5th Floor History

As The Year Comes To A Close, Lets Take A Look At The Good Times

Who knew something that we started would end up this big.

Khalifah = The King

The Peoples Champ aka The Man Of The People aka The Heart

Lewis = Louie V

The Originator aka The Truth aka The Body

Mike = The President

The Voice The Intellect aka The Brains

well…let me explain.

5th Floor started out because we didn’t agree with the Hall Council of Hubert Hall. My friend Mike & I came together and was like lets make our own thing. We both knew that if we started our own thing, we would have to take it to the next level. We both had that higher level of thinking and we both had visions of where we wanted to take this. I made the picture, gave everybody their names and said lets see how far we can take this. Louis came in on the conversation and he agreed. He knew that for anything to get done right, we had to do it on our own. But who would be apart of the 5th Floor brother hood? the 5th Floor started out with

Mike Was The President. Louis was Louie V. Khalifah was the King.

Antoine Wade aka Fade Wade aka The Swagga Coach was someone we had to get on board. He was well known, he was a bonnar scholar and he had dedication, his passion for community service helped the 5th floor with its passion for social consciousness. We told him about the ideas of the 5th floor and he helped us form it. Jamel aka JayFliMel aka Bazooka Bob had influence and intellect, he knew what the people wanted and how to get it to them, we couldn’t have gone further without him. Kadeem aka SupremeDeem aka The Wave had major influence and following past the AUC borders, he had a vision that stretched farther than Atlanta and that is something that we needed. Jon Cleveland aka Jonny Cash aka The Ice Cream Man was a business man. We all knew stuff but when it came to Jon, he knew the money side of things and he kept it real with us. He told us the reality of what we were started and he was one of our toughest critics, we had to get him on. Larry aka L Bubz aka The Music Man. Larry was musically inclined and was able to touch a facet of society that we were not able to reach. His passion and love for music was a beautiful thing, we could only imagine how he would act once he got to the 5th floor. It wasn’t until later that we added new members like Jeremy, Tim, Chris, Shawn, and Hendrick.

props to Collin for taking this picture.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/colincarroll

But after the whole crew came together, the good times started to roll

Props To Tim, Collin, & Ahmad for taking the pictures. Props To Jordan Jackson for making the 5th Floor Shirts.

To Be Continued

Que Probate

Tuesday 4.20.10 Omega Psi Phi Probate

Update 3/28

Its been awhile since i’ve updated and left yall with a rare impression like i usually do. I’m going to keep it short and sweet.

Heard about Original State Of Mind right? Well get a real feel for the brand and the clothing by watching this video.

Shoutout to Jordan Jackson I Support Him 100%, we keeping the money in the DMV…DMV Takeover Freshman year

DMV Film Maker (Khalifah Muhammad)

DMV Clothing Line (Jordan Jackson)

DMV Photographer (Tim Atakora)

It’s a beautiful thing…We took the midterms and they were stressful, but it wasn’t always like that. This is what life was like before midterms…(Warning there is some vulgar language in this video)

And we’re just getting started…but if your not hip to the recent gogo music that has been released…

http://www.sendspace.com/file/4v7fsr

War On Drugs & Its Racial Nature…

This is NOT my article…i found it at http://blog.norml.org/2010/03/10/the-new-jim-crow-how-the-war-on-drugs-gave-birth-to-a-permanent-american-undercaste/

take a look . . .

“I work this issue every day and am well aware of the racist nature of the War on (Certain American Citizens Using Non-Pharmaceutical, Non-Alcoholic, Tobacco-Free) Drugs. But even I wasn’t aware of the outrageous statistics comparing the Drug War to Jim Crow era. Michelle Alexander lays it all out in her new book, The New Jim Crow: How the War on Drugs Gave Birth to a Permanent American Undercaste:

• There are more African Americans under correctional control today — in prison or jail, on probation or parole — than were enslaved in 1850, a decade before the Civil War began.
• As of 2004, more African American men were disenfranchised (due to felon disenfranchisement laws) than in 1870, the year the Fifteenth Amendment was ratified, prohibiting laws that explicitly deny the right to vote on the basis of race.
• A black child born today is less likely to be raised by both parents than a black child born during slavery. The recent disintegration of the African American family is due in large part to the mass imprisonment of black fathers.
• If you take into account prisoners, a large majority of African American men in some urban areas have been labeled felons for life. (In the Chicago area, the figure is nearly 80%.) These men are part of a growing undercaste — not class, caste — permanently relegated, by law, to a second-class status. They can be denied the right to vote, automatically excluded from juries, and legally discriminated against in employment, housing, access to education, and public benefits, much as their grandparents and great-grandparents were during the Jim Crow era.

