J. Cole is THE Truth

Over this past holiday weekend I visited some friends down at the University of Clara Casey, and in preparation for the solitary confinement I would have to endure during my hours of vehicular transit I made sure to get some new music. I came in to the drive with hopes of listening to Chip Tha Ripper's tape, The Cleveland Show (which is dope), but came out blown away by J. Cole's The Warm Up. I can't begin to count the times I shook my head in amazement at his rapping ability. After hearing his verse on Beautiful Bliss I knew he was going to be good, but I didn't expect anything like this. I know the Warm Up is kinda old now as it was released in June, but I'm really just writing this post so that Louis will download it. I'm having a tough time choosing which song to post in order to best exemplify Cole's skills, not that I could really go wrong. Let's go with Lights Please.

Oh, and did I say he produces all his own beats?
Download This Immediately

The Warm Up- Sickest Thing Ever
Lights Please- Sooo Sick

These Are Probably The Most Blog-Worthy Videos Ever

Blitzen's(Lupe) Rap

Santa's(KRS) Response:

"My sleigh be moving snow, you eating grass"
And once again these commercials subliminally promote drug use!

MVPuppets Commercials- Sooo Sick

Mike Lowell is Almost Dead?

Ah, craig.
Funny typo!

My Heart Just Melted

"Straight No Chaser" is the album of the year.

Kid Cudi - Pursuit of Happiness Video

How does he get everyone else to move so slowly? That must have been difficult. Good thing Drake was in this video so we could watch him dance, because Science knows Drake got famous for his cool hand-oscillating dancing. Underwhelming. This is the kind of shit that college students throw together in iMovie. Not as cool as Cudi's other awesome A+ videos.
Pursuit of happiness? More like pursuit of CRAPPYNESS!!! LOLZ GOT EM!!!
Seriously though, this song is amazing, this album is amazing, and he gets a pass.

Pursuit of Happiness Video - Pretty shitty, but whatever

Did Pusha T Steal Mike's Shirt Too?

Or did they just make more than one in some crazy scheme to turn a profit?
Seriously though, Pusha might be the coolest rapper alive (official list coming soon). As Chester already pointed out on Twitter (FOLLOW US!!!!), the amount of flannel in this video is overwhelming (and also AWESOME):

This song is infectious. The instrumental is huge. Like, it just sounds fucking huge. It fills your ears with sounds, and I like every sound. If only Cam'ron wasn't involved. :-(
YUCH!

B.O.B. Single

This is Bombs Over Baghdad's first single for his debut album. If this get's airplay I could see it blowing as the females would eat it up. Bobby is proving to be incredibly diverse as he came in the game with Haters, and is now dropping this, which I like very much.

Nothing On You- Sick

Angels Remix Feat Lupe Fiasco

This more than whets my appetite for the mixtape he's dropping in the coming days. Lupe is on a tear. His ability to reference something seemingly totally unrelated to the song yet have it tie into the subject matter is unmatched. For example who thought Evander Holyfield would make it into a song about angels.

"Used to whisper in my ear, but now she tryna Evander/Vandal mine,
And holy feeling/Holyfield all gone, slowly feelin' all wrong"

Fuego.
Mmm Word Download

Angels Remix Feat. Lupe - Sooo Sick

Ball Don't Lie

This is why Rasheed Wallace is awesome. I realize it's not very audible in the video, however my fellow 324'ers and I were watching last nights Celtics game against the Warriors where a ticky-tack foul was called on 'Sheed and the opposition's free throws were true to the foul. We all LOL'ed when we clearly heard "Ball don't lie!" come out of Rasheed's mouth last night.

Rasheed Wallace - Sick
The Ball Telling The Truth - Soooo Sick

Whatever You Want - G.O.O.D. Music Remix

Star studded posse cuts like this are really proving to be a huge disappointment every time they are released. I didn't like the original of this song at all so I thought the likes of Cudi, Common, and John Legend could inject some fresh flavor into it, but just too many conflicting styles going on here. It doesn't make my ears bleed by any means but the short verses prohibits any single artist to shine and the song to find any rhythm.

Mmm Word Download

Whatever You Want Good Music Remix - Pretty Sick

Happy November 18th

Don't you wish there were songs as good as this for everyday?

November 18th- Sooo Sick

The Carter

Here's The Carter documentary of Lil' Wayne. No reviews will be posted as of yet since I'm watching it as I type.

Fuck Me Right?

I'm still fuming over the Pats loss. What irks me most is that the media is going to fawn all over Peyton and grovel at his balls. He's going to get the biggest fucking BJ of all time, despite that fact that Tom Brady owned this game for 56 minutes, and Peyton did most of his SUPER CLUTCH OMG HE'S SO CEREBRAL LOOK AT ALL THE FUCKING AUDIBLES HE CALLS HOLY SHIT LOOK HOW GOOD HE IS MAKING PIERRE GARCON LOOK work against a prevent defense that has been proven time and again to NEVER EVER EVER WORK.
If the Pats had converted that fourth down we'd all be sitting here jerking off Bill Belichick. As it stands, apparently, he's "no longer a genius" which doesn't make sense, because the Pats actually game planned for that game pretty fucking amazingly and had it won several times. Peyton did not look like his usually getting a blowie from Peter King and Trent Dilfer self, and Tom was slicing the Colts apart.
Bottom line: the Patriots had the Colts beat on the road. The Patriots are looking just as dangerous as 2007, only this time their secondary (when they aren't playing prevent and shitting their pants) is good. These two teams will meet again, and we can only hope that the Pats are pissed off enough to actually put a nail in the coffin, because we all know YOU DON'T GIVE PEYTON MANNING THE BALL BACK WITH ANY AMOUNT OF TIME ON THE CLOCK!!!! HE'S TOO GOOD, HE'S SOOOOOO CEREBRAL!!! HE'S BEEN ON THE COVER OF SI LIKE 20 TIMES, NONE OF WHICH HAVE BEEN ABOUT MODELING!! HE CALLS SOOOOOO MANY PLAYS AT THE LINE!!!!
On the bright side, the Patriots have the Jets at home this weekend, which means the Jets will talk, and the Pats (who were not good yet in Week 2 AND were missing Wes Welker) will eviscerate them. I would hate to be the Jets defense next week, because you're going to be embarrassed.
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go read books for the next seven days.

