hip hop twitter etiquette


aight. after you read this, you may accuse mi of being “tweetier-than-thou”. do i give a fuck? no. because i LoVe twitter and am tortured by the latest wave of ebonical posts, constantly self-promoting ‘artists’, and spamming assholes. i know its tired, but ive assembled a quick list of things that will help you look like less of a douchebag-refill on twitter. these are listed in order of annoyance, followed by a helpful hint. *ahem* (mixtape DJ voice) LETS GO!!!

1. including your OWN USERNAME on a Follow Friday post.
unless it is a RETWEET of another user, including your own username in your HUGE list of names to follow is repetitive and just dumb. did you know that your name is ALREADY included in that list? how? because ITS POSTED BY YOU, dumbass!! FUCK! rappers are especially guilty of this, because they believe that including their own name will get them more followers. oh what a tangled web they weave…

2. incorrect spelling (c’mon yall. its getting out of hand)
listen! im not stickler for correct-spelling. i use words like “yall, sup, mi, tho, crackin, sittin, bro, breh, etc…”, but i also enjoi KNOWING what the fuck someone is saying whilst reading mi timeline! constantly seeing shit like “tanite we r purformin @ da sylk. hit me ^ 2 get own da guesslist, breh” makes mi want to cry. as i type this, mi good friend said something about the “ressesion” (recession). this type of incorrect spelling should be corrected. though its socially acceptable to be the “cool guy” who doesnt give a shit about grammer and spelling, fans who know youre intelligent enough to at least press the SPELL-CHECK button, may respect you that much more! check out the twitter page a highly popular emcee named Doey Rock. a good balance of wisdom, slang, promotion and correct spelling! =0)

3. incorrect use of HASHTAGS (the # you see attached to certain words)
hashtags.org defines a hashtag: Hashtags are a community-driven convention for adding additional context and metadata to your tweets. They’re like tags on Flickr, only added inline to your post. You create a hashtag simply by prefixing a word with a hash symbol: #hashtag. heres a direct quote from thenextweb.com that fits perfectly:

There seems to be a misguided assumption among some Twitterers that in order for their tweet to show up in searches it needs to be filled with hashtags. It’s not uncommon to see these people write things like “I just tried to use #iPhone #Tweetdeck but it kept #crashing. Back to #Tweetie I go”.

Besides being ugly, this peppering of hashtags through tweets is just pointless. Anyone monitoring Twitter for mentions of the keywords mentioned here will see this tweet regardless of unsightly hashes. A search for “Tweetdeck” will show up all mentions of both “Tweetdeck” and “#tweetdeck”. By using hashtags, all you’re doing is using up your 140 character limit pointlessly.

in other words. filling your post with userless hashtags will NOT get you more followers. unless you can tell mi what META-DATA is, chances are, you dont even KNOW what a hashtag really is used for.

thank you thenextweb.com! i #couldnt have #typed it #better!

more to come as i find more annoyances. i LoVe you guys, but sometimes, as a culture – we hip hoppers look pretty fucking stupid when it comes to the things we do or say on the interweb. i say “we”, because im guilty of it too (just read more of mi blog). can we all step our game up?


20.Nov.09 Rants, twitter Comments (3)

KFC Grilled Chicken is GROSS!!!

so i decided to be nice and treat mi brother to lunch. he says how hes been going wild over KFC’s new grilled chicken and he has all of these free coupons from oprah.

well, he didnt happen to have the coupons and was at the studio, which was miles from where i was. yet, i was starving and more than willing to pay for lunch, so off i went to what is probably the worst KFC in sacramento .

anyway, i get back to the studio and crack open the plastic pod containing the processed, cloned meal…but when i sink mi teeth into the cloned flesh;  an unfamiliar ball of anger sweeps up through mi torso, a small village burns to the ground, and an innocent man is lynched in Alabama. as sure as mi mother is light skinned, this was THE most disgusting shit i have ever slid across mi teeth! in fact, i couldnt even swallow it, and promptly spit the meatwads out!of course i was pissed off cause i was so damn hungry, and ended up trying to fill up on the side dishes (corn and wedges).  i should have known better though, they had previously offended mi with that original recipe chicken strip bullshit….gaaaah!

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16.May.09 Rants, Words Comments (4)

Notorious N.I.G.

Went to see “Notorious” on opening weekend. i wont spoil it or anything. The movie was pretty cool. Though I had to try hard to accept certain characters, Biggie was damn-near-dead-on. He had the voice, the mannerisms and was a charming character. Kim was hot, and you get to see her titties!

