Movie Review #2 - Joker (2019)

In my 2nd ever movie review on this website, I decide to comeback with everyone's favorite villainous clown, Batman's soulmate, the Joker. Happy Halloween!

It’s not everyday that a movie based on a comic book super villain makes headlines for police shutting down screenings of it. "Joker" is a movie that shows how storytelling and character sympathy can have such a profound impact on people that it can lead to fears of real world violence.

But before we get into the movie...let's take it back a bit with some backstory...

The "Joker" (2019) Jokering Jokingly

11 Songs to Work Out to This Summer

Time to get that body right! (And no, this gif in No way is intended to promote Toy Story 4)

I had no idea what a "Summer Body" was, so naturally, I consulted Urban Dictionary.

Urban Dictionary defines a "Summer Body" as the following:

the f--ked up thing that society created and expect everybody to have each summer and if they don't, well then your suddenly are "fat, chubby, obese". tired of this sh-t and these high expectations. F--K SOCIETY AND EAT LOADS OF CHOCOLATE. And if people ask you why you eat chocolate when you are supposed to get the "summer body", eat them as well.

Now, I'm sure this isn't the most...objective definition of a summer body, but everyone wants to look their best, right?

LONG LIVE NIPSEY HUSSLE...The Marathon Continues...

THA GREAT Nipsey Hussle
(August 15, 1985 - March 31, 2019) 
Credit to Twitter user @ciindyma all rights, ownership etc (pertaining to the picture above) belong to her.

On Sunday, March 31st, 2019 at approximately 3:20 PM...Nipsey Hussle was shot in front of his Marathon clothing store off the intersection of Crenshaw Boulevard and Slauson Avenue.

35 minutes later at 3:55 P.M. Nipsey Hussle was pronounced dead at the California Hospital Medical Center...

The late Nipsey Hussle in the music video for the song "Double Up" off the only studio album released during his lifetime titled "Victory Lap"

My Top 10 Most Replayed Songs of 2018 (According to My iTunes)

"Because Repetition is the Father of Learning" - Lil Wayne

The Mere Exposure Effect

According to Science, the more you see or hear something, the more you like it. 

This explains a lot of things...

like why the radio plays the same 3 songs over and over again. Or why people are comfortable listening to the same songs and same handful of artists.

Don't just take my words for it, check out these memes:

The Return... +What's To Come

Me, showing myself after my self-imposed exodus from my own website.

9 months.

It's been 9 months since I last attempted to post anything on here. 

Why? I have no legitimate reason other than I was being lazy. 

That ends this year.

What's to come?

Best of 2018.

Might be one post might be multiple, however, what I can promise, if only to myself.

Is one post per month

Even if it's a quick blurb that has no real value whatsoever. I need to learn how to commit professionally and this once a month thing is a good start. 

J. Cole - KOD: My Track By Track Review

Slightly customized cover art (by me, Joseph Sanker II) for J. Cole's 5th studio album "KOD"

J. Cole. Admittedly, I've never been the biggest J. Cole fan. I'll go on record to say I never really paid attention to the Dreamville Records co-founder until his major breakthrough project "2014 Forest Hills Drive". Before that, I had heard of him here and there during the times where "Work Out" and "Power Trip" were being played constantly on the radio. I even listened to a few tracks off the "Sideline Story" thanks to a melon review.

If you're one of the three people who don't know who J. Cole is just know he's a rapper from Fayetteville, North Carolina for people with a certain level of intelligence because he went platinum multiple times with no features. Don't believe me? Well, twitter, a reputable social media service, can surely back me up...

                      J. Cole in the music video for the lead single off his "KOD" album "ATM"

March Madness Day 22: YG, Joey Purp, Kodak Black, Juicy J, Wiz Khalifa & TM88

(L to R) YG's album "Still Brazy", Joey Purp's album "iiiDrops", Juicy J, Wiz Khalifa & TM88 collaborative album "TGOD Mafia: Rude Awakening" and Kodak Black's "Lil Big Pac"

**YG - Still Brazy** - Been playing this since it dropped last night and it pales in comparison to "My Krazy Life". Now it's a *solid* album on its own 2 feet but YG wouldn't be in the place he is now if he released "Still Brazy" first. "Still Brazy" is an alright album with some pretty good moments while "My Krazy Life" was a great album with excellent moments. Also, "Twist My Fingaz" is the best song on there, which really disappointed me cause that single was the whole reason I even got hyped for this album in the first place. Still, I'm walking away with some cuts from here that I'll be playing all summer long. I'll elaborate more on the official discussion thread of this album, I'm also writing a full length review of this album as well. These are my 1st impressions obviously.