PS,
How bad was this spot?

Cudi beats Lupe to the punch

Well Cudi free-styled on Angels already anddddd it's pretty good. So pleasure your ear drums for a couple minutes.



Cudi Angels freestyle - Sick

P.S. While I'm on the topic of Kid Cudi freestyles, please watch this because its unfuckingbelievable. I realize a lot of people may have seen this already, but if you haven't please enlighten yourself.



Cudi Westwood freestyle - Greatest Thing of All Time (The Departed)

Lupe Remixing Angels

I realize this song straight up rehashes the beat for 'Where I'm From', a 12 year old Jay song, and jacks some lyrics from the late great Mr. Christopher Wallace. It's a blatant last ditch effort by Diddy to stay relevant in the music scene, but I don't care it's still good as fuck. The song has been out for a while now and you may be wondering why I'm choosing to post it now. Well the reason for my excitement is that news broke today that Lupe will be remixing the song, assumingly for his upcoming November 25th mixtape. One can only imagine how badly he is going to slay this beat. Diddy himself hyped the remix hard.

Other beats I wish for Lupe to slaughter: Cudi Zone, Kinda Like A Big Deal, Already Home, and My Song 16.

Angels- Sooo Sick
Lupe Mixtape Coming Out Nov. 25th- Sickest Thing Ever

The Red Sox Should Get Adrian Gonzalez

It became obvious this past season that Theo has a pretty big hard on for Padres first-basemen Adrian Gonzalez. His name was thrown around at the deadline, and at that point I was lukewarm to the idea of him becoming a Sock. We already have an all-star first-basemen in Kevin Youkilis, but after doing some further research of my own (aka listening to WEEI this morning) I really want him on the team. Not only did he hit 40 home runs this past year, while playing in the pitcher friendly coliseum that is Petco Park, but a mere ten of them were pulled. This means 30 of his homers were hit either to center or the opposite field. An outrageously impressive statistic. Adrian is indeed a lefty, and we all know what left handed hitters with opposite field power can do in Fenway. It's tough to say but Lowell and Ortiz are washed up. It's time to move Youk to third and bring in Gonzo to play first. Ellsbury to Pedroia to Youk to Adrian sounds mighty fine.

Getting Adrian Gonzalez- Sooo Sick

Back on My Grizzle(y) Straight

I'm just going to post pretending like I haven't posted since July. Moving on...

Most of us are familiar with Dr. Dre's ridiculously awesome/expensive head-wear that music is emitted from, "Beats by Dre." We've had sightings in Best Buy of these $400 headphones, but that was many months ago and no hype was really concocted - until now. Best Buy, Monster, and Dr. Dre are teaming up to create a whole new section in Best Buy that will include expensive things that would be fiscally irresponsible for a middle class, 20 year old, white, college student to purchase, yet I will end up perusing this section of Best Buy with saliva dripping. The new section of Best Buy called "Club Beat" will feature DJ equipment such as turntables and the fore-mentioned headphones.

"As part of Club Beat’s launch Best Buy will put on a series of events promoting their new section. Artist’s including Lady Gaga, will.i.am, and Dr. Dre are all expected to make appearances at these events." Let's hope they make a Biddeford Best Buy appearance!!!

324 productions may need to make an investment.

"Club Beat" - Sick

New Clipse

As much as I've loved rap music over the past four years, I can't help but feel slightly uncomfortable when listening to Clipse. The fact that they talk exclusively about dealing drugs doesn't exactly resonate with me considering I'm, like, from Maine. And this song doesn't do itself any favors either. The horns and beat as a whole don't do much for me and that hook is quite irritating. I can never distinguish between the two Thornton brothers so I'll just say the second verse is best, and let you figure out who the fuck is who. 'Til The Casket Drops' drops (LQTM!) December 8th. Let's hope its as good as Hell Hath, but this isn't a good start.

Mmm Word Download

Door Man - Whatever

Lil Wayne Documentary!

Holy shit. How badly do you want to see this movie? Like, worst case scenario, it's a notch above "Behind the Music," but given the reviews that it's gotten I don't think that will happen. Wayne is one of the most intriguing human beings in rap, and a chance to see even a sliver of his life is like a nugget of rare gold. Also, how sick was the clip of him recording in his hotel room? I liked it.

TCU Close to Crashing the BCS

TCU is up to number four in this week's BCS rankings (top 10 are pictured above), which is pretty fucking awesome unless you're a Boise State fan. (I will now borrow a writing technique from Rick Reilly and Bill Simmons: the embarrassingly overwrought and contrived pop culture analogy...) Saying the BCS is flawed is like saying Lindsay Lohan has a slight substance abuse problem! (I just threw up on my keyboard. HOW DOES GRAMMAR WORK IN THE MIDDLE OF A FUCKING SET OF FUCKING PARENTHESES!?!?!?!??!) Imagine how sick it would be to spend December and early January watching COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF GAMES EVERY WEEKEND. Holy shit. How fucking sick would that be? The point has been argued to death. And then argued some more. Let's move past it.
Florida and/or Alabama will lose before the final BCS tally. If Texas loses and TCU and Boise State run the table, we could actually be looking at a mid-major playing for the title. How sick would that be? We're talking Departed sick. Of course, it won't happen because the BCS has more issues than a Spears family therapy session (barf), so we're probably going to be looking at some controversy. Mmm, scrumptious.

PS, Cincinnati is also unbeaten, and if they run the table and Texas loses then they would presumably jump the mid-majors and play in the title game. I would still consider this a mid-major success, because saying the Big East is a "major" football conference is like saying Paris Hilton is a good actress. Zing! Three in one post!

