RIP Metacricket

I'm sorry to say, but after some intense deliberation with my fellow Metacricket contributors we have decided to put an end to this blog. We have all reached a point in our lives where the daily stresses of life have become to demanding for us to maintain the crick. Obvious to our readers, this was a well executed, hilarious, and news breaking blog. It was nice for us contributors to say we actually did something that we said we were going to do for once, as many of our last projects have fell by the wayside (i.e. Inside Joke/Back From School). I know this must be tough for our vast region of readers, this blog was probably your homepages by now, but rest assured we will leave the blog here as a tribute to the hard work we put in. You will be able to go back to the classic A-Rod Oompa Loompa post, Biff's racial defense of Lil Wayne and every other nut gargling post of his other favorite rappers, and pretty much every one of Skittle's posts are a gem now that he never posts. We are destined to go down in the famed echelon of blogs, we'll be right up there with Fire Joe Morgan soon. For now, as B.O.B. says, Meet Us In The Sky.

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Please Consider The Date And The Fact That I'm In Australia

New Wale

Wale's album, which is going to be called "Attention: Deficit" (see what he did with the colon there?) is going to drop some time this summer, which obviously makes me cream my jeans every time I think about it. Here is the first single, which I like many moons but Mike will obviously hate:

Granted, the beat is slightly annoying, what with the vocal sample shouting at you and rattling your speakers, but apparently the final mix is going to replace all that annoying shit with some Lady Gaga vocals, but I don't see how an artist named "Gaga" could possibly decrease the level of annoying on a song.
Irregardless, Gaga has been getting mad hype because she went to NYU and she writes her own songs and she's retro-trendy, which is pretty much the kind of shit that critics and hipsters eat up and overhype (see: MIA).
But this is not Gaga's show, it's Wale's show, and he does a great job of killing this beat, which I personally like. Here's my favorite lyrical excerpt:

Let's talk about the cars ya'll got
You say you got alotta whips, well I got a Lot
I got the right to be cocky
Get so much cut disc jockeys jock me
You niggas mad that you not me
I remain a Giant and you Jeremy Shockey

Do you get it? "You say you got a lotta whips, well i got a LOT." Christ jesus, that's murder.
His flow is always on point, and his lyricism combines the technical skills and intellectualism of Lupe Fiasco with the pop culture sensibility and wordplay of (2005-2007) Lil Wayne. So that means he's a combination of the best rapper alive and the "best rapper alive." You do the math on that one.
Once this song inevitably gets more refined for a major-label release then it will be the kind of feel-good summer banger that everyone will love and I will undoubtedly bump in the C-Bring while busting 5 knots in a 4 knot zone. Overall, a more-than-solid debut for my main man Wale.

"Chillin" - Sooo sick

I Hope You All Enjoy the View from the 3 Seed

Oww!!!!!

The Celtics announced today that they're shutting down Kevin Garnett, presumably for the rest of the (regular) season. FML. Right?
No but seriously, I don't want to get too upset about this. The Celtics are pretty much locked into the 3 seed, and regardless of whether they're the 2 or the 3, they'll still play the Magics in the second round. The only problem is that Orlando would have the home courteous advantageous, but if we can't steal a game in Orlando (with KG) then we don't deserve to be champions. I really don't see the playoff-tested C's having any problem with the still-a-year-away M's, considering Boston took the Fighting Dwights to the brink in Orlando sans KG.
Of course, this is all just delaying the inevitable: ThaBron is going to absolutely murder the 2009 NBA Playoffs. I'm talking like 35-12-10 averages type of murder. Seriously, there is no way the Celtics beat the Cavs this year, especially considering Cleveland has all but locked up home court and hasn't lost at home since the stock market crash (of 1929). LBJ has been playing all season like he knows that this is his time, and he's ain't gon' let nobody turn him 'round. This is ThaBron's year and we all just have to sit back and take it and just hope it doesn't hurt too much (considering I've been bracing for the beating for 6 months, I don't think it will be too bad). I mean, considering the Cavs came within a c-hair of beating the Celtics last year in Boston, I really don't see them taking more than 6 games this season to dispatch the C(hair)'s.
So in conclush, I wouldn't worry too much about the Celtics shutting KG down. They'll probably have to restart Paul Pierce at some point, and obviously Eddie House isn't responding, so they'll have to CTRL-ALT-DELETE him, but that never works anyway. Hopefully they get Stephon Marbury out of standby in time for the playoffs. Computer jokes!

"Shutting down" KG - Whatever
LeBron James - Greatest Player of All-Time (The Departed)

I Have an Enormous Tim Te-boner

Allegedly, this cutie-patooty is Tim Te-bro's bromantic companion. What a beautiful girl! I'm sure Tim enjoys spending lots of time with her and not having any pre-marital sexual relations. Honestly, how often do you think Tim jerks it? I mean there's only so much non-sexual intimate time that you can spend with a girl this "hot" before you blow your own brain (and load) through the back of your skull.
Irregardless, good for Tim, but would you expect any less from a man whose mere presence makes Jesus Christ himself weep?

Jay Electronica=Darker Blake Griffin.. and Vice Versa

Watch this shit skyrocket to the top of Google faster than a rocket in the sky.

BAAUSS Featuring NAAUSS

Biff's brain is probably about to explode as he has a strong affinity for Rick Rauce's bossness, but Nas is his sworn enemy. Anywhooo, this beat is pretty tight and Nas eats Ross alive on this track. I thought Chester, Anjina, and Brundgoo might wanna listen.

Usual Suspects- Sooo Sick

Duke to Get Another Skinny Kid Who Can Shoot the Lights Out

Last year, Stephen Curry went from nerdy-looking racially ambiguous skinny dorkus to offensive sensation after he exploded in the NCAA Tournament and single-handedly led Davidson to within a c-hair of a Final Fuh berth.
His brother, Seth, played at Liberty last season and led all freshmen in the nation, averaging over 20 points per game. Obviously Seth is good as fuck at basketball--possibly even better than his brother--and wants to play somewhere other than "Liberty," which I think plays in the same conference as Justice College and For All University. Well, guess where Seth decided to transfigurate to? You got it, DUKE MOTHERFUNKERZ!!!!!!!! This is fucking amazing news for loser tools like me that root for Puke U. I don't know if you all remember what happened last time Duke had a marginally athletic person who could shoot 3's, but here's just a taste:

I'm not saying that Seth is going to be the next JJ Reddick, but that's sort of what I'm saying. The only difference between Seth and JJ is going to be that Seth is a fucking G, whereas JJ is kind of a tool. I mean just imagine a senior Kyle Singler in the front court and Seth Curry sharing the back court with Nolan Smith. Seriously. That's fucking Final Fuh shit right there. Dick Vitale probably has an enormous boner right now, and I can't even imagine how excited they are in the BME building at Duke. They're probably doing extra celebratory problem sets and popping test tubes.
I'm calling it right now. March 2011 is going to be all Duke. Good luck everyone else!!

