis Bleek: M.A.D.E.
Memphis Bleek: 534
Messy Marv & San Quinn: Explosive Mode 2 - Back In Business
Messy Marv: Hustlan.A.I.R.E.
Messy Marv: What You Know Bout Me?
Method Man: Tical
Method Man: Tical 0 - The Prequel
Method Man: 4:21... The Day After
MIMS: Music Is My Savior
Mista Cane: In My Life
Mr. Kee: The One
Mr. Shadow: A Name You Kan't Touch
MJG: No More Glory
Mobb Deep: Hell On Earth
Mobb Deep: The Dunn Language
Mobb Deep: Amerikaz Nightmare
Mobb Deep: The Mixtape Before 9/11
Mobb Deep: Blood Money
Money Gang: Chain Gang Mixtape - Volume 1
M.O.P.: The Mash Out Posse
M.O.P.: St. Marxmen
M.O.P.: Ghetto Warfare
Mos Def & Talib Kweli: Black Star
Mos Def: The New Danger
Mos Def: True Magic
Murda Mook: The Untouchable
Murphy Lee: Murphy's Law
Musiq Soulchild: Luvanmusiq
Mystikal: Mind Of Mystikal
Mystikal: Unpredictable
Mystikal: Ghetto Fabulous
Mystikal: Let's Get Ready
Mystikal: Tarantula
Mystikal: Prince Of The South - The Hits
Nappy Roots: Watermelon Chicken And Gritz
Nappy Roots: Wooden Leather
Nas: Illmatic
Nas: It Was Written
Nas: I Am...
Nas: Nastradamus
Nas: Stillmatic
Nas: God's Son
Nas: The Lost Tapes
Nas: Street's Disciple - Disc 1
Nas: Street's Disciple - Disc 2
Nas: Hip Hop Is Dead
Nate Dogg: Ghetto Preacher
Nate Dogg: Music And Me
Naughty By Nature: Naughty By Nature
Necro: The Pre-Fix For Death
Nelly: Country Grammar
Nelly: Nellyville
Nelly: Da Derty Versions: The Reinvention
Nelly: Sweat
Nelly: Suit
The Neptunes: Clones
N.E.R.D.: In Search Of...
N.E.R.D.: Fly Or Die
New Edition: The Best Of New Edition - The Millennium Collection
Ne-Yo: In My Own Words
Andre Nickatina: Bullets, Blunts, N Ah Bankroll
Andre Nickatina: The Wrath of Khan Mixtape
N.W.A.: Greatest Hits
Obie Trice: Cheers
Obie Trice: Second Round's On Me
Oh No: Exodus Into Unheard Rhythms
The O'Jays: Imagination
Ol' Dirty Bastard: Return To The 36 Chambers
Ol' Dirty Bastard: Osirus
Omarion: O
ONYX: All We Got Iz Us
ONYX: Bacdafucup Part 2
Outkast: ATLiens
Outkast: Aquemini
Outkast: Stankonia
Outkast: Big Boi And Dre Presents Outkast
Outkast: The Love Below (Disc 1)
Outkast: Speakerboxxx (Disc 2)
Outkast: Idlewild
Outlawz: Outlaw 4 Life
Paid In Full Mixtape: Volume 1 - Money Hungry
Papoose: The Boyz In The Hood
Pastor Troy: Universal Soldier
Pastor Troy: By Any Means Necessary
Pastor Troy: Face Off Part II
Pastor Troy: Stay Tru
Pastor Troy: By Choice Or By Force
P-Dot: My Life Pictures
Pearl Jam: 10
Petey Pablo: Diary Of A Sinner - 1st Entry
Petey Pablo: Still Writing In My Diary - 2nd Entry
Pharrell: In My Mind
Pimp C: Live From Harris County Jail
Pimp C: The Sweet James Jones Stories
Pimp C: Pimpalation
Pitch Black: Pitch Black Law
Playa Made: Pass Da Mic 2003 (Miyagi/Yella Fella)
Plot: Mission 4 Loot
Pretty Ricky: Blue Stars
Pretty Ricky: Late Night Special
Profyle: Profyle - Liars! Cheaters!
Project Pat: Ghetty Green
Project Pat: Crook By Da Book - The Fed Story
Proof: Grown Man Shit Mixtape
Proof: Searching For Jerry Garcia
PSC (Pimp Squad Click): 25 To Life
Public Enemy: There's A Poison Goin' On
Public Enemy: Best 1200 - Limited Edition
Public Enemy: Rebirth Of A Nation
Puff Daddy: No Way Out
P Diddy: Press Play
Purple City: Road To The Riches
Rakim: Book Of Life
Raekwon: Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Raekwon: Immobilarity
Raekwon: The Lex Diamond Story
Raekwon: Vatican Mixtape
Ras Kass: Re-Up - The Compilation
Ray J: Raydiation
RBX: The RBX Files
RBX: No Mercy, No Remorse
RBX: The Shining
Redman: Doc's Da Name
Redman: Malpractice
Redman: Ill At Will Mixtape - Vol. 1
Rev Run: Distortion
Rhyme & Reason Soundtrack
R. Kelly: Chocolate Factory
R. Kelly: Happy People/U Saved Me; Disc 1: Happy People
R. Kelly: Happy People/U Saved Me; Disc 2: U Saved Me
R-Kelly & Jay-Z: Unfinished Business
R-Kelly: TP. 3 Reloaded
The Roots: The Tipping Point
The Roots: Game Theory
Rick Ross: We Are The South - 2.5 Hustlas
Rick Ross: Port Of Miami
Roscoe: I Luv Cali
Royce Da 5'9": Rock City
Royce Da 5'9": Build And Destroy - CD 1
Royce Da 5'9": Build And Destroy - CD 2
Royce Da 5'9": Death Is Certain
Royce Da 5'9": M.I.C. Make It Count
Royce Da 5'9": Independent's Day
Ruben Studdard: Soulful
Run DMC: Ultimate Run DMC
Run DMC: Artist Collection
RZA: As Bobby Digital In Stereo
RZA: Digital Bullet
RZA: Birth Of A Prince
RZA Presents: Afro Samurai Soundtrack
Adam Sandler: Shhh...Don't Tell
San Quinn: 457 Is The Code - Part 2
Scarface: The Untouchable
Scarface: The Fix
Erick Sermon: Chilltown, New York
Shaquille O'Neal: Shaq Diesel
Sheek Louch: Walk Witt Me
Sheek Louch: After Taxes
Mr. Short Khop: Da Khop Shop
Shyne: Godfather Buried Alive
Silkk The Shocker: Based On A True Story
Frank Sinatra: The Platinum Collection - CD 1
Frank Sinatra: The Platinum Collection - CD 2
Frank Sinatra: The Platinum Collection - CD 3
Skant Bone: 4 Seasonz
Skinny G: Texasized
Slick Rick: Behind Bars
Slim Thug: Already Platinum
Slum Village: Detroit Deli
Slum Village: Prequel To A Classic
Slum Village: Slum Village
Smilez And Southstar: Crash The Party
Snoop Dogg: Doggystyle
Snoop Dogg: The Doggfather
Snoop Dogg: Da Game Is To Be Sold, Not To Be Told
Snoop Dogg: Paid Tha Cost To Be Da Boss
Snoop Dogg: Rhythm & Gangsta: The Masterpiece
Snoop Dogg: Welcome To The Chuuch Volume 9
Snoop Dogg: Tha Blue Carpet Treatment
Trey Songz: I Gotta Make It
Spice 1: The Ridah
Spice 1 & MC Eiht: The Pioneers
Spice 1 & MC Eiht: Keep It Gangsta
Spice 1: Dyin' 2 Ball
Spice 1: The Truth
State Property: Chain Gang Volume 2
State Property: The Lost Files
State Property: The Gang Is All Here
Stev-O: The Unexpected
Sticky Fingaz: Decade
St. Lunatics: Free City
The Street Novelist: Turf Talk
Styles: Gangster And A Gentleman
Styles: Time Is Money
Super Mario Smash Brothers Melee: Smashing.. Live!
Talib Kweli: Quality
Talib Kweli: Beautiful Struggle
Talib Kweli: Right About Now - The Official Sucka Free Mix CD
Talib Kweli: Confidential
T Dre: California Lifestyle
Tech N9ne: Anghellic
Tech N9ne: Vintage Tech
Terror Squad: True Story
Tek: I Got This
Carl Thomas: Let's Talk About It
Three 6 Mafia: When The Smoke Clears
Three 6 Mafia: Da Unbreakables
Three 6 Mafia: Most Known Unknown
Thug Angel - The Life Of An Outlaw Soundtrack
Thug Chuc: In Remembrance Of Thug Chuc
T.I.: I'm Serious
T.I.: Trap Muzik
T.I.: Featuring T.I.P. - CD 1
T.I.: Featuring T.I.P. - CD 2
T.I.: Urban Legend
T.I.: King
Timbaland: Tim's Bio- Life From Da Basement
Timbaland & Magoo: Indecent Proposal
Timbaland & Magoo: Under Construction, Part 2
Timbaland & Magoo: Best Of Timbaland & Magoo
Timbaland: Shock Value
Too $hort: Gettin' It (Album 10)
Too $hort: Can't Stay Away
Too $hort: Married To The Game
Too $hort: Pimpin' Incorporated
Too $hort: Blow The Whistle
T-Pain: Rappa Ternt Sanga
TQ: Listen
Trae: Same Thing Different Day
Trae: Tha Truth Show
Trapper The Rapper: Man Of The H
Tre: Paper Tha Way I See It Iz How I Spit It
Trick Daddy: Based On A True Story
Trick Daddy: www.thug.com
Trick Daddy: Book Of Thugs
Trick Daddy: Thug Holiday
Trick Daddy: Thug Matrimony
Trick Daddy: Back By Thug Demand
Trill Of The Trill: Welcome Home Pimp C
Trillville & Lil Scrappy: Welcome To Trillville
Trina: Diamond Princess
T-Rock: Rock Solid 4:20
TRU: True
TRU: The Truth
2Pac: 2Pacalypse Now
2Pac: Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.
2Pac: Me Against The World
2Pac: R U Still Down? (Disc 1)
2Pac: R U Still Down? (Disc 2)
2Pac: All Eyes On Me (Book 1)
2Pac: All Eyes On Me (Book 2)
2Pac: Makaveli
2Pac: Greatest Hits Volume 1
2Pac: Greatest Hits Volume 2
2Pac: Resurrection Soundtrack
2Pac: Live
2Pac: Loyal To The Game
2Pac: Ready 2 Die
2Pac: A Decade Of Silence
2Pac: Sunset Boulevard
Twista: Mobstability
Twista: Adrenaline Rush
Twista: The Twisted Remixes
Twista: The Day After
Tyrese: I Wanna Go There
UGK: Ridin' Dirty
UGK: Super Tight
Usher: My Way
Usher: Confessions
Usher: Greatest Hits
UTP: The Movement - Volume 2
Bobby Valentino: Bobby Valentino
Vanilla Ice: To The Extreme
Vanilla Ice: Platinum Underground
Waist Deep Soundtrack
Paul Wall: Get Ya Mind Correct
Paul Wall: Chick Magnet
Paul Wall & Chamillionaire: Controversy Sells
Paul Wall: The Mixtape
Paul Wall: The People's Champ
Paul Wall: Ain't No 401K For A Hustler
Warren G: Regulate... G Funk Era
Warren G: I Want It All
Warren G: In The Mid-Nite Hour
Ohmega Watts: The Find
Wax Murdaraz: City Ta City Killin' Spree
WC: Ghetto Heisman
WC: West Side Heavy Hitter
Webbie: Savage Life
Webstar: Caught In The Web
Westside Connection: Bow Down
Westside Connection: Terrorist Threats
Willie D: Relentless
Charlie Wilson: Charlie, Last Name Wilson
Mario Winans: Hurt No More
Wu Tang Clan: Enter The Wu (36 Chambers)
Wu Tang Clan: Forever (Disc 1)
Wu Tang Clan: Forever (Disc 2)
Wu Tang Clan: The W
Wu Tang Clan: Iron Flag
WWE Anthology (CD 1: The Federation Years)
WWE Anthology (CD 2: Attitude)
WWE Anthology (CD 3: NOW!)
WWE Originals
WWE ThemeAddict - V6
WWE Wreckless Intent
Wyclef Jean: Preacher's Son
X-Ecutioners: Revolutions
Xzibit: At The Speed Of Life
Xzibit: 40 Days & 40 Nights
Xzibit: Restless
Xzibit: Man Vs. Machine
Xzibit: Weapons Of Mass Destruction
Xzibit: Full Circle
Tony Yayo: Thoughts Of A Predicate Felon
Ying Yang Twins: Thug Walkin'
Ying Yang Twins: Alley
Ying Yang Twins: Me & My Brother
Ying Yang Twins: My Brother & Me
Ying Yang Twins: United State of Atlanta
Ying Yang Twins: Chemically Imbalanced
Yo Gotti: Gettin' Money Like a Mutha Fucka Mixtape
Yo Gotti: Back 2 Da Basics
Young Bleed: Rise Thru Da Ranks
YoungBloodz: Against Da Grain
YoungBloodz: Drankin' Patnaz
YoungBloodz: Ev'rybody Know Me
Young Buck: Straight Outta Ca$hville
Young Buck: T.I.P.
Young Dalley: Never Say Die
Young Dro: Best Thang Smokin'
Young Gunz: Tough Luv
Young Gunz: Brothers From Another
Young Hootie: Young Compton Mixtape
Young Jeezy: Let's Get It - Thug Motivation 101
Young Kev: Ghetto Gospel
Yukmouth: Godzilla
Yukmouth & C-Bo As Thug Lordz: In Thugz We Trust
Yukmouth & Ampichino Present: AK47 - Soundtrack To The Streets
Yukmouth: Million Dollar Mixtape - Disc 1
Yukmouth: Million Dollar Mixtape - Disc 2
Yung Joc: New Joc City
Yung Wun: The Dirtiest Thirstiest
Z-Ro: Life
Z-Ro: King Of Ghetto
Z-Ro: Thugged Nigga
Z-Ro: Let The Truth Be Told
Z-Ro: 1 Deep

