KOKOBAGGINZ's Blog

So, I'm in my house sitting here on my computer and I hear reality television episodes on all throughout the house.  My daughter loves it. My son loves it.  Even the wife likes this garbage.  Not my soulmate.  NOOOOOOO!   Unbelievable.  She says the news depresses her, so I ask, "you mean to tell me you'd rather watch Puffy put a bunch of dudes together to form a boy group or watch Simon crush a persons dream to sing?"  Are you serious?  How can you be depressed when Allison and Allyson are giving you late breaking news?  They look at me like I'm the one with the problem.  Is it me?

Am I the only person on the planet who would prefer real actors and actresses, whether comedy, action or drama, instead of viewing supa close-up shots of boring people who can't sing, who look like they haven't showered in months, are just waking up regretting what they did, who can't act, party in a 4 person jacuzzi with 12 people, get drunk off coke and grenedine and have absolutely no life what-so-ever?

I watched Babel on ON DEMAND the other day, and the wife and my babysista were looking at me like I was running a fever because I was into it.  Blackdudes don't watch movies like Babel?  What are yaw'll saying?  I guess because Rev Run and his fam weren't on there or Tyra wasn't teaching little girls how to work the runway, they weren't feeling it.  So, this is what it's come to, huh? 

Reality TV-21 pts,

KoKo-0  pts.

Boy oh Boy...come on NFL....Daddy needs his sanity back.

Ok, so Sunday night, I did everything I needed to do, so I could be in front of the television by 9pm to catch what had been one of my favorite television shows in recent years, The Wire.

After the Wire ended, I sat there wondering, "is that it?" Are you kidding me?  You mean to tell me the creators went out like that?  Here is a powerfully created drama depicting life in the inner cities, the harbors, the precincts, the schools, the pressrooms, and even the political offices and the best you guys can do is come up with last night's show?  Are you kidding me?  We're talking about the Wire.  We're talking about a show that had people talking about it the very next morning in schools and at various job sites.  This show was educating millions of people on day to day life in various parts of B-more and this it?  You guys wanna pull the cord after showing this episode?  Is this a joke?  Talk about being Punk'd.  Unbelievable. 

Why do I feel like Stringer Bell and Omar died for nothing?  Why do I feel like this particular episode made thousands of youngstaz think they can pull a Marlo now?   More importantly, why did the last show of a remarkable 5 year season feel like Hollywood's fingerprints were all over it?  For the first time in the shows existence, the rawness which kept it real and life-like pulled a Houdini on it's viewers.  Unreal. 

Ok, so I got that off my chest.  You tell me though am I luncheon or was The Wire some straight up garbage? 

I definitely understand what the fans of The Sopranos are going through. 

If you're into hip-hop, then you have to know about the challenge Kanye West and 50 Cent have regarding them outselling each other in record sales.  Both of their cd's debut on 9/11.  It's the Gorilla versus the Teddy Bear.  Who will win?  Who knows.  50 has even gone so far as to say he would stop recording if Kanye outsells him.  Hmmm.  I'll believe that when I see it.   

Of course I'm pulling for Kanye because not only would that mean 50 is retired and we no longer have to hear his predictable topics of choice but it would mean that hip hop heads everywhere would finally prefer creativity over water-down meaningless chants and we all know Kanye is a dangerous dude when he starts diggin in the crates of his mind to create something.   

 Maybe we are finally turning the corner on the MC's that got shot a whole bunch of times, use to sell drugs, robbed 7-11, came from the hood and wearing more ice now than their wives and girlfriends.   

Who you wit?

I think the television gods and powers that be, should seriously consider remaking the classic series, Hawaii Five-O.  I brought Season 1 on DVD several months ago and I love it.  Not only are we talking about filming in a beautiful location but look how much times have changed since McGarrett was fighting crime on his rock during the 60's and 70's. 

However, if its done please don't turn it into Baywatch.  I'm talking about old-skool crime solving in a new skool world.  Sure Hawaii, has lots of thongs and things running on the beach but that's just one aspect of Hawaii.  I'm sure they also have murder, robberies, drug selling and using, crooked cops, Internet crimes and the threat of terrorism.  These are all good reasons to remake the show again.  I would even go so far as to having original cast members make special appearances, if they're still with us.   

Who's with me? 

I gotta say this because I'm a huge Halle Berry fan.  First of all, congratulations on your pregnancy.  I hope everything goes smoothly and you both just have a healthy baby.  It would be nice if you had a boy though, because I don't think the world is ready for female offspring coming from you. 

Now comes the complaining(I'm venting folks)....

Damn!  Being a fan of yours for years, I wasn't quite ready  for you to become a mommi yet.   You are a goddess to me.  hahaha.  Everytime I picked up a magazine you were on the cover.  Everytime there was a ranking going on about beautiful women, you were always in the top 3.  Now you will be a Mommi in several months.  No, its not a bad thing and I'm not saying that.  It just means your legion of dude fans will really have to take a backseat now.  Well, it was certainly fun while it lasted.  Thanks Halle. 

Your fan,

KoKo Bagginz

PS-I hope this doesn't stop you from reprising your role as Storm if they come out with another X Men movie. haha.

Ok, was it me or did Robin Thicke sound horrible on the BET Awards?  I mean, this cat can sing.  I'm a huge fan of his music.  I've been listening to him since his first cd, A Beautiful World dropped a few years ago and I couldn't believe my ears yesterday.   The funny thing is I just watched him do his thing live on another show a few weeks ago and he straight ripped it.   I'm hoping this was a fluke.  You do not want to perform at the BET Awards and not rip the stage.  Rappers can get away with mediocre performances but singers, no, no, no.   

What do you all think?  Am I luncheon?  Because right now, I'm worried that he could be a "studio singer" and not a live performer. 

Also, Kelly of Destiny's Child sounded horrible to me as well.  She is also another person who can sing.  Am I luncheon?

Educate KoKo please. I'm all ears.

I couldn't help but to snicker to myself when I heard Paris Hilton was on her way to jail after the MTV Awards yesterday. 

While some of you might not agree, the reason why this is funny to me is because ultimately, I believe Paris Hilton will use her jail term, once she's out and among her "private circle" of friends as "braggin material ".  I can practically hear her now, "I did 3 weeks in the county, b*tches", as she raises her champagne glass up high.  As if this gives her instant street credibility.   Sure, she's saying all the right things to the media, like hoping kids won't follow in her footsteps, admitting she made a mistake, remaining strong and leaning on fam for support, picking up the Bible, blah, blah, blah.  However, what she doesn't understand is that it's what she does, not what she says that influence our children.  

Jailtime has been known to help people, reflect on past mistakes and do a complete 180 in lifestyle.  I hope she uses her time to reflect, instead of wondering why her celly doesn't have any bars.