Friday, July 24, 2009
New Jay Off Blueprint 3
Song is kinda underwhelming. Sounds like a blatant attempt to recreate a mix of Umbrella and Live Your Life. Beat is pretty dope though, but if Kanye produced it he needs to chill with these militant drums. As of now Blueprint 3 has yet to wow me. I wouldn't go as far to say this is a bad song, but when you've been hyping Blueprint 3 as a landmark album I expect better than this. Luckily I have a huge thing for Rihanna and despite the fact everyone says she can't sing I don't know any better and her hook is the only thing giving this song a chance to be a hit.
Run This Town- Pretty Sick
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Racial Issues
There has been about one post in the history of Metacricket that has touched on a serious socially viable topic, well I have decided to add on to our list of posts on things that actually matter and shit.
We've all probably heard about the rape allegations made against Ben Roethlisberger in recent days. I am not here to debate on whether Roethlisberger did or did not sexually assault the accuser (obviously I hope he didn't for the sake of everyone involved and the fact that I've always kinda liked Big Ben), but rather I'd like to discuss the strange lack of coverage exhibited by the worlds largest sports media outlet, ESPN. These allegations were first made public this past Tuesday, and one would think that this bombshell of an accusation made against a superstar NFL quarterback would be front page news for the media giant ESPN. That, however, was not the case. For two days the story was left unreported on all ESPN mediums. Blogs and other news outlets reported the story as expected, and ESPN explained their neglect with this statement.
"At this point, we are not reporting the allegations against Ben Roethlisberger because no criminal complaint has been filed. As far as we know, this is a civil lawsuit that Roethlisberger has yet to address publicly."
A shady explanation that contradicts the past actions of this particular institution. ESPN was quick to report on the civil sexual harassment suits filed against two black sports figures, Isiah Thomas and Shannon Brown. ESPN finally began to cover Ben's story, today, after his denial of the claim. This privilege of waiting for the athlete's explanation was not granted for Isiah or Shannon. It's just unfortunate that these glaring contradictions in coverage occur, and are so obviously divided by race. I'm not trying to say that Roethlisberger's story was held back for the sole reason that he is white and that the story would have been immediately reported if the accusations had been made against Donovan McNabb, but ESPN's negligence merely perpetuates the (sometimes verified) belief that racial bias still exists in the media. All of this comes at a time when race relations have been brought to the forefront of the national spotlight after black Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates was arrested trying to get into his own home. That particular story has since turned into a polarizing decision of whose story you choose to believe, the professor's or the police officer and is not something I want to delve into. At a time where our country's leader is part African-American perhaps ESPN shouldn't be giving people reason to believe that athletes in this country will be given the benefit of the doubt due to the lightness of their skin.
We've all probably heard about the rape allegations made against Ben Roethlisberger in recent days. I am not here to debate on whether Roethlisberger did or did not sexually assault the accuser (obviously I hope he didn't for the sake of everyone involved and the fact that I've always kinda liked Big Ben), but rather I'd like to discuss the strange lack of coverage exhibited by the worlds largest sports media outlet, ESPN. These allegations were first made public this past Tuesday, and one would think that this bombshell of an accusation made against a superstar NFL quarterback would be front page news for the media giant ESPN. That, however, was not the case. For two days the story was left unreported on all ESPN mediums. Blogs and other news outlets reported the story as expected, and ESPN explained their neglect with this statement.
"At this point, we are not reporting the allegations against Ben Roethlisberger because no criminal complaint has been filed. As far as we know, this is a civil lawsuit that Roethlisberger has yet to address publicly."
A shady explanation that contradicts the past actions of this particular institution. ESPN was quick to report on the civil sexual harassment suits filed against two black sports figures, Isiah Thomas and Shannon Brown. ESPN finally began to cover Ben's story, today, after his denial of the claim. This privilege of waiting for the athlete's explanation was not granted for Isiah or Shannon. It's just unfortunate that these glaring contradictions in coverage occur, and are so obviously divided by race. I'm not trying to say that Roethlisberger's story was held back for the sole reason that he is white and that the story would have been immediately reported if the accusations had been made against Donovan McNabb, but ESPN's negligence merely perpetuates the (sometimes verified) belief that racial bias still exists in the media. All of this comes at a time when race relations have been brought to the forefront of the national spotlight after black Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates was arrested trying to get into his own home. That particular story has since turned into a polarizing decision of whose story you choose to believe, the professor's or the police officer and is not something I want to delve into. At a time where our country's leader is part African-American perhaps ESPN shouldn't be giving people reason to believe that athletes in this country will be given the benefit of the doubt due to the lightness of their skin.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Captain Tying Knots
I guess Dan Deacon is well known for being a trendy new hipster electro musician, but I will forever remember him as the genius who created this YouTube video Drinking Out Of Cups.
If you have yet to see this I fully expect you to thank me the next time you see me for the laughs I just most definitely provided you. This is probably the funniest and most quotable YT vid I've seen since Bro Rape. After it's release it was speculated that Deacon was trippin on acid when his friends recorded the rant, but he has since vehemently denied those allegations. Claiming he was merely flipping through television channels and reacting to what he saw. I choose to believe him, I mean I namedrop Johnny Hammersticks, Tommy Noble, Treemeister, Mr. Balloon-Hands, Captain Tying Knots, Ms. Sand, Mr. Balloon Hands, Mr. Walkway, and make up several words in under 3 minutes all the time. All I know is when I buy my first home I sure as hell ain't paying for no floor.
