Lying Lies and the Liars Who Tell Them

One of my favorite things to do is to lie. Now, before you judge me and think I am always dishonest, I would first like to explain myself. Not too long ago I was watching a documentary on Ted Bundy (or one of those crazy serial killers we all have heard about) and they mentioned something interesting about him and other serial killers like them. Serial killers are very smart. The reason they are so smart is because they lie.... A LOT. That is of course one of the reasons why it is so hard to catch them. A study done at UPenn showed that certain regions of the brain were more active on average when the subjects were lying than when they were telling the truth (That's right reader's, we do some research here at BeenGotIt!). The more often you do this, the smarter you become. So when you lie, you become smarter. Therefore, if you want to become smarter, you should LIE!

The truth is boring. The truth is easy. Some people say, "The truth will set you free!". To those people I ask, set you free from what?!? I am not enslaved by a lie. I tell the lie and therefore I control it. If anything, the lie will set you free from the boring truth. One of the best Seinfeld quote's (my favorite show of all time) is "My entire life is a lie" - George Costanza.

Now I am not saying that you should lie about EVERYTHING. But, you can lie about SOME things...... even stupid things. For example, when someone ask you where you are going to eat and let's say that you are going to McDonalds, say you're going to Wendy’s. Or if a girl asks you if she looks good in something and she doesn't, you say yes. That last example everyone has done. (Ladies don't feel left out because I support for you to lie also!) Those are just easy ways to start. The more times you do this, the more active your brain becomes and therefore the smarter you become. Eventually you become like me and have lies ready to go at a moment’s notice. It is a pretty useful thing to do. It has made a difference in my life, and I hope it will do the same for you!

Home Invasion

This is a funny video brought to you by our good friend Willie. Good luck in Australia buddy!

Monkeys With Typewriters presents: HOME INVASION (In which "Someone's in the house.") Starring Shaun Boylan and Willie Concepcion Directed by Andrew Adams

FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY

MAYDAY will be performing @ Transit Lounge on Friday March 12. They are the best band in Miami. If you follow this blog, you may already know how I feel about this band. They are siccckkk. And to make it even better, GhostWridah is also performing. He is rawwww. One of my favorite songs is "Dying to Survive" feat. Barack Obama. Listen to that shit! (I did you the favor and posted it below) Also, you can go to his blog and download his 2 mixtapes. You HAVE to download "305s and Heartbreaks" (Yea, its like Kanye's 808's, but the 305 version!). One of the sickest mixtapes coming out of Miami. I hope to see you at the show.

SUPPORT MIAMI ARTISTS!

Lisa Scinta

I've been meaning to write about this girl for a loooong time, and for those of you that speak to me on a regular bases, this is the youtube chick I was talking about lol.

Im alll about live music, so im constantly checking out covers of songs I like, which is how I stumbled upon her on youtube. Her name is Lisa Scinta and she's fkn phenomenal. She sings like what angels wish they could sing like and  plays the guitar and piano while doing it. She 1 up's every song she covers undoubtedly and writes/composes her own songs too, which by the way all have radio potential. And on top of all this raw talent, she's fkn gorgeous.

This is her cover of one of my favorite songs, The Scripts "Breakeven" (shouts to Steph!) :



There's nothing sexier than a female with a passion for music, and she oozes passion. Just check her out and I know you'll agree: youtube.com/lisascinta (check out the Watcha Say cover, the Drake and Kings Of Leon covers, and all her originals, ALL SICK.) and look her up on facebook (Lisa Scinta) to hear her exclusive shits.

She is easily the loudest ticking time bomb (about to blow) artist i've come across yet... with John West coming in at second... I wrote about him some time last year, but if you haven't already heard his stuff, check out his youtube page: youtube.com/johnpeterwest but preferably check out my favorite one of his songs by clicking HERE (I don't know why he doesn't have this on his youtube...)

Francis and the Lights

This is Francis Farewell Starlite practicing on his piano. He records these practice sessions regularly and posts them on his youtube page (youtube.com/practicingthepiano). In this video, he's playing "Say What's Real" by Drake.... with the lyrics... he's playing the whole rap... with his piano... word for word... with his piano:

Yes, he's sick. And his band is amazing. This is seriously GOOD music. Click on the link below to see and hear everything I wanna write right now.

http://francisandthelights.muxtape.com/

Interesting fact: His band is opening up for Drake throughout his whole tour. So get wit it before you get lost... (I don't even know if that applies, but you know what I mean)

Liddo Girl

I noticed that I haven't posted my latest recorded love song. It's called "Liddo Girl" and here's the story behind it:

