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Frank Ocean Q & A

2011-08-24T10:19:00.002-04:00

Explain your current situation to your five-years-ago self.

wow. alrite. i’ll give it a shot…

hey chris,

your name is frank now..it’s a long story. your girlfriend is about to break up with you because of the long distance. it’s ok. & that job you’re working..well, you’re gonna have to work there for another year and some months.. & then you’re gonna get fired. you’re gonna work a couple more jobs after that too. nothing glamorous. kinkos and at&t if you really want the specifics. but you’re never gonna be homeless or starving. don’t worry you won’t fail and have to move back to new orleans either. you are gonna get your heartbroken though. twice. if it helps, the first one is gonna be worse than the second. contrary to how it feels, it won’t kill you. in fact it’s gonna help you write an album. yea, you finally finished an album. people like it man. you’re actually gonna write and record hundreds of songs. they won’t all be good and most ppl won’t think you’re talented at first, but you’re going to master your gifts. you’re going to become a lot stronger and wiser..even a little taller. be patient. i mean, you kind of have no choice. and be good to people. i don’t wanna spoil too much for you, but.. you’re on a plane right now to the east coast to work with kanye west & jay-z. it’s all working out kid. you made it.

Mr. T Manifesto

2011-08-04T12:19:00.001-04:00

At one point or another, more often than we'd like, we all find ourselves caring MOST about those who care about us the LEAST. Its as interesting as it is inevitable and as regrettable as it is embarrassing. We recognize the false hope in caring for those undeserving, yet continue to dwell in feelings of inadequacy. You'd imagine the evidence in common recognition would be enough to end the self pity, but it isn't. Knowing life would be easier, less painful, if we cared only for those who care about us is irrelevant because logic is always out of the question in these instances of self pity.

According to Webster, everyone in this state can technically be defined as delusional masochists... whats interesting about this is that we've all been there. So I cant justify this behavior, but I can definitely relate and looking back at those moments in which i've been the one caring in abundance, I can only pity my foolishness. I pity the fool (Mr. T).

If you're goin through these pitiful times, hopefully this will help you understand that you're definitely not alone and I really think that TRULY understanding this condition can help with relief. I went through this a while back and I think that me knowing a bit more about it would have helped.

I found some interesting info on the study of Self Pity broken down pretty accurately... (it was super religious so I had to do a lot of editing on it)

Self-pity is the process of turning an emotion that is meant to bring emotional intimacy with others inward; thereby blocking our ability to emotionally connect with others. Self-pity is driven by a desire for emotional intimacy. Why do we feel self-pity? There can be several reasons why we may feel self-pity. A few of them are as follows:

• It is an attempt to seek emotional intimacy with others by evoking their feelings of compassion

• It is the result of disappointment over unmet expectation resulting in a feeling of sorrow or loss (‘if only’)

• It is the result of having experienced rejection

• It is the result of a fear of others or a circumstance

• It is a means of punishing one’s self out of shame or guilt (example: I’m so stupid, ugly, etc.; I’ll never be…)

Self-pity creates a vicious cycle. We desire to connect with others so we tell our sad story in an effort to connect emotionally. We may gain the sympathy of others but since our focus is on self it prevents us from connecting emotionally with others; thus blocking the intimacy we were seeking. So we tell our story again in an effort to connect emotionally… and the desire for intimacy becomes like an addiction that is never satisfied and the cycle continues. It’s hard to connect with someone whose focus is inward.

Harboring self-pity can cause us to stay stuck in unforgiveness. It does this by preventing true forgiveness of others because we continue to nurse and rehearse the wound, thereby repeatedly wounding ourselves. It can even create a false sense of a ‘right to unforgiveness’. When this happens, you begin to think to yourself (whether you are conscious of it or not) “Look how this person has done this awful thing to me. I have the right to feel sorry for myself and to not forgive them.”

Self-pity is an emotion that isolates you and keeps you stuck in pain. Self-pity begins in our thought life therefore taking every thought captive is key to release from and staying out of self pity. Self-pity can sometimes hide behind a false pride, making yourself better than the person who wounded you in an effort to justify your unforgiveness. Just remember sorrow for self rarely brings about change.

In order to get release from self-pity, there are several steps we must take:

• Confess/admit self-pity. Confess your hopelessness, disappointment, fear, anger, etc.

• Forgive others who have wounded you. You may need to forgive yourself for punishing yourself.

• Relinquish the right to not forgive someone for wounding you. Relinquish the right to self-pity, or holding on to your pain.

• Taking every thought captive is the key to freeing yourself from self-pity. I can’t stress this enough. What are you thinking about internally? When your mind wanders what topic does it go to? Does it go to wounds of the past? What external data are you putting into your mind (books, TV, conversations)? Remember that our thoughts lead to our behavior and create authority

I hope me keeping it real and addressing this is not misinterpreted. I have a co-worker who is going through this right now and I just feel it really sucks how it effects times you can never relive and decisions you'll regret. Be wise and swag the sht out.

Jury Duty is your Duty

2011-05-23T21:16:00.001-04:00

Recently I was selected for Jury Duty, and let me tell you one thing that you might already know about Jury Duty.... JURY DUTY SUCKS! Now with that said, I feel like it is everyone's responsibility to serve on jury duty because it is one of the things that makes this country of ours so great! (Yes, I know our country isn't perfect, but look at it this way, would you rather live here or in some crappy place like..... MOST OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD! Jury Duty makes this country great because a long long time ago, very smart people decided that in order to make our court trials fair (i.e. not give the entire power of someone's life or any other matter to one person such as a judge) is to get a jury of our peers to determine whether something is right or wrong, or someone is guilty or not guilty. Mind you, this is one of the only countries in the world that gives you this privilege.

When I first received the notice that I was selected for Jury Duty, I felt just like anyone else in my shoes would have felt..... like I won the opposite of a lottery. Instead of millions of dollars and happiness (yes, money can buy happiness), I ended up with the feeling of misery and the potential boredom I will ensue. I left it sitting on my desk for a while and paid it no attention. I knew that I can get out of this somehow. I'm sure I can come up with a good enough excuse to get me out of this. I remember a long time ago I heard these wise words, "only stupid people get stuck with Jury Duty". About a week before my duty, this feeling came over me about doing the right thing. I felt like the right thing to do was to carry out my responsibility as an American citizen and go on jury duty. If you take into consideration that about 4% of the world is lucky enough to live in the United States and I am one of those very few, I shouldn't take that for granted…. And also it was too late for me to get out of it….

As you can imagine, I first went in this with the wrong attitude. Obviously I did not want to be there, but my feelings changed as the day went on (oh, and what a long day it was!). Without getting into too much detail of the case (because I can go to jail if I do) I would like to describe to you my day. I'm only going to give you the highlights, because if I were to describe all the stupidity I witnessed that day, I can go on for a LONG LONG TIME!

Out of the pool of 400 or so jurors, you were put into groups of about 40 and then sent to the courtroom. From there, the lawyers and judge will ask you questions and pick between 6-14 people (depending on the type of case it is). I was put into a Civil case. In this type of case, one person is suing another for something wrongful that they did. This is in contrast to a Criminal case, where the government will try to prove that the person or entity is guilty of breaking the law. One TREMENDOUS difference between these cases is that in a Civil case, the winner is basically the person you agree with 51%. In a criminal case, you have to believe 100% that the person is guilty of some illegal act. This is the FIRST thing that was mentioned in the courtroom, and that is when all hell broke loose.

One of the lawyers uses a sports example in order to show us what the difference is. He basically says "let's say the Dolphins beat the Green Bay Packers by 1 point in the Super Bowl, then you would agree that the Dolphins won correct?" Everyone (or should I say ALMOST everyone) obviously said "YES" (with a little duh thrown in there). BUT, one guy decides to be funny and says "no". Everyone immediately looks at him like he is the BIGGEST DOUCHE BAG EVER! But he jokingly says that "it would be a miracle if the Dolphins go to the Super Bowl". We all had a great laugh.... but, we are in a COURTROOM dealing with a SERIOUS matter, so the lawyer asks again, "But you do agree that they won right? Hypothetically". The guy decides that he is still going to answer NO! This is what crosses my mind "WTF, are you serious, is this how my first Jury Duty going to start???" He states that he is the kind of person that needs more than 51% in order to say who won. He says that he needs like 75% or 80% (apparently he has a % meter reader that tells him how he feels and how much of it he feels). The lawyer then goes on to say that the LAW states that the winner is 51%, no matter what you NEED, because its not about what YOU need, its about what the LAW says. Then the dude decides to argue about the law sort of like how a 4 year old questions everything... "but why? but why does it have to be this way? but why cant we change it? but why? but why did they write this law that way?" It's sort of like asking why on the Palmetto the speed limit is 55 MPH and not 70..... But why??? This is how my day began. There were a lot more instances like this by other people as well. It really got to the point where I wanted to stand up and tell these people how stupid they are acting and to take this dam job serious! (but I don't have the balls to say something like that at a place where jail is really close by).

As I am witnessing all of this I thought to myself a few things... I think we need some sort of college degree requirement in order to be a part of a jury. There were way too many stupid people (this goes back to the "only stupid people get stuck with Jury Duty" quote). Do lawyers really have to go through this with all jury selection? I thought maybe I landed in a bad jury pool and hopefully most others aren't this retarted.... and if they are, boy we have a HUGE problem with our judicial system. And the poor family that has to sit there and witness the selection of the idiots that will be responsible for affecting their life. I tried to picture myself as one of the plaintiffs and I would be ABSOLUTELY terrified sitting there listening to all the stupid things people had to say. Seriously, the rest of my life is going to be held responsible by these incompetent people?

Anyway, where I am sort of leaning with this is that if you are selected for Jury Duty, please be responsible and do your job. Imagine if one day you needed a Jury of your peers to decide your fate, wouldn't you want the best and smartest possible people??

(P.S. I am assuming that all of you that read this are smart people.... given that you follow beengotit.com of course).

I Made It To My Bday!

2011-05-17T02:30:00.001-04:00

You might not know this, but 2 weeks ago on May 3rd, I almost died. I was driving back home and hit a tree and flipped my car over. This happened around midnight and NO, I was NOT drunk. I don't remember too many details though as I was concussed for a moment. I just remember waking up in my car upside down and my body layed on the roof over the driver and passenger seats. I looked down and my feet were on the driver side window which was was too crushed down for me to fit through so I looked up and my passenger side window was conveniently missing (apparently gone on impact with the tree) so I crawled out that way.

I made it out of there virtually unharmed. Of course I had cuts and gashes from crawling on the shattered glass, but nothing nearly as serious as what would usually be the case in a crash of that severity. When I got out and stared at my car I thought damn, I really shouldn't have survived this sht. Everyone that got to the scene couldnt believe that I was the one that was in the car. Both airbags deployed so im sure thats what knocked me out... But what are the odds of not even having a bruise or cut on my face? I hit a fkn tree and crushed my car! Shts crazy.

I'm sharing this because I dont think you ever know how this feels unless you go through it. Im referring to the experience of "cheating death". A great friend of mine, Mohamed Kassim, died on that same street 3 years ago after hitting a tree... and a couple of weeks ago a co-worker of mine died from a similar car accident.

I wasn't emotional or even anxious when I got out of the car, I was actually very calm and just upset that I couldn't find my phone and that I didnt have a car anymore... I eventually found my phone once they flipped the car over... but I had to go to Peru the next day so I refused any medical treatment. I just called Johnny and he came through to tell me I was fine. Real Friend Ass Sht right there.

Today is my Birthday and in the last 2 weeks I celebrated my Grandma's bday with her in Peru and also re-buried my Grandfather while I was there, I received a promotion (opportunity) at my job the day that I got back, and yesterday I bought a new swag ass car. A lot more life-changing sht (that i'd rather not mention) has gone down since the accident and as much as I feel uncomfortable admitting, even my attitude has changed a bit. I joke about this a lot, but this is kind of like a "second chance" at life. My mother and most friends suggest that I should start "going to church" and getting religious... BUT... I think that would be waaaay too hypocritical and just plain insincere. I love and respect all my religious peoples, but I just cant believe that a book written by man will help me live a better life.

I didnt tell most anyone about the accident because I didnt want to think too much about the what-if's. The What-if's are too depressing when I consider the fact that I really havent done enough to be remembered FOREVER. Im really big into leaving a legacy, so this time around im definitely gonna try and be more memorable lol.

Anyways, I hope that most of you guys know that I love you and I don't mean that I think about you all the time or that I want to make out with you... I just love most of you and I dont say it enough because that would sound way too soft. BE SAFE AND DRIVE SLOW.

SIDE NOTE: Ive been driving since I was 16 and I have NEVER been in a car accident. This is the second time in the past 4 weeks and the first time was someone elses fault. That first accident put my car in the shop for a whole week and IRONICALLY the same day that I took it out of the shop, MAY 3rd, was the same day I totaled it.

Other SIDE NOTE: I wasnt wearing my seatbelt... and if I were wearing my seatbelt I would have died instantly. THE IRONY!!!!!!!

Other other SIDE NOTE: I have to reiterate the fact that I WAS NOT DRUNK. If I was drunk, I wouldve gotten a DUI. Some one just got really close to me while I was driving and I moved a little to the side, jumped on the curb and hit a tree going pretty fkn fast.

BE SAFE AND DRIVE SLOW PEOPLE.

You ready for some cliche sht? ----> Life is short, so make sure you do the things you want to do while you still can... swag.

Pause

2011-04-18T14:55:00.002-04:00

I noticed yesterday that I didnt have it on youtube... so now I put it on youtube.

Falling Down

2011-04-16T13:17:00.001-04:00

This is the product of a random jam session I had with my boy Chandler The Chan Man Martin on the keys singing like a baby angel. We didnt plan this at all and it was recorded in one take. He just started playing the piano and I had my microphone at hand which had been recording the whole night and we just improvised. I had this poem/song written for over a year now but I never liked the recordings of it (they all felt too long and the story got redundant). But Chandlers dope ass hook, which coincidently goes perfect with my verses, makes the whole theme tolerable lol.

And it's based on a true story... Vanessa Something from my fourth grade (Mrs. McKinneys) class was the first time I got rejected (that btch). Im kidding, im not bitter but it's funny how sht that happens to you as a kid really molds the decisions you make as an adult. For example, now I dont talk to girls named Vanessa.

Falling Down w/ Chandler Martin by Montigity

It all started back when I was 10
I remember then it was 4th grade
In arts class we both made
Similar pictures when asked to draw a portrait
Of what the sun looks like

Yeah she was somethin like the sun looked like could she would glow
I would tell myself dont look twice so she dont no-
tice that she was my main focus
Fresh uniform hopin she would know this

Wasnt the regularly average 4th grade class mate
But every note she wrote would go straight pass me
All my poems and my essays got me straight A's
And she would look at me like "Ok that's great"

Damn, I wish I knew how to impress her
I used to steal that CK1 from my dads dresser
And I would get the attention but didnt want it
from the girls I didnt like shht isnt it ironic

How those same girls I turned down in elementary
Grew up to be the kinda girls that I felt were meant for me
And if I tried to holler now they would turn me down
Karma catches up to everybody eventually

I shouldve been nice, I was so foul
Now that I think about it sht I blame No Doubt
Cause the only girl that I wanted looked like Gwen Stefani
Except she wasnt "Just A Girl" she was more stunning

Had me goin "Bananas" even though we "Dont Speak"
Except for that one time my shit was sooo weak
Everybody was chillin cause it was the last day
And it was raining so the teacher made our ass stay

It was a portable class and what I wish I couldve done was
make a portal to pass straight to the past
Cause I just told her I liked her and she didnt respond
Now I feel like an ass in front of the whole class

Belive me that was cold man
So I walked up out the class in the cold rain
And I aint even run, I just strolled through it
I could imagine man I mustve looked so stupid

But I remember walkin that day to reflect
What the fuck made me think that me and her would connect?
But nah I dont regret it and hope I wont forget it
Cause theres no tellin the depth of a hole that I could get in

And theres no tellin what would of happened without that section
Of my life when I learned about that thing that we call rejection
And I dont know bout you, but thats a heavy load,
especially for me
I was ten years old

I was ten years old
Ten years later
those ten years froze
The only thing that changed about the girls in then and now is their bra size

Zulay singing "No Time Soon" by Gnarls Barkley

2011-04-11T10:46:00.001-04:00

This is my favorite Gnarls Barkley song and a couple of days ago I noticed there weren't any covers or recordings of this song on youtube and thats just wrong. People need to hear this shit. So the first thing that popped into my head was (fellow beengotit blogger) Zulay's beautiful swaggy ass voice! I called her up and asked her to do a cover and she was down now here it is.