Seth Curry to Duke - Sickest Thing Ever

Blake Griffin Just Keeps Getting Cooler

I've been riding my boy Blake Griffin's C pretty hard all season long, and especially this tournament, because I picked him to single-handedly win the NCAA title and possibly share it with the rest of the Oklahoma "team" if he felt like it. Well, Blake tried his hardest: he averaged 26 points and 17 rebounds a game for the tournament, and showed that he can pretty much score at will whenever his STUPID STUPID STUPID teammates decided to pass him the ball instead of jacking terrible 3's. Also he did this, which seems to have people talking. It's unfortunate that OU is out, because Blake was by far the most compelling and exciting player in the tourney, but he also has another side that we haven't seen. Check this pic:
Firstly, that shirt is fresh as FUCK. It looks like something out of the Chester Sexton Springtime Collection, and check out Blake rocking the double middle fingers (a move that I pioneered, but will gladly share with Blake). That girl on the left is holding up two fingers indicating, "My two friends here will have sex with Blake at the same time later tonight, while I go back to my room and pleasure myself to his 2008-2009 season statistics." (That's actually what I do too.)
Evenways, Blake has proven himself to be a fucking unbelievable basketball talent, and is no doubt going to go number 1 in the draft, but now we also see that he knows how to dress himself and have a good time and pose for pictures in a cool way. I'm stoked to see what he's gonna wear to the NBA Draft, because his suit will undoubtedly be fucking weird but also awesome and on point.

Blake Griffin - Sickest Thing Ever

Needless To Say Tiger Is A G

I wasn't around to watch this shit in person nor on the television, but it undoubtedly busted hard as fucking fuck. I guarantee you if you polled the entire audience crowding around the 18th green 99 out of 100 would have said they thought he was gonna drain that shit. Say what you want about golf, but it is most definitely a sport, and Tiger is straight up one of the greatest athletic performers, competitors, and winners in sports history. Long ago he reached the point of greatness, where despite the fact that he dominated every event he entered, every one and their dog still loved him. In the late 90's Jordan was basketball, but his influence and monopolization of his respective sport pales in comparison to Tiger's reign on golf. He transformed the sport from a senior citizen pastime to the hip and dope thing to do. I started playing golf strictly because of Tiger, and the same can be said about millions of other kids my age. It's good to have him back, and this weekends performance was just one of the many examples of his greatness.

Tiger Woods- Greatest Thing Of All Time(The Departed)

Wanna Hear The Hook Of Shining Down?

Sorry, all we got is a live snippet of Santos singing the hook for now. But last week I promised some new Lupe. So, as a man of my word, listen to this Lupe-less snippet of Shining Down.

Shit sounds like Streets on Fire pt. 2.

Rating Pending

Remember This Guy?

Clay Buchholz was once the gem of the Red Sox farm system, and he seemed to cement his status as the greatest pitching prospect ever omg omg omg omg after he pitched a no-hitter in September 2007. Well since then he's remained a prospect, only his value has depreciated more than like the fuckin' US dollar or some shit (get it? It's a political joke which is topical which is why it's funny. It's bigger than a normal hat). All the while Jon Lester was busy establishing himself as a top-5 big game pitcher and arguably the best young lefty in the game, so no one really gave a shit about Clay because we had Jon and so it didn't really matter.
Well maybe that time out of the spotlight (and living in Maine!!!!!) did Clay some good, because dude has been absolutely KILLING it this spring. Yesterday he pitched 6 innings, giving up 1 unearned run on 3 hits, and he's given up just 1 earned run over 19 2/3 innings all spring. Let's hope he can keep it up and actually contribute to an already stacked Sox rotation when the games actually count.

Whatta Ya Think?

I'm calling bullshit. My dad definitely thinks this is legit though considering he thought this commercial of Lebron was real.

Just Rediscovered The Greatness Of This Song... Wanted To Share

Lupe and Gemstones killin that ridiculously smooth beat, those drum rolls just get me going. Bar for bar rapping can be tough to pull off but these two just make love to each other on wax, musically of course. BEAT KNOCK...WE ROCK...CHI CA.... GO MAAAYNNNE

We On- Sickest Thing Ever

Quite Possibly The Illest Commercial Of All Time

The ad team over at the NBA offices is on fucking point. Seriously do they make the best commercials of all time or what? Yea their two face campaign of last year was a little strange especially when they mashed these two up. But they have really mastered the technique of setting slow motion basketball plays to some beautiful piano music, and they have really outdone themselves this time around. Check this ad, if you are a Celts fan, and don't get the chills from this shit, then I suggest you check your pulse, or as Stu Scott would say, "you ain't even breathin brah."

SOO FUCKING SICK! This is like... tear jerking, fist pumping, nostalgia inducing, spine chilling, celebratory celebrations all rolled into one. The clip really showcases the teamwork of the Celtics. Check this one of KG while your at it. If you peep a couple of the non-Celtic player ads you will realize that the P-Paul and KG ads actually display models of teamwork and cohesion while the others are just some star hitting a game winning jumper or dunking. Not saying there's anything wrong with that, but the Celtic clips really remind me of what a great team that was last year. It's unfortunate that they just lost to the Magic, and are gonna have to go through both them and the Cavs to even get back to the finals this year, but cotdamn these commercials are sick. Aight ima go update my resume to these some more. Lateskiiiiss.

This Commercial- Greatest Thing Of All Time(The Departed)... Yes Really

I Am Fucked

Seriously Mike? Journalism Major? Yea that seems like a great industry to aspire to join. The Houston Chronicle cut 12% of their jobs today, a great sign for a guy like me hoping to someday write for a paper. It's a good thing I take classes like "Convergent" and "Digital" Journalism, so I can survive in this robot dominated world. I thought I had found my calling and my road to riches with this blog, but Google Adsense has to keep kicking us off for reasons unknown to me.

Newspaper Industry- Really Fucked

Ghetto Geek

The hip-hop culture and the cigarette-skinny jeans-wayfarer eyeglasses culture have come closer and closer to merging lately, what with rappers wearing skinny jeans and sampling indie bands for beats, and The Fray covering Kanye West songs (I guess you could argue that Kanye himself is responsible for 85% of this phenomenon, but that's another discussion for another day).
Well someone has decided to take it to the next level, making a mixtape that flips Sufjan Stevens songs into beats that slap and lace hot flows (did I not just write that like a white pseudo-intellectual from New England who wears skinny jeans and loves hip-hop? I did. Tell me I did. I fucking did).
Evenways, the tape is called "Illinoize," a play on Sufjan's bomb "Illinois" album. Here is my personal favorite from the seven-track collection:

I love this because you really can't go wrong with Brother Ali's venomously on-point flow, and also because it's a great sample that makes for a top-notch soulful-sounding beat. This sounds like some shit that Ant would cook up for Rhymesayers. I must say I'm slightly jealous, because I've been hoping to sample Sufjan for like two years, but I never got around to it between breaking in my jeans and reading Wikipedia. Hey, you snooze you lose. You live and learn. Suck a dick and die.
Download the more than solid mixtape here.

