December 28th, 2009
Lack Of Options
I would like to see some of the other options that you disregarded when narrowing your choices down to these two gems. Was “winning the lottery” and “finding a sugar momma” too high of bars for you to set for yourself?
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Somebody please help translate the ebonics on the back of that coat he is wearing.
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I was thinking the same thing. Get busted for drugs and get something else busted in the slammer.
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http://www.algierz.com/cgi-bin/mivavm?/mm5/merchant.mvc+Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=A&Category_Code=2CHOICESHOODY
That’s the kind of guy I hope to see my daughters bring home someday.
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ALRIGHT THERE 50 CENT.
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what is wreck beats? (i thought option 2 was some sort of hand grenade) I guess I am getting old, but i would still rather be me than him!
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lol he’s probably getting new studio equipment for the 2010 album
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Once he makes da Big Time and he goes on da Tour, he’s gonna demand they throw out all but the brown Eminems.
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Or maybe it was just too hard to spell.
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I am a high school drop out who got a job,and am now a debt free home owner with a good job in the medical field.There is a future for anyone in this country who will work for it.
So while we are getting off White asses,you can just get off mine.
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Sorry I got a little “Afterschool Special” there.
And by the way, I don’t drink MOCHA LATTES.
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It’s not my white suburban mocoa lata drinking ass’ fault that these low income people choose to feel sorry for themselves, and choose to deal drugs and end up worthless. Why should I help someone that would rather rob me than help me? THEY NEED TO GET OFF THEIR LAZY ASSES AND DO SOMETHING FOR THEMSELVES, AND NOT WAIT FOR OBAMA TO BAIL THEM OUT. IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN. Take responsibility for your own life and make something of it.
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omg hit the nail on the head,,,,,,,,,
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there are also plenty of people that have come from inner city poverty and worse that rose above it to accomplish great things. they did this by hard work and not taking the easy way out. there are many, many more that rose above it and only accomplished average things such as holding down a legal job and raising a responsible family.
you are part of the problem….as long as people like you make excuses for people to be lazy, uneducated, and unmotivated; they will.
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I understand your passion, but before you talk about the system, maybe we need to take a look at these parents who basically suck the hope out of their own kids?
And like Will.I.Am said: The public library is FREE. Anyone can go to the public library. Shit, even BUMS go to the public library, which means homeless people actually display a somewhat higher level of education and understanding. Well, assuming they actually read something when their there and not sleeping on a bench.
You start with the parents though… once you get them on board and straightened out, then let me know and I’ll help.
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*Oliver Cromwell in his invasion of Ireland after creating a concentration camp out of Belfast shipped great numbers of Men woman and children to Caribbean islands to raise sugar and tobacco. Later they were forced to marry the new slaves from Africa. (One of the reasons you end up with Blacks whose name ends in O’neal)
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This picture makes my eyes feel funny??
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(if there was ever such a thing as good rapping..
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Lots of racial tension here …I thought that once we elected our 1st Black President that we would all be singing Kum-bah- ya? Don’t be haters ! get out your wallet , buy some smack (or what ever that is ) and support your local Thug-rapper !
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For the dozens of you who don’t understand this….
“As an official Algierz artist, the brand [Lil C] has released an official t-shirt, “2 Choices: Either Sell This Here or Wreck These Beats” which portrays the 2 Choices. 1 Choice, 2 Options. Many face the same situation in which a choice has to be made between 2 seemingly impossible options to get out of the hood… sell dope or pursue a rap career.”
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What in the world does that mean? He should just where a shirt that says ARREST ME! Or beat the H**L out of me cause that is stupid!
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wow, just wow. All kinds of wrong.
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Fill up every chamber in your ghetto-blaster, and play russian roulette. Only then, will your debt be paid to society you demented fuck…
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Option 2: break a prom queen’s scepter
or
Option 3: perpetuate negative black stereotypes
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America’s chosen people.
GOD I love the direction this country is headed in
And they spend millions of dollars on studies to try and figure out why the rest of the world wants every last American wiped off the face of the earth….
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That… there?
Oooh, I’d love to buy that shirt applique. How much are you selling it for?
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R.etards
A.ttempting
P.oetry))
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I’m reading all this racist crap over a shirt that we don’t even know who was wearing it. because it’s about drugs and music you assume it’s some low income inner-city kid?
WAYYYYY back in the day I went to the whitest of white rich schools in California. Trust me, more white kids wore this crap than anyone else.
I can’t judge a person based on a shirt. We don’t know if its a male or female, age or what the ethnicity is. It’s just a stupid shirt that someone thought was funny.
Move on people….nothing to see here.
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December 29th, 2009
Sorry, I have to say, I’m an old Fart I guess. I only understand the Kilo. and I don’t thinks it’s a Kilo of Pot. I’m just igerent of ebonics to I guess..
