big - Blogs - TheBlackList Pub2024-03-19T11:17:09Zhttps://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/bigBig Pup released his new EP '24K'https://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/big-pup-2016-04-05T22:00:00.000Z2016-04-05T22:00:00.000ZAmanda MzOnPoint Goldbenhttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/AmandaMzOnPointGoldben<div><div id="pu544" class="clearfix colelem"><div id="u553-7" class="clearfix grpelem"><p><a href="http://www.iambigpup.com/24k.html"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-2843 align-center" src="http://streetsonpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/24K-1024x1024.jpg" alt="24K" height="553" width="553" /></a>Charles Hamilton (born February 2, 1983) better known as Big Pup is a born and raised <a class="zem_slink" title="Houston" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=29.7627777778,-95.3830555556&spn=0.1,0.1&q=29.7627777778,-95.3830555556%20(Houston)&t=h" target="_blank">Houston, TX</a> artist who is on the rise.ᅠ Growing up in the 80’s in Houston he grew up in the era of hustlers, his father being a true hustler.ᅠ Early on Big Pup learned the definition of getting it however you can by the life lessons taught to him by his father.ᅠ Big Pup was born in 3rd Ward, but at the age of four his family moved to <a class="zem_slink" title="Missouri City, Texas" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=29.5827777778,-95.5394444444&spn=0.1,0.1&q=29.5827777778,-95.5394444444%20(Missouri%20City%2C%20Texas)&t=h" target="_blank">Missouri City</a> in the Ridgemont/P.U.D. subdivision.ᅠ It was here that he came into his own and found a place of belonging.ᅠ At the tender age of 6, Big Pup’s father left the family home, and altered the dynamics of the childhood and upbringing he was accustomed to.ᅠ Not having a consistent father or male role model in the home led Big Pup to look up to “O.G.’s” in his neighborhood.ᅠ It did not take long for him to adapt to and accept the hustling mentality.</p><p>Thanks to the musical influences of his father (who was a guitarist); music naturally flowed for Big Pup.ᅠ At the age of 15, he wrote his first rhyme.ᅠ After successfully writing his first rhyme, all of his time was spent with his pen to the pad.ᅠ Eventually his passion for writing rhymes interfered with his school work because he spent many school hours writing songs.ᅠ Home life became a struggle, so Big Pup (the younger of his mother’s two sons) took the initiative and stepped up as the man of the house.ᅠ Taking on the duties of a man, Big Pup made the decision to drop out of school so he could hustle full time and provide for the family household.ᅠ He later went back to school and earned his high school diploma.</p><p><span id="u554">A childhood friend (Houston rapper, </span><span id="u554-3"><a class="zem_slink" title="Z-Ro" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z-Ro" target="_blank">Z-Ro</a>) heard one of Big Pup’s songs and was impressed which led Z-Ro to offer Big Pup a feature on his 5th album Welcome 2 Screwston (S.U.C. Representa) in 2002. This feature became a catalyst in the launching of Big Pup’s music career. Big Pup and Z-Ro continued making music</span> together with Z-Ro later offering Big Pup an opportunity to become one of his artists on Ridgemont 4 Records (currently known as King of the Ghetto Ent). In 2003 established his own label, P.U.D. Ent. He went on to record with the late great <a class="zem_slink" title="Big Hawk" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Hawk" target="_blank">Big Hawk</a>, <a class="zem_slink" title="Lil' Keke" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lil%27_Keke" target="_blank">Lil KeKe</a>, Mr. 3-2, Trae The Truth, S.L.A.B., Dougie D, and many more underground artists.</p></div></div><div id="u554-11" class="clearfix colelem"><p>In 2007 Big Pup released his first solo project, Undaground Hog Vol. 1. Within the proceeding 4 years, he released Volumes 2-4. Currently Big Pup has just released his new EP '24K' which you can find on his website <a href="http://www.iambigpup.com/24k.html">HERE</a>.</p></div><h2 dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.iambigpup.com/24k.html"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-2844" src="http://streetsonpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/breezydownload-4-1024x415.png" alt="breezydownload (4)" height="120" width="296" /></a></h2><h2 dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;">Connect w/ Big Pup</h2><h3 dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;">Instagram:<br /> Twitter: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/iambigpup">@iambigpup</a><br /> Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/bigpup">bigpup</a><br /> Snapchat: iambigpup<br /> <a href="https://soundcloud.com/big-pup">SoundCloud</a><br /> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/BIGPUP05">Youtube</a><br /> Website: <a