Homeward Bound

Unfortunately, as those of you who went, realized, I was unavailable to perform at last night's Waka Flaka show in Fairbanks. I really wanted to. I've been VERY eager to perform back in my beloved hometown for awhile now, as it's been light years, since I've done so, but I bring good news...

I'm coming home.

I want to share more details regarding this very special event, but it's still 8 weeks away and I'm still fine tuning the show (local artists, expect my call in the days to come.) but I promise you, this will be an amazing night that you will not want to miss. I'm pulling out all the tricks in my sleeve, for this one. There will be many pleasant surprises and if you have ever been to a Tubby/Hellrazor show/party, you already know, this is going to be legendary. I'll tell you more in the weeks to come. Spread the word, and save the date. Trust me... You will want to be at this.

Talk to you, soon.
- Scarface

Full Circle

On a cold winter night in 1998, myself, along with my cousin Larry and my childhood friend Roger (aka Jolly Roger. Yeah, the dude who makes those hats) went to Drama City, a local hood spot on the southside of Fairbanks that would later be known as Sunset Strip, to break dance to our favorite rap songs spun by local hip hop pioneer DJ, Don King Trixx as we did every weekend. I was too young to be in there at the time, but a young Tubby was quite the pop and lock dancer so they would let me in to bust my moves, and on this night, the DJ announced that local rap crew/label 50 Belo were in the house and that they were going to spit some raps over instrumentals. I had never seen local rappers before & even though I would toy around with the rhymes in the privacy of my home and at school with friends, I never thought of it as anything more than that. 

 50 Belo came out, a bunch of thug looking black dudes (this is coming from the perspective of a young white/asian kid at 16/17, mind you) along with a skinny ginger (the first white rapper I had seen since Vanilla Ice. This was pre-Marshall Mathers) and I was immediately fascinated. Then the beat came on, and it was Luniz "I Got 5 On It" which thinking back, I may have never heard before at the time, and I instantly fell in love with the instrumental. 50 Belo all took turns rapping over the beat, but it was the ginger, a young white boy who went by Redd, that stole the show and ultimately inspired me and gave me the realization, that this was something anyone can do, and that you didn't have to be black to do this rap shit, and from that day forward, I slowly stopped dancing, and started putting my energy into what came easier for me... poetry over beats. My life changed forever that cold winter night. 

I've mentioned in the past, that before this was all said & done, I would do something with that instrumental that impacted my life in such a dramatic way. I initially had plans of rapping over the original instrumental but then I decided, to do something different, cuz let's be honest, rap nowadays is a bunch of copy cat muthafuckas doing the same cookie cutter shit and I wanted to leave my own stamp of originality to something so special and dear to my heart. I had my producer and musical collaborator, Raw Beatzz remake the instrumental, adding his own touch to the classic, and with the help of my crew, Starbuks & Fleetwood Malone, we took a classic, well known rap record, and made it our own... cuz THAT is what hip hop was originally about. Taking something old, and making it fresh, and making it OURS. That, ladies and gentlemen, is hip hop. I hope you enjoy it. 

 Find the inspiration in your life, and use that inspiration to find you.

Click the artwork to listen to "Half On A Sack" feat. Starbuks & Fleetwood Malone, produced & mixed by Raw Beatzz

I could really eat 10 whole chickens, right now.

Freddie Gibbs "Shadow Of A Doubt" Review

I was bored, listening to the new album by one of my favorite trap rappuhs, Freddie "Gangsta Gibbs, hoe!" and I figured, fuck it, I haven't wrote up an album review in awhile... So, here you go. Enjoy.

"Review"
Dope first track to start off Freddie's 3rd album. The dark production definitely fits the artwork & overall feel of the LP.

"Narcos"
"Dope game hard, rap game, rap game, easier than a muthafucka." - this one's definitely a highlight track. Gibbs is one of the few rappers out there, who actually sounds authentic, and if you know anything about Fred, you know he's definitely not for the fake shit.

"Careless"
Freddie G switches up his flow for this more "lady friendly" joint (much smoother melody than his usual work, but it works.) Gibbs double time flow is better than most. If you listen carefully, you can almost hear a lil Z-Ro in there, which is perfectly fine with me.

"Fuckin Up The Count"
"Teacher told me to go get a job, I told her, where the scale at?" Gibbs spittin the dope boy shit, that I love him for, and as usual, it goes down smoothly. Love the calm production on this one (I didn't read the production credits cuz I didn't want it swaying my opinion during the review).

