Young MC Still On Planet Earth
Tossing that AutoTune shit aside for slowing down tempo and pitch, Young MC reminds us he’s still relevant with this new recording. Download only if Bust A Move isn’t just an addicting video game to you.
What Planet Is Kanye West On?
This year, for my birthday, I watched the VMAs. Every year, MTV becomes the relative you barely see anymore and gives you a present to remind you just how out of touch they are with your life. I never payed attention to these Jonas boys but if there is one word I want to use when describing my musical taste, it’s definitely “safety”. The night concluded with a performance live via the end of the world (apparently) from Kanye West debuting his new single.
Is there anyone more inconsistent than Kanye West? Don’t criticize because the man will literally fight you. Sure, he gives a pretty bizarre performance at the VMAs but you know what? I actually liked it. Kudos, Kanye.
You see, I really want to like Kanye West. I really do. The album he produced for Common was some of Common’s best work in my opinion. I think Kanye West is a uniter. He is the key to getting you closer to your “regular” friends; an act you can both sit down and enjoy. But man, he BLEW IT with his last album. In the war between him and 50 Cent, neither won. Both albums were horrendous.
But here we go again with a new single. It’s not another “Stronger” but you know I actually kind of liked that song when it first came out. Kanye is the king of putting out great singles that annoy the hell out of you a month after the fact. Anyhoo, now we have “Love Lockdown”. It makes you wonder where he’s going with all of this. After downloading 5 different leaks of it, I buckled and bought the single from iTunes and wouldn’t you know it, the production is still sloppy and gritty as hell. But you know what? Maybe that’s how I like my Kanye.
History Lesson: LL Cool J
Is Old Spice / LL Cool J killin’ it or what?
Fwiday with Don Rimini & TANZ / TANZ
So France’s own Don Rimini released a beast called “Hools” that absolutely crushes. It will probably be remixed to death but Swiss duo TANZ / TANZ throw their remix out there early. The result is epic.
Hey remember when I used to post a lot of music? Consider this the start of what I like to call “getting back on the horse”.
R.I.P. Evan Tanner
On a personal note, I tried my hand at boxing once again late last year. The decision was 100% inspired by Evan Tanner. Sharing now and then exchanges which I’ve never confessed to hardly anyone in my life, I don’t think I can even begin to describe how devastating it is to hear he was found dead this afternoon. But I was very fortunate to have those exchanges at all. He left a trail of amazing accomplishments. Sorely missed.
“It is a shame that in this society we’ve been taught to judge a man’s worth by what he owns instead of who he is. Everything is surface, and so few look beyond it. A man will sell his soul, he will lie, cheat and steal, for money. If he has it, he can buy respect. Wear the right clothes, drive the right car, have the right friends, that’s all that matters. Our lives are consumed in a selfish, self absorbed quest for possessions, the latest and the best in a never-ending cycle until the day we die. We forget what it means to be truly human. We forget the things that really matter. We lose the magic of what life should be.
I won’t live by rules that make no sense to me.”
Rest In Peace, Evan.