Frickin' CoWorker (DeLa/Stakes Is... related)
kitchenknight
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I work with a terd. Like, on the real. He is worth the street value of terd. If you could get high on terds... well, this dude would be the dime bag of terds.Of course, he knows everything about everything. And, he loves to share his encyclopedic knowledge...especially on music.So, when I told him that, 'Buhloone Mind State,' was my favorite of the De La releases, he answered with, 'No, dude. Stakes is High. That is the best rap album ever released.'Now, I've defended, 'Stakes,' on this very forum in the past. Even against attacks from such hiphop luminaries as J. Paychex and the one Noz.But, no more. Fuck that. T** can have that shit in his private mindgarden, where he is Frickin' Scorcese reborn, and, 'Stakes is High,' is THE ONE CLASSIC.I RENOUNCE STAKES IS HIGH. BUHLOONE OR DIE.
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I would cease speaking with such an individual. No good can come from it.
I really couldn't believe it; on some serious "GARETH: QUIETLY BACK OUT OF THE ROOM," type-ish.
Naw, but he does; he bought the new Kanye on the day it came out! Plus, he brought me Jemini & Danger Mouse to cut a piece to once.
He was a touring musician once, too. So, that has to count for something, right? I mean, he has told me it does.
sayin
Yeah. I backed out of the room like I'd seen that motherfucker on a trashcan.
what the fudge?!
Um, yeah. That thing scared the shit out of me, and I just googled 'coconut crab' and its actually pretty damn interesting - can't believe I've never heard of this beast before. It drowns in water and has some type of cross between gills and lungs for its breathing apparatus. It steals shiny objects. Bananas.
That dont mean shit. Practicing music & judging music are two different animals.
And for the AOI "series" that wasnt Completed anyway .......
I ride of Stakes but the best album ever is frickin crazy.
People need to make it clear what their favorite as oppossed to The favorite.
Its two diff thangs IMO.
Coconut Crab. great google. Save it for work tomorrow to kill some time.
Thanks, @@r0^. I learned more from you in this thread than in the 7 months I've been privaledged enough to work with Terdy.
where is this? id like to never ever ever go there.
waiwaiwaiwaiwaiwaiwait a minute. That thing is real?
Could not agree more - the distinction between 'favorite,' and 'best,' is HUGE, and folls need to wake up to it. If you tell me your decision is based on sentiment- gift from ex-girl, that album you rolled to that one summer, that album you lost your virginity to, whatever- I can get with that.
But, some Frickin', 'THISISBIBLETRUTHBEST,' type shit is asinine, and frankly, as dude is married with a pregnant wife, he best grow out of that shit before he imparts any bunk De La knowledge to his seed.
((tongue in cheek to all the dads out there; ain't saying peep on how to raise his youngin'.))
anyways:
De La Soul Is Dead > Buhloone Mindstate > 3 Feet High > The Grind Date > everything else
I don't hate on Stakes Is High, but best of all time, let alone best De La album? Sheesh.
I feel sory for the child who will be bombarded w/ many rotations of Stakes while missing out on a gang of Hip Hop that is crazy superior.
I can always count on the 'Strut to provide pictures of nightmare-fueling creatures.
I feel sorry for the kid that has to grow up being told that Stakes is the Standard of Hip Hop.....
ok, first off i dont like where this thread is going.
ok, now, i taught in japan and all the little kids there have pet bugs. like these lil shits
http://www.japanesebugfights.com/
yeah, so anyways, on my first day in kindergarten there, this lil kid comes up to me with his pet bug and wants me to hold it and being the manly man american ambassador of good faith i said i would until he pulled out the giant maggot bug thing in odubs picture and my knees turned to jelly and i almost fell over. i did not hold that fucken bug btw. fuck that kid.
Fo'real. My contribution:
I DO like where this thread is going, but before we have this
Crab porn?
Haha....It did sound funny, but i figured i might throw a rock in that direction just in case.
And I ride for AOIs.
HOLY Frickin' SHIT.
I thought for sure that was some kitschy garbage can ornament. But no, its a Frickin' crazy-ass coconut crab.
Bananas are shiny objects, or the coconut crab is Bananas? DigDug schooling everyone on shellfish up in here.
One question: Why does the back part of its body look just like a hamburger on a sesame seed bun?