(you can download the song by clicking on the little downward arrow icon located on the soundcloud toolbar)

Gnarls Barkley - No Time Soon (Cover) by Zulay by Montigity

This could be one of those days
that we must go our separate ways.
Scared for you to be out of my sight,
because you never know, you might.

And I carry this
it's heavy.
And I miss you
already..

You were perfect babe.

My time will come
yours too.
I'll gladly go before you.

I hope you live forever,
or maybe we can go together.

It would be perfect baby.

And I carry this,
it's heavy.
And I miss you
already..

Winning (Music Video)

2011-04-03T13:51:00.000-04:00

CNN

2011-03-23T16:01:00.001-04:00

Look MOM! Im a conscious rapper! Juuuuuust kidding, lol.

I watch a lot of CNN. Anderson Cooper is my dude. Always makes me feel grateful for living in the U.S. so I started writing this a couple of days ago but revised it once I found this beat by Q-Tip and decided it fit so here you go.

Lots of double meanings sooooooo interpret.

CNN by Montigity

Energy energy gotta power the flat screen
We need the power no matter whatever that means
The Lybians, Egyptians, the Japanese
Tsunami's washing up Mobarrak and Ghadafi's

News news the CNN reporter man he made me feel smarter
for learning bout the slaughter
Hungry ass father out there trynna feed his daughter
To the same group of pawns who where laughin when they shot her

Religion religion, recipe isnt missin
Just kill em all if they fall then its definite you should kick em
The help hasnt held position enough to have left the kitchen
So get back and serve with your hand on the word

Sleep sleep, cause even stress has to rest
Your hand gets tired if you hold it on your chest
for too long, is it too late?
To change the outcome, do we choose fate?

Wake up wake up, first of the month again
I'll make a deal with the devil just hand me the fkn pen
What you want my soul? Ok here you can have it then
I dont mind not bein able to see the reflection

In The Mirror mirror is lieing to you
I figure your dieing to let go,
im tryin to let those
who decide that im best known
for the writing of strep throat
sick shit im still legit bitch I been got it.

Energy energy
News News
Religion religion
Snooze snooze
Wake up wake up
In the mirror
Blurry eyed vision isnt gettin any clearer so toast.

Lets drink it up
Most dont give a fuck
So I think ima gonna go and propose
We interrupt

But dont make an ass out of yourself by assuming
A lot of people never had the choice like the Cubans
Opposite of Marks family (Mark Cuban), marked casualties
No TV’s no pictures on the tees

Just STD’s no sympathies
S T A T's count a couple more g's
Died in Haiti
In just a couple days
You gotta look at it a couple ways

Do you, get played for tryin to be brave
Or do you get payed for lookin the other way
Hey either way I say it's all good and dandy
Thank mom I was born in Miami.

Los Juegos Olímpicos De Cerveza

2011-03-11T14:08:00.001-05:00

This is for all of our followers out there that do not have a facebook (Chris and Jorge) or do not check there facebook invites.....

Is there anything more beautiful than a beautiful beautiful flamingo, flying across in front of a beautiful sunset? And he's carrying a beautiful rose in his beak, and also he's carrying a very beautiful painting with his feet. And also, you're drunk.

beenGOTit.com proudly presents the 3rd Annual Beer Olympics. Yes, I know..... it's about time! It will be on May 21st.

This year it will be Cinco de Mayo themed, so bring out the sombreros and Mexican colors. We are looking for teams of 4. It would be ideal if teams were made up of 2 guys and 2 girls, but I know some of you don't know many women. So, each team must consist of ATLEAST 1 girl... we have a way of making things work out evenly.

We have 5 events this year: (1) straw chug (2) relay race (3) sling shot (4) Bucket o Beer (5) Lightning Round. We will be filming a tutorial very soon (hopefully) showing you all of the rules and regulations of each event.

Admission fee for each team is $60 ($15 per person if you are too dumb to do the math) You can email your Team Name with participants to adiaz0505@gmail.com or just post it on the Event wall.

If you do not want to participate, but still want to come watch the shit show, admission will be $10. This is for UNLIMITED BEER AND FOOD (limited to the amount we have at the park*). You might say, "hey let me save 5 bucks and not participate and just go watch". And to you I say "STOP BEING A LITTLE BITCH AND DO IT!"

P.S. If we can get a team of 4 girls, they will have a special gift for the event.

Date and time is tentative. We will keep you updated if anything changes.

Here is a video of the 1st Beer Olympics made by Dick. We do not have any pictures, videos, or any evidence of the 2nd Annual Beer Olympics so we do not have anything to show for that. :(

Everybody Wanna Be Like C

2011-03-10T10:03:00.003-05:00

Everybody wanna be like C Nasty!

So a few months ago our good friend Chris (a loyal beengotit follower) made a video to promote the Christmas day basketball game between the Heat and the Lakers. I meant to post in on the blog, but I'm an idiot and a bad friend.... sorry. In any event, the Heat take on the Lakers tonight for a rematch and I figured this would be the next best opportunity to post the video. The video features a song by miami's own MAYDAY - "Fire".

You can see and follow more of his videos at www.youtube.com/Cnasty006

Frank Ocean

2011-03-08T14:32:00.002-05:00

Frank Ocean of OddFuture surprised the sht out of me with this mixtape: Nostalgia/Ultra <--- (thats a download link). Especially since OddFuture is a gang of young dudes rapping about killing/raping/antichrist skateboard punk sht.

If you're an RnB fan like im an RnB fan you will definitely appreciate this. It's a very gritty young REAL take on the typical Jodeci-type-shit.

She singing, "bitch i'm paid, that's all i gotta say." i'm like who knew, who knew, who knew, that after all the years i'd make a weezy fan out of you too, you too, you too. when i met you, you were thom yorke, chris martin & u2, u2, u2. when you met me i was three6, pimp c, bun b, 8ball & mjg. but we're both a long way from home, we got the windows down, the radio's on..always. i wrote a letter to the sky, saying maybe one day you'll get to kiss me, kiss me, kiss me. my girl found it in the car & said "baby why you trying to diss me, diss me, diss me." cuz you know you're my baby, you know you're my baby. i'm not just in it for the ride. in it for the ride...

Winning

2011-03-07T11:55:00.002-05:00

I just want to say that im a big fan of Mr. Sheen. His confidence and ideals are admirable and inspiring. I dont think its fair that because he uses ridiculously exaggerated phrases to express himself we label him "delusional". Listen to what he's saying, the guy is all about love. Positive Peace Promotion. Nothing wrong with self confidence. RANDY MOSS SWAG. Sheen should be a rapper.

WARNING! Theres a lot of cursing in this one... and a lot of WINNING.

Winning (feat. Ballz and Jason) by Montigity

I talk a lot of shit but my breath fresh
And I wont stop talkin until I get checks
BITCH I WONT CHECKS FUCK IT I WANT CASH
And I wont stop talkin until I get CASH

BITCH I told Allan grab a gar
Split while I spit nigga we gon be stars
And my boy Balls got a glock in his draws
And we stay winning like that motherfucker Charles

IMA be Charles SHEEN what I mean
Got a group of mothafuckin fiends on my team
Accessary nigga if you seen what I seen
And I got a whole pocket full of green in my jeans

Double dollar bills, yeah its all about the Jefferson's
Nigga sick sick like I dont believe in medicine
Nigga think quick man I dont believe in pause
Ignoring Jehovahs witness like I dont believe in God

Better not knock, FUCK WHAT YOU HEARD
You talkin to the highest nigga without the herb
Without the words say Hi and be out
Stop and talk sht isnt what I be about

I be about doin hood rat shit with my people
Connected with 4 G's like an EVO
Balls Ariel Dick Jason and Chris
Fuck its a big list ima need like 3 more

Pages fuck you if you hate this
RIP Dilla cause he's the one that made this
Runnin this shit like castro
And I dont fuck with Chino cause that nigga is an asshole

I Love South Florida

2011-03-01T21:50:00.004-05:00

Reasons why living in South Florida is the shit!

South Beach Food & Wine festival

Boat Show

Ultra Music Festival

Sweedish House Mafia's Masquerade Motel

South Beach Comedy Festival

Taste of Brickell Food & Wine Festival

Calle Ocho Festival

(Those all happen within a 6 week span)

Art Basel

Miami International Film Festival

The Miami Regatta

Fashion Shows (like every month!)

Beengotit Beer Olympics (more on this later)

The SuperBowl® is hosted here like every 3 years.

These are all the things that I can come up with off the top of my head. Not to mention that its one of the only places in this country that you can go to the beach all year round!

Are you sick of highly paid teachers?

2011-02-28T09:20:00.000-05:00

This post was written as a note on facebook by Meredith Menden. I do not know her personally, but someone reposted it and I thought this was amazing. I would have asked her if it is ok to post this on my blog, but for some reason she doesn't allow messages on facebook. So I'll just assume that its ok.... you know what happens when you assume.......??

Teachers' hefty salaries are driving up taxes, and they only work 9 or 10 months a year! It's time we put things in perspective and pay them for what they do - babysit!

We can get that for less than minimum wage.

That's right. Let's give them $3.00 an hour and only the hours they worked; not any of that silly planning time, or any time they spend before or after school. That would be $19.50 a day (7:45 to 3:00 PM with 45 min. off for lunch and plan-- that equals 6 1/2 hours).

Each parent should pay $19.50 a day for these teachers to baby-sit their children. Now how many students do they teach in a day...maybe 30? So that's $19.50 x 30 = $585.00 a day.

However, remember they only work 180 days a year!!! I am not going to pay them for any vacations.

LET'S SEE....

That's $585 X 180= $105,300

per year. (Hold on! My calculator needs new batteries).

What about those special education teachers and the ones with Master's degrees? Well, we could pay them minimum wage ($7.75), and just to be fair, round it off to $8.00 an hour. That would be $8 X 6 1/2 hours X 30 children X 180 days = $280,800 per year.

Wait a minute -- there's something wrong here! There sure is!

The average teacher's salary (nation wide) is $50,000.
$50,000/180 days = $277.77/per day/30 students=$9.25/6.5 hours = $1.42 per hour per student--a very inexpensive baby-sitter and they even EDUCATE your kids!) WHAT A DEAL!!!!

Make a teacher smile; repost this to show appreciation for all educators.

Crush

2011-02-24T15:17:00.003-05:00

I wrote half of this when I used to work at the airport probably 8 months ago. I would see the most beautiful "marry me" type chicks EVERYDAY (Richard knows what im talkin about) and got inspired lol. I finished it recently with the idea of being infatuated with what you HOPE someone is. <--- That's how I define a crush and I had a little crush on the lady at the bank, so she inspired the rest lol

(SIDE NOTE: I just recently got direct deposit so I gotta come up with an excuse to go down there. Womp womp. I think ima order some more $2's LIKE A DOUCHE!)

Divine, supernatural beauty
What her attraction is to me isnt comparable
Absence wouldnt be bearable
Very few people I know wouldnt take time to stare at you
Maybe cause youre a parable and im willin to learn

Her passion makes me want to read a passage in her book
But look at how she acts, shes acting how she looks
Reacting to my passes like she needs a second look
Cause yeah, she's all that, and me? Im just all shook

It took, me a long time to admit
That I need a new puzzle for all of these pieces to fit
But nowadays its a struggle to believe in a gift
So I struggle to get the words out while shes pleading the fifth

Nah she aint sayin shit, and I aint saying nothing neither
Its the same conversation every time that I see her
Fuck her love her leave her thats what she thinks ima do
But she dont know I need her and she prolly needs me to

But, we'll never find out, intimidation and lust
The combination is parallel separating the US
The WE the SHE and ME the read between the jokes
The horoscope told me we're good so yeah theres hope

Right? Oh, they switched it up
Well I guess it doesnt matter anymore who gives a fuck
Anyways say hi and say bye and keep passin
I dont know if I know her but I know I love her passion

You can hear me reciting/rapping this over Izy Volta's song "Knock Em Dead" in the following video (shot by Ariel). Btw, the song Izy is singing here has been stuck in my head for the past week! That thing needs to be on the radio. LISSSTEN.

And this was shot at Miguels house during his bday bbq... HAPPY BDAY MIGUEL! If you don't know who Miguel is, he's a loyal beengotit follower/good friend/the only person I know that could survive a bear attack. CHEERS.

Speaking of Local Talent...

2011-02-24T09:25:00.003-05:00

Here is a recording that I made at Miguel's house. We got live music erywear outt hurr! (I meant to misspell that btw) Miguel is a committed beengotit follower and we appreciate it greatly! (If you didn't read yesterdays post on some great local bands that you should check out then you should scroll down and read once you are done watching these videos) Hope you enjoy.

This is a live version of the song "Face On My" by Monty featuring Johnny. Marli did us the honor of playing Johnnys part.

This is the original version of that song. I dont know why Montigity hasn't posted it yet, but it looks like I have to do everything out here.... "Fuck you, pay me"

Your Mom's Favorite BredCrumbs

2011-02-23T08:18:00.001-05:00

Ever since Montes introduced me to one of the greatest bands coming out of Miami, ¡MAYDAY!, I've had my eye out for good local bands coming out of South Florida. I love supporting local music, and so should you. You know why? Cause you fucking live here, that's why! (If you are reading this and currently do not live in South Florida, (1) I feel bad that you live in a wack ass place and (2) please disregard that last sentence).

A couple of weeks ago I was invited out by my friend Kelverth to check out his band BredCrumbs. They were performing at Transit Lounge with 2 other local bands: YMF (Your Mom's Favorite) and CornerStoners (I did not get to see them perform because it was already 1 a.m. on a Wednesday night..... But I do plan on catching them another time). The show was awesome! Both bands had great vibes.

I've seen YMF perform a couple times before. They are really funny and clever. I'd describe them as a mix of ¡MAYDAY! and Montes (Yes, I am comparing other music to beengotit's very own Montigity because if you follow this blog, then you follow his music and you know what I mean!) They also did a song over Nas' "Hip Hop is Dead" beat and it was dope as fuck! The song is called "Turn It Down" and they currently do not have it posted online, but as soon as they do I will let you know. Bredcrumbs was a little different than YMF. They gave more of a 311/Sublime feel. A bit more reggaeish and R&B. Each songs offer a different kind of sound to it. I definitely recommend both bands. BredCrumbs performs a lot at Jazid in South Beach, and I've seen YMF perform at various locations such as White Room (now known as Eve Nightclub), and Churchills.

Both bands have been featured on ABC's new T.V. show Miami Music Television. This is a show where they have performances by famous artists from the 3 0 5 such as Rick Ross, Pitbull, Flo Rida, Trina, Brisco, Black Da Da, and also famous artists not from the 3 0 5 such as Akon, NeYo, and Good Charlotte. I think it's pretty fucking cool that we have an entire show trying to get local artists some exposure!

So if you wanna check out these great bands and support some local music (even if you do not live in South Florida) you can check out there facebook page: YMF, BredCrumbs.

Or you can visit there website at: www.ym305.com or www.bredcrumbsmusic.com.

Also, please check out ABC's Miami Music Television at www.miamimusictelevision.com. Cause that is fucking awesome!