The uncomfortable truth, however, is that crime rates do not explain the sudden and dramatic mass incarceration of African Americans during the past 30 years. Crime rates have fluctuated over the last few decades — they are currently are at historical lows — but imprisonment rates have consistently soared. Quintupled, in fact. And the vast majority of that increase is due to the War on Drugs. Drug offenses alone account for about two-thirds of the increase in the federal inmate population, and more than half of the increase in the state prison population.

The drug war has been brutal — complete with SWAT teams, tanks, bazookas, grenade launchers, and sweeps of entire neighborhoods — but those who live in white communities have little clue to the devastation wrought. This war has been waged almost exclusively in poor communities of color, even though studies consistently show that people of all colors use and sell illegal drugs at remarkably similar rates. In fact, some studies indicate that white youth are significantly more likely to engage in illegal drug dealing than black youth. Any notion that drug use among African Americans is more severe or dangerous is belied by the data. White youth, for example, have about three times the number of drug-related visits to the emergency room as their African American counterparts.

That is not what you would guess, though, when entering our nation’s prisons and jails, overflowing as they are with black and brown drug offenders. In some states, African Americans comprise 80%-90% of all drug offenders sent to prison.”

the question is, what are you going to do about it?

More GoGo Music For You!

I do it for the people, call me Kinglifah aka Dark Bling Duck aka Shark Kent

I STAMPED THAT!!!!

ABM Music

http://www.sendspace.com/file/lsdycl

Backyard Band Music

http://www.sendspace.com/file/2qfccj

Need Some GoGo For A Party? [Cranks!] **warning, alot of vulgar language is in this**

http://www.sendspace.com/file/cay5v6

95% Water

95% Water is a movement. Started once three Morehouse students came together to put out films. Jamel Thomas, Kadeem Palmer & Khalifah Muhammad plan to inplement video productions like never seen before. You can’t play in the water and not get wet. 95% Water.

Dedication To The Movers & The Shakers

Welcome back for another Rare Impression. Many of the people who check out my blog don’t know about Spelhouse or even the entire AUC. In this post i plan to dedicate it to all the movers and shakers at Morehouse who do their thing. Steel Sharpen Steel! These are the people who rep me and who i’ve decided to rep back. They show love to Rare Impression aka RIB aka 95% Water so i have to return the favor.

TDL (Those DelaLuz)

“Those DelaLuz™ (meaning those of the light) is a company that is totally enlightened in clothing the naturally illuminated (aka we got you if you shinning). Started at the end of 2009 by Nia Keturah, TDL is a line all about the goodness, its pieces are visual documents of the Good Life. We ain’t trying to change the world, just point out the goodness in it.

The designs are all intended to show the “litE” lifted ideas through ETERNITY. TDL highlights the ideas that goodness has and always will hold near: love, humor, knowledge, etc. TDL is a line you wear on a good day…or as Hova put it when you got your shades on and you’re waiting for the sun to shine your way.“

i had the opportunity to meet Nia (she stays in my sister hall, Abby Psi Phi!) and ever since one simple facebook conversation turned into a friendship, it would seem that our blogging became a partnership, shoutout to everyone over at SciFli!

DKS101

“We are three African-American college students that attend the institutions of Morehouse College(Kadeem), Clark Atlanta University(Kevan) and Hampton University(Stefan).  This blog is a way to show the world the life of college students at HBCU and show you what we do on the daily, weekends, how we dress, music we listen to and anything that comes to our minds.

WE GOT A NEW MOTTO THIS YEAR, “ROLL WITH THE WINNERS”. “

I’ve had the opportunity to stay on the same floor as the D in DKS101, Kadeem Flocka Palmer. He from VA and got me hip to this clothing line called Paper Route, i checked out their clothing and its pretty amazing, he might have to hold me down with something! But anyways lol “The Wave” as he is called by his 5th floor brothers, has been real consistent with the blog he is doing and it’s only right that you have a look at his. Check it out!

Extravagant Minds

“You have now entered the mind of a Morehouse Student who thinks beyond the horizon, bringing Style, Swagger, and Intelligence to Life.This blog is way of showing my thoughts, the things that surround me and the college life as a Morehouse College student. Here, I bring you the world of pop Culture, Music, Fashion, Art, and My Life. Welcome, enjoy not just Minds…But Extravagant Minds”

Also a member of the 5th floor, Jamel “WaffleHouse” Thomas has been putting in work on his blog. Mostly behind the scenes, Extravagant Minds has been apart of the some of the best work in the AUC. Check Out His Blog!

