Ferguson...Through Our Eyes

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Topic - Ferguson...Through Our Eyes

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just my 12 cents (vol 1)

12kyle is back with the first of many editions of the segment...just my .12

On this episode, he questions those "who keep it real". He also talks about voting, poetry, Jay Z & Beyoncé, cold & flu season, the Blacklist, Scandal, and How To Get Away With Murder.

Top 5 NBA Power Forwards & Centers of 2014

The Dead End Sports Crew is back to discuss/argue the Top 5 Power Forwards and Centers in the NBA this season. Let us know what you think!

who's the BEST hip hop group ever???

Group- any collection or assemblage of persons or things

That is the definition of a group...according to the dictionary.

As we celebrate hip hop week, I am reminded that we've seen our share of great groups. I have always had a great deal of respect for hip hop duos/groups. They have helped mold and shape the hip hop culture. You gotta respect them even more. I imagine that it's hard to stand out as an MC when you're in a group. Sometimes your skills can be overlooked when you're in a group.

Over the years, we've seen some great groups...

THE ROOTS

SALT N PEPA

RUN DMC

EPMD

NWA

OUTKAST

WU TANG CLAN

DE LA SOUL

A TRIBE CALLED QUEST

Just to name a few!

But if I had to pick ONE group as the best of all time...I'd say...

PUBLIC ENEMY

And that's hard to say because the groups that I just mentioned are great groups. But when I measure their impact on the culture, lyrics, and album content. I gotta say PE.

What about you?

Who is the best hip hop group of all time?

*repost from Dec '09*

Jay Z vs NaS

It's hip hop week on the 12th Planet!!

Check out the 12 Radio Show tonight! We will break down one of the biggest battles in hip hop history...

Jay Z vs NaS

You don't want to miss it!!

The show starts at 9pm EST but will only be a 45 minute show

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Ronald Reagan’s hip-hop nightmare

Since it's inception, one of the first things that hip hop exposed was the problems of it's communities. The infestation of drugs in communities has always been an issue that has been rapped about. I found this article and wanted to share it since we're talking about hip hop this week.

The hip-hop community is convinced Reagan oversaw a vast trafficking network during the crack epidemic. Is it true? You be the judge...

Ronald Reagan’s hip-hop nightmare: How an ugly cocaine controversy reignited 30 years later

Two recent films are reigniting a debate that was never really settled, not for everyone: Did President Ronald Reagan permit (or even facilitate) the sale of tons of cocaine into the American inner city during the height of the crack crisis? It’s likely that audiences of “Kill the Messenger” and “Freeway: Crack in the System” will be shocked to hear the allegations. The reverence shown Reagan, much of it bipartisan, shields the late president’s legacy from the Iran-Contra affair’s web of gun-running, terror support and narcotrafficking. Reagan, so grandfatherly, so esteemed, couldn’t have possibly presided over such criminality, right?

Right?

There’s a good chance your favorite rapper indicted Reagan long before these new films. That Reagan permitted or actively facilitated a massive influx of cocaine during the 1980s is not even an allegation in the hip-hop community — it’s accepted fact, political bedrock. And it’s not underground agitprop artists no one’s ever heard of making the claims; it’s household names, legends, global superstars.

Jay-Z has made the allegation multiple times, both on records and in print. On 2007’s “Blue Magic,” Hova, a former crack dealer, raps:

Blame Reagan for making me into a monster

Blame Oliver North and Iran-Contra

I ran contraband that they sponsored

Before this rhymin stuff we was in concert

Jay even flirts with American sacrilege and makes a faint equation with Osama bin Laden on his 2003 remix of Punjabi MC’s “Beware of the Boys”:

It’s international Hov, been having a flow

Before Bin Laden got Manhattan to blow

Before Ronald Reagan got Manhattan the blow

Long before al Qaeda’s attack on the World Trade Center, Hov says, Reagan had already decimated the city (or parts of the city) with his “blow.” The parallel construction of the lines likens the two figures in a way. Jay repeats the accusation in his 2010 autobiography “Decoded,” in which he expands the indictment to involve Reagan’s simultaneous escalation and racialization of the “War on Drugs.” Platinum-selling artist Pusha T, signed to Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music, echoes Jay-Z’s dual indictment in his music, considering both the alleged narcotrafficking and the concurrent drug war. Pusha also delivers nice wordplay on “Along in Vegas,” with the line “Reagan era I ran contraband,” which embeds the phrase “Iran Contra” in the lyric about Pusha’s former life as a dealer.


