ask and what

How did your online name come into being and when?

what do you want in a rap column?

why do you always hold back your real feelings so much?

Dear And What,

What is your favorite Canibus track?
What is your favorite Apples in Stereo track?
Which one is better?

Dear and what,

When choosing between two evils, what criteria do you use?

Should I get cable TV?

dear and what,

how long is zing.xls

Dear and what

why does black peoples never want to rock?

dear and what

what is felching?

Dear And What,
what is a dj if he can't scratch?
what is a MC if he can't rap?
what is a beat without a live clap?

only who can prevent forest fires?

dear and what

I am dating a divorcée who just turned 60. She told me her first husband required that she thank him after intercourse. She does not find anything unusual about his request or her complying with it. I think it is bizarre. What do you have to say?

"thank you sensei"

do you ever get tired of being a broken record?

Dear and what,

Should the caesura in the middle of the phrase "monkey see, monkey do" be punctuated with a comma, an em-dash, a semi-colon, a colon or a full stop (aka a period)?

Submitted repsectfully,

do you really think the abbott thread was in any way "good" ??

How did your online name come into being and when?

-- Zeno, Thursday, October 4, 2007 1:39 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Link

gangsta boo from 3-6 mafia going "aaaaand what!"

what do you want in a rap column?

-- chaki, Thursday, October 4, 2007 1:40 PM (30 seconds ago) Bookmark Link

beefs, gossip, where are they now, recipes

why do you always hold back your real feelings so much?

-- blueski, Thursday, October 4, 2007 1:41 PM (18 seconds ago) Bookmark Link

im shy & soft-spoken

Dear And What,

What is your favorite Canibus track?
What is your favorite Apples in Stereo track?
Which one is better?

-- nabisco, Thursday, October 4, 2007 1:42 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

a. dr c phd
b. seems so
c. canibus

Dear and what,

When choosing between two evils, what criteria do you use?

-- Michael White, Thursday, October 4, 2007 1:44 PM (50 seconds ago) Bookmark Link

i try not to have standards for things that won't actually change the outcome of my choice

Have you heard the Good News?

which do you like better, idm or black people?

do maggots get drunk when they bury alcoholics?

dear and what

when did you stop beating your wife?

dear and what

Troi or Seven of 9?

dear and what,

troi circa '93 or tina fey?

Should I get cable TV?

-- brownie, Thursday, October 4, 2007 1:45 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

my building steals cable, and i enjoy watching jeepers creepers & king of the hill reruns on fx

dear and what,

how long is zing.xls

-- deej, Thursday, October 4, 2007 1:45 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

lol sage francis fansite

Dear and what

why does black peoples never want to rock?

-- Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, October 4, 2007 1:46 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

concentrationcamp.jpg

dear and what

what is felching?

-- remy bean, Thursday, October 4, 2007 1:46 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

i think this is shit-eating or some other such nasty ass shit

Dear And What,
what is a dj if he can't scratch?
what is a MC if he can't rap?
what is a beat without a live clap?

-- carne asada, Thursday, October 4, 2007 1:46 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

a. most djs
b. emo rap lol
c. 808 >>>> handclaps

only who can prevent forest fires?

-- blueski, Thursday, October 4, 2007 1:47 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Link

smoke dogg

dear and what

I am dating a divorcée who just turned 60. She told me her first husband required that she thank him after intercourse. She does not find anything unusual about his request or her complying with it. I think it is bizarre. What do you have to say?

-- omar little, Thursday, October 4, 2007 1:47 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Link

smash that shit

do you ever get tired of being a broken record?

-- chaki, Thursday, October 4, 2007 1:48 PM (35 seconds ago) Bookmark Link

never

Dear and what,

Should the caesura in the middle of the phrase "monkey see, monkey do" be punctuated with a comma, an em-dash, a semi-colon, a colon or a full stop (aka a period)?

Submitted repsectfully,

-- Aimless, Thursday, October 4, 2007 1:48 PM (28 seconds ago) Bookmark Link

comma

do you really think the abbott thread was in any way "good" ??