"Illinoize" - Sooo sick

It's Open to Any College...any college...

I think this lady was drunk as fuck.

We're gonna say a prayer there.

Seriously, Tim Tebow, SHUT THE FUCK UP

So I guess in Florida people who go to UF are like way pretentious and elitist about it and shit, and I'm definitely starting to see how that's possible, because Tim Tebow alone has proven himself to be the most self-righteously annoying human being on the planet. I'm sure you've all seen his stupid contrived horseshit speech after the loss to Ole Miss last season. If you haven't then you're lucky, but watch this clip at 2:20:

My favorite part is how he got all fucking pumped up on Christ Juice and just dropped the "God Bless" bomb and straight peaced, as if that made him look cool or some shit. Seriously, this sounds like some shit that a 12 year old would say into a mirror, but hey, since Tim Tebow spent the past 4 summers restoring sight to blind kids and curing paraplegics then it's obviously all good, am I right?
We all know how this godforsaken story ends: the media sucks Tebow's god-loving dingleberries, Florida wins out, Sam Bradford wins the Heisman but gets no love from the announcers during the National Championship game, who are too busy telling us that Tebow can, in fact, suck his own dick, and God carries a trash-talking Teboner and UF to a second title in three years. Oh yeah, then Tebow does something actually substantive in society. Oh. Wait. He never fucking has, because all he is is a COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYER.
Evenways, the plot thickens. Look at this shit:
This makes me vomit harder than I have been the past two days. I mean honestly? Maybe at least wait for the man to graduate. It pisses the shit out of me that somehow we're to believe that THE MOST TALENTED TEAM IN THE NATION WITH THE BEST COACH IN THE NATION somehow was willed to victory by one dude's unnatural post-game speech. They could have won their remaining games with their eyes closed. Let's also not forget that UF won a title in 2006 with this guy quarterbacking their team, so let's not fondle Tebow's balls too much just yet.
In conclusion, the Tim Tebow jock-riding has got to stop, at least until the Patriots draft him.

Tim Tebow - Worst Thing of All-Time (The Jonas Brothers/The New Facebook)

Some More B.O.B. Hype

I don't know when this song came out, but hey, "time" was just something invented by the man to keep us down, am I right?
B.o.B - "Generation Lost"

I like this song many much moons. It's got an old-school, laid-back feel to it. BOB's flow is smooth and easy, and it's pretty reminiscent of some early 3K swag with a little Rakim mixed in. Just a solid, conscious song from a talented young man with great fashion sense and a bright future.

My apologies to our loyal reader(s). Carelessness has overtaken all of us. As the P has so vigilantly observed, we haven't rated shit in decades. Let us start again right now.

BOB "Generation Lost" - Sick

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New Lupe Coming Soon...Hopefully

The ever changing title of Lupe Fiasco's next album took yet another turn recently. Originally supposed to be LUPe.n.d., Lupe then claimed that particular album was canceled and his next project would be titled The Great American Rap Album, reported on first here at the Crick-Piece. Well it seems as if the album has once again had its titled changed by its fickle creator. Lupe took to the creeperish, stalker friendly, social networking website Twitter to reveal details on his new album, We Are Lasers.

Highlights of his various tweets about the album, include:
im producing on this one too...
Hmmm, Lupe producing, the only time the world has seen this was on the lone CRS song, US Placers, beat is straight, but it's pretty much a straight lift of the sample. Should be interesting to see what kinda talent Lupe has got on the boards.

not too many hip-hoppers on this one...got a slot for Bun B though...contemplating Cudi...Cudi is the best thing out...
Lupe and Bun have put together one dope song in the past, who's to say they can't do it again. Secondly, the more I listen to Cudi the more I may tend to agree with Lupe. Don't think hes touching Blu or Wale in terms of lyricism but a collabo between Lu and Cu?! I'm not gonna jinx it.

still aiming for two this year though...
Two Lupe albums in one year? Once again I'm not gonna jinx it.

soundtrakk is soooo dope...i mean niggas talk bout weak production but how many beatmakers sitting on 4 grammy nod in less than 3 years???
I concur, Soundtrizzy is dopesesh. Kick Push, Sunshine, Go Gadget are all heatrocks but very diverse.

Lupe then went on to stream some live footy of himself in the studio, and even played a new track called Shining Down featuring Mathew Santos, of Superstar fame. Unfortunately for us the entire earth fell asleep at this moment and no one was alive to record the damn thing, leaving us without a new Lupe track. I have scoured the entire internet and the only person who supposedly heard the song was a SOHH.com poster, here's what he had to say:

"Lupe Fiasco - "Shining Down" (feat. Matthew Santos)was just played on this live stream from his studio. **** SOUNDS SO DOPE.
Gunna be bigger than superstar!
(As soon as someone gets a rip or if someone recorded it I'll post)"

It's been about 7 hours since this post and there is no sign of Shining Down. So we wait...

Throw it Back Sen!!!!!!

This beat goes so hard that it gives me goose-pimps. Snoop straight kills it with the flow that is somehow aggressive and laid back at the same time. If you haven't listened to "Doggystyle" then please do so ASAP as possible, because it's one of my favorites and I believe probably top-10 all-time.

Late Night with The Roots

So we all know that Jimmy Fallon's late night show pretty much sucks, but he does have The Roots as his in-house band, which means that sometimes they do cool stuff, like this.

I'll Just Let Biff Take Care Of This

Lou is the Ash Roth aficionado of this blog so ima let him give his two cents on this shit. FYI this is the intro to Roth's upcoming debut Asleep In The Bread Isle.

Watch Some Fucking Rugby

This blog is lacking in self made material. The process of finding a YouTube clip, thinking of random ass comedic things to say about it, and posting has become monotonous and I think it's time the Crick graduates to serving up some material we ourselves have produced. So without further ado check this clip of this rugby game that I organized and filmed with my digital non water proof camera.

Flight Attendant Kills It

That was cool. Southwest 4 lyfe!!!!

It's Happening

You heard it here first. East Tennessee State will beat number one seeded Pittsburgh in today's matchup. It's happening. I know Biff predicted the downfall of my alma mater Uconn, and was horribly embarassed, but this time it's happening. You will all understand the greatness of this call in about an hour or so.

Sample Database

For all of you out there who are curious about which producers do a good job of chopping up samples uniquely and which producers straight bite, check out this dope website right here. Search for any artist, and it has pretty much every song you could ever want, with the original sample and the beat that uses it. It's fucking amazing and I could spend decades on it.
The French did it again.

The LVD Strikes Again

No one told me that 'ye would be doing a VH1 Storytellers about 808s, but hey, you win some you lose some. This performance requires no words, because it is absolutely amazing.

