disclaimer: this isnt intended to step on any toes or feelings.

& this aint a poem neither
just a rememberies post .
i even pulled out the old screenname for effect.

i was like 17 when i first registered & began postin here, 18 @ the most. this was the only board i frequented for a long time. im 22 now. 4 yrs, yo. that's like 28 in okayplayer yrs. im old.

i think back on my days as a youth tho.

my 1st freestyle favorite was rgv. i remember seein her in the chat room once and feelin starstruck, as possible as that is online. i pm'd her like 'aren't u rgv from freestyle?! i LOVE ur work!!' geekin - lol. i was drawn to her hard-edged style of writing & distince female voice, her and morpheme both, & i started lettin more of myself peek thru in my own words. poetry aint always pretty. they showed me that.

and speakin of the chat room
3rd i - color purple crew
i see u! lol

giovanni used to be up in the chatroom too. i remember him bein one of the 1st ppl i ever spoke to from this forum on IM , talkin bout he liked one of *my* pieces. i was humbled cause his signature freak pieces kept EVERYBODY talkin.. lol.. gio was the fabio of this okp shit, had ladeedef goin *crosses legs* in every post. lol

i remember bein im'd out the blue by this cat who called himself roguepoet too. remember him? dude was like, supernice w/ the verbalisms. i remember, it was during the freestyle battle w/ that other board, i forget which.. a buncha okp emcees registered handles there & went at it. i registered just to talk shit. & we won. lol. but yeah.. me & that rogue dude are bestest homieloverfriends to this day.

i remember how shocked i was to find that orangeloni, kwamidelafrique, and foneticcus (dude, what was ur original sn?? i cant remember!) were as young as they were. such mature voices & words from such similac-laced mouths. cldnt believe it.

i remember when popularity didnt seem to be a primary concern
and real, true & honest criticism was not a rarity around here.
and the COLLABS!! more'n u cld shake a stick at. i still owe blak_yukon a collab from like '83.. lol i aint forgotchu.

after i'd been postin regularly for a couple yrs, i remember bein in the chat room & havin someone new to the board pm me talkin bout 'are u hottlykefiyah from freestyle?!?!' talk about comin full circle. lol

ah, the memories.
times done changed. ive morphed from this corny ass screen name into the older, more grown-upper Trace (i guess). roguepoet hit puberty & became Aeon. foneticcus was born of whoever he was before (for the life of me i cant remember--cause that's not the original, is it?). we've all grown & changed.

it's fun to remember yesteryear sometimes.

and this is in no way a definitive list of the memories & ppl from this place who are important to me, just some that came right off the top of my head; so come help me remember instantaxis and tha anthology and paperdollpoet and lunchboxxx and mindful and vitamink and muse and barefootaquarian and presyzion and lexm and ratpackslim and l_o_quent and like a million other ppl.

let's sankofa for a spell.

but i'm a hater, tho

i've only been here since feb. '03 but i got much love for the board.




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"At least embarrassment is not an imitation.
It's intimacy for beginners,
the orgasm no one cares to fake.
I almost admire it. I almost wrote despise." -Alice Fulton

"A cool friend of mine likes to say, 'Hip is to fashion as cool is to style.' To him, hipness and fashion are superficial, ephemeral and easily merchandized; cool is innate, and style is timeless. You can buy what's hip, but you can't buy cool. Some of the coolest people you meet are hoplessly out of fashion, have no idea what's considered hip at the moment and couldn't care less. Hipness is public; it does you no good to be hip if nobody's around to appreciate it. There are legions of hipsters, wearing their identical fashions, listening to the same music, reading the same blogs, crowding together in the hippest neighborhoods in their towns. But there are no coolsters, just cool individuals. Cool needs no outward validation."

-John Strausbaugh

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myself is sculptor of
your body’s idiom:
the musician of your wrists;
the poet who is afraid
only to mistranslate
a rhythm in your hair...
-E.E. Cummings

where's prez at? same with natalie? and the same with a lotta people.

i can appreciate celebrating the past.
i've only been around for near a year. but all i've got is love.

*nods*


memeber when pdp was beyond_levels?

member... nubia/AminaNiaRa/AminaMoonBeam, CUlTuRE, pointfivefag, TET, bananaman, and a host of others? yo... memmber when morpheme was asighn4jane?

*drifting on a memory*


==================
life when
loving yourself
.

