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ART DRAWING CONTEST!!!

~dacreativegenius — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:13:45 PST

ART DRAWING CONTEST judged by Dubelyoo, Andre Moore & John Harmon PLUS...
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Mano-A-Mano DJ & Artist Nite
ÂThe Collab ProjectÂ
pencils, markers, oils, acrylics, drawings, sketches, illustrations
and all mixed media by the World's Greatest Artists!

November 13, 2009
8 pm
Free Cover

Visual hands: Delbert Hewitt, Jr. Gerzon Rodriguez, Herbert
Richardson, Jody Harris, Kirk Harris, Miles Davis, Odari Yohanes,
Randall Vaughn, Ryan S & DTM!
Audio hands: DJ Osmose

Kavarna CafÃ© 707 East Lake Dr Decatur, GA 30030
[link]
404.695.5769 dan@manoamanoartshow.com

collaboration artshow!

~dacreativegenius — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:04:29 PDT

come one come all!

looking for artists to collaborate or/and create fan art of each others characters for a nov 13 art show in the ATL

more details coming soon!
manoamanoartshow.com

artist call!

~dacreativegenius — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:57:10 PDT

COMIC BOOK ARTIST CALL!!!

SuperHeroes vs Villains
September 11, 2009
Kavarna Cafe'

If you would like to participate, please email DTM at: dtmkal@denominatorgraphics.com
for more info on this show and others: [link]

PASS THE WORD PLEASE!!!

ART DROPOFF FOR JULY 2ND SHOW

~dacreativegenius — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:10:35 PDT

I will be available monday from noon to 8pm on monday june 29th
99 Elizabeth st, one block from the Inman Park/Reynoldstown Marta Station

AND from 11 am til 4:30pm on tuesday june 30th.
1123 Euclid Ave, the 5 Spot

GET AT ME!!! 404.695.5769
manoamanoartshow.com

The superhero vs villains has been delayed.

~dacreativegenius — Sun, 17 May 2009 22:46:15 PDT

Mano A Mano Art Show July 2nd
HereÂs the latest info if you are interested in participating in the next show.

Theme:
HIP-HOP vs REGGAE
Focus on the culture, the flavor, the emotion and anything related to Hip-Hop and Reggae

Mediums:
All are accepted. The subject matter is whatÂ important.

Costs:
20% to Mano A Mano Art Show
80% to Artists (price your piece according to what you wish to receive, I will add the 20% to that number so you may still get your asking price)

10.00 hanging fee per piece due immediately
Fees may be paid in cash or online: [link]

MUST CONFIRM PARTICIPATION BY MAY 22ND TO BE INCLUDED IN FLYER
DTM 404.695.5769
dtmkal@denominatorgraphics.com

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HIP-HOP vs REGGAE
Cultural Art Show & Get Down
(A Mano-A-Mano Art Show)

Live Music + DJs + Massive Art!
July 2nd

7p-9p No Cover Open Art Reception w/ Artists speak
After 9p $5 Cover
18+ / WiFi (doublevision)

working the decks
Nervex & Osmose

live performance by
Clan Destined (DT & AmDex)

Artwork by
(list of artists)

@ The 5-Spot
1123 Euclid Ave
(Little 5 Points)

[link]
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art show tomorrow!

~dacreativegenius — Sat, 16 May 2009 23:03:40 PDT

To Dough or to Donut. Group Art Show May 27th @ Sublime Doughnuts. 535 10th St. 12 noon. come on thru and ask DTM for a free donut!

SK8 OR DIE IV

~dacreativegenius — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:00:06 PDT

Come to SK8 or DIE IV this Saturday from 3-9pm over 100 artists and skateboards!
Saturday, May 2, 2009 3:00pm - 9:00pm
Youngblood Gallery 636 North Highland Ave. Atlanta, GA
404 254 4127

B THERE OR B SQUARE!

Always into something...

~dacreativegenius — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:29:32 PDT

Contact: Daniel Flores
Cell: 404.695.5769
Email: dan@visualartwerks.com

“ower Of WomenÂ
Mano-A-Mano DJ & Artist Nite April Edition

Art-show featuring over two-dozen local Atlanta Visual and Audio Artists in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere. Art remains on site for one-month exhibit.
Show opening April 18th, 9 pm $3 door donation

Visual hands:
Shanequa Gay, Alan Meyers, KirqArts, HeskCo, Miles Davis, David McLeod, Lance McBride, Charlton Palmer, Brandi Pettijohn, Illie Dawson, Cecilia, Saudade, Odari Yohanes, Morena Maria, I-La Debique, Sam Renaissance, Nichole Pritchett, Sankofa Selassie, Wade Harrison, Ron OneDer, Juicy J, Mr Soul, WAK, Dubelyoo, Chanson Presley, Dynamite Hodges, Kevin Okeith, James Eugene, Dray, Sara Bellum, Ivana, Bo Harmon, Thomas Tulis, John Glover, Mike Roman, John Glover, Joseph Wheeler III, Corey Whitehead & DTM

Audio hands:
Sir NerveX

Video by ÂThe Scorpio CollectionÂ

The Bench 602 Marietta St Atlanta GA 30313 404.512.7671
[link]

If youÂd like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Daniel Flores, please call Him at 404.695.5769 or email at: dan@visualartwerks.com

last chance.. april 18th artist callout!

~dacreativegenius — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 22:42:51 PST

Thank you for everyone who has responded to the call for the April show. Please send in your 10.00 hanging fee if you haven't done so already. you can use pay pal or credit cards at the official Mano A Mano Art Show Web Site: [link] or you can catch up with me this week in the metro ATL. I will come and meet you somewhere's between 9am to 3pm monday thru thursday.

Ok, for those who havent taken the time to respond or wish a refresher on the details for the show, here they are below.
Over two dozen local Atlanta Visual and Audio Artists showcase their talents in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere. Art remains on site for one-month exhibit.

Theme: "Women" Women in your life, your mamma, strong women in history, women of renown, honor famous women, celebrities, and any woman you can think of.

Dates: April 18th 8pm Â until

Venue:
The Bench 602 Marietta St 404.512.7671 [link]

Art Revenue/Sales
30% to The Bench (their requirement)
70% to Artists (price your piece according to what you wish to recieve, I will add the 30% to that number so you may still get your asking price)

Door Donations
$3 donation at the door towards DJ Shahid fee (all artists get in free of course)

10.00 hanging fee (to help defray costs of advertising/marketing of show and artists)

Advertising/Marketing
5,000 full color flyers and 500 posters designed and printed by DTM
Press Release to: Creative Loafing, Sunday Paper, Access Atlanta, Performer Magazine, ArtNewsonline.com, FaceBook, MySpace, hitsamillion.com, InTown Magazine, and many others (I have a long list of publications to submit our event in, dont let me leave your name out!)