href="http://www.iambigpup.com/" target="_blank">www.iambigpup.com</a><br /> Booking, Drop Scripts, Etc Contact: <a href="mailto:bookingbigpup@gmail.com" target="_blank">bookingbigpup@gmail.com</a></h3></div>Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Mealhttps://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/fast-food-nation-the-dark-side-of-the-all-american-meal2016-03-13T18:00:00.000Z2016-03-13T18:00:00.000ZNana Baakan Agyiriwahhttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/NanaBaakanAgyiriwah<div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align:left;"><div id="watch-uploader-info" style="background:#ffffff;border:0px;color:#333333;font-family:Roboto, arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:17px;margin:0px;padding:0px;"><h2 style="text-align:left;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NMfsJ6CdxMg/VuWSTTVk5ZI/AAAAAAACYPA/Llg-GsNdlM4eDgEOZ3j4pWCr2p-CD8PRw/s1600/FAST%2BFOOD%2BNATION.PNG" target="_blank" style="font-size:13px;"><img src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NMfsJ6CdxMg/VuWSTTVk5ZI/AAAAAAACYPA/Llg-GsNdlM4eDgEOZ3j4pWCr2p-CD8PRw/s200/FAST%2BFOOD%2BNATION.PNG?width=135" width="135" class="align-left" alt="FAST%2BFOOD%2BNATION.PNG?width=135" /></a></h2><div><h2><span class="watch-time-text">Nana's Commentary</span></h2><span class="watch-time-text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:middle;"><b><i>After sharing the video on how Fast Food has changed the world, it seems only fitting to share "The Dark Side of the All-American Meal with my readers..... Watch the video, read the book.</i></b></span></div><div><span class="watch-time-text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:middle;"><b><i><a href="http://nanas-rants.blogspot.com/2016/03/fast-food-nation-eric-schlosser.html" target="_blank">Source:</a> </i></b></span></div><div><br /><div style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;"><span class="watch-time-text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="watch-time-text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:middle;"><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_Food_Nation" target="_blank">FAST FOOD NATION</a></b></span></span></div><br /><div style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;"><span class="watch-time-text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="watch-time-text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:middle;">(</span><i style="background-color:#f6f6f6;color:#252525;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"><b>Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal</b></i><span style="background-color:#f6f6f6;color:#252525;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> (2001) is a book by </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investigative_journalist" style="background:#f6f6f6 none;color:#0b0080;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;text-decoration:none;" title="Investigative journalist">investigative journalist</a><span style="background-color:#f6f6f6;color:#252525;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Schlosser" style="background:#f6f6f6 none;color:#0b0080;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;text-decoration:none;" title="Eric Schlosser">Eric Schlosser</a><span style="background-color:#f6f6f6;color:#252525;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> that examines the local and global influence of the United States </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_food" style="background:#f6f6f6 none;color:#0b0080;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;text-decoration:none;" title="Fast food">fast food</a><span style="background-color:#f6f6f6;color:#252525;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> industry.</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3" style="background-color:#f6f6f6;color:#252525;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11.2px;line-height:1;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_Food_Nation#cite_note-3" style="background:none;color:#0b0080;text-decoration:none;white-space:nowrap;">[3]</a>)</sup></span></div></div></div><div style="background:#ffffff;border:0px;color:#333333;font-family:roboto, arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:17px;margin:0px;padding:0px;"><span class="watch-time-text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:middle;"><br /></span> <span class="watch-time-text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:middle;"><br /></span> <br /><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2vtjbJYxuCg?wmode=opaque"></iframe> <span class="watch-time-text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:middle;"><br /></span></div><span class="watch-time-text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:middle;"><br /></span></div><div style="background:#ffffff;border:0px;color:#333333;font-family:Roboto, arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:17px;margin:0px;padding:0px;"></div><div