Sorry

It has been a good bit since I last was on my on website because it looks like hibachi 2.0 is ready to take over the world in 09. right now we are dominating and shouts out to all my fam over there. I would like to take this time to let all of you know that I am sorry for the way I have been writing ever since I started back in 06. I have used profane language not suitable for a young man of my stature and I am in the wrong. I would like to give my deepest sincenre apology to my mom, who typed my name into google and saw my post where I was a cursing tirade. For that mom, I am sorry. She is deeply hurt at me and i know she expected better from Devontae Palmer, but I couldn't give it to her. so I would like to state that from now on in all of my posts I will refrain from using profane language to get my point across. this is just my personal decision and I don't want y'all to refrain from what y'all do because that is your craft and how you do it. But as for me and myself, I'm going to keep it all PG and just bring you the noise on what I know about this game. call it a new year's resolution if you would like, but it is more like a goal for me. again I am sorry mom for going off like that on the computer, I was just going through some things at the time and I needed to vent. I'm better now and I promise I will do better. You can bet that.

From the kid himself,
Devontae Palmer

Kanye State of Mind: Day 2

ha hahahahahahahahahaha ha hah aha ahahah aha aha ahah ah why are you so paranoid??? ah fuck it the next song on my mind is called paranoid. This goes out to my ex...friend. ha ha ha. I'm just laughing through the pain shawty. check the verse.




INTRO:Why are you so paranoid?Don't be so paranoidDon't be so...Baby, don't worry about it Hey there, don't even think about it You worry bout the wrong things, the wrong thingsYou worry bout the wrong things, the wrong thingsYou worry bout the wrong things, the wrong thingsYou worry bout the wrong things, the wrong things



VERSE #1:All of the time, you really wanna spend your whole life alone/A little time out might do ya good, might do us good before you're done for good/Because I could make it good, I could make it hood, I could make you come, I could make you gooo/I could make you hot, I could make you fly, make you touch the sky, Hey, maybe sooo/All of the time, he be up in my, checking through my cell phone, baby noYou wanna kill the vibe, on another night, here's another fight, Oh, here we go /

(Oh, here we go)HOOK:Baby, don't worry 'bout itLady, we'll go out to the floor
Anyway, they don't know you like I do (They don't know)They'll never know you (Never know)Anyway, they don't know you like I do (Never know)They'll never know you



VERSE #2All of the time, you wanna complain about the nights alone/So now, you here with me, social gratitude, leave the attitude way back at home/Yeah, you see 'em look, baby, let 'em look, give you cold looks cuz we look cold/Yeah, you heard about all the word of mouth, don't worry about what we can't control/All the talk in the world, loss in the world 'till you finally let that thing gooo/You wanna check-in to the heartbreak hotel but sorry we're closed/


HOOK:Baby, don't worry 'bout itBaby, we'll go out to the floorAnyway, (Hey!) they don't know you like I do (To the floor)They'll never know you (Never know)Anyway, they don't know you like I do (They don't know)They'll never know you





HOOK:Baby, don't worry 'bout itLady, don't even think about itYou worry bout the wrong things, the wrong thingYou worry bout the wrong thing, the wrong thingYou worry bout the wrong thing, the wrong thingYou worry bout the wrong thing...Anyway, they don't know you like I doThey'll never know youAnyway, they don't know you like I doThey'll never know youAnyway, they don't know you like I doThey'll never know youAnyway, they don't know you like I doThey'll never know you



anyway...they really, i mean really, don't know you like i know you...

Kanye State of Mind: Day 1

Keeping sweet and simple: I like Kanye's new album. It is my chronic. I'm on a another level with this shit so I'll be running down my favorite songs and the songs I most relate to in my current state of life. By the way...if you didn't know....this is not a basketball blog. It's MY BLOG. thanks for understanding.


First song: Heartless(wat up kristi! this is out to you!)

(Chorus)

In the night I hear 'em talk,The coldest story ever told,Somewhere far along this roadHe lost his soulTo a woman so heartless...How could you be so heartless... ohHow could you be so heartless?

