The guys from ItsTheReal.com took my lead and took a bit of a break, but they are back strong (as am I). This is an instant classic and I feel the expect same way! I would have paid to see Kanye just come out at some point during the Grammys. So what you will, but every year Kanye performs, he has the night's best performance. Feel how you want, but Yeezy is that nigga!
This is all probably good thing because Kanye is going back home to Hip-Hop and you know he's coming with some shit! I can't fuckin' wait!
February 08, 2010
They Reminisce Over Ye
February 07, 2010
The Winners & Losers Of Super Bowl XLIV
Anyway, I wanted to try something new, and I really liked the "winners/losers" thing Bill Simmons did in a column a few weeks back, so I stole it. Welp, here it is, the winners and losers of Super Bowl XLIV!
Winners: The Boost Mobile shuffle; the little black kid from the Doritos commercial; Joseph Addai; auto-tune, David Letterman, Oprah, and Jay Leno; casual Fridays; men without pants; Brett Favre in 2020, Warren Sapp jokes; little people (KISS commercial, Troy Polamalu commercial); Nickelodeon (they were showing "Malcolm In The Middle" during halftime and gave me something to watch); onside kicks; Sean Payton's balls; Garrett Hartly; eTrade babies; Tracy Porter; the Saints; the city of New Orleans.
Losers: People who came to Miami for Super Bowl weekend, but didn't have tickets to the game; Queen Latifah's singing performance; Emmitt Smith's coin toss; all Doritos commercial NOT starring that little black kid; Cars.com (Shouldn't Timothy Richman's infinite knowledge afford him whatever car he wants??); Kim Kardashian camera shots; the Super Bowl halftime show; the referee trying to explain why the 2-point conversion was good; Charles Barkley's rap skills; GoDaddy.com; anyone who only watched to see the commercials; Peyton Manning's legacy; Reggie Wayne; Haiti; running plays on 3rd down with about a minute left in the game when down 14; the Gatorade shower; the Miami Dolphins (they picked Dante Colpepper over Drew Brees a few years back); giving up on 16-0; resting starters; the Colts.
Have any to add?? Leave them in the comments!
(Side note: Special thanks to Adam Carolla for practically forcing me to pick the Saints.)
NFL Winners & Losers: Super Bowl XLIV
Colts, Saints. Saints, Colts. Which way is the right way to go?? I don't know. And guess what?? I don't care. That's right, I said it, I don't care! Am I gonna watch the game?? Of course, but do I care who wins?? Not in the least bit.
Yes, that may sound like blasphemy to people who know me as a diehard football fan, but that's seriously how I feel about this year's game. Not only do I not have a dog in this race, but for me, this game suffers mightily from Venus-Serena disease.
If you're not familiar with the term, its when 2 likable entities are forced to play each other, but its so hard to choose between the 2 that you end up not caring who wins. Its like, you're happy for both, but it doesn't feel right rooting against either, so you don't root at all. That's never any good in sports. At all times we need a hero and a villain, a good guy and a bad guy. Super Bowl XLIV is deprived of this dynamic, and that's why I'm definitely not that psyched to watch.
At the end of the day, here's the deal: Do I really want to root against Peyton Manning?? The guy is one of, if not the most, likable people in sports today. On the other hand, do I want to cheer that the city of New Orleans is dealt another L?? All they've ever done was lose, so it'd be nice to see them get one.
I'm stuck! I can feel my interest level continuously dropping as we speak.
Screw it, I'm gonna take the Saints to win. Do I feel strongly about it?? No. Do I even have any real reasoning as to why I think they're going to win?? No. I'm gonna keep it funky with you, the main factor in my decision to go with the Saints is the fact that Adam Carolla bet on the Colts. If you're a fan of either he or Bill Simmons, you know what terrible luck he has gambling, so it only make sense to go opposite the Ace man if you have no no other way to go. That's all I got got. Saints winners, Colts losers.
Playoffs Record: 5-6 (.455)
Regular Season Record: 167-88 (.655)
Death At A Funeral Trailer
I can't even begin to tell you how long I've had the link to this trailer and completely forgot about it until watching that Kevin Hart SweetAddictionsTV interview! Yeah, its official, I'm fuckin' up.