Dola Dairy Mart

What's up to the blog readers out there? It just seems like yesterday that I put a new one up. Time is flying for sure. April is here and April Fool's Day went by with no big action. I never got into the whole trying to fool someone and nobody fooled me this year, so all is cool by me. Funny thing is that I mowed grass for the first time this year on Tuesday. It got to 85 and I ended up getting sunburnt fairly good. It doesn't take much for a big whitey like me to get roasted. Now, we're supposed to get a little snow at the end of the week, go figure. 85 one day and 35 the next. Only in the mean streets..



I'm not sure anything too crazy has went down over the past week. I say that enough, but just being honest about it. Don't worry, I'll have some interesting things to chat it up about. I'll open up with some family action. No, not that type you freaks, even though you assume that since I'm in West Virginia. We roll to scenic Cunningham Run on Saturday to tear up some food and watch the NCAA Final Four games. For a little dude, I rocked it out eating way too much Tally sausage and peppers, but it's always well worth it, one of my favorite meals. It was also the last appearance (maybe?) around the family for a few years for my cousin Zack and his wife Jody. They're doing it big by going to Doha, Qatar. Now here's a guy that barely gets out of Shinnston (me) and they go worldwide for a few years. They're pumped, so I know they're making a good choice. My Mom has a thing on her bulletin board by our phone with where they are going written on it. On first glance at "Doha", I thought it said "Dola". This may only pertain to the locals, but they should've moved to Dola, West Virginia, after being in Houston, hah. That'd be culture shock for sure. I gotta respect Dola though since my Jerry West jersey of those days hangs in the rafters of Dola Dairy Mart, or I wish anyways, but it's been a running joke for years, so I always say it.

