Facts Of Lyfe: Hampton University

Last week I started the weekly section of my blog entitled "Facts of Lyfe: Fashion".
This week, after receiving much acclaim from the first installment, I've decided to continue the trend, but this time I'm taking you to school. Literally.

This week it's facts about Hampton Universtiy....fashion, language, and recreation.
You ready?
Let's do it.

HU FASHION:
Fact: The official uniform for HU Women is uber big shirts, leg-ins, and....equestrian boots?

Fact: Hampton University is the only place that guys can wear messenger bags and not be homo.

Fact: Pink is not a color on HU's campus. It is an aphrodisiac.

Fact: At Hampton, Loafers x Jeans = Chic. Outside of Hampton, Loafers x Jeans = DAD!

Fact: It is university policy to own at least one piece of Blac Label clothing.

Fact: Every student at HU will aspire to start their own clothing line at some point in time during their collegiate career.

Fact: H&M ROCKS YOUR SOCKS!

Fact: RalphLauren kicks Hilfiger's ASS!

Fact: Some HU guys disagree w the previous statement

Fact: HU guys HAVE THAT ARGUMENT! WTF!

HU LANGUAGE:
Fact: "YEROOOO!!" did not originate on Hampton's campus, contradicting popular belief

Fact: The bird call is the only acceptable mode of greeting.

Fact: "DONT MATTA!" is a term of endearment and survival lol.

Fact: "the Legion" is not the actual name of the building.

Fact: A large number of students do not know the difference between the Harbors and Harbor Square.

Fact: Without 5-5-5, I would have died.

HU Recreation:
Fact: HU Women, if you wake up on saturday morning at your "big brother's house", he probably not your big bro nemore.

Fact: Sometimes, 12-2 is more fun than any party you will ever go to that weekend or in LYFE!

Fact: A 3 hour drive to and from Love Nightclub on Saturday night is worth the DRIVE! [some say]

Fact: There is no excuse for NOT wearing pajamas to a PAJAMA PARTY!

That's it for this week folks. I will be back next week with more FACTS!

No posts from the Heavy D?? Where art thou Deron

So, many of you have questioned my absence from the blog scene recently.

Well today, I will use a blog to explain that, see the multitask in action?
aite fugg it, here's the deal.

So i'm still in westbubblef*ck [for those of you who don't know im in Tulsa for an internship, have been for a while now]
and i am staying at the University of Tulsa...go figure...

anyway, i am in an on-campus apt. [the grey between the harbors and harkness hall], and i was connected to the university internet....
so. being a REGULAR COLLEGE STUDENT, i have LIMEWIRE on my laptop and have had it for a while.....

well when i got my rent bill for july....985 bucks...i paid and the lady says "You still owe 250..."
dude I was like huh?.....
she says they charged me for HAVING ILLEGAL DOWNLOADING SOFTWARE
so long story short...I won't be writing too much until i scoot my lil ass back to theeast coast lol...
sorry people...

but my folks @ goadometalk.blogspot.com hold it down consistently anyway...
and DC to BC....
so coming soon you can expect

INTERVIEW WITH STUDIO 43 REP....RICK PARKER....a mind behind the movement...

MY CHI-TOWN RAP UP! (i'll be there a few days...and ill be featured on some tracks up there...so ill literally be rapping it up)

MY EXCLUSIVE "AWILLHE" TRACK (yes...i will rap on amillie...but you are SO not ready...)

MY 2008 FALL PREVIEW....MUSICK....FASHION...AND MISCALLANEOUS ITEMS!!!

AND ILL BE TAKING VOTES FOR THE BEST HBCU CONTEST!!!!!!! OWOOWWOWOWO
(Hampton will be number 1 regardless sooooooooo erryone else will be vying for the number 2 spot...)

so stay tuned mo'fo's

PEACE!

SWAG CHECK! fashion commentary by Deron [not me this other guy with the same name]

**all comments placed in []'s are editorial input**

Deron is a cool guy.
Fly, Fresh, and Freakin' guaped.



Now this other guy Deron, has those same qualities.
The Hampton Roads native Deron, or "Deron So'Fresh" [tag for his number in my fone, nohomo], is what I call a fashion icon waiting to be discovered. We met @ the club [nohomo, couldn't figgyah out anotha way to put it], he noticed the swag, i seen the swag, same name? Brother from another mother. H4L [homies 4 lyfe, without the drug dealing, gangs, and stuff]
You mite not have seen an article on him in Complex, but his complex sense of style can be seen in the flipped up fitteds, applique stitched hoodies and varsity jackets, and speciality kicks of many kids around the Hampton area. You know you've spotted Deron when you see a squad of fly guys against a backdrop of Enyce and throwbacks with iced grills [not sayin' somethin's wrong with it but, it aint my cup'a'joe]. Occassionally you'll catch me @ the Retro parties or skate joints in the same attire, I'm more of a Polo man on the weekend myself, however.

But enough of the background stuff, let's see what he had to say about fashion....

Deron says that music had the biggest influence on today's fashion frenzies...
"Let me tell you how we went from hoodlum to the gentleman's homie [i.e. Jay-z, T.I.]. This new wave of music has made it okay to beyourself. With the epidemic of lupe and pharrell and kanye....it seems as if being the fly guy is the new trend. You got thugs wearin' vans when back then it was soft [egh iono if that has changed, given all these colorful shoes out now...yum-yums?]. Dudes had to wear timbs and hoodies. But people like me been doin' it for a while. Ppl act like specialty kicks and streetwear brands is a new thing. It's mainstream to be underground nowadays [which kinda sucks, I was different before, now I'm just...ordinary?]."

