What does it really mean to be on your grind? A lot of people are saying that they’re on their GRIND. But what does that really mean these days? That phrase is used so much I wonder if the people using it know what it really means. Some of you really think putting in time with no results still means you’re on your grind. If that was true, then a Gerbil running on a wheel in a cage would be on its GRIND. But the Gerbil isn’t going anywhere is it? It’s just working hard damn it… Maybe that damn Gerbil should try working more effective and figure out how to get out the cage. Hard work is good, but you have to also work effectively.

It’s easy to think you’re on your GRIND, but are you really? We in the Hip-Hop community have always created little catchy phrases that eventually become a part of our lives. But this one can be the runaway train. How can you say you’re on your GRIND if you don’t have a plan to get what you’re grinding for? To say you’re on your GRIND without a clear understanding of what it means to “you”, can have you living a lie.  

So what does it really mean to be on your GRIND? No it’s not a trick question, but you better have the right answer or you’ll be just like a Gerbil in a cage running all day but going nowhere. So ARE YOU REALLY ON YOUR GRIND?

I know by now you’ve seen or heard about Jesse Jackson crying at Obama’s victory speech in Chicago on election night. (If not you gotta climb out from under that rock) Ol’ Jesse had some “talking-heads” in the media fooled, saying he was crying because it was such a historic moment in America. Are you fucking kidding me? Historic moment in America is true, but that aint why that nigga was crying. Then I saw ol’ Jesse on CNN talking about the joy he had in his heart at that moment, to see a black man elected President. Who does this nigga think he’s fooling? Just last summer he wanted to cut Obama’s nuts off… Now you got “joy in your heart”? NIGGA PLEASE! Jesse Jackson was crying because “HE” wanted to be the first black president. The HNIC…

Larry King asked Jesse Jackson, if he ever thought he’ll see a black president in his lifetime… And this nigga said NO! Keep in mind Jesse Jackson ran for President twice. So my question is, if you didn’t think you’ll ever see a black president in your lifetime, why the fuck you ran for the office? I would think if you want something as big as the Presidency of the United States of America, a major part of your strategy has to be the belief that you can get there. So that was your problem right there Jesse. You didn’t think you’ll see it in your lifetime. There were a lot of people who supported your campaign and now you’re saying you didn’t think you would of seen it in your lifetime…

Let’s keep it UGLY… If Jesse Jackson really had joy in his heart to see a black president why at a crucial time in the campaign was he out making fucked up statements that could of derailed Obama’s chances? President elect Obama, I know you’re going to have a lot of advisors around you that can probably give you way better advise than I can. But I’m making an open plead to you… keep that crooked-lip, 80’s perm, short vision, nigga Jesse Jackson far from you as possible.

Today is the day we’ve been waiting for… Some say they’ve been waiting for the last 21 months, some say they’ve been waiting 40 years, while others say they’ve been waiting a life time… But a lot of people are saying its time for change. So many have said they want change that I have to ask what change really is. Does change mean we’re going to change the faces we usually see running shit in Washington… does it mean we need to change the way shit gets done in Washington… or does anything really change? To change the faces we usually see running things took over 200 years. To change the way shit is done in Washington may take a lil longer. But one thing we can agree on is this is a historic day.

History in the making people… This is a day that you’ll be able to look back on and say I was there. And just seeing the lines at the voting polls, some of you will even be able to say I helped make history. But while we’re caught up in the “history making” of this day let me remind you that this day is even bigger than history. This day is also about the future and how much will we move forward. This day is about the “OPPORTUNITY” for change as well as an “OPPORTUNITY” for a brighter future.  

Keep it UGLY… VOTE!!!

 Like many Americans I couldn’t believe it when I heard it. But there they were on my TV reading it from a piece of paper that read more like a “Ransom Note” … “WE NEED SEVEN HUNDRED BILLION DOLLARS”. Then they added - Congress had until the end of the week to come up with the money or else. – OK maybe not exactly like that, but they may as well did. – These Wall Street people are the biggest gangsters out there today. They want $700 Billion and showed up in front of the US Senate Finance Committee with only a Three Page Outline of what they’re going to do with the money.