Another thing on the family gathering of that night was Big Ashton, cousin of mine. Dude is like 2 years old and has a beer gut, it's great. Most little babies are all the same to me, nothing too exciting. You say how cute they are and all of that mainstream stuff just to say it. What else can ya tell someone about their baby? But he was doing his thing that night, wobbling around, knocking into things and was some entertainment, and this from a guy who usually doesn't think much of babies (I'm sure I will one day), but he's a good one. He looks like he can bust some heads. He'll grow out of that gut though, but he wasn't over there whining 24/7 (maybe that's one reason I'm not great around babies, or at least the wee little ones is when they don't shut up), so thumbs up to Big Ashton for that.



11 days off in a row coming up and of course I'm pumped up. Instead of actually being a total bum and living on the internet for 11 days, I'll actually have some road trips going on. I wrote about that in the last blog, so I won't review that again. I'll write about the happenings from those trips when they happen, but just be patient, you know how I do around here. I'm not sure when the next blog will be. I may be able to squeeze one in next Thursday since that's a hole that I'd be home for. We'll see, I like to keep everyone on their toes.

Anyone get WrestleMania 23 this past weekend? I won't keep you long with it, but I was able to do pretty well on my predictions. I only had one that I missed this time around, when normally I'm all over the place. It's not as easy to predict as you may think. The match that I didn't get right was the ECW Originals taking on the New Breed. Overall, a nice show I thought. There were only two bum matches. That was Kane against Great Khali (in what I was sure to be brutal to begin with) and the chicks match (but at least it was quick). My favorite match was either the main event of Cena and HBK (surprised this one was to this level, but it delivered) and also the Money in the Bank Ladder Match, those guys took beatings.



Baseball has started and I'm pumped up. A good time of the year for sports in my opinion. We got NBA winding down and coming into playoffs in a few weeks. We also get the NFL Draft later in the month on April 28th and 29th. Outside basketball, possible softball being played, and whatever else goes down. Speaking of playing ball, the past few weeks, my crew has had some big injuries. Luckily (now that I say this, watch me mangle myself soon, I really hope not), I've been very fortunate over the years to not suffer any major injuries while playing ball or working out. Spank and Booger tore their ankles up pretty good last week. That happened on Tuesday. Thursday rolls around and Booger shows up with a purple foot and toughens it out for a few games. We don't have much sense, but that shows how much we like to play. Spank was even on crutches for a few days for his and somehow played on Tuesday of this week. I've always wondered how a lot of my buddies can ball in low tops. I'd mess my ankle up good with that. At least wrap it up, but they know their bodies I guess.

You know what fires me up? I know I'm not the only one with this gripe either. That would be printer ink. You can get nice deals on real good printers for not too crazy amounts of money. But what gets you is when they bait you in to buy new ink cartridges. For mine, it takes a thing of color and also one of black. Each of those go for no cheaper than $30. That adds up quick if you print a lot. I've tried getting some off brand ink, but it didn't do as well for me, so I stopped going that route. Ink can't be expensive, but I guess it's like getting gas for your car. Nothing you can do about it, we still have to pay it regardless. They need to start putting printer in on the black market, have some thugs hawking it off for dirt cheap.



Currently I have 31 bookmarks on my browser. I'm not sure if that's low, high, or whatever. I figured it was random enough to make the mention though. Nothing too out the ordinary that I can think of, the usual. Sports sites, a lot of wrestling things, a bit of porn (90% of people look at it, I don't care what people say or admit), a few gaming sites, rap stuff, etc. I try to branch out, you know the deal.

On a sidenote, who's the chick in the new Right Guard RGX commercials? Is she a nobody or has she done stuff before? Now that's some quality if you're wanting my opinion on the situation, top notch chick. I'm a sucker for long dark hair anyways, but she gets it done. There are 3 of them out that she's in, 2 they have on the website. http://www.rgxlife.com/qclips_featured/feature14.html and http://www.rgxlife.com/qclips_featured/feature16.html.

A few good comments last week. Clark, I remembered Fleece's birthday when I talked to him on the phone a few days before that. Not sure why I didn't remember to put it up in the blog though for the masses to read. Dom, glad ya approved of last week's Dirty Thug Ho of the Week. To that he said, "Wow Bird, I'm impressed, that's the meanest thug hoe I've ever seen on the internet. She's looks really authentic and dirty - that makes one hell of a thug hoe." And Coop, I like that you're pumped for Bono, was a big day for him. I'm sure you'll get a chance to chat it up with him soon. Maybe he'll make the trip to New Zealand and come after you next. :)



Bird's Dirty Thug Ho of the Week: http://www.myspace.com/gailgotti818

Bird's Video Moment of the Week: I'm loving this one. It cracks me up when the crowd gets into the dude dancing, great stuff: http://www.break.com/index/urnotdad20.html

Bird's Song of the Week: I know most reading probably aren't into rap, but that's how it goes around here. I'm posting it anyways. Fabo is back in action after taking a little time off. Here's his new video, Diamonds: http://music.aol.com/video/diamonds-feat-young-jeezy/fabolous/1875771

3 Quick Thangs:

1. How are the birthdays looking? I'm going to step up to Friday this time, April 6th. Country singer Merle Haggard, he's doing his thing at the age of 70. Actor Billy Dee Williams, he's also going for 70. If Bob Marley were still around, he'd be 62. Actress Marilu Henner, she's nearing getting up there, 55. Jason Hervey, Wayne Arnold of Wonder Years fame and also had a role in backstage WCW happenings in the 90s, he turns 35. Candace Cameron, DJ Tanner of Full House fame, 31. Not an A+ level, but it'll work this time as we hit from all angles.

2. This kid in my area, he's in 8th grade and stands 6'8" or so. That's just ridiculous. Seeing him walk through the halls with these tiny middle schoolers around him is definitely a sight. Whether he'll has real b-ball talent, we'll find out in a few years I'm sure. Either way, that's a freak.

3. Let's go with something you may or may not know: Only female mosquitoes bite and drink blood. Feast on that knowledge I drop on your heads until next week.

Bono Gets Boned!

There's a lot of action in this post to be had. I got some nice comments on the last edition, so I'll see what I can whip up this time around. Most of my comments are my crew that I talk to online since I'm on 24/7 instead of them dropping in a comment on the actual page. Either way works for me, I'm not picky, always fun getting some honest opinions. This edition will work in chats about Guitar Hero II, a new TV, fantasy baseball leagues, WrestleMania, Spring Break, Bono getting boned, and whatever else I can come up with off the top of my head.



Where to start? Guitar Hero II is as good of a place as any. From guys and girls alike, this is one addicting game. I'm not sure why it took me so long to get it, but I finally gave in and am making up for lost ground. Everyone needs to own this game, it's that good and well worth the high price tag on it. The song list on it is pretty good and you get an actual storyline to follow that is nice too. Check on YouTube and view some of those vids, they're crazy what some of those guys can do. I think most of the people I talk to are into this game, I haven't heard anyone who says they dislike it. How can you go wrong jamming to Mother by Danzig or some 80s hair bands? You simply can't, so go out there and pick this bad boy up. If you're a 360 person, it comes out for that on April 3rd.

To go along with the game, I had to finally chunk down some bucks for a new TV. Usually I'm good with my money, but last weekend I figured I'd go nuts and spend a little bit out of boredom. I decided on a 37 inch Vizio LCD HDTV flat screen. This thing is a monster in my section of the house and it's about as big as my room would fit to how it's setup. It was definitely a great purchase and I'm pumped about it. I don't have HD hooked up to it yet, but have my cables and all of that stuff to get going eventually. My old TV right beside it, we were saying how we didn't realize how small of a TV we played video games on before until now.



