My first learnings as a business man came from buying and flipping gangsta rap CD’s in the 90’s. I crushed some sales with unreal profits but learned about inventory purchased that couldn’t be moved… the rap CD hustle showed me how I could make money by finding a niche that everybody hasn’t nestled all up in yet. I found opportunities as a kid in the late 90’s and made money off my passion of hip hop. that was so cool… i want to do it again…
Read moreMLB PLAYOFFS - WHO TO WATCH
MLB playoffs are going to be dope this year. Superstars on flex mode globally. MLB attendance is breaking records every year and now they have Shohei Ohtani in the mix? Wow... Tatis... Wow... Pete Alonso bomb the other night? What?!?!?!? Jose Ramirez... Aaron Judge had 58 bombs this year... Crazy... Juan Soto... Teoscar Hernandez... Jazz Chisholm... Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber is one of the best HR combos of all time. Tigers... I don't think I can name one hitter on the Tigers... they have some ballers? hahahahah... baseball stuff... check it out...
Read moreCeeDee Lamb Szn is Here...
CeeDee Lamb might just break every WR record ever this year. He got his cash and not he's about to flex on all of yall... CeeDee Lamb monster season is upon us...
Read moreJackson Merrill Summer Vibes
yall watching jackson merrill ball out this season? started the year as a 20 year old rookie playing CF for the first time in professional ball. he took the challenge right to the all-star game where he got what he deserved. a call up to join mlb’s best ballers….
Read moreELLY DE LA CRUZ tho?
Pleaseeeeeeeee don’t be sleeping on Elly De La Cruz. He’s Lebron at SS out here going lots of places and doing lots of thangs… These highlight reels are f’n wild!
Read moreGUNNAR HENDERSON OR BUST
Have you ever seen athleticism that just jumps off the screen? Think Vince Carter dunking his whole career. Think Randy Moss galloping down the sidelines and catching a bomb… Well that’s what I felt when I saw Gunnar Henderson play for the first time. It was during the Futures game a couple of years ago and he just looked cool. He played cool too… The game was nice, the hair was flowy, and he had a Charlie Hustle type demeanor sliding all around the dirt. You up on Gunnar though?
Read moreRAP AND HIP HOP CARDS
There’s a Kanye card going for $33K on eBay right now. Pretty wild right? You up on rap cards tho? Jigga, Weezy, Snoop, and the gang all got some dope rookie cards out there. Oh what? You don’t collect rap cards?
Read moreCLASSIC WAX SPORTS CARDS
This is a story about getting back into the sports card hobby only to find out that cards ain’t cheap anymore! For those with deep pockets, this doesn’t present an issue but if funds are low and have you some kids in the hobby, you’re going to need some outlets to get your fix at a low cost. Classic Wax Sports Cards does all of that for you!
Read moreSPORTS CARD PACK RIPPIN WITH MURS
Ripped a few packs with Murs recently and we caught a vibe. Never a bad time when you can revisit the sports card hobby we all loved so much growing up. Really cool to see the pandemic give the hobby a boost and it’s definitely here to stay with more people jumping back into it.
Read moreJAZZ CHISHOLM OR BUST
If I had to compare Jazz to a rapper it would have to be none other that JID. JID stays in the pocket of every verse and just jabs with lyrical drip that has you going… wait… what? JID is just one of those dudes, like Jazz Chisholm, that is accumulating points and ascending to superstardom. We know J. Cole has JID’s best interests but do the Miami Marlins have the vision to keep Jazz and lock him up long term?
Read moreMid90s PRESENTS: THE EXCHANGE
As a kid in the late 80’s, my older brother, dad, and I would take a drive down to Mission Valley the first Friday of every month. Sports cards were widely popular when we were kids and the Scottish Rite Event Center was the spot for our beloved monthly baseball card show. We would hit the show every month with a little bit of pocket money that we’d spend on packs of cards, singles of players we liked, and supplies that we needed to sleeve up our good cards. Ahhhh… the good ole days in sunny San Diego at the Scottish Rite Center as a young sports card nerd.
Read moreJUAN SOTO BASEBALL CARDS
Seeing Juan Soto rockin a Trea Turner jersey at the Dodgers Wild Card game a few days ago was absolute money. It’s this type of camaraderie that makes me love baseball so much. You just never see things like that happen. Soto, Scherzer, and Scherzer celebrating with each others after the big Dodgers win was super cool. Soto was a fan that night of good baseball. He could have been anywhere else but he chose to support his boys. Mad respect right there!