Deadline dates
artist participation confirmation:
as soon as you can, please send me your official name, phone number, and web address plus current logo for flyer and poster and website!
AND some jpgs on what you intend to show with measurements. space is limited so I need to know this before I can confirm the amount of pieces allowed.

10.00 hanging fee: Feb 28 (give us all a lil more time)

Flyer/poster design; 1st week of march
Flyer/poster goes to print; march 7
Flyer/poster hits the streets: march 14

All Art Due: April 14
Set up; April 16 (u r welcome to come and help at The Bench)
Show date April 18 Also, we will be filming thru the night. Beprepared to stand in front of the camera and introduce yourself to the world.

Please let me know of any questions, suggestions and sponsorship opportunities that may help defray the costs of advertising/marketing. I am always available thru email and phone.

DTM - creativegenius
404.695.5769
dtmkal@denominatorgraphics.com

official site: [link]
DTM designed skateboards: [link]
myspace page: [link]
online gallery artwork: [link]
twitter: visualartwerks

Calling all artists!!! Atlanta Art Show April 18th

~dacreativegenius — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:27:02 PST

Mano A Mano Art Show
Over two dozen local Atlanta Visual and Audio Artists showcase their talents in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere. Art remains on site for one-month exhibit.

Theme
"Women" Women in your life, your mamma, strong women in history, women of renown, honor famous women, celebrities, and any woman you can think of.

Dates
April 18th 8pm Â until

Venue
The Bench
602 Marietta St
404.512.7671
thebench@atlantabench.com
[link]

Art Revenue/Sales
30% to The Bench (their requirement)
70% to Artists (price your piece according to what you wish to recieve, I will add the 30% to that number so you may still get your asking price)

Door Donations
$3 donation at the door towards DJ Shahid fee (all artists get in free of course)

10.00 hanging fee (to help defray costs of advertising/marketing of show and artists)

Advertising/Marketing
5,000 full color flyers and 500 posters designed and printed by DTM
Press Release to: Creative Loafing, Sunday Paper, Access Atlanta, Performer Magazine, ArtNewsonline.com, FaceBook, MySpace, hitsamillion.com, InTown Magazine, and many others.

Deadline dates
artist participation confirmation: as soon as you can send me your current logo for flyer and poster and website!
10.00 hanging fee: Feb 21
Flyer/poster design; Feb. 28
Flyer/poster print; march 7
Flyer/poster hits the streets; march 8
Submit event for listing; March 25
Art Due: April 14
Set up; April 16
Show date April 18

Sponsorship Opportunity (to help pay for fyers and posters, pass it on)
75.00
Company Logo on 5,000 flyers, 50 posters, official website, myspace advertising, facebook advertising, and various online networking and event listing sites.
Flyers and posters will be spread through the whole metro Atlanta area.
Online exposure will reach over 2,000 people.

Please Read The Complete Email and Respond Immediately If You Are Interested In Participating.

DTM - creativegenius
404.695.5769
dtmkal@denominatorgraphics.com

official site: [link]
DTM designed skateboards: [link]
myspace page: [link]
online gallery artwork: [link]
twitter: visualartwerks

Hip Hop vs Rap

~dacreativegenius — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 07:49:04 PST

30 Ways to Distinguish Hip Hop from Rap

While the terms Hip Hop and Rap mayhave been synonymous back in the 70's, 80's and early 90's, the termswere separated at the hip at some point during the mid 90's.
Wildstyle. Buy it Here.

To Old School listeners of the genre, Hip Hop wasnot only a musical mix of beats and rhymes, but it also includedgraffiti writing,break dancing, and deejaying. New School rappers and Pop culturemistakenly use the term Hip Hop to describe the urban contemporarymusic that bares a slight resemblance to Hip Hop. Confused? Listedbelow are 30 examples that may help one distinguish between what istruly Hip Hop and what is indeed Rap:

1. Hip Hop is MCs and DJs. Rap is rappers and Pro Tools producers.

2. Hip Hop is B-boys, B-girls, Scoob & Scrap Lover, and Big Lez. Rap is booty dancers, strippers, and robotic routines taught in Fame-like dance studios.

3. Hip Hop is music. Rap is entertainment.

4. Hip Hop is the love of urban culture. Rap is the love of money.

5. Hip Hop is graffiti writers. Rap is graphic designers.

6. Hip Hop is speaking the unspoken. Rap is speaking the spoken over and over again.

7. Hip Hop music gracefully ages over the course of time. Rap goes platinum and no one remembers it.

8. Hip Hop is battling on the microphone. Rap is cowardly battling in the streets.

9. Hip Hop is Yo MTV Raps. Rap is Sucker Free Sundays.

10. Hip Hop is Andre of Outkast. Rap is Andre 3000 of Outkast.

11. Hip Hop is art conscious. Rap is image conscious.

12. Hip Hop is college radio and Saturday night mix shows. Rap is your cityÂs V103 and Hot 97.

13. Hip Hop is the Flavor Unit. Rap is the G-Unit.

14. Hip Hop is MTV refusing to play "street music" in the 80Âs. Rap is MTV playing more Âstreet music" than rock.

15. Hip Hop is variety. Rap is monotony.

16. Hip Hop is writing what you feel. Rap is chanting what sells.

17. Hip Hop is female MCs and DJs. Rap is female strippers.

18. Hip Hop is Queen LatifahÂs ÂLadies First.Â Rap is ShawnaÂs ÂGettingÂ Some Head.Â

19. Hip Hop is sweating out your perm from dancing so much. Rap is sitting down the entire time because your Manolo Blahnik's are uncomfortable.

20. Hip Hop is sweating through your rayon or silk shirt while dancing. Rap is holding up the wall, mean-mugging in your button-up.

21. Hip Hop is a creative art. Rap is a formula.

22. Hip Hop is scratching on records. Rap is scratching on CDs.

23. Hip Hop is bragging about your skills on the Mic. Rap is bragging about record sales, cars, and jewelry.

24. Hip Hop tells the world about all that is wrong in the Hood. Rap glorifies all that is wrong in the Hood.

25. Hip Hop is Wild Style, Beat Street, Krush Groove, and Style Wars. Rap is Get Rich or Die TryinÂ.

26. Hip Hop is the first Hip Hop Grammy winner boycotting the ceremony due to the Grammy's disrespect of the genre. Rap is throwing a temper tantrum because you didn't win "Album of the Year."

27. Hip Hop is establishing yourself by battle rapping and performing in front of anyone who will listen. Rap is establishing yourself by "Making the Band."

28. Hip Hop is Kurtis Blow. Rap is Curtis Jackson.

29. Hip Hop is an MC storytelling. Rap is a rapper telling a story.

30. Hip Hop is Puff Daddy of Uptown Records. Rap is Diddy of Bad Boy Records.

by Lamont Barnes at [link]

Another Day Another Dollar

~dacreativegenius — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:36:12 PST

... and keeping up with whats going on in this world while tryna earn a living is hard work!

good thing I have a talent to express myself with and keep me sane.