style="background:#ffffff;border:0px;color:#333333;font-family:roboto, arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:17px;margin:0px;padding:0px;"><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="420" height="315" frameborder="0" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PUspRBt7Kp4?wmode=opaque"></iframe> <sup class="reference" style="background-color:#f6f6f6;color:#252525;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11.2px;line-height:1;"><br /></sup></div></div><div style="background:#ffffff;border:0px;color:#333333;font-family:Roboto, arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:17px;margin:0px;padding:0px;"><span class="watch-time-text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:middle;"> </span></div><div style="background:#ffffff;border:0px;color:#333333;font-family:roboto, arial, sans-serif;line-height:17px;margin:0px;padding:0px;"><div style="font-size:13px;"><span class="watch-time-text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:middle;"> </span></div><div style="text-align:center;"><span class="watch-time-text" style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;font-size:large;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:middle;"><b><a href="https://youtu.be/Yb8jQrP97z8" target="_blank">AUDIO BOOK</a></b></span></div><div style="font-size:13px;"><span class="watch-time-text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:middle;"> </span></div><div style="font-size:13px;"><span class="watch-time-text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:middle;">Published on Aug 21, 2013</span></div></div><div id="watch-description-text" style="background:#ffffff;border:0px;color:#333333;font-family:Roboto, arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:17px;margin:0px;padding:0px;"><div id="eow-description" style="background:transparent;border:0px;padding:0px;">Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal (2001) is a book by investigative journalist Eric Schlosser that examines the local and global influence of the United States fast food industry.<br /> <br /> First serialized by Rolling Stone in 1999, the book has drawn comparisons to Upton Sinclair's classic muckraking novel The Jungle. The book was adapted into a film of the same name, directed by Richard Linklater.<br /> <br /> The book is divided into two sections, "The American Way," which interrogates the beginnings of the Fast Food Nation within the context of post-World War II America; and "Meat and Potatoes," which examines the specific mechanizations of the fast-food industry, including the chemical flavoring of the food, the production of cattle and chickens, the working conditions of beef industry, the dangers of eating meat, and the global context of fast food as an American cultural export.<br /> <br /> Fast Food Nation opens with discussion of Carl N. Karcher and the McDonalds brothers, examining their roles as pioneers of the fast-food industry in southern California. This discussion is followed by an examination of Ray Kroc and Walt Disney's complicated relationship as well as each man's rise to fame. This chapter also considers the intricate, profitable methods of advertising to children. Next, Schlosser visits Colorado Springs, CO and investigates the life and working conditions of the typical fast-food industry employee: fast-food restaurants employ the highest rate of low-wage workers, have among the highest turnover rates, and pay minimum wage to a higher proportion of its employees than any other American industry.<br /> <br /> The second section of the text begins with a discussion of the chemical components that make the food taste so good. Schlosser follows this with a discussion of the life of a typical rancher, considering the difficulties presented to the agriculture world in a new economy. Schlosser is perhaps most provocative when he critiques the meatpacking industry, which he tags as the most dangerous job in America. Moreover, the meat produced by slaughterhouses has become exponentially more hazardous since the centralization of the industry: the way cattle are raised, slaughtered, and processed provides an ideal setting for E coli to spread. Additionally, working conditions continue to grow worse. In the final chapter, Schlosser considers how fast food has matured as an American cultural export following the Cold War: the collapse of Soviet Communism has allowed the mass spread of American goods and services, especially fast food. As a result, the rest of the world is catching up with America's rising obesity rates.