Read more80’S AND 90’s FOOTBALL CARD CHASING
Growing up, I was a big Denver Broncos fan so of course John Elway was my guy. I tried to emulate my pick up football game around Randall Cunningham and John Elway. I remember crying myself to sleep when the Broncos lost the Super Bowl at Jack Murphy Stadium back in 1988. They got absolutely smashed as the Redskins dropped 35 in the 2nd quarter which is about as rough as you can get. I wore my Elway jersey to watch the game and was totally devastated by the loss.
Read moreFOOTBALL CARDS TO INVEST IN
For the last 25 years of my life I have been a diehard Fantasy Football guy. I used to buy the draft magazines, do all of the studying, catch all of the Matthew Berry segments, make sick ranking spreadsheets, and listen to podcasts left and right. From there I’d have my fantasy drafts and then be stuck with my teams for a whole season. Sure there’s the weekly waiver wire to plan for and trades to be made throughout the season but how many of us in our 40’s really want to scour homies’ rosters and try to make a trade? Yeah… Literally nobody. So this season I’m going to focus energy on stacking my modern football card collection and see if the knowledge I gain there helps on the fantasy football side of things.
Read more1991 YO! MTV RAPS SERIES 2 TRADING CARDS PACK RIP
Ripped a few packs of 1991 Yo! MTV Raps Series 2 trading cards a few months ago. Series 2 is way harder to track down than Series 1 and you get a lot of new rappers and groups available in the 2nd series. Beasties, KMD, Leaders of the New School, Stetsasonic, and many more.
Read moreSPORTS CARD SHOW BUYS AND TRADES
Made my way to a nice little card show yesterday in Escondido, CA (San Diego area) and I thought I’d walk you through the events that transpired. Welcome to an adventure of rookie cards, parallels, and action figures amongst a collection of likeminded collectors.
Read moreSPORTS CARDS TO BUY RIGHT NOW
This Acuna Project 70 is so dope. I don’t own it yet but will in due time.
Alright look…. I’m just settling down at my computer and I’m finally getting into the new Benny the Butcher & Harry Fraud album, The Plugs I Met 2 as well as the new Kota the Friend & Statik Selektah album. They both dropped yesterday and I think these are 2 special albums that could go down as albums of the year. My wife is way into NCIS reruns (or something similar) in the living room and my baby boy is fast asleep in his crib. This means that I have maybe an hour before I have to get back to daddy duty so we’re going to make the most of this time together.
Read moreMY FAVORITE SPORTS CARDS
The current sports cards boom has me and many others around my age chasing cards from our childhood. Back in the 80’s and 90’s when I collected, it was all about buying wax packs in hopes that I might pull that special rookie card I was chasing. There were sports card shops all over the city and there were also sports card shows as well. I would save up what little money I had to buy packs and then maybe splurge on a special card at the shows.
Read more1986-87 FLEER BASKETBALL MICHAEL JORDAN ROOKIE CARD
#lifegoals
I can’t even remember what a Jordan rookie card was going for in the early 90’s but I think $700 seems about right for mint condition? Unfortunately all of my old Beckett Basketball Monthly magazines are stowed away in my parents’ attic so I haven’t had a chance to flip through the pricing pages to confirm what my memory recalls. The 86 Fleer Jordan was the holy grail of sports cards for kids my age back then and I would dream about that damn thing. I would devise plans as to how I could buy it, steal it, trade for it, or find any other way I could get my hands on it. I never did get that ‘86 Fleer Jordan rookie card but I still think about it. And while most fiscally responsible adults are paying off their mortgage on their nice houses and saving money for their future, I’m still thinking about that damn Jordan rookie.
Read more1987 DONRUSS BASEBALL CARDS
Donnie Baseball with the killer stache!
1987 was a great year for baseball cards and that year Donruss was the top dog. The cards had a clean black border and you had rookie cards from greats like Barry Bonds, Greg Maddux, Mark McGwire, Bo Jackson, and more. I bought Lunchmade a pack of ‘87 Donruss to see what he could pull. Let’s see what happens….
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