Here's a story I heard about at work today. Remember the punk middle school kids? This goes along with that. Apparently, at lunch today, they had gravy on something. So this one kid fires it at another boy and it gets all over his chest. The dude that got hit has real light skin supposedly, so he burnt real bad and has blisters on him. I didn't get to see any of the madness, but just heard what went down from another teacher. They haven't had paddling in schools for years, but I'm all for allowing meaningful beat downs of 7th graders, that'd do the trick. Every other grade is fine to just handle their business like they're supposed to.

Fantasy baseball time. Last Sunday and Monday I had my drafts. I'll give a list of who is in each league, who is on my teams, and things of that nature. I'll try to make it quick and not bore anyone too much on that part. I'll be talking about these teams all summer I'm sure. As far as actual baseball, me and Cork are hitting up Opening Day (not the MLB Opening Day as the Bucs are on the road) in Pittsburgh on April 9th against the Cards. It's sold out and standing room only. For as many baseball games as I've been to over the years, I don't believe I've been to Opening Day, so I'm pumped. Not only that, but we get to see a good team, be in the best stadium in baseball, and it'll be a quality trip. We had to pay a good bit of money to get the tickets, but you can't put a price on some good action.



A#BL: This is the #basketball keeper league. Kasher rocks it out by being The Commish here, it's not an easy job, and often goes without praise. He'll get it from me though. This is an 18-man league that we all keep 5 players. The rule is that you have to keep at least one batter or one pitcher. My keepers are David Wright (3B-Mets), Fat Boy Prince Fielder (1B-Brewers), Billy Hall (SS-Brewers), Johan Santana (SP-Twins), and Justin Verlander (SP-Tigers). Some of these guys are locals, some are worldwide in this most competitive online baseball league you'll ever see. As far as myself we have Cork (WV), Walz (WV), Trev (WV), ManDingo (WV), DerekHood (AR), Kris3 (AR), Big Arlo (AR), Kasher (Canada), TyLaw (Canada), Neon (Canada), TMac (Canada), Blahah (Maine), Duce (PA), Dom (Germany), Wilbur (WA), Dack (NY?), and Big Play Ray (OK?). Outside of my keepers that I mentioned, here's my 15 players that I went for on Draft Day with the 12th pick. Remember, this is a crazy deep league. Your average fan won't know many prospects that we take, but this league is the real deal, we don't joke around:

St. Paul Apostles
1. Josh Barfield (2B-Indians)
2. Ervin Santana (SP-Angels)
3. Brad Hawpe (OF-Rockies)
4. Chris Ray (RP-Orioles)
5. Brian Fuentes (RP-Rockies)
6. Josh Willingham (OF-Marlins)
7. Ryan Shealy (1B-KC)
8. Jose Lopez (2B-SEA)
9. Chris Capuano (SP-Brewers)
10. Ronny Paulino (C-Bucs)
11. Lastings Milledge (OF-Mets)
12. Khalil Greene (SS-Pads)
13. Jason Hirsh (SP-Rockies)
14. Termel Sledge (OF-Pads)
15. Marcus Thames (OF-Tigers)



Now onto Shinnston's Finest Fantasy League. This is our local money league in which Ozzie is The Commish of. We have ten members apart of this madness and it should be great. Outside of myself we have Ozzie, Cork, Sweet Pea, Fortney, Walz, Bowers, Posey, Jimmy Mills, and Maulberry. I had 5th pick and this is what I ended with:

E-Town Junkies
1. David Wright (3B-Mets)
2. Grady Sizemore (OF-Indians)
3. Roy Oswalt (SP-Astros)
4. Ichiro (OF-Mariners)
5. Roy Halladay (SP-Jays)
6. Huston Street (RP-A's)
7. Felipe Lopez (2B-Nationals)
8. Chris Ray (RP-O's)
9. Delmon Young (OF-Rays)
10. Ryan Shealy (1B-Royals)
11. Justin Verlander (SP-Tigers)
12. Josh Barfield (2B-Indians)
13. Nick Markakis (OF-O's)
14. Ramon Hernandez (C-O's)
15. Howie Kendrick (2B-Angels)
16. Rich Hill (SP-Cubs)
17. Stephen Drew (SS-DBacks)
18. Josh Willingham (OF-Marlins)
19. Kei Igawa (SP-Yankees)
20. Troy Tulowitzki (SS-Rockies)



I keep my style that I normally go with for those who know me. I tend to have the youth movement as I'm not big on older guys one bit. Sure, the kiddies can get hurt too, but I'd rather go for potential and youth rather than some old has-been. Agree or disagree, that's my style. A decent bit of players I have on both teams. I'm gambling on a bunch from Ryan Shealy, he has capabilities to be a big masher. Then I have my boy David Wright on both squads, he's already one of the league's best. I feel my pitching in both leagues is pretty scary. That's on paper though, we'll know what they can do once the games begin.

Sunday night I'm getting pumped up for. Why's that? That is the night of WrestleMania 23, from Detroit. There for about an 8-year stretch or so, I got every pay per view there was. Due to lack of interest in my crew (not enough guys to get together to pitch in money) and with WWE running way too many PPVs, I've slacked on getting them nowadays. Instead, I waste my wrestling money on DVDs like a madman. It's an addiction. I'm looking forward to Mania though, as it's THE thing to see as far as wrestling goes. How about some quick predictions so you can write me and tell me how bad I was off:



Benoit (C) vs MVP. US Title Match. I'm going with Benoit here. MVP isn't good at all yet, but with Benoit, he'll be made to look great.

Kane vs The Great Khali. Ugh, this match is going to be soooo slow. Bathroom break. I'll pick Khali.

Melina (C) vs Ashley. Women's Title Match. The only way I see Ashley getting this is just due to her doing Playboy. The pics weren't bad at all, but nothing that we all haven't seen before. I'm going Melina here just because she has way more of a character and can actually wrestle.

ECW Originals vs New Breed. 8-Man Tag Match. I'm a huge fan of big tag matches with a lot of people. Somehow those seem to usually do well. The ECW guys are beat up and don't get a push. The New Breed, the average person doesn't have a clue who they are. Tough call, but I'm going with the New Breed (even though my heart is with the ECW crew) and hoping that Ariel gets naked. Hey, I'm honest.

Money in the Bank Ladder Match. The winner of this can cash in a world title match within the next year. This is what I'm looking forward to the most. In this match we have Orton, Mr. Kennedy, Finlay, Matt Hardy, Jeff Hardy, Booker T, CM Punk, and Edge. That should be an awesome match if they do it right. My pick here to win is going to be Mr. Kennedy.



Hair vs Hair Match. Umaga vs Bobby Lashley. If Umaga wins, Donald Trump gets his head shaved. If Lashley wins, Vince McMahon gets his. I can't see Trump having to shave his head, although he definitely needs it. Lashley is the pick.

Batista (C) vs Undertaker. World Title Match. Batista is a bum as far as in the ring goes. I think Taker keeps his undefeated streak going at Mania to become new champ.

John Cena (C) vs Shawn Michaels. WWE Title Match. Funny last week on RAW when HBK finally turned on Cena. The crowd also turned on Cena. HBK may have the momentum going into the show, but I have Cena retaining.

Another week of work and I get to be a bum for 11 days straight, that'll rock. I get next Friday off to start my spring break. During break it's the Bucs game with Cork. I'll also hit up a few days in the mountains with the parents to get my fish on and just to get away. Then back home for a day or two to play some ball. Then, off to Atlantic City with the crew and Washington DC on the way back home to see an NBA game. I'm a busy boy, but it has to be done. I'm sure I'll have enough things to ramble on over the next few weeks in here, no problem.