The art exhibit at the east side lounge will run through the middle of January. we are currently exploring other venues to give us the type of exposure some of us artists in Atlanta deserve. Hit me up if you would like to participate as an artist or if you have a venue in mind.
DTM
404.695.5769
dan@visualartwerks.com

LAST DAY! PS3 4 SALE @ EBAY 300.00 plus 10 games

~dacreativegenius — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 10:24:32 PST

Sony PS3 PlayStation 3 Game Console 40GB
Cosmetic Condition: Excellent

bid on it on E-bay: [link]

This item is in the original box.

The item is in good working order.

Included:
1 - Playstation 3 game console with 40 GB hard drive
2 - SIXAXIS CONTROLLERS!
1 - ac power cord
1 - av cable
1 - usb cable
10 - GAMES!!!

Sony PS3 PlayStation 3 Game Console:

Featuring blistering processing speeds and eye-popping graphics, the future of gaming has arrived. Powered by the Cell Broadband Engine and featuring built-in Blu-ray Disc drive, youll experience a whole new generation in high definition gaming and unmatched digital media storage.

Only PlayStation 3, featuring the revolutionary Cell Broadband Engine, delivers Full HD 1080p resolution. With its High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI), you can use your PlayStation 3 with high definition displays as well as conventional or standard TVs.

The Cell Broadband Engine is the digital soul of PlayStation 3. Its unique multi-processing unit design is a tour de force in parallel processing and has the ability to do more of everything while giving the PlayStation 3 the muscle and horsepower to move beyond artificial intelligence. This means more enemies, more AI, more explosions and more realistic game play.

PlayStation 3 goes beyond gaming. Rip music to your hard disk drive (HDD), import, store and display photos from any digital camera or memory unit, as well as upload digital videos. You can also play your existing library of DVDs, CDs and any new Blu-ray formatted movies.

Features:
Dimensions: Approximately 325mm (W) x 98mm (H) x 274mm (D)
CPU: Cell Broadband Engine
GPU: RSX
Main Memory: 256MB XDR Main RAM
Embedded VRAM: 256MB GDDR3 VRAM
Hard Drive Disk: 2.5 Serial ATA (40 GB HDD)
Main Input/Output: USB 2.0 (x4
Ethernet: 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T
Bluetooth: 2.0 (EDR), Wireless Controller (up to 7)
Screen Size: 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p
HDMI: HDMI out (x1/HDMI)
Analog: AV MUTLI OUT x1
Digital Audio: DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL x1)
Disc Drive: Blu-ray/DVD/CD (read-only)

Notice: The 40gb model PS3 does NOT read PS1/PS2 Games

Games
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue
Burnout Paradise
NBA 07
Tom ClancyÂs Rainbow Six Vegas
Madden 08
Transformers The Game
Stranglehold
Full Auto 2 Battlelines
MLB 08 The Show
Fight Night Round 3

Payments are due within 3 days of auction closing, or the item may be removed from your order and sold to someone else.

We are committed to your satisfaction after your purchase.

If you are not satisfied with your purchase in any way please give us an opportunity to try and make it right before leaving feedback.

We can ship to any street address within the continental United States. (Alaska and Hawaii will incur significant additional shipping costs)

bid on E-Bay right here: [link]

keeping busy with art and business

~dacreativegenius — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:54:56 PST

Yo Deviants, what's crakalakin?!

Art show
Got another show. Dec 13th it is and you are all invited. Skateboard artworks by 22 artists and 3 djs going hand to hand with their skills at the East Side Lounge, log on to the official site for more info and directions: manoamanoartshow.com or give me a call: 404.695.5769 and lets get a drink.

Skateboards
I knocking them out as fast as i can. I have over 30 ideas and only two hands! I try to do at least a couple a week. I have almost ten online and I'm getting ready to upload a few more this week. just in time for the skateboard artshow. check out the decks: visualartwerks.com

Tattoos
Its the slow time of the year for tattoos. it gets cold and folks wanna wear warm clothing, so they dont care about getting new ink. So I made myself available to come to their home or event and liven up their skin! why not? plus its fun to have a tattoo dude come to you and hang out with your friends. I'm still tweaking the site, but check what I have so far: tattoopartys.com

WebDesign
And I'm still on the graphic tip as much as possible. What I like about doing graphic design is that I get to do what I love from the comfort of my own home. I dont even have to comb my hair (the little hair i got left). in any case, i'm running a special holiday promotion for web design. any of you artists who are ready to have your very own web presence come on thru, I hook u up. denominatorgraphics.com

and no time for my personal artwork lately. I'm gonna work smarter to give myself time for my own projects. I have a lot of ideas and sketches and everytime someone sees my work, the first question out their mouth is: when are you doing your own comic book? or, you should do animation.
I wish I had the time. but I promise myself that comics, animation and storytelling will be part of my life before I turn 40. I got a little less than 4 years to go. whew!

drop me a line people, let me know when you come out to the ATL.

Artist callout for December edition of Mano-A-Mano

~dacreativegenius — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:36:47 PST

But thats cuz dacreativegenius stays busy!

The theme is skateboards.
the point is to have artwork that reflects the culture and styling of skateboards. That is accomplished in one of three ways.
One: paint on a skate deck. Blank decks are available at skate escape on piedmont road for 35.00. add your design to that and its a done deal.
Two: do your artwork on paper or computer (illustrator or Photoshop) with the dimensions: 8 x 32. Then create an account and upload your artwork to boardpusher.com and u can get your finished board for 45 dollars plus shipping. BEST DEAL.
Or: you finish your artwork in a 8x32 and I will order your board for 80.00 total (cost of board and shipping) and you donÂt have to get set up any account.
Three: paint or draw a picture on any material that has to do with skateboards.

Prices. I want to see the boards fly off the wall for xmas. So I suggest you price your boards/artwork accordingly. A lot of artwork from the November show has sold because it was affordable. I plan on making the boards affordable for the public.
Here are my suggestions and only a suggestion. You are allowed to name your price- just be aware that it may not sell and you will take it back home.
Boards: $125.00 - $200.00
original canvas: 350.00 max
prints: 150-250.00 depending on paper used and frame.

If you are interested in participating, get started with the artwork and send me the following information ASAP.
NAME. PHONE NUMBER. EMAIL ADDRESS AND WEBSITE.

I have to have the flyer and poster done by Thursday so hit me back IMMEDIATELY.

Thank you.
--
DTM - creativegenius
404.695.5769
dtmkal@denominatorgraphics.com

official site: [link]
DTM designed skateboards: [link]
myspace page: [link]
online gallery artwork: [link]
twitter: visualartwerks

me forget deviantart sometimes...

~dacreativegenius — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:09:31 PST

But thats cuz dacreativegenius stays busy!

its a few more days to the artshow and I dont have my artwork ready... can u believe it? its that artist life...

But I am excited for this show, I had to pull together a bunch of my friends and organize the list of artwork. and thats hard work. Now its time to hang the artwork and get ready for saturday.