I came up with the beat while listening to some old school Swisha House freestyles (Michael Watts era)... and I heard this screwed up track that I thought would sound awesome if it had a faster tempo. So I tried mimicking the beat while adding my own stuff into it and this is what I came up with. The hook was of course inspired by this popular youtube video (shout out to Isel and Alissette for bringin this to my attention) I just thought it would be hilarious to throw such a random sample onto it:



As for the lyrics, I really couldn't think of anything more fitting with the hook. If you think about it, theres not much else that could apply with "Like a Liddo Girrrl" without sounding pervy or lame. So I decided to act out a story in which im the typical young playah tryin to get some poootang without success. This is directed to all those TEASERS out there! Every girl out there that knows what they want (and are of age) and show that they want it, but when push comes to shove, act insecure or immature or like a liddo girl.  I've personally never been in a position like the one in this story, but I know a lot of homies that have, sooo a little empathy was required to write this one, lol.

Enjoy, and please note that there was no way I could've made a montage for the song without recording an actual video, which is why I decided to just throw in the lyrics.



Oh and this last note goes for ALL my songs on youtube: When listening to my music, please don't consider the sound quality; I record all my songs on my laptop using a rinky dink mic.

Tally-Ho

So this weekend we have the entire BeenGotIt crew up in Tallahassee. Dick, Montez and Ballz came up to see how we do things in Tally-ho! Shouts out to Chino and Miguel for coming too. Things are going to get a little crazy this weekend, so I'm sure we will have some good stories for you guys. Look out for a Montez interview going down this weekend. We decided to do it through video and when we are under the alcoholic influence to make it a little more interesting. So with that said, we will be a little busy for the weekend, so look out for some our posts post-weekend (you like how I play on words?) Peace.

From Fifty-One to Beyond

So Dick came up with an idea to write something nice for the person who becomes the 50th BeenGotIt follower. But due to unforseen circumstances, I will not be able to do that. Instead, I will like to send a shout out to those who registered yesterday after number 50.

51- Simone
52- Janet
53- Andy

Thank you guys for putting us over 50. Welcome to the People That Get It community. I hope more people get to register to follow. And its not only about registering, its also about feedback. We appreciate the comments.

Next stop: 100!

Raaaaaaaandy (8 A's) and Dave Sitek Mixtape

Comedian Aziz Ansari a.k.a. Raaaaaaaandy from the movie Funny People has taken his movie character into a mixtape. Here is a video of his promo and his first single:

From Tiger Woods to New Orleans, and Everything Else In Between

Hello fellow followers, it's been a while. I went on a little vacation so I haven't had time to do a post. Shouts out to all of you that I saw this past week. By the way, if you didn't know, the Jay-Z concert was the greatest concert EVER!! It was better than I could of ever imagined. So a few things have come up this past week and I figured I'd make one post to update you all on everything.

First off, I think I should mention something about Tiger Woods. He held a press conference on Friday basically explaining everything he was going through. He was also confirming my beliefs and making me more of a genius than I already am. If I may I will quote someone's comment on facebook, "Ariel's blog post was right on the money." If you have read "Tiger Tiger Woods Ya'll" and saw the press conference, then you will know what I am talking about. I was going to do an entire post about this thing, but then I decided that fuck Tiger Woods. He got mad money and he'll come back and start winning again. I'm tired of listening about this crap already. I decided it wasn't worthy of an entire post. By the way, best part of his speech, "Things I thought I was entitled to". Thank you, that was classic.

Secondly, I need to address something that was brought up to me over the weekend. A fellow beengotit blogger (lets call him Montigity) criticized me on my stance of the whole New Orleans relief over Help for Haiti blah blah blah. I asked him the following question "How much money did you donate to Haiti, and how much did you donate to New Orleans?". Montez' answer: "Haiti = $35, New Orleans = $0". And I thought about that for a second and realized that Help for Haiti probably had a better concert than New Orleans Releief, and thats why it was worth more money. (lol, I totally don't mean that). I would like to thank Janet, a beengotit follower, for being there to agree with me. And speaking about Montez, I would like to send him a shout out for introducing me to one of the best bands I have heard in a while, !MAYDAY!. If you haven't heard, this band is the SHIT! I advise everyone to catch one of their live shows. It's sick. I bought the CD and I've been jamming to it since.

And finally, we all really appreciate all of you guys that follow. We love the feedback and any comments you guys have for us. Thank you to all those that are apart of the People That Get It community. For those who aren't official followers, we would really appreciate if you guys take a minute of your time and click on the follow button below. As gay as it may sound, it brings a smile to my face everytime the number of followers increase.