Anyway, looks kinda funny, so I'm definitely gonna go see it. Seems like all these great comedians would be able to make a questionable classic, but we'll see how it goes.
Kevin Hart Interns At VIBE
"This whole office can kiss the back of my ass...I wish you would get up. Make it happen!" LMAO! This shit had me ROLLIN'! I can't believe this came out in July and I'm just now seeing it. Am I fuckin' up, or are y'all fuckin' up for not sending it to me?? Fuck it, lets just agree that WE fuckin' up.
A K. Hart interview with SweetAddictionsTV is after the jump, make it happen!
Random News Shit: Last Days Of The NFL Season Edition
All week everybody has been talking about Dwight Freeney and will he play, or won't he, and I have yet to hear anybody bring up DeMarcus Ware. What does D. Ware have to do with this game?? Sadly, nothing, well besides the fact that back in Week 15 he dominated the Saints offensive line while only playing 3rd downs and 6 days removed from a sprained neck.
Yeah, they are 2 totally different injuries, but if Ware can make an impact after being carted off on a stretcher 6 days earlier, I don't see why Freeney can't be effective in this game today, even if he's limited.
Now, as far as Reggie Wayne goes, its good for the Colts that they have him back out there. Without Reggie out there drawing so much attention, it'd be harder for the Austin Collies and Pierre Garcons of the world to get open.
2) Joey Porter Wants Out Of Miami
Well this sucks for the Dolphins. It also seems dumb to me. I don't even know what to say, but I'd love to have him in Dallas.
3) Warren Sapp Arrested & Charged With Domestic Battery
Super Bowl weekend in Miami just isn't the same without a few arrests. We all knew it was just a matter of time, but it finally happened. I thought it'd be an active player, but this is well enough.
Anyway, details are pretty sketchy still, but we do know this: Warren Sapp was arrested and charged with domestic battery for allegedly choking some lady out in his hotel room, and has since been released on $1,500 bond. Warren has also been removed from the NFL Network's coverage team until the investigation is over (aka he got fired and not only won't you see him on the panel today, but he won't be there next season either). Sucks for him, but he's got to be smarter than to put himself into these kinda situations.
4) Browns To Release Donte' Stallworth Upon Reinstatement
Speaking of having to be smarter than to put yourselves in these kinda situation (especially in Miami), Donte' Stallworth will be reinstated at some point today by Roger Goodell. When that happens, the Browns organization says he'll need to find a new team to call a disgrace to play for, because he's getting released!
Stallworth is still relatively young (29) so I also wouldn't mind having him in Dallas. Its not gonna happen, but I'd take him and his run-after-the-catch abilities over Roy Williams and his run-before-the-catch abilities.
5) Pat Bowlen Wants Brandon Marshall Back Next Season
Makes sense, he's a game-breaking receiver and is still only 25 years-old. Yeah, he can be a headache at times, but fuck it, you traded away his quarterback so deal with it.
6) Jerry Rice & Emmitt Smith Headline 7-Man Hall Of Fame Class
Here's the list: Jerry Rice, Emmitt Smith, G Russ Grimm, LB Rickey Jackson, CB Dick LeBeau, RB Floyd Little, and DT John Randle. Its about time they put Dick LeBeau through, ain't he about 84 now??
Common's Superbowl XLIV Gatorade Commercial
I have no real point in posting this video, I guess I'm trying to get myself into this game, but the last edition of NFL Winners & Losers for the season is coming a little later.
February 04, 2010
Thursday Billboard Update - 2/4/10
This got shaken up a bit this week on the Hot 100. The 2 tracks that debuted in the top 10 last week (Taylor Swift's Today Was A Fairy Tale at #2 and Justin Bieber's Baby at #5) fell out this week, and a former #1 (Jay-Z's Empire State Of Mind) did the same. Taking their spots are Black Eyed Peas' Imma Be finally breaking through at #4, Ludacris' How Low returning at #6, and Lady Antebellum's title track at #8. After their Grammy performance this past Sunday, don't be shocked if Imma Be takes over the top spot next week.