Pats Take a Dump on Joey Porter

I really went screenshot crazy today, but that's not the point. The Pats are starting to look hella good so I'm gonna keep on dancing. Stupid Joey Porter gave new definition to the term "non-factor," tackling zero New England players the entire game, and spending most of his time on the sideline looking sullen as the Pats neutered and spayed the Wildcat formation.
Tom Brady went surgeon general on the Dolphins; he's really starting to get back to where he was in 2007 in terms of timing and chemistry with Moss and Welker. I think the best example of that was the play in the fourth where they faked the hand-off and Tom threw a quick slant to Randy for a first down. That play is their bread and butter, and it hinges entirely on the timing between Randall and Thomas, and they ran it to perfection. Also Randy showed he's still the most physically talented receiver in the AFC, with that redonkulous one-hander in the first half and his 70+ yard shoestring grab-and-go caesar salad wrap for a touchdown.
Great day for the Pats. Joey Porter isn't cool.

PS, Although I h8 h8 h8 h8 Joey Porter, I really actually kind of like the Dolphins as a team. I mean, how fucking sick is it that they basically run the option half the time? Just run the Wildcat once in Madden 10 and tell me it isn't the most fun you've ever had.
Another really cool player, Pat White, burned the Pats on that one run where Tully over-pursued on the fake pitch to Ronnie Brown and Pat ran like 50 yards. Also Ricky Williams is the man and Ronnie Brown is really cool too, as is Bill Parcells. There's just a lot to like if you're a Dolphins fan. Plus, they're not the Jets. What's not to like?

The Patriots Get All the Roughing the Passer Calls!

Stupid Tom Brady rules! Now the G darned Patriots get every roughing call ever! Also they allegedly cheated two seasons ago!
Oh. Oops. I guess everyone should stop whining.
As Justin Timberlake would say, "What goes to town comes back a clown."

Shakira + Kid Cudi?

As far as collaborations go, many people would describe this one as "unexpected," although to be fair, Shakira is a She Wolf and every time the moon shines Cudi becomes alive, so maybe they aren't so different after all.

Cudi's guest spots are all starting to feel very similar. I mean, I like listening to them, but they all kind of sound the same. This song reminds me a lot of "Everything is Broken," only not as good. Just doesn't make my meat loaf.
Download.

"Did It Again" - Whatever

U2 + Jay-Z: "Sunday Bloody Sunday"

This is one of the few U2 songs that I actually like, and it certainly doesn't hurt that Jay-Z decided to come out and spit some flames over it. Jay's presence alone is powerful enough to paralyze an army of infants. Just look at how fucking cool he is when he walks onto the stage. Christ. No one on the corner has swagger like him.

Yankee Fans Celebrate with Class

Interesting little nugget about the Yankee victory parade. The article is short so I will reprint it in full here:

NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City office workers who got carried away during the Yankees victory parade on Friday apparently began tossing files and documents out the window when they couldn't get their hands on confetti.
Auditor Damian Salo attended the Manhattan parade. He tells The New York Post he found all sorts of personal financial documents in the mountains of shredded paper tossed from skyscrapers as the players rode up Broadway.
They included pay stubs, banking data, law firm memos and even some court files.
The founder of one financial firm, Alan Sarroff, says his company reprimanded one "overzealous" employee for throwing records out the window that should have been shredded.

Nothing says class and "Yankee Pride" like violating the privacy of hundreds of individuals! God damn Yankees sure know how to celebrate with class. Like, those stupid fucking Boston fans have stupid accents and just get drunk all the time! But the high class Yankee fans? They celebrate by committing white collar crime! They're the best!!!!

Yankee Fans - (Still) Worst Thing of All-Time

I Love This

Nothing like NESCAC rap. Also nothing beats a music video recorded exclusively with the built in iSight camera. There's just so much here to love.

"Trinity Girls" - Pretty Sick

The Fruits of the Great Photo

Yesterday Filly posted a photo that made us all smile. Judging by Jay-Z's face in the photo in question, one could only assume that the beat they were currently listening to was life-changing, because he made the same face when he heard the instrumentals for "Lucifer" and "Dirt Off Your Shoulder." Those songs were pretty good. Well here's the fruit of Jay's facial labors.

This song just confused me. I don't like it, except for when Jay says, "Champagne spillin' outta my wee-wee." Christ that is mature.

"Meiple" - Pretty Shitty

Get Pumped for Duke Basketball!

Videos of basketball set to awesome rap music are probably in the top 5 of sickest things ever. Add to that the fact that this song happens to be Mike Posner, and you've got yourself a pretty dope video.
I know nobody else likes Duke ball, but I do, and even if you don't like it you should still watch this video because it's got a verse on it that we haven't heard before, so just close your eyes and listen.

Metacricket Mortal Lock: Nov 7

Since yesterday's locks panned out so well, we're gonna go ahead and hit you all with round 2. If we keep up this pace, we'll lose our AdSense earnings by the end of the weekend. But that's okay, because Filly still knows how to finagle the system and score us mad bank anyway. Without further adieu about nothing, here we are:Denver is GETTING POINTS against Atlanta????? OMFG OMFG OMFG PUT IT ALL ON THIS GAME!!!! Both teams are playing the second leg of a back-to-back tonight, except Atlanta took a massive dump in their pants last night against the Charlotte Sean Mays, while Denver at least looked like they were trying against a Miami team that can win any night that Dwyane Wade shows up alive (also if Jermaine O'Neal goes 8-11 from the field ever again for the rest of his life then I will, like, do something crazy to show how improbable it is that he could do it twice).
So the point is that we should ride 'Melo until the cows come home, especially if his team is inexplicably getting three fucking points against a schizophrenic Hawks team that relies on hot streaks from JAMAL CRAWFORD for their scoring. Watching Atlanta play offense last night was like watching my Duke intramural team play offense, only we actually had a go-to option, whereas the Hawks so clearly are not ready to take the next step because Mike Bibby is the only person who I would actually trust taking a shot on that team, and he hasn't been that kind of option since 2002.
That is my rant. Take the Nug-Nugs. Enjoy your Saturday. I'll be swimming in the homework, come and find me...NEMO.