<br /> <br /> The book continues with an account of the evolution of fast food and how it has coincided with the advent of the automobile. Schlosser explains the transformation from countless independent restaurants to a few uniform franchises. "The extraordinary growth of the fast food industry has been driven by fundamental changes in American society... During that period, women entered the workforce in record numbers, often motivated less by a feminist perspective than by a need to pay the bills. In 1975, about one-third of American mothers with young children worked outside the home; today almost two-thirds of such mothers are employed. As the sociologists Cameron Lynne Macdonald and Carmen Sirianni have noted, the entry of so many women into the workforce has greatly increased demand for the types of services that housewives traditionally perform: cooking, cleaning, and child care. A generation ago, three-quarters of the money used to buy food in the United States was spent to prepare meals at home. Today about half of the money used to buy food is spent at restaurants - mainly at fast food restaurants."<br /> <br /> Regarding the topic of child-targeted marketing, Schlosser explains how the McDonald's Corporation modeled its marketing tactics on The Walt Disney Company, which inspired the creation of advertising icons such as Ronald McDonald and his sidekicks. Marketing executives intended that this marketing shift would result not only in attracting children, but their parents and grandparents as well. More importantly, the tactic would instill brand loyalty that would persist through adulthood through nostalgic associations to McDonald's. Schlosser also discusses the tactic's ills: the exploitation of children's naïveté and trusting nature.<br /> <br /> In marketing to children, Schlosser suggests, corporations have infiltrated schools through sponsorship and quid pro quo. He sees that reductions in corporate taxation have come at the expense of school funding, thereby presenting many corporations with the opportunity for sponsorship with those same schools. According to his sources, 80% of sponsored textbooks contain material that is biased in favor of the sponsors, and 30% of high schools offer fast foods in their cafeterias.</div></div></div></div>'Twas The Night Before Election 2012https://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/twas-the-night-before-election-20122012-11-06T09:00:00.000Z2012-11-06T09:00:00.000ZGloria Dulan-Wilsonhttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/GloriaDulanWilson<div><div id="header" class="header section"><div id="Header1" class="widget Header"><div id="header-inner"><div class="titlewrapper"><h1 class="title"><font color="#800000"><em><br />by Gloria Dulan-Wilson</em><br /></font><font color="#800000"><i><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3828541127,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-left" src="{{#staticFileLink}}3828541127,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="500" alt="3828541127?profile=original" /></a></i></font></h1></div></div></div></div><div align="center"><font color="#800000"><i><b> </b></i></font></div><div align="center"><font color="#800000"><i><b> </b></i></font></div><div align="center"><font color="#800000"><i><b> </b></i></font></div><div align="center"><font color="#800000"><i><b> </b></i></font></div><div align="center"><font color="#800000"><i><b> </b></i></font></div><div align="center"><font color="#800000"><i><b> </b></i></font></div><div align="center"><font color="#800000"><i><b> </b></i></font></div><div align="center"><font color="#800000"><i><b> </b></i></font></div><div align="center"><font color="#800000"><i><b> </b></i></font></div><div align="center"><font color="#800000"><i><b> </b></i></font></div><div align="center"><font color="#800000"><i><b> </b></i></font></div><div align="center"><font color="#800000"><i><b> </b></i></font></div><div align="center"><font color="#800000"><i><b> </b></i></font></div><div align="center"><font color="#800000"><i><b> </b></i></font></div><div align="center"><font color="#800000"><i><b> </b></i></font></div><div align="center"><font color="#800000"><i><b> </b></i></font></div><div align="center"><font color="#800000"><i><b> </b></i></font></div><div align="center"><font color="#800000"><i><b> </b></i></font></div><div align="center"><font color="#800000"><i><b> </b></i></font></div><div align="center"><font color="#800000"><i><b> </b></i></font></div><div align="center"><font color="#800000"><i><b><br />'<font size="4">TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE ELECTION 2012</font><br /><br /><font size="+0">(based loosely on the rhythm & rhyme of Twas The Night Before Christmas by Clement Moore)<br /><br /></font>PoeticLicenseTM <br />BY <br /><font face="lucida console,sans-serif">GLORIA DULAN-WILSON</font><br />(c) NOVEMBER 5, 2012<br /><br />Twas the night bfore the Election And in every house<br />The people were shouting <font size="4">Keep Obama in the White House!!