Hard to get

2011-02-12T19:27:00.004-05:00

Recently I started to watch the seasons of How I met your mother, and as the writers in the show would describe it: IT IS AWESOME! The show is about a father telling his story to his children of how he met their mother. The show is centered around a group of friends, one in which the character is named Barney, played by Neil Patrick Harris. Barney is the single friend who finds outrageous ways to pick up women. Below is a recent blog post by Barney on his blog http://www.cbs.com/primetime/how_i_met_your_mother/community/barney_blog/index.phpa

Barney's Blog

HARD TO GET
February 07, 2011

If you read my blog often, or simply live on this planet, you know that 100% of ladies play "hard-to-get." Recently, my best friend Ted and I found ourselves in an uncomfortable situation: a beautiful girl at the bar was stroking his arm and looking deep into his eyes, but the straw in her drink€¦ was pointing towards me. To a trained seduction artist like myself, it was obvious that this girl was teasing me with a classic game of "hard-to-get," while poor Ted was playing his own classic game of "gettin' hard"â€¦ a game he only plays with himself.

Here are ten other instances in which it may appear that a girl is uninterested, but is actually just playing "hard-to-get."

1. If she tells you she's "married."

This is chick-code for "I haven't done it in months, take me now."

2. If you're blocking her path to the bathroom and she says, "Pardon me."
Take away the P, A, R, and N and you have "Do me." It doesn't get much clearer than that. She wants you to join her in stall #3.

3. If she slaps you.

You know what they say: any physical contact is good contact. Be sure to establish a "safe word" beforehand. I recommend "help!"

4. If she insists the bouncers escort you out of the bar.

She wants to get you away from her friends and have you all to herself.

5. If she's eating pretzels.

Wants you to wrap her legs up in knots. Duh.

6. If the email she gives you ends with @prodigy.net.

She wants your junk, not your junk mail. No post-coital conversation required.

7. If she refuses your offer to buy her a drink.

She wants you to buy her dinner instead â€“ in which case, bail. That's way too much effort when there's probably a girl nearby eating pretzels.

8. If she doesn't answer your phone calls.

She's letting your calls go to voicemail so she can listen to your voice over and over and over again. She horny!

9. If she's buttoning up her jacket and turning her body away from you.

She's teasing you by covering up her heaving bosom.

10. If she pulls you aside and says, "Seriously. You need to stop stalking me. You've been creeping me out all night. I'm about to call the cops."

Wink! It doesn't get much "harder to get" than that.

Dedicated to No. Would-Be-18

2011-02-09T19:05:00.005-05:00

Out of sheer curiosity (and nagging from certain friends), I recently got a Twitter account--and, though I hate to admit it, I really, really like it. I like it to the point where I'm almost always checking my tweet feed for the latest tweets from those I follow. I'm also slowly building a stream of followers--I've reached an amusingly pathetic 18, which is kind of ironic considering the amount of time I spend on this website, but it's a steady growth nevertheless. I look at Twitter as vomit of the mind; every crude, quirky thought I have throughout the span of my day is tweeted for my loyal 18 followers to enjoy. My first week on this website, I was starting to imagine all the followers I would gain over time (one being David Hasselhoff, who tweet-promised that he would follow everyone who followed him, and I've yet to get my follow. Step your game up, Hoff). Things were looking great for me and my Twitterverse.

That is, until I got my first "unfollow".

Now, it sounds extremely stupid to even admit this , but the "unfollow" kind of hurt me. I basically see it as a virtual shunning. This means that said unfollower did not care to read my charming tweets about going to lavish whisky tastings, or support my Jesus Christ retweets where he compares himself to Carmen Sandiego. Instead, this person, who we'll name WouldBe#18 for identification purposes, thought I was so annoying that he/she/it decided it was too painful to continue seeing my tweets pop up on their news feed. I needed some kind of release for this unnecesary hurt and found this post titled "The 5 Stages of Pain After Being Unfollowed". Turns out I'm not the only one who's ever felt this way (though this person felt a little more pain than I did, which gives me confidence in my sanity). Though I have learned to move on from the experience, I hope to one day bump into WouldBe#18 somewhere in the depths of Twitter; so I can follow them, retweet them, and then block them out of childish, creepy spite.

With that said, follow me on Twitter! :D @zulayarr

Superhero..... Minus the Super

2011-02-08T20:22:00.003-05:00

This is brought to you by one of our very own beengotit followers... Nura! (And by brought, I mean that she brought this to my attention, not that she actually filmed the interview or was a part of the broadcast) Sorry for the disclaimer, but I'm just trying not to get Nura sued. This is pretty awesome though.... Gracias Nura!

It's Not About Football

2011-02-07T18:59:00.003-05:00

So I've noticed that the song "Black And Yellow" by Wiz Khalifa is very popular, so popular enough that he has created a movement. I call it, the "Football Anthem" movement.

I'm sure that all of you know what the "black and yellow" reference in the song is. Wiz is from Pitsburgh and that city is famous for waving a black and yellow towel at football games. And by some sort of wierd transitive property, people assume that the song is about the Pitsburgh Steelers. Well, IT IS NOT! Nowhere in the entire song does Wiz talk about the Pitsburgh Steelers, or any football for that matter. There isn't even a clever rhyme referencing ANY SPORT! The song isn't about football; it is about the city he is from.... PITSBURGH! (It's like people confusing the song "I'm in Miami Bitch" with a song about the Dolphins). The song is just a regular old song talking about smoking weed and fucking bitches and owning nice shit. Same ol', same ol'.

Now the reason I bring this up is because there have been fifty-eleven remixes done of the song, each representing a different football team from the pros and even college. Some are very clever, such as "Gold And Garnet". Some make me wanna throw up, such as "Blue And Orange". Some of them are even somewhat bearable, such as Lil' Wayne's "Green And Yellow" (Yes, I am partial to Lil' Wayne because I'm a big fan and IDGAF!) The rest of them just suck and are taking up memory space on YouTube. IT'S NOT A FOOTBALL ANTHEM. IT'S NOT ABOUT FOOTBALL.... AT ALL! (If you would like some proof, you can look up the lyrics Here )

Below I have posted a few of them for your listening/viewing pleasure. Enjoy!

Wrestling, Hypnosis, Break Dancing.

2011-02-06T07:46:00.002-05:00

For those of you who dont think wrestling is real, you clearly haven't seen this video. Hands down the most illegal move performed during a wrestling match EVER!

Empty

2011-01-27T14:18:00.000-05:00

A couple days ago I was listenin to J. Cole on my phone and heard this track "My World Is Empty" so I tried lookin for the instrumental and all I found was this instrumental remake by youtube user: youtube.com/Strategicxx so I grabbed it and sped it up quite a bit and started writing. Here's the end result BAM! Feedback is always welcome, encourage and appreciated!

Read between the lines, hear between the rhymes.

Its ironic how my visions blurry cause of all the glasses

EMPTY bottles EMPTY looks EMPTY books EMPTY classes

There is no one at attendance, empty brain EMPTY casket

So im still alive and keeping score like balls inside a basket

I am one lucky bastard cause my pockets arent EMPTY

But my car is not a Bentley, so I guess my heart is EMPTY

Friendly but dont say my rhymes are EMPTY might offend me

Cause I have the type of vision that an architect would envy

Need an optimist to lend me a hand say somthing nice

Or a pessimist to lend me a hand give some advice

So I can chug until im EMPTY as him and im chewing ice

I need a girl who I can feel to make me EMPTY tonight

Where to begin I need a pen to write my stories and such

About the envy and the pretty EMPTY hoes that we fuck

It seems like I am just pretending but the show is a must

Tryin to make every assist like I am coaching the Bucks

Like im controlling the clutch, wait I got, I GOT IT

Driving on an EMPTY tank and I cannot control the millage

And its 4 dollars for a gallon now I got an EMPTY wallet

EMPTY hands are turning into EMPTY fists to keep from crying

All this bullsht people lying bout all the shit is EMPTY

Why is it so hard to find a group a hoes who dont pretend the

use of "hoes" is sooo offending, these hoes just keep on bending

Till they find a rock inside a box that cost a nigga 10 g's

For what? So the EMPTINESS is gone?

After throwing down your bra and after throwing down your thong

Yeah I love you girl im kidding we both want a happy ending

So give me a happy ending baby I am only venting.

On A Serious Note..

2011-01-13T16:49:00.009-05:00

Dear new years resolutioners,

This goes out to all my friends out there trying to quit smoking. This message is from the heart:

Stop smoking cigarettes! You know why? Because I don't want you to die! Yes, people do die from smoking (as you can see by the picture above). If you don't care enough about your life in order to stop killing yourself, then don't do it for you. Do it for me, or beengotit, or your friends, or your family, or anyone else in this world that has told you to stop. Now I know it is hard to stop, but it is YOUR life that is at stake here. We are only but observers from a distance that care about you. We don't tell you to stop because we want to annoy you, we do it cause WE CARE!

If you have someone you care about enough and you want them to stop smoking cigarettes because it will kill them one day, feel free to tell them that YOU DO NOT WANT TO SEE THEM DIE! If they don't stop, then obviously they don't give a fuck about themselves or you..... and who wants to be around those people anyway?

P.S. Those pictures are REAL... as in Marlboro actually printed on the box that WE WILL KILL YOU and make money while doing it and IDGAF!

This message was brought to you by the fine people at BEENGOTIT.COM

Thank You

Beengotit 2011

2011-01-06T15:33:00.001-05:00

We are not photographers
We just take a shot at this
If we get the picture
Then the scripture isnt proud of us

Either way im proud of us
But since theres a lot of us
I think that its too easy to lose sight
and stay anonymous

But I wont stay anonymous
Thats for damn sure
Im doin it for acknowledgements
And thats a damn plural

Thats a damn mural
I want it
I aint willing to compromise anything to be on it
I Promise.

Smart People... with Attitude

2011-01-05T17:32:00.002-05:00

The Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band (LSJUMB) is the student marching band of Stanford University. They consider themselves "The World's Largest Rock and Roll Band". Technically, it is not actually a marching band since they don't actually march.

Now normally I watch college football games for football, but something caught my attention about this band. There was a rumor going around that the band was banned from performing at The Orange Bowl. Now although this was just a rumor, I had to see why this was even brought up. I've never heard of any band getting banned from a football game, so I did a little research and discovered that this band is notorious for getting into trouble.

Here is a list of things that they have done and been criticized for: (It is long, but it is well worth the read)

In the 1970s, one halftime show lampooned Cal student Patty Hearst's kidnapping with a formation called the "Hearst Burger": two buns and no patty.

The band gave a tribute for the anniversary of Jayne Mansfield's death, by announcing over the PA the urban legend of how she had been decapitated in an automobile accident. The band then played the song "Another Saturday Night and I Ain't Got No Body."

In 1999, when UCLA football players were caught in a handicapped parking scandal, the Band formed a handicapped symbol on the field, and wheeled the mascot in on a wheelchair.

In 1986, the University suspended the band from traveling to the UCLA football game scheduled on November 8, 1986 after incidents in previous games that season. First, on October 11, 1986, an infamous incident of public urination happened following the home football game against the University of Washington. Second, during the halftime show of the home USC game on October 19, 1986, the band spelled out "NO BALLZ". Finally, for the next game they performed an anagram show and spelled out an anagrammed four-letter word ("NCUT"). After the UCLA game suspension was served, the band appeared at the Cal game wearing angel halos in an attempt to apologize and get invited to travel with the football team to a bowl game. The band attended the Gator Bowl that year, amid very close scrutiny.

In 1990, Stanford suspended the band for a single game after their halftime show at the University of Oregon criticized the logging of the spotted owl's habitats in the northwest United States. The band used formations in the shape of a chainsaw and in the shape of the word OWL changing to AWOL.Governor Neil Goldschmidt (D-OR) issued a decree that the band not return to Oregon for several years; the band did not return until 2001.

In 1991, the University of Notre Dame banned the LSJUMB from visiting its campus after a halftime show at Stanford in which drum major Eric Selvik dressed as a nun and conducted the band using a wooden cross as a baton. (During the pregame show and first half of the game, the drum major had been dressed as an Orthodox Jew, where the wooden cross was part of a menorah-like baton.) After the halftime show, a female Notre Dame fan ran onto the field, approached from behind the unsuspecting Selvik, and forcibly ripped the nun habit off of his head. Selvik pursued and regained his habit from the attacker, who in the scuffle for the habit told the drum major he was "going to hell for this."

In 1994, the Band was disciplined after nineteen members of the band skipped a field rehearsal in Los Angeles to play outside the L.A. County Courthouse during jury selection for the O. J. Simpson trial. The band's song selection included an arrangement of The Zombies' "She's Not There." Defense lawyer Robert Shapiro described the incident to the media as "a new low in tasteless behavior." Later that year, during the halftime show of the football game against USC (where Simpson had played football and won the 1968 Heisman Trophy), band members drove a white Ford Bronco with bloody handprints around the Stanford stadium track, an obvious allusion to the low-speed chase in which police followed a white Bronco carrying Simpson around the Los Angeles area.

In 1997, the Band was again disciplined for shows lampooning Catholicism and the Irish at a game against Notre Dame. The Band put on a show entitled "These Irish, Why Must they Fight?" Besides the mocking supposedly stereotypical Irish-Catholic behavior, there was a Riverdance formation, and a Potato Famine joke, drawing criticism for its "tasteless" portrayal of Catholics.

In 2004, the Band drew national attention and Mormon ire for joking about polygamy during a game against Brigham Young University. The Dollies appeared in wedding veils with the Band Manager of the time kneeling and "proposing" to each in turn as the announcer referred to marriage as "the sacred bond that exists between a man and a woman... and a woman... and a woman... and a woman... and a woman."

And my favorite of them all....

Alumni sent a million dollar donation to the University with the stipulation that the Band be criticized. The President ripped up the check and returned it stating "We love the Band".

Now, you gotta love smart people with attitude! Which one is your favorite??

Shit Biscuit Says.... Part Deuce

2010-12-28T12:33:00.004-05:00

And here we are with another rendition of shit that Biscuit says. I'm sorry that it took so long, but I got some really good ones. If you missed out on the first one, just scroll down and take a look.

Stereotyping.
"Gangsters are good at football."

Someone asks "What's the name of the street where that light is blinking?" Being helpful.
"A strobe light."

Being jealous.
"You smell like Richard."

"I'm so hungry I want to punch a clown in the face."

"I don't slow dance, just booty. I hear Boys2Men, I drop it like it's hot."

The morning after clubbing.
"I woke up dehydrated, with a headache, and a stomach ache because of you!"

While eating a Biscuit Omelette.
"Biscuit goes good with everything."

"I count my ice cubes. That's how I drink my iced tea."

"I feel like they made this burrito at a Taco Bell in heaven."

After eating a quesadilla.
"Damn, that was a Gangsterdilla!"

Talking about fantasy football.
"You know what place Montes came in? Your mouth."

I'm not sure how this came up.
"Can you imagine a buffalo fucking a deer?"

Someone yells from across the room "What list?"
"The list of the nosiest people and you're first!"

And there will be plenty more to come!

Pause

2010-12-26T11:33:00.000-05:00

I had a fever when I wrote this, so this is literal sickness. Oh and that's 9th Wonder on the beat...

Pause by Montigity

Looked to my (LEFT) and (RIGHT)

Before (SELECT)ing to (START)

Just give me (A) (B)eat (X)ask (Y)why

I have to pause

Ah, God

And all of the times that we had it hard

Fuck, pause

You see what im sayin? Im goin crazy

Im goin crazy, im bonkers

And I dont even need to slang the cane like im Wonka

To get a double digit mount of people at my concert

Im pullin down my boxers, like I was getting sponsored

By butterfingers, partner

A monster, a contra-

diction hotter than a bitch in HEAT

And the basketball team reppin 5 after 3

But im colder than a tree, pine

And I cause havoc when shes throwin up the

Peace sign - with her thighs

Shes fine but her minds

Weak why would I try

To wife her, I dont like her

But that dont mean I cant make her my mistress

And I am so appauled cause she aint know my flows ridiculous

Fkn ridiculous, yeah

And I aint runnin out of flows so

Im only runnin (posture) past-ya, no torso

Yes I am a Master no Toto

We are not in Kansas anymore bro

Ha, shout out to my brother Forrest

And if you dont like it get lost like a tourist

Hotter than the pourage of a bear

And I dont need a chorus to rip it I dont curr

I know you concurr yeap yeah you know this

You know I go harder than university courses

And the main reason these hoes gettin divorces

Is cause my polo horses matchin my air forces

FReshhh

Posin threats to those who appose

Give a fuck about yall hoes

Like a prank call let the phonnies hate

Cause I dont care what them Jabroni's say,

Im The Rock in 98

Or better yet the Tripple H of today

Check the pedigree, you know that Im better, B

Merry Christmas!

