Pops

ok, 1 more pic..

My only customer that doesn't pay and makes ME sweep up his hair when I'm done... 

you think I say anything??

smh.nope 

Im free, but I aint THAT free...lol 

naw, but its all luv.

the cam at work..

A lil while ago, I told yall about my pops old cam that I had brought back to life.. here are some of the better shots...

where i grew up..

g-ma.

feezy.(bro)

lil miss attitude (lil cuz)

lil cuz

free.

Fela..

FELA ANIKULAPO-KUTI

Usually before a word is sung, he marinates his audience in an lengthy instrumental. I think this somehow prepares the listener.. allows them to fall into the mood of the music and better understand the purpose of his upcoming prose. His impromptu jazz sax solo always added fire to what seemed to be a highly flammable foundation... 

I grew up on his music.. and have become a true fan... so you may understand how upset I am for missing word of this.... FELA, The Musical. 

The show made it to broadway late last year, and I wish that it was a travelling show, but from what I gather it will remain in New York. The musical was small time, but was then discovered and sponsored by Jay-Z, Will and Jada. I have searched for a DVD copy of the play, but have been unsuccessful. IF ANYONE FINDS SOMETHING GET AT ME!!
Here are a few trailers for the play..




Here is the REAL thing!!!....

ATX.. buy a ticket.

My homie is tryna get one of his acts (GHOST) on to open for J.Cole in the Austin...

sounds like a pretty dope show no matter if you know of Ghost or not. So, if you are going or plan on going buy your tix by clicking HERE and only here. The link is unique the artist that sells the most tix gets to perform at the show...

Roy deezy

My cousin. 

Roy

Accountant by day..

Lyricist by night.lol

very free.

Here he is clownin around, feestylin at the crib..

Mixtape comin soon....

me.

just as free as I wanna be.

I got a lot of pics of myself ... (peep the facebook page)... BUT I DONT OWN A CAMERA...


Its prolly cuz I want a nice one. I got my eye on a few, so I'll finally be making a purchase pretty soon. 
When I started to think about my dilemma, I remembered that my pop used to make my brother and I take pics EVERYWHERE with his loud, heavy ass camera.. a Minolta Maxxum 7000... 
Needless to say, I dug that bad boy out.. 

uses film and everythang. I'm a give it whirl... pics comin soon. 

Putting you on...THEOPHILUS LONDON.

I may be late, but I juss recently discovered rapper/singer Theo. The best description I have heard of him is that he is what Kid cudi should have been.. lol. 
Naw, but he seems to be mad talented. His mixtape is very eclectic. A healthy mix of house, techno, and hip hop. Give it a listen. 

download here.

it screams freedom.

u knew I was gonna put this up...

Jay-z Finally answers questions about being a devil worshiper! Listen and be free...


no comment from me needed...

NEW IPHONE 4g!!

aaaaaand Im back to wanting an iphone...
watch and be amazed...

Apple Tablet!!!!

dope. enjoy...

Nudey Mags and Haircuts.

7th Grade.
My family had recently moved and I was attending a new middle school. I was LOVIN it, because I had juss shed all my baby fat and this was the perfect opportunity to reinvent myself. So I was becoming the popular kid that I always wanted to be (thats a blog for another day)...


Any way, I was making some bad friends in the process... I had a pretty cool white buddy that I caught myself calling a friend. I mean we were in all of the same classes, plus he was one of those white guys that was "appreciative" of the black culture..lol. So, my friend had the brilliant idea of bringing a nudey mag to school. We decided to go peep the mag during lunch...dumb, i know! Long story short, we got caught and were written up. PARENTS CONTACTED... yea, not good.


THIS was the day that my pop decided he was going to cut our hair. We had been going to a barber for a while, but on THIS day, my father decided to try his hand with the clippers...

"You guys are costing me a fortune... 

who can't barb(bahb) hair?!"

*He had yet to comment on what had happened at school that day...


He set up shop on the back porch. I'm not sure how we elected who would go first, but I do remember that I had a huge lump in my throat and my brother and I were both mopin around with watery eyes.
My lil' bro went first...
It was painful to watch.
I'm sure that my dad was going for a bald fade, but I could remember that Efe's fade.... well, was not a fade at all... Efe got up from his chair with his hair lookin all uneven, rough, and if my memory serves me correct Pops didnt even give him a line!!


My turn...


Look, I had alot on the line here... New school, new image, new persona... Pops wasnt juss gonna take all that away with one wave of his magic wand; in this case, his old rusty clippers. Well, he wasn't gonna take it without a fight. I decided to speak up. I started from where I had been standing...