If you in the Atlanta area this saturday, come on thru, give me a call and lets get a drink!

ÂI NEED YOUR HEAD, PLEASEÂ
Mano-A-Mano DJ & Artist Nite November Edition

Show opening Nov 15th 8 pm Free Cover until 10pm

Art-show featuring 18 Visual Artists and 3 DJs

Visual hands: Herbert Richardson, Samuel Renaissance, Sankofa Selassie, Eric Scsavnicki, Chanson Presley, James Eugene, John Harmon, da'shon is, Pl@inum, Damaris, Juicy J, Goldi, Mecca, Odari, Dante, Jody, Flux, Dizo, Pay and DTM

Audio hands: NerveX, Mafioso and Osmose

Free Body Paint by DTM and $5 Henna by Liquid Curves

East Side Lounge 485 Flat Shoals Rd Atlanta GA 404.521.9666

manoamanoartshow.com

[link]!"

Calling All Artists in the ATL... Nov 1st Artshow

~dacreativegenius — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:53:32 PDT

Artists of all calibers, we are looking for you.

DTM is putting together a list of artists to showcase their work in a series of upcoming shows at East Side Lounge in East Atlanta.

If you would like to participate or would like more information, please reply to this bulletin or email me directly dan@visualartwerks.com with the following info:

Name
ph #
email address
web address or online gallery links
and some samples of your work.
(skill level unimportant, I welcome all artists!)

Please contact immediatly, spots are filling up fast.
DTM
404.695.5769
dan@visualartwerks.com
[link]
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Now on Twitter: visualartwerks

VisualArtWerks.com is now online!

~dacreativegenius — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 05:11:44 PDT

Graphic Artist/Designer -
Dan The Man has outdone himself in his new line of artwork for skateboards.

Check out the creative genius designs at:
[link]
Your kids will love it. Great for business.

If you would like a custom designed board with your business logo,
leave a message or request a quote

myspace.com/visualartwerks

July 25th Art Show in Atlanta

~dacreativegenius — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 06:26:59 PDT

Urban Art Exhibition

Friday, July 25th
7pm-midnite

THANKS TO ALL WHO CAME.... IT WAS A GREAT SHOW.
check out images of the nite...
[link]

AB+L explores 7 themesin Hip Hop and highlights urban art forms expressed thru photography, graffiti, paintings fused with DJ'ing, break-dancing and live music.

ATLANTAÂArt, Beats + Lyrics returns to Atlanta after partnering with Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey to create Jack Daniel's Art, Beats + Lyrics, an urban art exhibition that incorporates live music, dance and larger than life art installations.

The second stop on the national tour will be Friday, July 25, 2008 from 7-11 p.m. at The Foundry at Puritan Mill (950 Joseph Lowery Boulevard Atlanta, GA 30318) in Atlanta's stylish West Midtown neighborhood.

Complimentary tickets are available by RSVPing at [link] . All tickets are first come, first serve.

For past videos and event information and images Go to [link].

FEATURED VISUAL ARTISTS

ADRIAN FRANKS
Alexandria smith
Amber Renee
Andre Thompson
BLACKSTAR SHABACH
BLINK
BRANDI PETTIJOHN
BRANDON SADLER
CHARSTARR
Corinne Francilus
Craig ÂThe FluxÂ Singleton
DAN THE MAN
DARIAN ROBBINS
DAVE PATTERSON
Dawud Anyabwile
Drew phillips
DUBELYOO
Dustin Bolt
Fabian the OCCASIONAL SUPERSTAR
GILBERT YOUNG
GOLDI GOLD
HEBRU BRANTLEY
JANAY EVERETTE
Jhon Restrepo
JOHN CROOMS
KEVIN O'KEITH
LeiSha Starchia
Lonnie Ollivierre
LORD YATTA
MAD CLOUT
Maurice Evans
Mingo
MIYA BAILEY
Monica Singer
MR. SOUL
NEVER
Nicole Folkes-Johnson
NOW
ron one
SEAN KERNICK
Shane Harrison
SHANNON MCCOLLUM
STATIK
Sydney G. James
Tabia S. Parker
TAMARA NATALIE MADDEN
Theda Sandiford
Tim Barrett
URBAN MEDIUM
WAK

Music by DJ Rasta Root, Mike Relm, DJ Lord + Princess Cut, Live Band - The Common Ground Collective and Alien on the drums

Hosted by Jay Force

The Foundry at Puritan Mills
916 Joseph E Lowery Blvd
Atlanta GA 30318

Hip-Hop is Dead, Long Live Hip-Hop!

~dacreativegenius — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:45:09 PDT

Harcore Urban Hip-Hop
By the Denominator

YES! The Rhythm the Rebel, without a pause IÂm lowering my level,
the hard rhymer, where you never been, IÂm in.
Public Enemy/Chuck D

The Hip-Hop of my youth is dead. Just cuz I still listen to it and thereÂs a handful of Hip-Hop artists still makin music donÂt mean Hip-Hop is still alive. Hip-Hop was the voice of my generation, was the music of the streets, was the attitude of self-preservation and survival.

The music of today in the radio and television is a representation of greed and humiliation. Hip-hop was a way of life, a cultural movement where art and talent were the proof of those truly skilled. The DJ has gone by the way of mp3 playin jokesters, the B-boy put away his cardboard and now roots for who he thinks can dance on television and the MC has passed the mic to the white-t wearing, grill shining-pant drooping-show your underwear Âgangsta/playaÂ and the Graff Artist put down his can and started pressing t-shirts for 30.00 a shirt!

ThereÂs still Hip-Hop music being made today in 2008, but the Hip-Hop culture is dead. The youth of today donÂt know who Mandela is, who Malcolm x was nor do they care that 26 inch rims are a waste of money. Greed has taken over the culture we once knew as Hip Hop and infused it with the basics of the music industry: money, profits and exploitation. Now itÂs about moving units, showing big-booties on TV, empty-headed award shows and soul-less music conferences, ring-tones and wallpapers.

WhereÂs the love? The unity and sense of community in our music has been lost by exploitation and greed. Let Hip-Hop go, Hip-Hop is dead. That time has come and gone. Hip-Hop survived decades, as part of a way of life, that way of life is no more. Pay respect to the past but the time has come to live in the present and look for ways to shape our future.

Arguments about what Hip-Hop is and isnÂt does not turn back the clock. We are the Hip-Hop generation; our time has passed and let the youth of today define their own time. ItÂs their turn to express themselves however they see fit. It is their right, just as it was our right to define our time.

IÂm still a Hip-Hop head, I was a part of Hip-Hop and I enjoyed Hip-Hop. To me, Hip-Hop was about empowerment, about upliftment, about brotherhood and progress. And if youÂre from the west coast, then itÂs also about getting your gang-bang on the streets. Respect, power and honor are the code on the streets, and thatÂs the code of Hip-Hop.