Every live performance is different. The man is a genius; like, he's almost gay.
I hope more badly than anything ever that Kanye goes on a tour soon, because there is no one who kills it harder than he does. The man brings more energy, enthusiasm, and originality to the stage than anyone out there right now.

Close Biff

Earlier today Biff claimed that UConn would lose to Chattanooga becoming the first 1 seed to lose to a 16. Well... Chattanooga stuck with em for the first two minutes, but the Huskies were able to pull away and win by...56. Biff's bracket just lost all credibility, which makes sense as you can see he currently resides in last place of our personal bracket challenge.

It's the Remix!!!!!!

So apparently they had an I Love College remix contest, which no one told me about, because I obviously would have won it cuz I'm a fucking genius on the boards, but that's neither here nor there. Here's the winner:

The whole drum track is a drum machine that features beatbox sounds by Chesney Snow, which is pretty cool because it's hard to make a human beatbox sound cool (here's the only other song that pulls it off). I think this remix is solid, and it certainly changes the tone of the song from the original drinking anthem to something a little darker.
"I Love College" has already started to blow and I truly believe that as more and more drunk kids hear it they'll love it, and it'll become a party anthem that everyone belts out when they're sloshed. I know I'm going to bump it at house parties and encourage everyone to sing along. It just goes to show that all you need is a catchy hook about drinking and fucking and you've got a top-20 hit.

"I Love College" Remix - Whatever

Get on the Bus Gus

If this doesn't give you at least a semi then you don't love college basketball. Or the "Remember the Name" beat.

UPDATE: March Sadness

So you all probably remember when I predicted that UConn would lose to mighty Chattanooga. It only happened like 17 minutes ago.
Well just watch this clip at 0:21:

Maybe next year... or tomorrow.

Donte's Inferno

In short, former Patriots great Done Stallworth is fucked. The results from his toxicology test came back and guess what!!?!?!?!? Dude was fucking over the legal limit when he struck and killed a man with his car last week. This is awful, and I think it's safe to say that Donte's days in the NFL are numbered, because there's no way he doesn't get convicted of some sort of manslaughter (I'm pre-law, so I would know). This is a truly awful story and it makes me mad and sad all at the same time.

You Heard it Here First

Chattanooga will beat UConn in this afternoon's 1-16 game. All of the pieces are in place: Thabeet is already in foul trouble; Jim Calhoun is out; UConn is wthout a steady ball handler (and ball fondler); and also let's not forget a few years ago when 16-seeded Albany gave UConn a hella scare in the first round. Chattanooga looks fucking good for a 16 seed, and they play good defense and they're athletic as fuck.
I'm calling it right now: Chattanooga will win this game. Get excited.

Also Radford is hanging close right now with UNC, which is really just an okay team without Ty Lawson (but with him they're fucking unreal). There is nothing that I love more than close 1-16 games, because 8-9 games are boring and it's gonna be sick when a 16 seed finally wins (this afternoon). Hey, it's kind of like I'm live blogging!

Duke Basketball CONTINUES to Find Ways to Be Unlikable

So I'm sure all six of our readers have seen president Barry "The Bomber" Obama's NCAA Tourney picks. If not, watch that shit right here homie.

So evenways, The Bomber chose UNC to win it all (he also assumed that Ty Lawson would be healthy; BIG MISTAKE BOMBER!!!!). Apparently Mike Krzyzewski took some issue with the fact that Barry took like 7 minutes out of his day to appear on ESPN and try to appear young and hip (which fucking won him the erection), and fill out his bracket with Randy Katzenmoyer (Andy Katz). Coach Kzkrrjjhhzizskfjdafhfhski said, "Somebody said that we're not in President Obama's Final Four, and as much as I respect what he's doing, really, the economy is something that he should focus on, probably more than the brackets."
Well Chris Jesus Mike. As if everyone in America didn't fucking hate the shit out of you enough, you decide to go and shit all over The Bomber simply because he didn't pick your fucking flawed team to make it to the Final Four (by the way Mike, maybe I should be focusing on my studies, but I'm too busy picking you to bow out in the Thweet Thirty-two, so suck a dick and die bro. JK, but seriously). Of all the coaches that could have made such a bold statement, you'd think it would be some loud-mouthed douche, not one of the classiest and most respected coaches of all-time.
I'm a fan of Duke, which makes me the only one on earth other than all those other Indian kids who tent in K-Ville, but it's becoming increasingly difficult to defend a team that seems to consciously try to make everyone hate them. I understand that Coach K probably (hopefully) meant this shit as a joke, but he could have said something funnier and less biting and backhanded.
By the way, can you blame The Bomber for picking Duke to lose, given the fact that THE EXACT SAME TEAM was a 2 seed last year and only barely beat 15th seeded Belmont on a fucking miraculous Gerald Henderson lay-up?
Also, Blake Griffin said something funny about The Bomber's picks (which I can't find but remember seeing on SportsCenter this morning before I snorted three lines of cocaine, so you gotta trust me on this), which totally supports my claim that they're going to win it all. Blake's brain clearly still works, because he's able to process complex information like the President's bracket, and he's got great karma on his side, while Duke is obviously going to lose extremely early because Coach K is a douche.

Got the Whole Nation Screamin'...

Here's some new hotness from Wale, who at this point has really proved himself to be the closest thing to the second coming of Lupe Fiasco (with 9th Wonder on the boards).

Firstly, I really <3 <3 <3 this beat. It's laid back and simple, and it's got the jazzy old-school feel of A Tribe Called Quest. It also showcases Wale's REDONK flow and genius wordplay (get it?). I fucking love Wale, and word is this is a leak off of his upcoming mixtape, "Back to the Feature," which features production from 9th Wonder and is finna drop April 29. Wale is the fucking second coming. The Class of 09 continues to live up to expectations. I fucking love this shit.

Christ Jesus

I'm fairly certain this dudes spinal cord was just pushed out his asshole, but that backflip was fucking legit. Too bad this guy just set back white dude dunks to the days of short shorts. I bet you we see this dunk perfected in next years dunk contest.

Backflip After Dunk- Sick

I Am 86% Sure You Will LOL At This Video

BAHAHAHAHAHAHA... Anybody who says soccer is a tough sport just got set back about 800 years. I got nothing wrong with soccer and don't think it's a sport for a bunch of pussies, but the dudes in this vid probably have like 4 and a half testicles combined. Not only does the player go down after a being grazed by the refs little bitchslap, but then the players stampede after the ref like they just saw Pele naked, all while high kicking at him like a fucking Gazelle or some shit. Just imagine if KG was on this team. Big Baby on the bench(is it just me or does it look like he's updating his resume in that pic?) would be a daily occurrence.