 Are these people for real? This is the reason we’re in this mess in the first place. They were moving money around with little or no accounting on where the money is going. Congress fell asleep at the wheel and almost let these Wall Street thieves drive the financial car over the cliff? Well not so fast this time. Slam the brakes… we need to know WATCHA-YA -GOIN-DO-WIT-OL-DAT-MONEY?

 Can someone explain to me why some people have to walk thru fire to find out they’ll get burn? Mandatory evacuations were ordered when hurricane Ike was still in the Gulf of Mexico but there were some idiots who thought they could ride it out. Keep in mind this was after all the TV news reports showing how much destruction Ike did in Cuba. But when Ike rolled into town ripping roofs off buildings, these same “dumb-fuck-hurricane-riders” got scared and start calling 911 whining… “My roof blew off and my kitchen is in the backyard” GOOD! Why you’re still in the house? What the fuck were you thinking; Ike hates Cubans but love Americans? It’s a fucking storm… It don’t give a fuck who you are.

 Since the Katrina debacle, Local, State and Federal government officials aren’t taking any chances… They have all type of evacuation plans in place. But there are these idiots who think it’s a good idea to ride out a major storm in their homes. Even if everything shows that they’re in the direct path of the storm. But when shit starts falling apart around them, they expect someone to come and save them.

 If I was on the other end of those 911 calls they would go a lot different:

·         911 what’s your emergency?

o   I’m on my cell-phone in my house, and my house is floating down the street…    

·         Hope you can swim like Aqua-man bitch… CLICK!

 Let’s keep it UGLY people… I don’t feel sorry for a Jack-Ass that thinks shit don’t apply to him. Damn-it, you don’t have to be a “Rocket Scientist” to figure out a major storm can fuck you up. Especially when there’s all type of evidence showing it can. So if you want to stay in your home in a major storm. FUCK-You… And don’t call for help when shit starts flying.

A major goal of Ugly Radio is to help underground Artists market and promote their music as well as increase their record sales. A good way to do so is to keep building support for them until their names “ring-out” loud. Enter the underGROUND-COUNTdown.

 This is a monthly countdown that starts with 20 underGROUND Artists at the beginning of the month and every week the 5 Artists that recieved the least votes are eliminated. The Artist who’s in first place at the end of the month will be crowned Ugly Radio’s Feature Artist for the following month.

 This title has become a hot item because not only does the Featured Artists receive an award and a page on Ugly Radio’s website highlighting their accomplishments, but they also receive live promotional reads and three one hour blocks of only their music every Friday of the month that they’re holding the title.

 You can also help these Artists maintain a safe position on the “Countdown” and grab the “Featured Artist” title by simply voting, then contacting 10 of your friends, and ask them to also vote. These Artists really do appreciate your support and I’ll ask that you join me in helping their names ring out around the globe.

 TO VOTE JUST CLICK ON THE “VOTE” BUTTON IN THE NAV-BAR ABOVE

 BIGupz to the 15 Artists that have made it to week two. Way to KEEP IT UGLY!!!

 The 2008 Olympic games are over… now comes the real game. I don’t care where you stand on Politics, or if you never got involved in the political process before, you have to acknowledge that these are historic times in American Politics. And with these historic times if you’re still on the sidelines on whom you’re supporting for President… It’s game time baby… And it’s time to get in the game.

·         If you ever complain about any issue that affects your life, then it’s time to get in the game.

·         If you ever said or thought “Why vote? … Nothing ever changes”… It’s time to get in the game

·         If you ever said “Politics is just a big game”, then it’s time to get in the game.

·         If you’re not registered to vote; what are you waiting for? It’s time to get in the game.

·         If you’re registered to vote and you changed your address since the last election you should check your voting status with the voter registration office of the town you live in. Don’t foul-out the game on a technicality

 According to the political polls, this Presidential election race is far from over. The game has just begun baby. Like everything else, Politics has its good and bad… So expect the GOOD and say fuck the BAD because it’s time to get in the game.