-- chaki, Thursday, October 4, 2007 1:48 PM (4 seconds ago) Bookmark Link

yes

what is the meaning of life?

and what,

how come you never enlisted in the military after I made it sound so awesome?

also, can you name some redeeming qualities of atlanta?

dear and what

who is your favorite villain from the 60s Batman TV show

Have you heard the Good News?

-- Oilyrags, Thursday, October 4, 2007 1:49 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

yes - new scarface album in 2008

which do you like better, idm or black people?

-- ☪, Thursday, October 4, 2007 1:49 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

both these are good

do maggots get drunk when they bury alcoholics?

-- omar little, Thursday, October 4, 2007 1:50 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

ARE ANY NOISE DUDES DOWN W/ TEH GRAVEDIGGAZ?!

dear and what

when did you stop beating your wife?

-- Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, October 4, 2007 1:51 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

im not married, mr collier

dear and what

Troi or Seven of 9?

-- Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, October 4, 2007 1:52 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

seven of 9, tho troi looked good in the last star trek movie i saw (one about the borg)

dear and what,

troi circa '93 or tina fey?

-- Jordan, Thursday, October 4, 2007 1:56 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

tina fey

daer and what

would you live in London again?

what is the meaning of life?

-- Zeno, Thursday, October 4, 2007 1:59 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/41HPTVD6YYL._AA240_.jpg

dear and what

who is your favorite villain from the 60s Batman TV show

-- Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, October 4, 2007 2:01 PM (42 seconds ago) Bookmark Link

i dont really like the 60s show, but my favorite episode of batman the animated series is the clayface one

dear and what

who or what is a hot carl?

dear and what,

the cool kids are talking about 'the pinnacle of the lol britpop zing culture' but i don't know what this is. pls to enlighten me!

yrs,

DG

dear and what

can the low-key idealism of the process of democracy ever fully master the high-wattage "idealism" of tribalism and the mob, or are we pretty much fucked?

thx,

gff

daer and what

would you live in London again?

-- blueski, Thursday, October 4, 2007 2:02 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

i love london, but i would like to live other places before moving back there

and what,

how come you never enlisted in the military after I made it sound so awesome?

also, can you name some redeeming qualities of atlanta?

-- El Tomboto, Thursday, October 4, 2007 2:00 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

a. ha
b. daddy d'z bbq, mix cds at candler discount mall, jamaican shit on auburn st

dear and what

who or what is a hot carl?

-- snoball, Thursday, October 4, 2007 2:05 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

this is more dumb sex shit, also some garbage white rapper who somehow enlisted redman & fabolous to rap with him

dear and what,

the cool kids are talking about 'the pinnacle of the lol britpop zing culture' but i don't know what this is. pls to enlighten me!

yrs,

DG

-- DG, Thursday, October 4, 2007 2:05 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

ban DG

dear and what

can the low-key idealism of the process of democracy ever fully master the high-wattage "idealism" of tribalism and the mob, or are we pretty much fucked?

thx,

gff

-- gff, Thursday, October 4, 2007 2:08 PM (59 seconds ago) Bookmark Link

i think about this a lot - the virtue of 'low-key idealism' isnt how bright it flashes but how long it burns, and while populist tribalism will be around forever the ideals of democracy, enlightenment, etc will outlast them

dear and what,

you've been to new orleans, right?

subquestion: why is peaches records & tapes there so $$$?

dear and what,

you've been to new orleans, right?

subquestion: why is peaches records & tapes there so $$$?

-- Jordan, Thursday, October 4, 2007 2:13 PM (57 seconds ago) Bookmark Link

i have only driven thru post-katrina NO on a road trip to texas, but peaches records & tapes always seemed like the shit to me

so true :(

charging $60 for old no limit cds i have propping up my kitchen table is their god-given right

ha

and what,

i just paid 20$ for dj quik picture disc:
http://www.hhv.de/images/cover6/71118.jpg

Did i overpay, underpay, or just right?

also, how should i display picture disc.

Dear And What,

Who?

Why?

When?