FACEBOOK SUCKS

I CAN'T GO ON FACEBOOK NOW BECAUSE MY ACCOUNT IS UNAVAILABLE BECAUSE OF "SITE MAINTENANCE." I AM SO FUCKING ANGRY I WANT TO SCREAM AND BITE MY PILLOW ALL OVER AGAIN!!!!!! THERE WAS NOTHING FUCKING WRONG WITH FUCKING FACEBOOK SO WHY THE FUCK DO THEY HAVE TO CHANGE IT TO SOMETHING AWFUL AND ALSO NOT LET ME LOGIN BECAUSE I NEED TO FILL OUT MY BRACKET CHALLENGE SHIT!!!!! AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

Jay Mohr is Funny??????

The View is the worst show ever ever ever ever ever, but sometimes they have good guests on. Jay Mohr does not pop to the front of my mind when I think of good guests, but holy shit he was funny as fuck yesterday. Start watching at 4:14, because everything before it (predictably) sucks.

I L'dOL at his Tracy and his Walken.

'cricket Wassup

Bump the new T-Pain banger, "Shawty Wassup," with Day 26 (which is apparently the band from "Making the Band 4"). Spelling errors aside, I like this song. It's got that auto-tune which you know I'm jocking hard right now, and the beat is a synthed out dirty dirty masterpiece. Can T-Pain do any wrong?


"Shawty Wassup" - Sick

My Softer Side

This song is beautiful. It's off John Legend's most recent album "Evolver." It has potential to make my famed echelon of away message passages as Filly so eloquently put it. First I have to get a girlfriend, then there has to be a tragic break up in which she believes I didn't love her enough and didn't put enough time into the relationship. Then I realize how much I love her and decide that I want to really put my heart into the relationship. If/when this occurs, this song will make it into an away message. I apologize if the quality of this video is crappy, but I cannot hear it since I'm in the USM computer lab sans headphones. Enjoy.

On a further note, my hardcore raw side of my rapping alias will now be named "Gooch."

I Quite Like This Song At The Moment

One of the main objectives of this blog has become to push the 09 class of rapppers. About 92.7% of Biff's posts are centered around this matter so I thought what the hell I mine as well join. While none of the mainstreamers have really caught my ear just yet, Skittles put me on to this gem earlier today by Kid Cudi.

It's got that trendy emo rap thing going on which really can't miss. The first verse even made it into the famed echelon of passages used in PceLuvAndHoop15's away messages. Quite frankly PceLuvAndHoop15 pretty much invented away messages and you gotta be dope to get in there. Soooo ahhh listen to the song while staring at Cudi in an "ironic" red sweater.

Man On The Moon- Sooo Sick

*Update* I am upgrading this song to a Sickest Thing Ever. I have literally listened to it 50 times in the past two days, and that is probably a conservative estimate. This shit sounds like the most beautiful lullaby in the world.

Suck a Dick Facebook

Hey look I'm Mark Zuckerberg. Look how emo I am. Ooh I went to Exeter and then came back and gave the shittiest assembly known to man.
Well, if your frustration with the book of Face hasn't already been tested by the 5 billion changes they've made in the past 12 months, then this last change must have put you over the edge. I shall admit, I am (correction: was) an avid user and fan of the site. It was fun, easy to use, and logical. But now they've decided to bite Twitter and make this absolute horseshit new layout cocksucking shit bag fuck nuggets. I mean seriously, who are they kidding with this shit? It's honestly AWFUL. It looks like it was designed for retarded monkeys.
Just read this article, which explains everything much more articulately than I ever could.

The New Facebook - Worst Thing of All-Time

PS
Before it was the Jonas Brothers, but now I'm really thinking that we should change the "Worst Thing of All-Time" rating to, "Worst Thing of All-Time (The New Facebook)" I'm gonna go bite my pillow. Again. You people are bastard people.

Fortune Teller

This is my bracket. Every pick is correct. Enjoy.
I like Oklahoma to win it all because when Blake Griffin is healthy he is an unstoppable rebel force that is capable of absolutely murdering defenses for like 45 and 20 (literally). He's going to be 100% for the tourney, and every other contender has a fatal flaw: UNC sucks without Ty Lawson, who is hurt; Pitt sucks when DeJuan Blair gets into foul trouble (which he will trying to guard Griffin); UConn is missing Jerome Dyson and doesn't really have a surefire go-to scorer. Louisville is the only conceivable threat to Okalhoma, but they can't stop Griffin inside. I know I suck the Big East's dick constantly, but I just don't see it happening for any of the Big East teams this year. Watch out for my boy Blake, because he's obviously going to go off HUGE all tourney long and play with the most horrifying mean streak you've ever seen. I hope I'm right.

This Made Me Cry

ScrubsCenter

Josh Elliot and A-Wall's girlfriend, Hannah Storm, are going to be on Scrubs tomorrow night. Check it out bruh!!!

Weird.

Sup Bro!!!!

Of all the photos that could have run in this month's Details Magazine, I don't know why the editors chose this one. It's pretty utterly bizarre and it really just makes me very uncomfortable to look at.
Details actually did run a pretty cool and interesting feature on Kanye West last month, which I recommend you read here. If you're too lazy to read it or you don't like clicking on links, here's the highlight:

Once off the phone, West takes care to specify that the woman given the task of realizing his hyperspecific horticultural vision is not his interior designer and not his gofer—but rather his apartment manager. "Titles are very important. I like to embody titles, y'know, or words that have negative connotations, and explain why that's good," he says. "Take the word gay—like, in hip-hop, that's a negative thing, right? But in the past two, three years, all the gay people I've encountered have been, like, really, really, extremely dope. Y'know, I haven't, like, gone to a gay bar, nor do I ever plan to. But where I would talk to a gay person—the conversation would be mostly around, like, art or design—it'd be really dope. From a design standpoint, kids'll say, 'Dude, those pants are gay.' But if it's, like, good, good, good fashion-level, design-level stuff, where it's on a higher level than the average commercial design stuff, it's, like, gay people that do that. I think that should be said as a compliment. Like, 'Dude, that's so good it's almost . . . gay.'"

West's friends and professional adjuncts, who quietly pass in and out of his loft throughout the day, start cracking up, and he leaves his chair for a bit of stand-up: "'Dude, that's so good it's almost gay!' 'Dude, you pay real attention to detail—that's almost, like, gay!' 'You had a whole conversation with that girl without bringing up sex? That was, like, gay!'"

I'm for sure going to start using "gay" as a synonym for cool. The world's mind will be blown.

Fun with Drum Machines

Want to have some fun for like 12 minutes? Click here. It's fun kind of.

HOLY DAMN FUCK ERIN ANDREWS IS FROM WHERE?!

Erin Fucking Andrews, only like the hottest talk to athletes after games girl in the world is from fucking Maine. That's right bitches... Maine, our homestate. Not only are we the Vacationland, but we breed some fine ass sports broadcasters. I discovered this little nugget of information on the all powerful Wikipedia. As you can see by clicking here, the sideline goddess was born May 4th, 1978 in Lewiston. How the hell did I not know this? This is like finding out that the previous owner of my car is Jon Voight or some shit.

