Senseless Entertainment an Intellectual Insult

Senseless Entertainment an Intellectual Insult

Have you ever seen an award show? MTV and BET are well known award show channels. I remember when the Grammy’s really meant something. There were many artists, but there were a few household names, that we tuned in to see. I remember when a Pop Artist won like 8 Grammy’s in one night, at the time it was unprecedented. It was a night of excitement for his fans. Times have changed in the world and business of music.

Now you can tune in for about a half an hour and you seen the show. It is like every year someone locks down the awards, because they know they cannot sell as many artists as before so they promote a handful, who is not necessarily elite or extraordinary.

Before there was a script that seemed to be written by excellent screenwriters, now it is like everyone is independent. It is like they televise award shows because it is a requirement and not an enterprising venture. And you can see thru it. As during these hard economic times, you can see right through it, because it is a joke and the artists are often struggling.

Maybe I am a little older and not as easily fooled. Perhaps the kids are still being hoodwinked. But the gathering seems senseless these days. Let us face it we live in a concert goer’s generation and not an album buying generation. Back in the 80’s and part of the 90’s a good music video or two and a good album got you paid in full. Now many artists have to perform live and they cannot do it.

Concerts have become huge productions and are too expensive for the average person to attend. One hundred dollars will put you in the balcony. The reason for this is that the raw talent is often missing, so stunts replace talent. So a lot of people cannot go on tour and record sales are down across the board. So who are these people attending the award shows? Most of them do not sell a million records after their release or even go gold at 500,000 and cannot do a major tour.

The game changed. In the old days people had to sing and had to work hard, now things are computer generated. You can pitch correct vocals, transpose them, record slow and playback fast, I mean there is so much that can be done with little effort. The evolution of the business of music is that it is becoming a middle class society. Very few artists are actually rich these days. So who are these people at the award shows? Certainly they are not royalty and not even necessarily talented.

Open Letter to President Obama

Open Letter to President Obama

26 January 2011

Dear President Obama,

Educating our children:

I fell asleep during the State of the Union address, I do not know why maybe you do? I was not that sleepy thou I was tired. I do not know man.

Anyway in a short note, I want to address the education of our children. These kids are tired and weary, little kids are preoccupied with cartoons and young adults to senseless rap music and us older adults to fantasy films from Hollywood. I stated Hollywood on three counts. Have the first amendment rights run muck. In any case we as have been put to sleep and the baby sitters are in Hollywood.

As a result our nation has become handicapped; we as a nation we are educationally disabled. We cannot by law stop Hollywood but we can spend there tax dollars to curb the demand for their disservice to our nation and hopefully exchange their cancerous subliminal message with messages that a pro accomplishment and economic growth.

The Code to this message is that our children are educationally disabled. And as great a man might have put it, the system of education and law enforcement has insufficient funds. Because too many of our children go to prison and not enough goes to college and sir too damn many drops out of school and again not enough goes to college, this has to change.

We can address the judicial system and educational system, if not the first amendment rights of Hollywood. You were on point, our values as a nation are off course and Hollywood is the main culprit. They have brainwashed America and is looking for new candidates.

A solution: Recognize the educational disability and begin a new initiative. We need to push forward an (Americas Educational Disability Act). In short it would be a bill that would stop forcing kids to fall behind in schools and offer them the same educational assistance a person with a disability gets in college. Do I have to go further?

Mister President we replaced the slide rule with a calculator and the punch machine with a computer. Give every child a computer, calculator and handheld dictionary to use in the classroom to assist them with their lessons. Put away the hardcopy books and give them electronic books that have built in dictionaries with synonyms and anonyms, when words are highlighted and speak to them when they cannot pronounce a word.

Stop getting caught up on testing our children at every stage, for the tests should be at the final stages. As Satan was a tester the Lord is a teacher and we should teach our children by all available means.

Sir what good is technology unused?

Paul

Nasir Jones aka NAS has $6.5M financial woes

Nasir Jones aka NAS has $6.5M financial woes

It is all over the web that NAS owes about $6.46M in back taxes and fell behind on his condo fees in Queens, New York at about $3,860. It was reported in Rolling Stone Magazine that the IRS filed a $514,298 tax lien on January 10th, which was added on to a $3 million lien from February 2010 and $2.5 million lien from October 2009. His troubles are obviously not new and he will probably spend some time in jail unless he comes up with a lot of money.

It was reported that he pays his former wife Kelis $20,000 per month spousal support and another $5,000 per month child support. I doubt that his financial woes were a secret to her, so I guess she will not have to get on welfare. But you never know when it comes to Negroes.

NAS is known to millions for his controversial lyrics and statements such as “Hip Hop is dead.” The liens were taken up at the register of deeds in New York City; they are going after his properties, as a means to recoup revenue from the Queensbridge Rap tycoon.

Birth name Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones who is a product on my hometown the Queensbridge Projects is 37 years old. He is a very talented young man, who might have to go very commercial lyrically because the brother needs bread. While whack artist like Lil Wayne is getting paid large, NAS claims Hip Hop is dead, which is true. But even drugs and alcohol is served to the perishing. Perhaps NAS might consider feeding the blind an overdose of light (Dumb Shit) and get paid and get out of this mess. Because in reality he is one contract, movie or tour from financial stability. No do not sellout brother, just put out your best stuff soon.

Hopefully my Nephew Dahoud Smith (DaUzi) might be getting out of prison in March 2011 he is also 37 years old. I hope this is not the real life trading places, because there is enough for the two and I was hoping for a team up. Perhaps NAS and LES might organize Queensbridge rappers and do my movie “Everybody has Demons,” which is some hot stuff and get paid. Maybe this is a blessing in disguise and God’s Son is a prodigal son who might come home with new humble beginnings. (The Bridge) I am sure will accept him with open arms.

I do not think it is over for NAS, he is too talented. I suggest he go get a good lawyer and accountants, two of my nieces’ do that type of work and are is his friends, give them a call dude. Good luck!

In recent months a number of Rappers have faced actions by the government, to include Doug Fresh and Lil Jon.