"Extradite" (feat. Black Thought)
True rap fans know it's always a treat when Black Thought blesses a track with a feature, and once again, Black brings primo bars over a Bob James "Nautilus" sample which is 1000 flame emojis!

"McDuck" (feat. Dana Williams)
6 songs in and the album is solid, thus far… This one features beautiful vocals from Dana Williams, whose voice sounds like vintage Erykah.  The outro with Snoop is a nice added touch as well.

"Mexico" (Feat. Tory Lanez)
This one features Toronto rapper/singer Tory Lanez & though Freddie's cartel flow doesn't disappoint, I'm not a super fan of Tory's hook. Decent track, nonetheless.

"Packages" (Feat. ManMan Savage)
Not really feelin this one… I blame the Migos. Ha!

"10 Times" (Feat. Gucci Mane & E-40)
Initially, I didn't think I was gonna like this one, just based off the features, but I'm feelin it. Gucci surprisingly didn't make me wanna throw up. Dope production on this one. Very bay area. 40 Water was perfect for this one.

"Lately"
"Freddie Kane, Freddie Corleone… Tony Montana, dopeman shit." - Yassss. This one just may be my favorite track, so far. Hard verses, smooth hook. I'm happy :)

"Basketball Wives"
Another one for zee bishes. Gibbs with the auto tune kinda sounds like my boy, Raw Beatzz, haha. Gibbs lightens it up on this one, and I ain't mad at him.

"Forever & A Day"
Okay… This one's my favorite. Haha!

"Insecurities"
Gibbs shows maturity, while keeping it gangsta as usual. "I was ready for whatever, man… I remember I was selling things… I let it go… I let it go…"

"Freddie Gordy"
Excellent production on this one. "I hope my daughter never lives this type of lifestyle…" Freddie gets deep on this one, talking about not only the strife that comes with dealing drugs, but the shame of his own battles with addiction. Definitely one of the album highlight tracks, here.

"Cold Ass N***a"
Good track… Could've been left off the album, though. Mixtape material, in my opinion.

"My Boy"
Same could be said for this one. "Bonus" track usually means the song was recorded separately from the rest of the album (not around the same time) and it's evident with this one.

"10 Chickens"
Another "Bonus" track, however, this one I like. Dope production and Frederick's cadence matches it perfectly. Sidenote: I've been dieting for a week or so, and now all I can think about is a 10 piece chicken mcnuggets. Fuck, I'm hungry.

Overall review: Great album. I expect nothing less from Gary, Indiana's own. MJ would be proud, ha. I give this one 8 out of 10 chickens.

Sweet Home Alabama

If you didn't know where I was... where would you guess I'd be, from this promo vid I whipped up, high in the garage. If I had to take a stab at it... I'da said Alabama. Ha. Crickets = Alabama. Makes sense to me. *Jada laugh*

Cima De Cinco!

Since this week has been all about Top 5 Dead or Alive's, and I got time to kill before UFC 193, I figured, fuck it... Here's some gotdamn lists for ya. Enjoy.

Top 5 Restaurants in Alaska:
5. Turtle Club (Fox)
4. St.Elias Brewing Co. (Soldotna)
3. Glacier Brewhouse (Los Anchorage)
2. Ginger (Los Anchorage)

1. Lavelle's (Fairbanks)

Top 5 Places to rub one out:
5. Shower
4. On a friend's couch
3. In various shopping mall bathrooms
2. Airports
1. In a platonic female friend's bedroom (preferably with 1 of their bras)

Top 5 marijuana strains:

5. Violator Kush
4. OG Kush
3. Grape God
2. Lemon Haze
1. Blue Dream

Top 5 ways to smoke that marijuana:

5. Knife Hits
4. Gravity Bong
3. Regular Bong
2. Raw joint cones
1. Being shotgunned by a naked chick you just met & probably will never see again.

