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LIVE FROM 205: RUN-DMC & JMJ GET A PIECE OF THE BLOCK
J-Zone was fortunate enough to have passed by this event at the right time. Luck and a poor man’s workout at the junior high schoolyard across the street allowed him to capture the moment.
If you don’t know who Run-DMC and Jam Master Jay are, you won’t even see this column. That is unless your Google [...]
Read More..>>FACEBOOK THUGS
J-Zone takes a look at how Facebook mysteriously enhances junior high behavior in grown ass adults.
Me going through another "what the fuck?" moment as I read my Facebook wall. (PS: The X-Mas ornament of the snowman palming the basketball hanging up on my window was a gift from mom dukes, don’t judge me.)
At first it [...]
J-ZONE’S TOP 10 ADVENTURES IN DIGGIN’
Note: This week, I’m taking a brief break from clowning men with purses, Kanye’s shag, Nas & Kelis’ dummy vs. chickenhead war, the corniness of Twitter and rappers forcing their awful music on you in the streets instead of getting a job. That side of J-Zone will be back soon, but for now I’m gonna [...]
Read More..>>ARE MEN THE “NEW” WOMEN? (WHAT THE FUCK)
J-Zone examines what is in his opinion a serious fashion faux pas going on. Can he find a sensible answer?
Caption: What does he need with a bag like that? Can anybody guess what’s in there? I took a few wild guesses myself.
CLOTHES DON’T MAKE THE MAN*
* Unless you can’t tell if he’s in fact [...]
I’M BOYCOTTING POP CULTURE UNTIL MR. T IS PAID $500,000 IN ROYALTIES
I’m sitting up here watching Rocky III (the best in the series by far) and I’m Google searching to see if Mr. T won an Oscar for his performance as Clubber Lang. To my disappointment, he didn’t. This is easily the best performance by a male actor in the last 30 years outside of Denzel [...]
Read More..>>LOVE TKO…GAME OVER
J-Zone takes a look at relationships in 2009. Can he find a sensible answer?
I know these were their actual facial expressions after the judge dropped the hammer.
The late great Miles Davis was once asked what he thought love was. His response was something along the lines of…"Love is the first person you have feelings for. [...]
SQUEEGEEMEN NEVER LEFT NYC, THEY JUST SELL CDs NOW
This dude is probably selling his new mixtape in the hood somewhere.
Squeegeemen (Wikipedia link).
If you’ve never seen them, it’s because you moved to NYC after Rudy Giuliani turned Brooklyn into Nebraska East. If you’ve always lived in the city, they never affected you because chances were you didn’t own a car. But for those of [...]
DON’T HOLLA!: Hip Hop “Hollaticking” Must stop.
Even my grandmother knows the slogan. "DON’T HOLLA"
I may piss some people off here, but so goes life sometimes. How many times have you heard this?…
“Yo man, I’mma holla at you son, we definitely gonna get up! Yo gimme your math, I’mma get at you, we gotta connect, we gotta build, we gotta politic, for [...]
J-ZONE’s TOP 8 MOST PERPLEXING HIP-HOP SKITS
Circa 1989, the hip-hop skit was born. Circa 2009, the number of skit-less hip-hop albums released are about equal to the number of people in Williamsburg Brooklyn that are actually from there. For better or for worse, skits have taken over albums and I was very guilty of this feat my damn self. Many would [...]
Read More..>>YOU KNOW YOUR ASS IS GETTIN OLD IF… (EARLY 30’s EDITION)
30 is the new 20. That’s what they keep telling me. But with the aches, pains, changed views and realizations that are going down, I’ve realized maybe 30 is the new 30 (or in my case, 32). Nuthin wrong with that, but to all my fellow early 30 somethings, keep this in mind…YOU CAN’T PARTICIPATE [...]
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