In case you don't know me personally, I am in fact a male human being, I am also in college, the combination of those two things subsequently guarantees that I watch the HBO show Entourage. It is possibly the most enjoyable show of all time. When I say enjoyable I mean it is the most accessible and easiest show to get delved into. Watching Vince and the boys wear sweet sunglasses while walking around and eating lunch is just some awesome fucking television. Vince is the de facto main character, but he literally has done nothing but acquire a license this season, and yet the show is still able to retain it's chicness (my favorite word). Jeremy Piven pretty much steals every show as Ari Gold. E can be a little bitch at times especially when he picked this over this. Turtle is the best driver on television and Johnny Drama and Lloyd are funny as fuck. Throw that on top of some smoking hot girls in every episode and random guest appearances from world famous athletes and rappers (my favorite being this) and you have a television show that is sure to be eaten up by the cocky and aspiring to be wealthy bros across America. I would like to personally thank the show for balancing out my mental state after it has been severely depressed by Man on the Moon: The End of Day. I make it a rule to watch one episode for every listen of the album. That is not to imply that Man on the Moon is a album of little quality, much to the contrary. I am teetering on awarding it the hallowed GTOAT(The Departed) ranking, but for now were just gonna applaud Entourage for what it is: an enjoyable show that requires little emotional investment but rewards with the feeling that life is awesome as fuck if you become a movie star. Something we can all realistically aspire to become, oh wait... fuck.
I saw Mike Posner perform on Friday night and holy fucking shit he killed it. Murder. Every song was unreal. He also debuted this wonderful musical nugget:
Wow. I've yet to be disappointed by anything that Mike has done, other than not try and collaborate with me. His next mixtape is going to drop some time next month, and his album is "half-done" and will come out some time in the first or second quarter of 2010 (his words, not mine). Apparently his album is "amazing." I hope so. This remix is so fucking hype I can't even believe it.
Hey Kanye disrespected Taylor Swift. Cue the angry white kids and very tasteless and offensive racial slurs on Facebook/YouTube!!!!! All of this could very easily have been avoided if stupid Taylor Swift simply hadn't handed the microphone to Kanye. What did she think was going to happen? Also, why was he even allowed on stage in the first place? Are people just allowed to run around all over the stage at this kind of event? Is there no security? Also, poor little victim Taylor Swift could have saved the moment by maybe saying something funny. Or sarcastic. Or mean. OR SAYING ANYTHING AT ALL. But rather than try and run with it--which is what most entertainers are trained to do--Taylor just stood there like a made-up deer in very bright headlights, as 0.3 percent of America looked on IN SHOCK!!!!!! Some people "in the business" are saying that Kanye's move was a "career-killer," and many posts on message boards around the cyber net threaten a boycott of his music. Hmm. Everyone slow your roll for a minute. What Kanye did was stupid, rude, immature, etc. But is it really grounds for BOYCOTTING his music???? The entire night was dedicated to Michael Jackson, a CHILD MOLESTER--a man who (more than once) committed acts so evil and reprehensible that people who ARE convicted of the crimes (i.e., people whose net worth is below $1 billion) are essentially forced to wear a scarlet letter for the rest of their lives (introducing themselves to their new neighbors as a sex offender). But does anyone have a problem popping "Thriller" into their tape deck? Madonna spent the first ten minutes of the show awkwardly apologizing for Jackson's inability to keep his hands off of our children's cocks, claiming that he led a very hard life by virtue of his not having a childhood. Indeed, there may be a psychological explanation for MJ's antics (if you can call sucking off little kids "antics"), but does the fact that there IS an explanation excuse his behavior? We could say the same thing about Kanye: he's an insecure short man with a Napoleon complex who is still dealing with the unexpected death of his mother, and the only way he knows how to do this is by acting out for attention. Perhaps when he dies he will be forgiven (hopefully by Madonna!!!), but until then I guess his record sales are going to suffer because Taylor Swift couldn't think quickly enough on her feet. By most accounts, Kanye West is a hip-hop legend. He is responsible for some of the best musical acts/moments of our generation: he resurrected Jay-Z's career by producing a bulk of "The Blueprint" and bringing soul back into hip-hop; he put on Kid Cudi, John Legend, and a re-invigorated Common, all of whom have made spectacular music and won several awards under Kanye's stewardship; his first two albums are generally accepted in the hip-hop canon as some of the best and most original rap music ever produced. The man is--like Michael Jackson--a tortured genius. But with people this talented, you tend to take the good with the bad. This is not the first time he's acted out, and it probably won't be the last. But hopefully people can see past his public displays of idiocy and keep supporting his music, because the music that he does make rarely disappoints. Lost in the shuffle of all of this is the fact that Beyonce somehow lost in the category of "Best Female Video," but inexplicably WON "Video of the Year." So, does this vindicate Kanye? But more importantly, how is this even possible? So her video wasn't the best video by a female artist, but it WAS the best overall video? It literally makes no sense.