Top 5 ways to die:
5. In your sleep, peacefully
4. While getting banged by a Costa Rican prostitute, while on vacation
3. In a shoot out with crooked white cops (preferably in downtown Anchorage, outside the Pio.)
2. overdosing on some killer blow WHILE getting banged by a Costa Rican prostitute, while on vacation.
1. Stabbed by your wife for writing about banging Costa Rican prostitutes

Top 5 places to snort cocaine (all of which I've done):
5. At The Westmark Hotel, while watching your black rapper buddies run a train on a drunk thot
4. In the Midnight Mine bathroom
3. Lavelle's bathroom
2. At the studio with groupies
1. in the back of a car outside of The Boatel during Solstice Weekend

Top 5 people I'd like to see in a sex tape:
5. Donald Trump (I just wanna see what his hair does in the heat of battle)
4. Betty White (i'm into older women *Kanye Shrug*)
3. Ronda Rousey vs. Miesha Tate (don't act like you don't notice the sexual tension there)
2. The dude from The Hawk Shop
1. Jared from Subway (featuring several bloods, in a jail cell)

Top 5 things to do when bored:
5. Stalk bitches on social media
4. pull out old nudies from ex-girlfriends, add funny shit to them with photoshop, then send them to back to said ex-girlfriends, years later.
3. watch BMoney argue with people on Twitter
2. Wii Bowling
1. Write lists. :)

Content with the content? (the recap)

Let's recap, for a sec, shall we?

2 new fresh joints straight out the Blade Gang oven... A new youtube episode/series fresh out
the stove (or garage, depending on how you look at it)... Rumors of a new Scarface solo project as well as that Tequila Sunrise album, I've been blabbering about for months... and, if you been keepin up, then you already know Fleetwood's cookin up... 4th quarter's coming, kiddos. We ready. Are you?

1. "Say Yeah Freestyle" - Fleetwood Malone (CLICK HERE)


2. "Posted In My Garage (This Thing Of Ours)" - Tubby (CLICK HERE)


3. The 1st episode of #TubbysManCaveProject


and in case yo' ass was sleepin under an Alaskan rock...

4. "Special" - Tubby feat. Muldoon Manny & Darius (CLICK HERE)

5. "The Most Consistent" - Tubby (CLICK HERE)

6. "Goons & Heathens" - Tubby feat. Fleetwood Malone & Starbuks (CLICK HERE)

7. "Hot Box & Hip Hop" episode 2, featuring Snarley Brown & Darius

"Posted up in my garage..."

Just some rap goobers, in a garage... nothing more, nothing less. This is the pilot

for #TubbysManCaveProject. Hopefully, there will be more episodes to come, but this is me, we're talkin about... We'll see. Anyways, enjoy.

"Word 2 God, they'll never take this thing of ours..." (Blade Gang Friday)

Today, y'all gettin that 2 for 1 special from the good folks @ Blade Gang. Enjoy.

Note: neither of these records are on/from "Tequila Sunrise". Those records are next. ;)

Dreams Worth More Than Money (Speechless)

Very rarely, do I find myself struggling for words...

Today is one of those rare occasions.

To J.Miex... Thank you bro. Forever grateful.

History Lessons with Tubbs and Mr.Dott

A conversation, over a decade in the making... A special final episode of my stoopid podcast. Enjoy.

Gangland.

Are your spidey senses tingling? They should be.

Based on a true story...

You'll understand the artwork when u hear the verse.💡

— Tubby (@TubbyBlog) August 4, 2015

"One night, I saw this girl as I walked into her bar,

we've known each forever, but we spent life times, apart..."

Here is the 3rd song from "Tequila Sunrise" - Shout out to Manny & Darius!

exodus.

"Stick to the plan like sticker..."

Me & a couple homies... we coming. Something #special soon.

"Young...H to the O-V, I used to move snow flakes, by the O-Z..."

Very rare freestyles from Young Hov courtesy of Stretch & Bobbito. Archival shit, kids. Respect it.



Yup, back on this bloggin shit. Kinda, maybe. We'll see.

cuz everyone looks cool with a guitar.

Back in the booth. Cooked up something real special. You can have it in 4 days. See you on the 20th.

p.s - I need to just start carrying a guitar with me everywhere I go... Total chick magnet.

retrospect.

For Keeps

let's try this again...

This thing is still on? ha.

After a week of staring at the computer screen, editing hours of footage of myself, Snarley Brown and Darius, I finally present to you, the latest episode of "Hot Box & Hip Hop"



Like I said... hours of footage. You can expect an "outtakes" episode, eventually...

