5th Letter
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5th Letter- Did you go to school for that?
lazypakman- Nah nothing like that, just always had a knack for fixing things, as a kid for instance any electrical appliance in the house that was faulty or not working at all,i would open up and look to see how the components were set, after a while you just pick up the general layout of things and through trial and error manage to learn how to find faults, you could usually figure out what a specific problem would relate to. With mobile phones i picked that all up from a friend who had his own mobile phone repair business, nowadays its so easy what will a plethora of videos on youtube even a monkey could do it, but people still a heck of a lot more than they should do for someons else to fix it.
5th Letter- How did you get into hip hop?
lazypakman- Coolio's 'Gangsta Paradise' was the first track that really got me, over here i was really only exposed to any sort of rap at a young age through commercial radio, im remember dubbing a cassette with that just that track playing repeatedly on both sides and would listen to it all the time, a while later this white kid moved from another city to my school, i must have been about 9 or 10 and this kid was years and i mean years (remember i was in a white surburbia) ahead of the curve in terms of what he listened to, dude put me onto 'The Fugees' and the Tim Westwood show and i developed a steady interest, but again because of the limitations of where i was it was hard to access anything beyond the commercial stuff.
It wasn't until another friend blessed me with 2pac's greatest hits that my obsession really started taking off, now i know there plenty of pac stans on here who would bleed to prove their allegiance, but in my prime i don't think anyone was matching me in terms of the lengths i would go to prove my loyalty.I remember saying on here before i bought a replica Death Row chain for myself and would ride into school all W's up screaming 'FUCK BADBOY!' even if no-one knew what i was talking about.Used to also have a binder containing all the theories printed off the internet, maaaan i was certain Pac was chilling in Cuba and would come back to run for president one day.Thankfully i grew up and managed to tell the distinction between art and reality, I resented Biggie that whole time purely of because Pacs attitude towards him until i actually sat down and listened to 'Ready to die' (to study the enemy) which was arguably better than any album Pac ever put out and recognized he was clearly the better rapper.'Enter the 36 chambers' was a massive influence for me as well, thought it was dope as fuck that these guys created this visionary world based off old Shaw Bro's flicks (which was what i was raised on), liked they truly believed and lived that shit, It's a shame they haven't been able to match that intensity collectively since.
2 things happened after that made me a student of the game, first the explosion of Napster (all about that T3 connection) and me coming across a book called 'The rough guide to hip hop' written by Peter Shapiro, which was an A-Z breakdown of virtually every artist who had ever dabbled in hip hop in any way and their discography,that shit was like the bible to me (still own it and reference it to this day) and taught me more than i ever knew.So i used to download albums in mass amount (soulseek crew shoutout) and would always buy the ones i liked.
5th Letter- Who are your favorite and least favorite rappers?
lazypakman- From the Old school, Nas (the undisputed goat in my eyes), Jay, Black Thought, Talib + Mos, Natti (of cunninlynguists), Dilated Peoples, MF doom (aka Zev Love X), Red + Meth, Ghostface, Luda, Guru (r.i.p.), Xzibit in his prime, ATCQ, Busta, Outkast, Common, De la, Rakim, Freeway, Goodie mob, Cube around the predator era, Jeru, Lord Finesse, Roots Manuva, Braintax, Masta Ace, Prodigy, Little Brother,Chuck D, CL Smooth, Royce, Elzhi,Clipse.
New school, All of TDE, Cudi ( he needs to get his shit together though), Mick Jenkins, J Cole, Danny Brown, Killer Mike ( even if he's been around for a while RTJ is the first i've heavily fucked with him), K.r.i.t, Black Milk, Denzel Curry, Oddisee, Freddie Gibbs, Mac Miller, Stalley, Yelawolf. Outside of the dedication mixtapes i've never understood the hype for Wayne, dude wouldn't even crack my top 50, all this mumble jumble nonsense can fuck right off as well.
5th Letter- What are some of your favorite albums?
lazypakman- Too many too list but i'll give it a shot, Like water for chocolate, Things fall apart, Midnight Marauders, All Eyez on me, Aquemini ( or ATLiens depending on mood), The Blueprint, Illmatic, Blackstar, A Piece of strange, Marshall Mathers LP, Chicken & beer, Man on the moon, CD + LR, Lord Willin, OB4CL, Supreme Clientele, Moment of truth, The Grind Date, A Long hot summer, Fantastic Vol.1, Cypress Hill, Music to driveby, Lets get free, Dj Shadow Entroducing..., It's dark and hell is hot, Supa Dupa Fly, Infamous, watermelon chicken n gritz, 40 dayz and 40 nightz, Stress the extinction agenda, Mecca and the soul brother. Plenty missing, especially the more recent stuff but that's a fair list.
lazypakman- Nah nothing like that, just always had a knack for fixing things, as a kid for instance any electrical appliance in the house that was faulty or not working at all,i would open up and look to see how the components were set, after a while you just pick up the general layout of things and through trial and error manage to learn how to find faults, you could usually figure out what a specific problem would relate to. With mobile phones i picked that all up from a friend who had his own mobile phone repair business, nowadays its so easy what will a plethora of videos on youtube even a monkey could do it, but people still a heck of a lot more than they should do for someons else to fix it.
