Common Folk Collective » Monday Maxim http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog Common Folk Doing Uncommon Things Tue, 15 Mar 2016 17:08:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9 Monday Maxium http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/2012/10/monday-maxium/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=monday-maxium http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/2012/10/monday-maxium/#comments Tue, 02 Oct 2012 00:20:02 +0000 http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/?p=1645 If you learn something new everyday you probably don’t know a lot.

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Monday Maxim (My Apologies in Advance) http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/2012/07/monday-maxim-my-apologies-in-advance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=monday-maxim-my-apologies-in-advance http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/2012/07/monday-maxim-my-apologies-in-advance/#comments Mon, 02 Jul 2012 23:04:05 +0000 http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/?p=1088 It’s hot. It’s hot everywhere. We all know it and feel it and understand it makes the brain fry and do weird things. Such as dig up the following for the Monday Maxim-

It’s getting hot in herre, so hot, so take off all your clothes

You all know who it is so I’m not even gonna breath his name. Point is, he’s got a good point. When it’s hot, find some air conditioning and get naked. I like naked. As Ice-T says L.G.B.N.A.F.

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Monday Maxim – Aesop Rock “Save Yourself” http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/2012/06/monday-maxim-aesop-rock-save-yourself/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=monday-maxim-aesop-rock-save-yourself http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/2012/06/monday-maxim-aesop-rock-save-yourself/#comments Mon, 25 Jun 2012 14:18:07 +0000 http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/?p=1041 Today’s lesson is from Aesop Rock track “Save Yourself”

What are you saving, honestly? (honestly, honestly)
What are you saving, honestly? (honestly, no honestly)
What are you saving, honestly? (damn)
Promise me you gonna shut the fuck up and recognize
What you holdin' ain't really broken?

Aesop lets you know that despite the fact that you are trying to save something wether it be rap, freedom or the “American way” you should take a step back and realize that first it might not be broken and secondly you might need more saving than your ideal.

Video after the jump

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Monday Maxim – Master Your High Life http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/2012/06/monday-maxim-master-your-high-life/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=monday-maxim-master-your-high-life http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/2012/06/monday-maxim-master-your-high-life/#comments Mon, 04 Jun 2012 14:52:25 +0000 http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/?p=935 This week’s maxim comes from Slug off of Atmosphere’s “Feel Good Hit of the Summer Part 2″

I ain't gonna tell you that you better not do it
But master your high, try not to abuse it
Stay away from me if your life's getting stupid
and please stop pretending that it makes better music

While drinking and smoking may be an enjoyable activity don’t fool yourself into thinking it fosters creativity and for Jebus’ sake keep your shit under control.

Leak at Will” is free on the Rhymesayers’ website.

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Monday Maxim – Jimmy Hats http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/2012/05/monday-maxim-jimmy-hat/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=monday-maxim-jimmy-hat http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/2012/05/monday-maxim-jimmy-hat/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 13:20:04 +0000 http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/?p=899 Jimmy Hats are now in style
Cos you can't trust a big butt and a smile
Some are dry and some lubricated
Many companies make and made it
So all you Super-Hoes, wear your hat
Cos drippin' Jimmies is straight up wack
Keep in mind about Jimbrowski

“Jimmy Hats” by KRS-ONE of BDP

The Magic Johnson AIDS announcement was huge when I was in high school. In fact I had a t-shirt that said “Protect your Johnson, no matter how magic you think it is – Condoms, Monogamy, Abstinence.” So you should remember you can’t trust a big butt and a smile, you need to trust in your jimmy hat.

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Monday Maxim- Get Yours http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/2012/05/monday-maxim-get-yours/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=monday-maxim-get-yours http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/2012/05/monday-maxim-get-yours/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 14:22:44 +0000 http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/?p=858 "I said you're the type of girl that I can't pass over
Give me one chance and I'll bend your ass over
Just call me the plumber at the end of the night
Cause a nigga like me'll lay plenty of pipe
She didn't get offended it was splendid to me
Cause mister nice guy is what I pretended to be
I guess I just wine her and dine her
And by the end of the night I'll be behind her
Waxing that ass like Rain Dance"

Ice Cube, “I’m Only Out For One Thang” Amerikkka’s Most Wanted

Sometimes its fine for two consensual adults to just get buckwild without a lot of baggage. And men, it really is splendid when an independent woman doesn’t get offended but two things: 1) don’t push it and 2) don’t ever underestimate or be surprised by a women’s right/want to hit it just as much as you.

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Monday Maxim http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/2012/05/monday-maxim/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=monday-maxim http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/2012/05/monday-maxim/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 18:48:23 +0000 http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/?p=821 "Comin up short of the green guys And I might start slangin bean pies Or the bootleg t-shirt of the month With "U Can't Touch This" on the front I'm bout to get rich Cause life ain't nuttin but money and fuck a bitch"

Ice Cube “Steady Mobbin”

You always gotta have your side hustle, whether the economy is good or bad. And embrace that creative, d.i.y. side of things, we don’t have to rely on anyone else cuz we can do it for ourselves.

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Ice Cube Presents Monday Maxim http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/2012/05/ice-cube-presents-monday-maxim/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ice-cube-presents-monday-maxim http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/2012/05/ice-cube-presents-monday-maxim/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 23:43:28 +0000 http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/?p=781 We’re rolling out a new weekly feature, the Monday Maxim. We’re going to tell you how to run your life by culling maxims from the annals of hip hop quotables.

maxim |ˈmaksim|noun, a short, pithy statement expressing a general truth or rule of conduct: the maxim that actions speak louder than words.

Ice Cube:

“And don’t give me that shit about role model
It ain’t wise to chastise and preach
Just open the eyes of each
Cause laws are made to be broken up”

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