Kanye West, arguably the heir to Jay-Z’s throne, makes the claim as well on his 2005 “Crack Music”:


How we stop the Black Panthers?

Ronald Reagan cooked up an answer

Kanye nudges the allegation into conspiracy theory territory, as many do, suggesting that the trafficking was expressly intended to quell black radicalism brewing in the increasingly desperate inner city during the 1970s and ’80s. 2Pac offered a similar theory on his much-beloved “Changes”:


First ship ‘em dope and let ‘em deal to brothers

Give ‘em guns, step back, watch ‘em kill each other

No evidence exists to support these claims, and the overblown propositions potentially distract from the ample available evidence pointing to criminality on all three fronts of Iran-Contra: arms sales to Iran, support for Contra guerillas, and the bringing of Contra-based cocaine into the country. The single surviving memo from Colonel Oliver North’s infamous “shredding party” reveals the administration’s arms sales to Iran, a state sponsor of terrorism according to the Reagan State Department. The 1989 Kerry Committee report found that “[i]t is clear that individuals who provided support for the Contras were involved in drug trafficking” and that “[i]n each case, one or another agency of the U.S. government had information regarding the involvement either while it was occurring, or immediately thereafter.” The report goes on to detail how U.S. officials “failed to address the drug issue for fear of jeopardizing the war efforts against Nicaragua.”

So while a sturdy case can be made for willful negligence on the part of the Reagan White House to stem the flow of cocaine, the less defensible cocaine-as-social-control theory remains a popular one. Yasiin Bey (BKA actor/rapper Mos Def) offered his version on his 1999 classic “Mathematics”:


Nearly half of America’s largest cities is one-quarter black

That’s why they gave Ricky Ross all the crack

Bey refers to “Freeway” Ricky Ross, the subject of “Freeway: Crack in the System,” allegedly the primary conduit through which the Contras’ cocaine flowed into the American inner city. Two rappers, former Jay-Z labelmate Freeway and superstar Rick Ross, both derive their stage names from the Los Angeles kingpin. At its height, Ross’ coast-to-coast coke empire was selling half a million crack rocks per day. The LA Times reported on the infamous crime boss in 1996, finding that “if there was one outlaw capitalist most responsible for flooding Los Angeles’ streets with mass-marketed cocaine, his name was ‘Freeway’ Rick.” Ross himself claims that his connection was a CIA agent, and the CIA itself admitted to turning a blind eye to Contra cocaine traffickers in the 1998 report from the agency’s Inspector General, but theories based on a master plan to chemically subdue black Americans are too outlandish to be considered.

Before Jay, Kanye and Yasiin Bey were Golden Era icon KRS-One and Rage Against the Machine’s Zack de la Rocha, whose 1998 “CIA (Criminals In Action)” took aim at the intelligence agency’s involvement in the affair. Forming a trio with The Last Emperor, the rappers offer a critique in the vein of Kanye and Yasiin Bey’s, but both broadened and more substantive than the latter’s accusatory couplets. The song weaves together postcolonial theory and critiques of neoliberalism, imperialism and the surveillance state to situate alleged government narcotrafficking in a wider web of power. KRS and de la Rocha exchange lines in the song’s hook:


You claim I’m sellin crack, but you be doin’ that!

You know the cops, they got a network for the toxic rock!

“CIA (Criminals In Action)” was perhaps the first substantial accusation of Washington’s narcotrafficking. Nearly 15 years later, the most recent lyrical assault of note, Atlanta rapper Killer Mike’s 2012 “Reagan,” echoes the song’s expansive critique and demonstrates that the anger felt toward Reagan has both intensified and spread in the intervening years. The song interrogates the national security apparatus, the prison industrial complex and racism from Reagan to the present, which, by including President Obama in the indictment, presents persistent Reaganism as the real danger.