Deron gives his good, bad, and ugly on today's fashion...
"Well first off I hold a grudge against anyone who owns fake anything [do I get a pass lol]. Second, I hate it when dudes try too hard to go for a certain swag [scarves in the summertime ain't a good look, leave it to the Saudis]. Ppl look uncomfortable in their own clothes cause some of the stuff they wear is relly not them." ---[special note to the gentlemen some of the gentlemen @ HU, and any school for that matter....y'all need help]

Deron gives the basics on how to put together the foundation for a good fit...
"No homo, size matters [can't getta pass for that one, keeps gettin' worse lol] . It don't gotta be tight but just not sloppy [there should be limit for the amount of space required in one's jean legs between their leg and the denim...they over do the skinny toomuch]. It helps keep a clean "rich" look to ur swag . And don't try too hard. It shows" [quite]
he continues...
"Oh yea and dont try to do what other ppl do [souljahboy shades anyone?]. Cause I would never suggest other ppl wear what I do. It wouldn't work. B yourself but use influence from the greats."

Deron tells us who "the Greats" are...
"I think Kanye is really versatile. But I admire alot of underground cats. they're more edgy. Like there's these dudes called the Galaxy riders. There's a crew called fly union from ohio. The greatest are the least known cause they're the least understood."

Deron explains his personal progression and his plans for the future...
"I've noticed my self-influence on everyone that I surround with. Kinda set the standard in my social bracket. Ppl seem to take my style and run with it but,it's cool. It doesn't bother me. IT means that ppl like my style. But right now I'm battling whether or not I wanna start my own line or be a designer, and I think I'm leaning toward designing because mass production ain't my thing"

Deron on when the Deux Deron Line, featuring my new summer speedos for women collection is gonna start coming together...
"Iono. Whatever's clever my dude LoL".



If you wanna get laced with a masterpiece from Deron, call my cell ladies.
If you wanna get the other Deron to put down some fresh threads for you, hit up Myspace and search "Deron Smallwood".

I RECOMMEND IT!

**all comments placed in []'s are editorial input**

Duran Duran! SIMPLY beast...

Duran Butler.
Doesn't sound like you're run of the mill rapper from the A' by way of Waldorf, Maryland.
U'd expect to here Yung [Gun name here], or Lil' [major drug dealer name here], or maybe even Baby [first letter of their first name here], or some random acronym.



But no, not this Hampton graduate [that's right folks, he graduated from college......ooo no applause we only clap for prison graduates i forgot].
Duran, who's rap name is SIMP, is ready to unveil to the world what he calls a "back to the basics" project. So Doc' and Marty McFly better look out, cause Duran is back from the future and hungry like a wolf!

Ill let him speak on it....

Duran on any "chemical assistance" used in the production of this album:
Lol! No pharmaceutics were used for the making of this album. I'm all natural...call me the "Whole foods" of Hip Hop [whole foods is AWESOME, specially the granola crunch mmmm].

Duran on what he specifically takes "back to the basics" on this album:
All of the above really. I like to focus on the [raw] nature of hip hop; the passion, the struggles, the emotion...that's what it's about. We've lost that. Now it's back!

Duran on the effect he wants this album to have on its listeners:
I want people to take notice of talent and not the fashion, glitz and glamour of the music. Bentleys and Platinum chains don't make good music [at least if you're not signed to Cash Money lol]. Artist make good music. If your listening I want you to get the art form and take a piece of each song with you.

Duran on how he was able to put out a MIXTAPE and ALBUM at the SAME dAMN TIME:
Well ive been doing this for years so the material isn't a issue. Material is around us everyday. It's a matter of taking what we see, do and experience and put it in word form. But, foreal foreal; I was in the studio like that. Lol

Duran on how he got some datpiff whateva whateva downloading and I DIDNT lol [sore loser]:
I'm not sure what happened with the datpiff thing, but sonicbids is a membership only site that you gotta pay for. It's good because it allows you to create an EPK (electronic press kit) to send to promoters. A&Rs or whoever. I'd recommend it.

Duran on the Duran/Deron mixtape:
Lol! Deron is to busy to do a mixtape, so he told me to call his people and schedule something. Lets just say I got the voicemail...

[My secretary will get back with you in a couple days, I sent her on vacation. Becky is filling in and she doesn't know what she's doing]

Duran on some of his upcoming rapper antics lol...i.e. shootings, clothing lines, and arrests for marijuana possession lol:
You won't catch my mugshot in the next TMZ or Perez Hilton Blog; I'm not built for that type of scene. I got too much good in my life for the negative. I don't personally do fashion, but shots out to Vincit by CMA [from the VA Beach area, also Hampton Men and Women, We get's biizzzy]. I've done a few shows out here in the Atlanta area, or "The A," but right now I'm just focused on this album.

- Bring Back Real Music Vol.1 the mixtape is out now! Look for it on datpiff.com or download it now at (http://beatstudies.com/index.php?cat=5)

- For a hard copy send your addy to simptunes@gmail.com. It's FREE!!! "It's That SIMPle!"

- August 26, 2008 keep your ears, eyes and minds open! myspace.com/simptunes join the email list. Merchandise will be up there soon.