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I guess a actual J-O-B isnt an option for these people????? I Don’t really care if its a “rappers” shirt this guy is wearing like many people have said it is….we all know this is really how A LOT of people think….and they wonder why society looks down on them and they cant get a break in this world.
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I agree with SAY WHAT. It’s a lame white kid from the suburbs (come on, tell me Walmart ain’t full of ‘em!) trying to look hardcore.
Those that sniff that this is “probably” a black person must be unfamiliar with Eminem and his “influence”.
And people. Come on. “Ghetto” (meaning the style and attitude, not the projects) really has no color. And you know it.
Cute, kid. You’re SO badass. Now go back to your mom’s basement.
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I’m Jewish. My people were in “the Ghetto” too – aka the Warsaw Ghetto in Nazi Germany. But I haven’t seen too many Jewish drug dealers or rappers. I’d say this guy has other options.
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or stay home. Obviously he opted for the first choice.
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…..and african americans wonder why whites think that they all either sell drugs or are into rap music? well, blame this guy for giving them more ammunition. i would think that blacks would be ashamed of idiots like this the same way that whites should be ashamed of some of the redneck whitetrash on here.
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December 30th, 2009
Don’t dis on the waitresses KSSGDOUCHE. We’re here to look pretty, feed your “to lazy to cook fat face”, and take your money. Duh! So shove it.
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I pretty sure his hoody is a nod to the stereotype that the only way a black man can get rich in this country is by dealing or rapping. Hard work doesn’t always get you out of poverty (same goes with drugs and rapping) but drugs and rapping are a lot easier to do than stay in school while you go through shit at home, and other major distractions. Now I know nothing about this dude, and I’ve never been poor, but I just wanted to add my two cents.
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I didn’t get this at first either, because (1) I didn’t understand the text of the second option and (2) I really had no idea what the drawing over the text was intended to be.
The first “picture” is some drug substance; the second is a microphone (at least I think it’s a microphone–it is very poorly rendered). “Wreck these beats” translates into “become proficient at musical entertainment” with the image of the microphone suggesting a vocalist and the lingo of the text suggesting hip-hop/rap music. The message of the shirt is, in this person’s environment (or the perceived street-hip environment they are trying to impress somebody with) one can either aspire to be a drug dealer or an entertainer.
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To “Upset Waitress” – you opened yourself up for it, you and all your “photoshopping expertise”. “Pretty” is a matter of personal taste, and just so you don’t make the same mistake next time, it would be my “too lazy to cook fat face”, not “to lazy. . .”. You’ll get my money if you provide me with good service and by being personable–why is it I’m thinking you might be lacking the latter??? And where exactly do you want me to shove it?? For the record, I wasn’t dissing all waitresses, only you. I used to be a waitress, and for the most part it’s a pretty thankless job.
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December 30th, 2009
All this talk of beats, and not one soul has yelled….
“DOORKNOB!”
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December 30th, 2009
@Amy
If you’re a teacher, why did you misspell latte?
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December 30th, 2009
You can purchase this shirt at http://www.Algierz.com
You people have absolutely no sense of humor.
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The best options in this life. heh.
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December 31st, 2009
Nice brief and this enter helped me alot in my college assignement. Thanks you for your information.
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December 31st, 2009
Personally I don’t care what color this person is. The hoodie is about retarded even if it is from a group. Actually that makes it worse. The fact that so many artists are legitimizing the option of selling drugs as if the options of, oh I don’t know, go to school, work hard, if needed use the government assistance, Military, etc to get out of the situation doesn’t exist. I may not have had all the same problems that some of today’s youths have but I wasn’t handed everything either. If I can join the military to get outta my crap hole of a town, work full time while putting myself through school and end up with a descent job then so can everyone else with half a brain. Stop blaming everyone else and do something to fix your own life instead of taking the quick/easy route IE: Drugs.
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December 31st, 2009
That’s a good way to hold a stereotype!
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Nice brief and this mail helped me alot in my college assignement. Say thank you you on your information.
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December 31st, 2009
This hoodie yells…”hey cop come and arrest me”!………..hello
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January 2nd, 2010
1st off anyone who is defending this sweat shirt has got to be severely uneducated..especially “i googled this”..its freakin 2010..get with the freakin century..there are so many more options and choices now days..hell the hood aint shit compared to what it used to be..now its a bunch of punk ass kids trying to be bad..but to say that your only choice in life is drugs or rap in order to better yourself..thats plum f**in retarded! i mean hell..we got an african american president now..do u think he made it to where he is today by selling drugs or rapping????..umm no! all kids are required to attend school now days..used to they were made to quit..so try again with kids in the hood only have 1 choice 2 options..ppl really should think b4 they speak!
