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jay. the boy behind the blog. most recent zygote of estelita and florencio. has been around the sun 26 times. likes hip hop, funk & jazz, lonely planet guidebooks, orwell novels, spike lee films, steamed jasmine rice, backpacking, mom's porkchops, peanut butter and banana sandwiches, independent film and music, sunshine and lime jello. has an affinity for jet-black haired asian girls with brown almond eyes and gleaming smiles, german dogs and old skool sneakers. rocks hard and fresh - day and night 'till kingdom come.
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Monday, October 16, 2006

colin and i talk like we're part of the handsome boy modeling school. after all...we're damn near the personification of gorgeous.

the handsome boy modeling school, consisting of dan the automator (dr. octagon, the gorillaz) and prince paul (stetsasonic, de la soul, gravediggaz) came out during the late 90s/early "playlennium" era (i coined that term...and yes, i have copyrights to it); a time when hip hop was losing it's creative energy to produce good quality masterpieces. m.c.'s started talking about their clothes, their gold, how they slapped women around, rims, trucks -- the whole deal. it wasn't tackling real issues and it certainly wasn't groundbreaking. hip hop during that time dealt with versace shirts and crocodile shoes...it was fucking stupid.


dan and paul understood this, and like many fans of hip hop, were disgusted with what the artform had turned into. instead of simply rhyming on a verse about how the state of hip hop was going down the toilet, the handsome boy modeling school produced an album of skits and supreme joints with the assistance of their great friend, satire.

all in all, both LPs [so..how's your girl (1999) and white people (2004)] are two successfully artistic and intellecutal masterpieces of aural greatness on a concept album purchased in san francisco that i've ever experienced (say that 3x fast). be sure to peep them if you're ever at the record store or on amazon (welcome, to the 90s!).

but enough blabber..this is masterpiece mondays, remember? on with the 5 minute promo video the handsome boys did for their first album.


[handsome boy modeling school promo]
["sunshine" - handsome boy modeling school feat. sean lennon]
[unofficial video of "breakdown (handsome boy remix)" - handsome boy modeling school feat. jack johnson]

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jay d [ 1:28 PM ]

1 Comments:

  • if you are snake eyes because you have a dog and are darker and i'm stormshadow because i'm taller and pasty...does that mean you're prince paul b/c you're darker and shorter, and i'm automator b/c...i'm taller and pasty?

    just wondering.

    Doesn't change our handsomeboy ways. Even the Thai folk get up and say, "Serr da veg, ha lak da reor da breg!"
    (oh my god they're gorgeous!)

    By Blogger colin, at 9:08 AM  

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