On The Applebox

“We are students of Spelman and Morehouse College, combining and sharing our thoughts, ideas, and new found discoveries, as we learn and grow in our professions. Join us and check out our FRESH new outlook on film and the entertainment world, and watch as we begin to use our abilities to enlighten and better the world around us with our own personal Spice!”

My Patna Patna PATNAAAA Dem Ezekiel Phillips & Hope Harris have started a movement with On The Applebox and my words won’t do them justice, check out their website!

These Are Just Some Of The Movers And Shakers!

GoGo Music For You!

I do it for the people and i’ve taken it upon myself to be considered the people’s champ. I Do It For The People! This is just a gift to all the people who can’t get their hands on gogo music so i’m doing a major demonstration as my brother @NasVegas would say! Lets Get It Poppin! Download GoGo Music.

Smooth Go-Go Music?

http://www.sendspace.com/file/vdypbk

TCB?

http://www.sendspace.com/file/nxg52f

Reaction?

http://www.sendspace.com/file/ms5ss5

New Impressionz?

http://www.sendspace.com/file/u0yuip

UCB & CCB?

http://www.sendspace.com/file/shtuu0

GoGo Meets Atlanta

The DMV was out on 2.20.10 because bands like Tru Expressions, XIB, ABM & TCB came to show the AUC a good time.

My Recap

ALL BANDS ROCKED! FIRST AND FOREMOST!! CHECK THE VIDEO BELOW!

i got to there real real EARLY, me and my friends got there real early bands was still settin up by time i got there…luckily they let us in because dudes were waitin in the cold and talkin bout 10 dollar parking lol.

Tru Expressions started up and honestly i don’t listen to them that much but after that night i just might have too, they was hittin the Say Something joint somethin serious ( its in the video ) and then when they hit “heavy”, i was like yeaaa i needa start listening to them more, the people i was with didn’t have high expectations for them but after they got off staged they had no choice but to change their mind.

7/10

Then XIB was boutta come out, me and my people left to go to the photobooth but the joint wasn’t set up yet so we waited for XIB and i have to say they CRANKED! they had the whole club movin!! people was choppin and people was singin along like it was nothinnn! they hit

Turnt Up
I Love It Baby
Tootsie Roll
Lemonade
So Good

and some other joints…i remember bein out there was talkin bout “and we boutta have a fashion show too”, some dude behind me said “mann f that just get started!” but he didn’t realize how wrong he sounded until them models came out….GIRLS WAS MODELING AND LOOKIN OOOHH SOOO SEXYY! i square to bob…they rocked and they stamped the 5th floor, my mans lou said they rocked harder than TCB…

10/10

Then ABM came on and dudes was crankinn hard they started wit Obsessed which had people rockinn sloww and steady it was straight, they was hittin some of my favorite joints and they had the bottles flowin i think they was even splashin girls wit it….i know they threw out some money too because girls were lookin on the ground for it…they put on a good show they hit

All The Way Turnt Up
Slow Bounce Sh*t
Hi Haters
Rockband
Watch my leg

8/10

Finally TCB….TCB took awhile to set up so everyone went back to the photobooth…EVERYONE was back there tryin to take a picture, dude wit the glasses was tryin to please everyone tlkin bout “ok ok u right after them please just get back pretty please this is hard” but eventually we got to the booth and took like 3 pics, paid the man and went back to the crowd and still TCB wasn’t set up…random dudes was on stage lookin funny iuno wat they was doin but eventually TCB got started…

They started wit lemonade which i never heard soo i was rckin and Polo was rappin it was straight it was poppinn…iunoo what formula TCB puts into their congas or their drums but as soon as they hit the stage girls was dancing…everyone had to start dancing during they set cause everyone was…girls from NewYork looked like they caught the holy ghost dancing off beat and my mans from chicago didn’t know what to do but luckily the girls showed him….they rocked heavy and they hit

Lemonade
All The Way Turnt Up
2010 A** Clap
and some other joints…

10/10

the joint was a partyyy girls was dancing and my girls that go to spelman waitin on the next one too they said they hope its before summer start

Morehouse was deep
Clark was deep
Spelman was deep

it was a beautiful night everyone was happy, only people that said it sucked was some cali & ny dudes cuz they ain’t dance wit nobody

Shoutout to the 5th floor & 95% Water too

Short Film – Edited By Khalifah Muhammad

This short film which will be entered into Campus Movie Fest 2010 was directed by Stephon Bristol, produced by Ezekiel Phillips and edited by Khalifah Muhammad, please take the time out and watch it. Tell me what you think.