Postum Scriptum- What the hell is up with Lewiston and sports broadcasters? Not only Erin Andrews, but Gary Tanguay and Tom Caron also hail from Lewiston. Must be something in the water, let's just hope the next couple are females.

Erin Andrews Being From Maine- Sickest Thing Ever

The Patriot's Front Office Reads Metacricket

A month or so ago Biff posed a hypothetical situation to the Pat's, that they try and get Julius Peppers by trading Matt Cassell, in this post. While Cassell has since been traded to the Chiefs in a deal that didn't involve any body part of Peppers becoming a Patriot, it seems the brass over at Foxborough may still have heeded Biff's suggestion. NFL.com is reporting that the Pat's and Panthers are in the midst of discussing a deal for Peppers that would send the Patriot's second round pick, acquired in the deal for Cassell, to the Panthers. Essentially if this deal goes down as proposed it would be Cassell for Peppers, exactly what Biff said the Pats should do. Whether or not this deal goes down it is still evident that Metacrick's influence has now reached into the world of professional sports. Everyone knows we select the Grammy and Oscar winners, but now it seems that Robert Kraft is under our command as well. Well done Biff.

Pat's Reading Metacricket- Sickest Thing Ever

US Team Pulls A Donovan McNnabb As They Continue To NOT Care About The WBC

The USA team was embarrassed today by Puerto Rico, 11-1, in a Round 2 game of the World Baseball Classic. Who cares? Yea I know, not many people do. While the WBC might be a great idea, the timing is just horrible for every team, especially the Americans. The tournament comes weeks before the start of the Major League Baseball season. Most teams are riddled with Major Leaguers, and these players have to debate with themselves on how much effort they really should put into this. The decision is really quite easy. Should they bust their hump to win a little known or cared about event that will result in 0 monetary gain, or should they use this tournament as a glorified spring training and continue to prepare for the team they are contractually obliged to. Don't give me that patriotic, they play for their country bullshit either. The WBC has absolutely nothing to do with patriotism, and if the US were to actually win this tournament, in a country where baseball is it's pastime, 98% of American citizens could careless. Even I, a huge baseball fan, wouldn't really be moved by an American win. The Dominican team, a squad representing a country that is rife with baseball talent and fever, bowed out in the opening round against the freaking Dutch. "I play for my country" does not factor into this equation.
Today's loss for the US is the perfect example of the negligent and minimal care the players have for the rules and outcome. The game was cut short by the Mercy Rule, as Puerto Rico led by 10 runs after the 7th inning. This blurb from the ESPN recap displays the lack of knowledge both teams had for the rules of the tournament.

Several players on both teams said they didn't realize the game was over, including Puerto Rico's hot-hitting Ivan Rodriguez.
"I was putting on my catching equipment," he said. "When I walked out, I saw everyone on the field. I thought maybe somebody got hurt."

US players had similar quotes, which brought back memories of Donovan McNabb and his unawareness that NFL games could end in ties. The players just don't have that much of a vested interest in it. Their minds are focused on the team that they have to play for for the next 6 months. Not only were they not focused on the rules, but it could be argued they weren't focused on the game. For starters, Manager Davey Johnson missed the beginning of the game for a wedding. He's really leading by example here. Then once he made it to the game, he pulled a Grady Little and decided to leave Jake Peavy in the game after letting up six runs in the first two innings. Yea he was starting to look sharp out there. Johnson explained his decision with this:

"Just basically let him get a little more work. Unfortunately, it wasn't really great work, but he still needed the work. Like I said, it's double elimination. It wasn't a thing where it was ... hook him in the second inning. Just let him get his work in."

So what Davey is essentially saying here is that he is not managing to win these games, but rather managing these players for their upcoming Major League Baseball season. I realize Davey and his players are put into a precarious situation. They have conflicting obligations. If and once they lose the players will all walk off the field with their heads down, a few players will remain in the dugout staring into nothingness, possibly a couple bats or water cooler may be thrown, but they really don't care. In one day they will be back with their real teams, and will actually care about the games they play. It's unfortunate the WBC isn't really a big deal. The timing just seems off, but I haven't really researched the time of other country's main baseball season. Maybe this is the only time of year when every country is not in the midst of a professional baseball season. It's just a shame because this event is certainly a great idea.

WBC- Shitty

Get 'Em Bill!!!!!

Yeah, Bill Belichick is really fucking boring. I mean, the guy only goes on stage and fucking wails with Bon Jovi on arguably one of the greatest 80s rock songs ever. Clearly he has a sense of humor, he just doesn't want to answer your stupid fucking questions.

It's too bad Charlie Weis was in this too, because I hate Charlie Weis, mostly because he's the worst coach in the history of college football. But hey, sometimes you can't get all the Sacagaweas in the pillow case.

Syracuse Beats UConn In Cricket Length Game

The UConn Huskies Men's Basketball game was so depleted by the end of their Big East Tournament game against Syracuse, they nearly had to bring in Junior Bio Major Andrew Goldsmith. His level of play would have been a considerate drop-off considering he's a 6 foot white kid from Kennebunk, Maine, but he has claimed in the past he could have been a walk on. Luckily for the Husky faithful, Andrew was in the midst of getting a grab and go on the run during the time of the game, and was unable to enter. Nevertheless, this game lasted like 8 light years, and was probably really fun to watch. I certainly was longing to watch it as I sat in Journalism Investigation and Research, and refreshed the ESPN Gamecast every 10 seconds. If you don't respect the opinion of blog's and want to read the recap of the game from a professional writer click here.

UConn-Cuse Game- Probably Greatest Thing Of All Time(The Departed)

I'm Just Living The Dream

Today I walk with a new swag. Is it because I just went for a nice jog? Not really. Is it because it doesn't get dark until 6:30ish now? A little bit. Is it because I have a stats test tomorrow? Good guess but no not at all. Is it because I sat in seat 104 at the Common feat. KiD CuDi concert last night AND RAJON FUCKING RONDO SAT IN FUCKING SEAT 103?? Yeah that's it.

We'll get to that in a minute, but I did go to the Common feat. KiD CuDi concert in Boston last night at the House of Blues. Devoted Crick fan Mac Sargent and I drove down to Wellington station where we took the T into Boston. First, we convienently stopped at the Modell's Sporting Goods in Medford, Massachussets where Kendrick Perkins, Glenn Davis, Leon Powe, and Brian Scalabrine were unvailing a new "Unbuntu" t-shirt and signing autographs. The shirt was pretty lame considering they had an entire unveiling of the shirt. Willie May was there too and he's an idiot and I lost respect for him. Anyway, we met those Celts dude, but we didn't get there early enough to get a spot in line for an autograph. We still met them and I took pictures on my phone for proof.