Lloyd: Street Love. This one I haven't heard yet, but a few singles on this thing are nice. Plus you can't go wrong with a CD that features Lil Wayne. Sure, he's no Nate Dogg to guarantee an instant hit, but Lil Wayne gets it done. Want some pimpin', get on the Lloyd wagon.



Bird's Dirty Thug Ho of the Week: http://www.myspace.com/ginnybmixtapequeen

Bird's Video Moment of the Week: http://youtube.com/watch?v=F8raOmuwIWk (A must watch. The Lobstah guys already know, but if you haven't seen, you're in for a treat. I promise you'll be watching it over and over and over.)

3 Quick Thangs:

1. Birthdays for Friday, March 30th: Dick Tracy Warren Beatty, he's now 70. Rocker Eric Clapton, he's jamming to his 62nd. Stop, Hammer Time! Yep, none other than MC Hammer, Happy 45th. Steve Sanders, a.k.a. Ian Ziering, 40. Playmate Donna D'Errico, she's partying it for her 39th. Singer Celine Dion, also 39. Singer Norah Jones, 28.

2. The legendary Bono of #basketball fame. He missed our fantasy baseball draft last week with no explanation until later that night. Here's what went down, courtesy of The_Freak:

Bono: man, i totally no showed the #balls baseball draft today
Bono: whatever. the choice was balls draft or losing my virginity. i chose the latter
The_Freak: Was he a virgin too?
Bono: ha no she was a 38 year old married woman in a bad marriage
The_freak: Thick mustache?
Bono: yeah

3. Today's fun factoid? "Some species of kangaroo can produce two different types of milk at the same time from adjacent teats to feed both younger and older offspring." Teats huh? Go figure.

"Oh, King of the Castle! King of the Castle!"

The_Freak was asking about the latest Blog and he gives us this great quote: "The whory whores are clamoring for another edition of The Bird Show." I like the ring of that, whory whores. Might have to do something with that one day, creative. Anyways, he also provided us with a great pic of the legendary Bob Uecker:



Spring is here and that means it's time for people to start running around half naked with less clothes on. Usually that isn't a bad thing. But most of those people that do that have no business doing so, yet they still get out there and flaunt it around. I'm not too picky with that. I just ask for two simple rules when it comes to the season that the weather begins to warm up. If you're a crackhead anorexic chick that has bones showing everywhere, keep the clothes on. It's for everyone's own good, trust me on that. Also, we don't need chicks showing their c-section scars, white trash tats, and rolls on top of rolls out there either. Don't get me wrong, I'd prefer a chick with some thickness on her (not fat, so keep the comments to yourself, but you know what I mean) any day over some anorexic person. Once again, we speak the truth around here to make things fun. My comments might not agree with what you think, and that's fine, but it still makes for an interesting read.

Over the past week, there really hasn't been anything drastic that has went down in my mean streets. Lame, I know, but I'm just being honest about it. What that means is that we'll focus on a bunch of random thoughts and just ramble away until we get a relevant blog posted this time around. My schedule doesn't change too much as most know. I go to work, come home and either workout or play ball, get online way too much, hit up some video games, watch some NBA or wrestling, that's about it in a nutshell. I'll never grow up, but I'm not complaining.



I haven't plugged my MySpace page in a while around these parts, so now is as good of a time as any. If you don't have a page created, why not kill some time and set one up? It's highly addictive though and you find yourself on there for hours on end before you even know it. The people who already have a page (everyone and their brother basically) can vouch with my comment there and tell you it's addicting. Half of the time you're looking at bums you don't even have a clue about. How does that take up so much time you're asking? You just have to take my word on it. Anyways, I have a few old school pics added that I put up yesterday that people are getting a kick out of. Among those are me and Big Barney being dorks and jamming air guitar with brooms in 1989, my favorite all time picture of my crew (E-Town 1989, which is blown up and hangs on my wall for those who know that classic), and some 1988 action of the Catholic Connection that features Riley, Fleece, Merandi, and myself. I also have some newer current pics in there as well. Who would've guessed I'd be holding babies in a picture? My buddies always crack up at that thought and had to get a few pics of me holding the Posey clan just to say I did it. I always feel like I'm going to mangle a baby if I hold them, but I got it done. Add me if you already haven't or drop in some comments, http://www.myspace.com/drudown894.

*Fantasy baseball alert! You may want to skip the next paragraph if you're not a fan. If you stay through this paragraph anyways, much appreciated. If not, I'll see you in the following paragraphs and we'll get back with you with talks of punk middle school kids, new CDs, and whatever else..



I can smell it. Yep, that's the smell of baseball in the air. That also means that it's time for fantasy baseball drafts and I am totally pumped for that madness that is about to ensue. For me, I'm one of the weird ones out of my bunch that doesn't put football on a pedestal as my favorite sport. Basketball is easily my favorite sport, with baseball a fairly close second. Not that I'm not (some good English there huh?) a huge football fan, but it pales in comparison to basketball and baseball for me anyways. Baseball starts on April 1st and I'm part of two fantasy leagues this year. The first is the ultimate of all baseball leagues. It's the #basketball edition, A#BL, which features a whopping 18 people involved. Kasher is the brains behind being the commish of this league and he gets big props from me for having a smoothly operated league. This is a keeper league in which we keep 5 players each year (mine are uberstud David Wright of the Mets, Fat Boy Prince Fielder, Billy Hall, Johan Santana, and Justin Verlander). I'm very happy with my keepers and look to improve on last year's squad that did rather well. The draft for that will be this Sunday, 3:00 PM EST, live from the hallowed grounds of mIRC. The other league? This one is our local money league. Cousin Ozzie will be the man in charge of this. We have ten as part of this league and we'll be drafting that one through Yahoo more than likely this weekend. In that one we have Ozzie, Sweet Pea, Walz, Posey, Fortdog, Matty Cakes, Jimmy Mills, Bowers, Maulberry, and myself. I won't bore everyone today with the details, I'll save that for next week's edition when I break down my teams.

7th grade kids need slapped around every now and then just to teach them a lesson. I've subbed around my area and have done just about every grade and every subject you can think of. I'm not too picky though. I'm a super laid back dude and get along with just about everyone. Go to work, handle my business, have some fun with it, roll on out. Nothing too major. Outside of doing like preschool ages, 7th grade kids aren't cool for the most part, my least favorite. 6th grade kids I like a lot. They do their thing, still seem like wee little kids, and are easy to teach. 8th graders, for the most part, they're maturing a bit (then they turn to punks again when they get to 9th only to improve at 10th) and as Borat would say, they're the king of the castle in middle school and I like teaching them. 7th grade, ugh. So today these punks weren't necessarily "bad", but they wouldn't shut up. So I had a little fun. I normally don't go nuts and scream, but I figured, why not. So I go nuts and thinking in my head it's hilarious and these kids are asking me if I've ever been in the military before. That cracked me up. Still, one of my least favorite groups. There, I said it, for those keeping track at home and wanting some teaching insight.



Speaking of kids at school. I was doing some middle school work today and I was part of the end of the day intramural thing they have once a month. Each homeroom competes in a 3-minute foul shooting contest. The kids line up around the paint and keep rotating till the time stops. For some reason, the kids eat this up and the winner has some major bragging points for that age, go figure. Anyways, through 3 minutes, this one homeroom didn't hit a single foul shot. Are you kidding me? Even if they can't ball at all, at least one of those kids can get lucky and hit one by just chucking it up, right? Wrong. It's a foul shot, not like they're dunking the ball. I didn't understand it and other teachers got a kick out of it too.

It's time to unveil some new CDs to the vast collection..