Drinking Out Of Cups- Sooo Sick
If you have yet to see this I fully expect you to thank me the next time you see me for the laughs I just most definitely provided you. This is probably the funniest and most quotable YT vid I've seen since Bro Rape. After it's release it was speculated that Deacon was trippin on acid when his friends recorded the rant, but he has since vehemently denied those allegations. Claiming he was merely flipping through television channels and reacting to what he saw. I choose to believe him, I mean I namedrop Johnny Hammersticks, Tommy Noble, Treemeister, Mr. Balloon-Hands, Captain Tying Knots, Ms. Sand, Mr. Balloon Hands, Mr. Walkway, and make up several words in under 3 minutes all the time. All I know is when I buy my first home I sure as hell ain't paying for no floor.
Drinking Out Of Cups- Sooo Sick
Monday, July 20, 2009
Make Her Say Vid
After attending last week's Asher Roth and Kid Cudi concert I have spent the week enjoying some of Cudi's finest tunes. While this song may not be an upper echelon Cudder selection, the video busts hard.
Make Her Say Vid- Sick
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Things
It's been a hot minute since anyone graced the composition box of the Crick so on this beautiful summer evening I've decided to bless you with some textual dazzling. Were still getting around ten visitors per day and I can't let them continue to be let down when they see the stagnant site. I plan on touching base on several things in this post so if you don't feel up for it go take a cat nap and come back with your spectacles cleaned and ready to go.
The man above is the newest member of the Boston Celtics. At first I wasn't exactly thrilled about the deal, but after some further thinking I'm really happy about it. Not because Sheed gives us the much needed scoring presence off the bench that we missed so badly last year, nor the fact that he can play 8 different positions, nor his defensive presence that makes our front line literally a 7 foot wall in front of the hoop, but rather I am excited about the way he will fit into this team. Rasheed is an infamous douche bag and will assimilate seamlessly with our team of assholes. It's gonna be so awesome when the Celts have triple the amount of technical fouls of the second leading team in that category. KG might have gone from the most beloved to most hated player in the league last year, Perkins... well I don't have to tell you he's a massive dickwad, Pierce trash talks like a motherfucker, and Rondo has always looked like frightened 4 year old baby-alien on the court but after the trade rumors revealed he was in reality a kbrkabrka he will most likely play the part on the court from now on. Sounds like a hell of a starting 5 to me... Ray is far to nice to play on the team now.
The second thing I wanna touch on is Lebrongettingdunkedongate (is anyone else surprised that name hasn't caught on yet?). Supposedly/Allegedly/Apparently/Possibly/Most Likely/Definitely LeBron got dunked on by some random college whogivesafuck, in a recent summer camp pick up game. The dunk was caught on camera and subsequently destroyed by Nike officials running the camp. The story has since taken on a life of it's own and the world, minus Ohio, wants to see the clip. I'd like to see it too, only to be ridiculously let down as I'm certain it's not that cool. Here's an idea how about we just go through the reverse highlight reel of LeBron and find a clip of him getting dunked on in one of the 450+ games he has played in, because I guarantee you one exists. Problem solved... it's what I do.
I'd also like to share some music with you if that's okay. I highly suggest you all DL or buy (if you are a law abiding citizen unlike me) Mos Def's newest album The Ecstatic. It's funky sounding and took me a while to get into but the production and Mos's melodies are ear pleasing. Try this song on for starters.
I also suggest you check out the new snippets off Lasers. Ladies and Gentlemen and Two Ways are available to get via the googleweb. I will hold off in posting the DL link as they are very catchy and resulted in me playing them 100+ times in about a week, and therefore I'm kinda sick of them already and want to prevent you from that horrible fate.
Bye.
The man above is the newest member of the Boston Celtics. At first I wasn't exactly thrilled about the deal, but after some further thinking I'm really happy about it. Not because Sheed gives us the much needed scoring presence off the bench that we missed so badly last year, nor the fact that he can play 8 different positions, nor his defensive presence that makes our front line literally a 7 foot wall in front of the hoop, but rather I am excited about the way he will fit into this team. Rasheed is an infamous douche bag and will assimilate seamlessly with our team of assholes. It's gonna be so awesome when the Celts have triple the amount of technical fouls of the second leading team in that category. KG might have gone from the most beloved to most hated player in the league last year, Perkins... well I don't have to tell you he's a massive dickwad, Pierce trash talks like a motherfucker, and Rondo has always looked like frightened 4 year old baby-alien on the court but after the trade rumors revealed he was in reality a kbrkabrka he will most likely play the part on the court from now on. Sounds like a hell of a starting 5 to me... Ray is far to nice to play on the team now.
The second thing I wanna touch on is Lebrongettingdunkedongate (is anyone else surprised that name hasn't caught on yet?). Supposedly/Allegedly/Apparently/Possibly/Most Likely/Definitely LeBron got dunked on by some random college whogivesafuck, in a recent summer camp pick up game. The dunk was caught on camera and subsequently destroyed by Nike officials running the camp. The story has since taken on a life of it's own and the world, minus Ohio, wants to see the clip. I'd like to see it too, only to be ridiculously let down as I'm certain it's not that cool. Here's an idea how about we just go through the reverse highlight reel of LeBron and find a clip of him getting dunked on in one of the 450+ games he has played in, because I guarantee you one exists. Problem solved... it's what I do.
I'd also like to share some music with you if that's okay. I highly suggest you all DL or buy (if you are a law abiding citizen unlike me) Mos Def's newest album The Ecstatic. It's funky sounding and took me a while to get into but the production and Mos's melodies are ear pleasing. Try this song on for starters.
I also suggest you check out the new snippets off Lasers. Ladies and Gentlemen and Two Ways are available to get via the googleweb. I will hold off in posting the DL link as they are very catchy and resulted in me playing them 100+ times in about a week, and therefore I'm kinda sick of them already and want to prevent you from that horrible fate.
Bye.
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