Welcome back to the Fiasco Classics magazine guys, as from now on there will be 2 interviews per week instead of the Member Of The Week sections, and for this particular issue I didn't write anything about the TR & Bitches part (despite the announcement on the cover) but I am giving you 2 Slim Fiasco Random Reviews. No Reader's Corner either for no one send a submission. Hope you enjoy it and leave the damn feedback to show appreciation
Note: This issue hasn't been revised for grammatical errors/typos so excuse me if there are some.
Side A - SajN
01. Hey SajN, let’s start this off with you giving some Fuck You’s and stuff. Something like what 2Pac does in the end of “I Don't Give A Fuck”.
Hey honey.
Well, first of all fuck you for having this wack ass start on the interview.
I would also like to say fuck you to my aunt who ran away with my cousins.
Fuck the government (it’s like a must in a Fuck You-list)
Fuck Eminem for being so fucking slow and not that inspiring anymore
Fuck my doubters
Fuck y’all haters on TR
Fuck you, fucking immigrants in Norway who only cause trouble and make shit difficult for us other paki’s.
FUCK Apple and their stupid ass politics/policies
Fuck Real Madrid (I love you Revolutionary)
Fuck this shitty music on radio and TV
And fuck this wack hip-hop
And [I would] FUCK you, Kim Kardashian.
02. We haven’t really interacted that much in here, though I obviously have respect for you, and I believe you have for me as well. But how would you introduce yourself to some new member?
I do have respect for you, no need to worry, but if you don’t ride my dick faster and harder than that, I would have to ban you for a week or two.
I would introduce myself as the Administrator of TR. That they can come to me whenever they need help, whether it’s something with their account, or problems with members of the forum. Anything. I would tell them I do what I can to make them enjoy this place, but without being tooooooo nice.
03. You’ve been a member in here for a long fucking time, tell us about the changes that have affected the site throughout the years?
We’ve had lots of phases since I became a member here (2006). What I have noticed is that before, shortly after I joined, the forum was peaceful. People would argue, but in a mature way. There would be looong paragraphs but still on topic, not attacking a member, and full of valid points. This still happens, but I feel that over the years, new members became more and more hostile (lol), and would attack everyone, would cause trouble in the forum, and wouldn’t even let shit go if they got banned (hi VBV). That’s the biggest thing I’ve noticed.
Another big change we’ve had is the rules and points. We used to follow the rules TR had made, and there were no points system. We either warned someone a couple times, or gave them a temporary/permanent ban. Members started complaining (as usual) about us being too strict, when all we did was to follow the rules (and even being lenient on lots of it), just like the Admins/Mods before me. So after a suggestion from a member we made a system with points (which you guys are familiar with), and explained the rules better with different sections.
That’s pretty much the biggest things I can think of.
04. What are some of your TR buddies? Speak on those who aren’t posting anymore, and then speak on some of your favorite current members.
I am gonna mention those who I talk to on (almost) daily basis
Inactive members:
[~CHR!$~]° (click-able)
A dude from Germany whom I have been e-friend with for many years now. We sometimes play GTA IV online together, we talk on MSN, and we have a couple songs together. He helped me when I started rapping. We are personal as well with each other, tryna help each other out with shit in life.
FreeDoom
Used to talk a lot with him before, now it’s a little less. We used to play FIFA 11 online against each other, talk personal stuff, and when we he was Admin (with me), we’d discuss the stuff on this forum. He asked me to delete his account yesterday. R.I.P.
There used to be some more before, but now it’s just quiet. I have many them on my Facebook (quick mentions of some: Arabian Shady, mcZu, Miranda, Kez, James R., Steve Spag, an even SacJB)
Some current TR buddies that I have talked to a lot with (both on or off TR):
Trimss (Gonna meet this motherfucker in November, Hopsin concert, I’ll tell you guys how the “sleeping” in the hotel went, knawmean?)
