I hate winter for sure. The lack of sun is taking up all my energy that is left in my body. So just to fool my mind a little bit, I decided to make one of my favorite summer dishes, being home made sun dried tomatoes with fresh basil bread, it tastes the best when it is still a bit warm, with a mozzarella topping. So I started looking for fresh basil, but I never imagined it would be this hard to find some! The supermarkets didn’t have it fresh, only packed in plastic and that just doesn’t taste the same. After some more store hopping I finally found fresh basil and also the sun dried tomatoes. So I got home, chopped the tomatoes and basil in smaller pieces, mixed it through the bread paste and put it in the oven… After two hours the whole house smelled like a southern casa… After cooling down for a few hours, the bread was ready to be eaten. I opened the mozzarella and topped it on the bread together with Italian Parma ham. Tricking my mind into believing it is summer didn’t work but it tasted damn good!
I’ve been listening to Grandmaster Flash’ new album yesterday. For those who do not know him, please just keep living in denial that 50 Cent is the best rapper and did not contribute a large part to killing true hip-hop. The album was ok but nothing more than ok. I mean I am still stuck in the days when Grandmaster Flash & the Furious 5, Eric B. & Rakim, Afrika Bambaataa, … ruled the world of hip-hop. This album makes an effort to go back to those days, but yet I feel they did not dare to turn back the time completely because many younger listeners might not like the raw and edgy music hip-hop used to be… Talking about those younger listeners who never got to live the hip-hop golden years (to me it was the late 80s and early 90s), I saw this one poll that almost caused a heart attack. It was about classic hip-hop and there was a question about who is the most influential rapper. Tupac Amaru Shakur was voted the most influential rapper. This I can still understand because he had some very deep lyrics that portrayed social awareness, even though I still believe that his death has something to do with his status because he is not the best rapper when it comes to his flow, that is hands down Rakim, but the way he died made him an icon. Personally, I doubt he would have been this famous if he were still alive. Though I am happy his legacy lives on and that I am a proud owner of all his CDs. But back to the poll, some 13-year-old girls found it necessary to vote for Soulja Boy as most influential rapper ever because he was rated higher than Rakim. For Christ sake! What did that kid prove? One thing for certain: how to make a crappy hit single about a ridiculous dance that 13 year old boys and girls like dancing to. Everyone knows I am a Rakim fan and for a reason. Ask any true hip-hop fan or do your own research about the development of hip-hop and you will see how everyone was amazed by this totally new flow he introduced to the game… Many rappers follow his lead (or just roughly copy his stile), for example Nasir Jones in One Mic (considered as one of the best hip-hop songs). So if Soulja Boy is considered a great influence on hip hop and its development, then I prefer to be stuck in the early days of hip hop and never take a leap to the present.
Something totally different and controversial, or not if you know me. A black man’s body is just superior to any other race. Well not only the body, also the mind, soul and history, but that I will save for a later entry if you allow me. Today I prefer to focus on the body. I was reading one of the blogs I follow and it had an entry about The Nude Book, a book that focuses on portraying the black body in a very artistic way, even as a tribute to the beauty God created. The author slash photographer Ogundiran says he wants to make the physiques of his models "look glorious and desirable" and for the book to "bring together all shades of black, different body types, diverse attitudes and the originality of what a beautiful black man is." I’ve seen some previews from the book and I must say he succeeded in his goal. Some men are the most handsome ones I have ever seen, not in a sexual manner, but in a creative and artistic way.
I’ve been listening to Grandmaster Flash’ new album yesterday. For those who do not know him, please just keep living in denial that 50 Cent is the best rapper and did not contribute a large part to killing true hip-hop. The album was ok but nothing more than ok. I mean I am still stuck in the days when Grandmaster Flash & the Furious 5, Eric B. & Rakim, Afrika Bambaataa, … ruled the world of hip-hop. This album makes an effort to go back to those days, but yet I feel they did not dare to turn back the time completely because many younger listeners might not like the raw and edgy music hip-hop used to be… Talking about those younger listeners who never got to live the hip-hop golden years (to me it was the late 80s and early 90s), I saw this one poll that almost caused a heart attack. It was about classic hip-hop and there was a question about who is the most influential rapper. Tupac Amaru Shakur was voted the most influential rapper. This I can still understand because he had some very deep lyrics that portrayed social awareness, even though I still believe that his death has something to do with his status because he is not the best rapper when it comes to his flow, that is hands down Rakim, but the way he died made him an icon. Personally, I doubt he would have been this famous if he were still alive. Though I am happy his legacy lives on and that I am a proud owner of all his CDs. But back to the poll, some 13-year-old girls found it necessary to vote for Soulja Boy as most influential rapper ever because he was rated higher than Rakim. For Christ sake! What did that kid prove? One thing for certain: how to make a crappy hit single about a ridiculous dance that 13 year old boys and girls like dancing to. Everyone knows I am a Rakim fan and for a reason. Ask any true hip-hop fan or do your own research about the development of hip-hop and you will see how everyone was amazed by this totally new flow he introduced to the game… Many rappers follow his lead (or just roughly copy his stile), for example Nasir Jones in One Mic (considered as one of the best hip-hop songs). So if Soulja Boy is considered a great influence on hip hop and its development, then I prefer to be stuck in the early days of hip hop and never take a leap to the present.
Something totally different and controversial, or not if you know me. A black man’s body is just superior to any other race. Well not only the body, also the mind, soul and history, but that I will save for a later entry if you allow me. Today I prefer to focus on the body. I was reading one of the blogs I follow and it had an entry about The Nude Book, a book that focuses on portraying the black body in a very artistic way, even as a tribute to the beauty God created. The author slash photographer Ogundiran says he wants to make the physiques of his models "look glorious and desirable" and for the book to "bring together all shades of black, different body types, diverse attitudes and the originality of what a beautiful black man is." I’ve seen some previews from the book and I must say he succeeded in his goal. Some men are the most handsome ones I have ever seen, not in a sexual manner, but in a creative and artistic way.
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