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Brandon

If there is no struggle, there is no progress... (Frederick Douglass, 1857)

About Me


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Read the quotes below and my poems and song lyrics above... You'll then get a good idea of who I am.
"I keep a fresh cut, never see me wit a busted fro, and I'ma let you know" - Buckshot Shorty from Who Got The Props
"Niggas say bitches is trife, bitches say niggas is, We just don't understand our fundamental differences... I'm still learning though, actually I just do what comes naturally" - Talib Kweli from Love Language
"You can't get paid in an earth this big, you're worthless kid... nigga don't deserve to live" Cam'ron from Losin' Weight
"All I ask when I die, dress me fly and neatly, and brush my waves so I'm handsome when the bitches greet me " - MA$E from Take What's Yours
"I die for my niggas, stick you for pies and lie for my niggas, plead guilty, get the chair and fry for my niggas" - Nas from La Familia
"Visualizing the realism of life and actuality, fuck who's the baddest, a person's status depends on salary" - AZ from Life's A Bitch
"The women in my life, bring confusion and shit, so like Nino in New Jack, I holla cancel that bitch!!!" - 50 Cent from Hustlaz' Ambition
"I switched my motto, instead of saying fuck tomorrow, that buck that bought a bottle, coulda struck the lotto" - Nas from Life's A Bitch
"I'm so far ahead of my time, I'm bout to start another life, look behind you, I'm bout to pass you twice" - Jay-Z from Hovi Baby
"We can't move on to another level if our goal is to pedal rocks, just to cop stones for our bezels" - Q. Blitz from The Hood (www.myspace.com/abamusick)
"I live that life now, and I got plenty of doe so that everyone that I know can change their lifestyles" - Shot Hollywood from Ready or Not (www.myspace.com/abamusick)
"Some say that God is black and the Devil's white, well the Devil is wrong and God is what's right" - Common from G.O.D. (Gaining One's Definition)
"Because the streets is a short stop, either you slingin' crack rock or you gotta wicked jump shot" - Notorious B.I.G. from Things Done Changed
"Fuck the police, comin' straight from the underground, a young nigga got it bad cause I'm brown" - Ice Cube from Fuck The Police
"And I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad, the dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had" - Gary Jules from Mad World
"They say God has a divine plan... not for the streets, but my speech is vision to a blind man" - Tom Gist from Drama
"My art remains like a dart from the speaker to your heart, spiritually through the portal, now my words is immortal" - Jay-Z from Lucky Me
"You see my aura's positive, I dont promote no junk, see I'm far from a bully and I aint a punk" - Phife Dawg from Check The Rhyme
"Freedom or jail, clips inserted, a baby's being born the same time my man is murdered, the beginning and end. As far as rap go, it's only natural, I explain... my plateau and also, what defines my name" - Nas from Nas Is Like
"I'm in this struggle by myself, I've got a lot to prove... I'm in my own world, I call that planet Solitude" - Shot Hollywood from Solitude
"Oh you don't think you need game, homie you better have it... cause women cheat like men, only they better at it" -Rhymefest from All Women Cheat
"Niggas say they love me, they don't love me... I know deep down they wanna slug me, I feel the vibe when they hug me" - Mase from Niggas Wanna Act
"My pops knew exactly what he did when he made me, he tried to get a nut and he got a nut and what!!!" Jay-Z from Can't Knock The Hustle
"I like to celebrate, why? Cause I could vision collages and images of my life wit no regrets or hate." Nas from Hustlers
"I'M BLACK!!! Even wit a caramel complexion, look in the mirror; see Malcolm and Martin's reflection" Styles P. from I'M BLACK
"Money and blood dont mix, like two dicks and no bitch, find yourself in serious shit!!!" Notorious B.I.G. from Ten Crack Commandments
"From the beginning to the end... losers lose, winners win, this is real, we aint got to pretend" 50 Cent from Hate It or Love It
"Yeah, I get my grown man on, two-steppin' to the whole damn song" Q. Blitz from What's It Gon Be?
"I gotta question... A nigga wit a gun, a nigga wit an education, which sounds scarier? The latter is gonna kick down barriers" Talib Kweil from I Feel You
"You see, I couldn't understand how... I was a boy most of my life and all of a sudden, I'm a man now!!!???" Shot Hollywood from My Story
"Watch it my niggaz, I'm tryin to be calm but I'm gon' get richer, by any means with that thing that Malcolm palmed in the picture" Jay-Z from Intro from The Dynasty Roc La Familia

My Interests

I'm interested in knowing what is real... Cause I dont know what is anymore, I thought I did.