(First Verse)

How could you be so,Cold as the winter wind when it breeze yoJust remember that you talking to me yoYou need to watch the way you talking to me yoI mean after all the things that we been throughI mean after all the things we got intoAnd yo I know of some things that you ain't told meAnd yo I did some things but that's the old meAnd now you wanna get me backAnd you gon' show meSo you walk around like you don't know meYou got a new friendWell I got homiesBut in the end it's still so lonely...

(Chorus)

In the night I hear 'em talk,The coldest story ever told,Somewhere far along this roadHe lost his soulTo a woman so heartless...How could you be so heartless... ohHow could you be so heartless?

(Verse 2)

How could you be so Dr. EvilYou're bringing out a side of me that I don't knowI decided we weren't gonna speak so why we up 3 a.m. on the phoneWhy does she be so mad at me for, homie I don't know she's hot and coldI won't stop, won't mess my groove up cause I already know how this thing goes,You run and tell your friends that you're leavin' meThey say that they don't see what you see in meYou wait a couple months then you gon' see,You'll never find nobody better than me

(Chorus)

In the night I hear 'em talk,The coldest story ever told,Somewhere far along this roadHe lost his soulTo a woman so heartless...How could you be so heartless... ohHow could you be so heartless?

(Breakdown bitches)

Talkin', talkin', talkin', talk,Baby lets just knock it off They don't know what we been throughThey don't know 'bout me and youSo I got something new to seeAnd you just gon' keep hatin' meAnd we just gon' be enemiesI know you can't believeI could just leave it wrongand you can't make it rightIm gon' take off tonightIn to the night...



In the night I hear 'em talk,The coldest story ever told,Somewhere far along this roadHe lost his soulTo a woman so heartless...How could you be so heartless... ohHow could you be so heartless? *2 times


I know I've lost my mind...just deal with me for right now. DP will be back one day...

Top 5 Albums Presto's is waiting for...

It's been a pretty hectic day for the NBA, huh. I mean, one of the most prolific scorers under 6-0 has departed again from a team who didn't need his services any longer. One of the most underrated point guards of the last few years has said goodbye to a team he has made his home and really his town. and one other forward was traded too. What's his name? Oh yeah, Dyess. Can't forget the Mississippi boys. While all of this is going through my mind right now, I'm thinking of something else right now that I have to discuss. I'll post later on the possibility of Billups turning Denver into a title contender and how Iverson will literally fuck the Pistons up. But right now, I 'm in the mood to talk about music.














Music? Yeah, it is about that time for the fall albums, which are usually when the best artist put out their new shit. Last year it was Kanye and 50 and I was not disappointed at all...at least not at Kanye's effort. 50 did an okay job but he has fell off every album after "the classic" Get rich or die tryin. He has a new one coming out next year and based on the title, Before I self-, 50 can't stand for Ye to beat him again in the sales department. 2008 has been a good year for rap music. Let me rate the top four that are out right now that are still hot.








1. T.I./Paper Trail- This has to be the realest shit T.I.P. has put out since Trap musik. There is not one song on here that I don't like and everything T.I. is spittin is from the heart. Don't sleep on this one because of his last two (cough cough) flops.








2. Lax/Game- Shit the songs I heard on there are fire, especially coming from a dude he reps a butterfly on his cheek. Tightest verse on the album? Check out Luda on "Ya Heard." "Slicker than rick the ruler whoop ass like Lex Luger, Superman, yuuuuuuuuu that ass like Lex Luther. My dicks the staple center I'll take you to see the Lakers." Luda is that dude.








3. Young Jeezy/ Recession- Hood shit. If you want some intelligent shit, Nas' untitled is right down the corner. This is for the streets. This is Jeezy. Well, sort of. It is not as good as Motivation 101 but it is a definite must over The Inspiration. I think Wednesday on the bus I will be playing..."My president is black, my jordans baby blue, and I'll be got damn that I'm 17 too!"