This Had To Be Shared

This Picture - Sickest Thing Ever

Metacricket Mortal Lock

We are going to try and make this a "regular" "segment" on the "blog," so every time I take a shit I'll post a lock. Other than the magical 3-match tennis parlay that Filly and I are about to get rich off of, pictured here...
...we will also get very rich after we take the Hawks -2.5 against the Bobcats. Atlanta is 4-1, beat Portland on the road on Tuesday night, and has Marvin Williams, who bought shots of Patron for Kael this summer. Charlotte is awful, although they are coming off of a 79-68 barnburner over New Jersey (a team that is really regretting moving Ryan Anderson). Mmm, delicious. Mark it down for Atlanta. We'll all get rich together.

PS, If you can find Metacricket's favorite former Pac-10 walk-on in the Ryan Anderson link then you win a share of our earnings from the Atlanta bet.

"Thank God They All Died!"

Our boy Blake, always staying ahead of the game.

At Least Posada Feels Our Pain

Don't be afraid to like, ya know, celebrate with your team Jorge. He's obviously just too cool considering he's already won five rings. Celebrating is reserved for naive, champion virgins such as A-Rod. Both the Lakers and Yankees won it all this year. Craig.

Yankees 27th - Worst Thing of All Time

A Washed-up Band Could Play at your School!

The fact that they'll probably be playing songs from their new crap salad of an album only makes it better.

NEW FLO RIDA!!!!! YES!!!!!

Drumma Boy is a good producer, and this beat is hella good. Flo Rida is a guilty pleasure. Listening to him every once in a while is like watching Glee. You want to hate it but it's just irresistible. Right? I hope so.
Anyway, I don't mind this song. You know what you're getting from Flo Rida, and it's not like you can say you didn't like "Low" or "Right Round." Come on, you know you didn't hate those songs.
Also he mentions "neeno" in this song, and I still don't know what that is, so if anyone knows then please tell me.
"She on the first quarter givin me poonani/Cuz that's what it is" YES!!!!!! BEST LYRICS EVER!!!!!

Download if you want.

"Keep It Pouring" - Pretty Sick

Stay Classy Maine

Maine voted yesterday to repeal the still-fresh gay marriage amendment. Yes! I love when my home state votes against equal rights for all its citizens. I hope they don't make a law soon that overweight people can't marry (because if they could then they'd just teach their kids to be overweight and then all hell would break loose. We can't have a bunch of fat prennant bitches runnin' around the club).
I am furious. We all know that Metacricket is one of the biggest advocates of same-sex marriage, and we donate a large portion of our proceeds to the cause. Unfortunately, even our largesse didn't stand a chance in the face of those spewing hate and discrimination. I JUST DON'T FUCKING UNDERSTAND HOW YOU COULD POSSIBLY TELL ANOTHER HUMAN BEING THAT THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO GET FUCKING MARRIED JUST LIKE YOU DID (or hope to; or probably won't, because you're a bigoted douche bag. Wait, what am I saying? If you're a bigoted douche bag, you're in the majority! Good luck raising delusional God-loving, hate-spewing kids! 'Merica!)
Now if you'll excuse me, I will go light myself on fire. Flamboyantly.

Yes on 1 - Worst Thing of All-Time

PS, To those who say that same-sex marriage compromises the "sanctity" of the holy union, why don't you come talk to me after you get divorced in 6 months? Alright, you guys are the best I ever had! In God we trust!

Can 'Sheed Fit in with the Celtics?

Wow. So far that 82-0 pace doesn't seem so far-fetched. I am betting the Celtics until they lose. I will win 200 cents.

Glow In The Dark

All three Metacricket contributors attended a Glow in the Dark concert two summers ago. I think all three of us would not hesitate to call it one of the best nights of our lives. Watching this video gives you maybe 1/100th of the experience we had, be jealous.

Glow in the Dark - Greatest Thing of All-Time (The Departed)

Is This Best I Ever Had Remix Good?

I can't decide. It kind of takes a pretty cool song and turns it into some horseshit Akon synth pop, but it's also not unfavorable to hear in my ears. Our four readers need to help me decide.

Clipse - "I'm Good (Remix)" feat. RICK ROWSSSSS

At this point pretty much everything Clipse touches turns into gold. It doesn't hurt that everything they touch happens to be a Neptunes production.
When can we start putting Rick Ross in the discussion of the greatest of all-time?

I'm Good (Remix) - Sooo sick
Rick Ross - Greatest Thing of All-Time (The Departed)

Mike Posner - "Please Don't Go" (Live)

If you watch Mike's web series (who doesn't?) then you've heard the snippet of the studio version of this song at the beginning. Here's him performing it live in LA:

This song is going to be really really really really good, and so is his CD. Benny Blanco co-produced this track with Mike, which doesn't really mean anything to me because by all accounts Benny Blanco is kind of a weirdo with gross facial hair, but if he makes songs like this then I think he deserves our respect. Also he's no Nolan Smith at trash basketball.
Irregardless, I'm really effing pumped for Mike's CD to drop. Too bad we have to wait like hella long.

"Please Don't Go" - Sickest Thing Ever

American Frankster

THIS VIDEO HAS OVER 5,500 VIEWS ON YOUTUBE. HOW AM I NOT FAMOUS YET?
Just throw this on and make love to an overweight woman. You know it makes you want to.