*be* the poet ©unknown

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seraph219: eh...
seraph219: i sorta wanna buy a mic
seraph219: just to hold it

"but is black just a singer
with a river of charisma on wax?
or is black bigger than that
picture of black cats

perhaps black's a

Morph was asighn4jane?!?!?!!?!?!


wait...I think I knew that alread.... but I forgot.wow.....

_________________________________________
"Too weird to live.... too rare to die..."

IG: KnowOne215 | PS+ ID: KnowOne215

==================
life when
loving yourself
.

*be* the poet ©unknown

------------------------------
my work
http://meetmsmindful.wordpress.com
http://www.lulu.com/content/7598631
http://evan-roth.com/grey.php

___________________
it takes courage to be human. to live on this earth is a daily choice, a daily action, a daily commitment to being u. to loving & accepting who u are. it is a journey of timid steps & at times, full bounds. no one can corporate sponsor that commitment. no one can own your past or your secrets. no one can sell your shame or your glory. -noni

+

I
wrap
myself
around a
celestial
tree

and from there

I can see

Patterns
of
eternity
that stick with me and
make impact, so that
the struggle

has meaning

-gsquared


http://www.myspace.com/nonifashoni

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_

www.davidevanmcdowell.com

DPP RULED the netwaves, man.

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seraph219: eh...
seraph219: i sorta wanna buy a mic
seraph219: just to hold it

"but is black just a singer
with a river of charisma on wax?
or is black bigger than that
picture of black cats

perhaps black's a

i threw my pannies @ the screen numerous times for them cats

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"Pimping ain't art...but grabbing guns is?!"
(c) Menphyel

"I've come to realise that I never loved Hip-Hop as a whole,
just a particular era that happened at the same time as
I was actively checking actively for new music."

*without even reading the post*

you. are. brave.

a throwback post after all the unpleasantness that's been thrown at nostalgia posters lately? ha...

i'm lovin' it. Trace for president.

===========================

"Pimping ain't art...but grabbing guns is?!"
(c) Menphyel

"I've come to realise that I never loved Hip-Hop as a whole,
just a particular era that happened at the same time as
I was actively checking actively for new music."

Cuz I DO have summthin' to say -- But -- *Timing Is Of The Essence*

*chuckles*

It's coming tho! -- *smirk*

A guitar string vibrating, a measure of my soul, a breech in the silence --
I've always felt like words come through me & I write them down... they have no master --- gsquared ♥

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/2/photosynthesis_music.htm

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seraph219: eh...
seraph219: i sorta wanna buy a mic
seraph219: just to hold it

"but is black just a singer
with a river of charisma on wax?
or is black bigger than that
picture of black cats

perhaps black's a

i can't believe i still remember this password, dang... oh nostalgia

*DEAD*

_________________________________________
"Too weird to live.... too rare to die..."

IG: KnowOne215 | PS+ ID: KnowOne215

dang, Purn.

u didn't get much wear outta that jawn at ALL!

===========================

"Pimping ain't art...but grabbing guns is?!"
(c) Menphyel

"I've come to realise that I never loved Hip-Hop as a whole,
just a particular era that happened at the same time as
I was actively checking actively for new music."

i aint think nobody was gon have the guts to respond

lmao

aint nothin wrong w/ rememberin & relivin tho.

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im 22 now. 4 yrs, yo. that's like 28 in okayplayer yrs.

lol,thats funny...uh, yeah...you do owe me something,nukka.


blk

----------sig-----------

http://unclevicart.com/

me and the fellas would converge and heat up some Hot Pockets in preparation for Rap City.© Roc

dude, getting a response from the folks at freestyle is like watching water boil...© Tek

i used to do this....
FIYAHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*kicks over trashcans*
FIYAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
and we would flirt with kwami (or kwame) until he started typing in spanish
and 'member when blak yukon would say 'shup
and 'member when you got upset when someone "stole" the peguin icon in chat?
and 'member when they got all those new icons and i had an identity crisis and used buspass' icon for a long ass time before defaulting to the butterfly....
FIYAH!!!
*pushes erryone out the way*
FIYAHHHH!!
and 'member when we used to bitch about all that homework and studying in college...and now we've got our degrees
and 'member when we used to come into the chat as "..." just to see who was there?
and then there'd always be that joke about "does your mom still dress you? shop the okaystore" or somethin' like that...
and then we'd try to PM the Chatmaster and givin him the
gas face
**jumps in a pile of leaves**
FIYAH!!!!
oh and the *crosses legs* wasnt at gio (even though that wouldve been rad) it was at haji

ahhh...memories *sings*....memories...
you'll always be my Fiyah.

peace
ladee

and remember joe villa's extra smedium tshirt? "u can see his blood type thru his pocket!" lol

the gubment roll calls & the do-it song
mika's crazy bee-hind

seems like only yesterday!