4. Nas/Untitiled- Just because If I didn't have him on here, someone would say I don't know real music.








5. Carter III/ Wayne- Young Molla baby! This album is annoyning as hell now that I have listened to it 100 times but some songs on there still keep me pumping. No matter what people say about Wayne, the Carter III did not disappoint but it was hyped too much. Next year expect Mixtape Weezy that has 1,000 guest appearances but no new album. He is so good at that....








Now time to hit y'all with the top 5 albums that Presto is waiting on..

1. T-Pain/Three Rings

• If you have heard any of T-Pain's "Pre-rings" mixtape, you can tell as of late the man is trying to showcase all of his talents. One of them being is uncanny ability to actually spit a little bit when he raps. I can actually see that T-Pain could have been a rap star but those cat in the hat hats don't necessarily make you "so hood" to me, Pain. But I have listened to majority of this album and let me tell you, it is the truth. I mean I thought I would get sick of the auto-tune after a while and that Pain would just play himself out but this album had me jiggin all the way through. Don't expect just the singles he puts out now to be the only hot songs on the album(Ephinany anyone?). Pain has songs for every occasion and it is like 20 plus tracks so this is obviously is best album to date. And there is just something about his new song "Chopped and Screwed" and that has me thinking back to what happened to me at homecoming...I'm off track, sorry. Anyways, this one hits stores next Tuesday so go cop it.

2. Ace Hood -Gutta

What the f*ck? Who is Ace Hood? Oh, that dude that be hanging out with Khalid with the long dreads? But it is like a hundred of those mothafuckers in dade county!!! No, No, my friends. Ace Hood is definitely not like those other dread swinging cats in Florida. There is something about this dude's swag that has me anticipating his album. Go on itunes, limewire, frostwire, or wherever you get your music and type this guy's name in. His freestyles are pretty crucial and he has some club bangers on deck. And I am ashamed that I only started using the term "cash flow" when I heard his song. Knock knock bang bang where the cast at! Ace Hood is where it is at and he is the rookie y'all are sleeping on.

3. 808's and heartbreak- Kanye West

'I'm not loving you, way I wanted to. I'm not loving you, way I wanted to. So keep yo love lockdown!!!!!!!!! All I can say is that Ye can pull of anything and auto tune is not any different. Since I just got through with a heartbreak of my own( you know who you are girl) I can see the pathos in his music. I'm feeling it and every time I listen to new Kanye, I get hooked to the chorus. The new one? "Bout the baddest girl I ever seen!!!/From movies out the tv screen!!!"

4. Thearte of the Mind- Ludacris

Ludacris should be claimed the best rapper alive. period. blank. I know I'm going to get a lot of heat from that statement but let me tell you that the boy Luda is on a roll. Have you have the Gangta Grill Mixtape "The Preview"? If you havent', you need to download it right now and listen to it and tell me Luda is not top 5 in the game right now. This new album comes out the same day as Kanye's so expect me to cop both. November 25. Expect album reviews on both albums as soon as the hit the shelves. and to let y'all know, theatre of the mind co-starrs insteads of features. pretty catchy huh? f*ck y'all moving along.

5. Rich Boy- Buried Alive

What? no Detox? no Slim Shady? no Weezy? no Gucci...who the hell am I kidding. No it is none of these guys I want to see more than Rich Boy. If you are ignorant to Rich boy just because of "Throw some D's", then you don't know Rich Boy. Go and listen to Bigger than the Mayor, his feature mixtape for 2008. That mixtape is better than most of the rap albums that came out this year and Rich boy is just toying with the beats. The man may be hard to understand at first with that 'Bama talk but once you hear what he has to say...the man speaks the truth and he is hood. Buried Alive is scheduled to hit shelves next year and I'll be ready. Y'all dudes better get ya knowledge up.

One more note...My birthday is minutes away!!!!!!!! 17 and counting!!! Go out and vote and make a change! and this has been a post by Kid Presto...in case you didn't know so.

swagger like us.