Thanks.

Vietnam Tom

An analysis from the true "Motherfucker" himself. This is a follow-up to the 'I AM A MOTHERFUCKER' post, an interview with the big scary white dude. You will laugh with him, you will cry with him, you will love him. Great interview. He warned you not to fuck with him.

Baduism

The phenomenal, beautifully eccentric GODDESS of a woman Erykah Badu was supposed to be droppin her eagerly anticipated new album "New Amerykah 2 (Return of the Ahnk)" today but it's been unfortunately pushed back to late march. Wack! But whatever, better late than never.

Last year's New Amerykah 1 (4th World War) was on repeat in my car for I think about 2 months, and I still randomly get the urge to hear/feel it. It's a really unique vibe kinda album, so I could only imagine how dope this next one is gonna be. I got extremely excited when I heard the first single featuring Wayne (go to erykahbadu.com and it plays automatically with a video teaser for New Amerykah 2) but there's also talk of Andre 3000 and Jay Electronica  being on the album, which is real trippy shit when you consider that Andre is the father to her first child and Jay's her boyfriend and the father of her latest kid lol. It's like she hooks up with the dopest rappers before they EXPLODE into top mc's! (she used to date Common btw)

And you prolly don''t know who this guy is, but Jay Electronica is seriously sick. This post is about Badu's shit so ima try not to run on about this kid, but you gotta check out Jay Electronica when you get a chance. Im not gonna co-sign him cause I don't think he has the swag or voice to make it, but who know's, if lyrics and flow somehow become the standard for rappers to "make it", he could very well be one of the Drakes or Cudi's of 2010 (and J. Cole would be the paragon of artists, for he lacks none of the above and specializes on the lyrical content...) Just youtube Jay Electronica, you'll find some really good Dilla type hip hop...

Now back to Badu... she is, and always will be, in my top two favorite artists of all time list... Lauryn Hill is on there too, so I can't choose.

Check out this interview. She talks about her last album, upcoming album, and explains the power of the all mighty genre/religion of hip hop:



I feel you Erykah, I believe in Hip Hop. It makes me feel the holy ghost. Holy hip hop ghost. Young Jesus or Young Jeezy? Uh uh yeah, uh.

Chino vs. Leche?

You might recognize the guy in this video from previous beengotit commercials. His name is Chino, a former author for this blog. This is him doing something he rarely does, freestyling. Yes we were all under the influence, but I think Chino was throwing out a few subliminal disses towards Juan Leche... I don't know, so I put the lyrics down so you guys can be the judge... and for those who don't know who Juan Leche is, just check out his facebook: http://www.facebook.com/juan.villegasposada1 , he has some videos on his page where he explains who he is. But for now, this is Chino:




Outside, in the wilderness
Not the wilderness...
Ay! Nature is... anything and everything..
NO IT'S NOT! Nature is nothing.


Were am I right now? Were am I going?
Everybody wanna PLOW
Through my PRIDE and my SHIT
Everybody know, me too sick.


Stand up, in the front row!
Everybody know, I (vote?)
I flow, so rowww
Like a cuban, with the dough... OHHH

I AM A MOTHERF*CKER

VERY IMPORTANT*** Ladies, if you see your man in a confrontation, do not talk shit for him. I repeat, DO NOT TALK SHIT FOR HIM. Just like this gentlemen in the video, his girl was talking shit and he grew a pair of balls to approach a weak fist to this 10-foot Santa Clause looking dude wearing a shirt that says "I Am A Motherfucker." You just dont fuck with people like this. AND.. they were both seating in the back of the bus. All I got to say is Rosa Parks should have called shotgun.

Juan Leche

This is a conversation I had with Juan Leche this morning.

He said he's in my mind like hot fish. WTF Leche.

(btw, I was being sarcastic in the convo)

All the Single Ladies..

To continue with the Valentine Theme, here is a video of a series creepy single men seeking single ladies. "Life's a playground, and [they] want someone to play with."