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the extra medium shirt!!!

the doin it song!!! bow wow chika bow wow

'member when there was that conflict between kahlil and khalil
and khalil called his penis "Charles M. Holla"
or maybe not....heheheh

ah memories
ladee

MIKACHU i see YOU!!!

when I used to wish I could make Trace "blush the brightest brown". *wink*
Remember Amina the queen ms MoonBeam? (I miss her sooooo much. Wonder where she is these days)
Remeber Childless before her mind was full? lol
Remember when morpheme luved us more than GD?
Paperdoll will ALWAYS be Beyond Levels to me. (Thats when I fell in luv with her writing)
Remember Del schoolin' katz & tha anthology runnin' thangs?

What ya'll know bout...the "Horatio Smoove" post, abbot, poetx, roguepoet (sup Aeon), rubbersoulonice, the DPP crew, krylonwifey1979, asighn4jane, Reflect, vitamink, legal tenda, TinkyWinky, LaDeeDeF_99, PoeticFlux,the Stealth Nemesis , AnitaJ,Winter Blaze, Guiness, Poetiquette, thoughtremedy, DanjaRuss, serpentinefire, rgv, guerilla_love, ToeJam, Incogx, humble grape, I could go on all night.....

PS the other site we battled was spitboxer.com

_________________________________________
"Too weird to live.... too rare to die..."

IG: KnowOne215 | PS+ ID: KnowOne215

& she still frequents, if i'm not mistaken.

*loving this post*

===========================

"Pimping ain't art...but grabbing guns is?!"
(c) Menphyel

"I've come to realise that I never loved Hip-Hop as a whole,
just a particular era that happened at the same time as
I was actively checking actively for new music."

lol its been awhile....

_________________________________________
"Too weird to live.... too rare to die..."

IG: KnowOne215 | PS+ ID: KnowOne215

==================
life when
loving yourself
.

*be* the poet ©unknown

------------------------------
my work
http://meetmsmindful.wordpress.com
http://www.lulu.com/content/7598631
http://evan-roth.com/grey.php

>when I used to wish I could make Trace "blush the brightest
>brown". *wink*

i still remember how much i loved that one line so much

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

when whodini made friends it was well spoken.

i was 16 i think.

i've been on for 5, going on 6 years.

lurking at first. loved the novelty of a place completely & utterly dedicated to creative expression. i'd seen nothing like it before, in all my 5 years of internet surfing. it was all emcees back then...hardly any poets. & it was very competitive. the rhyming was madd simple. like 98 style rhymes, w/ very few multisyllables & such. very punchline heavy, very short verses. lots of battles. lots of tournaments. i was madd intimidated cuz these cats were good. Lunchbox was a newbie back then, came on & bumrushed the boards sum'n awful. i remember the tourney where Toejam won against him cuz Lunch was accused of having someone type up his 3rd verse for him, i think -- it was just so out of character & so different from his usual style, folks wasn't buying it. i believed him though. it was a trip cuz, like me, he posted from a computer lab. i was in high school in Africa politikin' w/ these 20 year olds in America...i was buggin' massively. i remember the first post i ever made from Tennessee, after being accepted at college & travelling over w/ my pops. i hadn't even got on campus yet -- i was in my uncle's office & hopped right on to tell e'body the news. that's how close i was w/ folks here. that's the kinda relationship we had. Lunch flipped his WIG. lost his mind, hearing that i was finally stateside. dang, those were the days...

i'ma be back for more...

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seraph219: eh...
seraph219: i sorta wanna buy a mic
seraph219: just to hold it

"but is black just a singer
with a river of charisma on wax?
or is black bigger than that
picture of black cats

perhaps black's a

It was accusations of rigging the voting. I got accused of added extra votes on a thread. But thanks for the memories.

OMNi Are you listening?