"Green Tomatoes" Music Video

I don't know what it is about this song, but at this point I really don't like it. Like, I'm considering un-checking it in my iTunes library. Where to begin? Jay's flow is mediocre at best. We've heard him redefine the term "on point" as it pertains to rapping; this is not one of those instances. I used to think the beat was hot, but now it feels more like some bullshit Garageband piano loops thrown together (although the drums are dope for sure; I will concede that point). Yes, my girlfriend Alicia kills the hook (i.e., she doesn't sound like nasal auto-tuned Rihanna), but also it's kind of hard not to hear her say "Concrete jungle with green tomatoes" anymore. Just listen for it once and you will never think of this song the same way again (don't believe me? Ask The-Hair, Chester, or D-Cup). Maybe I'm just very sick of the fact that I've seen at least 500 Facebook status updates that say, "[White girl from the northeast] is NEW YORK, CONCRETE JUNGLE WHERE DREAMS ARE MADE OF, THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN'T DO." Of course, this doesn't make sense at all, because I can think of a fuckton of things I can't do in New York (although I'm sure there are green tomatoes there). Some things I can't do in New York, just off the top of the dome: tolerate any of the sports fans for more than 15 seconds; walk down the street after dark with no fear of a crime being committed against me; drive over the George Washington bridge without hitting an infuriating amount of traffic; pull any tail at a night club; find a republican. And that's just shit I though of while I was on the toilet. Imagine if I was deranged.
The point is, I'm sick of this song. I like watching Jay-Z on screen rapping, and obviously I don't mind spending any amount of time looking at moving visuals of Alicia Keys doing anything, but really this video changed nothing in my mind. If I had to imagine a video for this song, this is EXACTLY would I would have pictured in my brain of brains.

Green Tomatoes Video - Whatever

PS, My point: there's no way you can tell me that this video is better than this one. The best, Jerry. The best.

Drake Can Still Walk

Just another step in his ascension to the top of the game. Glad to see he's back on his feet after tearing his ACL Chagrina-style on stage a few months ago. That was embarrassing to watch. This is not.

This Is Our Friend James Playing "Flag" Football

This picture of our good friend Jim Nutter was on the front page of the Portland Press Herald sports page this morning. A newspaper with a circulation of about 60,000 people. James seems to have mistaken his opponent's cheek for the flag in this picture. Honest mistake.

Click here to read the article.

This Picture - Sooo Sick

Beautiful Bliss - Wale featuring J Cole

Attention: Deficit leaked. I listened to a couple songs. This one is really good. J Cole spazzes on this shit. I need to start listening to him. Hope everyone gets sloppy soup sandwiched tonight because it's Halloween.

Beautiful Bliss - Sick

Is Rajon Rondo The Coolest Player In The NBA?

Despite those three plays being ridiculously sick, they don't even compare in all around awesomeness to Rondo's air ball-signage. Forget the rumors of discontent, stubbornness, and being un-coachable. I'll take anyone bold-enough to pull a cocky stunt like that any day of the week. I think its good Rajon is starting to flap his wings a little bit. It's nice to see him move on from the reserved extra-terrestrial infantile he was into a (hopeful) all-star.

Rajon Rondo-Sickest Thing Ever

Bowsssss, Young Jeezy, Drizzy, AND Usher!??!?!

Can you say Dream Team?

I love songs that have ad-libs that say "Bowss!" or "Rowss!" or "Ricky Rowss!"
This beat is a little busy and the song could have been mixed better, but let's move past that. You pretty much know what to expect when you're told Rick Ross and/or Young Jeezy are on a track.
Drake offers a nice, more refined change of pace to the gritty grit of the track: "And the question still remains/Have I counted all the money that I managed to obtain/[People of African descent] dedicating overtime to damagin' my name/And somehow I'm still the hottest motherfucker in the game." Fire!
Usher slays the hook and his verse pretty hard. I've been looking for him to do something since the genius that was "Love in this Club." Irregardless, he's still only my second favorite crooner (THE DREAM SEN!!!!)
Overall, I enjoyed hearing this song in my ears.

"Fed Up" - Sick

PS, This will likely be my last post for today and possibly the weekend, because I'm about to hop on a flying machine to LA and do it bigger than you ever done it. Use the time to catch up on our recent posts, which have been flowing like a slit wrist no bandage. Stay thirsty my friends.

Did Asher Body Wayne on DOA?

The only rapper to...be an elementary school teacher.


This is the mixtape Weezy...and he's not as good as he used to be. "Stuff that girl with dick 'til her head burst." Ah, Craig.

You can decide for yourselves, but I think the fact that this discussion can even exist speaks to how talented and underrated Asher is as an MC. Also his concert is one of the best that you will see in a very long time.
PS, Jay still owns this beat. He killed it harder than anyone else has so far. That is, until 324 makes the DOA freestyle, but given that they only rap over weird Jedi Mind Tricks instrumentals, it could be a very long time.
PPS, Wouldn't it be funny to make a DOA freestyle that was auto-tuned? That was my idea. Don't take it because I still might do it and send it to the mixtape Weezy.

What's Wrong with the Yankees?

Oh, right. Your ballpark is 12 feet to right field and you're facing some of the best left-handed hitters in the game. Whoops. Whatever, they got Derek JEET-ah captain for a REEZ-ahn. Unfortunately that reason is a media creation and not something earned by producing on the field since the 2001 World Series (which the Yankees lost, by the way). But don't worry, AJ Burnett's 1.40 WHIP and league-leading BB total will definitely stop the bleeding! If the Phils jump on Burnett tonight, this series won't even come back to New York.
But don't worry New York, Jay-Z still wrote a song about your green tomatoes. Also, you'll always have 2000.

Cavs Maintain Torrid Pace

The Bron and the Cavs are reeling after a 101-91 loss to the Toronto Bargnanis. Obviously LeBron is the man and had a triple-double, but unfortunately that couldn't make up for the fact that Delonte West was in jail and Shaq was his usual overweight ineffective self, dropping a solid 12-7 all over the Raptors faces. But hey, even though he slows you down in transition and isn't even a viable second option anymore, at least he can defend Dwight Howard in the playoffs right? Then again, so could Pharoah Perk, and he's neither an attention hog nor a ball hog; he's just an idiot.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, the Celtics went about their business and beat last year's ACC runners-up, the Charlotte Bobcats, 201-12. I bet the Cavs wish they could have a balanced scoring attack like this. I bet they also wish that they hadn't traded for an overweight, overrated, washed-up Twitter-fiend. But that is the way of the universe.
At this rate the Celtics will cruise to a share of the one seed, at 82-0, while the Cavs look lottery-bound at an 0-82 pace. One can only hope.