Coconut crab
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The coconut crab (Birgus latro) is the largest land-living arthropod in the world. It is a derived hermit crab and is known for its ability to crack coconuts with its strong pincers in order to eat the contents. It is also called the robber crab or palm thief, because some coconut crabs are rumored to steal shiny items such as pots and silverware from houses and tents.[1] Another name is the terrestrial hermit crab, due to the use of shells by the young animals (although terrestrial hermit crab also applies to a number of other hermit crabs ??? see Australian land hermit crab). The coconut crab also has different local names as for example ayuyu in Guam, or unga or kaveu. The local people call it a taotaomo'na coconut crab because they believe the crab can sometimes be an illusion made by the taotaomo'na, or ancestral spirits.
Reports about the size of Birgus latro vary, and most references give a weight of up to 4 kg (9 lb), a body length of up to 400 mm (16 in), and a leg span of around 2 m (6 ft),[2] with males generally being larger than females. It is believed that this is near the theoretical limit for a terrestrial arthropod. (When the body is supported by water, larger sizes are possible for arthropods ??? see Japanese spider crab.) They can reach an age of up to 30???60 years (references vary). The body of the coconut crab is, like that of all decapods, divided into a front section (cephalothorax), which has 8 legs, and an abdomen. The front-most pair of legs has large claws used to open coconuts, and these claws (chelae) can lift objects up to 29 kg (64 lb) in weight. The next two pairs, as with other hermit crabs, are large, powerful walking legs which allow coconut crabs to climb vertically up trees (often coconut palms) up to 6 m high. The fourth pair of legs is smaller with tweezer-like chelae at the end, allowing young crabs to grip the inside of a shell or coconut husk to carry for protection; adults use this pair for walking and climbing. The last pair of legs is very small and serves only to clean the breathing organs. These legs are usually held inside the carapace, in the cavity containing the breathing organs.
Although Birgus latro is a derived type of hermit crab, only the juveniles use salvaged snail shells to protect their soft abdomens, and adolescents sometimes use broken coconut shells to protect their abdomens. Unlike other hermit crabs, the adult coconut crabs do not carry shells, but instead harden their abdominal armor by depositing chitin and chalk. They also bend their tails underneath their bodies for protection, as do most true crabs. The hardened abdomen protects the coconut crab and reduces water loss on land, but has to be moulted at periodic intervals. Moulting takes about 30 days, during which the animal's body is soft and vulnerable, and it stays hidden for protection.
Coconut crabs cannot swim and will drown in water. They use a special organ called a branchiostegal lung to breathe. This organ can be interpreted as a developmental stage between gills and lungs, and is one of the most significant adaptations of the coconut crab to its habitat. The chambers of this breathing organ are located in the rear of the cephalothorax. They contain a tissue similar to that found in gills, but suited to the absorption of oxygen from air, rather than water. They use their last, smallest pair of legs to clean these breathing organs, and to moisten them with seawater. The organs require water to function, and the crab provides this by stroking its wetted legs over the spongy tissues nearby. Coconut crabs may also drink salt water, using the same technique to transfer water to their mouths.
In addition to this breathing organ, the coconut crab has an additional rudimentary set of gills. However, while these gills were probably used to breathe under water in the evolutionary history of the species, they no longer provide sufficient oxygen, and an immersed coconut crab will drown within a few minutes (reports vary, probably depending on the levels of stress and exercise and the resulting oxygen consumption).
Another distinctive organ of the coconut crab is its nose. The process of smelling works very differently depending whether the smelled molecules are hydrophilic molecules in water or hydrophobic molecules in air. As most crabs live in the water, they have specialized organs called aesthetascs on their antennae to determine both the concentration and the direction of a smell. However, as coconut crabs live on the land, the aesthetascs on their antennae differ significantly from those of other crabs and look more like the smelling organs of insects, called sensilia. While insects and the coconut crab originate from different evolutionary paths, the same need to detect smells in the air led to the development of remarkably similar organs, making it an example of convergent evolution. Coconut crabs also flick their antennae as insects do to enhance their reception. They have an excellent sense of smell and can detect interesting odors over large distances. The smell of rotting meat, bananas and coconuts catch their attention especially, as potential food sources.
I'm waiting for the PETA ad to come out, protesting this.
WE EAT RAW FISH