RPWQ: The Divinci Code

my first pieces were shitty.

like really. really. really shitty.

i hadn't found my voice yet.

but at okayplayer i found growth. toe jam would come in my posts and tell me this worked and that didn't..this was forced..this was trite..

rudegirlvirgo & aminamoon made me up my game.

asign4jane was beyond amazing and still is...she was a rockstar to me.

back in the day when giovanni hated me for telling him how i didn't like his ()///()'s that he threw in the middle of his poems..

and cre8 & jose3030 outcasted me.

ratpack came in with his american dream poem...

& anthology i remember mahogany brown...

and muse would write like CRAZY..everything and everyone would inspire him.

and anitaj.

and guerillalove my favorite favorite favorite poet.

back in the day when girl was gyrl. and woman was womyn.

i have a lot of memories but so little time.

but this made me smile.
---
wwatd? → → →

www.sheflypaper.com

>aminamoon made me up my game

what she looked like.

_________________________________________
"Too weird to live.... too rare to die..."

IG: KnowOne215 | PS+ ID: KnowOne215

==================
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loving yourself
.

!

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you brought up shit i had forgotten....

...and this is where i found you again! ha.

~~~~
"Terrorism is only the privatization of war. Terrorists are the free marketeers of war. They believe that the legitimate use of violence is not the sole prerogative of the state." ~Arundhati Roy

strivin for self-determination since 1978

~~~~
http://omidele.blogspot.com/
http://rahareiki.tumblr.com/
http://seatofbliss.blogspot.com/

It was the year of 99' and Gio hipped me to this spot from another board. Back in the day I was BlackWidow and inspired by the likes of Orangeloni, Prez, Muse, and G_love.

DPP was the crown royal of poets on these boards, ahhh how they ran things

Leech, Rogue, and Prez were my "unofficial" brothers and I would share pieces with them on aim I was writing on the fly

Blak and Axis became my cohorts in crime dn those were the first to respond to my post-giving me honest criticism

Remember when the peeps on this board would meet in real life- establishing life long friendships?


Remeber taking critiques and being appreciative-not getting all pissy about?

Remember that quality was paramount and not how many hits?

Ahhh I miss those days

I'm moody, I'm cranky, I'm emotional-Dammit just leave me alone

Sometimes you gotta let go of the ones you love must- If it's meant to be it'll come back to you

The sexual revolution was born in between these thighs waiting to be reinvented.

Remember when the peeps on this board would meet in real life- establishing life long friendships?


and some of the friendships are still going strong... to this day... a lovely thing to behold, indeed it is.


==================
life when
loving yourself
.

*be* the poet ©unknown

------------------------------
my work
http://meetmsmindful.wordpress.com
http://www.lulu.com/content/7598631
http://evan-roth.com/grey.php

coming from those days i can say that i still check for all the writers previously mentioned on a pretty consisted basis (ive been quite the lurker the past 3 years...serious serious lurkage)

but the one thing i miss the most...


those damn smileys!!!

*******************
a woman like me
needs to own her own galleries
write her own anthologies
needs blueberry bagels for breakfast
coconut rice for lunch
pork chops & glasses of wine for dinner
nothing but a string of pearls
and some moisturizer
to bed

*BLINKS*

JESUSFUCKINGCHRIST

*********

Not everything is as difficult as you want to make it.

I have changed my AIM if you want to say Hi click on my orange man

is jesusfuckingchrist a good thing?



.....or not?

ps. hello

*******************
a woman like me
needs to own her own galleries
write her own anthologies
needs blueberry bagels for breakfast
coconut rice for lunch
pork chops & glasses of wine for dinner
nothing but a string of pearls
and some moisturizer
to bed

[]

*********

Not everything is as difficult as you want to make it.

I have changed my AIM if you want to say Hi click on my orange man

college life -- studying, not sleeping enough, not eating right, but fucking lovely.
haha j/k (sorta)...came off my block too...hence my roaming round these parts again

remember when we were the youngsters on this?

yr lovely ass needs to get up with me on the IM tip

*******************
a woman like me
needs to own her own galleries
write her own anthologies
needs blueberry bagels for breakfast
coconut rice for lunch
pork chops & glasses of wine for dinner
nothing but a string of pearls
and some moisturizer
to bed

MUSE...

i remember being incredibly jealous of mindful, i'd say she's the one person who has ever pushed my competitive streak... that's Aries tho...

*********

Not everything is as difficult as you want to make it.

