Joe Mills

Hustle & Flow

I watched Hustle & Flow for the second time this past weekend, and I was reminded of this great quote from the film…

There are two types of people: those that talk the talk and those that walk the walk. People who walk the walk sometimes talk the talk but most times they don’t talk at all, ’cause they walkin’. Now, people who talk the talk, when it comes time for them to walk the walk, you know what they do? They talk people like me into walkin’ for them.

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History of Rap Poster

Image courtesy of Kagan McLeod

I have written about Kagan McLeod before, but I wanted to highlight his History of Rap poster. As you can see, it is a bunch of portraits. It is done in chronological order and it highlights all the people that have influenced hip-hop over the years. As he explained on Okay Player, he focused on just the rappers since they are the most recognizable figures in hip-hop. I wish I could see everything more up close, but you can tell it is a tremendously detailed and thorough history. If so interested, you can buy a copy here.

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Rickey’s the Best

It’s Rickey being Rickey before Manny being Manny. My second favorite baseball player is heading to the Hall of Fame this year, and Mike and Mike on ESPN were asking him about some of the classic stories associated with him. Who knows how many are true, but they are still funny to read about.

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Xtranormal

Here is an interesting idea…make animated movies just by typing in a script. Xtranormal makes it easy to publish a quick movie. For me, it would take away the fun of really creating and putting together a film, but I’m probably not the target audience. If you want to just put togethe a funny story or idea quickly then this is for you. The example above is something my brother created to memorialize one of our favorite stories from working at Domino’s Pizza.

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Slow Jam the News

I certainly do not want to turn this into The Roots on Jimmy Fallon blog, but as I mentioned earlier this week, I had hoped that Fallon would use The Roots as much as possible. As you can see above, using The Roots in skits is a good thing and not a bad thing.

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Good Luck…Jimmy Fallon?

Not completely sure how I feel about Jimmy Fallon as a late night host, but he did pick the greatest band in the world to be his house band…The Roots. I’ll have to DVR it most nights…if not every night, but it will be cool to see them in action more often. I guess I’m most interested to see if he will involve the Roots in any skits or if they will just play music. Regardless…I’ll be paying attention.

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