It's All Good

Attetion CB haters:

You don't know what the meaning of bad influence is.  Sure he allegedly hit RiRi in the face and she had some bite-marks on her arms. But at least he didn't rap about smoking PCP, actually smoke PCP, murder his roommate's girlfriend while high on PCP and eat part of her lung.  

OK, OK, according to some it was only someone else's human flesh that was found in his stomach, her lungs had bite marks and were torn from her body with a 3 inch knife, the blade of which was stuck in her shoulder.

As far as I'm concerned, CB's got nothing to worry about.  If anything, he will use this as a stepping stone since Big Lurch aka Luciano aka Lucky Lurch aka XXXL who has been locked up since '03 has gone platinum and threatens to go multi.  The album, It's All Bad was released in 2004 after he was convicted of murder (no insanity plea!) with this cover art:

The victim's mother has filed a lawsuit against the label, Black Market Activities for allegedly providing Lurch with angel dust in order "to encourage [him] to act out in an extreme, violent manner so as to make him more marketable as a 'Gangsta Rap' artist."

He's from Texas but has recorded with all your local favorites: Yukmouth, Mac Dre, C-Bo, RBL Posse, Keak, E-A-Ski etc.  I don't notice anyone from the Bay claiming this dude.

Odd since he is amazing.

He is in contention for this panda's favorite rapper in the category of 6'6" and above.

Business Casual circa 2008

I had a two-day conference to go to this week in San Francisco and on the agenda it said, "attire is business casual." Now when I think of business casual, several key words come to mind such as "relaxed fit," "capri," and "khaki." A long time ago I made a promise to myself that I would never put on another pair of capris (or worse, relaxed fit khaki capris) ever again. The exceptions being jewel and sequins embezzlement.
So the night before the conference I deliberately picked out an outfit that was both toned down from my usual fanciful affair and non relaxed fit, khaki, or capri. I prepared myself for the painful non-profit employee takes on white collar attire, but I had not prepared myself for what I saw comfortably seated in the conference room--fleece. There were fleece jackets and fleece vests everywhere in an array of natural tones. The fleece was then paired with an unfortunate trouser and (gasp!) clogs. The clogs were mainly on the women, but the fleece saw no boundaries. Quick bit of life advice: clothing bought at REI can never constitute as day wear unless a park or reserve is on the agenda.