I have changed my AIM if you want to say Hi click on my orange man

that was my homie!!


aw, i wonder how he's doin.. anybody heard from him lately?

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and an activist... for god knows what.

i think Stimuli and him keep in touch

*********

Not everything is as difficult as you want to make it.

I have changed my AIM if you want to say Hi click on my orange man

i logged on when i was 14/15 -- 19 now. this place has just been amazing for me, people don't even know.
one of my fondest memories was reading Muse and Fon's collabo on Invisible Man, it was my Junior year, i was going through a hell of a lot and reading this AMAZING novel at the time -- it really speaks to me. But reading this piece by them got me excited, i wrote my own piece, posted it, and then Muse comes back giving me a challenge -- flip the concept he said -- i did it. it's moments like those when we reach out to each other, push each other, get each other to develop that really makes this such an amazing place
-- and o so sweet to reflect upon the past --

((diggin' this post))

~*~*~*~*~*~*~newolf~*~*~*~*~*~*~

the light: so, you're having a pre-pre-midlfe crisis?
wolfie: yes.
the light: well, that's wonderful!


icantspell

touch(ed) people like that man...

that's what made it worthwhile.

that's kept me coming back.

could care less abt a view all nowadays...

let me know if i helped you, if i ripped yr heart out.

if i meant more than "yeah, dope piece! nice flow! keep it up!"

that's real.

*touched*...wow, wolfie.

===========================

"Pimping ain't art...but grabbing guns is?!"
(c) Menphyel

"I've come to realise that I never loved Hip-Hop as a whole,
just a particular era that happened at the same time as
I was actively checking actively for new music."

got such fond memories cus we all truly grew with each other

mindful looked out for me since day 1
slim telling me i had talent, but a lot of growing to do as well
i remember i was so humbled when rgv replied to me...actually liking my work (and u know she was dead honest, if she didnt like something, oh..u KNEW)
and bastarrde (sp?) -- came so original with it. truly owned his voice and his words...and he was a young buck too..
is tha anthology still around?

damn, u remember how everyone used to be like "im coming up to blankity blank, can i stay witchu?" -- they (we) all related like THAT y'all

criticism wasn't a thing
cus we took it to the head, and not to the heart
and the praise/props/appreciation
went to the heart, and not to the head

*******************
a woman like me
needs to own her own galleries
write her own anthologies
needs blueberry bagels for breakfast
coconut rice for lunch
pork chops & glasses of wine for dinner
nothing but a string of pearls
and some moisturizer
to bed

and that's why i keep coming back... i still *feel* most that is posted.



==================
life when
loving yourself
.

!

------------------------------
my work
http://meetmsmindful.wordpress.com
http://www.lulu.com/content/7598631
http://evan-roth.com/grey.php

you're always real, and that's what we as artists need, otherwise, how could you grow?
we've all had the same experiences and that's why this is a true community, and why even though we disappear we come back year after year. you're right mindful, it's because we ::feel:: it here.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~newolf~*~*~*~*~*~*~

the light: so, you're having a pre-pre-midlfe crisis?
wolfie: yes.
the light: well, that's wonderful!


icantspell

WAS in the archives
no longer tho

par excellence

_

shakin your block with a 6 million dollar bop

_

www.davidevanmcdowell.com

==================
life when
loving yourself

.

!

------------------------------
my work
http://meetmsmindful.wordpress.com
http://www.lulu.com/content/7598631
http://evan-roth.com/grey.php

_

shakin your block with a 6 million dollar bop

_

www.davidevanmcdowell.com

i came here in 2000... never was a crazy poster or a member of the dpp crew... but me & rgv got in a fite cuz she said i was biting her style & i told her both us jacked ntozakes style... & i fell love with ratpackslims love poems & i met him & loved his live flow even more... & okpoets was the SHIT!!!! i loved the blog, i loved the design, i loved the concept... i loved lei for doign it. i had a ridiculous crush on Muse cuz he is so full of gods love & i wanted to write like amina... i tripped when i figured out her cousin was a good friend of mine... i know shes still making moves. & i loved theanthology & gios words... i remember gio sending me shit over IM to critique... i miss being dap0etess.... i had a lot to say back then, but now all our work has moved pass simple words and become quality lit...

