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Escalade Diary: It's Windy Outside |
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Written by Troy Jackson
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Monday, 13 August 2007 |
 What's up folks! I am in the windy city this week -- that's right, Chi-town. I love this place. I get to town on Wednesday and immediately go to an in-store signing. I'm promoting this mixtape I did with Akon and his crew. Shout-out to Qwes over at Konvict. He has been great.
I leave the in-store and go to the Chi-town Pro-am game. Ex NBA player Paul McPherson is out there killing.
Thursday morning we go do radio followed by a retail apperance. We head to a gym to get a workout. We stay for a couple hours and then head to a Chicago Cubs game. That was cool -- I've never been to Wrigley Field. Great place....
That night I speak at a banquet for an AAU team a friend of mine coaches.
Friday morning I'm up early to go to a TV interview. In the lobby of our hotel I run in to hip hop legends Whodini, Doug E Fresh and UTFO. They are on a old school tour. I'm good friends with Whodini -- I go back a lot of years with them. It was good to see those guys. It's funny, Professor and Helicopter are with me and they have no idea who these guys are. Damn I feel old.
After breaking down hip hop history to the kids, I go speak at the Boys and Girls club on the south side. We then have practice.
Word is Team Chicago is stacked. Big Mike and myself have been trying to get the best each city has to offer. Practice is cool. We got the rest of the day off.
Up early Saturday -- game day. I grab some food with fess and Gerry our bus driver. Then head over to the venue. It's looking like rain, and hot as hell at the same time. The Chi-town team has a few notables but mostly overseas guys. Real players. This young kid named Zo is very athletic. Shakey Sean is a shooter. All day long he hits big shots for Team Chicago. And old friend Bob Smith, aka Stand Em Up, who was in the running for the contract a couple other times, puts on a show. He gets at least 30. Baby shack is killing as usual. So is Springs. But Chi-town is up big at the half -- 14 points is a lot to make up. But team And 1 cuts it to 4 with a quick run. Chi-town responds with their own run and pushes it to 12.
Stand Em Up and Shakey Sean, along with Mr. Chicago, aka Old School, take over. They score every time down the stretch. Finally, team And 1 takes its first loss of the year. I think Stand Em Up was Chi-town's best player. He should be at the all star game in LA later this year.
Next up is Dallas, texas. Talk to you guys next week. God Bless......es
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