The Occasional Crazy Rare Quote # 4

"A writer and nothing else: a man alone in a room with
    the English language, trying to get human feelings right."

                                  ---John K. Hutchens

Rare Groove, Feb. 24, 2011

Kanye West ft Kid Cudi & Raekwon --- Gorgeous

Hip-hop will always have my heart, much akin to those characters in the movie Brown Sugar.  And you can say what you will about Kanye, but he still manages to have his 'hip-hop at its finest' moments.  Ego and crazy antics aside, when he spits a message, it is usually worth the attention.

"...end of century anthems, based of inner city tantrums, based off the way we was branded...face it, Jerome get more time than Brandon, and at the airport they check all through my bag, and tell me that it's random..."

Word!

Marcus Jamison, the Rare Poet

Rare View New

This is just a post to say that my often times neurotically picky nature was able to play nice with my artistic passion for a while, as I have come up with the new look for Rare View Me.

Hoping that everyone likes.  Feel free to comment.  To me it's good to incorporate change every now and then.  And the blog looks a lot less drab.  Lol.  Now onward to some great new ideas.  Will be posting on this in the near future.  Before I close, let me just say that I continue to appreciate each and every one of you more everyday.  Without you, there could not be possible, and aside from the therapeutic aspects of working on this blog, I am well aware that it is in preparation for something greater.  And I'm ecstatic that all of you can say you were here from the beginning.  So, much love!!!

Here's to a brighter tomorrow.

Marcus Jamison, the Rare Poet

Maybe It's Time I Give Amanda Diva a Chance

Don't get me wrong. I've always had an appreciation for her. She has a great voice and is a very capable lyricist. Plus I used to love her on "My Brother and Me" (For all you 80s babies who remember that show, on Nickelodeon, as teenagers...lol).

 But I guess I've always felt like she was doing too much. One week she's an actress. The next week she's a rapper. The week after that she's a journalist. The next week she's in Floetry. I mean damn!!  Can somebody tell her to slow down?  But I guess she embraces the idea of positively grindin' to get where you want to be.  And I could never dislike anyone for that.

This song, for example, brings out some of her best talents.  Listen to that voice.  Can you hear those lyrical skills.  Call Amanda Diva what you will, but untalented is certainly not an option.  I guess I'm just waiting for her to decide what she's really passionate about, commit to it, and therefore produce her most complete work.  But until then, I'll definitely keep my eyes open.

Marcus Jamison, the Rare Poet

How to Spot a Whore (This is Some Hilarious Shit!!!)

As most of you know I read tons of interesting blogs and articles on the web.  Thanks to a post I read on a friend's blog, I was led here:  Naked with Socks On, reading a post about how it seems men in 'sex-only' situations are suddenly catching feelings.  While this, in itself, makes for such an interesting topic, it was one of the comments made that caused my hysterical laughter, as well as forced me to think.

At 2011.02.16 12:27, Preachthetruthteller said:

It does if we are being real
man whore or female whore are still whores…. If u take into account the soul ties u make every time u sleep with someone u end up with alot of stuff wrong with u…
The formula is simple
take the number of dims u had over the age u are..should look like a fraction…
If it looks like bad blood pressure…your a ho
126/27.
Same thing for men

LMAO!!  Sometimes even the profound truth can 'make a blogger wanna crack up' (yes, I just made that up, feel free to borrow...lol).  Of course after the laughing, I had to think about my own number.  Hmmm....luckily I am not a ho.  But I find myself wishing the fraction was smaller.

Marcus Jamison, the Rare Poet