Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, I don't think I'm going to read that long ass column. I'd rather do something else with my time...........like stop procrastinating and going back to studying.
I think Simmons is hilarious for the most part, but he's also a blathering idiot when he's talking about something that doesn't involve Boston or Los Angeles. ESPN doesn't pay him to be a serious sportswriter. They pay him to make people laugh. Off topic, I never read any of his Super Bowl articles this year. If he thinks Houston is such a dump, I'd be curious to see what he has to say about Detroit.
Please tell me u didn't refer to Pall Wall as "the great." Scarface(ghetto boyz), Skrew, fat pat, even ESG would be okay to claim as "greats." Our rap scene and history is up there with LA and NY, we even have our own sound. Anyway back to the point, I'm sick of Paul and Mike Jones, they DO NOT represent houston and our rap history well. One makes a song bragging about using the internet to hook up with girls because that's something everyone including so-called rappers would brag about? The other spits the worst flow I have ever heard in a song where they would actually admit they are in love with a stripper. Wow, I'm in love with herpes. And even with just a short flow, he STILL repeats himself. Are you F***ing kidding me. Anyone that actually kept up with the underground scene the past years has been sick of mike jones since spring of '03. He's a joke and only people jammin' him in Houston are mainstream fans that just started hearing him last summer. Even most of those fans have gotten sick of him. Paul Slayton is just fake and prolly wishes he never lost chamillionaires respect. Trust me, i grew up with both of them, Paul rode cham's coattails to get in swisha house and he hasn't been the same since breaking apart. Mike and Paul's 15 seconds are almost up and if they can't find some substance to go along with their hype real soon, they will become jokes.(Mike Jones already is) Which makes the screwston scene look bad. Our good rappers of today like lil flip, slim thug, chamillion, aztec, zro, bun b, magno are gonna have to work that much harder to gain back some repect that Paul and Mike lose/have lost for Houston.
C'mon, man, you have to admit that "Still Tippin'" was awesome. So yeah, I think this thread is about done.
well b4 this thread is done I got to point out that "Still Tippin" aint a bad song, Slim and Paul were both okay in it. But this is the song Mike Jones says the same phrase FOUR times in a row, then takes that phrase and makes another song out of it as the chorus. Pretty lame if u ask me! If the Rox go on a winning streak and get into the playoffs they can use it too, Back den didn't want us, now were hot, they all on us. Back den didn't want us, now were hot, they all on us. Back den didn't want us, now were hot, they all on us. I said, Back den didn't want us, now were hot, they all on us. Say it out loud just one time and u will feel yourself getting stupider!!!
Doesn't he live in Boston ? Such a gorgeous city. Covered in a frigid fog for 8 months out of the year.
This guy is a whiney jerk-off. Probably comes down here with that entitled, arrogant Yankee attitude and gets shot down by the Southern Honeys. It's obvious sexual frustration making this guy grumpy , not the city !!!
Worse. He's from Boston but he lives in L.A. As far as I'm concerned, if you're an L.A. resident you forfeit your right to complain about any other city. And what's the deal with the crime he's talking about? I know the New Orleans refugees have caused some trouble for Houston but I live in the D.C. area. If he really wants to b**** about crime, he should come see where I live.
no, i'm not saying it's a vacation spot. i'm saying if you can't find something to do here, you're not looking hard enough.
i guess i forgot people like to shop and eat at CHILLIs : http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/metro/3673230.html 'Bigger than the Astros, crazier than Christmas' It was weekend to remember for Galleria retailers — and for those caught in traffic By JON PAUL MOROSI and ARMANDO VILLAFRANCA Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle Toyota Center was home to the NBA All-Star Weekend, but the Galleria area bore the brunt of the tourism boom as visitors and Houstonians alike were faced with traffic jams and crowd scenes equal to the peak of the Christmas season. The combination of cold temperatures and monied out-of-towners accounted for jammed stores and parking garages, and bumper-to-bumper traffic around the city's biggest mall. Retailers reported big sales and a few star sightings. From behind the counter at a Starbucks, Victor Jaime noticed crowds following the superstars around. "You would see the celebrities, and then all these people walking behind them," said Jaime, an assistant manager. "They'd go into a store, and they'd lock the doors behind them, so they could do their shopping." Police had anticipated a rush of shoppers, on a par with the Super Bowl surge in Houston two years ago. An assistant police chief and patrol captain were in the area if needed. They reacted at times over the weekend by blocking entrances to Galleria parking lots after they were filled to capacity, and closing exit ramps in order to keep traffic moving on the West Loop and Southwest Freeway. "The traffic was so bad, and so many cars were gridlocked, in so many directions, there was no place to go," George Buenik, the city's assistant police chief, said Monday. "There was no place for people to go once they exited the mall." Connie Hascher, the Galleria's director of marketing, said the mall did not have any "serious" security issues over the weekend. She described the shopping traffic as "comparable to what we see in December." Those who made it inside encountered a supercharged shopping atmosphere. At the Gucci store, velvet ropes and security guards controlled the flow of shoppers trying to gain entrance Saturday afternoon. The guards allowed only a few people into the store at a time. Some walked out empty-handed and waved to the long line that had formed behind the cordon. Still, Bernie Cantu, the store's manager, said Monday that sales over the weekend were "phenomenal." The ropes, Cantu said, were mandated by the Galleria "because of the large amount of people on the walkways." Just as the volume of cars topped holiday levels, merchant sales did, as well. "Like the Super Bowl," said Randy McChesney, manager at the Finish Line. "It was big time — bigger than the Astros, and crazier than Christmas." The lot closures — initiated to comply with the mall's fire codes, Galleria store managers said — slowed some spending late in the day on both Saturday and Sunday, but Terrence Jones, manager of Chili's, found it difficult to argue with the decision. "I totally understood why they had to do that," he said. Jones said Terrell Davis, the retired Denver Broncos star, and rapper Ludacris dined at his restaurant over the weekend. Hip hop icon Snoop Dogg ate in a back room. Jones estimated that his restaurant served more than 1,000 guests on Saturday. "It was more than holiday-type crazy," Jones said. As business returned to normal Monday, there were reminders of the frenzied weekend at the Lids store, where autographed hats were placed above the cash register, evidence of the celebrities who had visited. "We had people hanging out with cameras outside, not even shopping," assistant manager Sabrina Alaquinez said. "There were a lot of people here just to see who was here." Jason Klimek, 32, manager of La Madeleine Bakery, said his staff was "exhausted" by Monday. But their efforts were hardly in vain. Klimek estimated that he had between 1,000 and 1,500 guests on Saturday alone. One woman working the register at La Madeleine looked weary from the hectic days that came before. "Long weekend," she said with a sigh. Chronicle writer Roma Khanna contributed to this story.
i want to go biking where there are hills (oops cant find that in houston). i want to go good live local music.. (oops not in houston) i want fim festivals music festivals and a national championship football team..or any good football team i want tittdy clubs..oh ok, houston's got it!
Excellent post. Houston rap transcends far beyond the late entries, Paul Wall and Mike Jones. Far as I can remember, Houston rap hit the big time with Geto Boys' Uncut Dope album spearheaded by "My Mind's Playing Tricks on Me." Geto Boys aside, guys like Lil O, Youngsta, Fat Pat (RIP), DJ DMD, and Lil Keke have been big on the scene for awhile. I happen to think that Fat Pat would have been the next Houston rapper to hit it big had he not been shot. Ditto DJ Screw, who unfornately had too much lean in his cup.
Yes, a national championship football team is tops on my quality of life list. I actually move from city to city depending on who it is every year.