Menzo (I don’t talk to this mole that much anymore)
Geno (I don’t talk to this mole that much anymore)
Emadyville (I don’t talk to this mole that much anymore)
I used to have some more, but I started to talk less and less to my TR-buddies for no special reason.
05. Top 5 rappers and the respective favorite songs/album from each one:
I don’t really have a top 5 list, but Eminem is obviously on top, after him it’s in no specific order. I don’t really enjoy his new songs, but he will stay on top.
Favourite Album: The Eminem Show
Top 5 songs: Lose Yourself, Sing For The Moment, Cleaning Out My Closet, 8 Mile Road, Girls
Xzibit (I am happy that I’ve met him)
Top 5 songs (current): X, Best Of Things, Thank You, Alkaholic, Paparazzi
Hopsin
I don’t really have a list, but I enjoy songs like: I Am Raw, Baby’s Daddy, I’m Not Crazy, Chris Dolmeth, Ill Mind Of Hopsin 5 +++++
After these three rappers, there’s no favourite list, but I can tell you some of the rappers/groups I enjoy:
Sadistik
Jedi Mind Tricks
Army Of The Pharaohs
Rhyme Asylum
Diabolic
D12
Bone Thugs N Harmony
Lowkey
Masta Ace
D. Dubz (that’s Emadyville on TR)
There are some more.
06. Are you into sports, speak a little on that?
I used to play football (yes football, fuck y’all Americans/Canadians/Whateverians and ‘soccer’) and field hockey (which I disliked).
Now I just follow football on TV/internet. My favourite team is FC Barcelona and my favourite player is Iniesta (Zinedine Zidane is fav of all time).
I also used to watch a lot of wrestling years ago. My favourite was The Undertaker since I was a toddler. He still is.
07. What’s your dream job, and what’s the job that you think you’ll most likely end up working?
My dream job? I don’t really have any specific. I just want to be happy with what I am doing, and have an income that makes me able to support myself and my future-family without any problem.
It’d be cool to be rapper though, haha.
Other dreams I’ve had is to be a Crime Scene Investigator, Psychologist, Game Developer, etc.
I am studying Computer Technology (programming, softwares, security, databases etc), so I’ll probably end up having a work that involves computing.
Until then, I’ll stay in my current work as Administrator for TRshady, muhahahahaha. Wait what?
08. Are you into reading books and/or comic books? Speak a little on that.
Since birth I’ve always read the comic Donald Duck & Co. I became better in Norwegian because of that, and it was always something I read while having breakfast before school. I still read it sometimes.
My favourites are the Harry Potter books, especially the last one. I just fucking love them. I’ve read other good books as well, but I am not into reading anymore. I like some of Dan Brown’s.
09. What do you think about the whole TR down movement, and on which side are you on?
I am glad members care about this forum, and therefore want it to become more 2012-ish, and not stay in the past. What I don’t like is the way they go around and trash on this forum, and talking shit, even about us Mods/Admins.
I’m in the middle in the sense that I also want this forum to be upgraded/updated, maybe have some cool features but still remain the little community we are. We have seen a decline of active members, and I wish that it’d pick up again, but at the same time I must admit that maybe our time is over. It used to be active as fuck since 2006 to 2008, and that’s when it started to go a little downhill. Got back up. Down again. Back up. Down again. Now the activity is just ehh…. Newer forums has been made, and they are more… “modern” with active members and owners, so yeah... Hopefully some activity will occur when Mr. Substance drops his new album.
I do support the movement somehow. I even mailed TRshady and told him that we really need this forum to get a big upgrade. While I support the movement, I don’t want the forum to change to a… say Hip-Hop forum. I mean, it is Hip-Hop, but first of all it’s about an artist, Eminem, and then rest of the fucking world.
10. How do you like Fiasco Classis, what has been your favorite issue so far, and do you have any recommendations, or maybe some members that you would like to get interviewed?
I like them. It seems like once in a while, when the forum is really quiet, someone gets an idea, and bring them to life. We had Demaz’ Corner (I really liked it), now we have Fiasco Classics. As I said, I like them. My favourite would probably be the Name interview. I don’t know why, but I liked it lol.
