The old is new again

Before I came to work - which is where I'm writing this from - I e-mailed some of my older scripts that I had written a long time ago to my work e-mail. I just wanted to revisit them and see if I could salvage anything from them. After reading a few, I found out that they are not that bad! They were by no means good but still, not that bad. I think I just needed a little bit of time away from them and a fresh look to see if I had grown as a writer. After clearly seeing I had grown - which was really not a hard thing to do - I decided I would try and update or rewrite one or two of them. So, expect more progress bars on the right and more updates on projects.

Something new

I have added a few new things to this blog. One being the progress bar. Now you can track how often I don't write! I also added a section for all the books I read this year so far. This list will be growing so keep an eye out for that. I plan on having a section for all the movie I've seen this year in the theater, but I will get around to that when I can. Check back soon.

Shit done changed......

I started this blog with good intentions in mind. I wanted to write about the music I love. I wanted to write about the way it made me fell, the emotion it invoked in me. I wanted to know if the music made anyone else fell the way I felt. With the far to few post I have on this blog I am more aware then anyone else that I have failed at doing that. But, there is a light at the end of the tunnel. I lied. I did really want to write about music but not for the reasons I just mentioned. Truth be told I just wanted to write so that I could get better at writing. I picked music as a subject to mask my fear of writing about my passion publicly. Although I do like music, it is not my passion. I really want to write stories. I want to one day, maybe, write a novel. But what I really want to write are screenplays.

For the past 6 to 8 years I have been writing screenplays. Only a few people know or a knew about this. Recently I have gotten more serious about it. I have 3 shorts in the works. One, 90% done with the outline. The other 2 are in Development. I have 2 features in Development/Outline form, and a bunch of short stories.

I was forcing my self to write about music, when all I wanted to do was write about movies. I have 7 articles about music in draft form just waiting for a nice polish and to be posted on this blog. One day I will do that but not now. This blog will now be dedicated to my writing of screenplays and the movies I like. As this is what I really wanted to do, this blog will be updated more often. In the near future I will most likely move from blogger to my own website. You can check it out under links but that wont be for awhile. So keep your eye out for new post and my screenplays!

