tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98388462011-11-20T07:42:56.927-08:00Rooted in Hip-Hop, our ultimate goal is to stretch the minds of our Toledo Family towards the heavens with articles that stimulate the mind body and political soul of our community. Here you'll find OP/ED articles, Music Reviews, Poetry, and Straight Gangsta Political Activism!!!! Move The Crowdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13624978958162248425noreply@blogger.comBlogger181100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9838846.post-1115073111809498482005-05-02T15:27:00.000-07:002005-06-22T20:20:23.390-07:00

I think the head of the OFFICIAL Democratic Party and Bill Mahr see it the same way!__________________________________________The problem with American politics today is that one party has the monopoly on all the anger. To be a Republican is to walk around all day madder than Paula Abdul with a fistful of Vicodin and nothing to wash it down with. [laughter]And to be a Democrat means…I don't know.

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Watched my first episode of BET's Cousin Jeff Chronicles and I have to admit, BET got it right for once.Hosted by Jeff Johnson, former University of Toledo's first Black President of the UT Student Body, the show covers a variety of topics important to the African American Community. Sunday's installment was an interesting discussion about the generational gap between the Hip Hop Generation and

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Jus a few Poems about where I'm from...Homethe day Church's Chickenopened their doorsthere was a linea mile long'cause they claimed their cookin was like down Homeand we were in line'cause we never knewwhat Home tasted likeit ended up tastinglike chickenand nothing like Home at allBancroft Se-gue #2there's a R Kelly songthat went something like the wayyou and that dudeleft the long hot

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looks like i have a potential Conflict of Intrest...I am curently lookin for a New Name....Seriously. Hip Hop is all about being Fresh, Original, and Unique....I gotta step my game up!

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With the Strength of the Coroner's office ruling Jeffery Turner's Janurary death a Homicide, the Toledo Chapter of the N.A.A.C.P. has asked for a moratorium on Taser use in Schools, Jails, and by Toledo Police in the community.The Blade Reports:A Blade analysis of reports from Aug. 20, 2003, to Feb. 5, 2005, showed Toledo police used their Tasers in 199 incidents involving African-Americans.

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The Food Basics Store on Cherry and Bancroft 

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Aldi's is following Food Basics lead by leaving the Central City. Instantly the Inner City is without a major grocery store or discount alternative. With Aldi and Food Basics gone, we are left with Save-A-Lot, Right Aids, and Convenient Stores. If you've ever shopped at a corner store you know that they get their kicks by buying or boosting (stealing) products from low discount stores and raising

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I just heard that Food Basics (formerly Farmer Jacks) will be closing its stores in the next 90 days. I heard this on WSPD. (sorry I have no other details than that) That's probably the whole idea...its sickening how these people do these things in the Dark.Thats 300 Jobs, Gone!This is a disgusting example of Developers Gone Wild! Councilman Ashford and Mayor Ford supported Farmer Jack whole

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The Blade is hanging Fords dirty drawls out on the line. His campaign reports show he took contributions from Ball and Jackson...the Developers for the new Steam Plant project.What's the Problem!? Can't Black Folks have a good ol' system too. Can't black people look out for one another...You'll notice Ludeman (the leading Repub on council) is careful to say that the Mayor is not playing favorites

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Brotha’s Gonna Work It OutMercury RisingOne of the most recent issues of Ebony (Even though I’ve always felt that our people were better off with a publication like Ebony than without, I have to admit that I didn’t really feel like I had much in common with the perspectives shown in those pages. But then I started reading For Brothers Only; the one page editorial usually written by Kevin Chappell

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Several Looks At Black History MonthBy Michael HayesMinister of CultureFebruary is a great month, isn’t it?It starts off with a weather prediction from a reliable source (groundhog’s day) and occasionally ends with a slight modification of the space/time continuum (leap year).In between, you have things like St. Valentine’s Day, the birthdays of a few U.S. presidents, Michael Jordan and also

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When the people of a city lose moral, the city loses the people. When the moral of the people dies, the city dies with it. Brain drain. You’ve heard of it, especially if you reside in the city of Toledo, Ohio. It is the phenomenon of young people attending local high schools and colleges, acquiring their various degrees of education here, and taking that education and those degrees to larger

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Don't Believe the Hype 

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Forget about Hip Hop being mainstream, it’s nearly becoming the only stream. It’s hard to tell where pop culture ends and Hip Hop influence begins. The slang, the music, the attitude and the overall energy of our movement has been injected into commercials for Volvo, breakfast cereals and all types of madness. A cartoon Colonel Sanders (who I think looks too much like a plantation owner, but

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TOLEDO HIP HOP 101 is a regular installment of articles exploring the history, people, music, and culture of Toledo's vast Hip Hop community. MOMENT OF SILENCE Remembering the “Dick Clark” of Toledo Hip-Hop; DJ MIXX On October 20th 2004, a deafening silence fell on Toledo’s Hip-Hop community as we laid to rest our emissary, DJ Mixx. Traditionally we ask for a moment of silence at a time

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Peace, it's ya boy Mercury - happy to be sharing this with my mans Illateef. Regardless of the outcome of the so-called "Decision 04" I still feel that Toledo,Ohio is a place that could become known all across the world as a center for social change. Being among the 50 or so largest cities in the country (and the U.S. is comprised of over two-thousand cities) I think it's disheartening that we

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The November election in Lucas County was like a Los Angeles Lakers game where Kobe scores a record-breaking 40 points, and the team still loses by 10. Here in Toledo, thousands of volunteers, supporters, first time voters, progressives, and your garden variety Bush-haters are now left wanting in spite of the Democratic Party’s sweep of the November election. Any coach would tell you the best

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Sup fam Welcome to MOVE THE CROWD. This a blog for the few thinking individuals that exsist here in Toledo, Ohio. The so called Glass City. Rooted in Hip-Hop, our ultimate goal is to stretch the minds of our Toledo Family towards the heavens with articles that stimulate the mind body and political soul of our community. Here you'll find OP/ED articles, Music Reviews, Poetry, and straight

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