"Daddy, I dont need a haircut.."

"Onaome, come and sit down.."

His voice commanded my body as if it had some kind of power over it. So i slowly and quietly walked over while inside I was screaming, rationalizing, and contemplating... 

"Look, you may have to run..."

But that wasn't happening.

"Daddy, I dont need a haircut."

He cranks up the clippers... I crank up the volume...


At this point I see that my Dad is going to make this an altercation. So from here on out I was entering a realm where anything could happen. You know, that realm where you know that some form of disciplinary... physicality is GOING to happen, but to what extent is a mystery...
But I also was determined and not going to give in easily.

"Daddy, NOOO!!"

...... yup, like a lil B****,... I mean girl.

And then the fight was on...
I threw my arms over my head to sheild my precious hair from danger. My dad began to wrestle with my hands, weaving the clippers in and out in an attempt to get at my hair!

"Onaome stop this! Are you crazy?!!"

"Daddy(dah-dee) NOOOO!!"

The struggle continued for a few moments  but was stopped abruptly by a breach in my forcefield...
I suddenly felt two thuds atop my head and a gasp from my on looking brother... an eerie silence followed..

"Welp, I guess its all coming down!"

He wasn't playin. Pops shaved my head clean bald. To add insult to injury, as my Dad cut he yelled at me, exposing wut had happened at school,

"You tink I sent you to dat school to be lookin at nekhed gehls?!"

I went to bed that night hoping that when I woke up, it was all a dream.

nuh uh.

Dad woke me up with another fierce lecture right before he went to work the next morning. 


Going to school, made it seem like I was bald for weeks...

showin my age...

I was in college when facebook was launched.

It had that creepy dude in the corner...lol

I get this sometimes about previous blogs...

You cant talk, "You're not black"

You cant talk, "You're not African"

gtfoh...I say wut I want...
freedom.
-Ono

Tidbit..

somebody I know made a good point at lunch one day. I thought I would share...

"Making NEW friends of the opposite sex after you have gotten into a relationship..."

#notagoodlook...lol

be free.

-Ono

I-phone killer?...eh

"I-phone killer"... How many times have we heard that...?

CNN had an article on this new phone that Google is about to realease. The pics and vids of the phone have leaked tho cuz they gave the phone to a number of employees. The phone is called the Nexus One and runs on that new super fast Android OS that that new verizon phone runs on (The Droid). 5 megapixel cam, touchscreedn and HD viewing capabilities... phone looks dope. Check it out..

Here is the article.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/01/04/google.nexus.phone/index.html

Thought about this today...

For all those that think there is no evil in the world... believe me, some do.

the mere fact that you can label something as "good" means that there is a lesser "good" that you are comparing it to. 

Think about it. 

or not . be free. 

Happy 192010...

Spent the new year in Canada (blog coming soon)...
So it was NYE, and while praying my grandmother says that we are entering into the year "Nineteen Twenty-Ten" and will be expecting miracles in the year "Nineteen Twenty-Ten."

If you follow me on twitter, you were prolly laughin along with me the moment it happened..lol.
I still snicker everytime I think about it...

Really what makes me chuckle is the fact that 192010 is 19,000 years in the future.. HAHAHAHA!! 
Ahh, gotta love her..

ok, Im done.
If it aint funny to u.. its wuteva. I'm free..

Dopeness... eh?

Canada.. I have arrived. 

the fam...

be free..

Made my day...

This 3 year old made my day...


on the way to Canada for New years.. more posts to come cuz Im a be in these airports all night!
be free...eh.


-Ono

Words of Wisdom..

Feezy gave me this scenario a while back... I juss cleaned it up.

Two friends attend a happy hour to grab a couple beers. Shortly after they recieve their beverages a man with a breifcase appoaches them and takes the seat next to them. The man turns towards friend number 1 and simply asks,

"How much money would you like for me to give you?"

Confused, Friend number 1 looks at his friend..... glances at his beer.... and then says,

"3 bucks should cover it."

The strange man reaches into his pocket without saying a word and hands friend #1, 3, 1 dollar bills.

The man now leans forward slightly to ask friend number 2 the same question,

"How much money would you like for me to give you?"

"3 million dollars!" he blurted out...

The man stood up and handed friend number 2 the suitcase and turned away as if to leave..

"That should cover it." he said and then walked away. 

After opening the breifcase to find it full of cash, friend number two looks at his beer, glances at his friend and walks out...leaving friend number 1 sheepishly at the bar.

The moral...

Reach for the stars and always strive for what may be beyond percieved limitations!

be free.