Any recommendations? Have at least seven sentences where you bring up me in every issue.
But for real though, I am not sure. I suck at giving recommendations. I like it how it is for now.
Woulda been cool to interview Eminem (oh wait, I already did… Older members will know).
An interview with Trimss and Revolutionary maybe. Also Lello and maybe one of the green mods.
May God bless TR.
So there you have it folks...
So until next time friends; same golden name, same forum, good night everyone, thank you for coming, your host for the evening, SajN.
Something From Nothing – The Art Of Rap
Man, you know that stan feeling, like when there’s a new Em album or whatever, just that state of mind when you’re excited as fuck over something pop-cultural, when that thing feels fresh and new. It happens rarely but it happened 2 days in a roll to me, first when F&L 2 leaked and the next day when I watched this. The documentary is very conversational and extremely well paced, and it’s a very easy watch. All the love I have for Hip-Hop, like from the early days when you’re overreacting and go into a childish mode, reappeared when I was watching this. It was great seeing all the MCs chatting with Ice-T, everything felt very genuine and the artists were definitely having fun, a feeling that affects the watcher as well. It was a great surprise when some of my favorites would pop up, like Nas, then Mos Def, and wow there’s Em, I wonder who’s gonna be next, and damn it’s Q-Tip, and when you forget who else is said to be featured, Common appears and I go crazy again. My favorite part was the Kanye interview though. All that Kanye stands for or the core of Mr. West was shown in here. His verse was from a song yeah, but the delivery was godly, perfectly energetic and it just showcased his passion and love for Hip-Hop. I was giving him a standing ovation in my room, just applauding and stuff like a lunatic. The Dre part was great as well, he was very down-to-earth and the shots leading to him and/or B-Real, those California scenes from above, were amazing, and that’s another thing that I loved about this. The in-between shots were awesome, and half of the time they were filtered through an effect that made the shit look like it was shot in the 90’s. KRS dropped a great freestyle and Snoop Dogg gave the perfect closure. His last speech was very inspiring and heartfelt. Before you watch this, remember that it’s just Ice-T chit-chatting with rappers, and the idea was to present that atmosphere like when you meet someone in the hood, catching up and shit. Sure, some of the questions were repetitive but I didn’t mind it at all, it was cool to hear the different answers. And last but not least, the freestyles were a great feature, and the documentary is a cool way to introduce to some of the greats that you may not be aware of.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (TV Series)
If you’re a Star Wars fan, you know that the prequels suck. Hell, even Return Of The Jedi wasn’t as good as the first 2, but the prequels are a joke for number of reasons, though in all fairness, Revenge Of The Sith was above Episodes 1&2 and it was kinda decent. The Clone Wars is an animated series that is set in-between Attack Of The Clones and Episode 3, and it’s (way) better than the movies themselves (the prequels). The visual quality gets better with every season, and even though there are obviously a bunch of filler episodes, it’s still a great show. The good thing is that it’s not as childish as you may assume and given the amount of time they have, the shows goes more in-depth than the movies. Therefore, a lot of the cool characters get enough time for themselves, and there are a lot of fun story arcs. The voice acting is awesome too. The series was preceded by an animated movie, which kinda sucks, but don’t let that change your mind about whether to watch the show. The series is considered cannon and a lot of stuff about the films are getting further explained, or brought to the table. Like, Darth Maul, one of the coolest personas in the Star Wars sagas, has been brought back to life and this new season, season #5 will probably centered around him. So yeah, if you like Star Wars go download all the seasons (and preferably in HD so that you get the full quality) and have some fun.