Fav tracks: Twist My Fingaz, Gimmie Got Shot, Bool Balm & Bollective, Still Brazy, I Got a Question, Blacks & Browns

*TL;DR Solid album, but not a worthy successor to "My Krazy Life"*



**Joey Purp - iiiDrops** - Finally got around to listening to this project after hearing some buzz around it and it's definitely *not* overhyped. This shit is *nice*. Joey knows how to pick interesting and fresh beats. The song "Photobooth" has one of the most unique beats I've ever heard and the whole project is very concise. At only 11 tracks there were only 2 tracks I really wasn't fucking with and those were "Say You Do" and "Kids". "Say You Do" bored me cause Joey's shallow subject matter couldn't carry him on that off kilter-but-in-a-way type beat and I hate Joey's use of auto tune on "Kids" or as he pronounces it "KEEEEDDDSSS" lol. But yeah, every other track I was fucking with, I wish Joey was a better rapper though, he keeps the same flow throughout the entire tape and I wanted him to switch it up, but Joey has interesting enough beats to where he doesn't need to switch up the flow with his voice. Great project. Check out this project. I wrote a full review for it [here.](http://www.ilikeitstill.com/joey-purp-iiidrops-track-track-review/)

Fav tracks: Morning Sex, Money & Bitches, Winners Circle, Escape, Godbody, When I'm Gone, Photobooth, Corner Store

*TL;DR Joey shows promise as a new up and coming rapper, I'm definitely looking forward to whatever he has next, dude made me a fan off this mixtape*

**Kodak Black - Lil Big Pac** - I ain't fucking with this shit at all. Kodak has some moments of brilliance on this tape and if the entire tape was like the songs "Everything 1K" and "Can I?" than this tape would be flames, but the middle portion of this mixtape is so fucking weak compared to the beginning and end of the tape. Once the tape gets passed the song with Boosie, it's a boring mess until it picks back up "Young Prodigy", the songs "Today" and "Purp" bore the fuck outta me. Kodak sounds like he's about to fall asleep on those songs and he's not a strong lyricist, so he can't do that "boring flow" I like to call it like Earl does where he spits insane bars like it's literally nothing to him. A few solid individual tracks though (like "Letter" "Blood Sweat Tears Revenge" and "Young Prodigy") but as a whole, I was glad when I finished this fucking tape, I ain't going back to this shit again. I also wrote a full review for this project [here.](http://www.ilikeitstill.com/kodak-black-lil-big-pac-track-track-review/)

Fav Tracks: Everything 1k, Can I, Young Prodigy, Letter, Blood Sweat Tears Revenge

*TL;DR I don't like this shit, Kodak ain't for me*


**Juicy J x Wiz Khalifa x TM88 - TGOD Mafia: Rude Awakening** - I swear, Juicy J can make a song out of anything, this project actually surprised me though. As soon as I heard the intro, I knew what to expect...Juicy J talking about Juicy J shit, money, ratchet pussy, drugs and why you shouldn't fuck with him lol. This project is more of a Juicy J x TM 88 project with a bunch of Wiz Khalifa features on it. Juicy and Khalifa don't play off each like a true tag team like Run the Jewels would where they trade verses and weave in and out of each other's verses seemlessly. This project is like a way less hyped "What a Time to Be Alive" with 2 rappers who have a dedicated, core following. I fucks with this project cause it doesn't pretend to be anything deep or meaningful, it's 16 banging beats that sound great on a nice speaker with Juicy J and Wiz going in on them. Simple. I like simple.

Fav tracks: Da Power, I See I Want It, On the Way and a bunch of other tracks I'm forgetting, this whole track bleeds together pretty well thanks to TM88.

*TL;DR Juicy J is an entertaining as fuck rapper, and shines the most on here by only being himself and not pretending to be anything else. TM88's production is banging and bassy as fuck, and I love it...oh, and Wiz Khalifa is here too*