Kid Lockdown

Can I talk my shit again? Can I please talk my shit again? Now I know you wondering where the hell has DP been. I've been wondering the same thing. One minute I'm on Hibachi, the next I'm on BETCATS site doing my thing but I haven't been DP in a while. I haven't been play wit it. I haven't had the swagger I used to have last year. I don't know....it's gone. DP, me, Devontae Palmer, am lost in a world where I really am still trying to find myself in translation. But maybe the problem is that DP has been around too long. It's time for a change but most of you have heard that tired shit for the last two years surrounding this fucked up election. By the way, I support Ralph Nader so haters whats up! whats happenin! But I'm off topic. where was I? Oh yeah, ya boy DP is changing. I'm growing up(17 on November 4 bitches!!!!!!!) and with every year comes a new name. So from now on, I would like to be addressed as Kid Presto. The name is weird and quirky I know, but I've been listening to a lot of Kanye West' new shit lately. Everybody I talk to tells me that Kanye has lost his damn mind and that this auto tune shit is out of line and that my dude has sold out. But I feel like people are just now understanding where Yeezy is at right now. His mom just died a few months back and his girl kicked his ass to the curb like a dirty pair of filas. I feel his pain because my swag has been affected by a female as well and that has been the cause of DP not being himself. You can say I was like the dude on that hyperdunk commercial who got his girl taken and his pride when little homey dunked on his ass. Anyways when I was listening to Kanye, I heard him singing in one of his songs that his ole lady changed his life like presto. The word was instantly melted into my brain and I couldn't get it out. That is where the new moniker comes from and I think I'm sticking with this one. I just wanted to get it off my chest that I'm changing and this blog is about to go through a hell of a lot a changes as I have for the moment disbanded from Hibachi. Hursty, RV, Money, and Moose seem to have control of the fort so I feel that they no longer need me to provide my services. I might make a guest appearance from here to there but for the most part my main concern is bringing y'all what is going through my mind on heavy as heaven. Basketball related and not. So I just like to say that I'm back and I never went anywhere. and I would like to give my endorsement for Kanye West's new album, 808's and heartbreak, out November 25. The kid's back and no one on the corner got swagga like the kid. period. play wit it.

Letter to Kobe bean Bryant

Dear Kobe Bean Bryant aka Black Mamba aka Triple Ocho,

This is one of your biggest fans, DP aka double-cinco. My number on my high school team is 55 out of respect to the whit hot eboy, Jason Williams, but who gives a damn about him right now? White Chocalate who? Anyway I have a deep, I mean fucking deep as the first tatoo man crush I just cannot hide form you anymore. By no means am I on the other side of the mountain or a coco for coco puffs, I just admire every fucking aspect of your flawless game. From the way you drive relentlessy to the hole, the improved passing you have displayed, the way you kick your leg out when you fade on a futile defender, and your hawk-like killer instinct amaze the dog shit out of me. You are the greatest. period. You have inspired me to right the first meaningful piece of my summer blog, Mamba. I know the haters are on your back like you are on white women but I truly don't give a damn. FTH. They don't understand your excellence on the court. They don't understand that you lead your team from a 17 point defect in game 5 of the WCF against the nursery home known as the spurs. When your team was broke from the field, when Lamar was being Lamar and Pau was acting like Paula Abdul, you stepped up tremendously. You constantly creamed your boy Bowen with jumpshot after jumpshot. Hell, Tim Duncan couldn't even mess with your J-work. You where wetter than a bust-it baby, and all of my bust-it babies are.....let us not get into that and back to you. But all the point in the world doesn't keep me infatuated with you Kobe. No, No, No, I don't care about that shit. It is the leader that you have become and your will to win that makes me want to cry. I'm not going to front, sometimes you let me down big time. See 2004, COLORADO OR 2006 GAME 7 AGAINST THE SUNS. But you always find a way to slither your way back into my heart. You are one sneaky mothafucker and you know it. This year you have been just the consummate teammate, making your teammates better and believing in them has really boosted their swagger and confidence. Look at Jordan Farmar and Sasha for example. Last year they didn't even make the bench look admirable. But this year with hard ass off-season work and you pushing them to their limits, they are the future. Especially that big eared Farmar. I usually don't care for UCLA point guards but he is the future. BY THE WAY, FUCK YOU DARREN COLLISON. Kobe you have just played with a look in your eye that just hypnotizes me man. I KNOW FOR A FUCKING FACT THAT YOU ARE BETTER THAN MJ AND I AM WILLING TO DEBATE ANY MAN OR WOMAN ON MY STATEMENT AND NOBODY CAN'T TELL MY STUBBORN ASS NOTHING. I just look at what you accomplished tonight-39 points(26 in the second half) 3 assist(not great but you dominated the game) and most of all, a trip back to the NBA Finals. My heart extracted from its' chambers when I saw that you beat the granny panty spurs. Most importantly, you proved you could get to a Finals without the BIG SHAQ DADDY. He is a bitch to me now and his fat ass is sitting at home right now having a good time with himself watching porn and drinking vitamin water. I mean the man's wife did leave him so what other resort does he have? You know Shaq is hating right now but so is every other human being on the planet earth. Some people's basketball live focus on hating you because you are the greatest. But you know what? FUCK THEM! You proved the spectators wrong and you are in the Promise Land. Only four games left and you get to go to Disney Land. K just want you to know Kobe Bean Bryant that no matter what occurs in the Finals, you are the man of the hour and of the year IMO. period. and after seeing one of your greatest performances ever...I am convinced you are better than Micheal Jefferey Jordan. period. Don't let me down Kobe. I know you won't. play wit it.

