On Chappelle's Show, when that was still around, there was a satirical segment about Wu Tang Financial, which included the line: "You need to diversify yo' bonds, nigga!" Kind of a cheap laugh, yeah, but funny.
Anyway this isn't a joke: WuChess, a new hip-hop-meeta-chess site from the Wu crowd. As TechCrunch points out, the site charges money to use. Is that a problem? Maybe not. Lots of the big chess sites charge: Playchess.com and the Internet Chess Club among them. FICS (Free Internet Chess Club) doesn't charge, which is what I use... but seriously, it's not ridiculous to charge for a chess site.
The tough part won't be the fee, but in trying to replicate the thrill and electricity of chess in the park. That's going to be tough without the hustling, money, and everyone all shuffling about, but hey, still a cool idea. Another thing that's key to hip-hop chess, in my opinion: not saying "check" and actually attempting to take the king, which never happens online or in any legitimately sanctioned chess. And courtesy of Valleywag, here's a hip-hop chess video.
"Another thing that's key to hip-hop chess, in my opinion: not saying "check" and actually attempting to take the king, which never happens online or in any legitimately sanctioned chess."
Joe, can you explain this a bit further? For some reason I'm not getting it (maybe because I'm not at all familiar with chess in the park).
Posted by: Greg N. | June 07, 2008 at 03:10 PM
For some reason I'm not getting it (maybe because I'm not at all familiar with chess in the park).
Posted by: ClubPenguinCheats | April 18, 2010 at 01:24 AM
The term "nigga, please", first used in the 1970s by comics such as Paul Mooney as "a funny punctuation in jokes about Blacks," is now heard routinely in comedy routines by African Americans. The growing use of the term is often attributed to its ubiquity in modern American hip hop music.
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Posted by: oil paintings | September 07, 2010 at 11:05 PM
I really like the idea of having hip hop chess online ! Actually, I am learning how to play chess, but I do not have anyone to play with apart from my teacher!
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