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January 2nd, 2010
http://www.algierz.com/cgi-bin/mivavm?/mm5/merchant.mvc+Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=A&Category_Code=2CHOICES
here is the link to this stupid shirt.. failure in life!! ha
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January 3rd, 2010
Kansas: a traditonal hotbed of crack slangin’ and gangster rap
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January 3rd, 2010
oh, and 1000 bucks says this is a nerdy white guy
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January 3rd, 2010
Ummm…. Why are people so freakin judgemental?! That’s what’s wrong with America. SO WHAT the guy sells drugs. Half the people that commented probably tried some type of drug once in their life… Who sold it to you?!?! A DAMN D-BOY! Someones gotta do the job. You don’t know people’s pasts… I’m not makin excused what-so-ever. But truth be told some inner cities don’t have the resources they have other places to help these people see what options they have. He probably didn’t have a positive role model in his life. We have to look at the whole picture not just one piece of it.
BTW… I have a job and make legal money. I made something of myself, I’ve never had anything handed to me… but I was fortunate enough to have someone who cared enough to show me the right path!
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January 3rd, 2010
oh and @sexyjew…. I wonder why their aren’t too many jewish drug dealers…. maybe b/c all the ones I know date BLACK DRUG DEALERS and have their babies the get their illegal money…
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January 3rd, 2010
This as an Allgierz (spelling) brand shirt made popular by Houston Rappers, Slim Thug, Paul Wall, Bun B, etc. etc. THIS SHIRT COST $100 Someone check his Jordans for nicks and dimes!
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“you people”? please enlighten me here. this is a post modern society and we still have so much hatred and ignorance. now i know the us constitution guarantees freedom of speech, but with much freedom comes much responsibility. the youth nowadays have high societal pressure to conform so i assume the young brother slipped. i honestly hope that we can get past the racial divide and make this a great country to live in for people of all colors
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January 7th, 2010
Where can I hire a translator from whatever language that is to English? Ok, I get the sell a Kilo part, he is a dumb sh!t that aspires to die in a drug deal, not an issue, happens all over fht world every day but…WTF is “Wreck these beats”? and WTF is that a picture of?
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January 7th, 2010
The shirt doesn’t imply selling drugs as positive, just a choice you can make – you can be stuck somewhere on the street corner selling dope or you can do something positive by rocking out with the beats [music] and being something more than just a thug.
Maybe it is a crude way to spell out a message, but it is inspirational in its own strange way – it’s not about selling drugs, but what you can do in spite of the option of doing so [or other things that may not be positive].
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January 8th, 2010
Option #3: Take a nap on the railroad tracks.
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January 8th, 2010
Good choice of words since wrecked is precisely what rap has done to the word music. HAH, those beats wreck my ears while giving them a rash. How about learning to actually carry a tune with vocals or play a musical instrument? Oh, I’m sorry, now I’ve set the options bar too high.
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January 9th, 2010
Sure, there are many reasons why a person might see these two options but that’s no excuse. I mean, look at pursuit of happiness. That’s based on a true story. Homeless man turned stock broker millionaire. Sure it’s rare, but it’s not impossible to be driven for something more than just a “rapper”.
Regardless of their situation, this is a bad shirt, and a bad message.
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January 10th, 2010
What about Basketball??
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January 11th, 2010
He forgot about the NFL.
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January 11th, 2010
I don’t think the hoodie is trying to say that rapping or selling drugs are the only options in his life. I am pretty sure it is a pro-legalization of pot hoodie. As in, we (as a society) have to sell marijuana here (in this country), or we (as a society) will not have beats. ie. rap music would go away without pot. Personally, I would be just fine if all rap music went away, so that seems a pretty lame threat.
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January 23rd, 2010
What happened to the NFL option
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January 26th, 2010
50 bucks says this guys got some crack or meth in his pocket.
He may as well be wearing a shirt that says ‘Arrest Me’. He probably has security following him around the store.
January 27th, 2010
u poeple could be just taking the hoodie the wrong way.. maybe thats the way he thinks his life is.
either slang that dope..
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make some sick beats..
January 28th, 2010
this is the kind of thinking that is killing are youth
January 31st, 2010
The first thing looks almost like a ream of paper. I hear Dunder-Mifflin’s hiring.
February 12th, 2010
Sad, that is my Wal-mart. I know their Auto Counter. There are a lot of ‘people’ there.
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March 24th, 2010
Hi
Very nice and intrestingss story.
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June 4th, 2010
That is my issue about where rap has gone. Used to be silly but now its all about thug life so kids think they can sell crack while writing rap songs about it thinking they will get rich from their story which usually the only thing different is the city they live in.
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