I'd like to meet:

Music producers, sports fans, money makers, video game geeks, and go-getters. But I am interested in meeting all kinds of ppl. Any and everyone is welcome. Oh Yeah...! I'd really like to meet Alabama from the movie, "True Romance" Now that is a real ride or die chick.

Music:

ABA Musick... Real F'N good music... Doesn't matter what genre.

Movies:

Favorite Movies: Boomerang, Varsity Blues, Good Will Hunting, Do The Right Thing, Porky's I, II & III, The Incredibles, Memento, Above The Rim, House Party, The Shawshank Redemption, True Romance, He Got Game, Spider-Man 1 & 2, Gladiator, Sin City, Matrix, Crouching Tiger; Hidden Dragon, Scarface, Menace II Society, Juice, Boyz N Da Hood, Napolean Dynamite, Friday, Fade To Black.

Television:

MAD MONEY with Jim Cramer, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Real World, Gilmore Girls, One Tree Hill, Smallville, Supernatural, Everwood, Bedford Diaries, WWE Raw/Smackdown, Whenever the Lakers, Eagles, or Mets are playing, Entourage, Seinfeld re-runs, Good Times re-runs, Sanford & Son re-runs, Martin re-runs, The O.C., Chappelle's Show (although he left us hanging) Real Time with Bill Maher, Lost, Heroes, Friday Night Lights, The Office, The Wire, Flavor of Love, Weeds.

Books:

1) Makes Me Wanna Holla -- by Nathan McCall.
2) Power of One.
A few others, but I highly recommend these two.

I know these aren't books but I love these magazines:
Black Enterprise, Entreprenuer, and Smart Money.

Heroes:

My Dad, Magic Johnson and Kobe Bryant. Now before you judge me on saying Kobe; hear me out... I respect that he is the person that everyone loves to hate, and still he remains motivated to be the best he can... He has to always prove himself, just as I do. And for that... I respect dude.

My Blog

THE BETTER ME!!!

THE BETTER ME!!! I was complacent, happy where I stood -- Cool with where I was going -- OK with what I was doing... Until I met you You see, the moment I met you -- My life began to change And i...
Posted by Brandon on Tue, 15 May 2007 03:48:00 PST

F'd Up!!

What can I say hun.... You're always on my brain hun... Being single was insane, I got the veins of a junkie, Sweet Honey, you're my main drug... Ha Ha, I'm only playin hun... I'm really happy, no com...
Posted by Brandon on Sun, 15 Apr 2007 03:13:00 PST

Slave

Ladies and Gents....  I thought I would share with you all a poem/verse to one of my songs... "Slave".  Ya boy Shot Hollywood is not just an MC/Rapper...  I consider myself a "character...
Posted by Brandon on Mon, 17 Apr 2006 08:54:00 PST

Beautiful Brown Woman

Beautiful Brown Woman Man... She is beautiful The way she smiles, the way she frowns Cocoa complexion, deep chocolate brown Oh my caramel queen The way you make me feel You make feelings I never ...
Posted by Brandon on Sun, 05 Nov 2006 06:03:00 PST

Solitude

SOLITUDE...   I stop, sit and I stare Contemplating my fate Wondering if I'ma make it Could it be I'm too late The best part of me is gone And it aint coming back Put on a fake smile for ya'll Bu...
Posted by Brandon on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 10:13:00 PST

Running

RUNNING... I'm running....  I'm running... I don't know where I'm going, but I'm gonna get there somehow, someway Maybe one day I can stop, but today no way, I gotta keep running. My lower back i...
Posted by Brandon on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 11:38:00 PST

Love Is Love (Book Title)

I'm just feeling the love right now and feeling really creative too.  "This goes out to you girl... All my tears, cheers and my fears!!!" (voice of Jerome from "Martin")  This ...
Posted by Brandon on Sat, 15 Jul 2006 12:26:00 PST

Schizophrenic

As I have tried to explain before... when I write my songs, I try to take the perspective of a character.  I like to deem myself a "Character Rapper"  who takes on roles just as a great acto...
Posted by Brandon on Sat, 15 Jul 2006 11:02:00 PST

I Used To Love H.E.R. (Too) (My Ode to Hip-Hop)

I'm comin' to you live and direct from the 2-1-2/ It's ya boy Shot Hollywood and I'ma make it do what it do/ Can't help it, I'ma musical dude/ And if you feel the same way about the music, you could m...
Posted by Brandon on Fri, 07 Jul 2006 09:34:00 PST

My Subway Crush!!! (2nd Part/Verse)

Here it goes... Part 2 of this song/poem about my old subway crush... I cant seem to keep my mind off you/ Matter of fact, I got it bad, I got a love jo...
Posted by Brandon on Tue, 13 Jun 2006 08:37:00 PST