Hip-Hop was my theme music as I grew up in East L.A. Hip-Hop was my theme music as I trained with the Marines and later, Hip-Hop was my theme music as I did my 2 Â½ year bid mean muggin muthaphukkas as a way of life behind bars.

I lived my life hardcore, and Hip-Hop was hardcore, I lived my life mean and merciless, Hip-Hop is mean and merciless. IÂm a product of the inner city, a soldier in urban warfare, a victim of the war on drugs; IÂm the ugly shit that grows in the underbelly of a fucked up American societyÂ. And so is Hip-Hop. Hip-Hop was never pretty, never about the flash, never about the material world.

I never owned Hip-Hop and no one ever would. To think that Hip-Hop has been taken away from us is to believe that Hip-Hop was somehow ÂoursÂ. You canÂt take the oxygen from the air, or the rain from the water. Hip-Hop is a mentality and attitude not a jingle on a TV commercial. No one owns Hip-Hop; I merely participated in it and I give thanks to the Most High for the opportunity to have witnessed history in the making.

Hip-hop is like a painting technique, or basketball. Sure someone takes credit and some market the culture, but Hip-Hop was here before we got here and will still be here long after we are gone. Hip-hop is another word for culture, rhythm, music, life, joy & pain. And as long as humans exist, Hip-Hop will live on.

Hip-Hop Is Dead! Long Live Hip-Hop!
Â pay your respects muthaphukkahÂ..

I got so much trouble in my mind, refuse to lose!Â.
Â.ItÂs weak to speak and blame somebody else, When you destroy yourselfÂ.
My Home Is Your HomeÂ. Welcome to the Terrordome!

Chuck D/Public Enemy Â Welcome to the Terrordome

(for the upcoming artshow in atlanta next month.... Urban Hip-Hop)

dear deviantart

~dacreativegenius — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:09:16 PDT

how are you? life is smoothly rolling along thank you for asking. my subscription has run its course and i must say, ads on my screen is not a bad thing.
I have been really busy with my graphic design projects. I started hanging out at a local high school talking to kids about graphic design at their graphic communication class. its fun talking bout what I really love to do. I tell them how I've been drawing all my life, how it took years to learn photoshop and illustrator, and how nowadays I can wake up anytime I want and walk into my home office and start working. I dont deal with rush hour traffic, I dont deal with difficult co-workers or office politics.
it was over a week ago that I spent the day speaking to the kids (not much of a kid, they grown high schoolers, 9th grade to 12 grade.... dammit, I feel really old. I graduated from H.S. back in 1990!) and I told them that I would do their assignment just to show them how easy graphic design was. if you look at my latest three deviations, you will see the finished assignments:

[link]
[link]
[link]

please let me know what you think, take a look at the rest of my work and enjoy!

:iconalienyouthct : :iconallytha :

Yes, the law offers protection to those who use the law. First you have to copyright or trademark your work. and not that poor-mans-copyright deal where you send your artwork to yourself. I'm talking bout the Library of Congress. The courts and mess of lawyers are willing to listen to you and me (the little people, artists, rebels!) when we have official government paperwork. not a postage paid envelope with some scribbles.... (my stuff is not scribbles!)

take it easy.... shortie!

ok, now here goes another short story, or really, a dream I had one time.
I dreamt I was in a large auditorium (like in high school, where there's a bunch of seats and a stage) and it was filled with artists. on the stage was a long table with some people looking thru our artwork. I got the sense that I was at a contest and that the winner would get a contract of some kind for future artwork. ok.
As I'm sitting there I decide to go to the bathroom. As I leave, I figure that it would take a long time to go thru the artwork and I wont miss anything if I hurry.
I come back thru the doors of the auditorium and realize that everyone is gone! dammit... I figured I didnt win since I never heard my name. ok. so i walk up to the stage where there was a few people milling about as I wanted to see who's artwork had won.
To my surprise, my artwork was the winner!
and to my astonishment, some other dude was taking credit for it and saying that he was me!
what?!
My thought was: "how is this dude going to produce this work on demand and not look like my work? he's gonna get found out quick. he's gonna get fired. He's Fkkn Up!"
at no time did I feel offended, nor did I want to jump in and demand someone to recognize my talent.
My dream ended on the thoughts of this dude lying about skillz that werent his.

And thats all I have to say about this rip-off subject. you have the talent, the creativity and imagination to continually create. Dont get bent out of shape if someone 'steals' your work. If thats a problem for you, copyright it or leave it off the internet. There's a con-man and a thief around every corner....

Now on to my only other subject: TAGGING!!!

I've been tagged by i have to do the following:

1. Post these rules.
2. Write 8 random facts of thyself.
3. Post these things in a Journal/Blog.
4. In the end, tag and name 8 more peo...

We Dream With Our Eyes Open

~dacreativegenius — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 01:50:06 PDT

We dream with our eyes open.
Worlds, events and lives
are created in seconds.

We dont know how
We dont know why.

Sometimes we know
that there are other things
That deserve our time
and attention.

But we cant stop.
We are Creators.
We are Godz.
We are infinite
mortal beings.

We bring paper
and lead to life.

We are daydreamers.
We manifest thoughts
into pictures.
We draw.
We paint.

We don't control our talents.
Our talents control us.
We don't live a normal life.
Our destiny is one few dare follow.

We live for
the joy of creation.
We live for
the visions
no one can see.

We live for the job
We were born to do.

We dont know how
We dont know why.
We dont even know
how to teach you.

We were not taught how.

We were not told why.

We dream with our eyes open.

Grant opportunities for artists!

~dacreativegenius — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 22:33:43 PST

(special thanks to my homegirl Loraine of BrownAge Films for the info...)

The following information has been copied from [link]
If you are an artist, then you should check out this site and get in on the grants they offer... I am!

Creative Capital, a New York City-based nonprofit organization, acts as a catalyst for the development of adventurous and imaginative ideas by supporting artists who pursue innovation in form and/or content in the performing and visual arts, film and video, and in emerging fields. We are committed to working in partnership with the artists whom we fund, providing advisory services and professional development assistance along with multi-faceted financial aid and promotional support throughout the life of each Creative Capital project.

CREATIVE CAPITAL GRANTS IN VISUAL ARTS AND FILM/VIDEO AVAILABLE IN FEBRUARY 2007
Six new program consultants to lead selection process

NEW YORK, NY (November 16, 2006) Artists nationwide will have a chance to promote their works-in-progress and works-to-be when the nonprofit arts organization Creative Capital accepts proposals for its 2007 grant cycle supporting projects in the visual arts and film/video. To apply, artists must first submit an inquiry form, which will be available February 5, 2007 on the foundations website, [link]. The deadline for completed forms is March 5, 2007; those invited to submit an application with work samples will be notified in June 2007.
(read the rest of the press release plus more info and guidelines at their website... [link]

Art Exhibit & DJ party in the ATL!!!