The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold
1. Lady Antebellum - Need You Now (1)
2. Various Artists - Hope For Haiti Now (1-2)
3. Lady Gaga - The Fame (3-3)
4. Susan Boyle - I Dreamed A Dream (2-4)
5. Barry Manilow - The Greatest Love Songs of All Time (5)
6. Michael Jackson - This Is It sdtk (17-6)
7. Corinne Bailey Rae - The Sea (7)
8. Various Artists - 2010 Grammy Nominees (5-8)
9. Celtic Woman - Songs From The Heart (9)
10. Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D. (9-10)
The Billboard Hot 100 1-10
first time top 10's in bold
1. Ke$ha - TiK ToK (1-1)
2. Lady GaGa - Bad Romance (3-2)
3. Young Money - Bedrock (4-3)
4. Black Eyed Peas - Imma Be (11-4)
5. David Guetta - Sexy Chick (7-5)
6. Ludacris - How Low (12-6)
7. Iyaz - Replay (6-7)
8. Lady Antebellum - Need You Now (18-8)
9. Train - Hey, Soul Sister (10-9)
10. Rihanna - Hard (9-10)
- Timbaland's Carry Out featuring Justin Timberlake moved just 3 spots this week, but at #11, is primed for a top 10 appearance next week.
- Justin Timberlake and Matt Morris' Hallelujah from the Hope For Haiti Now album soars 35 spots 48-13 in its 2nd week.
- Another new high for Snoop Dogg's I Wanna Rock this week as it jumps 19 spaces 60-41 this week.
- Say Something by Timbaland (but mostly by Drake) continues its northern momentum as it climbs another 15 spots 61-46.
- After debuting a few weeks back, Usher's Hey Daddy (Daddy's Home) found its out of the top 100 last week, but its returns to a new high at #80 this week.
- B.o.B's first single from his first album is his first charted record ever as Nothin' On You featuring Bruno Mars comes in at #89. I love this song so I hope it does well. B.o.B Presents The Adventures Of Bobby Ray is due May 25th.
- Jennifer Hudson's new joint featuring The Roots, Let It Be, checks in at #98.
February 02, 2010
This Week In Flops 2/2/10
Whatever. This is a failed experiment and we all know it. The album is awful, no one likes it, and no one is gonna buy it. This will go down as a fail of epic proportions, Cash Money knows it, Universal knows it, Lil Wayne knows it. But you know what?? I'm not sure they're not just releasing this album like this on purpose. Since it is indeed a failed experiment, who's to say they aren't just dropping Rebirth with no promo or interest just to get it over with?? I wouldn't be shocked. Hell, maybe Drake's album actually does have a shot of coming out now, who knows??
Anyway, lets get down to business: I'm guessing Rebirth's sales fall somewhere in the range of 60-90k. That's my guess and I'm sticking with it.
February 01, 2010
Kobe Bryant Surpasses Jerry West As Leading Scorer In Lakers History
When its all said and done, Kobe will AT THE LEAST bump Shaq out of the top 5 of NBA all-time leading scorers and most likely crack 30,000 (at the moment Shaq has 28,119). I doubt he ever catches Kareem (38,387), but I don't think that's his goal. I think that goal is Jordan's 32,292, and that he'll play as long as he needs to top it. Either way, congrats to him on the milestone.
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About 9 Inches Of Snow & Man Meat
I saw this on "The Soup" over the weekend and literally laughed my ass off! No seriously, I'm standing up writing this in the emergency room with my ass on ice in a lunchbox.
Okay, bad joke, but I don't need good jokes, this shit is funny enough. What the hell was this nigga thinking?? White people are getting out of control now-a-days lol.
Jersey Shore Coming Back For A 2nd Season!
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Yes! This is easily the best news I've heard all day! I remember reading on TMZ the other week that they were in negotiations for another season, but wanted more money. I guess MTV finally came to their senses and decided to come correct with the loot. And really, why shouldn't they?? In that same article it state members of "The Hills" are getting upwards of $100,000 a episode and there's no question "Jersey Shore" is more popular. Pay them real nigga guidos what you owe MTV!I mean think about, not only was it the most watched show in MTV history, but they've made a huge imprint on all of our lives. Can anybody hear the word "situation" and not automatically think about The Situation?? I was watching "Spongebob" yesterday and Mr. Krabs told Spongebob, "we have a situation," and I couldn't help but laugh. And that's not it, I know I'm not the only 1 who says "bro" at the end of 70% of my sentence, or fist pumps whenever music comes on, bro. At this point we need "Jersey Shore," its apart of our lives!