Double-cinco out.

Play wit it Points 4 Yo Thursday

• If I have learned anything from watching last nights game between L.A. and S.A. it is to never count out the Mamba. NEVER. I have to admit that I was looking like a "petrified puppy"(word to Stephen A. Smith" when I cut on the game in the middle of the third quarter.(I missed most of the game because I was at my homeboy's church having a good time:. 65-45 the score read. Kobe only attempted 9 shots all game. Odom was MIA and Pau was playing like his name was Paula. Mainly meaning SOFT. fISH WASN'T EVEN FLOWING THE THREES SO I knew this was not the original blueprint for the Lakers. The Spurs were hitting on all cylinders on the the other side of the fence, however. I loathe to admit this secret from the depths of the gas chamber called my heart but Tim Duncan is f*cking unstoppable. Nobody on the Lakers ROSTER seems fit to even walk on the same court as Duncan did last night. I personally believe that Paula Gasol was Tim's little b*tch for the night. TP was doing an a decent job and Manu was an un X-factor(thank God). But through all the fire through the wire the 4th quarter finally came. And with that came the wrath of the Mamba aka as "Triple Ocho"(I despise Reggie Miller's guts) and it was booty talk ugly for the Spurs. Kobe could not be denied in the second half at all. From his eloquent walk-it-out and two steps on Manu to his flawless jumper in the Gangsta Grill of Brucey, Kobe scored 25 of his 27 points in the second half. Like the Incredible Hulk, Kobe went into Mvp beast mode,especially in the final seconds of the game when it was tied 85-85. With time running out on the shot clock the ball was in...well yeah Kobe's hand. The Spurs attempt of a trap was futile as Kobe ran circles around it and drove Bruce Bruce to the rack. Just a little push off for room was all Kobe needed(Bruce exaggerated to the extreme with that fake flop) and it was nothing but BLOOMER LEGS as my dad would so emphatically put it. 87-85. In the end, however, the Spurs had a chance to take the lead with a Ginobli-huck-a three but it was not meant to be. Young Vucchi got the rebound with 7 seconds left. GAME, SET, MATCH. LA wins 89-85.
• I was very proud at the heart of the Lakers to pull this one out. I know one thing for certain though and that is that LA CANNOT allow such a bogus lead build up on them in the next game. I thought that Lamar and Fish should have been more involved in the game but it was a great night for Kobe and the role players to save their asses out of hot water.

Keys for Game 2

• Simple-Let Duncan get his(30 and 18 for game 1) grown man on and limit Parker and Manu.
• Is it just me or is Reggie Miller quickly becoming the George Bush of broadcasting in general? Just pondering.

Play wit it. DP out.