The Resolution Will Not Be Televised

http://twitter.com/jsmooth995

Just a little hello and shoutout for the New Year.

(btw, I ain't no snitch or nothing but LL took that quote from Andrew Carnegie. Okay I guess I am a snitch.)

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• nye
• new year's resolutions
• ill doc
• jay smooth
• illdoc
• illdoctrine
• litle hater

[VideoVixen24]

Dude, why do folks think you're Black? I can look at you and CLEARLY see you're Jewish.

[illdoc1]

@VideoVixen24 It's amazing how many different things people think they "clearly see" when they try to guess? my ethnicity lol..

But actually my father is black and my mother is white, and I self-ID as Black (and as mixed, I don't think of the two as mutually exclusive).

Other people who are Black or mixed are usually most likely to see this correctly, but guesses vary a lot across aboard. gives some fascinating insight into people's perceptions anad preconceptions.

[SUCKAPUNKIN]

cool video and good resolutions but can resolution #10 be to use 1 aspect ratio per video? I sorta get what you're going for but don't think it's working. At this point those changing black bars are just distracting, imo.

[illdoc1]

@SUCKAPUNKIN interesting, this is something people also say about letterboxed movies sometimes, that i never quite understand.. I don't perceive the negative space as black bars or find it distracting.. i like it and actually made the opposite resolution to do it more often :) but i will take note if others feel the same

[smallpun22]

Mine would be ...give up on someone who is great. you are un on my page and that is ok because you are a waste anyway. so illdoc, i will have a bunch of nothing instead of your bunch of nothing . Used to love you. now sort of hate you.

[illdoc1]

hate is a strong word. care to explain what you mean?

[bsnowman]

I actually watched all of your videos in pretty much one sitting.

[rlidrazzah]

@bsnowman I'm halfway there myself...in one sitting.

[beatmixer16]

@illdoc1 I think this might be a good minivideo discussion here ^^^ (i.e. racial identity in us mixed folk and perceptions from others as well as ourselves.)

[beatmixer16]

@illdoc1 Yeah, I ge the same thing all the time. I'm Black and Irish, but I've been called everything but Asian before. One time, some little boys told me "you look like you speak Spanish." lmao

[beatmixer16]

@illdoc1 Yeah, I ge the same thing all the time. I'm Black and Irish, but I've been called everything but Asian before. One time, some little boys told me "you look like you speak Spanish." lmao

[Khonsu1212]

omg i totally can see the mix in your features i love multi-ethnic mixing theres a vivid book about mixed ppl called: hapa: part asian 100 % hapa has cool pics

[RochelleHansonMusic]

lol non resolution lol ;-) that' cute :-)

-Rochelle.

[AnimusBehemoth]

I have a non-resolution I'd love for you to commit to... especially now that it's not new years, so you'd be bucking the system in two ways: flow more on tape. Pleeeeease! I dig it. And I'm sure others do too.

Also, a question for you: I'm from Texas, grew up in Houston. I'm a beat boxer, and could always find a cypher around to spit in. I've recently done contracting in NYC, San Fran, and other locales, and no one knew what a cypher was. I got blank looks. Do you think cyphers are dead?

[janesehz]

Yay. I think I am going to make some non resolutions as well.

[SassyMeaThomas]

who care if the guys mixed or not . if you like the videos then watch them if not lay off. but then i forget who iam talking to

[behmdaniel]

Yes, more cat!