Slim's Musical Review
Buckwild is one of my favorite producers and his 2 disc compilation of remixes - Diggin' In The Crates: Rare Studio Masters is a very nice listen. It features a bunch of well-known songs, though more than likely there will be songs that you aren’t aware of, and they’ve been blessed by Buckwild’s production skills. Timing is a great thing. If an MC raps something over a certain tempo, the shit can work perfectly if you put it on a different beat with the same tempo, and it’s a pity that all the albums don’t get an acapella release. That way we could free ourselves of the filler songs in LPs. Now obviously, if a verse isn’t good lyrically/flow-wise, than it’s all for nothing, but I’m sure Nas’s Street’s Disciple could be resurrected if many of the songs get some doper beats. Same goes for Lupe’s Friend Of The People. So yeah, Buckwild’s remixes offer a different perspective to a lot of great songs, and while they don’t necessarily make them better, it’s still all good because this way you have them all in a single album but with a very coherent sound. I’d advise you to download this in order to get introduced to some less known but great artists, to hear different but good versions of some classics that you already know, and to get introduced to Buckwild’s skills. All these songs get a D.I.T.C. spin to them.
Become Cooler
I think that people need to be more concerned about stuff and moreover be way more curious, and not just accept stuff as if they’re a given. The media, and I’m mainly referring to the USA’s is very fucked up and I’m not sure if you all are really aware of what they’re capable of doing and how hand in hand they go with the government. I got my info on this from Noam Chomsky and E. Herman’s book The Political Economy of the Mass Media, a read I most definitely recommend. So anyway, the media is basically owned by corporative America and the government, and they have to obey the rules and wishes of basically the rich/evil people, so they always do what they’re told. When you look at notions like the Second World War, if you stop for a minute and think, your summary of the whole thing is probably just a few sentences. Or let’s take Vietnam, the only thing that probably comes to mind is: Americans losing the war, they were fighting communist there and something about hippies protesting in the 60’s. But believe me, there’s much to it. The media made it look like they were defending South Vietnam from the North Vietnamese Communists, but they defended nothing. It was a terrorist act on part of the Americans. They were constantly bombarding villages, killing thousands of innocent people, and they wanted to make/keep South Vietnam as their client state. All of this could have been prevented diplomatically but the USA ignored the possibility. There was much evidence readily available and if the media had morals and were independent as they’re supposed to be, they would’ve questioned the government’s actions, but instead they made them look like the good guys. There’s also this thing about worthy and unworthy victims, and the media going as far as making an enemy state look way worst than a client state, even if the former is vastly better than the latter. It’s funny how some simple truths like that can be so easily masked and swapped by something completely different. You should definitely read the book, where all these statements are supported by strong facts, plus explained better, and you’ll get a very good perspective on how some of the things in the world work. And some realizations can be very often applied in different situations. Like, you know how with music the good ish is almost always under the radar and the masses have a vastly different definition of what (good) music is, and how they’re all brainwashed? Well, what works for music works equally as well with politics and things of that nature so be mindful of the world my fellow members.
Side B - Fleka
01. Fleka, what’s good my brother, do you plan on taking a shit while reading this issue?
Hi Slim. Well, the only good thing lately is that the nice weather is back. Well, I don`t have a laptop and my phone is never with me in the toilet, I don`t want it to end up in my own pile of crap. I`m kinda old school, so I like good old magazines while I`m in the toilet. Maybe I could print out your magazine, make a Slim Fiasco Classics Collection. It would be quite handy having all of the issues at once.
02. How do you feel about being a Hip-Hop fan from Croatia? As we both know, a lot of people in these areas are kinda ignorant towards it.
Right now, being a hip hop fan from Croatia sucks. In my country, rap is evolving backwards, if you know what I mean. It started good, we had Tram 11 and Sick Rhyme Sayaz, both great groups, Elemental... The whole Blackout Project (MC`s, producers, they had their own radio program, Koolade is a great producer, I think he also produced for Jay Z...), they set out strong foundations. But Tram 11 fell apart, SRS had one more album and that was it, Elemental is still an active group but barely. And nobody continued to build on those foundations. Today, we have fucking Connect. To explain to you guys just how bad they are, imagine Wayne, Drake and Soulja Boy form a group and David Guetta is the producer. Stupid punchlines and awful wordplay over techno beats and fancy videos. But, no rapper ever was more popular than them in Croatia. I guess people like it stupid, right? So, we got that fucking Connect and some random rappers that appear on TV with a song that is bad and you never hear about them again. The underground scene is bad too.
