THE BEST OF BLACK PACINO
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Although I don’t think Drake is the second coming of Jesus that other folks tout him to be, he is a decent rapper. He’s doing big things and who can be mad at that? But, uh… there’s actually a Best of Drake mixtape out now. No disrespect to Drake but does this nigga deserve a “Best Of” compilation already? The average rapper’s career is shorter than a butterfly’s lifespan so I can understand the rush. But an artist with a “Best Of” compilation before he drops one full-length album is a little ridiculous, especially as we re-visit Michael Jackson’s hit parade. Yet Drake isn’t the first upstart to have a premature “Best Of” compilation. There were many others but I’m too stoned to think of them right now. Besides, fuck ‘em… this post is about me.
It’s quite possible that at 3 & 1/2 years I’ve been in the journalism game longer than Drake’s been rapping. So if these wet-behind-the-ears artists can have “Best Of” compilations, then sheeeeiit… why can’t Pacino? Below the jump I’ve compiled some of my most notorious stories from different sites over the years. Since The Spizzy’s audience keeps growing, this will help my new supporters and Facebook homies get up to speed on my catalog. True, they could search for “Khalid Strickland” at Google but I’ll save them the trouble of sifting through 10-plus pages of shit. Watch your step as you walk down this memory lane; it’s littered with empty liquor bottles, Dutch Master guts and expended .45 caliber shell casings.
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THE GOONIES: HIP-HOP’S TOP GOONS
The Smoking Section, Feb. 2009
FULL BLOWN COVERAGE: MY FAVORITE HIP-HOP ALBUM COVERS
The Smoking Section, June 2008
FIFTEEN MINUTES WITH PIMPIN’ KEN
The Smoking Section, Nov. 2007
Insomniac Magazine, Sept. 2006
Insomniac Magazine, June 2007
MY SECOND INTERVIEW WITH STYLES P
Insomniac Magazine, January 2008
IGN, Sept. 2008
IGN, Oct. 2008
IGN, Jan. 2009
“IT’S POP, IT’S ART” PRESENTED BY BLACK SWAN WINES & NOTHERGROUND MUSIC
The Smoking Section, Aug. 2008
THE BEST OF IG’NANT CINEMA: FIVE IGNORANT YOUTUBE VIDEOS
The Smoking Section, Sept. 2008
PAID DUES CONCERT AT NOKIA THEATER
The Smoking Section, Jun. 2008
KOOL KEITH’S FIRST STRIP CLUB EXPERIENCE
URB Magazine, Dec. 2008
INTERVIEW WITH KEVIN BOOTH OF “AMERICAN DRUG WAR”
The Spizzy, March 2009
July 4, 2009 at 4:12 pm
This is dope man. let these niggas know what you been doing man. All these stories are classics
July 4, 2009 at 11:55 pm
good lookin, capo. i appreciate that.
coney, you keep an ear to the mixtape game.
what other emcees had a “best-of” mixtape way before they had a real catalog? i know there were a bunch but the names ain’t comin to me right now.
July 5, 2009 at 9:23 am
DID SOMEONE SAY .45 ? YO FO REAL I KNOW YOU BEEN ON FOR A MIN.. SO “2 GUN SALUTE”..>>”BROOKLYN”!!!!!
July 5, 2009 at 11:47 am
i know 3 & 1/2 years ain’t that long when compared to O.G.s in the journalism game but i think i covered a lot of ground in that short span. BK hustles hard like maino said.
if niggaz knew the shit i went thru to get here they’d understand that i ain’t braggin, i just feel fortunate. gotta stop & count your blessings sometimes.
July 6, 2009 at 8:37 am
Classic reading fam. Your getting better with each story
July 6, 2009 at 1:42 pm
good lookin out, sun.
keep snappin’ them flicks.
July 7, 2009 at 1:22 am
hip hop goons was how i started reading you and the drug one was what i like to call thought provoking and responsible journalism…. you forgot the one where you interviewed cnn and they broke down supreme arsenal……they can go on the best of category oh and the ya big dummy was a classic
July 9, 2009 at 4:33 am
ah yes… HIP-HOP GOONS… our first date
i interviewed CNN? when? i’d better put this weed down, cuz i forgot.
thanks for your suggestions, ruby. maybe i’ll use those other joints for a best-of part two.
and i appreciate you peepin’ my stories, fo’realz.
you’re the best, homegirl