</font><br />*<br />He helped us when the economy tanked and we were in despair<br />The Bushes were laughing and didn't give a care<br />*<br />Wall Street was pampered while Main Street was dead<br />Visions of homes, jobs and auto workers were all ripped to shreds<br />*<br />People bought homes that were part of a trap<br />And now were losing them in a mortgage security gap<br />*<br />The first Presidential debate was full of Romney chatter<br />The President seemed quiet, but that didn't matter<br />*<br />The mendacity of Mitt-Twit was salacious and brash<br />Cause he was not for WE THE PEOPLE, just partisan cash<br />*<br />The anger of the people was beginning to grow<br />Cause his on-camera "caring" was all just for show<br />*<br />And what to our wondering eyes did appear<br />But the puppet master strings so blatant and clear<br />*<br />And a conniver named Rove so sneaky and slick <br />That he, the Kochs and Bushes had tried every underhanded trick<br />*<br />They tried to stop votes with bogus I.D. scams to reduce the amout,<br />They own vote counting machines so they can miscount <br />*<br />They lied in Wisconsin, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania<br />The media, newspapers, television all carried Romneymania<br />*<br />And he said he'd cut out the 47% and make sure they didn't get one red cent<br />Romneysia is a recurring condition; he lies about lying, with no truth admission<br />*<br />He'd cancel FEMA, PBS, Big Bird, Medicaid & Obamacare<br />Let the the Elders eat vouchers; what does he care?<br />*<br />He'll send all the jobs to cheap Chinese & Latin Americans for hire<br />You think unemployment's high now, he'll make it even higher!<br />*<br />He's torn down more companies than he's ever built<br />He's run businesses into the ground without any guilt<br />*<br />He's running on a record he never attained<br />The UAW is suing him for outrageous profits he obtained<br />*<br />More rapid than eagles Obama's forces they came<br />He counterd aend shouted and made Romney/Ryan look lame<br />*<br />Now Michelle! Now Hillary! Now Eric! Now Clinton!!<br />On Nutter! On Jesse! On Kerry! on Colin and too many to mention<br />*<br />To the top of world respect! to the top of the wall!<br />Now dash away, rep-ughblican delays, job blockages and all!<br />*<br />As dry leaves before hurricane Sandy did fly <br />He and Chris Christie and took to the Jersey sky<br />*<br />So over the submerged houses with FEMA they flew<br />And he made sure Jersey & New York had aid that day before he was through<br />*<br />And there in a twinkling we all saw the proof<br />Romney/Ryan was fallacy - Obama/Biden is truth!!!<br />*<br />As the independents vacillated and waited around<br />Obama's leadership in education, health & foreign affairs still abound<br />*<br />He's clothed in vision & purpose from his head to his foot<br />He's brought the soldiers home and our jobs back to boot!<br />*<br />A bundle of aid for Americans he did not hold back<br />Like the leader he is, he protects us from lack & attack<br />*<br />His eyes, how they twinkle, his smile reassuring <br />His vision is keen, is strength so alluring<br />*<br />He has a strong friendly smile at least a mile wide<br />He looks you in the eye - he has nothing to hide<br />*<br />He has a mellow way of talking He makes you feel calm<br />He takes responsiblity; protects the country from harm<br />*<br />He looks out for women, disenfranchised, the middle class and the poor<br />He's done more in two years than most have done in four<br />*<br />He's taken lemons and given us lemonade <br />He takes responsibility and isn't afraid<br />*<br />When he speaks his words, you know it will work <br />To not vote for Obama, you'd have to be a jerk<br />*<br />He's for All Americans, not just for those <br />The rich, right wing rep-ugh-blicans chose<br />*<br />So as we get up to slay the ones who don't give a whistle<br />Just remember to vote Nov.6, because this will<br />*<br />Be the most important thing you do <br />When you cast your vote for the country <br />& WE, THE PEOPLE - <br />that's YOU!!<br />*<br />So let me exclaim before you turn out the light<br />Re-Elect Barack Obama by Tomorrow Night</b></i></font></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><font color="#800000"><i><b> <br /></b></i></font></div><div align="center"><font color="#800000"><i><b> </b></i></font></div><div align="center"><font color="#800000"><i><b><span class="font-size-3">*</span><br /><span class="font-size-3">STAY BLESSED &</span><br /><span class="font-size-3">ECLECTICALLY AMERICAN</span><br />Gloria Dulan-Wilson<br /></b></i></font></div><div align="center"><font color="#800000"><i><b>(c) November 5, 2012</b></i></font></div><div align="center"><font color="#800000"><i><b> </b></i></font></div><div align="center"><font color="#800000"><i><b><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3828541078,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}3828541078,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="505" alt="3828541078?profile=original" /></a></b></i></font></div></div>