I’m not a deep thinker. Rather I’m one of those people who sees things a little, oh I don’t know, differently, than others. You see a television, I see little people trapped inside of a moving picture box. Granted that makes no sense whatsoever, but little things fascinate me.
Anyway, that fascination with random stuff inspires me to think about a lot of stuff that normal, centered folks don’t think about. Like what, you ask? Well,like this: Continue reading
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1. “today was a good day”, ice cube (directed by f. gary gray)
***”today…” makes the cut for its matter of fact realness and simplicity, despite the fact that there’s no way in hell that o’shea’s 5’3 ass earned a “triple double” anywhere other than a seven foot nerf hoop*** Continue reading
Do you all remember the dead prez song “Hip-Hop”? When that song dropped EVERYBODY who had even the slightest love for hip-hop was going apesh*t.
The beat was crazy. The hook was crazy. The video? Man they duped every man by showing the fat tushy right at the beginning.
In 2000, dead prez came thru with the vengeance. So being the hip-hop lover that I was (and still am) I copped the album, Let’s Get Free, (this was before illegal downloading was the thing to do). I didn’t love the album but I was vibing with them because they were on some God-body, back to Africa stuff. Okay, not really, but they were on some revolutionary, do for self, get-right speech. Continue reading
By now, the whole world should have heard Jay-Z’s newest creation, the No I.D./Kanye West production, “D.O.A. (Death of Autotune)”. Of course, Diddy is having a sh*tfit right now since his overly promoted album Last Train To Paris (due out in September) is all auto-tuned. In fact, this dumas asked T-Pain’s “permission” to Auto-Tune his whole album, brought in the owner of the Big A** Chain, and gave him a point on his album for his assistance.
the duchess movie download Oh and why is Diddy having a sh*tfit? Well, because as the makers of Cristal now know, once Jay-Z says something, the people follow. After all, Jay does this for his culture. And as a culture, we look to Jay for guidance.
Right?
Hmm.
As a song, “D.O.A.” is good but, it’s not great. The “hook” would have been better if he’d just allowed the horns to blow instead of the kind of cliché “goodbye, goodbye…etc”. Also, I almost find it interesting that Jay really isn’t saying too much of anything on the song about Auto-Tune until he gets to the end, which I suppose is the point. By doing a whole song with no Auto-Tune on it, it’s not fit for the charts, radio, or iTunes since in current rap, T-Painin’ runs rampant. He tells us that rappers need to stop singing, which is true.
Anyway, Jay declaring Auto-Tune dead got me to thinking about how much of a trendsetter Jay-Z really is. I’m starting to think that Jay gets too much credit for some things and not enough credit in other areas, so I guess it all evens out. For instance, in my opinion, Auto-Tune has kind of been on the way out. Or at least it’s not as prominent as it was a few months ago. For one, I rarey hear T-Pain on the radio right now. Lil Wayne uses it pretty consistently, but even then it seems more artistic than crutch-y. and he’s still rapping. Of course, Diddy was on his, “I’m gonna Auto-Tune a whole album” but really, does ANYBODY care about a new Puffy album?
Cassie doesn’t even care and she’s his oatmeal bowl.
Even Kanye is like, “i’m rapping on my next album.” Auto-Tune might not be on the way “out” per se, but it’s not as prevalent as it was when it was harder to find somebody not using it than somebody using it. So if Auto-Tune is indeed on the way out, it seems more like the natural progression of basically playing itself out. Same with throwback jersey’s. Now, I’m not going to diminsh what Jay did with one line. He essentially killed Mitchell & Ness’s* livelihood. But like Aut0-Tune, by then, throwbacks had become too cliché. Folks were wearing throwback jersey dresses and throwback basketball jerseys of baseball teams and basically wearing stuff that made no sense whatsoever. I feel like in those instances, Jay more or less put the final stamp on an already diminshing trend.
I mean I guess in that regard, Jay is responsible in ending a trend sooner than it might have ended on its own, but I feel like he isn’t totally “responsible”.
By the way, he TRIED to convince people that 30 was the new 20 but it really didn’t work.
Now, let’s take a look at trends Jay is “responsible” for:
And you know what they say: B*tches love the smiley face.
(If you’re unfamiliar with that particular line from Boondocks and think that Panama is just haphazardly calling women b*tches, well, go kill yourself. Thanks. – VSB Management)
When Drake tells us on “Best I Ever Had” that his buzz is so big he could probably sell a blank disc, well, he’s not lying. I’ve constantly stated that I don’t understand dude’s buzz – and I don’t – but I can’t deny that it exists. Dude’s got more buzz than Lil Kim at a wet bar.
With two Bullets.
Now, I’ll admit that Drake has talent. He’s a more than able wordsmith with clever-enough punchlines. But is that enough to really build a buzz this huge? Not really, especially when you consider how many WOMEN are loving this cat. Not to be to much of jackarse (and much props to the women on VSB who are hip-hop heads), but women don’t usually break most hip-hop artists. At least they don’t create their buzz, anyway. Women may well be indicative of how well they’ll do in the marketplace, but Drake doesn’t even have a tangible product out yet. All of his material is on the net. Even his much lauded mixtape, “So Far Gone” (download link) is a web-only product. Slap me silly and call me Susan, but I don’t think there’s a huge amount of women on Datpiff.com.
I could be wrong.
And he’s from Canada. Home of the floppy heads and beady little eyes.
And yet, b*tches people love Drake.
So this got me to thinking, what exactly is it about Drake that has the internets AND the women going nuts?
10 Reasons Why B*tches Women (and other people) Love The Smiley Face Drake
1. He’s lightskint. Let’s be real, women have been waiting since Al B. Sure Ginuwine for another musically talented lightbrite to come onto the scene and Drake fits the description. And this one doesn’t look like he’ll beat the brakes off of anybody. Women tend to only want darkskint men to beat them. Light dudes are great for hair tips.
2. He makes nice music for women. Even his ignoranter songs (i.e. “Every Girl”) are really deferential to women in a respectful way. His mixtape mostly sounds like R&B with sing-rapping (i.e. Lykke Li covers, etc), tailor-made for women. Sure he’s acting all cocky and talking about taking women home, but he also seems like he’ll take you home…to cook for you. What a nice chap.
3. He’s a singin’ a** rapper. The difference between him and Kanye is that Drake can actually hold a note, on his own, without Autotune, and women love guys that can serenade them, even if he’s singing, “you’re the f*cking best, you’re the f*cking best…” I’ve always thought that singing curse words was hot. Apparently women think so too.
So basically, 2+3 =
4. He sing-raps about women, a lot. Like on almost every song. The key to getting women interested in your music is to constantly make songs about women. Drake does this a lot. Quit the cocky little f*ck, actually, though even when he’s talking about h*es on “Successful” it sounds more like he means “big hug” than, ya know, h*es.
5. Though cocky, he comes off as a complete herb when he’s not on the mic. Because of this, women think he’s sincere and genuine and will probably sleep with him and will wear t-shirts that say “Drake’s Boo” on them, before he even has an album out. Motherf*cking amazing.