Dr. Dre: Back 'N The Day. This is a 1996 release that I never had in the collection for some reason. A lot of this isn't Dre's raps, but he produced it. Then he also mixes in some of his mid 80s work from the World Class Wrecking Cru and things of that era. It's not what you're thinking, but if you're a true Dre fan like me, you need it in the collection just to say you have this rare album.

Ghostface Killah: Hidden Darts - Special Edition. It seems like Ghostface has been all over new stuff lately. This one is a comp of a lot of past things that haven't been released or not in the mainstream yet. A lot of the Wu Tang guys are on this one, so you can't go wrong with that.

Marques Houston: Veteran. We move to some pimpin' music here. I'm not sure you can consider yourself a veteran if you're not even 30 years old yet, but we'll take MH's name for it and he makes a good case for it. His past CDs have been very good and I don't think he gets enough credit. Excellent CD here.

Mista Cane: In My Life. Now it's time for some Cali rap and Cane tells it how it is. He's got some good appearances on this one such as Snoop, The Game, and San Quinn. A throwback if you will, Cane's style brings it and he has the lyrics to go with it.

Musiq Soulchild: Luvanmusiq. Here we go with some underrated pimp music. I'm not sure why Musiq hasn't been more of a name over the years, but those that are fans of R&B definitely give this cat some respect. He's been around and gets it done, very good stuff here, check it out. In fact, for the pimp fans, both the MH and Musiq CDs here are awesome if you're wanting something to pick up.

Bird's Dirty Thug Ho of the Week: http://www.myspace.com/CisqoBerry

Bird's Video Moment of the Week: This comes straight to us from the mean streets of Canada, from blog commenter Carolina. I'm not a country music fan, but even I gotta admit this is good. Check out the 4-year old kid getting down, good stuff. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQPEsa5e7K0



3 Quick Thangs:

1. Since this was posted on Wednesday night, let's jump to Thursday for some birthdays. Thursday, March 22nd: Former Celtic and the answer to one of my favorite trivia questions ever, Don Chaney, he turns 61. Wolf Blitzer goes for 60, I would've guessed a lot older. Sportscaster Bob Costas (who I think is one of the best ever at doing baseball) hits 55. Actor Matthew Modine, 48. MILF Reese Witherspoon, she's 31 and gets it done for me.

2. Oh yeah, my favorite trivia question ever. I've told it before to my crew, so it won't be new to them, but I always like to ask. Who is the only player to be a teammate of BOTH Bill Russell and Larry Bird? Answer? Don Chaney.

3. Today's fun fact? People who drink coffee are less likely to commit suicide than people who don’t.

Skipper's Treat

So I'm sitting here at "work" and figured I'd get some blog action rolling on the good ol' world wide web. What shall we talk about in this one? As usual, just be patient, I'll have stories upon stories (true ones at that). Now that I have you in the palm of my hands, just kick your feet up and enjoy the show, or words if you will, and see what it can do to cure your boredom.



I went to Wal-Mart with Spank the other night after eating Japanese. I'll have stories on the Japanese trip, so don't worry. I had to pick up a copy of Borat since it came out last week on DVD. For some reason, it was only $14 instead of the full price, so I wasn't complaining. If you haven't seen Borat yet, you're totally missing out, plus the extra footage on here is hilarious. Anyways, at Wal-Mart, you go up to pay at the counter, and if you buy a Rated R movie, it beeps for them to check ID. I kid you not, they check me a lot for that. The chick looks at me and says that she thinks I look 17, so she'll take my word for it and let me buy it. That's when Spank says, "Dude is like 30 years old!" The chick didn't know what to think and asked me if Spank was telling the truth and how old I really was. I tell her 28 and she said if I ever bought cigs or beer, she wouldn't believe me even with an ID. That cracked me up. Hopefully I can continue to keep looking halfway young for a while. Like I always joke with, I have kids in class that have full grown beards when I can't even grow a true beard. Sad, I know, but we tell the truth around here.

You know what time of season it is now? Yep, you guessed it. Girl Scout Cookies! I just got my order in a few days ago and have been rocking it out ever since. Samoas are the downfall of me around this time of year. I can easily eat an entire box like nothing of those bad boys. I like the other kinds, but they can't compare to Samoas in my opinion. So far I've bought 5 boxes of Samoas and I'm sure I'll end up getting more. Cadbury Eggs and Samoas at the same time of year? You serious? That's about as good as it can get for a person.



Now it's time for the Japanese trip to Shogun. We're totally hooked on this place and this was yet another eventful evening. Our crew hit this one up on Saturday night. There were seven of us along for this one and they were Spank, Ozzie, Maulberry, Ferris, two people from Sears that Ozzie and Maul work with, and myself. My order? I may not change this one for a while but I went with filet mignon and scallops. The difference in their regular steak and filet is in another world. You get the filet for the same price here too is what confuses me, so I looked at that as ripping them off. We had a new cook and he was entertainment. The cook was dishing out some ginger sauce for us to dip in. While he was doing that, he was putting in some joke about Mary Ann and Ginger. That's when Ozzie pointed to Maul and said that the Skipper was at the other end sitting. Uh oh, an open hole for the cook to totally bash someone. He was ragging on Maul all night and Maul was getting pissed. The cook told him that he was scaring him after a while, but it was getting a huge laugh out of our bunch. The cook would throw eggs shells into Maul's drink, mess with his food, and do the fake ketchup bottle trick. It reminded me of one of those comedy roasts where the guy gets laid into with joke after joke. And Maul is the type that wasn't thinking it was funny at all, so that to the rest of us, made it quality times. All in all, a good time for everyone, I think even Maul would agree at night's end. I'm ready to go again.

The NCAA 64 Tourney is upon us starting on Thursday. We had a bum game on Tuesday night (the pointless play-in game), but that doesn't count. To make things quick, I'll give my predictions which I'm sure won't end up too great, but it's always fun to play in a few pools each year. I'm also one of those guys that has one bracket the entire way. I never did understand people who pick a zillion different brackets. Then when some trashpile team pulls an upset, they act like they knew all along it would happen. Get out of here people, just pick one and if you do great, fine. If not, deal with it, it's all in fun. I'll give my Elite 8 as a starting point: Florida, Notre Dame, Kansas, Indiana, UNC, Georgetown, Ohio State, and Texas A&M. After that, my Final Four will be Florida, Kansas, Georgetown, and A&M. At the end, cutting down the nets, I have Kansas taking down A&M, to the tune of 75-67. Any crazy upsets? My big one is Long Beach State (LBC!) going to the Sweet 16. I also have Arkansas, Oral Roberts, and Illinois as upset specials. I'm due for a good year, let's get this thing started!



The wheels are in motion for my 10th reunion this summer. We're setting it up for August and hope to get a bunch of the epic Class of 97 on board. If that doesn't make me feel old, nothing will. I'm excited to see a lot of people that will come out of the woodwork though, should be interesting to say the least. Blog commenter C-Note will be part of the festivities as he's one of the crew of us getting a hold of everyone. And me, to a guy who could care less about dances and stuff in high school, being excited for a reunion sounds weird, but I'll be there decked out to get my pimp on, you know how it goes.



Bird's Dirty Thug Ho of the Week: http://www.myspace.com/sweetnsassynike

Bird's Video Moment of the Week:

3 Quick Thangs: A classic Ali G clip here, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4IdPKsdCDE

1. Here's a weird combo I had for dinner tonight, but it did rule. A few pieces of pizza, some Rice A Roni (yep, the San Francisco treat), and a big cold glass of milk. Give it a try.

2. Let's celebrate some birthdays. Dee Snider of Twisted Sister fame, hair and all, turns 52. Baseballer Harold Baines shoots for 48. Underrated 1980s NBA baller Terry Cummings, Happy 46th. Fabio also hits 46, the ladies still love it. Bret Michaels, guitarist of Poison (we're hitting the hair bands good today), he's 44. Hottie Eva Longoria, she's partying with Tony for her 32nd. Rapper Young Buck, 26. That's a pretty solid crew I think, I'm happy to announce that bunch.