Sincerely (not really) yours,
Nath

dear and what,

have u read nik cohn's 'tricksta'? what did u think of it?

dear and what

Some kids on the show yesterday mentioned a new type of music - "ska". You know anything about it?
Also I need some more of that secret formula youth cream.

dear and what

who's stronger, thor or the hulk

and what,

i just paid 20$ for dj quik picture disc:

Did i overpay, underpay, or just right?

-- deej, Thursday, October 4, 2007 2:24 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

just right, underpaid if it has acapellas

also, how should i display picture disc.

-- deej, Thursday, October 4, 2007 2:24 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

kitchen wall

Dear And What,

Who?

Why?

When?

Sincerely (not really) yours,
Nath

-- stevienixed, Thursday, October 4, 2007 2:27 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

Universal Soldier
Studio album by Pastor Troy
Released 2002

1. Intro
2. Universal Soldier
3. Are We Cuttin' - (featuring Ms. Jade)
4. If I Wasn't Rappin - (featuring UGK)
5. Who, What, When, Where
6. Tell 'Em It's On - (featuring Timbaland)
7. 4 My Hustlaz
8. Chug-A-Lug
9. You Can't Pimp Me - (featuring Peter The Disciple)
10. I'm A Raise Me A Soldier
11. Undefeated - (featuring Blackout/Pinhead)
12. No Mo Play In GA Pt. 2
13. If They Kill Me
14. When He Comes - (featuring Pastor Troy Sr.)
15. Bless America
16. Outro
17. Vica Versa - (bonus track, featuring Peter The Disciple)

dear and what,

have u read nik cohn's 'tricksta'? what did u think of it?

-- Michael B, Thursday, October 4, 2007 2:30 PM (2 seconds ago) Bookmark Link

i read an article about dude & shit seemed cool but then jeff chang got all madd bout the 'calliope niggas' shit... id def read his book tho

dear and what

Some kids on the show yesterday mentioned a new type of music - "ska". You know anything about it?
Also I need some more of that secret formula youth cream.

-- snoball, Thursday, October 4, 2007 2:31 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

i dig the specials & that no doubt joint with lady saw

dear and what

who's stronger, thor or the hulk

-- Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, October 4, 2007 2:32 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

thor, duh

http://i44.tinypic.com/2ela23t.jpg

dear and what

wtf was THIS about?

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someone wrote that on paper seems like

spreads some shine

dear and what,

top 5 from the class of '96. singles or album trax ok.

― extremely intoxicated & uncooperative outside a Hסּסּters in Winston-Salem (will), Thursday, January 8, 2009 5:01 PM (30 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

wtf is class of 96?? is this some rappin ish i forgot about or are you talkin bout this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class_of_%2796

anyway 96 was a dope yr for music imo

heres what i came up w/ back at the start of 02 when i listed my best of 96:

1) jay-z - reasonable doubt
2) mobb deep - hell on earth
3) jeru - wrath of the math
4) de la - stakes is high
5) redman - muddy waters
6) prince paul - psychoanalysis
7) m.o.p. - firing squad
8) sadat x - wild cowboys
9) busta rhymes - the coming
10) doc octagon - octagonecolygist

― ethan, Thursday, January 17, 2002 8:00 PM (6 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

shit, we forgot ironman for 96 so it goes at number five and pushes everything else down one notch (goodbye doc octagon).

― ethan, Thursday, January 17, 2002 8:00 PM (6 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

91 to 01

id keep about half of that now & swap out some of the bullshit lol 18-yr-old-rap-nerd choices with shit i heard since or finally get now like it was written, ridin dirty, makaveli, all eyez, ice cream man, that mc ren joint, silkk the shocker's 1st album, str8 off tha streetz of muthaphukkin compton, the geto boys joint, shit theres a million

if you meant something else sorry dogg

-------

dear and what,

do you watch or follow sports?

― ie: BANGING (M@tt He1ges0n), Thursday, January 8, 2009 5:32 PM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

nahh not really... i'll ball if ppl are just goofin off but i never got into watching shit even tho i spent about $20/week on nba jams in jr high

dear and what

wtf was THIS about?