“Reagan” is a fan favorite from Mike’s album “R.A.P. Music,” a collaboration with Brooklyn producer El-P that made the rapper the new darling of Pitchfork and other indie tastemakers. On Rap Genius, the song’s lyrics have been viewed nearly twice as often the next-most-popular song on the album. While the early anti-Reagan songs communicated the message among the rap underground and traditional hip-hop audiences, Killer Mike’s angry anthem is a favorite to a largely white listenership. In live performances, Killer Mike often recites the song a capella, despite the track’s bombastic production, in an attempt to drive the lyrics home to white, middle-class audiences. Mike concludes the song in concert by rousing the audience to join him in repeating the song’s last line: “I’m glad Reagan dead!” The crowd, a sea of raised middle fingers during the explosive coda, screams in unison this American heresy. Something is changing.

As Tea Party canonization brightens the aura around the late president for the right, Killer Mike’s “Reagan” reveals a contrapuntal, inverse reaction on the left and among many youth. In the age of Occupy and the Tea Party, diverging attitudes toward Reagan represent a widening gulf between political poles, between generations, between holders of privilege and those without. The anger of those left behind during the Reagan era is perhaps now an anger shared by younger Americans whose futures feel sacrificed to the prerogatives of those with their hands on the levers of power, whether in legislative houses or boardrooms.

The sea change may not be apparent to some observers of Washington politics. While Reagan’s legacy suffers rot and corrosion among black Americans and an increasing number of white youth, he remains unchallengeable in Washington. Even President Obama, the socialist bogeyman to conservatives, cites Reagan to justify policy propositions and endear himself to conservative audiences. Obama acknowledges that Reagan altered the course of history in a way that no one since Lyndon Johnson has matched. Some critics contend that the change promised with the election of Obama has done little to sway the general direction charted by Reagan.

Ultimately, as anti-Reaganism solidifies and spreads, the argument is not only about whether cocaine was allowed to be dumped into black neighborhoods; it is about who gets sacrificed in the service of power. To some degree, and we’ll likely never know the extent, black Americans were seen as expendable in the mad dash to illegally fund pro-capitalist guerrillas in Central America. The documented arm sales to Iran to fund the Contras made expendable an unknown number of Iraqis during the two nations’ bloody eight-year war. Reagan is not, in hip-hop parlance, merely a “dead president,” but a national metonym for power, privilege and a particularly brutal means of its defense. “They only love the rich, and how they loathe the poor,” raps Killer Mike in “Reagan,” a song that ultimately aligns a global myriad of the relatively powerless against the elite, symbolized by Reagan.




http://www.salon.com/2014/11/17/ronald_reagans_hip_hop_nightmare_cocaine_controversy_reignites_30_years_later/

hip hop vs rap

This is HIP HOP week on the 12th Planet. All of the posts this week will be about hip hop. Make sure that you check out Wednesday night's 12 Radio show. I will break down the battle between Jay Z and NaS.


Somebody asked me what's the difference between rap and hip hop


Hip hop is something that you feel.
Rap is something that you do.

Hip hop is born within you...it's something that you live
Rap is a vehicle

Hip hoppers are authentic and genuine
Rappers are created and packaged to be marked to the masses

Hip hop has been around for 40 yrs
Rap...at times...can be a passing fad

Hip hop embraces a culture that expresses individualism and unity.
Rap tends to embrace everything, copy it, then try to be something different

Hip hop is a Mercedes Benz
Rap is a Toyota Camry

Most good hip hop won't make the radio in 2014
Most bad rap will make the radio in 2014

Hip hop artists will respectfully "battle" or "beef" for lyrical supremacy
Rappers will "battle" or "beef" just for entertainment

Somebody asked me what's the difference between rap and hip hop


That's like asking me the difference between loving someone and being in love with that person. It's not the same

Freestyle Friday (Step Into A World)