That brings me to the second part of the question. Yeah, people here are quite ignorant about hip hop. My friend from high school is a hip hop fan and he is the only person that I know that loves rap and that I can talk to the way we talk here. I see him once, twice a year, we both went our ways after high school. So, TR is my only rap friend. That is kinda sad, you have nobody with the same taste in music to talk to and when you go out, you will never hear rap anywhere. I would go crazy when I would hear Without Me in the club. That would happen once in a year. I met people here that love rap, but you know, people that listen to the rapper that has most songs in top ten right now. People that think P.I.M.P. is the best rap song ever because it was all over TV and the radio. People that rate good hip hop by the views on Youtube and stuff like that.
The only good thing that we speak the same language in Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, so every once in a while something good comes up. For examole, Marčelo, Serbian rapper, after Eminem, he is the best MC I ever heard. he is just incredible. The best storyteller I ever heard, he studies literature, so he is a lyrical genious with a classical education. He is also a writer, the guy is amazing.
03. How has your time been on TR? Any favorite or not-so-favorite members?
I love this forum. There are a lot of great members. Like I said, I have nobody to talk about music than you guys. Personally I don`t hate anyone here. I think, if we want a healthy and active forum, we need all kinds of members. We need members that will create debates, post news, write verses, post beats, analyze rhymes in songs... but we also need the members that will fuck around and make you laugh. For example, when Amadeo made a thread "How to be funny on the internet" and said that people think that it`s funny to browse for memes and just post them instead of trying to be funny with your own jokes (and he/she was right, I agree), but when name posted "Attack Of The giant Faggot-Starring OP" meme, it made me laugh so hard.
My favourite members? I don`t know, the crew from "Last one to post..." thread (members that I have most contact with), but, like I said, I don`t hate anybody here. Sometimes someone posts something I don`t agree with or something I find stupid and i argue with that member, but that don`t mean shit. We all have our opinions and why would I hate anyone for that. I also post stuff that people don`t agree with and find stupid.
The funny thing here is, I`m 28 years old and I think I`m older than 90% of all members here. And you can notice, when you argue or just talk to someone here, that most of the members are still young teenagers. You know, I was 16 and I know how I acted then and what I think about that now. And if you bring that up in an argument, people will say "I will be the same person that I am now in 10 years from now". And if you don`t change (I am not talking about changing completely, but getting more mature and changing your lifestyle and priorities), than something is really wrong with you.
But, like I said, this is a great forum, a bit dead lately.
04. Are you into video games? Speak a little on that.
I fucking love video games. Most of the time I play Modern Warfare nad Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer on PC. Me and my friends get together and play Fifa, PES, NBA. Things get so crazy when we play together, but it`s always fun to do that. I can`t wait to play Borderlands 2. I`m a big fan of Point And Click adventure games (Monkey Island, Broken Sword...), first person shooters, action adventure games (Devil May Cry, Batman). I will play video games untill I die. Right now I have no time for video games, so I will have to put that on hold.
05. Are you into sports? Speak a little on that.
Basketball. Most of my free time gets spend playing basketball. I have a group of 20-some friends and we play almost every single day. We play outside during the summer and we pay for gyms during the winter. I also like football, but I only only it when there is no basketball. Sometimes I play tenis and table tennis. I also like running nad going to the gym. Sport is one of the best things ever and I don`t know what I would do if something happened that would make me not able to play anything ever again.
06. Do you think that you could score a hypothetical date with Guess_Who or some of the other female members?
A date with Guessy? Haha. I don`t think Guess_Who is a kind of girl that gets dates online. Neither do I. I see no point in that. But, we all use internet today and that is one of the ways to meet people (even easier than in real life), so, everything is possible.