And Lupe Continues To Murder

The collective blogosphere is shitting their pants due to the Crick's revival, and rappers should be doing the same because of Lupe's renewed passion on the mic. How fucking effortless is this flow?

"You must think this deep as fuck
But this like my weaker stuff
They ask “Is this his day to day cause this is like a week to us?”

Yep, Lasers could be big folks.

Say Something Freestyle - Sooo Sick

Jay-Z, Keys To Perform Tomatoes Song At World Series

The Yankees will turn to the inspirational music of Jay-Z and the inspirational figure of Alicia Keys to try and return to their empirical ways when the two perform Empire State of Mind before Game 2 of the World Series. Of course, the song will be void of curses and obscene language. Would you expect anything else from the Classy McClassteins over at The Stadium? If the Yankees win this game, Jay will inevitably boast in a future song that he was responsible for the win. Put money on that.
The game itself should be fairly interesting. Pedro Martinez will make the start for the Phillies. If I'm not mistaken. He has a bit of a history in that ballpark.

Hovas-Daddies-Greasy Hair-Tomatoes-Maybe Even Some Baseball Thrown In There, Should be fun time.

Phillies Being Up 1-0 - Sick

Is Chase Utley's Hair Cool or Not?

Two homers at Yankee Stadium in the World Series? The man could have a dick growing out of his forehead and I would think it was cool.
On a lighter note, is Mark Teixeira dead? Oh, he just sucks? Well that's cool too.
Yankees gon run this town tonight, right?

No Ceilings Leak

Track List:

01. Swag Surfin’
02. Ice Cream Paint Job
03. D.O.A.
04. Interlude
05. Wasted
06. Watch My Shoes
07. Break Up (Feat Short Dawg & Gudda Gudda)
08. Banned From TV
09. Throw It In The Bag
10. I Think I Love Her (Feat Tyga & Shanell)
11. Interlude #2 (Feat Shanell)
12. Wetter
13. I’m Good (Feat Lucci Lou)
14. Poke Her Face (Feat Jae Millz)
15. Run This Town
16. I Gotta Feeling
17. Outro

As the Brundogg has pointed out, Wayne's beat selection is always on point like a fuckin' box cutter (other than "I Gotta Feeling," which may be the most annoying song in the history of sound), and after listening to a few cuts, these tracks do offer a few classic Wayne-isms that are quotable after one listen (e.g., "I'm in the zone like the secondary/No lie bitch I'm flyer than a pet canary"). Who knows if this could be Drought 3 quality. One can only hope.
This is the unofficial leak, and apparently more tracks are going to be coming out on November 1, so stay tuned until then.
For now download it here.

One Foot Out the Door Sampler + Review

As quickly as the mixtape was "leaked" (was it leaked? What even happened? How does grammar work in the middle of a set of parentheses?), the songs have started to sprout up on YouTube, which means cool white hip-hop bloggers can embed them in their awesome blogz!
Here are two of my favorites, first "I Don't Trust Myself."

Mike basically took a pretty cool John Mayer song, flipped it, and made it hot. We've seen him do this a bajillion times. If Mike touches your song, you're fucked, because he will out-produce you, and his lyrics will be better than yours. This song is an achievement in production. This dude just knows how to construct a song. The synths are on point and go HAAAAAARD, but Mike's silky sandpaper vocals keep you emotionally grounded with it all. What a song.
Next, "You Don't Have to Leave."

Just a feel good, popped-out anthem of lost love. The bassline, the synths, the drums, the vocals. It's all perfect. The production value of all of these songs is redonkulously high. Mike has really come into his own as a vocalist; you get the sense that he's not holding back anymore, and he's not trying to hide behind the whole cute & raspy thing anymore. He's using lots more falsetto, and he's really belting out the middle register with a lot more confidence than he used to (at least that's what my music teacher mom told me).

To say that topping "A Matter of Time" is a tall task would be understating its greatness. I would describe "One Foot Out the Door" as Mike's "Late Registration" to AMOT's "College Dropout." The sound is different, but we're witnessing his evolution as a vocalist, producer, and songwriter. Is it better? There will be people on both sides of the fence. Personally, I would say yes, it is. The fact that he went from a 9.5 to a 10 only leads me to believe that all the hype he's giving his album is warranted. Given how many shits I've already flipped listening to the new mixtape, I don't know if I'll have any shits left after the album drops.
This mixtape warrants tens of listens, just like his first one did. It doesn't have the bangers like "Evil Woman" and "Smoke & Drive," but it's much more complex musically; the beats have layers that take a lot of time to discover, and some songs take a little time to get into. But once you do, you will be creaming your jeans.
My only complaint? There isn't enough of it.
Download it if you haven't already.

"One Foot Out the Door" - Greatest Thing of All-Time (The Departed)

Celtics & Rondo Re-open Extension Talks

The C's and Rajon have decided after just one game that, yes, Boston is the best place for a young point guard who wants to disguise his offensive shortcomings by playing with three very talented superstars. That is, the Rondo camp decided that maybe they should keep trying to get a deal done before Saturday's deadline.
This doesn't really surprise me, considering Boston is and always will be the best place for Rajon to flourish (other than the fact that, apparently, nobody on the team likes him, especially the coaching staff). The Celtics have been playing hard ball, but the entire time it's basically felt like they've been trying to put Rajon down so they could drive down his asking price. I guess it worked.
I've been saying for a while that Rajon is the best point guard in the East. I think last night he showed that he's at least better than "All-Star" Mo Williams.
Let us pray that they can work it out.

ONE FOOT OUT THE DOOR IS ALREADY ON ITUNES

IT'S ON ITUNES RIGHT NOW GO ON ITUNES AND SEARCH FOR MIKE POSNER AND DOWNLOAD IT RIGHT NOW BEFORE THEY PULL IT BACK!!!!!