KRS-One

Step Into A World

Verse 1

I'm bout to hit you wit that traditional style of cold rockin
Givin options for head knockin non stoppin
Tip-toppin lyrics we droppin but styles can be forgotten
so we bring back the raw hip-hoppin
Just like the records and tapes you be coppin
Cop some breakdancin, boogie poppin, and lockin
Tic tockin, guaranteed to have you clockin
We only get better and only better we have gotten
This type of flow don't even think about stoppin
Beware, the length of the rhyme flow can be shockin
All music lovers in the place right now
That never understood the way that KRS got down
Yo I'm strictly about skills and dope lyrical coastin
Relying on talent, not marketing and promotion
If a dope lyrical flow is a must
You gots to go with a name you can quickly trust
I'm not sayin I'm number one, uhh I'm sorry, I lied
I'm number one, two, three, four and five
Stop wastin your money on marketing schemes
and pretty packages pushin dreams to the beams
A dope MC is a dope MC
With or witout a record deal, all can see
And that's who KRS be son
I'm not the run of mill, cause for the mill I don't run

the full song can be heard here...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC-i7XeXqg0

Top 5 NBA Shooting Guards & Small Forwards of 2014-15

As the NBA season kicks off, the Dead End Sports crew gets together to discuss/argue about the top 5 Shooting Guards and Small Forwards  in the NBA heading into the 2014-15.

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Top 5 NBA Point Guards of 2014-15

As the NBA season kicks off, the Dead End Sports crew gets together to discuss/argue about the top 5 Point Guards in the NBA heading into the 2014-15.

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Let us know what you think

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unanswered hip hop questions

Why did Biggie's career take off and Craig Mack's didn't?

Do you know the difference between rap and hip hop?

What happened to BET's Hitz from the Streets and Prince DeJour?

Did Gangsta Boo ever find out "where them dollars was at"?

Do you know anybody who DID NOT like Heavy D?

Which New York City borough produced the best MCs?

Did anybody do a better hip hop hook than Nate Dogg?

How many kids does Trick Daddy love?

Why does Andre 3000 want to stop rhyming?

Why do you jump up when you hear the following..."Engine, Engine number 9, on the New York Transit Line"?

Why don't female MCs rhyme like these ladies anymore?

How long can you listen to rap on the radio these days... A) few minutes B) few hours C) Not at all

Why don't DJs scratch in songs anymore?

What is in Funky Cold Medina?

What was the last hip hop album that you purchased?

How many No Limit albums do you own?

Has there ever been a better diss song than No Vaseline?

If you were a rapper, what would be your name?

How dope would the D.O.C have been if he had never been in that accident?

What is your all time favorite hip hop song?

Is Jay Z too old to be rapping?

Why are the BET Hip Hop Awards on a one month tape delay?

Did we ever find out why people don't like the way that Sally walked?

What's the worst hip hop album you've ever purchased?

Remember when DMX was bigger in hip hop?

How important is freestyling to you?

Why have they NEVER found the people who killed Jam Master Jay, Tupac, and Biggie?

Do you still love hip hop?

Has there been anybody to be in hip hop and achieve the success that LL has?

Who is your favorite member of the Wu Tang Clan?

Why don't hip hop videos match the songs?

Can you vote Eric B for President?

Did A Tribe Called Quest ever tell us WHERE to kick it? They said we could kick it but didn't tell us where...

Did anybody have a cooler hip hop "reality show" than Rev Run (Run's House)

Do you still have your Flavor Flav clock?

Did you ever think Queen Latifah, Will Smith, Ice T, and Ice Cube would be this big in Hollywood?

Is there anybody doper than MC Lyte?

Is Kanye West crazy?

Which decade had the best hip hop?

Is hip hop dead?

Sex 1000

WHO: 12 Radio Show with ShellyShell & Diggame

WHAT: Talking about Sex (episode 1000)

WHERE: www.blogtalkradio.com/12kyle or via phone (347)215-7162. Press #1 if you want to speak to the host.

WHEN: Tonight from 9pm - 11pm EST

WHY: Because WE SAID SO...that's why!!!

You got questions?? We got the answers!! Join 12kyle and co-hosts ShellyShell and Diggame as we have a sensual and comical look at sex. Don't miss it!

