Addiction

ad·dic·tion

   [uh-dik-shuhn]  Show IPA

–noun

the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to somethingthat is psychologically or physically habit-forming, as narcotics, tosuch an extent that its cessation causes severe trauma.

Origin: 
1595–1605;  < L addictiōn-  (s. of addictiō ) a giving over,surrender. See addict, -ion

—Related forms

o·ver·ad·dic·tion, noun

Related Words for : Addiction

dependence, dependency, habituation

World English Dictionary

addiction  (əˈdɪkʃən)
— n
	the condition of being abnormally dependent on some habit, espcompulsive dependency on narcotic drugs

Word Origin & History

addiction 

c.1600, of habits, pursuits, etc., from L. addictionem  (nom.addictio ) "an awarding, a devoting," noun of action from addicere (see addict). Earliest sense was less severe: "inclination,penchant," but this has become obsolete. In main modern sense itis first attested 1906, in ref. to opium (there is an isolated instancefrom 1779, with ref. to tobacco).

Medical Dictionary

ad·dic·tion definition

Pronunciation:  /ə-ˈdik-shən/ 
Function: n 
:  compulsive physiological need for and use of a habit-formingsubstance (as heroin, nicotine, or alcohol) characterized bytolerance and by well-defined physiological symptoms uponwithdrawal 
broadly :  persistent compulsive use of a substance known by theuser to be physically, psychologically, or socially harmful compareHABITUATION 

addiction  ad·dic·tion (ə-dĭk'shən) 
n. 
 Habitual psychological and physiological dependence on asubstance or practice beyond one's voluntary control.

Science Dictionary

addiction  (ə-dĭk'shən) Pronunciation Key   A physical or psychological need for a habit-formingsubstance, such as a drug or alcohol. In physical addiction,the body adapts to the substance being used and graduallyrequires increased amounts to reproduce the effects originallyproduced by smaller doses. See more at withdrawal. A habitual or compulsive involvement in an activity, such asgambling.

Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: ad·dic·tion 
Pronunciation: &-'dik-sh&n 
Function: noun 
:  compulsive physiological need for a habit-forming drug (as heroin)


Yeah I'ma go IN

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Real Quick Ya'll Feeling the "B4" series?

What's good? My box is empty =( I'm not tripping just wanted to break down this classroom  "B4" series for ya'll real quick. So I write quite a bit in my spare time (Rubin, Rough N Rugged, and Reeses know), but so much of what I share is too broad for most of you. So I decided to break it down. The first example of this is the 'Can The Blind Lead The Blind??' post, which I consider a prelude to the classroom "B4" entries. Which are all written with the help of Reeses as to avoid me NOT giving them to you. I want them to be as organic as possible which is why each 1 focuses on a specific topic I find myself going through right now. Also why they aren't edited (which may confuse some who really pay attention to the little things I do with WorDs but if it gets to flagrant I'll edit it and let you know I've done so.)

The point is to hopefully touch on something some1 else is feeling too while revealing secrets of my mind. Meaning feedback, conversations, and comments are all very much appreciated. It's kind of important that you pay attention to what your reading though. Unless face value is cool to you, I wish I was like that sometimes it would save me a lot of time lol.


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Wasn't that the purpose of the blog in the 1st place? Whatever, I'll leave it up to you to decide if these entries differ from the 1's in the past. I know they do a great deal and I know HOW they do, but I'm not telling it on here cause it's dangerous.

Remember there's 2 parts to all of this.. we are 1 prelude and 2 classroom "B4" entries in I can't tell you how many will fall under the "B4" category before we move on to the "afte(a)r" section of it all. Just pay attention I really want to see if this offers the results I expect to get when they are both done and complete.

*self control is a motherf*cker so don't lose it!*


Any1 seen T-Rex?

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Hmmm? "Friends" R My Weaknesses

I guess I know why I don't have many friends, and those that call themselves friends of mine are often looked at by me as barely acquaintances. Being recognized for playing ball is cool (I guess..) but I've never really been comfortable around those I'm not close with anyway, so when people come up to me like "yooo what's good man?" I'm left to either have a blank stare (I don't recognize 90% of the people who do this), or fake it until I can place if I remember them and from where.

Anyway for the unlucky few who have access to me as "friends" it's perfectly clear you don't understand me. Not 1 bit. No real issue by me, I could careless. After all that's kind of the reason I write so much. I'm obsessed with what you don't get and then some. I don't get just about everything, so I let my eyes and mind approach 'everything' as such.

*Ya'll Not Diggin Hard Enough*

Shouts to MERON lol I struggled to spell it out correctly I like my little nicknames what can I say? I truly believe the things I ponder are miniscule through her wider doper more magnified telescope, but I'm working to get o her level.

quick question... Barnes & Noble, Borders, or Hastings?? If you don't recognize any of the 3 (bookstores) then you know what it's like to approach life in a state of not knowing EVERYTHING.

*Dancing in my seat and people peeking*

Today has been up and down much like the entire week... Ya'll ready for me to get BACK on point?
I recently had a "friend" ask me  f*ck it let's just quote this lil n*gga..  "Just by chance do you have my jordan flip flops?"

*sighs*

Did you notice the quotes around friend? This question came via text message a day after we had all went out that night. Seems normal right? Only in this instance in order for me to have had his flip flops 'by chance' I would have had to go into his house and literally take them when I was clearly fully dressed to go OUT from head to toe.. Does this sound an awful lot' like stealing to any of you? Or are you buying some1 could walk out with flip flops clearly unaware of what they were doing... 'by chance'??

I suppose if there were no quotes around the word, I would have no problem with the question even if it is STILL a riDICulous question to ask. I'm playing nice now though. It was just an uneasy feeling sitting with me thinking on some1 who thinks their close to me accusing me of such a dishonorable act. Smear my character why don't you?