2010-12-24T18:15:00.000-05:00

Christmas Eve, Eve

2010-12-21T17:06:00.003-05:00

Montigity will be performing at Churchills. We all know you ain't got shit to do on December 23rd ... so be there!

Thursday December 23, 2010

A Churchill's Vaudeville Christmas!

A Night of comedy, circus, music, & burlesque!

+with+

Billie Bee Good
Holly Peno (of Shameless Burlesque)
Ian Michael (of Dangerfun)
Baby Hairs
Ian Edwards
Pravda v Glaza
Xela Zaid
Monty & Forrest

Doors at 9p, Showtime 10p, 18+, 7 Bucks at the Door

Churchill's Pub 5501 NE 2nd Ave Miami, Fl 33137
http://churchillspub.com/ (305)757-1807
more info: ian@dangerfun.com

Life in Mix Tapes

2010-12-15T19:50:00.006-05:00

I was talking to my dear friend and fellow Been-reader, Nuralicious, about the many uses and memories of the cassette. It suddenly dawned on me: why were they even discontinued in the first place? Of course, I know the answer to that question--they were primitive. Which I can undertand, seeing as how we can now burn up to hundreds of songs on a cd without the hassle of being glued to your radio, in hopes that your favorite song plays and gets recorded right. And who wants to carry around a bulky, square music player when there are pocket sized, camera and video ready ipods that are available for upgrade every summer? Nevertheless, it still made me miss those days when I'd sit by the radio and record the Power 96 traffic jam from start to finish (yes, that's right). And I'd neatly label each cassette for easy access, or to dedicate to a friend. I think the first cassette I ever bought was from the Backstreet Boys (in which cd's already existed at that point, but I lived in a time warp where my mind couldn't wrap itself around the concept of a compact disc. That, and I didn't have a cd player.) Anywho.

To playback my epic repetoire of music, I had a Talk Girl--for those who don't know what a Talk Girl is, it's basically a fancy cassette recorder/player with a built-in microphone. I had the deluxe Home Alone edition, which came with a tape that allowed me to chop and screw my voice and do all sorts of weird, disguising things to it. I was like the Cuban female T-Pain because I was really good at it, too. I was also a total ninja when it came to recording my surroundings; nobody's conversations were safe. Sometimes I'd even record myself singing; artists of choice were Shania Twain and Trick Daddy circa 1997's Based on a True Story. I still have my Talk Girl and the cassette that stores about 2 hours of the most embarassing moments of my childhood. Before I become famous and have to burn it for blackmail purposes, I might rewind it and listen back on the corniness that was my 8 year old self. For these reasons, I'm hereby declaring my support for the return of the cassette.

Lesson of this post: Don't be lazy; record your own shit.

The Full Monty

2010-12-13T00:06:00.002-05:00

For those of you who weren't aware, our very own Montigity created a band (briefly) known as "The Full Monty". This lasted about 2 weeks. But in that time I was able to record their very first performance at Churchills. I want to send a shout out to everyone who made it out there that night, and for those that didn't, you suck. Fortunately here are a few videos of the songs that they performed.

Note: In some of the videos it goes black because Nura decided to mess around and move my hand around while I was recording.... Dam you Nura!

Monty @ Chuch

2010-12-08T19:12:00.002-05:00

The Full Monty aka Alexis Montes aka Montez aka I-have-too-much-pride-to-start-a-defense-in-fantasy-football-and-therefore-does-not-make-the-playoffs (fantasy football joke) will be performing at Churchills Thursday night. Hope to see you all there! I wish I could make the flyer bigger, but you can click on it to enlarge it!

People that get it: Joaquin Phoenix

2010-12-04T10:02:00.004-05:00

The rumors of Joaquin Phoenix quitting acting to be a rapper was indeed a hoax. Many have seen the Letterman interview and the crazy appearance Juaquin Phoenix presented. Phoenix along with Casey Affleck created a masterful mockumentary that, to me, was pure genius. If you haven’t heard of this film, heres the trailer:

This mockumentary is about a real actor, Joaquin Phoenix, going through a crossroads in his life where he is miserable in his profession. He wants to seek deep into his soul and be happy with what he is doing. Forget the fame and glory, but truly chase a dream. The hoax seemed real and while watching the movie you almost forget it’s fake. He created a kind of social experiment on the world creating unexpected exposure. This project showed his dedication as an actor to be fully committed to a character on and off the stage for almost 2 years. Halfway through the movie I had to pause the movie to google if it really was a hoax or not.

His performance was truly genius. He spoke in mumbles with glimpses of wise thoughts in sporadic moments. His physical appearance was comparable to a homeless Jesus. He had irresponsible habits from ordering hookers, to doing lines of coke after important meetings. He chased a dream that was naturally not suited for him. His raps were extremely horrific. His raps reminded me of my freestyles and when I freestyle I usually just say “Mumble, mumble, mumble, I’m a lazy ass rapper.” I would compare his character with this thought:

“A person who gets every single question wrong on the SAT is considered a genius. To get every single question wrong, one must know all the right answers.” Juaquin Phoenix is that person. He was like a retarded smart kid. Phoenix gets it. He keeps it real.

The opening scene of the movie starts with this monologue as JP(The whole movie he played his character JP, which is his rapper name):

“I’m just fucking stuck in, like, this ridiculous, like, self-imposed fucking prison of characterization, you know? And it happened to me young. It’s like the chicken or the egg. I don’t know what came first; whether they say I was emotional, intense, or complicated, or whether I was truly complicated, and intense, and they responded to it. And once they responded to it then I responded to what they were saying, and yeah, I utilized it in some ways because I am embarrassed about that and that is what a lot of this is about. I mean, I guess that’s why I agreed to do this documentary. It’s because I don’t want to play the character of Joaquin anymore. I want to be whatever I am. And my artistic output thus far, when I’m really fucking honest with myself, has been fucking fraudulent. And now for the first time, I’m doing something, whether you like it or not, it really represents me. And it might be something stupid to want to be represented to care. I don’t care. It’s not that. I just don’t want to be… You know. Think what you think about me. Hate me or like me. Just don’t misunderstand me. That’s it!"

...

"I love those rare pure moments in between action and cut. But everything else is fucking misery to me. We talk about it being this creative expression and really you’re just a fucking puppet. You’re this dumb fucking doll that wears what someone else tells you to wear, stands where someone else tells you to stand, says what someone else tells you to say. That’s not expression. That’s not creativity and I have more to offer than that. My purpose on this earth is not to interpret somebody else’s words or try to capture a moment for somebody else. Its to bring what is inside me out."

…

“Everybody in one point in life has said: I don’t like my job. I don’t like who I am. I don’t like the people that are around me. I want something better for myself, that I have a dream I think everyone has thought that at some point. My duty, my responsibility is to…”
…

Horrible Freestyle Rap in the parking lot after a bad performance:

“Theres nothing like the truth in my lyrics that they should have fucking listened:
There will be top, could be rockin the stars, Flash cars and bulbs. Taking over this whole fucking yard. Times crazy, mothers be packing up their babies. The papa be Swayze lit up on some Johhny blaze shit. I never try to play this. All I ever needed was a band of people screamin’ Calling from the causeway and the windows want them steering? Mummble mumble crazy Motherfucker. Tearing up the screen and all this paparazzi junkers . stepped away from the light, took the bull by the horns, and im not going to give up th fight, Tonight’s my night. And any motherfucker that…
(Got cutoff by the friend who was originally having the conversation with him)

Friend: That was great, it was great

JP: I know, I know. What I’m saying is if you listen, that’s what I’m saying is that your reaction was that it was great. You felt it. They didn’t. Because they were preconceived.”
…

“People aren’t going to recognize this art because their stupid preconceptions. Is is that youre dream is unattainable, or is it that you have the wrong dream?”

Letterman interviews:

Bucket List

2010-12-01T10:57:00.011-05:00

I'm not a huge fan of reality tv, but I was checking out an episode of The Buried Life last night and I have to admit that it's a pretty awesome concept. For anyone who hasn't watched this show, I suggest you do. It'a a chance for some of us to live vicariously through these characters and all the crazy things they get to experience, and do it all with MTV's money. The show basically consists of four guys who travel around the country with a van and a bucket list. Every time they cross something off of their list, they help a stranger cross something off of theirs. The premise is pretty simple: what do you want to do before you die?

I watch this show I can't help but to wonder the same question. So I got to thinking about my own bucket list, which is actually a pretty extensive one--one that I've edited and expanded with time and contains some things that generally terrify me just thinking about but would love to do nevertheless. Here's some of them:

1. Go karaoke hopping
It sounds a bit unoriginal and easily the most doable on my list, but the idea of walking into a place I've never been to and sing in front of a group of complete strangers is something I feel I need to do. I'm a pretty private person, so performing in front of large crowds doesn't come easy to me at all. And I think there would be nothing sweeter than to get on stage, sing a few 90's glam rock songs and let loose with people I probably will never see again. Fun stuff.

2. Get drunk at a dingy old bar in a boondock southern town
Because small town southerners can drink. And some even like drunken karaoke, so I'd be killing two birds with one stone.

3. Have a long conversation with a group of british people
Because who doesn't like a british accent? 'Ello.

4. Ride a cable car down a San Francisco street
Because I rememeber seeing the characters on Full House riding one in the opening credits and it's fascinated me ever since.

5. Ride a unicycle
This would require me to brush up my bicycle riding skills first, which I'll admit now are not up to par.

6. Shake Jack Nicholson's hand. Repeatedly.

These are only 6 of the many things I want to to do. And because 2011 is so close by, I think I'm going to start scratching some things off my list and share them with you all (though #5 will take me a bit longer than anticipated, so stay tuned.)

Isn't It Ironic?

2010-12-01T00:04:00.000-05:00

I was talkin to some of my friends about how I wanted to make a really clever-funny-type track about ironic things... then I remembered that Bo Burnham did this already. Fkn guy.

This guy is hilarious by the way. If you like witty comedy, you gotta see his whole set.

Raise Rays Race

2010-11-29T02:45:00.002-05:00

I made this beat last week and I thought it was super fresh but I didnt know what to spit on it. At the time I also wanted to start incorporating more less-funny sht into my sets at Churchills so ive been writin more poetry than anything... I started lookin through my phone and I had this unfinished poem type flow so I added to it and TADA! I was originally gonna post it on beengotit alone but I think it would feel better if you hear the words in the recording.

The title is Raise, but the play on words can make sense... I think lol.

RAISE- I call it Raise because the main idea behind the writing is to sort of emulate a discussion where im expressing my concerns on raising a kid in this society. In some parts im sort of sarcastically mocking the way shit is... I just hope you guys interpret it as a full thing and not just lines that are there just to rhyme (I dont play that shit). Also, the beat itself sounds sort of like an argument if you listen closely.

RAYS- The funny thing I noticed after rereading it a couple times is that it can also be about how music (hip hop especially) is/was goin in the wrong direction and how writing a song or even composing one is a struggle with the way sht is/was (commercially)... "Garbage is what they spit". But because this is a sort of pessimistic way of lookin at it, there is hope. Acknowledgment=Hope=Light=Rays of Light. <--- Where I get rays from .

RACE- The beat alone is sort of quick like a race and if you consider how the word TRACK is a synonym for SONG, that also makes sense... but the idea of how everything is a race in life because YOURE GONNA DIE is sort of the backbone of the whole thing. The first two lines are like saying there's different ways to win the race. The last line is like saying time is running out so you're better off starting this again with someone else OR you're better off just starting again like reconstructing from scratch.

I didnt intend for it to be so cryptic but sht happens... Anyway you interpret it, you're right... and if you dont listen to the lyrics it's cool because I recorded it so that the beats kinda drown out what im saying anyway. ENJOY.

"Raise"

Aim high, or make money now
Live fly, or stay bummy how
Do we relate honey? This aint but a child
That recreates what he relates to so how

Should we go about navigating a ship
When the anchors underwater and isn't budging for shit
And the Disney movies only portraying the way we slip
And the prophets go for profits and garbage is what they spit

The gossip is what we get and the topic is what we follow
Impossible to forget what we argue about tomorrow
So choose your words wisely LOVE ME/DESPISE ME
Trust me its nice to be judged and disguised-

Into somethin I like
This is somethin unlike
What i was taught about and thought about
Fuck it its life
That's why I'm callin out and bought what I thought was a slice
And if you're married to the game then I'm fuckin your wife

Fuck Playin Games.
And fuck names that make symbols
Fuck sayin fuck just to make this thing simple
I'm focused on fuckin fakin it makin these lames giggle
You could call this shit a tickle, I call it a Brain Trip

What part of the pain issue's so hard to explain?
Just sit back relax baby and pardon the slang
Im retarded and damn maybe I started a chain-
letter know that she's better off just starting again

Just start it again

Raise by Montigity

FEEDBACK IS ALWAYS WELCOME AND APPRECIATED.

Something About Nothing: Things I Hate

2010-11-24T01:20:00.001-05:00

Caution: I know that some of you may feel like the word "hate" might be a strong word to use for the following things that I will talk about. So, for those people I will like that you to replace the word "hate" with "dislike", and then cry to your mommy about it.

Lately I've realized that there are many things that I hate, but it really isn't fair to them. Unfortunately, I can't help it.

(1) I hate Ace Hood. I don't have anything against his music, his personality, or anything else about him. The reason I hate Ace Hood is because of my IPod. Whenever I am going to turn on my IPod on, or whenever I am trying to change music while I am driving or doing anything else, my IPod decides to play Ace Hood. Since he is the first artist that shows up on my list, he is the first one played. It gets frustrating when this happens over and over again.

(2) I hate women drivers. I don't think ALL women are bad drivers, but I do believe that MOST women are bad drivers (and if you are a woman and are reading this post, then you are probably one of the good drivers). Every time I am cut off, or someone has their high beams on directly behind me, or someone has there blinker on and aren't changing lanes or turning, or someone takes a red light, it is ALMOST always a woman driver. If it's not a woman driver, then its an old man. And let's face it, he is old. Cars have only been around for half his life.

(3) I hate when ugly guys hit on hot chicks (again, if you are a woman and are reading this post, I'm sure you are one of the hot chicks). It's not hard to tell good looking people apart from the ugly people (if you can't tell them apart, then you are probably one of the ugly ones.... I'm sorry). She could be doing something productive with her time such as: talking to me, painting her nails, talking to me, talking with her friends, talking to me, getting drunk... etc. Of course there is always an exception to the rule. If you are buying her drinks, then thats ok. If thats the case, then you are good to go because there ain't nothing in this world a girl likes more than free stuff. Get it girl!

(4) I hate college basketball in November. You are getting in the way of important sport news. No one cares who the top 25 are right now... 64 of you make the tournament (playoffs)!! And no one cares that you are undefeated (2-0). College basketball regular season is more useless than the 162 games that take place in Baseball. Your team could suck from now until March and you still might have a chance to win the championship.

You are getting in the way of football. I don't care that it's Tuesday night and teams don't play, I rather know what's going on in football practice than what's going on in college basketball. Also, I need news on my Miami Heat! I want you to get every basketball analyst out there and talk about how we can improve our team. Should we fire Spoelstra for Riley? Should we trade to get a big center or a true point guard? Should we trade them all? I need answers.... Get on it people! Oh that's right; this is about how I hate college basketball in November.