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off tha dome

random thoughts...

good to see that the price of gas is now under $3. maybe somebody can explain why it was over $3 to begin with

i laugh when i see people on facebook post about "people being in their business" but they post all of their business on facebook

the Blacklist...the best hour on tv

you can't tell from week to who the best team in the NFL is. there are no dominant teams

is it just me but i hate mass text messages. you always get 5 responses from people who you don't know.

i still want to learn to play the piano. 

two weeks ago, i finally met a good friend who i've known for over 10 yrs. Trish and I have been friends "virtually" for 10 yrs but we never met until she came to Atlanta from New York a few weeks ago. we "met" via email through her cousin and have been cool ever since. it was good hanging out with her. she's just as crazy as i thought she was. lol

liver and okra is soooooo nasty

i'm grown and i still don't understand daylight savings time

at age 25, you know what i understood about women...not much

remember when you were a kid and your parent spanked you? you cried loudly. the first thing they said was "shut up! stop crying!" ummm...how can i stop crying when you just hit me with a belt, lady?

at age 41, you know what i understand about women...not much

i wonder if leonard hubbard is still somewhere on the bass...

have you ever seen slick rick without his eye patch? i haven't

every now and then you gotta have one of those weekends where you hang out and have a good time. but your body reminds you that you are too old

i rarely eat hot dogs...and i have no reason for why i have stopped

"real recognize real...and you lookin' real unfamiliar, Grandad." - Riley Freeman

vote. i don't care who you vote for...but you should vote

my homegirl told me the other day that she knows far too many "men who want women to be sympathetic with their issues. they need to watch an Iyanla episode and work it out." <---- br="" but="" lmao="" sad="" true="">
we've always used #2 pencils. do #1 pencil or #3 pencils exist?

i found myself trying to explain to my kids why the Space Shuttle was so dope back in the day. now...it doesn't exist

i've been pleasantly surprised with the success of Dead End Sports. thanks for the support

football will always be my first love.

i still have a box filled with cassette tapes and maxi-singles. do you remember the maxi-single?

i remember when me & my boy JFresh moved to Atlanta in '97. we had a townhouse. we had a living room that had a tv...but no furniture.

Me: "Hey Sweetness."
Skyler: "I'm not no sweetness. I'm Skyler, Daddy!" LOL

speaking of Skyler, I'm still miffed that she will NOT let me do her hair. maybe she knows that i don't know how to do hair.

i really shouldn't have long distance calling on my home phone. i never even USE my home phone

2014 was supposed to be the year that i got my first tattoo. it's almost november and it still hasn't happened. smh

i don't celebrate halloween

if i could publish the daily text msgs or group messages that i get from my friends...you'd crack up

still waiting on that D'Angelo album

speaking of albums...that new Run the Jewels album (Run the Jewels 2)....fishgrease!

i love that new show...how to get away with murder

joe buck is annoying

here's a $1...can somebody give it to stacy dash so that she can buy a clue

RIP Mike Brown...your death will not be in vain

the iphone 6 plus can't go in your pocket...you have to put it in a knapsack

Deion is doing well in geometry. i'm glad because i don't remember anything about it outside of the Pythagorean theorem

all mammal

remind me to never buy white sneakers again

too cold for golf. damn!!!

peyton manning was built in a lab in France.

ebola jokes aren't funny. keep them to yourself

i want a snickers today

We Are Breaking Up!!!

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On this week's episode, we will take a entertaining, comical, and romantic look at breaking up in relationships. Co-hosted by MzKayotic.

We have ALL had break ups in our lives. Some were good for us. Some left us heartbroken. Don't miss this show.

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Should College Athletes Get Paid?

We never seem to agree on this topic. In our new video, we revisit our podcast debate about whether college athletes should be paid or not. Listen to our viewpoints and let us know what you think

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When a woman asks a man...

When a woman asks a man...What's your purpose in life?


She does it because she's inquisitive not because she wants to be his wife.


She asks because she knows which buttons to press


But only she would ask him that question...because she's different from the rest


When a woman asks a man...Who do you want to be?


