whateva, whateva, I do what I want!

This post was inspired by Panama’s latest post on Very Smart Brothas where he analyzes why women like Drake so much.

I remember my first encounter with Drake. It was a email conversation back in February with my buddy Cye.

FEB 16, 2009

cye: that drake tape… shit is ill
cye: wasn’t completely sure, peeped a few tracks. kinda like a hit or miss. last year’s tape gets a solid 7.5.
but this tape receives the official “Cye stamp of approval”.
note: hip hop purists need not click. musiclovers: bemvido
holler
ouxu: drake looks like a fag, but i guess that’s why you like him.
cye: what? you don’t even know what dude looks like! SMH @ you googling Drake you ole “I hope he’s as cute as Killa BH!!” ass nigga
ouxu: lol. he also sings like a fag
cye: damn… eat some breakfast first niggy. tape = fuego. fuck what ya heard
ouxu: faggots say it’s good
cye: lol @ drake http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vvwn8rdBe3I/SSV5966wJvI/AAAAAAAAB3s/xe0uVSpqD70/s400/22851ip0.jpg
ouxu: nooooo
cye: he played a role as a handicapped guy. he can’t diss nobody. they got too much ammo. lolol!
ouxu: hahhahaa.. handicapped faggot ass canadian fag
cye: damn O. tell em why you mad.
ouxu: and come on now… Drake?? that’s a name for a soap character who plays in series like As the world turns. just because he got weezy on a few tracks and lykke li, means he’s cool?
ouxu: lykke li ain’t even cool
cye: hater
wait and see. next year you’ll be doing the Drake dance on your vlog.

And the next day I was in love with “Outro” off his So far Gone Mixtape. Nothing but props for mister Drizzy Drake who set SOB’s on fire last night. (so i’ve heard)

I always knew Brooklyn came from Breukelen, a Dutch city. And I knew that Manhattan used to be called New Amsterdam. I’m sure I was taught much more in history class but I only remember those 2 things about New York. The Dutch travelled all over the world to trade and while they were at it they colonised the spots as well. Examples are Indonesia, the Dutch Antilles, Surinam, South Africa.
I didn’t know Flushing comes from Vlissingen, another city in Holland. That the Bronx comes from a Dutch sea-captain named Jonas Bronck. That the origin of the word Yankee, used to refer to Americans, is Jan Kees. The most common of Dutch men’s names.

Here’s some history in short:

photos taken by me. all rights reserved

amen.

look at that face! beautiful

A Kobe who speaks Italian! Who cares what he’s saying?
If my mouth is open, please close it for me.

Seize the opportunity to create the job you always wanted.

Although the word entrepreneur is almost as played out as some other played out words. (i’m such a good copywriter)

nextweb

Found this cool video on the nextweb. A great idea, cause we all want it.

TipSpot started from a simple question: “Why oh why isn’t there a simple overview of what’s happening in town, based on the interests of me and my friends?”

I checked out the video and found out this has to be a Dutch company (the flyers). I browsed the Team & Partners section and there you have it. Shout out to Julien and Pascal! That’s how you know Holland is small!

Check out the video which reminds me a lot of the useful videos made by commoncraft.