(5) I hate Kanye West (On facebook and Twitter). This guy is SUPER ANNOYING (and yet I can't stop following). I am a huge fan of Kanye West, but I have recently been following him on Facebook and realized that this guy may not be real... and if he is, he might be a little crazy. I never followed him on Twitter so I didn't know that he was famous there for posting crazy shit all the time (as opposed to being famous for just being famous). I guess he then discovered how to sync his tweets with Facebook, and all hell broke loose. I remember it distinctly because it was the day his movie "Runaway" was going to premiere on MTV and his Facebook updates seemed like he was on a crack diet, bingeing for more crack. He just kept posting about his genius and all his work and blah blah blah. I really felt like someone hacked into his account and started being sarcastic about him, but THAT WAS REALLY HIM! I love his music and his new album "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" is amazing, but he is a little crazy....

But who am I to judge what genius is suppose to act like?

Shit Biscuit Says

2010-11-21T21:03:00.006-05:00

After reading Dick's post on "Shit My Captain Says", I thought about people that I am usually around that are saying random funny shit. There was one person in particular that stood out to me when I tried this experiment. It was my friend Biscuit. I realized that Biscuit says some random ass shit. If you don't know Biscuit, then you are probably really lame. He is a former writer of beengotit.com. He was kicked out because he never posted anything. He took the job for granted!!

Here is a little background information on Biscuit that I can give you so you can get to know him a little better. A biscuit (pronounced /ˈbɪskɨt/) is a baked edible product. The term is used to apply to two distinctly different products in North America and the Commonwealth Nations. In the United States it relates to a small soft leavened bread, somewhat similar to a scone. In Commonwealth English, it commonly is used to refer to a small and hard, often sweetened, flour-based product, most akin in American English to a cookie, or sometimes in the case of cheese biscuits, a cracker.

So lately I've been chilling with Biscuit and have been taking notes of all the random shit he says. By the way, he is totally kidding on all these quotes (I hope).

"How can you tell twin babies apart? Think about it. They probably get mixed up all the time. What if you get them confused one day and then Jeffrey becomes Jeremy forever. You gotta put black socks on one and white socks on the other and tell them to never take their socks off!"

When giving dating advice:
"Go commando and wear shorts. When she gets in the car, whip it out. Both dick and balls. She'll love it."

While watching a boxing match:
"Manny Pacquiao is a ninja."

When talking about girls:
"El que come mal y come bien, come dos veces"

More advice about girls:
"After 12, is lunch. If there's grass on the field, then you play. If not, you turn around and play in the mud. If she is old enough to pee, then she is old enough for me. If she is old enough to twinkle, she is old enough to mingle."

"That girl has seen more cock than a man's bathroom at a dolphin game."

On college football:
"Looks like UM is on a bye year."

This is just a one week worth of material. I'm sure I will have plenty more to bring to you guys.

Humane (YOU, mane)

2010-11-12T12:16:00.001-05:00

This is a poem I wrote a couple of days ago, I think I wanna call it "Humane". I was watching the news and as im pretty sure you've all noticed, it was flooded by all the Rep/Dem debates on how to spend money BLAH! I focused especially on how everyone "acts" to control themselves and be what they "have" to be, like "what side you on nigga!?"... I started thinking about how they were all children at one point, we all were (some still are, lol), as well as the harshness of what it is to be a social creature in this country where freedom of speech is bittersweet sometimes.

Humane

Innocence, the core of our existence

Reality, the whore we stick our fist in

Perception brings us closer to our distance

Conception, our ideas when we listen

Portability, the reason that we miss

Insanity, the correlating bliss

Sanity is nothing but vicissitudes of fallacies to everything we never tend to risk

Normality is something that exists beyond attainment

A flame is just a flame and a pavement is a pavement

A name is just a name and the brave is just a slave

When all the pain is put away into a cave, into a basement

The cold is only heat that never made it to the surface

The bold can only weep between severity in curses

The vulnerable get weaker when the clarity immerses

Controlling all the pieces would be burying the purpose

Worthless.

Sometimes, words are only words… Until they rhyme : )

To: Anonymous

2010-11-10T00:04:00.002-05:00

Hello to all you out there in been got it land. Lately, we have been receiving comments on our posts from some of you guys. That is awesome. But, there is something we would ALL (both males and female, I don't want to be sexist since we have added our new female member) appreciate. We would like you to please sign in under your name so we can see who is leaving the comment. If you don't have an account, you can scroll down this page until you have reached a sign that looks like this on the right hand side (take a moment now to look for it.... I'll wait):

... and now that you are back, we can continue.

You should click on the "Follow" button. From there, you will be asked to sign in with one of the following accounts: Google, Twitter, Yahoo, AIM, NetLog, OpenID. If you don't have any of these accounts, you can click on the link to create your Google Account. After you have signed in, you can officially become a BeenGotIt follower.

Now that you are signed in, you are able to leave a comment with your name on it. Also, you will officially have become a member of the pretigous "People That Get It" community, and therefore have contributed to society. You should feel free to feel good about yourself and pat yourself on the back...... Feeling is over.

This is as specific and as simple as I could make the process of officially following our blog. If you still need more intructions, you can reach us at our troubleshooting lines:

786-683-8498
or
786-443-1031

Thank you and have a great day.

Induction

2010-11-08T19:21:00.002-05:00

As a proud new member of the BeenGotIt family, it is only appropriate to formally introduce myself to you all. I’m Zulay, and as Ariel mentioned, I do have a collection of very cool hats.

But that, of course, is beside the point. I’ve been brought on board to provide a hint of female perspective to this group—some estrogen fueled insight; bring the "tit" to BeenGotIt, if you will. Because, really, let's be real: we all need a bit of female intuition in our lives. Yes, even the men. So here are a few things I want to clarify/random FYI's I'd like to share with you, now that I have administrative rights to do so:

1. Tiger Woods is an asshole, period.

2. Never watch a Heat game with a group of riled up guys and expect go get away with mistaking Lebron James with a lesser talented player from the same team. Apparently, this is grounds for a stank stare-down.

3. I have succesfully managed to memorize the ever-so-popular "Hialeah" by our very own Montes, and plan on posting a cover version of the song soon. Yes, Montes. It's happening.

4. With that said: yes, I can rap. I may not be very open about it or look like I can spit a rhyme to save my life, but I can hold my own in a rap battle. And possibly say something extremely clever/stupid but funny, then go back to chipping my nail polish all in one setting. The power of female multitasking.

And lastly,

5. I give you all my word that I will bring nothing but greatness to the table. Or show you, rather than promise you, that these guys aren't the only ones who've got it. Or who've been-getting-it. And that I've got what it takes to get it and not end up like the others who had it but don't-got-it anymore.

Because really, I kind of have to, or I'll be out of here pretty soon.

Pillow Talk

2010-11-08T02:24:00.002-05:00

Tight work on "Poison" poem, Dick... (poison dick, dick poison heheheh) And welcome to the beengotit family, ZULAY!

The following is a post I had written in March (I think)... I just found it in the "Drafts" and thought I should share it.

People who watch tv at around 3 a.m. are usually people that own tv's... and people that own tv's usually own beds (especially people that watch it at 3 a.m.). So I ask myself, why the fk did I just see 4 consecutive Bedding Barn commercials!? (It's 3 a.m. btw and I really don't see in what way these commercials could benefit this company!) So im thinkin that maybe they're trying to target the late night tv viewers because the reason they're up is cause their beds suck, but who the hell makes $300 plus decisions at 3 a.m. and goes through with it the next day? No one. This is like airing a jacket commercial ON THE RADIO! Why would you wanna buy a jacket after HEARING about how nice it looks as opposed to SEEING how nice it looks on a picture or tv?

I strongly doubt that the guy from the Bedding Barn commercials cares if he's reaching his target audience.If he does care, then it's obvious that he's goin about this the wrong way... he shouldn't be marketing to people that already own mattress's... I think he should be drilling the homeless community. Yes, the homeless community. Right about now you're probably thinking "Montesssss, thats a terrible idea, how are bums gonna afford Mattresses?" and my answer to you is, I don't know. I don't even know how bums eat or stay alive without a steady income. All I know is that they get it done. Where there is a will, there's a way. Im sure that if that Bedding Barn Douche focuses his marketing strong enough towards the hobo's, they'll sell more beds than they're selling now! Bums don't have tv's, so they would obviously have to change their marketing strategy... I suggest that with all the money they spend on these pointless commercials they make a shit load of newspaper ad's and downtown billboards with a slogan like "Whether in a home or on the streets, we all deserve comfortable sleep" or "Sleep is like a drug, why not get high COMFORTABLY on one of our Sealy Posturepedics?". Any of these campaigns would be banking! Think about it, most all the homeless people are always either high or sleeping so it appeals to the majority and will no doubt make em wanna save up their money to buy a damn mattress. (I don't wanna sidetrack so ima just post what I was thinking right now at the end of this post.) But for now, here is one of their ridiculously retarded commercials:

Even if they played these commercials at a decent time, why would anyone wanna buy anything from a store with such a sleazy image! This looks more like a fireworks commercial... You know what? They should sell fireworks. They should sell fire retardant mattresses all year to homeless people through newspaper ads and then when Independence Day or New Years comes around, bust out these late night Swap Shop Circus mocking corny jingle fueled commercials and sell Fireworks! All they gotta do is switch up some of the jingle lyrics and they got a hit. It'll work out perfect cause its like insurance on the bed and the bums will wanna buy the mattresses way more if they're fire retardant. More importantly, the commercial would actually correlate with the target audience.

...

I just re-read this annnnnd I don't think that the Jacket analogy applies... but w/e ima keep it because despite it's irrelevance it's still a solid point....

and that's what she said....

OR is it what she said?...

Wait, why would she say that?...

Because she is the Bedding Barn Guy's Whore Wife. That's why.

And I just wanna mention this ironic twist that popped into my head while thinking of the campaigns success: This campaign would be sooo successful that it would lead to hobo's robbing people in order to get the money to buy these mattresses which would then lead to more hobo's going to jail and ending up on a mattress for FREE!

New Shit

2010-11-07T22:33:00.002-05:00

So I figured I should mention some new things that we will be doing here on Been Got It.

I would like to first welcome our newest member, Ms. Zulay. We noticed that we needed a bit of a female touch to add to this blog and also needed someone to replace Ballz since he didn't post, so we asked Zulay to join us. If you don't know Zulay, then you are fucking up your life! She is awesome and I love her hats! It is about time that we add some femininity to Been Got It. I can only hope Montes doesn't feel threatened and kick you out. I believe in you!

WELCOME ZULAY!

We are going to be adding some new segments to the blog. As you may have seen, Dick started off with "People Who Get It". Since we've Been Got It, we have to take the time to highlight the people out there that get it also. We also have a few more ideas like "Something About Nothing", which if you are a fan of Seinfeld then you would understand.

Also, I am going to start doing "Stereofacts". Here I talk about stereotypes that we all know and love, but only those that are actual facts, which A LOT of them are. I think we are going to be doing interviews (finally), but we shall see.

And the last thing I can think of is that we are planning on having some guest appearances. So if you have a great idea that you want to write about and post, feel free to contact one of us and let us know. P.S. it better be good!

Poison.

2010-11-07T11:29:00.002-05:00

I came across my old blog and found a few poems that I had wrote. I'll be posting a few of them.

Poison

You want me.
I see it in your eyes.
Charcoal stares
in my venal disguise.

You love me.
You long for my pleasure
Your heart speaks
What mine may not measure.

You think me.
I hinder imagination
Your ignorance feeds
My every implications.

I complete you.
For the norm is my alibi.
The tongue sharpened
Approval in heavens eye.

For I am gods insanity
Rationalizing under the devils breath
I am the death of the ego
by the birth of incitement

I am your fears, your stress
your every necessity.
The phobia cause ambition
Of a fake growing entity.

I am Corruption.
Contaminating thoughts
Filtered in laws
To Avail in power.

I am the plant of greed
Planting the seed
In the minds of our youth
Expanding this guileful abuse.

I am the green
Dead presidents
Taxing your dreams
To every irrelevance.

-DICK

Sonic Beauty In Greyscale

2010-11-03T00:18:00.001-04:00

I call it "sonic beauty in greyscale" because when I really listen and vibe to the song without thinking tooooo deeply into the lyrics, I picture a spanish movie scene in black and white. It's amazing how the chords alone spark such a hypnotic connection... and no, i'm not high lol.

Enfermo llegué
y para componerme ando de vago
No me des tu obediencia
por que te enseño mi cuerpo de lodo
de donde la piel estuvo debil
con una hambre que no me deje cantar

En mi vida
el oscuro me mantiene
cuando yo te vi
en la lluvia me prometistes tu sangre

Yo no me quedo en mi vida
el oscuro me mantiene
cuando yo te vi
en la lluvia me prometistes tu sangre
yo no me quedo

Y ya que caiste de este mundo
cargo una navaja
dios mio para ti
Cuantas veces me mordiste
y cuantas veces yo me fui

Y ya no estoy enamorado
con tus mentiras
el infierno me duermo
por que el infierno es la unica verdad

En mi vida
el oscuro me mantiene
cuando yo te vi
en la lluvia me prometistes tu sangre

Yo no me quedo en mi vida
el oscuro me mantine
cuando yo te vi
en la lluvia me prometistes tu sangre
yo no me quedo

(X5)
Estrella de la mañana
Samael te persigo a ti
y si me quedo sin alas
ademas me muero por ti

Ballz actually brought this song up to me the other day and I was amazed that I haven't heard it before. Then Ballz sang the whole song and I was amazed at the fact that he can sing in spanish without an accent! Ballz doesn't speak spanish ever! Whatever.

I have a few TMV favorites, but this one just became THE one. Brilliant. And even more so if you consider the idea that this song is about the Magdalen Asylums in Britain and Ireland in the 19th century. They started out as a rescue movements by Roman Catholic churches to save women from lives of prostitution. They eventually turned into more like prisons, laundries and asylums. So instead of being occupied by former prostitutes trying to be rehabilitated, they were filled with any female that was thought to be promiscuous. These places were filled with sexual, psychological and physical abuse.

I think the story behind the asylums is translated flawlessly with this song.

The Get Out And Vote Hypocrisy

2010-11-02T00:30:00.004-04:00

I don't vote, but you should.

Today is a very important day. Today is voting day. Unless you have been living under a rock for the past month, I'm sure you have seen or run into all the political commercials, debates, crazies in the streets, or the nonsense in the news. It is a very crucial voting day because there is a very high possibility that the Senate and the House of Representatives might be taken over by the Republican Party (and by Republican Party, I mean the Tea Party..... and by the Tea Party, I mean the crazies). It is very important for everyone to get out and vote (Yes, even if you are voting for the crazies). We are in a very critical time in our nation and we need to get things rolling if we are going to finally move forward.

Now..... to the real reason why I wrote this post. I, Ariel Diaz, have never and will never vote. This is not an attitude I neither condone nor want anyone else to follow. The reason I don't vote is because never in the history of the world has an election been won or lost by 1 vote (at least any IMPORTANT election that I know of). And because of this...... I don't vote. My 1 vote will never matter. Now if there are more people like me out there, then we might have a serious problem.

So like I said, I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD GET OUT AND VOTE. Get out there and make your vote! It is important to get your voice heard and your vote counted (Just don't count on me). It is also important not to have people out there that think like me (It's dangerous).

I don't vote, but you should.

Monty Presents It's

2010-10-28T10:26:00.002-04:00

I come bearing gifts to make up for my absence... Here are my presents!:

Im performing at Transit Lounge tonight! Should be fun as I have most of my crew headin out there. Here is the flyer:

Also, TONIGHT it's our great friend "J" a.k.a. "Jonathan"'s Bday, so we will be heading to the Hardrock right after the show!!!