WOW!!! IRON MAN 2

I know u saw WAR MACHINE!!!
I guess Terrance Howard didnt make the cut...da well!!

So, I got a job..

Yes, its true... I got a job...

Business Analyst for a certain entity in the medical center...

Not bad at all...

Now, this is BIG for me! In a lot of ways...

As together as many may think I am, I actually have never had a full time job before! Last time I worked 40hrs I was wearin an apron and on skates (Sonic). I also have never been paid like I am about to be... change all ova the place..

So while I was at work today, I made a list of observations. Things that I noticed, realized, or just thought were profound about my day... Here they are.

1. 8 hour days aint no joke.. wut is this, HIGH SCHOOL?!

2. Thank God for Lunch. It helps the day go by faster... When you get to work in the morning you look forward to lunch. After Lunch you look forward to going home... without lunch work is torture.

3. Coffee.... may be my new best friend, real talk. I mean I was sippin when I was workin at the law firm, but... 8 hours?!.. chea, I'm a need all the help I can get.

4. I was way over dressed today. At the firm, my outfit would have been amazing and totally a fit for the environment, but these white ppl must have looked at my cuff links today like, "where does he think he is?" or "Ugh, black people are always over doin it... geez, tone it down Shaft."<--- ok, maybe too much, but you know what I mean. I am definitely taking it down a notch and I am investing in some chinos for the future. lol

5. This direct deposit is going to directly effect my attitude on life, come January 1st!

6. I think the HR lady may be involved in some questionable activities due to the demonic marking on the back of her neck... but thats all I'm gonna say..

7. When I started looking for a job, I really didnt want anything hard. I juss wanted something that was going to pay me a respectable wage. I thought this job may have been the pefect fit, but I have come to realize that what I'm doing can actually be hardwork at times. I've neva studied so hard in my life...

8. They think I am really smart!! I am the youngest person on the team, and they will not get out of my face...lol Its cool tho. 

All in all, the coming months should be interesting to say the least... stay tuned.

-Ono 

My joint..

fav joint off the album... "pursuit of happiness" -cudder

NEW SADE...

She's back... 1st single off her new cd. click here

POETRY

LISTEN... its Mos Def doing wut he does best.
an NO, not acting!! lol

Ski feat. Mos Def-Taxi from Creative Control on Vimeo.



Plus I like how it was shot... I would love to shoot a black and white joint of me cookin breafast or sumthin, set to some dope tunes....hmmm....


vid coming soon...lol. be free
at all times...


-Ono

MY day...

I was born at 12:05 on 12/05... 


For some reason, I am especially happy this year. Especially humbled. Especially grateful. 


sumthin weird...
I remember in like the 5th grade the year 2000, still many years from then, seemed like such a big thing. Almost like we couldn't believe it was coming. With that same spirit, I used to think about how old I would be in the year 2000... 
14 was the magic number.
at 14 I would be a man, 
at 14 I would have facial hair...
at 14 girls would FINALLY like me..lol 


I use to harp so much on that particular age that I don't recall ever imagining being older than that! 
14 was it!! 


Here I am at 10 years from the age of 14 (thats 24)
Crazy...


Anyway, I thank God for EVERYTHING.
Im BLESSED, and I know it.


thanx for all the luv yall... 

JAY-Z SPEAKS!!!!!!!

SHOT OUT TO AR15 for the scoop this morn... good stuff.


THIS IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR.... GEEZ.
This was on Allhiphop.com today!!! here is the article, verbatim...

JAY-Z ADDRESSES DEVIL WORSHIP ALLEGATIONS!

Not sure when this happened, but Jay-Z has talked to radio host Egypt about the allegations that he worships Satan, the lord and master of the dark underworld of evil. He took it straight to a preacher that made these claims.

Jay: “He should be arrested, seriously. My position is not unlike anyone else who ascends to the top of their field. That comes with the game. But that’s crazy. That might be the craziest one I’ve had.”

“But do you go to church?”

Jay: “Nah, I’m more spiritual than [having] organized religion. I have a personal relationship with God. …I believe in karma, I believe in cause and effect…but religion, I have my opinions about religion.

Personally, I’ll never forget how Jay reacted to Bill Maher, a well-known atheist when he said something about Jesus. Seemed genuine to me.

________________________________________________________________________________

Nothing about "Jesus cant save you"...? wuteva. Juss needed him to say SOMETHING 

Stevie cryin for MJ..

Almost made me break down...
This is Stevie Wonder performin at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary celebration.
John Legend was there for ABSOLUTELY NOTHING..lol.

there she go...

kayla rae...beastin'.