#all my homies hate the house mimic

[mobsterplatypus]

why

just why

microwave mimic that just eats the food instead of cooking it

[spookysmujer]

Fight Club // Sad Eyes

Summary: A silly altercation at the Santo house ends up exposing the lil thing happening between Y/N and Sad Eyes.

warnings: fluff, mentions of blood

word count: 1.5k

requested by: @firebenderwolf

A/N: Hi babes! I am so happy to see all the love I still get even when I take a couple of eons to post new content, lol. My laptop is shot, I am currently not working so I can’t fix it or even get a witto chromebook. Thank Jesus that I have a sis-in-law who doesn’t mind lending hers for me to use. I hope you like this! Again, thank you for the support! Don’t forget to heart, comment, reblog, follow and turn on the notifs for when I post, lots of love!

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“Ay, make sure you don’t forget the tamales when you head over, hermana!”

You snap out of your daze when your brother, Oso, tells you before disappearing from the doorway of your bedroom. As one of the Santos, he is always at Spooky’s place. He occasionally asks for you to make something for he and his homies to eat. You always do so, mainly in hopes to see Sad Eyes.

Tonight you work an overnight shift at the bodega, so you had a few hours to spare with the sun up.After getting yourself ready, you pack the freshly made tamales and head to the Santo house. As usual, the front yard of the Diaz household is scattered with Santos and ladies.

“Oso’s hermana brought the goods again!” You hear stepping onto the side walk, a smile creeping on your face as you head towards the front lawn, catching the eye of elusive José Guzman, or Sad Eyes as he is known among this crowd. The two of you smiling at each other.

Oso walks over to take the container from you and kisses your forehead as thanks for coming through yet again. “And 2 each to be fair!”

It’s useless because they act like savages when they eat, but you can’t blame them. Sitting on worn down couches and downing 40s must take a lot out of them.

“Hope you put some aside for me?”

The voice of Sad Eyes sounds from behind you. You turn on your heel to peer up into his eyes that you’ve become more drawn to.

A smile spreads across your cheeks as it burns, something you try your best to hide but it’s hard when he sports a similar smile on his face.

Most of the guys had left to eat in the backyard, leaving the two of you by yourselves, “Shucks, I forgot the José only container. Maybe we should go to my place to get it?”

José laughs, shoving his hands in his pocket, “Yeah, maybe we sh-“ He is cut off with the buzzing in his pocket, he pulls out his phone and groans giving you an apologetic look. You shake your head, encouraging him to take the call. He steps away as you head to the back to check on the pack of vultures.

Sure enough most are digging in. Scanning the yard you look for your brother, finally spotting him. His shoulders tense while he unwraps a tamale, visibly sighing as a girl stands close, talking to him or trying to.

If it’s one thing that you hate it’s seeing your older brother stressed out, he may be a Santo but he respects women highly and clearly didn’t have the heart to tell the poor girl off, “Hey, you okay?”

Oso turns to see you approach him as you speak up but the girl clearly was intent on being the only female talking to him.

“Yeah, he’s good, thanks sister.” She gives you a deadpan look before leaning back on the table and towards Oso.

You stare and look around, some of the Santos turning their attention towards the soon-to-be scene.“Hermano, you good?” You ask again, the girl now audibly sighing in annoyance. She sets down her drink and steps around him to stand in front of you.

“Are you fuckin’ deaf? I said he is good. Can’t you take the hint?” She’s now in your face, her breath heavy with rum. You blink as the fumes cloud you.

You step back to have your personal space back but she steps with you.

The previous murmurs and conversations has since quieted as all the attention is now on you. Your brother looks over, giving you a look of don’t.

“I heard you loud and clear, but I was asking my brother the question. He can answer for himself.” The snarl on your voice only ticks her off more. She uses both her hands to push against your chest, you stumble back. Spooky catching you in the process, “Cut the shit. None of that here, take that shit to the street.” He calls out as you straighten up.

Oh’s are sounded from everyone as you internally groan. This being the reason Oso gave you that look. Spooky doesn’t take kind to those trying to ruin the mood at his place. If anyone has beef, they settle that shit before stepping on his property. And if something should happen while her then it’s to the streets.

Everyone starts shuffling to head around the house on the the street. Your shoulders rise and fall as you look to Oso who nods to the moving crowd. This isn’t how you thought your day would be ending.

As you pull your hair back, Spooky steps besides you, pulling a cigarette to his lips to light, “Ring on the right hand. Watch your face.” He continues his stride.

You quickly pull out your phone, sending a text out. Where you at? Street fight happening. With me.

The Santos and others forms a small crowd on the street while others stay on the side walk. The girl pulling off her earrings and bouncing in place. She clearly wanted something to happen, she hoped so.

“Come on, let’s go! All big just a second ago.” She tightens her bun, stepping into a stance. You roll your eyes and get into a similar one. The problem is she’s so tense that should you swing high, she’d buck up trying to dip down.

You analyze her for a moment as you two begin the little circle dance that happens in a fight.

She steps quickly for a high swing and you step to the side, again her tense stance has her tripping forward when you dodge it.