~dacreativegenius — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 11:08:53 PST

First... Got an art exhibit along with a few other artists. its on the 8th of February at the EastSide Lounge. Its a mix of DJ's playing records (in this day and age of cds and ipods, I'm not sure I've seen a DJ with a record lately) and a buch of art all over the place!
If u anywhere near the Atlanta area or beyond and wish to attend, let me know, we'll get a drink!

Second... I have suggested this kind of art exhibits to a few DA folks. Try It! it works. you'll be surprised at the amount of people who come out to an event like this. Some folks will come out for the art, some for the music, and everybody will have a good time. There's no guarantee they are gonna buy something, but if you are like me, I do mostly commissions and I pass out hundreds of business cards, stickers and make myself known thruout the whole nite.... HUSTLE!!!

last... here are the links to,
my myspace page with the flyer : [link]
the dj crew who organizes this event monthly, rare form DJ crew on myspace :[link]

ps. there are several exhibits like this all over the city. Another event I suggest anyone interested in art should attend is Art Mondays @ Apache Cafe'. Very nice place, weekly event. over a hundred artists come out every monday, dozens of djs and live models!

2,500 pageviews!!! I'd like to thank....

~dacreativegenius — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 11:02:06 PST

first and foremost the Divine Creator...for being the first to create the Universe and things therein and bring to life my existence and for giving the power to create!

Second is my family and friends of my childhood... sunababitches!!! watcha'll got to say now, fuckers?! for not believing in me. for the abuse and ridicule I suffered under their hands as I struggled to draw and became interested in art as a serious profession. all that bullshit gave me the will to one day be successful at this drawing thing...

Third is All the Artists who I have crossed paths with during my lifetime.. whether it be in person, thru comic books, or online...ya'll muthaphukas have enriched my life and given me the inspiration and courage to follow my inspirations! thank you!

Fourth, (and if it wasn't for the Divine Creator, this man would be number one) Funkydoodler. He told me about this site many a time. I would not listen to his suggestions of joining this site. I found the whole idea narcissistic, meaning right up my alley, and a waste of time online...I Was Wrong! I havent wasted my time on this site. I have been inspired and learned many things from my contact with artists thru this site. I admit, I'm very narcissistic, but it dont take an online community to get me to brag about my skills!

Fifth, (according to Dave Chappelle's character... Tron: fif!) My mother, she should be number two, but she's halfways mixed in with the non-believers, so she gets her own place for giving birth to me and raising my crazy Aztec-Warrior ass! Half the gray hairs she got now...I put them in her hair! My brother gave her the other half...he's an artist also. But my Mother always nurtured me as best as a single mother could. I'm a Man and an Artist for you Madre!

And last but not least, my hands, my fingers and my arms! dammit hands, we did this thing together! and we are no where near finished!!!

Yeah yay!!
DTM

short attention span...

~dacreativegenius — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 19:13:09 PST

I dont know if I'm the only one, but I seem to a have a problem with sticking to one drawing at a time. I try, I really do. I try to start a design and see it thru to the end. But somehow I get sidetracked by an idea, inspiration or I simply get tired of the current drawing.

Here's what I'm talking about...I love pencils. ok. so I sketch an idea, two three ideas, then I set up to complete one drawing, I clean the sketch, tighten the lines, add some shading. done. then I decide to do an ink version cuz I wanna color it. but by the time I do the inks, I'm tired of the drawing!

Or I'll decide to do a vector drawing (I got about 15 different vectors that are in various stages of imcompletion), get my outline together, add in some detail, and then by the time its time to color it, I dont! I want to. Here at DA I see alot of awesome work that moves me to get on with my own, but somehow I lose interest on what I'm working on.

Maybe its cuz I never took art classes, I know some classes involve assignments with deadlines. thats what I hear and that's what I understand from seeing lots of school portfolios. So since I've never had the pressure to complete all my artwork..I don't.

Tattoos are a whole different animal. folks ask me for designs, I half sketch them, they approve and I stick it on 'em. done. but on skin, once you start...u gotta finish. That's the only time I really have to finish a piece thru.
Or if I'm getting paid for a graphic job. But those are easy. I got a CD layout and a Website that I'm working on. No sweat. I dont even have to pay attention. the image is decided upon by the client and the text is approved. I just have to make it look good....easy money!

I'm gonna have to play mind games with my skills...pretend that the current piece is a tattoo. Pretend that I have a client sitting here with me waiting on me to finish the piece...yeah. I think I'll do that. I hope it works cuz I'm tired of seeing good ideas sit on my desk. I have boxes and boxes of incomplete work all over my house. dammit!

What would really help me out would be three more arms, make it four. even number. then I could work on several pieces at the same time! I can work on several things at the same time already, but I have to alternate with the same hand...right handed. sometimes I use my left hand at the same time, but I cant draw with my left.

oh well, somebody tell me I aint crazy. maybe I should've taken the art classes back in high school. nah! fukdat! I hate school....

spread the love...or not!

~dacreativegenius — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 22:40:12 PST

The first 6 artists who comment on this journal will have me go through their gallery and pick my 3 favorite deviations. I will feature them in this journal.

tha catch is that you have to do the same on your journal and spread the love.

Let the love begin! ...or not!

I'm learning new things everyday, I just figured out how to edit a journal!

my homegirl gettin busy: that noize in the closet (love those chicks!)
[link]
1. the water serpent
[link]
2. untapped beauty...love the bright yellow!
[link]
3.shadow wolf
[link]

endangered specie
[link]
1. color test
[link]
2. here comes the dark lord, thats my boy...Batman!
[link]
3. he who waits in the shadows
[link]

ladies and gents, we have number three!
numero tre

harlock
1. tessa
[link]
2. crew
[link]
3. Ali di tenebra (I kinda understand the Italian...looks like spanish!)
[link]

grazie signore!
and we keep it rolling!

dont call her cut-box
1. protector
[link]
2. lobo- one of my all time favorite characters!
[link]
3. she likes what I like...lasagna! maybe Lord Crios can hook us up with that! lol
[link]

karl (I dont know why he's karl, but his art is hot!)
[link]
1. REVOLUTION BABY!!!
[link]
2. grunge banner
[link]
3. foerever...para siempre
[link]

and we're done folks!!!

[link]
1. dark waters 2, this is so hot!
[link]
2. jump attack
[link]
3. vile sorcerer
[link]

thank you for all who participated...it was fun and I learned new tricks. now if I could just get the avatars in here I would be allright!

.....................

ok, ok. I'm gonna also add those who post anything on this journal entry...I have to.

My homegirl didn't ask, but I love her work!
[link]
1. yummy! dammit I'm hungry now!
[link]
2. love this sky!
[link]
3. they playin' basketball!
[link]

and so it is...
DTM ~ dacreativegenius!

If you're gonna be a monkey....Be A Gorilla!

~dacreativegenius — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 05:50:54 PST

I draw gorillas. The current encarnation of my alter ego is a gorilla...Denominator is his name. I really like the image of a gorilla to represent me.

