8 posts tagged “qotd”

What were your top 10 favorite songs or albums of 2007?

Okay number 1 is Prince because.... well it's PRINCE!  Have you heard Chelsea Rogers?  Absolutely the most infectious funky jam I've heard in years!

Talib Kweli would be next.... Once again looking for the perfect beat and dropping some old school style for these young folk that ain't even ready....

Hmmm... was Gwen Stefani 2006 or 2007?   Either way I shout her out too.

Really that is all I instantly latched on to.  I'm sure i'm leaving some out, but I'm not gonna pick 10 just because it says 10.  This is what hit me the most and stays on my MP3 from 2007.

What's your alma mater?
Submitted by Lies.

I will always rep West Side High in Gary,IN!!!!  Go Cougars.... with style!

As for college it is all about scarlet and gold... the ever underated Iowa State Cyclones.  There was much more fun to be had in Ames, IA than I ever expected.  I actually had the spot on lock for 3 years.  If JayQ was invovled, people flocked to it.  Dang where did things change?! (Rhetorical)

LOL

PEACE

Do professional athletes make too much money, or do they deserve every penny?  Why?

There are only 2 reasons why I would say they make too much.  Reason number one is pure jealousy so we can toss that argument out.  Reason 2 is more down to earth, and that is that it's a shame you earn more money playing games than teaching or doing something that directly improves your community and people around you.  The thing I tell people is that athletes actually generate money for their franchises.  the money they get paid I feel is often in proportion with what they bring in, but still the athletes themselves are not getting anywhere near as fat as the team owners and league VPs.  If people hyped up the best teachers and paid extra to send their kids to certain schools as a result, we would see and increase in teacher salaries.  As it stands only the money for that comes from a budget that could never match that of these billionaire team owners.  I honestly feel I have gotten fair pay for the work I have done in my varied work history.  Anyone who knows me, knows I am not driven by money.  I do think it is fare that you be compensated for both the work you do and what you bring to whatever company you work for.  If you work for a big Ad agency and land a multimillion dollar account, you would likely get a nice bonus off that and/or a raise outright.  Sports are a business, so if Allen Iverson coming to your team increases ticket sales and merchandise sales, then he should be compensated accordingly.  That is the American Capitalist way.  The good and the bad.

What is the best beer on planet Earth? 
Submitted by Remmy Van Hornie.

Rootbeer!!!!!

But otherwise I preferr Miller Genuine Draft.  I am not a beer drinker however.  If it is cold I can usually tolerate it. 

Do you own all the albums of any particular musical artist or group? Who?
Submitted by dutterman.

I have everything by Prince that I could find and not go bankrupt searching for rare editions.  technically not a complete collection I guess.

the following I have absolutely everything:

Gerald LeVert

Tupac

Monica

Musiq Soulchild

Mos Def

Janet Jackson

Alicia Keys

Outkast

*My Tribe Called Quest/Qtip collect got jacked in a car break in and I never replenished it.*

I am very loyal to the above artists and they have really never let me down even when they tried new things I could still appreciate most of their work.  these are people I buy and never get bootlegs/downloads of.

When has your first impression of someone turned out to be completely wrong? 
Submitted by Mana'olana.  

Every time I guess I was blinded by love/emotions.  When I met the woman I eventually married, and waited wayyy too long to divorce.  Most recently with another female I gave way too much leeway to before calling it quits.  I need to learn to trust my instincts because usually my gut is on point, but sometimes I have let other things blind me from reality.  Anyway that is the long and short of it.  the moral i would say is be wary of anything that seems too good to be true because it usual is.  But I will still take my chances and deal with the fall out if it is in a nice neat little package  and goes well with my purple aura.  lol

Which friend or acquaintance most influenced your taste in music? 
Submitted by Rev Stan.

I have to list at least 3 people here.  My sister used to love Prince and when Purple Rain hit she actually took me to see it. (Mind you it was the only way she could go per my mothers orders but still I have her to thank.)  I saw that and every since Prince has been my absolute favorite entertainer.  There is no better show on Earth than his concerts.  By the way... go scoop Planet Earth if you have not already. You will not be sorry. 

Then I gotta thank my boy "Fave".  I think me and him got on the hip hop tip together listening to Jazzy jeff and the Fresh Prince and making musical parodies like Wierd Al Yankovick.  The exploration led me to become enamored by the likes of Big Daddy Kane, Kool Moe Dee, Whoudini, and the master of the mic  the almighty Rakim!  I can't even feel what these artists are talking about today.  I respect them for doing what they do, but cats like the ones above are why I'm strictly Old Sqool.

Lastly I gotta give a shout out a sweet young lady I use to talk to in middle school.  her name was Olga. (Shut up Fave)  I was hanging with her the first time I ever heard a LeVert song and Gerald went on to be one of the few that garnered almost as much respect from me as the Purple One.  Me and Olga had an on again/ off again relationship but we also discovered Toni Tone Tony together and that was my theme music 8th grade up through High school and again in college when they dropped their last official album as a group. 

this list could go on but really that is an overview of my taste.  I like Maxwell and Deangelo but they are kind of Prince "Lite"  I fell in love with Neo Soul all on my own.  I heard a playlist when I was in a poetry club and have sought out the genre ever since.  PEACE!

What are five things that most people don't know about you? 
Submitted by mika.

1. I love basketball and football, but I was actually best at baseball.  I punked out and quit playing basically because my father never supported me in that.  The truth was he never really supported me in anything.

2. I went to school at Iowa state and actually liked Ames, IA for the most part.

3. I co-founded The Ames Few Dance and Theater company many years ago with some lovely ladies who were professors of mine in college.  It disbanded when I left. Coincidence? Hmmmmmm

4. I am one of the few who still remember and even like Terrence Trent D'arby.  "Sign your name across my heart... I wanted you to be my lady...."  lol  Classic.

5. I had to go to speech therapy when I was 4 because I was basically trying compose sentences that were too complex for my little mouth at the time.  My how things changed.