She's motivating him to have a vision far beyond what his eyes can see


At that moment, she's pushing and motivating him to be great


Their future lies ahead and time will seal their fate


When a woman asks a man...How do you want to live?


She desires his whole being and her love she is willing to give


She knows that he's a gem and together they can do no wrong


They are both cut from the same cloth. And together they both belong.


When a woman asks a man...Where do you want to go?


She is hoping to get the right response. But she will already know.


His answer is simple. "Anywhere as long as I am with you, dear."


Her heart races. Palms get sweaty. The words from his mouth was music to her ears.

ask 12kyle

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Have you ever sought the opinion (advice) of others?

You've had issues...problems...or questions about dating, love, relationships, sex...or all of the above. If so, who did you talk to?

On this episode of the 12 Radio Show...we'll take calls to offer advice on these things and anything else. You have something on your chest??? Ask 12kyle

We've also received dozens of emails from people across the country. We'll read these emails (see above) on air and offer advice. The show will be co-hosted by Krishna!

TOPIC - ask 12kyle

WHEN - tonight 9pm-11pm EST

WHERE - You can listen online (www.blogtalkradio.com/12kyle) or via phone (347)215-7162. Press #1 if you want to speak to the host. You can also send tweets if you want to have your questions answered or comments to @12kyle

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5 Mics (Part 2)

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On this week's episode, we will discuss all of the past and recently updated albums that earned the coveted "5 Mic Award" from The Source magazine. Two weeks ago, we discussed all of the albums that originally received 5 mics. On this episode, we'll cover the following...

These albums that were not rated upon their releases, but were later rated five mics in 2002:

Run-D.M.C. -- Run-D.M.C.
Radio -- LL Cool J
Licensed to Ill -- Beastie Boys
Raising Hell -- Run-D.M.C.
Criminal Minded -- Boogie Down Productions
Paid in Full -- Eric B. & Rakim
By All Means Necessary -- Boogie Down Productions
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back -- Public Enemy
Long Live the Kane -- Big Daddy Kane
Critical Beatdown -- Ultramagnetic MCs
Straight Out the Jungle -- Jungle Brothers
Strictly Business -- EPMD
The Great Adventures of Slick Rick -- Slick Rick
Straight Outta Compton -- N.W.A.
No One Can Do It Better -- The D.O.C.
All Eyez on Me -- 2Pac

Albums that originally received 4.5 mics, and were later re-rated to five:

Breaking Atoms -- Main Source
Death Certificate -- Ice Cube
The Chronic -- Dr. Dre
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) -- Wu-Tang Clan
Ready to Die -- The Notorious B.I.G.
The Infamous -- Mobb Deep
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... -- Raekwon
2001 -- Dr. Dre
Albums that originally received four mics, and were later re-rated to five:

Grip It! On That Other Level -- Geto Boys
Doggystyle -- Snoop Doggy Dogg
The Diary -- Scarface
Me Against the World -- 2Pac
The Score -- The Fugees

Join me and my co-host, eclectik, as we break each album down. We will definitively tell you if these albums deserved 5 Mics. Don't miss it!!!

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Are MLB Steroid Era Users Hall of Famers?

Barry Bonds 

Roger Clemens 

Andy Pettite 

Sammy Sosa 

Mark McGwire 

The steroids era, a period of time in Major League Baseball where players were suspected of using performance-enhancing drugs, have many questioning player legacy. 

In our new video, we discuss whether players from the "steroid era" deserves admission to the MLB Hall of Fame. If so, do we label it with an asterisk? What do you think? Let us know in the comment section.

- via Dead End Sports

Childhood Memories 800

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On this week's episode, we take a stroll down memory.

We ask questions like...

What was the first car that you had?

What was the best gift that you ever received at Christmas?

Where was your first job?

Join me & co-host ShellyShell as we reminisce! Don't miss it

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Skyler turns 3

Skyler turned 3 yrs old yesterday. Her birthday party was great! Thanks to everybody who came. We appreciate it.

I did a quick video on my thoughts about Skyler. Forgive me for rambling. This is my little heart. Thanks for all of the birthday wishes.

Freestyle Friday vol 1 (That Ain't Love)

I'm bringing back the Freestyle Friday to the 12th Planet.