To me it reminds me of humanity's long ago pre-history (this is the part where I define "history" His-Story...the conqueror always writes his-story as fact. So in this modern day and age, we don't necessarily know the whole story of the world, and what little we do know....may not be the truth.) The gorilla is a part of human history, the basics of human history. It is a part of us, as we are a part of the rest of the ecological system we call earth...we all are part of the whole and are somehow related to each other.

Before I get into the real reason for this journal...I have to say that I am not here to preach Evolution nor Creation. That is not my point right now. I am open to discussing these subjects, but that's not why I'm writing this journal.

Evolution is a forbidden word to some of the population of this earth. Any mention of monkeys is taken as an insult or dehumination of a particular race. As a great man once said: "we need to get over this shit!" Right! If it's true or not, if we were once monkeys or not...whatever! get over it. agree or disagree, but let it go!

Now back to Denominator (my gorilla)...I like to think of it as back-to-basics mentality. The gorilla reflects a part of me and what has been going on in my life these past two years.

Without getting into much detail, changes have happened in my personal life, in my business life and in my artistic life to the point that now I only have an artistic life. I look at the situations that led me in this direction as blessings. A reminder to get back to something that was pretty much my all. And thats what Denominator is all about...Back To Basics.

Back to the one thing in my life I have complete control over...my art. Art is the one constant in my life, for over 30 years! my first memories involve pencils and paper.

Lets get back to that, art for art's sake. Sure we all gotta make a living (I still do tattoos, graphic design and etc to pay the bills), sure we all have an opinion (on love, on family, on honesty and trust), but Art is for the love of it! And that's what I'm about right now. I draw for the thrill and pleasure of the drawing...sometimes I do get carried away and look for acceptance from other artists, but the fun is in the art.

So I drew Denominator in a pose made classic by Malcolm X. And one of my first thoughts was: "will people give my drawing a chance once they see its a gorilla there standing where Malcolm X would be standing?" and lo and behold, someone here brought it up but from my point of view! whew!

But why do we have thoughts like that? Why are some of us in this world so sensitive to some idea or opinion that we disagree with? Wars are started this way...hmm.

Anyways, my gorilla...the Denominator...is about me and my life. I'm focused on art. my first love. my best friend. my confidant. my...uh dats enough!

focus...

DTM
ps. let me hear what you got to say, good or bad. interesting or boring...but say something! lol

phukkit!

~dacreativegenius — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 20:57:35 PST

I read this in the paper today:

Life should not be a safe journey to the grave in an attractive, well-preserved body. One should skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, martini in the other, body thoroughly used up, screaming: "woo hoo, what a ride!"

I second that motion...

jus cuz...

~dacreativegenius — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 20:35:06 PST

Man Up by Trillville
Hustle & Flow Soundtrack

You don't wanna do dat
You don't wanna do dat
You don't wanna do dat

All dat talkin dat shit
Talkin Talkin Talkin Talkin Talkin
dat shit
Man up muthafucka man up
Man up muthafucka man up
Man up muthafucka man up

Now evabody wanna fuckin have they label
Wouldn't on da first shit to bring to da table
They in they own fantasy somethin like a fable
Handicap situations all disabled
I shut em down like a computer
Cause aint nobody fuckin wit da super producer
Coreleone trill town representatives
Fuck Don P man some of yall too senstative
But ya fuck me but nann day you gon touch me
Talkin bout Don P why you buckin
Man you need to chill out get to da money
I already got it and imma trill nigga I handle all my problems
Besides i'm all about respectin
Imma man before anybody checkin

All dat talkin dat shit
Talkin Talkin Talkin Talkin Talkin
dat shit
Man up muthafucka man up
Man up muthafucka man up
Man up muthafucka man up

What you starin at this ain't no free show
You gon make me cock back hit ya ass in da door
You don't wanna do dat hear dem thangs clit-clat
Goes in ya thru da front comes out thru da back
Come and make my night love to talk hate to fight
Was you a bitch I was a bitch it don't go away ova night
Man up muthafucka man up i told you once before muthafucka stand up

All dat talkin dat shit
Talkin Talkin Talkin Talkin Talkin
dat shit
Man up muthafucka man up
Man up muthafucka man up
Man up muthafucka man up

Now if you niggas keep playin you gon make a nigga tear a hole right thru yo chest
Is yo flesh i can see yo soul
You don't wanna do dat imma hit you wit a bat
Talkin all dat shit nigga and imma hit you wit da gack
17 times out da barrell on my 45
4 plus 5 equals 9 goin thru yo spine
Sit yo ass down hoe make a move you gotta go
Erase you off da map and beat yo ass at yo own show
Ain't playin no games wit you lames when it comes to gangsta shit
Throwin up my middle finger grabbin on my own dick
Niggas thank they slick take yo pick
Which one you want bullets flyin thru yo house or goin straight thru yo door
Make yo ass choke wit different strokes of my hand movements
Say dat your a G in these streets man you gotta prove in
Next time I see you talkin talkin shit imma rearrange yo mouth
And put yo ass in a ditch bitch

All dat talkin dat shit
Talkin Talkin Talkin Talkin Talkin
dat shit
Man up muthafucka man up
Man up muthafucka man up
Man up muthafucka man up

and thats all folks!

for my HomeGirl...SolGlo

~dacreativegenius — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 19:00:08 PST

Sunshine by Lupe Fiasco

Uh, Fresh to def she is
From her steps ta the set she is
So "death" might not let me live
Ya dig
Fresh uh huh, yes she is
Had a feelin that is would be a day like this
The orchestra in my mind dont play like this (naw),
But I'm prepared for it
Got a lil rare for it
Brushed off my airs
Even cut my hair for it
Cause normally I dont care for it
Dont even be looken for like, like that
Then there go it
Yea right over there so I prepare the poet
Lil scared my stair lowered
Momma said have no fear
Plus I'm already outta my chair
God love my airs on my square from here forward
It's nuthen right so here go it
Whisper in the air "its kinda crowded in here"
Would she care to blow it she said "yea"

[chorus]
Your my sunshine (your my sunshine),
Your my moonlight (your my moonlight),
Your the stary skies above me wont you please come down and hug me,
Cause I found love in this girl tonight (Wowowowo)

Never met her before
But I think I like her like a metaphor
It's hard ta get in the car we sit
From the intro she rolled down her window just incase some was a skit
So I compliment her on the common sense
I'm calm
A lil more confident (Uh Huh)
And then we lose consciousness
She says "that I've been waiten for you"
And I know you been chasen me too since they kidnapped me from a castle
I been thinken of you
I told a firebreathen dragon "he bet not harm me" or he be sorry when he meets my one man army
And thou has come ta rescue me
My knight in shinen armor yes you be
Woken up by the horn of an SUV
I said "see, too beautiful to let you sleep"

[chorus]

Relationship is just 30 minutes long
It's kinda heavy maybe a lil strong
"Go and take" much more than once
Can't trust what each of us say at least for a month
Or two before I bid you a due
Do this one thing for me outta the trillions and numbers thats in the world
Just leave me a few that lead to you
Won't be longin I see you in the mornen

and now my favorite, I think he's talking about the tv? I dont know, someone help me out here...