 On my show last Monday, I ask how long do you think it’s going to take Olympic officials to criticize Usain Bolt (the Jamaican Sprinter) for celebrating before he reached the finish line of the 100 meters race last Saturday? The answer is less than a week. Today Jacques Rogge (the president of the IOC – International Olympic Committee) said that Usain Bolt’s show-boating after he won the 100 and 200 meters races were disrespectful to the other runners. Then he went on to say that he thinks Bolt should have “shake hands, give a tap on the shoulder to the other ones immediately after the finish and not make gestures like the one he made in the 100 meters”. 

 FUCK-THAT!!! Let’s keep it UGLY people… I didn’t see or hear the President of the IOC publicly criticizing the judges of the Olympic female gymnastic events.  Now that shit was disrespectful… Where’s the interview on that blatant display of how to car-jack the Americans in the Olympics female gymnastic events Mr. IOC President? The judging of the female gymnastic events will always leave a tainted view of the entire Olympics for years to come.  Someone needs to tell whoever is shaking those judges’ hands or tapping them on the shoulders after they give their scores, to KNOCK IT OFF… That shit don’t look good

 Usain Bolt is proud of his accomplishments in the Olympic Games; so why can’t he celebrate in his own way? If he wants to beat his chest and shout he’s number one then walk around the field barefoot, the man earned it.  Once again here’s another example of not seeing a blessing. What would have been more disrespectful to the other runners is if Bolt had kept going at full speed across the finish-line and made his competitors look like they just left the starting line.  

Two weekends ago we lost two great individuals of our time. It took me a week to write about their passing because like many of us, although death is inevitable the death of these two individuals leaves us wondering why. I never got the opportunity to meet either of these brothers but to hear others that knew them speak of their lives; I’m left to believe that if you knew either of them you knew you had a real friend.

Statements like “Great Loss” and “Untimely Death” has also been use to describe their passing. Maybe that’s because Isaac Hayes & Bernie Mac were men that had the natural ability to connect with others. Or maybe they reached generations and cultures without loosing sight of who they were.

Some will always remember Isaac Hayes for dropping the line “THEY SAY THIS CAT SHAFT IS A BAD MOTHER…” in the theme song from Shaft, while others will remember him as the voice of Chef in South Park. Some will remember Bernie Mac for opening his comedy routine on Def Comedy Jam with “I AIN’T SCARED OF YOU MAU-FUCKAZ”, while others will remember him as “Uncle Bernie” on the Bernie Mac Show. Although they had two different styles they both used what they did best to connect with us. So whatever it is that reminds you of them, I’m quite sure the memory will be a good one.

I know we will always remember Bernie Mac as a “King of Comedy” and although Isaac Hayes never did a show (to my knowledge) with the “King Of” title, I don’t think anyone will disagree that he was a “King of Music”.  Rest in peace Isaac Hayes… Rest in peace Bernie Mac, I’ll always remember you both as Kings of Entertainment.

 The political pimps of America were in their zone last week. On Monday John McCain offered-up his wife to be “Miss Buffalo-Chip” at the annual motorcycle rally in Sturgis, South Dakota. Keep in mind we’re talking about a biker rally where the contestants of the “Miss Buffalo-Chip” pageant have to perform like they’re auditioning to be strippers. And he actually read his offer from a script, so that shit was planned.   

 And it didn’t stop there… by the end of the week the John turned-out to be the Pimp. Former Democratic Presidential candidate John Edwards finally decided to tell America (and rest of the world) that he was putting his pimp game down on a film producer back in ’06, and there are talks that he fathered a kid with her. But like a true pimp he’s not claiming to be the baby-daddy.

 I can’t make this shit up people… Can you imagine the headlines if Barack Obama showed up at a Funk-Flex car show and remotely offered-up Michelle Obama to be a Car-Show Model? Or if he gets caught in a hotel at 2am with another woman and the woman has a kid that has some questioning if he’s the baby daddy? The media would be all over any of these stories like a pimp on his bottom-bitch that’s holding out. They damn sure wouldn’t have waited this long to cover the “other woman” story like they did for John Edwards. They would have tied Obama big-ears to the antenna of a TV News satellite truck till the general election was over.

 Just think what a mess it would have been if John Edwards had won the Democratic Party nomination. Well lucky for the Democrats, the nomination goes to “No-Drama-Obama”. Well at least NO-DRAMA for now. Because you know someone already dug halfway to China looking for some drama on Obama.