___________________
it takes courage to be human. to live on this earth is a daily choice, a daily action, a daily commitment to being u. to loving & accepting who u are. it is a journey of timid steps & at times, full bounds. no one can corporate sponsor that commitment. no one can own your past or your secrets. no one can sell your shame or your glory. -noni

+

I
wrap
myself
around a
celestial
tree

and from there

I can see

Patterns
of
eternity
that stick with me and
make impact, so that
the struggle

has meaning

-gsquared


http://www.myspace.com/nonifashoni

did he post w/that name?

_

shakin your block with a 6 million dollar bop

_

www.davidevanmcdowell.com

thru this board

and gained dc as a second home because of it, too.

not to mention this is one of the first places that helped me realize that my poetry could actually mean something to someone.

that's what i'll always remember/love about this place.

~~~~
"Terrorism is only the privatization of war. Terrorists are the free marketeers of war. They believe that the legitimate use of violence is not the sole prerogative of the state." ~Arundhati Roy

strivin for self-determination since 1978

~~~~
http://omidele.blogspot.com/
http://rahareiki.tumblr.com/
http://seatofbliss.blogspot.com/

another board where they all tore his piece apart, sayin it wasnt poetry because his "english was incorrect?"



bitches.

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'twas despicable.

===========================

"Pimping ain't art...but grabbing guns is?!"
(c) Menphyel

"I've come to realise that I never loved Hip-Hop as a whole,
just a particular era that happened at the same time as
I was actively checking actively for new music."

the horatio smooth collab... was one of my fondest memories

*********

Not everything is as difficult as you want to make it.

I have changed my AIM if you want to say Hi click on my orange man

this post is just too sexy for pg 2

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& it actually was on page 2 when i found it.

ugh.

===========================

"Pimping ain't art...but grabbing guns is?!"
(c) Menphyel

"I've come to realise that I never loved Hip-Hop as a whole,
just a particular era that happened at the same time as
I was actively checking actively for new music."

and im hearin Right Said Fred sooo hard in my head right now

lol

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"Pimping ain't art...but grabbing guns is?!"
(c) Menphyel

"I've come to realise that I never loved Hip-Hop as a whole,
just a particular era that happened at the same time as
I was actively checking actively for new music."

talking to ppl on the fone for the first time
being concerned about folks

sending $ to help pay for long distance bills before cell fones and land line pkg plans

i remember sending bday cards and presents

and crying

and births
& deaths
& graduations
& new jobs

& new hair do's

i remember blakyukon// whom i adore
i remember being too overprotective of orangeloni
i remember not liking giovanni & vitamink but respecting their words to the utmost

meeting mindful and morpheme and paperdollpoet and giovanni and lexm and tha anthology and guerilla love and timid grape and incogx & lyric & goldenwon & the memories that have come from that
& even tho the contact and the energy isnt there w/ all of them...
the love is.

mindful and i went to mcdonald's in the bronx....and i was like UPSET that i cldnt find my chapstick, and it was fucking freezing...and im marching around for a duane reade to buy another one...and we went to go eat, and i got chinese food...which i threw away, b/c i dont even like that shit...and we saw some scary ass movie that had me fucking terrified...b/c i dont even like scary movies...and we took pictures...that i still have

i remember most morpheme making scrambled eggs and me just looking...and she saying girl u want summa these eggs...and im like nOpe...i only like my eggs fried...hard...but, she made some crab salad that was out of this fucking world...and i remember vividly calling her one day after i hard read 'tumbling' and she and i going on and on over who would play ethel when they did the screen version: me or her

paperdollpoet...what i remember most is her voice. just her voice.

giovanni/lexm/anthology....i remember from the poetry reading at yogi...and i'm like all these ppl really live in the same place

guerilla love....we were at the poetry show...she comes up to me and introduces herself...and im like 'oh my God!!! You're white!!!" it was funny.

timidgrape...i will never forget him and my brother washing collard greens at my kitchen sink. or his eyes. what eyes.

incogx...i wont ever forget having sushi w/ him at this restaurant and watching a lakers game...and im like..."fuck the lakers" and he's like WHOA! what do you mean? and im like, excuse me we're from NY...we live in NY... we are NY'ers nigga...whatchu talking some LA LAkers???? and my heart was broken, b/c like the coolest nigga on the planet was not only a bulls fans, but a lakers fan....and i never wanted garnett to whoop ass so much in my life

lyric...and i are in brooklyn....eating some good ass trini food, and outta nowhere she's like...i like ur shoes, but dont ur feet hurt? lyrci like some voodoo lenny kravitz woman

and goldenwon and me riding thru north carolina...my stomach huritng so fucking bad and this girl is like....well maybe u have gas...do you want me to pull over? and im just looking at her like...girl...i aint got no damn gas...but it was funny.