The Drive

One hundred

I've been doing rap shows for a long time, and met many artists whose music I'm a fan of, but no one has left such a positive impact on me like Yelawolf. 2 years ago, I almost got murdered outside of the last show and without needing/having to, this man came to my bed side and showed more love & support than some of my actual "friends" & "associates". 2 years later, moments after walking into the venue, I was greeted by this man again (along with his manager), asking about my well being and life in general. And then, again, without needing to or feeling obligated to, this man brought me out on stage in the middle of his set to encourage the audience to support their local artists instead of hating on them. Very rarely do I meet a rapper (especially at his level) who is grounded, kind hearted and just overall, a real fuckin person. I've always had a very cynical view of the entertainment business and most of the artists in it... this man changed that, for me. I will always be grateful/respectful. S/o to Yelawolf.

Special thanks to Cody & Ryan at Crude Magazine for the shots!
Photo Credit: Ryan Earp (Crude Magazine)

More photos from this weekend are available on my IG/Twitter accounts.

Butt Rock

Here is the first episode (hopefully of many) of my latest project & web series,
"Hot Box & Hip Hop".

The premise of "Hot Box & Hip Hop" is plain and simple, and should be obvious: Me & some guests, sitting in a vehicle (mine or theirs), smoking & talking about hip hop. That's it, bruh. Basically, a youtube/video version of my podcast (go to tubblife.com and click on "Tubby's Stoopid Podcast" if you're not familiar). For my first episode, I invited local producers, Raw Beatzz & Booster Gold to join me for a lil smoke break in my truck during one of our studio sessions. Certain topics included: Rick Ross' new Miami Heat tattoo, best beats in 2014, our favorite rappers, my brief employment at Taco Bell, the terrible beat that was used to create Nas' "Ether", Raw's appreciation of The Migos (smh), and Gucci Mane being the hardest working man in rap music ("He's got a boner tattooed on his face." - Booster).

This is "Hot Box & Hip Hop"... Puff, puff, pass, muthafucka! Enjoy.

You win some, you lose some...

What a fuckin year…

I've been doing this blog shit for a minute. Like, a long minute. Before "Tubby Blog", as most of you all know it, I would do my blogs on my myspace page (that I haven't been to in years, in case you were fittin to go there. Best of luck, though) and do these lil year end, rap list thingies, and even BEFORE myspace (I'm 33. I've been apart of this digital age since the genesis, mi amigos. Ground floor, Zeus shit, kids, respect the history!) I was on Friendster, posting my mediocre, poorly produced rappity raps (pre-Raw Beatzz era), harassing females (ask Lala) and writing these stupid blogs. So, yeah, I've been doing this a while. But this one may have been the hardest to start writing. It's been a long year…

My mentor died. Let's just get right to it. Tim Dawg (the guy taught me it all. Who I am, the person you know right now, is truly, largely due to that man. Honestly.) passed away this summer and I could write an entire blog specifically on the emotional and psychological affects from his death, but I'll save you the violins and tissues and just say it was a major blow to me, personally, as well as the entire local Alaskan hip hop community. Tim will truly be missed. 

One thing Tim loved was hip hop. I fucking LOVE hip hop. Like, obsessively. All parts of it. Every sub-genre of it, just... all of it. People who are extremely nerdy/passionate/obsessive about something in particular tend to notice the same passion in other people, and our love for hip hop was very similar. We were always doing lists… "Who's your top 10 _______ (rapper/producer/album, yadda yadda yadda)?" Something about hip hop nerds and lists… haha. 

So, if you're reading this… here's my lists, Tim. (side note: the lists not related to hip hop, i.e: "Tubby's Favorites On Social Media", "2014 Creeper List", etc. would just confuse the hell out of Tim, and he'd say something like "You're a fag." and go back to making beats, ha.)

Disclaimer: These lists are not based on sales, popularity, lyrical intricacy and/or billboard chart placements. These are simply my favorites in each respective category and if you don't like it, feel free to go back to surfing The Chive or stalking your ex on IG. I'll understand. Here we go… 

Best Beats 

1. Who Do You Love - YG (Produced by DJ Mustard)
2. Hell Of A Night - Schoolboy Q (Produced by DJ Dahi)
3. Multiply - A$AP Rocky (Produced by Curtis Heron)
4. 6 God - Drake (Produced by Boi 1da & Syk Sense)
5. Fire Squad - J. Cole (Produced by J. Cole & Vinylz)
6. Devil Is A Lie - Rick Ross feat. Jay Z (Produced by Major Seven)
7. IDFWU - Big Sean (Produced by Kanye West & DJ Mustard)
8. Break The Bank - Schoolboy Q (Produced by The Alchemist)
9. Seen It All - Jeezy feat. Jay Z (Produced by Cardo)
10. Walk Thru - Rich Homie Quan feat. Problem (Produced by Dupri & Problem)

Jingles of 2014 (best songs, in no specific order.)