But, to be honest, I would never try to to find a date here.
07. Top 5 rappers and the respective favorite songs/album from each one:
Eminem-the best rapper ever, in my opinion. He has it all. It`s hard to pick just one song, so I will go with Lose Yoursel/The Way I Am/Sing For The Moment. And the same thing is with the albums: TES/MMLP. I will never be able to decide.
Marčelo. Sometimes I wish that he was na American so that the whole world can see how good he is.
Favourite song-Sveti Bes/Otkucaji/Jedan
Alnum-Puzzle Shock
Tram 11. Croatian hip hop duo, they kinda brought hip hop to life here. They had songs abou the way we live here, two street poets.
Favourite song-Pad Sistema/Jedno/ ZA 10 Godina
Album-Čovječe Ne Ljuti Se
Tupac. One of the best storytellers ever and such a charismatic person. He makes rapping sound so easy.
Favourite song-Changes/Two Of Amerikaz Most Wanted
Album-All Eyez On Me
Nas. There is something about him, his voice or something, that I find so hypnotic.
Favourite song-One Mic
Album-Illmatic
08. What’s your dream job, and what’s the job that you think you’ll most likely end up working?
My dream job? I don`t know, maybe being a basketball player. But it`s too late for that.
Since I`ma safety engineer and right now I started my masters and I applied for State examination for expert of occupational safety, I think that is the job I will end up doing. I`m happy with my current job, in the chemical factory, but that will do untill I get my masters degree. I`m thinking about starting ac consulting agency for safety engineering with a friend of mine. But, that is just an idea, maybe in a few years. And I always wanted to own a night club. But I would probably have to play music I hate the most in it (fucking turbofolkhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdXqg0MYdTQ ) if I want people to come. Sad.
09. What do you think about the whole TR down movement, and on which side are you on?
I think that TRShady should get more involved here. I understand that he is busy with other stuff, but he created this forum and there are a lot of people that find it important enough to come here every day. People had ideas about making this place better. I remeber name said he would rebuild the forum with a brand new vbulletin-based interface. I know nothing about interfaces, but if that would improve this forum-why not. It took us a few months to change the fucking banner.
There are creative members here, let them make a few banners and change theam on a weekly basis. Refresh the forum a bit. I suggested that we could have a music player and a DJ. DJ could play tracks that members post, we could suggest new artists for him to play, he could just play whatever he wants, some Eminem, Jay Z. If you don`t like the music you hear, you could just turn it off.
The only answer I got was from Geno, when Revolutinary said that we could have instant chat here, Geno responded: "Chat would slow the forum down. Or was that the music player?" He just thinks it`s stupid, he has his iTunes or whatever, so fuck it. i think that mods and TR himself should be more involved in making this forum better. Not just handing out warnings for posting pics or bumping old threads.
TR down movement, I don`t find it serious and I`m not on any sides. I think it`s ok that members say what they think and even start little "rebelions", because "this is the way things work here, take it or leave it approach" is not good for anyone. So, if TR down gives us some results and makes this forum better, I support it. Better forum would mean more members and more activity.
10. How do you like Fiasco Classis, what has been your favorite issue so far, and do you have any recommendations, or maybe some members that you would like to get interviewed?
I think it`s great that you do this. It sparks up the forum, just like mdemaz did with his news videos. You could interview him, I don`t know if he is still active here. i don`t have a favourite issue, I would have to go through all of them again to choose. I think you should always have "Asshole of the week", just pick someone that you think deserves it or let the others recomend assholes to you. And if the asshole of the week gets mad for being an asshole of the week-make him an asshole of the month.
Maybe you could put a suggestion box in your magazine, for mambers to suggest changes and new stuff for the forum and the mods replying to them. And always have boobs in every issue my friend.
And "the best/worst thing that ever happened to you" where members could share their funny and scary stories.
That`s all from me. I hope people will find this interesting. Keep up the good work Fiasco. Peace.
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