3. Today's interesting fact? The collecting of beer coasters is called tegestology.

Gyroball

It's been a minute, but I'm back with something new for everyone to read. There's never any rhyme or reason to how often I get a post in, but I know I'm due for one when a few people start hitting me up for some fresh material. Today's mood? Pumped up as usual, no point of being in a bad mood is what I always say. Onto our business..



Even though it's been over a week, I don't have any earth shattering stories to break in this one. But that doesn't stop the production line from running at its absolute peak. I may start a new thing and get some input from the people reading out there with some questions so we can branch out and get more of my thoughts of rambling.

How's the American Idol crew been doing? Some out there don't want to admit, but they're closet fans and we know they watch. I know I'm guilty of being hooked, but I admit it. Anyways, tonight we get some cuts going down, yet another night of two dudes and two chicks. So far (and I don't know too much about singing talent), the chicks are just demolishing the dudes in this competition. Last year overall I thought the guys were better, this year it's not close. There's only a few that I'm into so far in the dudes as seeing some talent. I'm rooting for Beat Box Boy Blake and CRich Timberlake as I like to call those guys. They're original, unique, and don't do the same things. Brandon can sing as good as any guy, but he needs something else to stay around. The chicks? This is wide open, but we have three or four that are just awesome. People first just need to get off Lakisha. She's no joke, straight brings it and is out to slice some heads, she's that good. Also vying for a spot in her range is Doolittle. Voice wise, Steph is right there too and last night I thought Gina really did her thing. If you're reading this before tonight's show, here's who I predict to get the boot: Brandon, Bald Phil, Hot Haley, and Sabrina. Sanjaya is garbage, but I feel he'll get the teenie bopper votes as well as the Indian votes, that could be big.



Another series I've been writing about in here lately is The White Rapper Show on VH1. If you didn't get to see any of this, try to catch replays, it's actually pretty good and addicting. The finale was last week and we had $hamrock taking down John Brown. The Rucker Park performances were worth seeing early in in the finale. $ham was doing his thing and in mid-rap, his grill falls out and he has to shove it back in and keep rhyming. When they got to the stage in front of the crowd and voters, $ham definitely had the stage presence. Again, check out their MySpace pages that I linked to in the last post.

Nice comment in the last one there Coop. I like to bring stuff that people might not guess and you've known me for a while and didn't know. That's when I know I'm at least being interesting in here. And to answer your comment Coop, I just like being all smooth in most places, you know how it goes. Makes me feel more comfy. Yep, I'm weird, but we speak the truth in here. Here's a good pic from The_Freak:



Video game news? I don't see any Nintendo Wii games that are out now that are a must buy, so I'll hold off on that. Instead, I went for the Nintendo DS (which I love and it doesn't get enough credit) and bought Diddy Kong Racing. A very good game and if you liked the old Diddy Kong Racing from N64, you'll really enjoy this one. The touch screen adds a ton of innovative ways compared to the old version and you got a lot of added features. It's worth the purchase, go get it. The next game I'll buy? I'm not sure. Baseball wise, there's not much out there this spring for my systems. I'm behind times in the Guitar Hero series, so I may drop the bucks and get that one day, who knows.

I am however real close to spending money on a new TV. With everyone else and their brother already in the HDTV genre, I might as well go for it myself. Currently, I'm looking at a 37 inch Vizio from Sam's Club and it's gotten some great reviews. With how my room is setup, that's going to look way big. A 32 inch may be a better fit, but for the price, I might as well load up. Plus, it's income tax time and I'm usually not a big spender anyways, so we'll go for it. Hopefully I decide to get it this month so I'll be geared up for WrestleMania on April 1st.



Speaking of wrestling, I won't harp on WrestleMania as of yet, but I'm sure I'll talk about it when then time comes. I did pick up a new book on Tuesday and it's another creation from Mick Foley, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author. It came out on Tuesday and luckily I was able to find a copy at my mall. It's called The Hardcore Diaries and I can't put it down yet. For the wrestling fans, based on my early reads through this book, buy buy buy.

Monday is going to be my last day with the gifted genius kids and I'm going to miss that. I've been there since early January and it's an awesome job. The schedule was great (never kids on Fridays or if there was a 2-hour delay) as their classes would start at 9:00 and they'd be done for the day at 1:30. Outside of a lot of paperwork, there wasn't much stress to this job. It doesn't hurt when you can get a lot of bummin' around the internet time in while getting paid. Not that I don't do that enough when I get home anyways, but that's my addiction.

For the local ballers, we're trying for Tuesday and Thursdays both. Tuesday at The Lighthouse and Thursday at School Square. Both are 7:00-9:00. Tell whoever, we don't mind who shows up. Some good competition and no punks, so it's a good crew. Also, it looks like we have another trip to Shogun on Saturday night. Of course I had to say yes to the chance to hit up some excellent food, it'll rock like no other. I'm getting excited.



Just one new CD to mention this time around:

Paul Wall: Ain't No 401K For A Hustler - NBA All Star Edition. I found this one courtesy of my boy Dom from Germany. It's a 2-CD set, but the second CD is a bunch of chopped and screwed junk. I still don't get chopped and screwed, it does nothing for me, but many are into that. You get a lot of Paul Wall stuff of course, but you also get some things by Luda, Baby Huey, Lil Scrappy, E-40, Michael 5000 Watts, Slim Thug, Trick Daddy, Lil Boosie, Birdman, and others. Break Em Off, the new single Paul Wall has out with Lil Keke is on this thing. It's more of a mixtape feel as he has an official album coming out this spring, stay tuned.

Bird's Dirty Thug Ho of the Week: http://www.myspace.com/108110695

Bird's Video Moment of the Week: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_56v3vgJTE

3 Quick Thangs:

1. Today's lunch? Ham, provolone cheese, and mustard on wheat, a Hostess cupcake, a pack of Gold n Chees crackers, and two things of fun fruits (Scooby Doo & Looney Tunes) washed down with some water. I don't care how old I am, fun fruits never ever get old.

2. I still don't get how Daisuke Matsuzaka can live up to this insane hype with the Sox, but I'll be curious to see what goes down. The gyroball? Great topic there, I'm loving the info we're getting with the mysterious pitch from Japan. Does that mean the eephus will make a comeback?

3. How about a quick fact? The largest toy distributor in the world is McDonald's.

Emperor's Delight

It's now time to get back to our normal blog style. I should have a lot of topics to cover since the last one featured the interview with Thug Chuc. Again, thanks to Thug Chuc for stopping by the Madhouse and giving us some of his goodies, it was a lot of fun. This will be the last post in the month of February and we know that time is just breezing by. The question is where do we begin? I don't think it matters where we start out, just as long as it all ties together somehow. With that in mind, let's get things crackin'.



I'll bounce all over the place on days here, but that's the style I like to do. Switch it up, hit you all from left field so you don't know what's coming. That way, you keep reading the action. Saturday night it was another trip to Shogun for some Japanese hibachi times. The purpose was to celebrate the birthday of Ozzie (Friday) and Sweet Pea (Thursday). There were 8 of us on this trip: Ozzie, Sweet Pea, his chick Aubrey, Ferris, Fortney, Abbey, Maulberry, and myself. Once again, I didn't leave disappointed. I got the steak (medium rare) and scallops again. Scallops rock big time, I'm telling ya. If you leave here hungry, something is wrong. I usually have to give some of my food away, so my buddies never complain about that part of the night. Maul went huge with the Emperor's Delight (filet, lobstah, steak, and scallops I believe was what was there) and tore that stuff up like no other. His bill was $45, but as we said, you can't put a price on food, you just go at it. We also had the birthday gongs going right in our ear, that left us deaf. It also didn't hurt that me and Ozzie got a great view at this smokin' hot chick at the table next to us. It's funny how the goofy dudes get these type of chicks more than you'd expect. The guy she was with was a bum, but he either had money or something else to keep her going, who knows, he could've been Dirk Diggler for all we know. Then at the end of the night, Fortney ran out of there as fast as possible as he screamed, "I'm going to shit myself if I don't get out of here right now!" It was perfect timing too. I'm close to that quote, so that will have to work. I need to carry a notepad around me for those moments, but that one cracked me up.