i remember 'lilies'

i remember loving toejam...absolutely

i remember thinking hottlykefiyah was like years upon years younger than me just to find out we the same age

i remember destineyz flamez before she was one of my best friends

i remember talking to noni for the first time like...we are too dope to not be friends

i miss reflect....a lot.

ratpackslim and muse were like wondertwins

i remember crushes

i remember blaksilence, and the first time i spoke to him, and the last time too.

friends lost and gained and loving from a distance
and chapbooks and break-ups

man o man o man

i wont forget lei's poem about toys r us at xmas time and her mama, b/c my mutha used to work at toys r us too at xmas time...and it makes me sad thinking about it

or noni's poem for the little baby raped or the one for her nana

or aeon's poem...that i have saved before he was aeon

or toejam's shit about abortions or vitamink's "effect"
...lemon to my sugarwater....still the best line ive ever read from anyone

or giovanni's freaknasty ass poetry he used to write...altho im such a bigger fan of his new energy...cant wait to see THAT in print, b/c its bigger than this board

and amina...who i still aint talking too write now, but i love to death

and lil_one_comm....so dope...so dope...lil miss rashida

and hunuh....love him love him...so proud when he graduated...cldnt believe how much he looks like a rockstar..love him

and
damn.

this shit is too long now.

i just want chu to know
how i feel
how i feel

its like witnessing an eclipse.

or a ghost.

or like finding a $20 bill in your winter coat..just when you thought you were dead broke.

maybe you understand what i mean.

maybe you don't.

we've got long conversations ahead of us
don't let time be a factor..ever with me.

i love and live and hold on to memories way past time.

so months and days and years and all can come and go
& i'm still here/there/somewhere/wherever i was last.


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>i remember being too overprotective of orangeloni


thank you.

I remember registering an alias and posting a piece that was signature of what you didn't like me saying... but you replied praising it.

it made me smile.

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Not everything is as difficult as you want to make it.

I have changed my AIM if you want to say Hi click on my orange man

HA...yeah, way back when..you were supposed to meet me on W.4th for a slice or something...


blk

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"Pimping ain't art...but grabbing guns is?!"
(c) Menphyel

"I've come to realise that I never loved Hip-Hop as a whole,
just a particular era that happened at the same time as
I was actively checking actively for new music."

*giggles to self*

and it was Vampire 2002 that we saw, and the shit wasn't even that scary... but omar epps was looking rite tho... and that vampire... and we ended up going to CVS in that damn plaza not too far from the mall to get your chap-stick... and yes, it was freezing... and my aunt took forever, and didn't answer the fucking fone. so we took the cab back to my grandma's... yeah~

good to see all is well...



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life when
loving yourself
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>
>and hunuh....love him love him...so proud when he
>graduated...cldnt believe how much he looks like a
>rockstar..love him
>

i searched my name and this came up lol

thnks so much

i came to this board when i was like fourteen or fifteen and ill never forget thinking abt how bad i thought my writing was in comparison to everyone here

this board was on some clash of the titans shit

the all star game of forums u know

it was incredible and it made me push myself so hard

between u and fon and muse and rat pack and gio and winterblaze and toothpick and timid grape and so many others...

it was ridiculous.

this board is what made me love writing and respect it so much more than i ever thought i could

on a lighter note-

ive been getting rockstar alot lately...

its wierd.

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when whodini made friends it was well spoken.

*shakin head*

thx for this drop... got memories leapin up...

one love to all who have been here and all comin...

i'm def... up for a collab...

peace fam,

MUSE

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Speak and it shall manifest
Breathe and it shall live
Love and it shall triumph
Give and it shall never be
lost... ever... - MarcArthur
St. Juste

"not one voice unheard" -
VOICES NYC (Brooklyn, NY)

HALLELU YAHWEH! AMEN

i was like 'man this man NEVER writes a bad piece!!!!!!!'

lol

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COLOR PURPLE CREW!!!!

I got the vapors for RGV too...lol...where is buspass now? i love horatio smoove.

we are so old now...thanks trace..if u'r 28 in okp years then i'm ......56!!!! damn!







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