My other gift is this dope ass track I made last night with the help of my boys Ballz (former beengotit member) and Tony Toca. Here is the complete version with the lyrics in the video. Hope you enjoy and try and peep the double meanings in my verse... I dont wanna have to explain sht!

FEEDBACK IS ALWAYS WELCOME, ENCOURAGED and APPRECIATED!

Shit my captain says..

2010-10-27T00:12:00.002-04:00

During this past summer I was unemployed and thanks to my friend Miguel (loyal follower) I got a chance to work on boats for some extra cash. We would do minor maintenance such as washing, wet sanding, and drinking beer. Mostly drink beer. The one in charge of our mindless duties was a man known as Captain Rick. Captain Rick is a very interesting person. Probably the most odd person that I had the chance to spend too much time with. He would always have a lit Malboro Light in one hand and a an ice cold budweiser inside his coozy in the other. He carried around a holster attached to his ankle that carried his small pistol. Captain Rick was never afraid to speak his mind. And as he spoke his drunken thoughts I was typing them into my phone. I came across these quotes and thought I should share what goes on in the mind of Captain Rick.

(We had to drive up to West Palm Beach one morning to detail a big boat and during an 8 a.m. breakfast he says):

I need a beer. I need a beer. I was thinking about an ice cold bud while in the shower this morning.

(I was inside of his van organizing his tools and while he was watching me he detaches the holster from his ankle and takes out his gun)

Me: Do you go to shooting ranges often?

Captain Rick: Last time I used this thing some shark was trying to take my dinner. That fucking shark. I emptied a whole clip on his ass. Boom Boom Boom. Blood was fucking everywhere!!
(Cleans gun with a q-tip)
Thats where I get most of my shooting practice... Open Sea.

(Miguel and I were wet sanding the boat while he drank his beer and watched us. I'm not sure why he was saying this but I'm pretty sure he was talking to himself most of the time.)

Captain Rick: I can deport anyone I want. I got my homeland security license. I got my homeland security license so that I can deport my mother-in-law. Fucking Bitch! Go back to Germany you WHORE!!!

(I was sitting in the back of his van while he was driving drunk on the carpool lane on I-95.)
Captain Rick: I beat the system! I never get caught!! I used to have a blow up doll in my car and i used to put her in the passanger seat and put on her seatbelt, that way I can drive in the carpool lane... And for drinking pffftt. If I get pulled over for a DUI I always have a cane in my backseat. So if they pull me over and make me walk the line, I pull out my cane and walk it with that. They cant prove anything. I always beat the system!!

Interesting people deserve to be quoted.

People who get it: Lebron James

2010-10-26T18:17:00.003-04:00

Okay, I'll admit I was wrong on my prediction of Lebron James coming to the the Heat. But I've never been so happy to be wrong in my life! Yes, my life! I will also admit I was a Lebron hater. Not for the same reasons Lebron is hated now, but more of the favored perspective of a Dwanye Wade fan. I non-homo-ishly fell in love with Wade since he played for Marquette. I've been a fan since his college years and ultimately to my hometown team, the Miami Heat. And ever since Wade has been in the league, he has been playing beneath the shadows of the chosen one. Wade's play has not had nearly the same media attention as Lebron, which made me a Lebron hater. It was more of a rivalry between two great players that made me favor one of them more.

Now that Lebron James is a member of the Miami Heat, I am indifferent on James. I already know that I'm going to be a hypocrite to the statement just expressed but my stubborn sports mentality will not allow me to like James just yet. He needs to win. And I know he will.

Now for the purpose of this post. Lebron James has been hated by everyone except Miami. His decision to leave his hometown team to join a super team down here in Miami has tremendous national backlash. From hate letters from his previous boss to racist tweets by fans, even previous NBA stars (Jordan and Barkley). But Lebron James gets it. He's been-got-it. Lebron James is not in this league for the money or the fame. He is in this league to do what he loves best: Win. I admire people that chase what they love without worrying about the emotional consequence surrounding them. He knows he is hated and he does not care. HE DOES NOT CARE. What I learned to like about Lebron James is that he can have a sense of humor on the issue at hand. And with the help of Nike they came out with an epic commercial calling out the controversy that the media and fans continue to pursue. Lebron James gets it.

Heating Up Fast

2010-10-26T17:18:00.002-04:00

Fittingly, I will have to talk about the Miami Heat and the greatest prediction ever made by me earlier this year. Also, considering that none of my fellow bloggers want to post anything, looks like I have to do everything around here!

Tonight, the greatest team that has ever played that has never played will play there first regular season game. That's right ladies and bitches, your Miami Heat (and when I say Miami Heat, I mean LeBron James, Dwayne Wade, and Chris Bosh) will take the court tonight versus the Celtics in Boston. I hope you all remember where you were on the day you saw the greatest basketball team EVER hit the courts for the first time. And more importantly, I hope you all remember where you were on the day you read my prediction of LeBron James coming to the Miami Heat! If you haven't read it, then you are not worthy! Or, you can read it now.... http://www.beengotit.com/2010/04/wade-county-will-be-witness.html.

If you want to read Dick's rebuttal to my post and feel bad for him for being so wrong, you can read it here... http://www.beengotit.com/2010/06/wadelebron-rebuttal.html. I advise that you don't remember where you were on the day that you read his post.

LET'S GO HEAT!

Welcome Back (I hope)

2010-10-25T00:00:00.000-04:00

Hello people that get it (if you are still out there). We have been on hiatus for a while, but I am very happy to announce.... we are (officially) back! We (finally) realize we have been terrible bloggers lately, and it is our responsibility to give you guys something to read while you are bored at work (chris, andy, johana, elizabeth, miguel, jason, etc.); something to read while you are bored at school (andrea, melissa, jay, nura, etc.); or even something to read while you are bored at home (henry, janet, suzie, ballz, etc.)

I blame Montigity. I don't know why, but it feels right.

Anyway, Dick came up with the great idea of reviving BeenGotIt. Dick, Montigity and myself held a meeting the other day in our office (Roundtable) to discuss what we are going to do different on beengotit this time around. We came up with some good ideas, but I don't want to ruin it for you. So instead, here is a more interesting version on how things went down at Roundtable that night.

Dick: "Yo, we need to start writing on beengotit again."

Ariel: "Yea, I think that's a good idea, we've been slacking on our shit."

Montigity: "I don't think I can do it man, not like this."

Ariel: "What do you mean?"

Montigity: "I don't think I can write on beengotit anymore."

Dick: "Why?"

Montigity: "Because you guys are taller than me!"

Dick: "So?"

Ariel: "That is a really irrational reason not to write on beengotit."

Montigity: "Oh shit, you're right. Okay, I'm down. But, I think Ariel should be
the first one to write to officially welcome us back. I really admire him."

Dick: "I think that's a great idea. I wish I would have came up with it."

Ariel: "Ok guys, I got this."

Note: I am sorry for whoever I left out when I was naming everyone. Maybe if you left a comment once in a while, I will remember you!

Let's have a Toast

2010-10-06T15:23:00.000-04:00

Kanye West is immaculately imperfect.

His SNL performance was Sonically and Visually superior to anything ive ever seen on that stage.

BRILLIANT!

Hialeah - Agua, Fango, y Factoria

2010-08-12T16:44:00.001-04:00

VOTE FOR WILLIE

2010-07-02T10:39:00.003-04:00

The time to vote has arrived and we need you to vote and help support our friend Willie. Voting is very easy. Just clink on the link below and follow the 3-step process.

http://vantastic.worldnomads.com

Select: Stage 6- Northern Territory Willie & Andrew

Fill out your name and email.

Write your best roadtrip tip in the space provided

An email comfirmation will be sent and then youre done.

Thanks for the help!

Cole World

2010-06-30T02:01:00.001-04:00

Ahhh man, I love watchin sht unfold...

LeBron to Miami UPDATE

2010-06-29T13:03:00.003-04:00

Ok, so a couple of months ago I wrote a post on why I believe LeBron James should, and will sign with the Miami Heat ("Wade County Will Be Witness"). I was wrong in one point.... well not really wrong, more like I omitted something. I forgot to add Chris Bosh to the list! I advise all Heat fans to read the following articles.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=5338472

http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/

Happy DICKday birth!

2010-06-23T17:09:00.000-04:00

D.R.A.K.E. - Do Right And Kill Everything

2010-06-16T20:05:00.002-04:00

Drake's new cd "Thank Me Later" was released yesterday. I am not really into buying cds (yes, because I steal mine online), but I do buy the cds to support the artists I love...... This is one of them. This is a great CD to buy, and buy it this week cause its only 10 bucks!

"Thank me later first week I'm taking all bets,
Because a million copies isn't really far fetched"
- Drake's feature on Birdman's "Mo' Milly"

Listen to the lyrics on this song. Makes me want a fancy girl.

And I am not sure why this hasn't been posted yet, but I guess I will have to do it. This is Montigity's remix to Drake's "Light Up" off of Thank Me Later. 56 bars... 1 take.

Who's ass to kick

2010-06-11T00:19:00.000-04:00

The Old Karate kid

2010-06-10T23:38:00.000-04:00

I would definitely watch this movie if it were real.

Wax On, F*ck Off with Ralph Macchio from Ralph Macchio

Wade/Lebron Rebuttal

2010-06-10T22:25:00.002-04:00

The highly anticipated 2010 NBA free agent class will begin signing new contracts on July 1st. As Ariel stated in a past blog, Dwanye Wade and Lebron James can possibly sign their contracts with the Miami Heat. As exciting and logical that may sound, I believe that the duo will not happen.

First of all, Wade is no doubt signing with the Heat. No question. His only concern is signing some teammates that can create shots and that can take off some of the load. Wade is a Heat. He will always be a Heat. He owns Miami; and by the end of his career he will be the best athelete to ever play for any professional Miami team, dethroning Dan Marino. Wade has options to sign elsewhere this season, including his hometown team, the Chicago Bulls. Which besides the Miami Heat makes sense to sign, but Wade has already expressed that he doesnt want to sign with the Bulls. Wade is loyal to his franchise and does not want to follow the legacy of Michael Jordan. Therefore he will continue his legacy with the Miami Heat.

Dick's predicition: Wade will not sign his contract right away, but will wait until he finds another superstar in this free agent class to sign together. Pat Riley is a genius. This will get done.

As for Lebron. Lebron James has chosen to stay quiet during the whole free agent talk, which is why there are so many questions about what jersey he will be wearing next year. There is no question that Wade and Lebron makes sense. They will dominate. They will have a dynasty. But, but but.. Lebron James will not sign with the Miami Heat. Lebron is the face of the NBA and questionably the best player in the league. Money is not an issue for him, but i believe brand is. The sports industry is media driven, so any decision that is made will be closely examined. If Lebron James decides to leave, his loyalty will be questioned. The Cavaliers have done everything in their power to keep Lebron happy. They constantly traded for players every offseason and trading deadline to help Lebron. They brought in Shaq just so they can help Lebron get deeper in the playoffs and Antwan Jamison to help him score. They have players to compliment Lebron James, and he has MVP trophies to show for that. And they recently fired their head coach and are currently searching for a new coach for Lebron. As opposed to Wade, which has expressed his loyalty for the Heat, has complained since last year that the Heat have done absolutely nothing in bringing in any players to help him out. If Wade leaves its understandable, if Lebron leaves its a slap in the face to the Cav's. Not to mention Cleveland is Lebron James' hometown.
The league is all about winning championships. Wade and Lebron are guaranteed championships. Its usually not how you win them as long as you win, but Lebron's case is different. Lebron James is a superstar and can potentially be the best player to ever play the game. So it does matter HOW he wins it. Yes, Michael Jordan had Scottie Pippen. But Scottie Pippen doesn't compare to Wade or Lebron at all. Lebron wants to be the best. Having Wade will not only lower his statistical averages but also question his status of being the best player. Lebron can say he's unselfish and wants to win but it's all about the legacy. It's about who you are and what you will be known for when you leave this game.
Dick's prediction: Lebron James will stay a Cleveland Cavalier.

If Lebron signs with the Heat it will truly show me that he is genuinelly unselfish about the game of basketball as well as his image. As a superstar he has a certain responsibilty to his fans, just like Tiger Woods (and we all saw how he fucked that up). I honestly hope i'm wrong and wish to see Wade and Lebron wearing a heat jersey but it sounds too far-fecthed in my logic. Either way the Miami Heat have enough money to get the right players and they will finally be a contender next year. It's all about July 1st!

Dope Drizzy

2010-06-04T19:41:00.001-04:00

You gotta check this out, this here's one awesome interview: --->CLICK HERE<---

This is an excerpt from one of Drizzy's answers in the interview:

"...I remember one time this kid invited me to a party. And I never used to get invited to the parties, and I’m talking this was a party, you know what I’m saying. So this kid Chris invited me, and his family was super wealthy, and this girl I liked was gonna be there. So I went out and got this nice little Perry Ellis sweater, and I showed up and there was this picture of me on the door in a Power Rangers costume, from like a Wal-Mart photo ad. And I realized they invited me so they could make fun of me. But I was too embarrassed to call my mom to pick me up, so I actually walked an hour and a half home from this party, because I didn’t want her to think I didn’t have a good time. Suffice to say I really did not like going to that school, and I wanted to go somewhere where there was more variety."

My First Female Friendly Song!!!

2010-05-31T11:59:00.002-04:00

I wrote this song as a story about a person who's intentions are good, but the fear of the common knowledge that all girls think that all guys are the same, ironically stops him from practicing those intentions. I created this song sampling "Mr. Intentional" by Lauryn Hill. I use her rifs and vocals to sound out the female thought in the story.

Intents by Montigity

JoJo

2010-05-26T11:13:00.006-04:00

This post is dedicated to one of the coolest girls I know..... Johana Calvo. Happy Birthday Johana! And I can't help but to think if you were born just a week earlier, you could have been a Taurus. But hey...... nobody is perfect. But besides this imperfect quality, we still love you here at beengotit. This post is dedicated to you!

I met Johana a couple of years ago through my x girlfriend. And now I'm better friends with her than I am with my x.... go figure. Johana was introduced to our group when we celebrated my 22nd birthday at the townhouse. At the time, she was recently single, so we decided to try and put her down with a couple of my friends. The competition was fierce. And to her dismay, one of them won. Now I am not sure if you would have been better off with one or the other, but I am sure you would have been better off with neither!

I'm kidding of course; Jason was the right choice.... I think. (You my boy Blue!)

You may be led to believe that this great girl is single, because if its not on facebook, it's NOT official! But you will be disappointed to find out, that although it is not on facebook, she will not fuck you (or is not allowed to, I'm not sure how it works....). Which makes me believe that facebook should add more relationship statuses, because sometimes things are not as simple as In a relationship, its complicated, married, single, etc. Why can't we have a "boo" status? or a "I am single, but I can't fuck you" status? Or maybe, "It's not complicated cause we have this shit figured out, so dont talk to me!" status? Just throwing a few ideas out there.

Johana is one of our biggest followers and we appreciate that here at beengotit. This is also due to the fact that she is bored at work most of the time, so might as well read some bullshit posted here, right? I also believe that she secretly works for facebook, cause she's on that thing more than me.... and I'm unemployed!

I hope you have a great birthday!

The following is a message from Montes/Montigity:
Johana, HAPPY MTHRFKN BDAY!!!! You're easily one of the coolest people I know. So as a tribute to your awesomeness, I created this video for your bday. Hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it:

Elite Beat Street

2010-05-25T11:21:00.000-04:00

Elite beat street from ryan Dooley on Vimeo.

Friday Recap

2010-05-22T17:47:00.011-04:00

So yesterday was a pretty awesome night. We started off the night at White Room. Benjamin (the dude in charge of booking for Friday nights at White Room) really wanted Montes to perform. Shouts out to Ben! He was at Churchill's on Monday night and loved his performance. Through much convincing, he finally got Montes to go. Jay and I went along for the support. At first it didn't seem like it was worth going (especially on a night when ¡MAYDAY! was performing.... more on this below). But as the night progressed, more and more people started showing up and we got a good vibe out of the place. And finally, Montes performed... and it was GREAT! He got one of the dudes from Your Mothers Favorite (YMF) to beat box for him. Shouts out to the whole YMF crew! I got to record the songs for your viewing pleasure.

