I finally got my new phone. Hit me with the digits so I don't have to create one of those facebook "event invites" to harass you all by email.

I finally updated bcbarbershop.com officially for the first time in two months. There's a fair amount of new ish, and I've undertaken a few projects to bolster the overall content.

Enjoy it, kids.

Labels: The BC Barbershop

I washed my phone ... and lost every number since Summer 2005. That means if you know me through: Barnes & Noble, The Baseball Hall of Fame, Spoken Word Poetry, Oneonta or some random meeting in New York City, or changed your number, I got NOTHING. If you'd like to stay in contact, please call/text me (same number: 347 866 3164; I've got a temp phone) or message or email me or something. Otherwise we're not gon' be in touch until you run into me randomly, dig?

Good look, y'all -- I was due up for this.

Labels: B and N, Barnes and Noble, Baseball Hall of Fame, cell phone, Couch is an Idiot, lost, Oneonta, poetry, spoken word

So I was listening to Hip Hop is Dead the other day (week, really, but hey -- the blogosphere is all about timeliness ...) and realized that NaS and The Game have made two tracks together that I know of -- "Hustlers" (on HHiD) and "Why You Hate The Game" (on Doctor's Advocate) -- and both of them are fucking awesome.

These are two of the most complementary emcees you could possibly pair up; each brings out the best in the other. NaS' career has been haunted by poor beat selection and an attempt to reach unnecessarily for commercial attention. The Game falls back on gangsta-rap cliches (being Crip, guns, rims, etc.) and incessant name-dropping when he doesn't have a concept song. NaS brings it lyrically (this and this never happened) and conceptual ("Rewind," "One Mic," "Hip Hop is Dead," etc.). The Game has incredible beat selection ("Higher," "Compton," "Dreams," etc.) and is dope when rapping for a reason ("Doctor's Advocate," "Ole English," "Like Father Like Son"). Why have these two cats not put out a record together?!

With The Game's beat selection and NaS contributing the concepts to keep The Game on point, there's no way this could be anything short of a classic album. Seriously. Can you even present a valid counter argument? My side's up two tracks to none.

But this got me thinking -- what are other combos you'd like to see put together "supergroup" albums, and why?

Labels: Doctor's Advocate, Hip Hop, Hip Hop is Dead, NaS, Rap, The Game

There are lots of reasons I'm not in the NBA. For now, I'm going to go with I can't do this.

Agent Zero is my hero (and won $20,000 for what he did in that video).

Labels: Agent Zero, Gilbert Arenas, NBA, Washington Wizards