Happy Holiday From Cristobal!!!!

Hey family, its me Cristobal. We've been gone for a minute, but I just wanted to let you know we are back and as a holiday treat hook you up with this special number from best buy. If you call 8774292697 and take the quick survey they will send you $100. I did it and its great. Call and then email me at cnakamura@gmail.com and we can chat on how awesome it was! Much love, 

Cristobal. 


Pants's World

Today Pants bought a pair of shoes solely because he was offered free socks. He was in Delaware, a place filled with mixed emotion. On one hand, the state has offered Pants a considerable wealth of opportunity. Like a free education, his first real place, access to an enormous amount of box fresh sneakers from the mid-90s. Proximity to good cheesesteaks was also a plus and decent Mexican food in Kennet Square.

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Just a reminder that DIP SET still bumps and that Hell Rell is harder than Cristobal. Pants had a chat with the H.O. (hardest out, or home owner for those of you that know your dip set trivia) recently, his album is going to be great. Nakashon still appreciates the DIPLOMATS! 

A CHAT WITH "FOXY MILES" 

Once we were told (by our spiritual leader HBS) that the only thing good about us was the one time “Gritz interviews a young lady about sex” segment. So, since we like to give back to the few people that bother even reading our site, we did another one. This time the nakashon.com crew sat down “Foxy Miles.” She is pretty sexy and also very promiscuous. If you’re lucky, you might find her one day fixing your ailments in the ER, but until then all you have is this interview.

Since it is a bit racy, you got to click this to see.

 PANTS'S WORLD

Pants used to have a house mate from the Azores. He was probably 68 or so and continually tried to educate Pants about Europeans. This was all well and good, but got bothersome, especially considering that this knowledge primarily taught Pants that Portuguese things are basically less enticing versions of the same things that are available in France, Spain, Greece and Holland.

One night Pants was preparing his evening meal. Not a major task, Pants just needed to chop an onion and a pepper, pretty standard. His new house mate apparently thought his knife skills were not up to par and offered to show Pants how to do it "more quicker." "More quickly?" Pants asked, "No, I think I will be alright." This fell on, literally, deaf ears. The man proceeded to dice the vegetables beyond recognition. A nice gesture to be sure, but not really what Pants was aiming for. The highlight of this culinary display was when he showed Pants how to properly wash his hands so as to remove the smell of onions. Just use water. He made Pants smell his hands to show how it worked. Hmmmm… He concluded by saying, "An old man must teach the young some tricks, but keep the important ones to himself." All Pants could muster was, "One day, I shall do the same."

A needless Rant from Cristobal

Arnold T. Pants was able to find a pair of the hottness - Air Max 97s. He was able to find them at Sprint Sports on 93 and Broadway. Editor Christobal is jealous and is hoping Nike marketing will see this plug and send me a free pair. PLEASE!!!!

New Video - Team Facelift  

Finally, Team facelift has made it onto MTV. Check out Machine call Christobal a swaggerjack here and click here to check their commercials out.  

Ben Baller > Cristobal

In February, Gritz and Pants were at Magic in Las Vegas. There they did some cool things like meeting Lupe Fiasco, Nick Cannon, Mr. Cartoon and touching hot avirex girls. They also saw this character shinning like 1,000 suns. He is Ben Baller, face of Icee Fresh Jewels, eBay world record holder and King of the SlausonSupermall. He knows lots of things about cars, stunting, picking up chicks and marketing. Nakashon.com caught up with him to learn more.

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INTERVIEW WITH THE WISE

If you have ever heard the classic track “Community Initiative,” you would know that Wise and I go back a few years. In some ways, I am his boss. In other ways, he works to the beat of his own internal tattoo. As an MC he has progressed from a few well written verses on the Freak Base collective mixtape to a man of staunch belief and exacting word play. In the coming months he will release his first official set, “Community Spirit,” along side Community League cohorts Special Opp, Document 1 and DJ Thundercat. For now, you can catch him every third Friday at the Cellar in Wantage, usually with a Guinness in hand.

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NEW SNACKS

 The man known as Mo Sweetness brought these incredible chips through last night. They actually almost taste like ribs. More accurately, they taste like a tangier K.C. Master piece. We ate them and wondered "Could Gef eat these?" "Are rib flavored products kosher?"

SOUR PUSS

This is Fat Otis. In a former life, she was a fearless Amazon defending her territory with ruthless tactics. Now, she is just a sour, curmudgeonly and overweight cat. She still defends her territory with ruthless tactics, but her demeanor is wearing thin with the residents of 1308. Pants, for one, is at constant odds with Otis. Should a cat bite a human 5 times and be allowed to live? Pants thinks not, but unfortunately it is not up to him and he must continue to face unprovoked attacks. He fears that Otis will stop gunning for his arms and start violently going at the face. Arnold T. Pants is not trying to look like Michael K. Williams.   

Interview With Braintax

For the last in our four part series of interviews about British rap, www.nakashon.com presents Braintax. Mr. Joseph Christie (when he signs the checks) is a rapper, a producer and a boss. As a boss, he runs one of the UK’s most intriguing labels, Low Life, which has put out top notch music from the likes of Jehst, Skinnyman, Task Force, Klashnekoff and, of course, Braintax. While it is useless to lump groups of people together, the simple minded among you could think Rhyme Sayers or Def Jux with a British accent. His solo recordings include The Travel Show, Biro Funk, and the most recent, Panorama. All are available at your very local itunes outlet. All are also brilliant.