Each Friday, I will feature a hip hop verse for you. In the verse, I will highlight a line or two that stands out. Feel free to comment about the verse

Verse of the Week...That Ain't Love - Little Brother

[Intro]

Uhh, yeah, love 

You know we always, we always talkin 'bout love 

We always thinkin 'bout it y'know 

I'm in love, I want love, I need love, whatever 

But like sometimes I wonder With all the hurt and pain that people that supposedly love you put you through 

Is that really love? 

[Phonte] 

We would go to each other's houses, sleep on the flo' 

Crash on each other's couches, work like kings and 

eat like paupers, now my heart palpitates 

just thinkin 'bout all the stress that came up out this 

Started out hard, goin for the long haul 

Put all of the bullshit and hoes on pause 

Shit got major we, stacked a little paper now 

Couple years later can't get a phone call 

Hold up~! Big fish in a little pond 

Swimmin 'round town, thinkin like we already stars 

And they say that money change you, but money don't change you 

It just make you more of what you already are 

Hope our kids do better than we 

Hope he and she learn to stick together when the times get ugly 

I've been misconstrued, lied to and abused 

But my fam still swear that they love me man 

[Chorus] 

If this is love, I don't wanna see hate 

If this is real, I don't wanna see fake - I'm sayin 

Cause I don't know how much more I can take 

I know that, all of y'all can relate - I'm sayin 

Uhh, if this is love, I don't wanna see hate 

If this is real, I don't wanna see fake 

You know that ain't love love, that ain't love love 

That ain't love love, that ain't love love 

[Rapper Big Pooh] 

You were the, right hand, my man 50 Grand 

Us gettin dollars was all part of the plan 

A few years back we cut ties, you understand 

It was all business, nuttin person-al 

And you vowed to come back a different person now 

we are back on track, and time heals wounds 

Nothin showed me you came back too soon 

Yeah, once again you and I to the tune 

We brought you on tour, put money in your fist 

You fucked up plenty and got slapped on the wrist 

That's it! And everytime the brothers grand mack 

The topic would arise about you bein kept 

The Lord says forgive I will never forget 

Shoulda picked up the phone when the times got ugly 

I've been misconstrued, lied to and abused 

But my fam still swear that they love me man 

Aww sheeit~! 

[Chorus] 

[Jozeemo] 

"I'ma ride for my n$#%^z", I figure that's what they all say 

It's foul play when cuttin throats is your forte 

Do it how you wanna be done, that's what the Lord say 

Daps and hugs, but turn your back and get the swordplay 

I'm sure you say I got it all wrong, it ain't like that 

I sent you all them letters, guess it's better you ain't write back 

Despite the fact you told me plenty tears you had to fight back 

All lies, surprise, I ain't diss you with no spite track 

I know you'd probably like that, but never will I hit your level 

You gon' dig your own grave, focus when you grip the shovel 

I should be pissed as ever, but I'm the bigger brother 

So I'ma keep it movin while you get your shit together 

Our bonds was severed, but all you had to say was fuck me 

I smelled your bullshit, consider me lucky 

I've been misconstrued, lied to and abused 

But my fam still swear that they love me - ain't that a bitch! 

[Chorus] 

{*sung ad libs to fade*}

Love...whether its with your family, significant other, or friends...can be difficult. 

(song)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWZ0usTddyA

5 Mics

Check out the 12 RADIO SHOW. The 12 RADIO SHOW is the most innovative and interactive show on Blog Talk Radio. Tune in tonight at 9pm EST as the host, 12kyle, informs and entertains! Don't just listen to the show...be a part of the show and participate in the interactive chat room...or call in to speak with 12kyle and his co-hosts.

On this week's episode, we will discuss all of the past and recently updated albums that earned the coveted "5 Mic Award" from The Source magazine. 

Join me and my co-host, eclectik, as we break each album down. We will definitively tell you if these albums deserved 5 Mics. Don't miss it!!!

You can listen online (www.blogtalkradio.com/12kyle) or via phone (347)215-7162. Press #1 if you want to speak to the host.