Kanye West's Music - Sickest Thing Ever Kanye West "Upstaging" Taylor Swift at a Bullshit Awards Show - Whatever
Are you guys seeing all these fireworks going off on NBC?!?!?! What could elicit such a jubilant celebration other than the end of a war... oh wait it's just football season. Giving middle aged men across America an excuse to drink shitty beer, eat shitty food, throw inanimate objects at their multi-thousand dollar HD-TV set, and even beat their wives (hey, Shawne Merriman does it).
Kid Cudi's album leaked today and I have spent the day listening to it's greatness. I don't really wanna get into rating it just yet because severely overrating albums when I first listen to them is a weakness of mine, but after 2-3 listens it's safe to say the album is very good and deserves to be purchased. For all non-Cudi fans out there I implore you to at least give Man on the Moon a chance. I realize his actual rapping ability isn't anything special and his singing voice and cadence are tough to appreciate but if you can open up your mind and look past his emo-stoner label you'll find an artist with an unreal gift for melody and writing meaningful songs. Man on the Moon is NOT a hip hop album, don't go into it expecting to hear lyrically dense verses but rather a story of the culmination of Cudi's dreams being realized. I choose not to rate the album at this time but rather just request that you listen to the songs below. These songs show Cudi at his most vulnerable and triumphant, they are personal and musical achievements that deserve to be appreciated.
Cudi Zone and Soundtrack To My Life- Greatest Thing Of All Time (The Departed)
Shawne Merriman is one of my least favorite football players of all-time, a 'roided-out douche bag, and a loser. Well it looks like we can add domestic abuser to that list, since Merriman was arrested for beating his girlfriend, Tila Tequila. What surprises me most about this story isn't that Merriman beats women--he's an asshole--but that he's dating Tila Tequila. It's perfect. While Tom Brady goes around winning Super Bowls, knocking up gorgeous, classy-looking ladies, and marrying the most beautiful woman in the world, Merriman spends his leisure time choking coked-out Asian bisexuals. Chalk up another "victory" for the Chargers. Also, you can get endless enjoyment out of this clip:
Check me out sen! I took the summer off from blogging because I had to find myself in this crazy world. Well now that school has started I have way more free time (i.e., class), so let me get back to fulfilling our readers' wildest fantasies. This is the newest Drake joint. I don't think it requires any explanation or analysis. Drake and Kid Cudi are at the tippy tippy top of their respective games right now, and they keep exceeding expectations and blowing everyone else out of the water.
Like all albums in these days in time the Blueprint 3 leaked today, about 2 weeks prior to it's release date. I will refrain from giving a comprehensive review considering the album has been out for like 3 minutes, but to be honest, it's not looking good. Luckily there's this one song on it that is actually good. Empire State of Mind featuring Alicia Keys is already taking the cake as best song on the album. Keys murders this hook harder than anything in the history of existence. Can't wait to listen to this song for three days straight and then get sick of it.
Luckily Kid Cudi's album is looking to be some epic shit. All the Blueprint 3 has really accomplished is prevent me from continuing to listen to these Cudi snippets every minute of the day.
Empire State of Mind- Sooo Sick Man on the Moon Snippets- Fuck I Wish The Album Would Just Leak
What the hell is Timbo doing? And why the hell would Jay pick these beats? Luckily these are the only two songs on the album produced by the washed up beat-stealer. But is this album shaping up to be bad or what? Off That has no redeeming qualities and doesn't Jay realize he is 40 years old and we don't wanna hear him make club music anymore? He's spittin some fuego on Reminder but the beat and hook make the song wack as a whole. Blueprint 3 finna be a shoeprint after I step on my non-existant copy in anger due to it's badness.
Oh, and every line on the CD will be followed by a ridiculously annoying AHHH! We haven't heard that one enough yet Jay.
I realize I haven't posted in a while, and I realize this song isn't very new, but I'm bored with life and felt like writing my opinion about this song. Anywho, this is Big Sean's music video for his first single off his debut album "Finally Famous." Pretty original name considering his first mixtape was entitled "Finally Famous - The Mixtape" and his second mixtaped was called "U Know Big Sean - Finally Famous Vol. 2."
The beat for this song is underwhelming and Big Sean's flow has never really been anything to write home about. Also it's virtually just another song about how great he thinks he is, which is fine, but it's just getting played out. With that in mind, his lyrics are pretty sick for the most part. I was especially titillated when he says "And they askin' can they call me grocery store cause my pockets full of paper and plastic."
Getcha some - Whatever
I apologize that I couldn't embed the video. For some reason embedding for the video has been disabled.
Music by itself has the inherent capacity to uplift a group of people, inspire a generation, and all that inspirational shit, but that occurs maybe once in a lifetime and the artists who attempt to do that usually fail in doing so. Socially progressive music doesn't drop everyday, but Nas and Damian Marley are about to save the entire continent of Africa with the album they hope to release.
If this album doesn't come out I will lose a bit of faith in the world. Not only does the music sound good as fuck, but proceeds from the album will help build a school in Africa. The music's impact will have a concrete and monetary value to it. You know the song with the children's choir will be good, considering songs with little kids singing on them have a 100% success rate. I'm gonna go save a cat from a tree and pick up trash at the beach because Nas and Damian have inspired me to do so.