1. Hell Of A Night - Schoolboy Q
2. Who Do You Love - YG feat. Drake
3. Break The Bank - Schoolboy Q
4. Multiply - A$AP Rocky
5. Often - The Weeknd
6. Days In The East - Drake
7. Fire Squad - J. Cole
8. Hold You Down - DJ Khaled featuring Chris Brown, Future, August Alsina & Jeremih
9. Don't Tell Em' - Jeremih feat. YG
10. Cadillactica (or any other song on that album, for that matter) - Big K.R.I.T

(note: "Man Of The Year" would have been on this list, but the song was technically released in 2013)

"I'd rather listen to kittens burning in a fire." (Worst Songs)

1. Hello - J. Cole (the beat, the cadence, all of it is just painful to listen to. I just can't)
2. Fancy - Iggy Azalea (I liked "Pussy" when it first came out. Everything after that has just made me hate her more & more, this one in particular.)
3. Any song by Young Thug

Best Rap Albums

1. OxyMoron - Schoolboy Q
2. Cadillactica - Big K.R.I.T
3. My Krazy Life - YG
4. Some Love Lost - Joe Budden
5. 2014 Forest Hills Drive - J. Cole
6. Lord Steppington - Evidence & Alchemist (Step Brothers)
7. PRhyme - Royce 5'9/DJ Premier 
8. Mastermind - Rick Ross
9. Nobody's Smiling - Common
10. Seen It All - Jeezy

Boner Jams 2014 (Best in R&B)

1. Drunk In Love (Weeknd Remix) - The Weeknd
2. Often - The Weeknd
3. Party Next Door 2 (album) - PartyNextDoor
4. X (album) - Chris Brown
5. Hold You Down - DJ Khaled feat. Chris Brown, Future, August Alsina & Jeremih
6. August Alsina (Artist)
7. Majid Jordan (Artist)
8. Nirvana (Harry Fraud Remix) - Sam Smith 
9. 24 Hours - TeeFli feat. 2Chainz 
10. 2am - Adrian Marcel feat. Sage The Gemini 

Tubby's Top Rappuhs

1. Drake 
2. Schoolboy Q
3. Joe Budden
4. J. Cole
5. Action Bronson
6. A$AP Rocky
7. Big K.R.I.T
8. Common
9. Royce 5'9 
10. Crooked I/Joell Ortiz (Slaughterhouse) 

Sweet 16 (Favorite Verses)

1. Em's verse on the Shady Cypher (A lil more than 16, I know… It's Marshall. *Shrug*)
2. J. Cole's 3rd verse on "Fire Squad" (Die, Whitey, Die. Ha!)
3. Jay Z's verse on Jeezy's "Seen It All" (Hardcore Hov fans know.)
4. Drake's verse on YG's "Who Do You Love" (Not lyrically intricate, I know. Sometimes intricacy just isn't necessary.)
5. Jay Rock's verse on YG's "I Just Wanna Party" (Shit makes me wanna do mad pushups and join a set.)

I Don't Always Make Lists, But When I Do… (Most Entertaining Artists)

1. Action Bronson - Not necessarily my favorite rapper, music wise, but definitely my favorite rapper, entertainment wise. Love that fat fuck! He can't do wrong.
2. Joe Budden - Joe has always been up there on my lists, and not always because of his music. Though, I relate to and appreciate Joey's music more so than most artists, his presence on social media/television has kept me entertained for years now and only adds to what he has to offer.
3. Drake - Over the years, I, along with many fans of Aubrey, have been scrutinized for liking the guy, but let's face it. Drake is the man. He makes good music. He can rap & sing and does both well (same old argument, I know) and has shown to be quite the entertainer, overall (Saturday Night Live, Anchorman 2, whatever awards show he hosted a few months back, I think it was for sports, so I didn't watch). To hate on Drizzy is like bitches who hate on Beyonce. C'mon, bro…. 
4. The Weeknd - Brick loves lamp, and I love Abel. This isn't breaking news. Homeboy puts out great visuals, intentionally stays relatively quiet/mysterious which adds to the interest and still to this day, the dude hasn't put out a song I didn't absolutely love. Weeknd is still king, over here. 
5. Jay Z/Kanye - Between Kanye being Kanye, and Jay continuing to rule the gotdamn world, how could they not be on this fucking list?