While I would like to go on and give you a full-on review about the storyline, direction and soundtrack, I am distracted..as I was somewhat distracted during the feature presentation.
Black people in theaters. What the hell.

Why is it that we still act SO outta pocket whenever there is a “black” movie? I mean, I ENJOI watching previews of upcoming movies and it puts a big damper on mi experience when G-Locc and his band of hoodrats walks in, sits right in front of us (as Im PRAYING for them not to see the empty row in front of mi), and begins disturbing the peace. The big-weaved hoodrat sitting directly in front of mi begins talking on her phone…loudly! “Yeah girl, we just got here….what? Notorious. Yeah girl….Shit, if they hungry, theres some Cheerios on top of the fridge…well, beat they ass then…”. I can somewhat forgive this, as I already expect nigguhs to act this way at the movies. Its a given. But the bitch stands up, and is still talking on her fuckin phone, like we WANT to hear her punkass conversation!!! gaaaaaah!

Then of course, we are on the westcoast. So when the movie covers the 2Pac and Biggie “beef”, you can hear echoes of hecking throughout the theater! Nigguhs yellin “west side, nigguh” and “fuck east coast!”. The hoodrats phone rings again. I sink lower in mi seat.

Some things never change. In this case; black people nigguhs in theaters will never change. One may think that since Obama is the HNIC, we should be inspired to change our ways. No. Nigguhs will never change. You can still expect us to be late to important engagements, you can still count on us to turn parties out due to fights or shootings, and wherever we go – expect strong police presence.

I guess it could have been worse. There were no fights or shootings, there was no one smokin weed in the back row, and I only heard about 14 cell phones ring. Baaah, fuck it.

*throws skittles at the front row*

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25.Jan.09 Rants, Words Comments (2)

fuck tweet-out (yeah, i said it)!

ungreatful bastids.

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21.May.08 Rants, Vlog Comments (6)

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The IGNORE button

him again! update: This is not about any one person in particular. Its more of a representation  of certain events.

You probably know Im not sleep yet, but you should really act like it! I do most of mi business in the evening, and really dont need you pestering mi with utter bullshit. Sometimes you have something important to tell mi, and thats cool. I appreciate it, cause I like to be in the know. But after youve said what you have to say and we hang up, you need not call mi back 20 times about the exact same shit.

I know it sounds way mean, but Im being honest. Thats whats wrong with the world 2day; we cant be honest enough with one another to not be offended by honesty. I am guilty of not being as honest as I can be with people, out of fear of miscommunication. Be honest with people and they get all asshurt, and call you arrogant or an asshole. Now youre known as someone whos condescending, when all you were trying to do was not lie to their got damn faces!

I asked mi homie Skurge, “what ever happened to booing the wack nigguhs off the stage?”. He said , “wack nigguhs started carrying guns!”.

….so, where was I? Oh yeah! Im in studio quite often, either kickin it, or working on something, or working for someone – so these bullshit phone calls/txts become a distraction when Im creating or trying to force creativity. The same goes for when Im with mi Daughter. I already dont feel like I get enough time to see her, and youre calling mi over and over to the point where I turn off mi phone (and its RARELY off) !!! Its funny when I think about it…I usually break down how busy I am to people and pretty much give them a disclaimer for not being readily available. Its almost like I have to appologize in advance!

But Im not a TOTAL cock. When Im not so busy, I try to communicate and touch bases. I truly care about people, and wish I could be everywhere at once. I really do wanna know how you are, whats new in your life, how are the kids/wife/hubby or whatever. I also open mi ears for venting and mi shoulder for tears, because we ALL need that every once in a while…some a little more than others, but I aint mad at that. LiFe is harder for some people, and some need to reach out more frequently to stay grounded. Hell, I needed that a week or so ago. So if youre feeling close to the edge and decide to call mi of all people – I will drop everything and talk to you.
Hmmmm…now that Ive typed that out, I understand it more. Mabey its because for that moment in your life, I was the only mother fucker who WOULD listen to you and offer what I could. Now that everything is back to normal, you feel like you can talk about nothing and have a captive audience. So with the case in the 1st paragraph:….are you wrong for letting it become some sorta dependency, or am I wrong for noticing a dependency developing and not telling you about it??? Damn. Im just as fucked as you.

Well, nevermind then. Forget I said anything about it.

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09.Mar.08 Rants Comments (5)