Dating Montage
by smithy00101

I Love Valentine's Day

Today is Valentines Day. What does that mean? Well it means that today, if you're like most guys, you're gonna spend money on a girl! YAY! Why? Well because that's the way it is. Some of you are gonna do it to help start a relationship with a girl you like and some are gonna do it to celebrate a relationship you're ALREADY in. But for whatever other reason you're doin it, the common goal is natural.... SEX! That's right ladies and gentlemen, people love sex. LOVE IT! So much so, that they will call it LOVE and designate a day to spend an unusual amount of money in order to get it (eventually). But don't get me wrong, I do believe in Love and I respect anyone that participates in the constitution of a relationship. (To be in a relationship is to be hopeful and to have hope (in this context) is to be risky and being risky is an admirable trait in my opinion). I just think that this whole "I gotta save up for the 14th of February, it's more special than all the other days of the year!" shit is a little too taboo. Especially the flowers and chocolates deal, that shit has held up! Times are different now and I strongly feel that a more realistic approach to the ideal relationship should become more popular socially. I still see movies and tv shows where the girl is getting flowers and chocolates on "lovey" occasions (or when the dude is in deep sht), but in my opinion, that's more of a thing that society has built up than a thing we all WANT to do or like naturally. What ever happened to talking about how much you care or discussing issues you have with one another? I think that's healthier than buying emotions or buying out of a problem.... (i'd be a hypocrite if I wrote this a couple of years ago lol)

I don't wanna say that chivalry is dead, but, chivalry is dead. We live in a time when the wage gap between Males and Females has and will continue to decrease exponentially. I hope it isn't too long before reality and media merge on this subject, but until then, I will continue to defy it. Besides, I know some chicks that don't like flowers or chocolates... But ironically, EVERYONE loves Edible Arrangements! (They're basically edible flower arrangements covered in chocolate, lol.)

Now im not just saying all this because I don't have a Valentine... oh snap, maybe I am!... Oh Snap, MAYBE I AM!

I just found out im a hater, lol.

Im kidding, im really not writing this because I don't have a Valentine or because I hate Valentines Day, NO. I actually like it, it's a great day to single out the single ladies at a bar lol. Im writing this because im all for making a girl happy, I just think it would be way cooler if everything wasn't so materialistic!

So Happy Vday everyone, and remember that at the end of the day if you strip us of our social consciousness, we're all animals and to want a mate is only natural. Get it how you live playas!

Speaking of the Super Bowl.....

If you read the post below this one (Super Bowl 2010 By Dick) you may already know that the Saints have won their first Super Bowl in franchise history. As you may, or may not know, the Saints are from New Orleans. And as you may, or may not know, New Orleans was struck by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. In the week leading up to the Super Bowl, all the T.V. stations were showing things about New Orleans and reminding us of the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. Things still aren't the same in certain places of New Orleans since the hurricane, and its been almost 5 years!

The saddest part of the whole dam thing is that we wouldn't even be reminded of all this if the Saints didn't make it in the Super Bowl!!! If Brett Favre didn't do what Brett Favre does, it would be the Vikings in the Super Bowl instead of the Saints. So instead, we would be hearing about crap that goes on in Minnesota (which is nothing cause its freaking cold!). We still have problems going on in New Orleans, and we need to be reminded of them because of a football team??

I don't like when people say that the New Orleans Saints should win the Super Bowl because of what the people in New Orleans went through. There is an actual story being reported that a guy had lost his faith in God after the hurricane, but now believes in God because of the Saints. This is freaking ridiculous, and its almost retarded to report something like that. I'm still not sure how football and hurricane destruction fit together (besides of course, The University of Miami Hurricanes). I'm not saying that it won't bring happiness to the people of New Orleans, but that happiness can only last so long. I'd rather be sad inside my house then happy and homeless.

I am all for Help For Haiti, but we have to Help For New Orleans......... you have to help yourself before you can help others.

Super Bowl 2010

Football season is officially over and now i have nothing to do on Sundays. Congrats on the Saints on a well deserved win. Check out these Super Bowl videos/commercials/movie trailer that were shown during the Super Bowl Sunday:


(This one wasn't in the super bowl, but it's still a cool video)

The Magical Mystery Chambers

I found this mixtape last week and have been jamming to it hard ever since. This is one of those every song makes you cringe with excitement and smile like DAMN THIS SHIT IS DOPE type shit... you know what im talking about. It really brings me back to the days of the Wu, and no disrespect to RZA (I think he's a production legend) but the whole clan sounds 10x's better on these Beatle's samples! Way better than Danger Mouse's "The Grey Album"... it actually makes the Grey Album look like an old newspaper under the head of a transsexual homeless person in downtown across the street from Space. Im being serious, this is dope right here. If there was a movie about a day in my life, I would want this whole album to be the soundtrack. All praises go out to Tom Caruana.



Interesting fact, this video of ODB is actually one of the reason's he made this album:



Another interesting fact, ODB has the greatest Wikipedia page ever! Im not sure if there is even a way to measure the greatness of a wikipedia page, but check it out for yourself (CLICK HERE) im sure you'll agree.

Everyone should own a copy of this mixtape, CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD IT!