100 Greatest Rap/Hip-Hop Albums of the '90s

From http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_rap-alb-90.html

1. Illmatic - Nas (1994)
2. The Chronic - Dr. Dre (1992)
3. The Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest (1991)
4. Me Against the World - 2Pac (1995)
5. Aquemini - Outkast (1998)
6. Ready to Die - Notorious B.I.G. (1994)
7. AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted - Ice Cube (1990)
8. Reasonable Doubt - Jay-Z (1996)
9. Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers - Wu-Tang Clan (1993)
10. DoggyStyle - Snoop Doggy Dogg (1993)
11. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill (1998)
12. Daily Operation - GangStarr (1992)
13. Midnight Marauders - A Tribe Called Quest (1993)
14. Black Star - Black Star (1999)
15. All Eyez On Me - 2Pac (1996)
16. Black On Both Sides - Mos Def (1999)
17. Breaking Atoms - Main Source (1991)
18. southernplayalisticadillacmuzik - Outkast (1994)
19. It's Dark and Hell Is Hot - DMX (1998)
20. Life After Death - Notorious B.I.G. (1997)
21. KRS-One - KRS-One (1995)
22. E. 1999-Eternal - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (1995)
23. De La Soul Is Dead - De La Soul (1991)
24. Don Killuminati: The 7-Day Theory - 2Pac/Makaveli (1996)
25. The Score - The Fugees (1996)
26. Black Reign - Queen Latifah (1993)
27. Things Fall Apart - The Roots (1998)
28. People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm - A Tribe Called Quest (1990)
29. Death Certificate - Ice Cube (1991)
30. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx - Raekwon (1995)
31. ATLiens - Outkast (1996)
32. The Diary - Scarface (1994)
33. Supa Dupa Fly - Missy Elliott (1997)
34. 3 Years, 5 Months, and 2 Days In the Life Of... - Arrested Development (1992)
35. The Infamous... - Mobb Deep (1995)
36. 93 Til Infinity - Souls of Mischief (1993)
37. Mecca and the Soul Brother - Pete Rock and CL Smooth (1992)
38. O.G.: Original Gangster - Ice-T (1991)
39. One For All - Brand Nubian (1990)
40. Step In the Arena - GangStarr (1992)
41. Comin' Out Hard - Eightball & MJG (1993)
42. Business Never Personal - EPMD (1992)
43. We Can't Be Stopped - Geto Boys (1991)
44. Still Standing - Goodie MOB (1998)
45. Resurrection - Common (1994)
46. Liquid Swords - GZA (1995)
47. Wanted: Dead or Alive - Kool G Rap & DJ Polo (1990)
48. Reachin': A New Refutation of Time and Space - Digable Planets (1993)
49. One Day It'll All Make Sense - Common (1997)
50. Check Your Head - Beastie Boys (1992)
51. It Was Written - Nas (1996)
52. Apocalypse '91: The Enemy Strikes Black - Public Enemy (1991)
53. Uptown Saturday Night - Camp Lo (1997)
54. I Wish My Brother George Was Here - Del the Funkee Homosapien (1991)
55. Don't Sweat the Technique - Eric B. and Rakim (1992)
56. Blacks' Magic - Salt-N-Pepa (1990)
57. Dr. Octagonecologyst - Dr. Octagon/Kool Keith (1996)
58. 400 Degreez - Juvenile (1998)
59. The Slim Shady LP - Eminem (1999)
60. Bizarre Ride II Tha Pharcyde - The Pharcyde (1992)
61. Doe Or Die - AZ (1995)
62. Funcrusher Plus - Company Flow (1997)
63. Vol. 2: Hard Knock Life - Jay-Z (1998)
64. Make Way For the Motherlode - Yo-Yo (1991)
65. War Report - Capone-N-Noreaga (1997)
66. Harlem World - Ma$e (1997)
67. On Top of the World - Eightball & MJG (1995)
68. Funkdafied - Da Brat (1995)
69. Mama Said Knock You Out - LL Cool J (1990)
70. Sex Packets - Digital Underground (1990)
71. Do You Want More?!!!??! - The Roots (1994)
72. Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood - DMX (1998)
73. Sun Rises In the East - Jeru the Damaja (1994)
74. Efil4zaggin - N.W.A. (1991)
75. Whut? Thee Album - Redman (1992)
76. A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing - Black Sheep (1991)
77. Down With the King - Run DMC (1993)
78. No Way Out - Puff Daddy (1997)
79. The Coming - Busta Rhymes (1995)
80. Short Dog's In the House - Too Short (1990)
81. A Prince Among Thieves - Prince Paul (1999)
82. Ghetto D - Master P (1997)
83. Vol. 1: In My Lifetime - Jay-Z (1997)
84. Wu-Tang Forever - Wu-Tang Clan (1997)
85. Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill (1991)
86. Hardcore - Lil Kim (1996)
87. Soul Food - Goodie MOB (1995)
88. To the East, Backwards - X-Clan (1991)
89. Ironman - Ghostface Killah (1996)
90. Quik's the Name - DJ Quik (1991)
91. Ill Na Na - Foxy Brown (1996)
92. Home - Spearhead (1994)
93. Homebase - DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince (1991)
94. Muddy Waterz - Redman (1996)
95. Return to the 36 Chambers - Ol' Dirty Bastard (1995)
96. Future Without A Past - Leaders of the New School (1991)
97. Peaceful Journey - Heavy D. & the Boyz (1991)
98. The Most Beautifullest Thing In This World - Keith Murray (1994)
99. Naughty By Nature - Naughty By Nature (1991)
100. Blowout Comb - Digable Planets (1994)