On Wednesday, it was field trip time with my kiddies. The main thing was that I didn't get sick on the bus ride up, so that is huge. Usually I'm horrible on a bus, but I took my car sick pills and that helped. Plus, it wasn't a school bus at least, so we got to ride in style. I would've been in bad shape on a school bus, being jarred around. We went to Wheeling Jesuit College for a science program. The kids loved it and I thought it was a pretty good time too. They got to be in stations as if a comet came crashing down and how to fix their space shuttle in that situation. On headsets, sending messages back and forth from room to room, they were all over it. On the bus, we watched Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith. I've never seen Star Wars stuff and am not interested at all, but this movie wasn't too bad actually. They liked it, so that kept them quiet. If it wasn't that, most of them had a Nintendo DS on the bus and they battled with those, good times.



We're rocking it out pretty good on American Idol now. Last week they booted 2 chicks and 2 dudes, so we're down to 20. They got rid of Barefoot Paul, Rudy, Tranquillo, and Boring Amy. I'm fine with those, although I wish Sundance got the shaft, he was brutal. This past week, the chicks straight up dominated the dudes. Not many of the dudes brought much to set them apart from each other. In the dudes, I'm pulling for Beat Box Boy Blake, he pimped it out and showed that he can also sing well too. Brandon is pretty good too and Jack Osbourne should last a while due to his personality. On the chicks, there's a ton of really good ones so far, but it's early. Far and away, Lakisha means business out there. Not that I know much about singing, but she put on one of the best single night performances I've ever seen on the show. Just ricockulous stuff. The judges said she was on a completely different level than anyone else. Simon told the rest of the 23 people to book their plane ticket because we have our winner right here. Steph, Sabrina, and Doolittle also were very good. Although Antonella can't sing that great, she has some nice almost porn level pics floating around on the internet. If she keeps that up, she'll earn an elite spot in the Dirty Thug Ho of the Week.

What's been going down with Real World lately? One main thing and it makes for great TV watching. Brooke, the black haired hottie I was huge on early on in the show due to that, her body, and the accent (I get hooked on those too easy) has now turned crazy psycho. She's a disaster now and just freaks out when someone jumps her case. You gotta see her go nuts on these other chicks. The thing that gets me, I doubt she could whip anyone, she just cusses them like crazy, then a minute later, she's bawling her eyes out. Get out of here with that garbage, go cry to someone else.



The season is almost over, but for those who have been following The White Rapper Show on VH1, it's great in my opinion, but I'm weird. Monday night (Feb 26th) at 10:00 PM EST is the finale and we're down to two rappers. They are John Brown (http://www.myspace.com/johnbrownghettorevival) and $hamrock (http://www.myspace.com/shamrockmusic). Both of these guys are talented I think. John Brown brings some NY vibe as he's the self titled King of Da Burbz and his Ghetto Revival. $hamrock reps the ATL to its fullest and goes more with a club type rap, but he does it great. Tough pick here, but I'm going to pick John Brown to win this thing.

Some NBA news? Last week the NBA invaded Vegas and I thought it was definitely an entertaining weekend. My predictions weren't too bad, I had Mikey Miller winning the 3 Point Shootout (Jason Kapono won there), but I had my boy G-Money Gerald Green doing his thing by winning the Dunk Contest and bringing the pain, I had that one right, as well as the West thumping the East's heads in the actual game. That weekend is always one of my favorites of the entire year, it's excitement at it's best. That's the happy side of basketball. We were also dealt with the sad side of things as former Celtic great Dennis Johnson had a heart attack at the age of 52 and passed away. That totally shocked me and it's not a good thing to hear about. DJ doesn't get enough credit for the kind of baller he was in the day. The Basketball Jesus himself, Larry Bird, says he's the best teammate he's ever had. Magic Johnson said DJ was the best defensive guard of all time. That's high praise. A 3-time world champion and 1979 Finals MVP, he played well in the clutch and rarely made dumb mistakes. Get him in the Hall of Fame, you'll be missed DJ. A quick memory I have of DJ is when I went to a Clippers/Hornets game a few years back with my crew. We had front row seats on the floor thanks to Mikey Darway. That's when DJ was an assistant on the Clips and he was at one point about 15 feet from me. I was in awe, that made my trip. So long DJ, you always got my respect.



It's time for an update to my CD collection. What did I get recently? I'm about to tell ya..

Frost: Blunts & Ballerz. A surprisingly good CD from this Cali rapper in the LBC. If you haven't heard anything of Frost before, give it a chance. I have a few of his albums and they're nice.

Ginuwine: I Apologize. Into pimpin' music? This CD works just fine. Ginuwine isn't on every song, but don't let that stop you from picking this bad boy up. After normally vibing with rap, it never hurts to pop in some pimp stuff every now and then as well.

JR Writer: Writer's Block 4. One of Dipset's members is at it again. JR goes unheralded, but he can spit it. Cork was saying how all of the Dipset guys sound the same and that's fairly true, but this is still worthy of owning.

Keak Da Sneak, P.S.D. Tha Drivah, & Messy Marv: Da Bidness. These three guys together doing it for the Yay Area. I like Messy Marv the best out of this bunch personally, but when you get them all jumping in together it makes for some impressive flows.

MC Eiht: Representin'. True gangsta rap hasn't quite left us. Eiht comes from Compton and has been around the game for a long time. He tells it like it is and has a story in his raps that come out solid. Eiht is a big name, but he still needs more credit.

RZA Presents: Afro Samurai Soundtrack. Ugh, what a waste of time this was. I'm a huge RZA guy, but I was wishing this was more of a solo RZA CD rather than what they gave us with this junk. Sure, the few RZA songs on this thing are great, but then you're also flooded with weird instrumental beats from the show, dumb skits, and not nearly as much rapping as you'd want. Give us something soon RZA, we're due.



Bird's Dirty Thug Ho of the Week: http://www.myspace.com/sexy_haliey (I gotta give my girl Jas in Arizona props on finding this filthy. Nice work indeed. I'm never above giving someone credit who drops in some ideas for the blog, it's always appreciated.)

Bird's Video Moment of the Week: For those who haven't seen Britney going nuts on the paparazzi, you're in for a treat. What an absolute mess she is, but we can't turn our head from it, we want to see how she screws herself up even more. Sad, but you all know it's true. Thanks to Kasher for usually providing a lot of our video footage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eipl1yzFXAE



3 Quick Thangs:

1. Let's roll with our birthdays for Monday, February 26th: Singer Michael Bolton, he turns 54. Singer Erykah Badu goes for 36. Footballer Marshall Faulk, he's 34 and wants to come back next year. Jenny Thompson, US 2-time gold medal Olympic swimmer, she's also 34. There's a lot of C-list athletes, but they don't deserve a mention. What a horrible list today, that's a joke, unacceptable. February 26th, no soup for you!

2.Today's Fun Fact? The average bra size today is 36C. That seems high to me, but I'll take the fact's word for it. Ten years ago it was 34B. This was in 2003, so close enough. We're moving up, always good in my book of course, you know how I am with that.

3. Note to self.. Not good times when you shave your nipple. The chicks wouldn't know, but the dudes who shave their chest, it's bad times. Burns like crazy, hah. I got a little too close and then doh. Just a little cut is all it takes, it's not like I sliced it big or tried to obviously, but there ya go for this week's shaving story.