So then Mac and I took the T to Kenmore Square, ate dinner at Whack Arnold's obs, then walked over to the House of Blues. We had VIP section A row A seats 104 and 105 so we were already the friggen collective man. KiD CuDi came out at 8 PM on the dot and he was sick. Only about a quarter of the crowd actually knew his songs so it was hard to get excited. Once his debut album comes out his concerts will be sick.

So CuDi left the stage at like 8:30 and Common came on at about 9:15. At which point a dude in suit with long hair came up to me and Mac telling us we needed to stand up to let someone through. First, a beautiful gorgeous 10 of a girl walks past us. Then in a bucket hat and leather jacket walks Rajon fucking Rondo and sits right the fuck next to me. No joke at all greatest thing of all time (The Departed) times 38904789157909. I literally J'd in my P's. Holy fuck. Literally six inches away from me the entire concert. He obviously didn't want to be bothered, so I didn't. Regardless, I watched an entire concert with the cat and we fuckin chilled and shit. He was walking fine so don't worry about his ankle.

Common killed it. He performed every song I wanted him to and more. He did a "hip-hop" compilation where he rapped snip-its from famous influential rap songs from artists such as Biggie, Kanye, Nas, Jay-z, The Roots, etc. He even performed "N.Y. State of Mind" by Nas except he changed it to "Boston State of Mind." His free-styles were what capped off the night. First he brought a girl up on stage and free-styled about her name and her RUN-DMC shirt. He cut the music mid song to break up a fight between two girls in the crowd and brought one on stage and told her to go chill out backstage. From there he left the stage and let DJ Dummy fuckin' murder the turn tabels with Biggie's "10 Crack Commandments." Later in the show, Common asked someone in the crowd to give a word for him to bounce a free-style off. Naturally, the fan said "Celtics." At which point I was like holy fuck I'm still sitting next to Rondo. Common free-styled through most of the Celtics players including Rondo and some of the Red-Sox players. It was honestly by far the best free-style I've ever seen with Eminem's 8 Mile free-styles in second. By some Grace of God, Mac was wearing a RONDO shirt. So as Rondo was leaving, Mac showed him the back of the shirt in which Rondo was like "oh nice man" and gave him a soul shake.

We are the collective man and I'm practically best friends with Rajon Rondo.

Last Night - Greatest Thing Ever (Better Than The Departed)

M-V-3!!!!

Dwyane Wade is somehow just now getting some recognition for his fucking unreal season. He's carried a team that has about 1.5 good players on it, including a pot dealer and the most disappointing rookie since Greg Oden. Wade has been unreal all season and if he keeps doing this then I think he'll definitely get some more love.

Back On Ma Grizzly Like a Bearskin Rug

I've been out of the boof for a while, but I'm back and I'm on that auto-tune swag. Peep "Smiley 80's," the new track featuring A-Walnutz and Big Ches'. Click HERE!!!!!

"Smiley 80's" - Sickest Thing Ever

Barstool Jockin Our Shit

To put this in rap terms, Metacricket is pretty much the Kanye to Barstoolsports.com's Jay-Z. This hilarious and consistently well kept blog has been a huge influence on Meta-C during our very successful infancy. Sometimes they've even provided us with the perfect bloggable stories for us to run with, but it seems they have become jealous of our success. Recently they blatantly bit our style and we aren't going to stand for it. This is like Jay stealing a beat to use on BP3 that Kanye wanted to use on his upcoming album. Just check the lingo they pulled straight from the crick in this post:

"Somebody double check my math here, but I think Green Line + Groped by an Ugly Dude = Worst Commute of All Time."

Okay everyone knows we invented exaggeration and the basis of rating things on a scale of Worst Thing Of All Time and up. It's a sad day when the mentor has to steal from the apprentice. I'm not even that mad about it, this just shows our far reaching influence on the blogging world.

Barstool Sports Stealing Our Shit- Shitty

More Drake Hype

This shit's old, but I'm riding Drake's dick hard right now so I've been searching for shit and finding some gems. This is the best A Milli freestyle (yes, it's even better than Asher's).

Has there ever been a better group of young rappers all emerge at around the same time? I love rap right now and it's only going to get better. This makes me so happy.

Drake Sen!!!!!

Brundog has been touting Drake's swag for a while, and I was hesitant to offer my endorsement of the 09er, given his like 8-year run on Degrassi. It was hard for me to get behind a dude who spent that much time on a Noggin show, but I've come around. After hearing his third mixtape, "So Far Gone," which is hot as fuck, I've decided I like him a lot and will never again question Brundog's recommendations. Here's the new joint that features Drake. You have to get past Lil Wayne's lackluster first verse--which sounds pretty much like the same shit he's been spitting for the past 2 fucking years--to get to Drake's flames.

"Money flowin' like a slit wrist no bandage." Drake is my boy and he has for sure entered the conversation as my favorite 09er. Big ups.

Old School Sesh

Anyone who saw the movie "Notorious" knows that it is a terrible awful movie that could have been made by VH1 interns, but also saw the scene where Biggie plays "Party and Bullshit" live at some college and everyone flips their shit. This is my favorite Biggie song and I really think it's Big's flow at its best. The first verse is straight murder. When I hear it I make the face that Jay-Z does in this video. Listen to this and jerk it:

Biggie goes hard as shit on this song. Now check the Ratatat remix. The beat goes hard and I think really complements Big's emphatic flow.

They're both great. Ratatat's beats go SOOOO hard because they sound like Dre had sex with Kanye and The Neptunes and they had a 3-way baby that has been doing steroids since it was like 6 months old.
Justin, let me play in the open gym at 4:30.

After You Read This There Will Be No Need For You To Watch Major League Baseball In 09

