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Hey Ricky, thanks for the Lay's "Do Us a Flavor: The Pitch" Kettle Cooked Everything Bagel with Cream Cheese chips. I love it when I'm gifted chips or have a chip exchange and recently Ricky and V brought me back a couple American Lay's DUaF chips. They're Lay's kettle cooked; that means that the chips are generally all the same hue of yellowish/off-white (ie, lack of browned chips) with an 'average thickness' providing a good midweight crunch..the exact chips that Joe Chip-consumer pictures when they're told kettle cooked..no surprises here. Now you're asking, how groundbreaking is this flavour..as Lay's are known for their groundbreaking awesome flavours that came out of their do us a contests...er..I mean..yeah. Everything Bagel w Cream Cheese are a pretty passive flavour, I would place them as a first cousin to sour cream and onion. There are, however, poppy seeds sprinkled on the chips which may not seem like a big deal but when was the last time you had more than a powder on chips for flavour, good on ya. There's a somewhat lack in distinct flavour which results in an overpowering of salt/garlic salt/(I'd say faux..almost white cheddar..err, cream) cheese seasoning (which is all pretty salty). They'd be a decent dipper (which I don't believe people look to kettle cooked chips enough for that) but (if you're Canadian) are they worth a trip to the states..I dunno, I dig the poppy seeds, haha. For those who missed out, don't fret, I have a solution, procure: 1 bag of sour cream and onion, 1 bag of cheddar and sour cream (or Old Dutch Onion n Garlic..do they still make those?) and a scoop of poppy seeds from your local bulk barn type store, mix up in a bowl and..voila, I doubt it'd be that far off this bag (outside of dip-ability, I don't really think the kettle cookedness will make much of a difference). Hey Lay's..you know what might have separated these from the pack a little bit more and lent itself to the bagel consistency? If they were UK style thick cut 'crisps' rather than straight up North American kettle cooked..just sayin' (but what do I know, I'm not a professional chip slanger).

Bagel's are a stereotypical NYC food, right? Well, a couple years ago I was listening to the Get Up On This podcast and they had Skyzoo's Music for my Friends as a get up on. The song they played was tight so I figured it'd be worth a purchase..and gee golly that was a great purchase. Skyzoo is a NYC rapper, in that I mean he doesn't put out R&B/pop masquerading as rap (not saying that there's no place for that music, but sometimes [most times] one just needs a rap album). I'm only 2 albums in so far (Friends and his 2016 The Easy Truth w Apollo Brown) and there hasn't been one mediocre track yet. Delivery, fire; lyrics, fire; producer/beat choice, fire. Skyzoo puts out albums, not just singles with filler. Don't sleep on Skyzoo, you'll regret it. Nod your head and..

Stay hydrated,
Marc!!

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