Once you've copped it from iTunes U in order to get it into your music library highlight them all, right click, and choose "Create AAC Version." Then jerk it.
Also you need to go into "Get Info" then "Options" and uncheck "Remember Playback Position." Christ Jesus Mike. Make this harder for us.
"You Don't Have to Leave" is the best song so far. It's the one that played at the end of episode 2 of the web series. This is the greatest thing that's ever happened. Christmas come early!!!!!! :-) :-) :-)

This mixtape is unreal. I am going to listen to it for 7 hours straight as I fly across the nation on Thursday night to hit up the studio in LA.

You're Both Wrong

Lupe Says Hello

Our main man Lupe Fiasco has been MIA for a while, releasing minimal material since his sophomore effort The Cool. Luckily for us MTV released it's annual Top 10 Hottest Emcees recently and left Lupe off the list. While Lupe wasn't angered by his omission, he said he was going to use it as ammunition to start murdering shit in the booth again. Here's some first hand evidence of that.

"Microphone check, I make em all bounce"
Ohhh Lupe, clever you.

All The Way Turnt Up Freestyle - Sick

Rachel Nichols Talks About...Something?

I find myself very attracted to Rachel. The other day she was wearing a headband and I think I fell in love with her. Also she's definitely a natural redhead.
I think it's very possible that the Celtics get routed tonight. LeBron is still unstoppable, "Kevin," as Rachel calls him is still fragile, and it's going to be very loud and the officials will be very bad. Don't be surprised if the C's lose by 20+. All that being said, GO CELTICS!!!!
Also, what smells so bad?

Mayne Street Episode 1

The acting on this show is brutal. There are jokes. Sometimes I laugh at them. Bill Simmons is getting overexposed. Very soon we will all be very sick of him and his 12 jokes. How is it acceptable to release 4 minute episodes every week? Can't they do more? How much does Kenny get paid for this? A resounding whatever.

Mayne Street - Whatever

Daily Mike Hype

Don't fall in love boo. I'm not committed.
Download.
Of course, there is a tasteless Duke joke to be made here. But Mike, you go to Duke! If you really wanted first date sex you could just round up some of your lax buddies bro!!!!! Hilarious.

"First Date Sex" - Sickest Thing Ever
One Foot Out the Door - (Still) Greatest Thing of All-Time (The Departed)
Thursday - A day to which I am looking forward

No Blake Nooooo!!!!!!

This may be the saddest Tuesday in the history of Metacricket. Blake Griffin, possibly our favorite NBA rookie of all-time (other than Jiri Welsch) is out indefinitely with a broken kneecap. Say it ain't so Blake!
Blake murdered kids all of last season playing in "college," and he was poised to lead the Clippers to the top seed in the West this season (just kidding just kidding just kidding). But seriously, we're going to have to make it at least six weeks without this in our lives:

No word yet as to whether or not Blake's injury will prevent him from wearing really cool shirts. I'm sad.

Blake Griffin Injury - Really Shitty

The NBA

If the video montage doesn't make your dick move then maybe this will:

The best, Jerry. The best.

Get Pumped

The Celtics open their season tonight. They are going to severely impede the completion of my thesis, but who the hell cares. Championship or bust.

Celtics - Greatest Thing of All-Time (The Departed)

This Might be the Lamest Thing in the World

Wow. Gotta hand it to Yankee supporters. They sure know how to make a shitty, embarrassing remix. There's tasteful, and then there's this. What's hilarious is that every Yankee fan I've talked to is creaming their jeans over this song, as if it's some sort of musical/lyrical accomplishment to think of garbage like "Been a couple of years down now the Yankees are back/As American as apple pie and cracker jacks." Yeah, nothing says "America!!!!!" like the New York Yankees. Or racism.
Also, why does every Yankee fan ever have to brag about the history of the franchise, as if that somehow affects my perception of the current team? When I tell people that the Celtics are going to win the East, I don't say things like, "Dude, we had Bill Russell, Larry Bird, AND Kenny Anderson!" Nor do I tell them, "I'm sorry, I can't hear your negative thoughts, because my 17 championship banners are clogging my ears." (But can anyone really hear thoughts anyway?) Oh, I also don't make AWFUL songs like this (Smiley 80's was number one for FIVE WEEKS).
Let me also say that I don't dislike this song because it pertains to the Yankees' success. On the contrary, I am open to any and all music, regardless of its athletic affiliation (I like "Empire State of Mind," don't I?). I dislike this song because it is very very very terrible.
Will the Yankees even be able to sell out the World Series home games? I mean, they may run the town, but they certainly don't cater to its citizens.

"Yankees Run This Town" - Worst Thing of All-Time

Here is the entire song if you want to subject yourself to being sonically water-boarded:

Get Familiar

OMG I CAN'T WAIT FOR THURSDAY OMG OMG OMG OMG
I'm trying to use my Duke connects and my industry connects to get an interview with Mike, but considering how little I do already I don't know if I can handle any more on my plate. I might be busy buying shoes online.
Stay tuned.

Kid Cudi Stole My Shirt

Watch this video. Firstly cause its funny and secondly because Cudi fucking stole my shirt.

MTV Shows

This obviously just shows I'm ahead of the curve in the hipster fashion world. But WTF Cudi? How you gonna steal my shirt like that? Certainly no way to treat a dedicated fan.

Flannel - Sick

Lil Wayne - No Ceilings

Apparently the self-proclaimed "best rapper alive" (I am the best blogger alive!) is releasing a mixtape on October 31 (I think that's also Halloween), and it's a return to his roots. That is to say, it won't have any fucking pain-inducing garbled auto-tune promethazine trip freestyles on it. Well that's a start.

I mean, I appreciate the fact that he's trying to recapture whatever magic he once possessed (Da Drought 3 was the highest of the highs), but I'm still skeptical. The issue is that after releasing 700 billion songs, how much more could Dwayne possibly have to say? As Filly said, "I'm more interested in watching Gabby shed." (LQTM!)
Despite all the skepticism that exists in this corner, this is promising:

This is fun to listen to, but he's really not saying anything compelling, nor anything that we haven't heard him say before. I'm the best. I'm at the top. I'm associated with Young Money. I kill beats. Everyone loves me. I like guns and I will shoot you with one of them if not all of them. I will kill you. Yadda, yadda, yadda.
All that being said, I'm obviously going to download this mixtape and bump it hard in the Sebring, but One Foot Out the Door is much higher on my list of priorities than hearing Dwayne repeat himself.

