"...I'm going away tonight"

James Brown was probably some of the first music I was introduced to as a child. The Godfather is dead. Music seems to be dying. Nina Simone, Ali Farka Toure, John Lee Hooker. Yet another legend I was not able to see live. How depressing. I've been playing James Browns Funky Christmas all day. Santa Claus go straight to the ghetto...James Brown is singing in Heavens ghetto tonight.

Another Reason Hip Hops Voice is less Relevant

Russell Simmons apparently doesn't have very good interview skills, so I can only guess that DeBeers hired him on to be their shucking and jiving bitch in 21st Century "Black Face" is because there are so many other shucking and jiving fools spending all of their fleeting funds at the alter of conspicuous consumption, also worship his skinny, goofy ass. I guess DeBeers recognizes that they can make money of the backs of niggers (or what do they call us in South Africa?) around the globe...we supposedly like shiny trinkets. Beat the hell out of African's to mine their pressurized coal (that's what diamonds really are by the way), so they can sell them to the descendants of Africans around the globe...not to mention every doe eyed bride to be, who sees her self worth in size, clarity and carats. Anyway, don't have time to spend on this idiot. I don't wear jewelry, just remind me to never buy any product that sell-out produces. Ever. He's an embarrassment. Le'ts compare and contrast stories. From Amnesty International and an Opinion Piece from CSM or Russell Simmons fumbling for words on CNN. Make your own decisions, I've made mine. Diamonds are an artificial comodity, made fashionable by people who have more money than good sense.