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Lyrical Moment - My Melody

I recently had the opportunity to be a guest on one of my favorite podcasts, The Pisces Life. I was given the opportunity to share a "Lyrical Moment" from one of my all time favorite MCs.

Song - My Melody

MC - Rakim

I joined my home girl, Kai Love, and we broke down our thoughts and feelings about the song...and Rakim.

I have to thank Kai Love and her co-host Letitia (who was unable to attend) for allowing me to spend a few moments reflecting on a great song and phenomenal MC.

The podcast is just 14 minutes long. Click the link below to listen


http://thepisceslife.libsyn.com/the-pisces-life-lyrical-moment-my-melody

Women vs Men 1000

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On this week's episode, the infamous Soul Survivors crew (Ieisha, Samantha, LMarie, Dluvhall, and Vincent) return the to show. Join us as we discuss issues between women and men. There will be a twist to the show...instead of ME asking the questions...they will ask EACH OTHER the questions. You don't want to miss it!!!!

You can listen online (www.blogtalkradio.com/12kyle) or via phone (347)215-7162. Press #1 if you want to speak to the host.

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Kickin it with Dead End Hip Hop Vol 2

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This week's guests...the fellas from Dead End Hip Hop (www.deadendhiphop.com). You don't want to miss this show. The Dead End Hip Hop Crew...Modest Media, Myke C Town, Feefo, Beezy, & Kbinge...will be on the air talking about hip hop. Call in and speak with them. Join us!

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Dating & Relationships 950

Check out the 12 RADIO SHOW. The 12 RADIO SHOW is the most innovative and interactive show on Blog Talk Radio. Tune in tonight at 9pm EST as the host, 12kyle, informs and entertains! Don't just listen to the show...be a part of the show and participate in the interactive chat room...or call in to speak with 12kyle and his co-hosts.

On this week's episode, we'll be talking dating and relationships. We will pose intriguing questions to our listeners. The show will be co-hosted by Kai Love from The Pisces Life Podcast (http://www.thepisceslife.com)

You can listen online (www.blogtalkradio.com/12kyle) or via phone (347)215-7162. Press #1 if you want to speak to the host.

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hang em up

For the past 6 years, I have been a Little League football coach.

I have coached my son, Kameron, and his football team.

This fall...you won't find me on the sidelines.

I have officially "retired" from coaching. My retirement wasn't my choice. Well...it was...but it wasn't. Kameron, who has developed into a pretty good football player, decided this past April to try out for his middle school football team. When he told me of his plans, I asked him if he was sure that was what he wanted to do. I know the level of competition for middle school was pretty high. After visiting his first "tryout", I told Kameron that I didn't know if he was gonna make it.

I told him..."Based on what I see...I don't think you're gonna make it. I'm not trying to discourage you. I believe in you and your talents. But I have to tell you what I see as a person who evaluates talent...not as a father." He knows that I will never sugarcoat anything. I'm honest and always will be.

After tryouts were over, Kameron came home one day and said..."I guess you'll be retiring Dad because I made the team." I was shocked. I didn't think he could do it...but he did! Kameron (12) is very confident...much like his father. I'm not sure if my words pushed him. That wasn't my intent. Nevertheless, he made it.

Not long after Kameron made his middle school team, my youngest son, Brandon, said that he was "retiring" from football. He's only 7 but he's been playing since he was 4. He said he wanted to play basketball and baseball. I asked him if he was sure and he said yes. One thing I know about sports is that you don't "push" or "pressure" a kid into playing a sport. Sports require commitment and dedication. If a kid isn't committed or dedicated, you're wasting your time.

As for me, I loved coaching. I love football. It's my first love. I will miss being around the kids. Most of the kids on our team I've coached for 5 or 6 years. I've watched them grow. We've won a lot of games as well as championships together. I'll miss my fellow coaches. We've developed an unbreakable bond. It's funny to me that I had this much fun coaching when I was very reluctant to coach in the beginning. But this is the end of the road. Now I get to be one of the parents in the stands yelling at the coaches! LOL. I'm hanging up my whistle.

Unless Skyler asks me to coach her team when she gets older...