“Gotta loosening up babygirl.” You egg her on, which makes her more aggravated. She steps and reaches for you with one hand but you hold your arm up strong enough to block it from hitting you.

A smirk on your lips, unfortunately you didn’t take note it was her left arm that you stopped. Her right come in, to your jaw. Immediately feeling the graze of her ring on your cheek. The burning setting in as you stumble back. “What were you saying? Hm? Who gotta loosen up?”

Your bent over massaging your jaw as she steps closer, leaning over to mimic your hunched position. This gave you the idea to use your strength of your lower body, hooking your leg in front of hers and yanking back to throw her off her balance.

She takes a hard fall, right on her face which gets you cheers. Spooky whistling to end it. Everyone sees the girl curled up, holding onto her face. Crimson red running down her chin from her nose.

“I think it was you not getting the hint, my brother is too nice to tell a hyna to bounce. I ain’t.” You tell her before stepping away, feeling your cheek and seeing the stained red on your hand.

Oso claps and locks his hands on your shoulder, praising you for your quick thinking. You brush him off with a laugh, as the crowd disperses and resumes the partying.

“Gone for 10 minutes and you get yourself in a fight.” The voice of Sad Eyes captures your attention. He pushes himself off the car and walks to you, handing you a handkerchief. You take it a press it against the cut on your face, wincing as you wipe off the blood on you cheek.

“Wouldn’t have been if we went to get that Sad Eyes only container at place!” You pout but it quickly turns into a smile as he laughs at your comment.

“Yeah, woulda saved you a scar probably.” He takes the cloth from your hands, wiping the remaining blood from your jaw. Keeping your eyes on his as he helps you, one hand cleaning as the other holds your chin up.

“I only stuck around waiting for you.” José lets out a breathy laugh, the space between the two closing in. He dips his head down, pressing his lips to yours. The taste of cigarettes heavy but you didn’t want to release from this moment just yet.

You hold onto his torso, trying to deepening the kiss but he pulls his head back, “I’m glad to know you’d take a couple of hits for me.”

“That’s how you know she in love with you foo!” You both turn to see Oso and Spooky watching the two of you, making faces of love sick puppies. Nothing but teasing.

You roll your eyes, dipping down to get your shoe off to fly at them. They steps back to dip, laughing and still making fun of the two of you, “When my nephew making his grand entrance, huh?”

José holding you in place when you try to take off, “Ay, calmate mami.”

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[nbasfuture-blog]

“This is Poetry in Motion I’m a Poet”

“This is Poetry in Motion I’m a Poet”

The Evolution of hip hop, specifically Rap, has taken us through many stages since its inception in the 1970s. Since the beginning the listener has been taken on one ride after another in which artists showcase their talents using catchy beats and oftentimes witty words and phrases to capture our attention.  From Gangster Rap, perfected by artist such as Ice Cube and Snoop Dogg to Old school hip hop which was centered around feel good dance beats brought to us by groups such as Run DMC.

The Modern Era of hip hop brings us to today’s style of mumble rap in which artists like Young Thug and Migos ��produce incoherent words over auditory appealing beats that leaves the listener wanting more even if we can’t understand the story. Harlem rapper Dave East’s perspective of the hip-hop industry is more so a mature vibe with a mix of old school flows. His style of music is bringing back the originality of rap with the art of storytelling, mixed with lyricism. In doing so Dave East is shying away from today’s modern mumble rap.

The year 2014 began his rise to fame with the release of his debut mix tape Black Rose, ever since East has continued to evolve in the hip hop industry all the while making a name for himself.  With thirteen mix tapes, sixteen hit singles, and two Eps Dave East is one of the hottest rappers today coming out of New York.  Outside of his singles he has collaborations with some of the most successful prominent artist in the music industry. Cosigned by legendary Queens Bridge Emcee Nas, he has also worked with hip-hop veterans such as Fabulous, Chris Brown, T.I, and Snoop Dogg, just to name a few. East has also established a tight knit relationship with power house lyrical rap trio LOX. Styles P (member of the LOX) and Dave East have recently released a collaboration album called “Beloved.”

Following the release of “Beloved”, Dave East and Styles P were interviewed by hip-hop journalist Rob Markman. The premise of the interview was to discuss the lack of lyricism in Modern Era hip-hop.

“There are many lanes in hip-hop, the lane I love is lyricism, music that you have to rewind and get in tune with.”  Dave East quotes during the interview. Rob Markman also asked Dave East to name his top five emcees and his list consisted of,

  1. The Notorious B.I.G

2. Nas

3. Styles P

4. Snoop Dogg

5. Eminem/ Big Pun.

This list of rappers says a lot about the type of music that inspires Dave.  Each artist on this list can be linked to Dave East’ unique brand of storytelling. The Notorious B.I.G was a Brooklyn hip-hop legend known for witty rhyme schemes and lyrical party records. One of B.I.Gs best known hit records was Juicy, from his 1994 debut album. In this song he mentions how he was looked down on by others because prior to fame and success he dropped out of high school. ‘’Puttin' five karats in my baby girl's ear Lunches, brunches, interviews by the pool Considered a fool 'cause I dropped out of high school Stereotypes of a black male misunderstood And it's still all good.’’ This is one of the references in which B.I.G mentions how he was doubted because of his lack of education. “Dropped out said F*** school, I know teachers is sick, Cause when they turn on MTV, their kids repeating my s***, that’s life. This verse comes from Dave East’s 2015 Hate Me Now sophomore mix tape. Although it’s two different generations in the hip-hop game, there are strong similarities between these two artists. Considering how their music reflects each others, it’s understandable why Dave would place, B.I.G as one of his top five favorite artists.