Liddo Gurl

Hialeah / Multi - Rhyme

And so not only did it go great @ White Room, we still managed to make it to Transit Lounge in time to catch ¡MAYDAY! If you haven't seen them live, THEN I DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING WITH YOUR LIFE! (No, it's not that serious..... but it is at the same time!!) Here are a few videos I took of there performance.

¡Mayday!

2010-05-21T00:09:00.000-04:00

You already know how much we love this band here at BeenGotIt. So if you are looking for something to do tonight, Transit Lounge is the place to be!

(There is a rumor that they will be performing at The White Room next week.... more on this later on this week)

Btw, here is a new song off there up-coming album set to Lost footage. Album drops 9/7/10!

My Daze

2010-05-20T01:31:00.005-04:00

The last couple of weeks have been pretty productively hectic for me, and im just now finding time to recap and recover lol. This past weekend was my Bornday Anniversary (as Ariel so respectfully mentioned a couple of posts ago) and I had a fkn epic time. As Ariel mentioned, I did spend most of the time at Toots... and it may come as a surprise to most of you, but that isn't my party place of preference, I just go there as often as my boy Georgy is in town. Now, don't get me wrong, I love being around beautiful naked women, but definitely not as much as my boy Georgy from Bermuda. He came down to party HARD with me this weekend. And if you know Georgy, then you know PARTYING HARD consists of poppin bottles of Soco and making it rain on talented sexy ladies. Shout's to Mr. Soco. And thanks to Mr. Soco, friday went like this...

12 p.m.: Toosies for lunch
6 p.m.: Leave Toots and go home to nap and shower
10 p.m.: Head back to Toots
6 a.m.: Come back home after poppin bottles and knockin out

Then Saturday was the best. We (Georgy, myself and Tino) went to the Exxxotica Convention in the Miami Beach Convention Center for most of the day, where I met one of my favorite actresses, Ms. Jayden James. She is the mothafuckin SHIT. Mad cool for letting me take like 10 pix with her for free while other wacktresses were charging... like JENNA HAZE! (Im kidding, Jenna's been in the game for a long time, so she gets veteran clout lol.) But w/e, Jayden still chops up all the other chicks that were there. She's just fkn rawsome, check out her blog (jaydenjaymesxxx.com/blog) when you get a chance... Now back to my day... After the convention, we got home, got fresh and headed to the Hardrock where I linked up with alll my good friends. Shouts to all of you, mad love for coming out. And special shout's to my top daw Johnny, whose birthday is 4 days before mine.

After the Hardrock, we headed back to Tootsies for more V.I.P. Bottle Poppin... but naturally I ran out of body battery and knocked out again, and didn't get to party too much with my people. I know they had a good time anyway though.

Sunday we linked up with some of Georgy's old friends at Wet Willies and chilled. I was drained from the whole weekend so I almost didn't make it out to Tootsies this night... but then I said fk it. We showed up and had a fkn awesome time. Shout's to Tiana a.k.a. Bubbles for the bday shout out. I love that lady.

Then back to reality, I worked on Monday. But Monday was my official bday (Montes Monday) so I went to Churchills right after work. On Monday nights they play Jazz inside and have open mic in the back area. There I linked up with my good friends including Jason who performed his poem "Mathematical Love", which was the shit. Then I performed some songs with the beatbox help of my boy Forest. Met some great people too. And that wrapped up the celebrations.

All in all, my bday was the shit and my friends are the shit. And to the friends that had sand in their vaginas and didn't make it to the happenings, I understand. I remember yesterday someone told me something like "something something something...Montes makes friends" and of course I responded in typical me fashion (a.k.a. with sarcastic nonsense) and said "Nah, Montes doesn't make friends, friends make ME!"... it sounds retarded cause it was intended to not make sense, but in reality, it kinda does. My friends make me who I wanna be, so technically it's accurate. I appreciate the appreciation people. Always have and always will.

Next up is BEER OLYMPICS 2010 on June 19th! Get your livers ready!!

Diddy Bop

2010-05-18T09:24:00.000-04:00

I have been a huge fan of Sean P. Diddy Combs for a long time now. Not for his rapping skills (even though I bought the cds "No Way Out" and "Forever"), but just for the kind of person he is..... a successful, cool ass, "I dont give a fuck cause i'm rich", kind of guy. Now I'm sure that many of you have heard the original version to this song, or maybe even the Lil Wayne version, but P. Diddy kills it in the opening of the remix. Now I doubt he wrote this verse, but I don't give a fuck cause he's richer than them white folk!

[Diddy]
I got my billions up fucking with them white folk
now I don’t give a fuck cause I’m richer than them white folks
Lamborghini trucks, y’all ain’t even seen it yet
bought me Teterboro just to Diddy-Bop and land my jet
Now I’m hustlin out of Harlem, Paulie Castellano
Bitch I am a problem, I just bought the Delano
pimpin in my convo, bitches come in combo’s
pictures of Christopher on my wall all in my condo
I dont fuck with fake hoes, all I touch is J-Lo’s,
all I drink is my shit, Ciroc by the case load
Movies is my next shit, 2 mill on my necklace
Badboy, 80 million muthfuckin records

Watch him in the up-coming movie "Get Him To The Greek" with Jonah Hill and Russell Brand. It looks like its going to be really funny.
(A spin-off to the movie "Forgetting Sarah Marshall").
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckQEFV4mwIo

Happy Montday

2010-05-17T10:00:00.000-04:00

First things first, I have a very special announcement. Today is the birthday of our very own Montigity. Happy Birthday Montes! On this day 23 years ago, Mrs. Montigity gave birth to what she thought was a beautiful baby girl, and named her Alexis. To her surprise..... and our own, it was not a girl. It wasn't a boy either, but it was as close as it gets. And so here "he" is, 23 years later. (Is it wrong that this is coming from a guy named Ariel??) So this post is dedicated to my boy Montes.

And where do you think Montes would celebrate his birthday weekend?? If you know Montes, then you know the answer.... Tootsies Cabaret! Before this weekend I had only been there twice in my life. In one weekend with Montes, I doubled that number. Now you might be thinking that it is unhealthy to go to a strip club as often as he goes, but I quickly discovered that Montes doesn't go to Tootsies the strip club, he goes to Tootsies the lounge. What is the difference? Well most people that go to strip clubs have the mindset of seeing naked ladies with the hopes of getting their peepee wet. Montes, on the other hand, is not most people. While there are naked ladies around, Montes is there to chill and get to know some of the dancers. I must say that it was quite interesting to see this.

We were chilling in the VIP area (shouts out to George for coming this weekend, thanks for everything!) and I observe that one of the ladies sits down next to Montes. I was just hanging out and enjoying the show while he was talking to her for a while. A while later, she gets up to go get her purse and a paper for Montes to write something down. I asked him what the hell did he talk about for that long and the answer was pretty dam funny. In their conversation, Montes discovers that the chick writes poetry and he was telling her about open mic night at Churchills on Monday nights. He ends up convincing the girl to go out there and perform one of her poems.... freaking amazing! While most guys go there to touch some ass (guilty as charged), Montes is there to dig deep into the girls heads and talk about real shit.

And now to the most important part of this post. You may be wondering, what is Montes doing on his birthday? And the answer is.... Churchill's... and maybe Tootsies after?? lol. Tonight, my boy Montes will be performing one of his songs at the open mic night. Also, I believe Dick will be opening with "She Is". (To Dick: I hope that you remember that you agreed to this while we were drinking). So if you didn't know..... now you know!

See you at Churchill's tonight!

Churchill's Pub
5501 NE 2nd Ave Miami, FL 33137

P.S. the song posted below is freaking amazing! (Alicia Keys - "Unthinkable") Check that shit out.

Unthinkable

2010-05-15T12:37:00.000-04:00

This is, in my opinion, the best song off of Ms. Keys latest album. Really melodic and well written. The only thing I don't like about this song is that Drake doesn't get enough credit for it. Him and 40 (Drake's long time friend and producer) practically created it!I actually heard it for the first time after hearing him talk about it in this interview a while back:

Good call Drizzy.

This is one sick ass video. I would have never imagined Inter racial relationships being the concept, but it fits perfectly. And if you listen closely to the part after she says "you should say it right now", that's my daw Drake!

JC is for Jermaine Christ

2010-04-29T14:58:00.002-04:00

On my top 5 greatest rappers list, J.Cole is #1

He spit this at the age of 17 or 18 (he used to go by the name of "Therapist") and he sounds a lot like Em here, proof that he's a true student to the game:

And this is his latest single:

I've said it before and i'll say it again, J.Cole is the Jesus Christ of Hip Hop. He recognizes his destiny, just like JC did and now he has come to save us all from our sins, just like JC did (by SINS im referring to terrible hip hop), and his initials are obviously JC. And it's interesting that his logo is the name J.Cole with a set of horns on the O and a halo hanging on the E. The horns represent sin/the devil and the halo of course represents goodness/an angel. Now to have them together on his logo, to me, represents overall contradiction just like how Jesus flipped over a table (it's in the bible, look it up) to contradict his flawless Halo rocking image. And I gotta mention this as the most legitimate statement, cause it's a quote from Mr. Cole himself on the first song he ever recorded a video for, (and what I consider to be his mission statement) "Simba". He says:

(@ the 46 second mark)

"Im something like the light skinned version,
Of the very same baby that the virgin Mary raised
That's word to EVERYTHING!"

Now, im not a conspiracy theorist, I just like connecting the dots. And it's funny, he still gets love from the Jews! The great Drake posted this on his blog in late March: "I heard J Cole was incredible at SOB's tonight...mazel tov and enjoy the high my good man!"

But anyways, he's making EPIC, lyrically laced, make you think type music that everyone with a brain can relate to... and he's my favorite wordsmith so that should be enough lol. Please CLAP FOR HIM!

BLADOW!

2010-04-28T11:46:00.001-04:00

This morning I received a message from an old friend of mine by the name of Gabriel Ferrer telling me that he needs help. He's a real cool dude who's been friends with me since elementary school (shout out to Meadowlane Elementary!). Now a while back, prolly over a year ago, me and Gabriel where supposed to record a song together called "FML" as an ode to the popular abbreviation and website. I loved the idea, it was basically supposed to be a bunch of "FML" situations in the verses. But unfortunately I couldn't come up with many "FML" situations and I didn't really like the beat enough to keep trying, sooo I let it go... FML... But I helped Gabriel finish writing his verse, we recorded it and it's been sitting in my laptop ever since. So I decided to bring this half song off the bench to try and help Gabriel out. I created this video in hopes that you all consider the message in it and try to help a brother out. He doesn't have much time sooo do what you can if you can. Thanks.

Here's the message:

Hey Everyone,
I desperately need some help. My financial aid isn't covering my final tuition payment and if I don't come up with 1500 dollars in the next two weeks I will be dropped from the Master's program. They are not willing to make exceptions and I have run out of options.

Last summer I went to Spain and started writing a book, which I just finished. You all can help me out by buying it. It's only $15 dollars. If each one of you buys a copy, I'll be able to get my master's degree. Who knows? You might even like the book. The link is below. Thanks in advance to anyone who helps out.

Gabriel

You can order the book here: --->CLICK<---

Be Kind, Man... Man Kind.

2010-04-27T04:48:00.007-04:00

One of my favorite movies EVER is Pay It Forward... if you haven't seen it, RENT IT! And if you've only seen it once, SEE IT AGAIN! It delivers a message that seriously changed my life. Not in a dramatic way, but in a verrrry positive insightful way... at least I think. I'll give the credit to the movie because I can't recall if I would have done the random KIND shit I do now, before watching the film...Basically I believe in Karma (no religion). Dick might argue that believing in Karma goes hand in hand with believing in FATE (religion related), but theres a big difference in my perception. See, you EARN Karma, as in you do something in order to receive the respective Karma (i.e: You treat a friend to lunch, you feel good and just might get a free lunch in the future OR You cheat on your spouse and you feel bad as fuck and might have that happen to you in the future). FATE, on the other hand, is something inevitable. Sooo I don't believe in FINAL DESTINATION type shit or that you can't mold the future... I just believe in Karma.

I practice selfless good deeds as often as the opportunity presents itself. It genuinely brings me joy. Now, you're probably thinking "Is this guy bragging about doing nice shit for people? What a douche" and my response to that is: Call it what you want. I just feel that it's important to spread the idea of selfless acts of kindness (and where better to do that than on our open forum of protected belief projection, binladen.condom/ BEENGOTIT.COM?). Take a penny leave a penny. PAY IT FORWARD. It doesn't cost shit to help someone carry something heavy... or to hold a door for someone carrying something heavy... or to help a heavy person, heavy lifting, carry heavy weights... or to heavy heavy... ok im just kidding... but it doesn't always have to be something physical. It's easy to tell that ugly chick with the nice tattoo that you like her tattoo... or the pretty chick with the awesome outfit (that she obviously took time to put together) that she looks pretty. It's free... and the fact that it's the commonly unpopular approach, is simply primitive. In general, as people who do life with each other, as equally emotional creatures, as a society, we gotta start giving a fuck (I curse to dilute the hippie-ish tone of the whole concept). So if you HAVE to get something out of being nice, Karma is a good easily applicable lifestyle format. How awesome would it be if everyone just believed in the "you get what you give" concept? Pretty dope huh?

This is pretty ironic, but the reason I was motivated to write this post is because the other day, some guy's mattresses fell off his pick up truck on Okeechobee Rd.... and I saw the mattresses fall off and didn't stop to help him cause I was already late for work. Felt pretty bad that I didn't do what I could've... but w/e... a mattress on the street = one comfortable homeless person... or 3 comfortable homeless people... or 4... it was a queen size.

I hope my point isn't overlooked. Just Be Good.

There is no I in team, but there is an US in victorious... and there's obviously a CORNY in Montesiscorny.

(You end up winning when you help out Mankind)

Wade County Will Be Witness

2010-04-22T23:49:00.004-04:00

Before I get into the main point of this post, I want to take you back in time. It was February 4, 2007 and the Indianapolis Colts we're about to play the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI. A few minutes before the game started, I called my good friend Dick who was at work and was missing the first part of the Super Bowl. He didn't know that the game hadn't started so I told him that Devin Hester ran back the opening kickoff of the game. He was in shock. In case you don't already know, Devin Hester is infamous for running back kickoffs. I just said it to be funny, Dick didn't appreciate it. I told him that the game hadn't started yet and he might of said fuck you and hung up, but I don't remember it that clearly. 10 minutes later.... Devin Hester ran back the kick off! I had to call Dick and tell him how much of a genius I was, then I realized that if I would of used this genius productively and bet a bunch of money on that, I would have been rich! And not to mention the fact that I was right about everything with Tiger Woods..... Tiger, Tiger Woods Ya'll!

So the next thing on my list I would like to call is that LeBron James will be wearing a Miami Heat jersey next year along with our very own Dwayne Wade. I know this sounds too good to be true, but I have a few points that make sense for this to happen. Some points are strong and some are reaches, but I'll let you guys decide that. Now I have thought this out a few ways and one thing is for sure, If you want to believe in this you have to believe that LeBron James will leave Cleveland whether he wins a championship this year or not. I think that if he doesn't win it this year, he will leave out of frustration. And if he does win his first ring, then he would leave because he has always said that he has set out to bring Cleveland it's first ring (maybe leave after his mission is accomplished, right??).

LeBron is also planning to change is jersey number next year from 23 to 6 to honor Michael Jordan (the real 23.... and the only 23). Now this might not seem like a big deal, but ask yourself who are the only 2 teams that have the number 23 retired?? The Chicago Bulls and the Miami Heat. Also, who are the 2 best teams with enough cap space to sign 2 big free agents in the offseason?? The New York Knicks and the Miami Heat. And let's face it, the Knicks suck! If you are going to go to another team, it might as well be a place that you can win in (Miami Heat).

