#kastro

[s0ftand0nly]

Some arena challengers

[clownishstarfish]

my mom was yelling at me while I drew this

[skelera41]

I came back with an unpopular pairing, to put it mildly🤭

[djevilninja]

I got glad bags with enemies, cut up so they remember me, Soak 'em in Hennessy, so they relatives know it's me. You can bet your last dollar, I'll dick 'em and holla, Ridin' these hoochies like they some heavy ass Chevy impalas.

2Pac feat Outlawz - Fuck 'Em All

[upst--rs]

"I love money too, but not like my mama / I love p*ssy too, but not like my honor" is an all-time lyric. Outlawz secretly had some bangers, but most listeners pretty much left them to the dust bin of hip-hop history not long after 2Pac's death. That verse is by Kastro, who probably had the best delivery out of any of the members; his pacing is slower, but he had a complementary knack for getting a lot of mileage out of less verbiage.

I have also always really loved Hussein Fatal's bars on "Emancipation" from Young Noble's debut solo album, "Son of God"; since I know virtually no one has heard it (9,810 plays on Spotify), I'll drop it here.

I don't think Fatal was above average at any point in his output, except probably right here ("Knowin' how to get a hustle, ever since knee high / Three sixty five, round my hood like a bee hive / Money motivated, yeah, I'm all about my B.I"). I remember being surprised at how tight this was, and the stuttered beat drop starting at around 1:52 sets it up perfectly.

He starts his verse with an acknowledgement of Yaki Kadafi, a slain member of the group who died sixteen years earlier, and mentions "meet[ing] again" soon, which is eerie as this song was one of Fatal's last Outlawz-related contributions, as he died in a car accident 2 1/2 years later. It is also in keeping with the legacy the group inherited from 2Pac, who is fairly famous for, among many other things, ruminating on and predicting his own early demise; Pac, of course, is also referenced in the same verse, "This the year of the under dog, you nigg*s better man up / I don't even kneel at Pac grave, I stand up" ...

It is, overall, appropriately morbid, and I think doubly so since this was probably Fatal's technical peak. Some of his last recorded material was released posthumously on 2016's Livin Legends, on the track "So Much Pain", a remake of 2Pac's excellent "Pain" from the "Above the Rim" soundtrack. According to XXL Magazine, the track was actually Fatal's idea. Again, eerie!

I'm going to finish off this ramble by dropping what, I think, is probably the group's best output, which is the track "Feel Good to Ya" (4,418 plays on Spotify) off of Killuminati 2K10. While a lot of the Outlawz' work is flavored with the dark inertia of Pac's death (and it bears mentioning that Kastro left the group partly because he felt they were cleaving too closely to their association), this track shows off their range. It's just a good jam, good enough to make usually stoic listeners move their bodies in ways that are weird and foreign to them, which is ... the definition of a good jam?! 😂

The Outlawz got a decent amount of hate. Perhaps because they were left with a torch that was impossible for them to carry, a large number of listeners simply dismissed them, especially when early material was not promising; however, that also means that a lot of good output over the years has been ignored (look at those paltry play counts!) ...

Anyway, I am up for no good reason at 3AM thinking about 2Pac and all this old sh*t. That'll about do it for now. Goodnight! 😴

[maagicmushies]

Nen Talk #1 Heaven's Arena

So, a few months back I thought writing up something to highlight how Hunter x Hunter uses it's power system less for creating interesting action set pieces and more for fleshing out the stories of characters. I kinda neglected this because of work, but I finally have a more consistent schedule with free time, so I want to start going through it, starting off with the four minor characters we meet at Heaven's Arena.

So, this is an unfortunate batch to start on because Togashi was just getting his feel for Nen as a system, so a lot of these characters feel like they exist for their narrative purpose of teaching Gon and Killua first, with everything being secondary. There are some things that I do like, though. Nen being used to compensate for a disability is very cool, especially with the running theme that Nen is fueled by desire or potentially even greed. If I had my arm blown off by some sadistic loser, yeah my desire to get it back would be pretty strong and probably end up coloring what my Nen would take form as. The problem is just that this is done in a much more interesting way later in the series and two of these three disability compensation abilities do nothing besides that - compensate for a disability. The exception is Gido with his Battle Waltz, Shotgun Blues and Tornado Top. Gido is a nothing character, but the running theme of music with these imply that he was a lover of music before getting wrapped up in the world of Nen, maybe even a dancer to make his current state more tragic. That's the slightest bit of flavor, but I appreciate it. These

Kastro does not have one of these nen abilities based on a disability, but I grouped him with him because there isn't a TON to say about him on his own. Kastro has the ability to create a copy of himself. In my opinion, we can learn a few things from this. The first is that Kastro, while powerful, is incredibly uncreative. After getting humiliated by Hisoka, his only answer for how to beat him was to just have two Kastros. It also shows a lack of faith in his natural talent in enhancement. We see from Gon's later fight with Hisoka that there is a lot that someone with this monster strength can do against Hisoka who mainly fights with tricks. If you have the power to do that, you'd much rather want to do that instead of trying to out-trick Hisoka. The last thing is that while it could be said that he makes a copy of himself, it wouldn't be incorrect to say that he makes a doppelgänger. An alternate form of himself that will always live in the shadows just as he lives in Hisoka's shadow. Or perhaps that's giving this more credit than it's due. Anyways, these goobers are just the preamble for me to begin talking about characters who actually matter like Hisoka.

[villaannaskiathos]

Endless view

[impoliticwestie]

Castle of Chios, Greece, 2024.

[coffeenewstom]

Kretisches Kaffeetagebuch: Kavousi - alt wie ein Baum

Kavousi beansprucht gleich zwei Titel für sich: ältestes Dorf Kretas und der älteste Olivenbaum der Welt. Über beides lässt sich streiten. Zu den Fakten: Kavousi liegt im natürlichen und geografischen Zentrum der Präfektur Lasithi im Osten Kretas auf einer Höhe von 140 Metern am Fuße des Thripti-Gebirges. Nach Agios Nikolaos sind es 26 km, nach Ierapetra 20 km und nach Sitia 40 km. Kavousi hat…

[nisoskourouna]

καστρο

723

[clownishstarfish]

It’s 2 am

[thetaizuru]

(Drum&BassArena)

[djevilninja]

Before I close my eyes I fantasize I’m livin’ well; When I awake and realize I’m just a prisoner in hell. Just as well, ‘cause in my cell I’m keepin’ pictures of these bastards; Exercisin’, visualizin’, everyone inside a casket.

2Pac feat Dramacydal - Outlaw

[42frankee]

Chris Kastro - Lovesick by Drum&BassArena https://ift.tt/pYuEv5K