5th Letter- How did you get into hip hop?
lazypakman- Coolio's 'Gangsta Paradise' was the first track that really got me, over here i was really only exposed to any sort of rap at a young age through commercial radio, im remember dubbing a cassette with that just that track playing repeatedly on both sides and would listen to it all the time, a while later this white kid moved from another city to my school, i must have been about 9 or 10 and this kid was years and i mean years (remember i was in a white surburbia) ahead of the curve in terms of what he listened to, dude put me onto 'The Fugees' and the Tim Westwood show and i developed a steady interest, but again because of the limitations of where i was it was hard to access anything beyond the commercial stuff.
It wasn't until another friend blessed me with 2pac's greatest hits that my obsession really started taking off, now i know there plenty of pac stans on here who would bleed to prove their allegiance, but in my prime i don't think anyone was matching me in terms of the lengths i would go to prove my loyalty.I remember saying on here before i bought a replica Death Row chain for myself and would ride into school all W's up screaming 'FUCK BADBOY!' even if no-one knew what i was talking about.Used to also have a binder containing all the theories printed off the internet, maaaan i was certain Pac was chilling in Cuba and would come back to run for president one day.Thankfully i grew up and managed to tell the distinction between art and reality, I resented Biggie that whole time purely of because Pacs attitude towards him until i actually sat down and listened to 'Ready to die' (to study the enemy) which was arguably better than any album Pac ever put out and recognized he was clearly the better rapper.'Enter the 36 chambers' was a massive influence for me as well, thought it was dope as fuck that these guys created this visionary world based off old Shaw Bro's flicks (which was what i was raised on), liked they truly believed and lived that shit, It's a shame they haven't been able to match that intensity collectively since.
2 things happened after that made me a student of the game, first the explosion of Napster (all about that T3 connection) and me coming across a book called 'The rough guide to hip hop' written by Peter Shapiro, which was an A-Z breakdown of virtually every artist who had ever dabbled in hip hop in any way and their discography,that shit was like the bible to me (still own it and reference it to this day) and taught me more than i ever knew.So i used to download albums in mass amount (soulseek crew shoutout) and would always buy the ones i liked.
5th Letter- Who are your favorite and least favorite rappers?
lazypakman- From the Old school, Nas (the undisputed goat in my eyes), Jay, Black Thought, Talib + Mos, Natti (of cunninlynguists), Dilated Peoples, MF doom (aka Zev Love X), Red + Meth, Ghostface, Luda, Guru (r.i.p.), Xzibit in his prime, ATCQ, Busta, Outkast, Common, De la, Rakim, Freeway, Goodie mob, Cube around the predator era, Jeru, Lord Finesse, Roots Manuva, Braintax, Masta Ace, Prodigy, Little Brother,Chuck D, CL Smooth, Royce, Elzhi,Clipse.
New school, All of TDE, Cudi ( he needs to get his shit together though), Mick Jenkins, J Cole, Danny Brown, Killer Mike ( even if he's been around for a while RTJ is the first i've heavily fucked with him), K.r.i.t, Black Milk, Denzel Curry, Oddisee, Freddie Gibbs, Mac Miller, Stalley, Yelawolf. Outside of the dedication mixtapes i've never understood the hype for Wayne, dude wouldn't even crack my top 50, all this mumble jumble nonsense can fuck right off as well.
5th Letter- What are some of your favorite albums?
lazypakman- Too many too list but i'll give it a shot, Like water for chocolate, Things fall apart, Midnight Marauders, All Eyez on me, Aquemini ( or ATLiens depending on mood), The Blueprint, Illmatic, Blackstar, A Piece of strange, Marshall Mathers LP, Chicken & beer, Man on the moon, CD + LR, Lord Willin, OB4CL, Supreme Clientele, Moment of truth, The Grind Date, A Long hot summer, Fantastic Vol.1, Cypress Hill, Music to driveby, Lets get free, Dj Shadow Entroducing..., It's dark and hell is hot, Supa Dupa Fly, Infamous, watermelon chicken n gritz, 40 dayz and 40 nightz, Stress the extinction agenda, Mecca and the soul brother. Plenty missing, especially the more recent stuff but that's a fair list.