No Ceilings - Whatever. Seriously. Whatfuckingever.
Gabby - Greatest Dog of All-Time (The Departed)

I AM THE BEST BLOGGER ALIVE! (If I say it enough will people believe it?)

Annual Ugg Disclaimer

It's autumn. The leaves are changing; the media is fawning over Brett Favre and Peyton Manning; it's getting cold outside; I can no longer maintain an erection. This can only mean one thing: as the temperature decreases, we can expect to see an exponential increase in the amount of Ugg boots (generally a 2-to-1 boots to girl ratio). So ladies, before you suit up and try your best to look like every other girl you know, give this song a listen.

I can't wait to put my Timberlands on.
CHAGRINAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!

Ugg Love - (Still) Sickest Thing Ever

Drake + Timbaland

Drake and Timbo made magic (I guess Jay-Z was involved too a little also kind of) on BP3, so this collaboration has precedent for greatness (or goodness; or not-shittyness).

This is just another lazy Timbo beat; the kind of stale bullshit he's been churning out since Danja left him to make chart-toppers, but it's still better than 80 percent of the garbage that's out there anyway.
Some people have a problem with Drake's auto-crooning. I am not one of them. I <3 Drake. This beat goes hard enough. This song has our stamp of approval.
Download this so you have it in your ears.

"Say Something" - Pretty Sick

Weezer + Weezy

What an odd collaboration! Like, OMG! How could a hipster band ever make a song with a gangstA rappER?

I find it interesting that Rivers Cuomo wouldn't let Asher Roth use the "Say It Ain't So" sample for "I Love College" because he didn't condone the song's message (partying). Well he's got no problem making this shit mustache of a track with promethazine fiend Small Dwayne.
This song is some badly mixed synth-guitar-pop-rock bullshit that I'd expect out of a garbage flash in the pan outfit like 3OH3 or Katy Perry, but Weezer? Really? I mean, what happened to this band? What's with these homies making records that sound like cock sandwiches?
Dear Lil Wayne, nothing that you have to say is compelling anymore. I won't listen to your words, but I will defend to the death your right to say them. Enjoy your TI and Vick vacation, and try and think of some lyrics better than, "And the unusual/Is the fucking usual/Man my life is beautiful/And my girls are mutual." Christ jesus.
I'm not going to give you a download link, because I don't condone the downloading of this song.

Weezer ft. Lil Wayne "Can't Stop Partying" - Really Shitty

G.O.O.D. Music Does it Again

Here's the newest single off of Mr Hudson's album, "Straight No Chaser." This song is unreal.

Every song on the album sounds like this. This album is a game-changer. It's too bad no one will hear it.
Kanye's eye for talent is pretty amazing. So far he's put on John Legend, Kid Cudi, and now Mr Hudson. The latter two have each released A+ albums over the course of a month, both of which were overseen by Mr. West himself. Oh yeah, Kanye's also on the boards for Common's latest. I think it's safe to say that GOOD music is what Roc-A-Fella always wished it could be: a deep stable of talented (and diverse) artists who put out superb music (no disrespect to my idol Jigga Man, but I think he also admits to Beyonce during pillow talk before bed that the Roc was never what it could have been).
Here also is a little dessert for you:

Cudi's verse on this song is as sick as we would expect it to be, and the drums go so hard that I wet myself.

"Straight No Chaser" - Sickest Thing Ever
G.O.O.D. Music - Greatest Thing of All-Time (The Departed)

Blogging About Blogs!

One of my favorite websites over the past year has been deadspin.com. It just happens to be a sports blog with ridiculous popularity, getting just under the amount of hits we do per day. What was once a comedic and reliable source for sports that prided itself on protecting the image of blogs, has recently gone off the deep end by establishing a personal vendetta against ESPN, an institution that aided Deadspin's success. Following the news that Baseball Tonight analyst Steve Phillips had been suspended for getting his dick wet with another ESPN employee, AJ Daulerio, the editor of Deadspin revealed that they had received a tip about this story back in early September and subsequently inquired the ESPN public relations department whether the rumor was true. ESPN simply did the right thing and protected their employee’s image by denying the rumors of Phillips’ sexual dabbling. Fast forward to now, and it seems that the rumors were true. Ok, cool. A 1/10th celebrity had an affair, he was fired from his job, let’s move on with life, but Daulerio insists on using ESPN’s initial cover-up as ammunition to slander many other ESPN employees. In this post he vows to release every sexual mischievous rumor that has come out of Bristol, in his possession.

“It's probably about time to just unload the inbox of all the sordid rumors we've received over the years about various ESPN employees. Chances are, at this point, there's some truth to them. We'll just throw 'em out there and see how many "no comments" or, you know, actual comments or "you would be completely wrongs" there are about these situations… So, Bristolites, strap in — it's gonna be a long day.”

Yea, that seems like the totally rational and humane thing to do. Erik Kuselias and Senior Vice President of Marketing Katie Lacey, were the first victims in Daulerio’s insane diatribe. Using nothing but rumors and hearsay Deadspin has taken actions that will tear apart lives and families. All because Steve Phillips had an affair, something that happens everyday in companies and businesses across America. What irks me the most about all this is the fact that Deadspin is exposing media members. I suppose it would be newsworthy if these were famous athletes caught up in sexual scandals, but still incredibly unethical as his accusations have no proof. I disagree with intruding on athletes personal lives, but think it's fair that they are held to higher standards due to their ridiculous salaries. But Daulerio's rampage is against marginally public figures who simply talk about sports in the media, EXACTLY WHAT DAULERIO DOES. Anyone who reads Deadspin consistently knows that they consistently stand up for blogs credibility, well, you just set it back a long ways. Good job AJ have fun getting off on destroying insignificant media member's lives.

AJ Daulerio- Really Shitty