I apologize to all you hardcore baseball fans out there. I am about to correctly predict the outcome for every division in the league and foresee the match-ups and outcomes for each playoff series. You could all heed my warning, but you are all probably to enthralled by my writing, which is intriguing as fuck, to stop reading this post. Sorry guys, but here goes nothing.
(I also want to note that this is written in a completely unbiased fashion as you will quickly see by my AL East prediction. Keep in mind that the famed writers at The Crick are notorious for their New England sports teams fandom.)
AL East
1. Rays- Remember last year when B.J. Upton and Evan Longoria literally hit home runs every time they came to the plate in last year's ALCS against the Red Sox? Yea well I expect that to continue. Not to mention their pitching staff consists of some of the best young arms in baseball, with David Price bubbling under the surface. Combine that with their cool ass manager Joe Maddon and the Angel Ray's will prove that 08 was no fluke.
2. Yankees- They would have been in the number one slot if it weren't for all this A-Rod hoopla. Their $498 trillion payroll will actually pay off for them this year. They invested some of that in actual pitching this time around. While I realize AJ Burnett's arm is made of glass and that CC hasn't proved himself against the AL East yet, I just can't see a team this talented not winning 95+ games which will ensure them the Wild Card spot.
3. Red Sox- It certainly pains me to say this, but I just can't see the Sox finishing higher than either of the previous two teams this year. They came one game short of the series last year, but if it weren't for that miracle comeback against the Rays in Game 5 of the ALCS we would have been done a lot earlier. I love all the extensions they've made with Youk, Pedroia, and Lester, but the signings they've made of other free agents don't excite me. They've penned a bunch of older injured players(Smoltz, Penny, Baldelli) who if they can contribute then maybe the Sox will have a shot, but there's just too many question marks at this point.
4. Blue Jays
5. Orioles
AL Central
1. Detroit Tigers- Before the season last year they were one of the chic picks to win it all. They pretty much sucked but hey it's a new year. Their offense is still pretty dirt with Magglio and Miguel Cabrera holding down the middle of the lineup. I suspect D-Train will have a comeback year and Verlander and Bonderman will both have near 20 win seasons.
2. Cleveland Indians- While I think Grady Sizemore may be the most overrated player in the league he can still play, and Fausto Carmona will emerge as the ace.
3. White Sox
4. Twins
5. Royals- You feel bad for these guys yet?
AL West
1. Angels- They may actually do some damage in the playoffs this year as the Red Sox won't be around to boot em in the first round.
2. A's- Matt Holliday signing was a good idea... that's all I have to say about this team.
3. Rangers- They'll ride the sobering euphoric wave of Josh Hamilton's 321 homers in last year's home run derby to a non last place finish.
4. Mariners
NL East
1. Phillies- Biff can tell you more about them. He lives in Philly.
2. Mets- They'll probably be up 10 games in the division with like 3 games to play and find another way to blow it, this time they hang on for the wild card though.
3.Braves- I hope they don't think Derek Lowe will put them over the top again.
4. Marlins
5. Nationals
NL Central
1. Cubs- At least Carlos Zambrano hasn't made any foolish predictions so far this year, keeping the unneeded pressure off of one of the already most scrutinized teams in baseball.
2. Brewers
3. Cardinals
4. Astros
5. Reds
6. Pirates- They no longer have Jay Bay removing them from any level of respectability.
NL West
1. D-Backs- Haren and Webb in the same rotations is pretty disgusting.
2. Dodgers- They can have Manny and his mediocrity. I stand by my prediction that he will have an average year by his standards.
3. Padres
4. Rockies
5. Giants- Tim Lincecum, at seven years old, will become the youngest Cy Young Winner ever.
AL Playoffs
Rays over Tigers
Yankees over Angels.......... Yankees over Rays
NL Playoffs
Cubs over Mets
D-Backs over Phillies.........D-Backs over Cubs
World Series
D-Backs over Yankees.... I'm being serious here.

Now, I'm sorry I had to take out the drama of the upcoming season, but I am renowned for breaking stories on this site, and I just added another notch under the belt. I know this post was a tad long and had all kinds of hyperlinks that took you away from the entry, half of you probably didn't come back after something in the Iternalnet interested you more than this post, but you will all realize my genius in October.

How Ironic

After Biff's long and enraged anti-aviator sunglasses tyrade in a post earlier this month, look what pops up on our ads.

You're just part of the problem LD222.

09 Hype!

Yesterday we featured "Change Gone Come," with B.o.B. Although we concluded that his verse on that song was good-not-great, we must also give him some hype for his single, "I'll Be In The Sky." Check this shit:

B.O.B "ILL BE IN THE SKY" OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO DIRECTED BY GABRIEL HART from GABE HART on Vimeo.
This song sounds like a lead single off of "The Love Below." This is just a straight feel-good track with an infectious hook and piano loop--the kind of song that can blast him off to fame very quickly if it gets airplay. I'm now doubt playing this shit at house parties and dancing to it.
B.o.B. is like a baby Andre 3K, and he may be my favorite 09er (although that changes every day, because they all bust). Even if he's not the best lyricist of the crop (Wale or Blu hold that mantle), he definitely has the best taste in sunglasses.

"I'll Be In The Sky" - Sickest Thing Ever

Just Wanted To Ruin The Rest Of Your Day

I personally find this song to be LOL funny. The more times I sing it to myself, the more I laugh. You may have a different opinion. Regardless, it will be stuck in your head for the remainder of the day, and from here on out whenever you see this commercial, you will subconciously get the urge to visit Metacricket. Don't fight it.
Besides the fact that no sane person would ever get a fish sandwich at Whack Arnold's, this bearded dude obviously isn't sane because he doesn't seem phased that Billy the Bass has all of a sudden reprogrammed himself. You will either hate me or love me for posting this. Hate it or love it the under dog's on top.

Honestly, If You Don't Appreciate This Song Then Fuck Yaself

With Metacricket seemingly turning into Asher Roth's personal fansite, I feel the need to hype another rapper from the freshmen class who I consider to be far superior. Biff's frequent championing of Ash has changed my opinion of him though, and now I will check for his debut despite the horrible lead single "I Love College". Nevertheless, I'm here to talk about Jay Electronica. Jay is already over 30 years of age and is not destined for mainstream success, but I don't even think he wants it. He's more interested in flipping movie scores into beats to rap over, e.g. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. He produces his own shit and has one beat on a major release, the haunting Queens Get The Money off of Untitled. A lot of his beats have no percussion which will turn off plenty of listeners, but if Kanye did it it would be musical genus. He may not be as fun or whimsical as Asher Roth, but there's a time and place for everything, especially socially conscious and musically beautiful hip hop. That is what Electronica provides. If he were to drop a record on a mainstream label I believe it would be the same quality of a Food and Liquor, but if it were dropped on his current abstract label it would probably be along the lines of something like Below The Heavens. Either or it's a win win situation. Anyways, the real reason I wanted to post about Jay Elec was to share the song, Exhibit A(Transformations), with the world. Produced by Just Blaze this song is like extreme machine gun artillery melt your face off lyrical heat. Just listen...


This Song - Greatest Thing Of All Time (The Departed)

Big Ups Chester!!!!

Tha 'cricket's main man Dr. Justin Scott Chester Van Horn Sexton was named Second Team All-SCIAC yesterday! Way to go Chest. We all knew that you had it in you. Chester is known not only for his scoring and rebounding abilities, but also his PASS!!!!ing ability. The man is the classic triple threat. Seriously, he could probably take on the entire 'cricket writing staff and beat us 1-on-3.
Unfortunately Pomona lost in the SCIAC Tourney final to stupid Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, so they won't be heading to the big dance. But that's actually kind of good because it means Chest can take me and A-Wall to the 80s party this Saturday. WOOOOO!!!!
In other Pomona news, David Liss was named First Team All-SCIAC. David sometimes records videos on Justin's wall that are funny, so it makes sense that he would also receive a post-season honor. I just wish Kael had gotten recognized too, because he's like my best friend in the world. Either way, congrats Chest!!!!! You've earned an honorary Departation.

Chester Second Team All-SCIAC - Greatest Thing of All-Time (The Departed)