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Cristobal's World: Chipolte Vrs. Qdoba

Walking on the rapidly gentrified sidewalks of the once crack infested Upper West Side see Warriors for reference, I noticed a long line of eager looking customers that reminded me of my past on line. For those playing in the West Side Little League in the 90s can remember the crack addicts standing next to our equipment looking to steal our gloves to barter for their next hit. I was reminded of this when I walked past the line. “What’s this?” I thought to myself as I turned the corner. “The iphones are really going to do well!” As I walked closer and closer to the front, I was shocked to see that the line did not lead to the AT&T store but rather a very specially place that I frequented much during college. Alas, the Chipolte store has arrived to the Upper West Side. As I ordered my burrito, I began thinking about my days at Wisconsin and every drunken weekend “Ahem” weekday. I would wait on the long lines for Chipolte. Scratch that…. It wasn’t Chipolte.. It was Qdoba. I was tricked by this new addition. I remembered that I actually hated Chipolte and all that it stood for. Qudoba is my favorite. Chipolte is just a rip off.

Being the proactive person that I am, I decided to find out when Qdoba will be coming to NY and called the management. I spoke with John who was extremely polite and mentioned in the winter!!

Qdoba or Chipolte, you be the judge. You know where I stand.

INTERVIEW WITH MCD

Yesterday, I mentioned my introduction to UK hip hop via three great shops in Soho. The good people of Dark n Cold have always helped me keep my ear to the British streets and abreast of new talent. The scene in London is ever evolving and new kids are jumping on every opportunity to sell a mixtape or release a Channel U video. The ridiculous rate of changeover in the British scene makes it ever more important to champion the legends and pioneers of UK rap. MCD is one of those. He is universally respected, if not universally acknowledged as one of the finest behind the boards and on the mic. From wicked R&B production to intricate double time rhymes (and let me just say this, there is one track from the Dark n Cold dub plates mixtape where MCD rips a double time verse that makes everyone from Skibadee to Twista rethink their style) the man known as the Rothschild Kid got you covered. GET TO KNOW!  

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Today Pants and Cristobal took it back to 1994 and were bamboozled by the internet. Now the duo look a right pair of cunts. Both men are angered and embarrassed by their stupidity. How could this happen? How could they forget everything Gravy Train taught them? Easily. Sometimes an attempt at fun backfires, and sometimes the reverberations are more complex and fair reaching than Cristobal can fully grasp. Pants and Cristobal say "Fuck you, tagged!"

From 1997 to 2002 I spent a lot of time frequenting London's hip hop hotspots. In those years Mr. Bongo's, Deal Real and Dark n Cold were all located within a few blocks in the northern part of Soho. Now Deal Real has departed for the trendier climes of Carnaby St., Bongo has perished and Dark n Cold is the last remaining soldier on D'arbly Street. But for me, that trio of shops were important in establishing my identity as a hip hop fan and introducing me to a range of fresh and obscure talents the world over.

One of the voices that surfaced from the throng in those years was Eastborn. On mixtapes ably selected by DJ Disorda and on Dark n Cold's early UK Hip Hop Untapped videos, Eastborn's Scottish stylings were a refreshing take on the usually backpack/head nod sounds of the era. For whatever reason, I have never known much about Eastborn. So, given as www.nakashon.com is huge, I thought I might give it a try and catch him. He graciously answered some questions, and now we can all learn about this interesting and giving man together.

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Christobal's World

As many you already know, Christobal cannot spell, read or write which is why he doesn't have many blog entries. However, yesterday he was put into a precarious situation that he would like to comment on - interracial kids. The new trend of 2007.It's this year's black which was last year's pink.

Yesterday, I found myself at a bar with my friend who had just broken up with his girl of seven years. He will be deemed redballz since his ballz will fall off soon cause of the amount of women he is sleeping with to make up for the last seven years. I think it is a cry for help ( he will appreciate that comment). At the table, I saw an incredible looking woman who was half black half white. I failed to mention this to him because I knew he would ooze his sleeze all over her and something that was so beautiful would become a bukaki candidate. That's a no no. You might think I was hating on him but I have a girl and I could care less.

I began thinking what race she really was and what races combined together would produce that perfect race of super children. When I use the term super children, I mean genetically superior - the genes are spread out. It's similar to the golden retriever phenomeon. Golden's have problems with their development because they are constantly being bred with each other. It is actually disgusting. Same with Human's. That's why there are so many beautiful interracial people at there. For instance, Niaomi Cambell and Tyson. Don't get me wrong, there are a ton of ugly combo kids but the majority are beautiful and best of all healthy.  

Pants's World

Today Pants bought a case of non-alcoholic beers for $8.99 and won an online caption contest. Things are looking up! Yesterday a stranger walked into a meeting Pants was attending. She had flat face, but was equipped with an ample bosom. Pants stared, felt a touch awkward, and then resumed staring. Again, things are looking up! Despite a number of set backs and some crippling rejection, things are starting to bubble for Pants.

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