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― ie: BANGING (M@tt He1ges0n), Thursday, January 8, 2009 5:42 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this was some dude who was madd that i wasnt feeling "the love below" in athens ga free weekly flagpole & wrote a bitchy ass letter about it to the dude i debated about the album with

"does r kelly suck his dick for these plugs"

vs

I don't come to the threads you post and slap Master P's dick out of your mouth

― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Friday, September 5, 2003 11:57 PM (5 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

haha my b-ball knowledge pretty much begins and ends with nba jam.

yeah i dunno ill watch the shit outta some boxing tho

dear and what,

1) what's the best brand of beer?

2) what are your 5 favorite novels?

dear and what,

1) what's the best brand of beer?

2) what are your 5 favorite novels?

― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, January 8, 2009 5:53 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

http://thebeersnob.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/420.jpg

philip roth - sabbath's theater
nicholson baker - the fermata
joseph heller - god knows
nabokov - lolita
flaubert - madame bovary

dear and what,

whats yr fave rock bands ever

thx
icey

oops, yeah i just meant dopest rap singles or album cuts (rap-specific) from '96. i was making mix cd's the other day for folx and was wondering what i left out.

(rap-specific) one rap enough

Ha, I think I'm reading my last-to-go of And What's favorite's novels on his recommendation from another thread.

but album list = sufficient, unless some left-field one-off cut springs to mind

ayo just cuz i got a minute at work here goes a 80 minute mixx alltime fav singles from 96 not off any of those albums

1. quad city djs - cmon ride the train
2. freaknasty - da dip
3. crucial conflict - hay
4. akinyele - put it in your mouth
5. luke & biggie - bust a nut
6. xzibit - paparazzi
7. do or die ft twista - po pimp
8. east flatbush project - tried by 12
9. westside connection - bow down
10. e-40 & too short & k-ci - rapper's ball
11. charizma - my world premiere
12. tela - twisted
13. al tariq - think not
14. street smartz & o.c. & pharaohe monch - metal thangz
15. mia x & suga t - can't trust a man
16. delinquent habits - tres delinquentes
17. royal flush - rotten apple
18. too short - gettin it

charizma - my world premiere

^^ dope

everything on that mixx is dope get with it

96 was a dope year but i couldnt believe how much shit i remembered & then when i looked shit up it was 97 or 95

luke & biggie - bust a nut

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/38891

everything on that mix is pretty dope but i could go without hearing the fucking train ever again fwiw

i visited fam in florida and that shit is still on the radio 100 times a day

16. delinquent habits - tres delinquentes

^^ loved this back in the day

yessir crucial conflict takin me back... nice work!

man i love so many of these. dope year, indeed.

17. royal flush - rotten apple

remind me when i get home to up my blend of holla by ja rule over this joint

three cheers for Mickey Sabbath....maybe I'll check out that Nicholas Baker book.

or, you know, Nicholson Baker

dear and what-

what software do you fuck with for mixtapes/ making blends/remixes?

-DJ gr8080

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/73/MarioPaintComposer.png

Dear and what,

Lol.

Yours,
Rox

2-for-2 today on the 77 thread, kudos

thnx rox <3!@!@ see u
http://tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:dwkOD703-AY9NM:http://www.okladki-divx.neostrada.pl/covers/n/next_friday.jpg

Get on aim one time, I have to tell you something.

and what, what is your favorite big tymers album?

and what, B.G. or Turk?

and what, whats the last lil wayne record you were feeling

?

He's busy:

dipset anthem vs the simpsons (theme)

dear and what,

what happened? i am confused. :(

and what, what is your favorite big tymers album?

now i'll never know

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http://farm1.static.flickr.com/50/140073259_8c5c73762c.jpg

http://www.baneverything.org.uk/images/BanEverything_logo.gif

a thread of serious discussion re ethan's permaban for image spamming

and what, what is your favorite big tymers album?

now i'll never know

― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Thursday, March 5, 2009 1:48 PM (8 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i asked him, he said probably big money heavyweight but had good things to say about others as well

i found an old Missy review in Vibe that seems like it took some influence from and what's Like Father Like Son review

https://books.google.com/books?id=riYEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=PA68#v=onepage&q&f=false

especially the last two grafs