Anyway, they didn't disclose how much each of them is gonna be making per show, but whatever it is, times that by 12 because that's how many new episodes we're getting! They're supposed to start filming this March and the episodes will air over the summer. There is also supposed to be a change of scenery for the guids. Cancun seems like a no-brainer, but I'm not sure they could all get passports lol. Whatever, it doesn't really matter where they are, if they're on TV, I'm watching!
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(Side note: How impressed are you with the way Mike spoke in this interview?? He actually sounds like a pretty intelligent dude. Who knew??)
January 31, 2010
Why The Pro Bowl Ain't Shit & Doesn't Matter
2 of these 3 QBs didn't make the team.
This Fiyah 5 is about this season's Pro Bowl in Miami which is being played tonight, the week before the Super Bowl, for the first time ever. The good news is that you can use most of these when referring to any Pro Bowl in the history of Pro Bowls. Let us begin.
5) Football is an actual contact sport.
This is probably the #1 reason why the Pro Bowl can't compare or compete with other league's all-star games like the NBA and MLB. In the NBA you can run around at half speed, do tricks, crazy dunks, and all kinds ill shit. In the MLB, if you're a pitcher you go out, throw 1 or 2 innings, and go chill. If you don't pitch, you go up to bat once or twice and play half-hearted defense for a few innings. In the NFL, you actually have to some work. There's plays to be called, tackles to be made, kickoffs to be covered, you can't half-ass it too much in a football game no matter if its an exhibition or not. And if you do, its really not interesting to at all.
4) Instead of competing with the NBA All-Star Weekend, its competing with the Grammy's.
One of the worst things that could've happened to the NFL's chances of making the Pro Bowl a game people actually want to see, was 9/11. Think about it, before 2001 the Super Bowl was played on the last Sunday of January, which meant the Pro Bowl was played on the first week of February. Significance: That's the week BEFORE NBA All-Star Weekend when ain't shit else on. After 9/11, everything was pushed back a week and now the Pro Bowl is forced to compete against the All-Star Weekend in that 2nd week of February.
Now, by moving the Pro Bowl before the Super Bowl, it now gets to compete with the Grammy's. Let me think about it for a second: Hmm, watch the Grammy's, or watch the Pro Bowl? See the most prestigious award show in music, or see an exhibition game that doesn't matter or count. Uhh, give me the Grammy's ANY day. Hell, I'll even go as far as saying I'd rather way the Grammy's pre-show and red carpet events than the Pro Bowl. It just can't win no matter which event it goes up against.
3) About 1/3 of the roster didn't even make the team.
Have you seen the list of replacements?? Its like whole new teams were created. Between the Super Bowl-bound Pro Bowlers not having to play, injuries, and people flat out not wanting to play, both teams were basically re-picked. Definitely not awesome.
Okay, so not only does this game not matter, but most of the player who were picked to play aren't playing?? Nice!
2) The players in the Super Bowl that were selected don't have to play, but they do have to show up anyway.
How pointless is this?? The teams are concentrating on the biggest game of the season, and then their best players have to fly to Miami to WATCH the Pro Bowl. Huh?? And not only that, but the players also have to fly back to their respective cities only to fly to Miami AGAIN with their teams. What part of the game is that?? Oh yeah, its the "NFL is run by old white men who don't know what fun is and finds way to take the fan's joy" part of the game, I forgot.
And what happens if a team like the Bengals made the Super Bowl?? They had 0 Pro Bowlers before Chad Johnson was called in as a replacement player, so if Cincy made the Super Bowl he wouldn't be required to be there. That means the Bengals whole team would be together for 2 whole weeks while 7 or 8 of the Saints best were forced to go be mascots at a meaningless game when they could've been preparing. How is that fair?? Its not.
Why is the NFL punishing players for making the Pro Bowl??
1) No one cares.
Its the truth, we don't. The fans don't care, the media doesn't care, and the players don't care. In fact, I think the only person who actually cares about this game is London Fletcher. He's 34 years-old and this will be the first Pro Bowl appearance of his career. This may turn out to be his last shot at ever having this "Pro Bowler" on his resume.