The Instrumental by Lupe Fiasco

[Lupe Fiasco]
Uhh.. yeah
He just sits, and watches the people in the boxes
Everything he sees he absorbs and adopts it
Heeeeee mimics and he mocks it
Really hates the box but he can't remember how to stop, it
Uhh, so he continues to watch it
Hopin that it'll give him somethin that he can box with
Or how the locksmith, see the box as, locked in the box
Ain't got the combination to unlock, it
That's why he watch-es, scared to look away
Cause at that moment, it might show him
What to take off the locks with
So he chained hisself to the box, took a lock and then he locked it
Swallowed the combination and then forgot, it
As the doctors jot it all down, with they pens and pencils
The same ones that took away his voice
And just left this instrumental, like that

[Chorus: Josh Matranga + (Lupe)]
And he never lies (he never lies, he never lies, uhh)
And he never lies (uhh, he never lies, he never lies, no)
And he never lies (he never lies)
Cause he never said anything at all

[Lupe Fiasco]
He just sits, and listens to the people in the boxes
Everything he hears he absorbs and adopts it
Anything not comin out the box he blocks it
See he loves to box and hope they never stop it
Anything the box tell him to do, he does it
Anything it tell him to get, he shops and he cops it
He protects the box, locks it in a box
when he goes to sleep, but he never sleeps
Cause he stays up to watch it, scared to look away
Cause at that moment, it might get stolen
And that's the last of the boxes
So he chained hisself to the box, took a lock and then he locked it
Swallowed the combination and then forgot, it
As the doctors jot it all down, with they pens and pencils
The same ones that took away his voice
And just left this instrumental, like that

[Chorus]

[Lupe Fiasco]
(Anything at all..) He never lies
Uhh, and you can't tell me just who you are
You burn them flows just to hide those scars
You built that roof just to hide those stars
Now you can't take it back to the start
And you can't tell me just who you are
You burn them flows just to hide those scars
You built that roof just...

for the womens of this earth...

~dacreativegenius — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 17:30:51 PDT

today, like most days when I get ahold of a newspaper, I read the paper. I like reading, I like current events and news, I hate t.v. news cuz they go thru so much sensationalism before they give u the straight facts.
With a newspaper, you can browse thru the stories til u find what interests u. I guess I could do that online too, the internet age whatnot, but I'm used to reading the paper. been doing it for a long time, I'm an old guy.
Anyways, here I am reading the editorial section of the AJC-Atlanta's local paper, The Atlanta-Journal Constitution. Good writing by the way, not good at being funny. U want funny? read the Creative Loafing. That's Funny! Smart Funny!
again, anyways, back to the point of this journal entry...I'm reading the editorials and come up on this column. I like Leonard Pitts' writing. I enjoy the opinions of others, even if I dont agree. I like to hear a good logical arguement...but dammit! this shit was funny! I agree with it, and his angle on the disparities between men and women are just too damn funny.

so without further ado...the column. My respects to all writers, thinkers, philosophers, artists, and women; all peoples of higher intellect!

LEONARD PITTS JR.: Need an ER? Not until game's over
BY LEONARD PITTS JR.
KNIGHT RIDDER NEWSPAPERS

October 17, 2006 (he wrote it yesterday, but it was on the paper today)

Today, we're going to administer an IQ test. One question only. Here's the scenario.

Let's say you get hurt at home. Let's say you cut off a favorite appendage with a hedge clipper or fall victim to the old step-on-a-rake gag. Let's say you have chest pains, stomach cramps, bruises, contusions and lacerations. Let's say your forehead is hotter than Eva Longoria in August. In Phoenix. In a bikini. A really small bikini. Fresh from the pool, her skin moist and giving you that pouty, saucy look the way she does, and . . . and . . .

I'm sorry, what were we talking about?

Oh, yeah. You fall ill at home. What would you do? Did you say get to the emergency room immediately?

Oooh, sorry. Wrong answer.

In fact, that answer reveals something about you. Namely, that you are a woman. And therefore that you are -- sorry, ladies -- less intelligent than your average man.

See, your average man would have answered the question with a more important question: At the time of this hypothetical illness or injury, is there a ballgame on television? Assuming the answer was no, he would, indeed, get to the ER with all due haste. Assuming, however, the answer was yes, he would, using his superior intellect, choose to wait until the game was over, and only then rush to the emergency room.

Ladies, you wonder what the heck I'm talking about, right? My enhanced intelligence predicted your confusion. Well, last week, CNN juxtaposed (that means to place side-by-side for contrast or comparison) two fascinating stories on its Web site. One was Dr. Sanjay Gupta's report on a study by Dr. J. Philippe Rushton, who, after analyzing SAT scores of 100,000 teenagers, claims that males are, on average, 3.6 IQ points smarter than females.

The other was an AP story on research by a medical doctor named David Jerrard. He crunched statistics of visits to an emergency room in Baltimore and found that, during telecasts of NFL games, Major League Baseball games, or games involving University of Maryland football or basketball, the number of men coming in to the ER drops precipitously. Immediately after the game goes off, ER visits by men spike by 40%.

Now you might, if you are a woman, question the idea that anyone who puts off seeking needed medical attention to watch a game can be described as intellectually superior. I would only say, ladies, that jealousy is not a very attractive trait. (what!)

I mean, we are talking about the gender that invented the beer hat and the giant foam finger and made "Jackass" a multimillion-dollar franchise, the gender that had the foresight to put girls on trampolines and refrigerators in recliners, the gender whose members can often be found on a frigid day standing in the stadium, screaming their throats raw and pounding hairy, shirtless chests painted in the colors of very large millionaires chasing a ball on the field below.

The level of our intelligence could hardly be more apparent.

So obviously, there is a profound intellectual reason for our willingness to delay medical help until after the game, and here it is: We know that sports is the most important thing in all of human existence.

And here, I know, some woman is nudging some other woman. They're in a snooty coffee bar drinking expensive lattes and Norah Jones is singing in the background. The first woman is saying: Did you read this clown? Can you believ...

first look...

~dacreativegenius — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 18:12:16 PDT

alrite, I'm new to this deviant thing. but I'm an old head at this game. gimme a minute and I will load more hardcore shit to blow your mind.

I have been using illustrator and photoshop for a couple of years. I got long ways to go with that.

I've been drawing all my life. I'm going to look for one of my earliest drawings-jaws! 1975! I was three years old. f'realz!

stay on the lookout for more of my best... u wont be dissapointed.

now, if I could just figure out how to add the friends list with the lil' blocks, and jazz up my page, I'll be straight!

wesssia fo' lia'!!!!

dtm
creative genius