Call it 2026 anyway cause it's just a few days away.  I know this will be wack, but I got to force myself back in the gym if I'm ever gonna shake off the rust.

It's TraceOneInfinite, playing 4th Quarter Football in the NFL
We are down 27 to 10 with only 5:00 minutes left in the game
just well, but why the fucc am I out here still playing
Oh yeah, I forgot, cause I'm on the third string
Was I ever a starter?  Or was I just a player in the game
Now I got to run this route, knowing I'm getting hit over the middle
Why do I still feel like I'm trying to -- figure out this riddle?
I feel like Stallone in Rocky 4, gettin my ass beat but Pauly says
"Hey-yo- Rock-o- Hit the one in the middle!

Just trying to finish out this race, and make it to the age of 50,
Before the decline, lack of resource and family, comes to get me
Guess I still got a few tools in the toolbox, but they ain't that sharp
Probably because I'm from the generation that watched HBO After Dark
Probably because I'm old enough to remember when Tyson beat Spinx
Probably because I'm so poor that I don't even have money enough to drink

I'd be a drunk, but I still gotta make work the next day
I'd play a tune, but I've heard the songs and know what they gone say
I'd fucc a bitch, but I doubt it would feel like some sort of revelation
Maybe I will listen to some Tony Robbins, and try to "change my station"

Maybe I chewed some shroomz, I could be like, "hey ya'll I'm in elevation"
And speak some spiritual wisdom as if I had defeated Satan
or promote Flat Earth and face further ridicule still
But the truth is that I ain't even got no Shroomz, I'm more like an Ibuprofen pill
If I say the truth it probably sounds to dreary to become funny
My favorite past time is probably ordering food and filling up this tummy
Drinking coffee hoping it makes a spark or hits the mark

Now I'm supposed to make some ill final punch line that rhymes with "shark"

Dre has one of the best voices in hip hop

Let me put it another way...

Imagine if some unknown artist came out and just dropped some shit like "Keep Their Heads Wringin".  And it was the only thing we'd ever heard from them and it was presumed they'd written their own lyrics, etc.

We would be saying this guy is the second coming of Nas/Rakim/ and the new #1 rapper/lyricist in the game

But hey, since everyone ignored my post above, I will put it in the form of a question, so that you all can ignore it again...

Imagine, if everything we've ever heard from Dre was also written by him.  Then wouldn't we have him in the Top 5/10 rappers in history and #1 from Compton?

it's not really confusing bruh, those within the culture generally understand the difference between rapper and emcee

the literal definition is master of ceremonies so in the 80s anyone rockin the mic was the MC .. but as hip-hop evolved, MC became emcee and the definition veered more towards someone with raw skills on the mic

Like a lot of people I lost respect for KRS when he didn't have shit to say 2020-22 when they were putting the world population on lockdown, masks, and shots.  Before that I used to read his books and listen to his lectures.

Anyway, this is another fun little debate, and I think KRS is bias on this one.  Here's my explanation:

MC is sort of like the ol school term for a rapper.  So it carries with it a certain sense of ol school authenticity.  So when someone wants to award a rapper with the distinction of being an M.C. it means that their style pleases a lot of the old heads and pioneers like KRS.  Plus, since M.C. technically is an acronym for Master of Ceremonies or to Move the Crowd it would mean that they can hold down a live performance. 

It's a fun debate anyway.  But to me it's just saying like any rapper that has that respect of the ol school pioneers because he handles his business in a way similar to the golden era of late 80's M.C.'s/rappers

stop bein scary n just speak your mind bruh

who cares how others will respond?

if u believe something then say it wit your chest

I love netbangin and talking gangsta shit on dese keys... but one thing I will never do... not in words... and not in typing, is misuse "scary".  That's always been the most annoying ebonics black spin on Standard English.

I know you already know this cause you are a high IQ Jew who just happens to speak hip-hop lingo, but for the other folx at home.

The correct phrase is "scared" not "scary".  I will use them below in their proper (white) form.

1.  The gazelle was scared of a lion.
2.  The lion is the alphamale of the jungle and therefore the lion can be scary to other animals.  The gazelle was scared of the lion.

you're conflating two things

hunger is not something u can force, no matter how hard u try

u can give it your all but still lack that natural relentlessness that you had back in your youth

some people retain that hunger forever .. but typically what happens to people is that they lose that edge with age

it's not a physical thing, it's a spiritual thing

for instance, in sports, you are 100% going to decline physically .. no way around it

in music, drive tends to subside with age, but a select few do retain that drive forever

hunger is not something you consciously decide to have .. it comes from within

A select few like who?

Appreciate you being so honest and straightforward about his struggles. 

Right, so age.  Realizing the majority of his life was behind him and not satisfied with his position in life and realizing there isn't much time left to correct that would cause depression which would affect your rapping ability, absolutely.  Age definitely a factor.

^^I thought you were talking about me right here

kingmaker was a bit of a let down

but always good to see xzibit working

In theory I should like it because the production sounds a bit like Compton leftovers.  But considering my life sucks now, new music generally does hit you that well in such a state so I'm not fair to judge

oh no, a Bay Area artist

Sisu 2 (2025)
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The first film was a finnish John wick.
This one is more like mad Max.
Still good!


Mickey 17 (2025)
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Phuckin good grotesque sci fi with the last Batman in it.