Other than him, who cares?? The vets don't because they've been there, done that. The young guys don't because they feel like they're gonna be there every year for the rest of their career. No one cares.
Again, the game doesn't matter.
Anyway, the point of this all isn't to say moving the game was a bad idea, its to say it was an irrelevant, pointless idea. But I will be rooting for all the Cowboys to have a good game. That is all.
January 30, 2010
Kurt Warner Retires
So this it for good ol' Kurt. What a career. Its a shame the first few days of his retirement are already being mired with possibly the stupid question you can ask concerning the NFL today, aka "Is Kurt Warner a Hall Of Famer??"
Uhhh, duh! Of course he is! I mean, of course he has a great story, but look at the man's resume:
- 2-time NFL MVP
- Super Bowl XXXIV winner and MVP
- Second QB in NFL history to lead 2 different teams to a Super Bowl
- Third in career passer rating in NFL history
- Fastest player in NFL history to reach 10,000 passing yards
- Owns the top 3 passing performances in Super Bowl history
- Owns the record for most passing yards in a postseason (1,156)
- Second best passing yards per game average in NFL history (260.8), 0.3 yards behind Peyton Manning (261.1)
- Third highest single season passing yards total (4,830), behind only Dan Marino (5,084) and Drew Brees (5,069)
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January 29, 2010
Joe Budden & The Cardim Collection
Very sick, very Mood Muzik-ish. Then again, all of these tracks are. I heard a little jab at Tahiry in there too which isn't too surprising, but lets continue forward with 4 more after the jump!
"None of you dudes ain't soldiers. Ed Helms, when you lose your dawg, blame 'The Hangover.'" Shit! This was filled with tough lines BUT it gets better...
...And better...
Now this one here, man! This one might be my personal favorite of the 5 because Royce went in and then Joey just came out of no where and SMASHED this shit! So many hard lines, but my favorite might be the "and you'll be swinging at the air, no Wii controller" one. Mean and vicious!
All of these track are up for grabs to be on The Great Escape except for this one which is sadly gonna be left off because of an issue with a sample in the beat. Wack, but I guess niggas still being picky with what they'll let people sample.
Corinne Bailey Rae - I'd Do It Again/Closer
That was an incredibly soothing and soulful song. If you can't get with that, be clear, there IS something wrong with you.
Very sexy, very soulful, very Corinne. I'm telling you, this chick is amazing!
There's a iTunes bonus track after the jump for ya, so dig that.
You can learn A LOT about an album by the songs that don't make the cut. Example: When you have hot shit like this (which could have easily been an outro) not even making the cut, you know you're flirting with a classic. Its a shame we don't get this kind of great music more often, but I'm not gonna complain and rather be joyous that it has finally arrived.
Sade - Skin
Interesting. The "now I must begin to wash you off my skin" part could make this an anthem for prostitutes everywhere lol. Seriously though, this is a crazy, stupid, insanely hot song! Sade Adu clearly hasn't lost her fastball and its nice to see her not come back and sell out.
Anyway, we all know the Soldier Of Love album leaked yesterday, but still mark down that the actual album hits store Monday February 8th!
Related:
Sade - Soldier Of Love
The Soldiers Of Love
Rick Ross - Mafia Music 2 (feat. Chrisette Michele)
Ross may not be good at beef, but the nigga sure can pick a beat! Nobody, no matter how strong their hate is, can deny that this shit is sick as fuck. I could've done without that long ass intro, but I'll take it for what came afterwards.
Teflon Don coming this summer! Hopefully he doesn't pick another fight with someone smarter than him again this time around.
Exhibits A-Z
N.O.R.E. - Exhibit CNN
AZ - Exhibit AZ
Twista - Exhibit T
Papoose - Exhibit C Freestyle
Cassidy - Exhibit C Freestyle (feat. Jag)
Saigon - Exhibit Sai
B.o.B - Exhibit C Freestyle
AZ - Exhibit AZ
Twista - Exhibit T
Papoose - Exhibit C Freestyle
Cassidy - Exhibit C Freestyle (feat. Jag)
Saigon - Exhibit Sai
B.o.B - Exhibit C Freestyle
This last one by Bun B isn't techinically over the Exhibit C instrumental, but it was about to be before Bun speaks on how many niggas have already used it and switched it up. Its still a good freestyle regardless though.
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