Nas being on this list makes sense as well, being that he cosigned Dave East to Def Jam Records. Both of their abilities to tell a story match each other’s almost equally. 1996 Nas had a song on his sophomore album “It was Written” called Shootouts, which is a story that actually describes a shootout in his hood. Dave wrote a song called “Keisha” from his 2016 debut album “Kairi Chanel.” In Keisha East is telling a story about a girl who he met and after a one night stand she ends up robbing him. It can be assumed that the stories on the mix tapes East released prior to being signed by Nas is what convinced him to sign East to major record label Def Jam. Their relationship is so tight because they have identical writing styles.

Styles P and Dave East have a similar outlook when it comes to the hip-hop culture.  They both respect the history of rap. During the interview with Rob Markman, Styles P mentions a comment made by Tekashi 6ix9ine. Twenty-one year old Tekashi admits to not putting effort into his songs, and lyrics don’t matter to him. Hearing this, Styles P explains his feelings toward that comment. “Business is business, but you gotta always know where the business came from, and know your history when you’re in the business.”  Styles P also speaks on his feelings between the differences in generations of music in the song Rare Breed from the Beloved album. “I'm from the crack era, know that the gremlins could sing But the crack babies is crazy, yeah, they mumble everything It's our generation fault, we fumbled everything 'Cause if the youth ain't gettin' ahead That mean we ain't teach 'em right about the net and the web Now this might sound funny, we could brag about money But lil' homie, that credit ain't second to bread.” Dave East spoke on his view of music as well.

In December of 2017 Dave East did an interview with Canadian magazine SSENSE. Dave speaks about his feelings towards his collaboration song with mumble rapper Lil Uzi Vert (Don’t Try Me). ‘’I just did a song with Uzi, but I’m not the biggest fan of the song, just because that ain’t me. For an artists like me that’s lyrical, that likes to write and do research on the dudes before me, I just really want to talk some s*** and have you listen while others turn up.’’ East’s style of rap is one that matches those of the previous generations. Some would call it real rap. He honors and pays homage to the vets before his time. His music mimics those of the past and current artist whose music contained substance. Lil Uzi Vert falls into the mumble rap era. Today’s mumble rappers do not put much effort into their songs, or the message behind the music that they put out has a false and negative image. “I feel like when I grew up music was aimed towards the hustlers, the dudes that were selling the drug, not the user. Now it’s more the junkie. This is the clientele side!  Before, you wanted to be that dude who had it and was getting his money. Now it’s the fiends ruling it. Dave East and Styles P both share a common point of view when it comes to hip-hop.

Eminem is another artist that East acknowledges. Although they haven’t worked together yet, they both rap about similar topics. They both often talk about growing up in the streets and struggling. They both also speak about the pain they feel following the loss of their loved ones.  You’re Never Over from Eminem’s seventh album Recovery, and I’ll Do Anything from Dave East’s “Hate Me Now” mix-tape is  songs where both artist are mourning and showing grievance.

 “The days are cold living without you The nights are long, I’m growing older I miss the days of old, thinking about you You may be gone, but you’re never over.” This chorus from You’re Never over is Eminem talking about the death of his best friend Proof and how much he misses him.

“I'll do anything to talk to 'lik again Just to see him walk the streets again Just to see him hit the weed again I got a angel, I don't need a friend I'll do anything to talk to 'lik again I'll do anything to talk to 'lik again I got a angel, I don't need a friend I'll do anything to talk to 'lik again.” Here East is expressing how he misses his cousin who was murdered. There is passion in these songs; the pain they feel can be felt by the audience. These aren’t the only songs that connect these two.

Looking at the type of artist Dave East is in comparison to the artist he named on his list, they all have connections through their music. Their songs all contain similar characteristics of which East tries represent in his music.

“This is poetry in motion I’m a poet.” This verse from Dave east comes from soundtrack feature (Nas and Lin Manuel Miranda) of the famous play Hamilton. In this quote East is referring to himself as a poet after years of reading poetry while riding the subway. This verse defines Dave East perfectly because RAP is who he is. Rap standing for rhythm and poetry, and him calling himself a poet shows that his heart is in it. In hip-hop today, most of the upcoming artist don’t put they heart into their craft. Mumble rappers have taken the originality of rap and turned it into something less meaningful and less interesting for people to listen to. East does not frown against the mumble rappers who have changed the culture to what it is today. Dave East is going back to the beginning and putting actual time and effort into this art. His songs consist of intricate punch lines and metaphors, a cohesive flow, storytelling, and dope lyrics.