Anyway I called him on this initially my response exactly... "Y the f*ck wud I have ur flip flops? And by chance n*gga? Wtf??"

Needless to say he never responded lol there's more but ya'll get the point. I hope some1 decides to get nosy on me and hassles me until I have no choice but to release the entire convo. It's too 1 sided though lol old BBM users know *The view of my thumbs is the truth*

Controversy, most don't handle it too well and me I'm well, controversial. Those that REALLY know me know this and they understand it's that way because I act and think through the lens of my misguided emotions. Dangerous? Yes. Entertaining? Sometimes. Effective? Not really. Guess I really am stubborn.

However, if there's 1 thing I love about me it's my emotionally charged view on life and those in and around it. So I'm not trying to change that for nothing, but instead learn when and when not to trigger it. In hindsight the lil n*gga was like one of those mafioso hit men in the Godfather movies. He didn't have the brain, or the balls to accuse me on his own merit, and I say that fully confident in my conspiracies. Sickening as it may be.

So while he got the Ether, the others are getting pounds and rounds (alcohol people lol) when I see them cause you know that little quote about friends and enemies right? SMH lil n*ggas


*Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer*



*I got so much to gain in so little time*



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5 mics from the Source??

This USED to be the ultimate crowning achievement for an album to receive. Now? Not so much, still even with magazines credibility somewhat questionable it still means SOMETHING to receive this honor. So I grabbed my board earlier this week and got to surfing. Come to find out The Source Magazine has crowned a new album a 'masterpiece' and awarded it the rare 5 mics rating. Its been 5 years since the Source gave this rating out to some1 *{[(Save that for the end...)]}*, and now the next artist up is Bun B being recognized for his newly released album Trill O.G.

My 1st thoughts upon reading about this? F*ck now I'm gonna have to listen to some South music lmao I'm kidding. I was pretty surprised seeing as Bun B (Trill O.G.) was up against some pretty steep competition. Eminem (Recovery), Big Boi (Sir Lucious Left Foot: The son of Chico Dusty), Drake (Thank Me Later), The Roots (How I Got Over), Fat Joe (The Darkside Vol.1), and Rick Ross (Teflon Don).

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Now I've heard all but 2 on this list (Fat Joe's on deck as I type, and Rick Ross... I just have no desire to listen to this n*gga, still have yet to hear the Jay-Z featured track on his album Free Masons... Cause I do.n't care.. but if tonight goes as planned he'll be up after Fat Joe) and none of them struck me as classic. Maybe Em's but after going back and listening again I'm starting to feel like he just brought back 'classic' lyricism. Big Boi's is so ambitious it's hard to take it all in. For that alone I thought he could be onto something with it but it had too many 'filler' tracks imo. Drake's Thank Me Later was a very solid 'debut' effort just not the best introduction fans have heard from him. Definitely not classic though that mixtape on the hand... The Roots came with a solid album too, only... They ALWAYS do that lol it didn't resonate with me like the others have YET.

Bun B though?? I'ma be real as cotton fields. Bun's album never crossed my I gotta hear this sh*t radar. Call me rapper racist I don't know. I DO know he can rap, and he has classics, and has done so much for hip hop and the culture blah blah... Don't know sh*t about this album, and I'd like to keep it that way until I decide to sit down and hear it through and through (headphones or the whip).

I'm not trying to take anything away from him as an artist or a dope rapper. I just have my doubts... Did you know The Source redid old reviews for albums they felt they dropped the ball on as far as awarding them classic (5 mics) status? Yup. Did you know they did the same thing with albums they felt deserved the honor but could not receive it at the time due to the magazine not having been created? Yup.

Here's the list:

2Pac - All Eyez On Me, Me Against The World

Biggie - Life After Death

Dr. Dre - The Chronic, The Chronic 2001

Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle

Wu-Tang - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 chambers)

Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in Full*

Boogie Down Productions - By Any Means Necessary*, Criminal Minded*

N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton

Run D.M.C. - Run D.M.C.*, Raising Hell*

Beastie Boys - License To Ill*

Scarface - The Diary

D.O.C. - No One Can Do It Better*

EPMD - Strictly Business*

Ice Cube - Death Certificate

Slick Rick - The Great Adventures of Slick Rick*

Fugees - The Score

Mobb Deep - Infamous

Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt

Geto Boys - Grip It on That Other Level*

Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation of Millions

Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx

De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead

Main Source - Breaking Atoms*

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(*)= albums that were not out when the magazine was published. ^^ The rest are redone reviews.

Now for the Original 5 Mic classics...

Nas - Illmatic, Stillmatic

Biggie - Life After Death

Eric B. & Rakim - Let Rhythm Hit Em

A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory, People's Instinctive Travels and The Path's of Rhythm

Scarface - The Fix

Ice Cube - Amerikkka's Most Wanted

Jay-Z - Blueprint

Brand Nubian - One For All

Outkast - Aquemini 

Critical Beatdown - Ultramagnetic MCs

Lil Kim (lol) - The Naked Truth (lmao)

Bun B - Trill O.G.

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So it's bee 5 years since the last artist received 5 mics from the Source. That artist being Lil Kim for her work on her album The Naked Truth. Now, I AM knocking the fact that she got 5 mics cause that album was mediocre at best. I know because I listened to it frequently upon it's release smh I want those hours back! My only question is this; If they can go back and redo reviews they felt didn't rate albums where they deserved to be in terms of boosting the ratings, why can't they do the opposite to lower ratings? Poor Bun B... The credibility of his album is automatically questioned because of the magazine's 'dark aged past'. Oh well though, like I said I'll be listening intensely in the very near future. Going to make quite the event out of it... Well maybe We'll C..

*dadadadaaaaaa*

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