The Coveted No Cialis Needed Award (Sexiest Women In Entertainment List)

1. Ronda Rousey (UFC Champion)
2. Jhene Aiko (R&B artist)
3. Beyonce (R&B artist and queen of Planet Earth)
4. Amber Rose (World Famous Gold Digger/Whore, BM/Ex-wife of Wiz Khalifa.)
5. Tinashe (R&B new comer)

The Brick List (Disappointments In Rap)

1. Blacc Hollywood - Wiz Khalifa (or just Wiz Khalifa in general… as a person. Ha.)
2. Ferg Forever - A$AP Ferg
3. Hood Billionaire - Rick Ross
4. Animal Ambition - 50 Cent
5. Watch The Throne 2 (or the lack thereof) 

The Board Room (Top Producers)

1. DJ Mustard
2. Harry Fraud
3. The Alchemist
4. DJ Dahi
5. Mike Will Made It

"Death Is Promised" Award (Most Hated Category aka Tubby's Annual Death Wish List)

1. DJ Khaled (Who has been #1 on this list for 3 years running. He just won't die. Fat fuck's like Bruce Willis in the Die Hard movies, but not as fucking cool.)
2. Migos (I hoped Chief Keef and his buddies would've got the job done. Such a let down.)
3. Tyga (for so, so, so many reasons.)
4. Iggy (I used to want to impregnate her… then I heard "Fancy".)
5. DJ Khaled (I figure if I put him on the list twice this year, then jussssst maybe...)

Hangin Tough (New Kids On The Block) / Rookie List

1. August Alsina
2. Ty Dolla Sign
3. Vince Staples

Best Album/Single Artwork

1. OxyMoron - Schoolboy Q 
2. The Pinkprint - Nicki Minaj
3. My Krazy Life - YG
4. Small World - Rome Fortune
5. Good To Be Home - Blu

Best Visuals

1. Fuck, That's Delicious - Action Bronson
2. Easy Rider - Action Bronson
3. Often - The Weeknd
4. i (both video/live performance on SNL) - Kendrick Lamar
5. Anaconda - Nicki Minaj (*Shrug* C'mon, I'ma guy…) 

"It Was The Best of Times…" (Favorite Moments In Hip Hop)

1. Lil Wang flipping out on Baby/Cash Money, announcing Carter 5 would be his last album
2. Tyga exposing himself as the fuckin cornball we all knew he was
3. Meek Mill exposing Wale for the fuckin cornball we all knew (thanks to Cudi) he was
4. Amber Rose leaving Wiz Khalifa ("Can't turn a hoe into a housewife, fool!")
5. Puff Daddy beating up Drake 

"It Was The Worst of Times…" (you get it.)

1. No Watch The Throne 2 album
2. Me singing along to No Flex Zone all gotdamn summer, smh.
3. Wiz Khalifa and that gotdamn purple hair. 

The "Scratch Nuts & Sniff" Award (Guilty Pleasures in 2014)

1. No Flex Zone - Rae Sremmurd
2. No Type - Rae Sremmurd
3. Try Me - Dej Loaf
4. Bobby Bitch - Bobby Shmurda 
5. Tuesday - Makonnen feat. Drake

(Note: Rae Sremmurd and Dej Loaf also win the award for "Worst Rap Names in 2014")

"No touching of the hair or face… and that's it!" (Favorite MMA Fighters of 2014)

1. Jose Aldo
2. Johny Hendricks
3. Jon Jones
4. Anthony "Rumble" Johnson
5. My baby, Ronda. 

The Farmer's Market (The annual local rapper list)

1. Fleetwood Malone
2. Keezy of The Sky Division
3. Money Mann (DJ Spann)
4. Muldoon Manny
5. Josh Boots/Phonetic (tie)

Note: Like every year, I must clarify, this isn't the "Best Rapper in Alaska" list. This is who I consider to be the top dawgs in 2014. Artists who put out new material, stayed relevant via shows, music, social media, and word of mouth. Not necessarily my favorite artists, musically. These are guys who worked hard and stayed in the ears, eyes, and mouths of the general public. For example, Money Mann and Muldoon Manny are 2 artists whose music, I'm not super into. It's just not my cup of tea. It doesn't mean their music isn't good, or that I'm hating, I just haven't heard a lot of their material that just absolutely captivated me, yet. I can be quite the music snob. With that being said, I will gladly say that those 2 individuals were the hardest working artists in the local rap community in 2014, other than myself (do remember, I put out 2 professionally produced/mixed albums this year as well as helped out on "Viva La Fleetwood", the best rap album to come out in Alaska this year, in my opinion, but I'm excluded from this annual list, so I'll shut the fuck up about all that). Say what you want about Muldoon Manny and Money Mann, but musically, no one put in the effort those 2 men did this year and for that, I salute you both! These are my top 5 for this year. Sorry, not sorry, to those who may feel a certain way. Work harder, fuckin bums! 