Anyone can tell you, a team with LeBron James and Dwayne Wade is UNSTOPPABLE! We will be an instant dynasty. And they fit perfect together. One of the things that LeBron is criticized for is not being selfish enough. He passes the ball to his wack ass teammates when he should be the one taking the shot. Now if you put someone great next to him..... like Dwayne Wade..... you see where I am going with this? I decided to write this post because I have been saying this for a while now, and lately I have been hearing a couple of people entertain the idea on television. Reggie Miller was on Lopez Tonight the other night talking about it, and I need to call this before it happens. I'm so certain about it that I am convincing my dad to buy season tickets as an investment, cause you know everyone is going to want to watch that! Now if you want to jump on this band wagon, come aboard! (space is limited)

More from Australia..

2010-04-21T13:15:00.003-04:00

More videos and blog post from our good friend Willie. Check out his blog at: http://journals.worldnomads.com/vantastic_nt/

"What I’m saying is: we picked up a hitchhiker the other day. While pulling out of the Aileron Roadhouse, we noticed a lanky, dirty, bushy-haired, and very tanned backpacker on the side of the road. We say that with love; we’re the exact same way (In our three weeks on the road, we can steadily feel ourselves devolving into primitive man). When we first passed him, he got up to wave us down. We just kept driving. Who in their right mind would pick up a hitchhiker in this day and age?

Within two minutes, we realized the answer was us. We debated it: what if he’s a homicidal maniac who is out to kill people nice enough to pick him up? Or what if he’s incredibly friendly, but thinks that we’re homicidal maniacs, and so he kills us anyway? Out of paranoia? What if he steals all of our things while we’re watching the road? What if and what if and what if?! But we wanted to be able to tell a good story, and we really liked Emile Hirsch in Into the Wild, so we unsheathed our Swiss army knife, tucked it into the road atlas just in case, and drove back to pick him up.

His name was Danny, and he was traveling up to Mount Ida. That’s in Queensland. We weren’t going even a quarter of the distance he needed to travel. But we offered to take him to a rest stop 200 km north of Aileron, and he accepted. He was a Russian backpacker who had flown into the wrong airport (Perth) while trying to visit a friend in Brisbane. Intentionally, to see the country, but still way off-course. He’d been hitchhiking across the continent ever since, and we were the twentieth people to pick him up. He thinks. He’d lost count. He told us that he had been cast in an epic Malaysian war film and that he’d be heading to Asia in the spring. Everything he said checked out.

But still, we kept that knife. In hand. Still, we kept an eye on all of our possessions. No trust, whatsoever. And for all we know, he had a knife in his hand the whole time. So we were careful."

"On our way to Tenant Creek, Andrew and I stopped at what we envisioned would be our favorite place in the Northern Territory: Wycliffe Well, the UFO capitol of Australia.

While we were en route, we couldn’t help but feel giddy at the prospect of seeing an extraterrestrial. Our conversation was filled with quotes from E.T, Star Wars, and The X-Files. We simply couldn’t fathom what we would encounter. Closely. Of the third kind.

Crop circles? Ray guns? Probes?

What we found would shock you. Well, it shocked me. Wycliffe Well is a caravan park with alien paraphernalia and an Elvis statue. There are no aliens in cages. There are no working UFOs offering free tours of the Milky Way. I was devastated. No Space Invaders? Maybe my expectations were a little farfetched.

We entered the park and wandered around, trying to come up with an angle for our sketch video. We decided that we would do an over-the-top in-depth investigation of the strange occurrences in the park, all while dressed like members of The Village People. We would ask the Elvis statue if he had phoned home recently. High-brow comedy at its best. We started the project by interviewing Lew, the owner of Wycliffe Well. We spoke with him about our idea and asked if he would briefly act as an alien for one absolutely hilarious (I swear) punchline. Instead, he just stared at me. I wasn’t sure if I had insulted him or if it was my cowboy outfit.

It was both. "

Heard A Lot Of Things

2010-04-19T04:01:00.000-04:00

This is a new song I made with the help of my boy Johnny a.k.a. J Herny a.k.a. Justsurvivedaseriouscaraccident, and this is the story behind it.

I woke up this past Monday to a voicemail from Johnny tellin me he was waiting at the doctor's office and came up with a song idea and he sang me the chorus. I liked the melody and the concept behind it so I just started writing shit related to "getting with a chick that has a promiscuous past" then I came up with the whole Brand New line and said feck it, I gotta keep writing! Then I called him up to tell him I received the message and showed him what I had written and he was like "DAMN that shit's hard! Dale let's do this". So on Thursday he came over, wrote his bridge and recorded his vocals. Then this morning (Sunday) I finished writing and recording my verses, then spent half the day making the beat what it is now and TADA! This is what you get:

Now on the lyrics, I would like to mention that it took a bit of empathy to write this because in reality, I really don't care about what a girl did before me. To me, anything she might have done in her past is just that, THE PAST. If it took place before she even considered getting with me (or w/e the situation) I really don't mind. Im not saying that im ignorantly blissful, I would like to know and of course it would change the way I view her, but only on an EXPERIENCE level, not on a "she's a whore" level. Im fortunate enough to have the ability to keep it real and consider the fact that YOU CAN'T CHANGE THE PAST. Im not knocking every other guy out there, im just saying that the majority will judge on unfair bases. What I mean by that is that most dudes are with the "She fks 10 guys, shes a whore, but if I fk 10 chicks, im a pimp" deal, and im not with that... unless she fkd 10 guys at the same time, in that case, she's a whore. But w/e, to each his own, I just wanted to clarify that.

Steve Jobs

2010-04-15T14:22:00.001-04:00

I don't remember exactly how, but this video was brought up in a conversation between me and Dick yesterday and I figured it's important for me to share it.

I have seen many commencement speeches before, but this one is my favorite. I believe Steve Jobs has been through every life extreme HE possibly could have survived and tells his story in such a manner that one can't help but be moved and inspired by it. (at least I couldn't)

Legit message. Good job, Jobs.

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by Dogma, which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know who you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."

Distant Relatives

2010-04-13T11:39:00.001-04:00

Nas and Damian Marley, this is bigger than music.

Watch live streaming video from distantrelatives at livestream.com

"... you have to wake up" - Nas

2010 Music Is Not Fkn Around.

Broken Fingaz

2010-04-08T11:48:00.000-04:00

Broken Fingaz -Graffiti Stop Motion from Broken Fingaz on Vimeo.

10 Artists in '10

2010-04-06T18:21:00.005-04:00

XXL Magazine released their third-annual class of Freshmen of the year. These are the 10 artists to watch for in 2010. Here is the list and some of their notable releases that you should know about. Some you may have heard of and others not so much but keep your ears open and support some up and coming artists. (Thank you Andrea for telling me about this month's issue) :)

J. Cole
Notable Releases- Single: "Lights Please" (This is the song that got him his deal); Guest verse on Jay-Z's "A Star is Born"; Mixtapes: The Come Up, The Warm Up

Wiz Khalifa
Notable Releases- Single: "Say Yeah"; Mixtape: Flight School

Jay Rock
Notable Releases- Single: "All My Life"; Guest verse on Omarion's "Hoodie"; Mixtape: Coming Soon 2 A Hood Near You

Big Sean
Notable Releases- Single: "Get'cha Some"; Mixtapes: Finally Famous, UNKNOWNBIGSEAN

Nipsey Hu$$le
Notable Releases- Single: "Hussle in the House"; Guest verse on Snoop Dogg's "Upside Down" and on Drake's "Killer" (This song is the shit); Mixtapes: Bullets Ain't Got No Name Vol. 2 & 3

Pill
Notable Releases- Single: "Trap Goin' Ham"; Mixtapes: 4180: The Prescription, 4075: The Refill

OJ Da Juiceman
Notable Releases- Single: "Make the Trap Say Aye"; Mixtapes: Culinary Art School, Alaska in Atlanta

Freddie Gibbs
Notable Releases- Mixtapes: The Miseducation of Freddie Gibbs, Midwestgangstaboxframecadillacmuzik

Fashawn
Notable Releases- Mixtapes: One Shot One Kill, The Antidote

Donnis
Notable Releases - Single: "Gone"; Mixtape: Diary of an ATL Brave

Thank Me Later

2010-04-05T04:40:00.011-04:00

I first heard this mans music around June of 08 and became an instant fan. Im an extreme RnB and Hip Hop enthusiast so to me (along with Kudi) he was the Messiah of music. The best of both worlds with an indie overtone that cancels out any Pop-like vibes you can't help but get from any popular radio hit maker that sings about love and REAL shit. I heard all his tracks, watched all his interviews and followed his blog as I was blessed with the opportunity to anxiously await the release of his "So Far Gone" mixtape, which is easily on my top 10 greatest albums ever made list and ended up putting him on everyones top 10 greatest artists of today list. I read everything he had to say and followed his whole explosion as 09 passed. To watch the transformation process from him being an extremely talented kid around my age (that no one I knew knew about) trying to make it big in the music industry TO him being an extremely talented kid around my age (that everyone I know knows about) that IS the biggest artist in the music industry, is sooo inexplicably gratifying to me. Alicia Keys, Jay Z, Wayne, Em, Kanye all wanting to work with him? That's beyond prestige and thats why he truly deserves everything he has and will receive.

The following is a post written by Drake on March 31st in his blog (octobersveryown.blogspot.com):

The sun just came out. I mean I haven't seen it yet cause I am in the studio but I know it did. So good morning. I am working on the last song for Thank Me Later. What a different journey it's been this go round. I wish I could share so much more with you but there are just too many new people involved who have dedicated their time to "the reveal". Should I just post the entire thing up now and say no the methods and yes to the mayhem???? Ha. I'd love too, but this is something special that I feel needs to be delivered to you in the way you deserve it to be. Remember the days of well thought out visuals, album thank you's, funk flex rants, all the things that came with the release of a new album, the things we'd look forward to...well I hope I can make you remember. I've worked hard on this body of work and I feel like every artist involved has given me their absolute best. I cannot wait till it's yours. The relief I will experience on release day will be euphoric. I look in peoples eyes and see not so much the doubt, but the uncertainty, the question that looms...and whatever the answer is I think we're both ready for it. These overwhelming moments are to be cherished. On that note fond readers, I will see u soon somewhere along the way. Mr. Walters pull the car around front...its time to go home.

"History will be kind to me...for I intend to write it"

- Winston Churchill

(I heard J Cole was incredible at SOB's tonight...mazel tov and enjoy the high my good man! )

I gotta say that im anticipating this album more than I have ANY other in my lifetime. The fact that he's always been a lyrical genius and he only get's better with every song is reason enough to believe that (quote me on this) "Thank Me Later" is the greatest album never heard... of all time... and if you think it sucks, it's obvious that you're a retard.

Oh and this is pretty interesting, check out the first blog he ever posted on octobersveryown:

2008 has been an amazing year for me so far and I feel its time I start sharing my experiences with my fans. This blog will provide insight into my personal life and also allow a living legend (Olivier or Oliver to the less cultured) to guide those wandering astray with some lifestyle advice. Hopefully you allow this blog to become your habit. We are the future...thank us later.

Van-Tastic Update

2010-04-03T11:26:00.004-04:00

This is the latest video blog by Willie and Andrew from the land down under. Watch and enjoy!

Follow there blog @ http://journals.worldnomads.com/vantastic_nt/

GENIUS!!

2010-04-02T22:08:00.008-04:00

Someone asked me the other day, "If you could be anyone in the world, who would you want to be?" I didn't hesitate to answer that I would want to be Joe Francis. Some of the guys may know who this is, some of you ladies may not. This dude is the creator of Girls Gone Wild. And if you don't know what Girls Gone Wild is, then you obviously don't turn on the television late at night or have no clue on what is going on in the world around you. But given its name, you can sort of figure out what the videos are about...... GIRLS GOING WILD!

The man who convinces women to get naked on camera for a free t-shirt should be given the Nobel Prize. Do you know how hard it is to get a girl to do all the things they do on this video for free?? Guys spend hundreds of dollars on a chick before they even get her in her bra. And that doesn't even take into account all the phone calls, time spent together, and all the other bullshit guys have to do before we get laid. You just can't put a price on that.

And have you guys ever even seen one of these videos!? My roommate and I ordered a video one day thinking we were going to see some crazy shit. Shouts out to Henry! (Sorry to put you out there like that roomy) It hurts me to say this, but the video was VERY DISSAPPOINTING! We ended up laughing the entire time. The girls on these videos are SUPER drunk. And ladies, when you get super drunk, you get sloppy; and when you get sloppy, we get nothing. Every guy knows that a drunk girl gives you a better opportunity to get laid, but there is that very fine line between getting laid and taking care of a drunk girl. The girls on these videos are the ones you have to take care of. But Joe Francis decided instead of taking care of them, let's let them get naked in front of a camera for a t-shirt....... GENIUS!!

Beer Olympics

2010-04-01T17:43:00.000-04:00

And the journey begins..

2010-04-01T11:23:00.004-04:00

If you've been keeping up with Beengotit, you should all know that our closest friend is in Australia right now in a once in a lifetime trip. He won an internet contest that requires him to make weekly video and written blogs, as well as pictures to be posted. Please follow his blog at:

http://journals.worldnomads.com/vantastic_nt/

"At one point, while trying to turn on the high beams, Willie accidentally turned off all the lights entirely for one terrifying, blissful second. There was the instant fear that we would run into countless animals, spin off the road and flip into the sand. Our stomachs dropped. But there was also the sensation of floating. There were the stars, suddenly bright and visible, more than I’ve ever seen before in my entire life, so clear we could even make out the hazy clouds of solar debris and astral fields and other space phenomena that I will never fully comprehend. Then the lights came back on."

Diggy's House

2010-03-29T12:09:00.001-04:00

Im still in shock, like seriously? RUN's son? The middle one? That's crazy. I would've expected a swagga-swagga-soulja-boy-make-it-rain-ass flow, but on the contrary he's truly a student of hip hop. In an interview I saw earlier, he mentions that he listens to a lot of "Lupe and Q-tip and Andre 3000, you know, like real lyricists. And a lot of people don't expect me to have that content/wordplay/substance in each song... right off the bat, they think I don't write anything". I gotta give props when props are due, and this kid actually has skills. Clever with the wordplay and smooth with the bar transition. Surprise surprise!

"Im writing my own rhymes, even though my dad's RUN, you never seen Mike Jordan dunkin for his son, huh?"

Here's his "Made You Look" flow, shits doped up with MULTI RHYMES! HE'S 14!:

Oh and shouts to our good friend Suzie at SUZIESAYSS.WORDPRESS.COM, she mentioned that Diggy raps in a blog post about 2 months ago, I just never cared enough to check him out lol.

Tallahassee

2010-03-19T10:47:00.004-04:00

The beengotit crew took a road trip to Tallahassee, and as I attempted to document our road trip I notcied, because of influences (mostly alcoholic), I only recorded one night of our trip. Note: Balls and Montes only spoke through freestyle. They either slept or were rapping. And in this video you will notice Montes got slapped with money. Well, Montes thought he was the best in Madden 2010 so he wagered $5 in a game of madden. He ended up losing a total of $15 that night in Madden. So Ariel thought it would be funny to make it rain with his money. That was the joke of the weekend. "Anything for comedy" -Ariel. Enjoy.

Lying Lies and the Liars Who Tell Them

2010-03-11T10:40:00.001-05:00

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

2010-03-10T12:53:00.001-05:00

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

2010-03-09T18:10:00.004-05:00

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

2010-03-09T03:33:00.000-05:00

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

2010-03-08T02:48:00.003-05:00

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

2010-03-03T11:27:00.002-05:00

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

2010-02-26T15:30:00.002-05:00

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

2010-02-24T14:28:00.002-05:00

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

2010-02-24T12:51:00.002-05:00

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

2010-02-23T11:19:00.000-05:00

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.