Favorite local songs that I didn't make, ha. 

1. "907's Own" - Keezy & Josh Boots (Josh Boots also wins this year's "Local Verse Of The Year" for "907's Own". Shit is filthy!)
2. "The One" - Fleetwood Malone feat. yours truly
3. "Church Is In Session" - Phonetic feat. Madchild

Tubby's "Favorites" (My Annual "Likes" List)

(Laughing with you, laughing at you… does it really matter? Here's my favorite people on social media)

1. @AKBrizzle
2. @AK_BMoney
3. @HeebsyDoesIt
4. @akvaught87
5. @BrookeBurnett93
6. @KeezyFlyDiv
7. @DaA6e 
8. Mike Pedarock (local Anchorage rapper who literally is on Facebook 24/7. Whether it be his constant ramblings, his not so subliminal attacks on other rappers such as Skitzo Scoe, or his non stop "hand over mouth" selfies, which he has stated in interviews was inspired by my own stupid ass selfies from back in the day, Pedarock has definitely force fed his presence onto the local social media/hip hop community. Love him or hate him (most probably hate him, ha.) you know who he is, and to a lot of us rappuhs, that's all that really matters.)
9. Mannish Da Jula (A very pro black/anti-everything local Anchorage rapper who is very opinionated as well as funny when he wants to be.)
10. Money Mann (the selfies alone, have given me more than my fair share of chuckles, this year… ha. Love ya lil buddy!)

(Note: There would have been a 2nd person sharing the #1 spot with Brizzle, but as I'm typing this, it appears that Kristin Adara is no longer on twitter. A very funny lady who is constantly sharing over the top personal stories of her family, job, and love life in a self deprecating yet humorous way. With that said, it's hard not to think perhaps her tweets are the reason she is all of a sudden M.I.A. So because of her disappearance, Bryce gets the numero uno spot for dolo, this year.)

Tubby's 2014 Creep List

(My annual list of the most attractive chicks on social media not named Janie Ma. Hashtag, I'm sleeping on the couch tonight. *Jadakiss laugh*)

1. @RavenMcAfee (twitter)
2. @letuligasenoa (twitter)
3. @BrookeBurnett93 (twitter)
4. @akvaught87 (twitter)
5. @k.adara (IG)
6. @queenlbee (IG)
7. @anakmcduffy (IG)
8. @lindseynoelleb (IG)
9. @sahurrah (IG)
10. @uuluudrake (IG)

(Note: I know this might be a mind blower to some, but many things can make someone attractive other than a pretty face and big tits, just in case you were mumbling shit to yourself right now. A pretty face definitely helps, though, ha.)

1st Ever "Man Of The Year" Award 

Celebrity: Action Bronson 

Local: Timothy "Tim Dawg" Lewis

Epilogue:

And there you fuckin have it. The best, the worst, the sad, the funny, the pretty, and the ugly. This has been this year's Tubby Blog Awards. Next year I will be adding a couple other entries such as a battle rap category (both local and celebrity), a local skateboard category, and "Tubby's Pornhub Clips Of The Year" (it would've taken me another 6 months to weed through the nominees this year, trust me. I got lots of faves, ha!) I'm also debating on doing an actual "show" presentation for the next one, which should be interesting and/or a massive failure. I got a couple other cool lil ideas for next year, but as we all know, I smoke a lot of pot, and tend to change my mind/get distracted easily. We'll see. Anywho's, it's 5:20pm on this lazy sunday afternoon and I've yet to put on clothes (yup, wrote the majority of this butt ass naked, b! Respect it) or eat anything, so I'ma go put on some boxer shorts and socks and make some ramen. I'll see y'all in 12 months. Try not to die. Laters. 

Oh yeah… Happy Birthday Josh Boots! 

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