Myspace Music: Wale

For this week's spotlight I'm taking you to the nations capital. Introducing Wale, (pronounced Wah-Lay) an emcee from an area where hip hop struggles to hold a flame to the devout house and go-go following. When I'm searching for an artist to spotlight, I take into consideration several factors (talent, content, swagger, etc.) When listening to Wale I immediately recognized his overall talent. The songs on page so his versatility and his ability to mesh his intricate wordplay with a DC sound. Wale is supported by industry vet Kenny Burns, formerly of Rocafella fame and co-owner of the RyanKenny fashion label. He's already been featured in the Source and along with Tabi Bonney he's leading a movement to put DC on the map. Check out a day in his life.

Can I Bust?

While most of you were probably printing up "Fuck Imus" T-shirts and collecting the money you betted on Birkhead being the baby daddy, Canibus was carefully plotting his return to hip hop. Step One; make himself look like a spider monkey on the cover to his new album. Step Two; create a complicatedwebsite promoting only one song from the album. Step Three; record the exhaustive "1000 Bars". As the intelligence of the average hip hop fan quickly dwindles, its becoming even harder for a rapper of Canibus' caliber to remain relevant. With that said, why in the hell did he even record this "Poet Laureate Infinity"?! I admire your effort 'Bis but "1000 bars", nobody cares. I'm hip to your jedi mind trick 'Bis. You thought since no one was buying your albums, why not just record an album's worth of material into one track. Sorry I don't think that's gonna work. The song is 50 mins long!! Who in the hell wants to listen to Canibus ramble on about a bunch of shit they don't understand. Seriously, the dude is a beast lyrically but his music never has any feeling. If you can't make listeners have an emotional connection to the record, no one will ever care.

Bill O'Reilly is an asshole...

Bill O'Reilly is an asshole. There's really no alternative description appropriate for this guy. Last night he damn near went to blows with Geraldo Rivera over O'Reilly's crusade to rid America of illegal aliens. What drives me absolutely crazy about O'Reilly is that he invites people on the show to present alternative viewpoints but never lets them even talk. What's the point of having someone on the show if you're just going to argue with them and not give them the appropriate chance to get their point across. This clip is the perfect example.

Nasty Nas...Escobar...Nastradamus...God's Son...The Streets Discpline...Mr Hip Hop is Dead...

In less than 24 hours I will be just a few feet away from one of the greatest minds in the history of music!!

Myspace Music: The Cool Kids

Wednesday's are officially designated as Myspace Music day and this week I didn't have to scourer myspace for hours looking for someone to spotlight. A few days ago the guys over at hypebeast posted a link to an interview at the brillance featuring a group out of Chi-town called The Cool Kids. I'm usually very skeptical of these kids that run around claiming to be "retro 80's babies", because most of them were born in like 87-88. Sorry, but if you were born after '83 I really don't considered you an 80's baby. Well I don't know how old The Cool Kids are but apparently channelling the essence and the vibe of the 80's is their M.O. For that simple fact, I couldn't just dismiss them as another couple of teenagers with a computer claiming to be a rap group. The whole 80's sound is a bit refreshing and intriguing. The Cool Kids won't wow you with potent lyricism or even break your neck with their production but their swagger and energy blends well with their sound. You can tell they don't actually take themselves that seriously and they are just doing what they love to do. Check out their page: The Cool Kids

Candace Parker is a champ...

For 99% of sports fans, March Madness ended Monday after the Florida Gators repeated as national champs (the first to do so since my Duke Blue Devils did it in '91 and '92). But don't tell that to the Lady Vols. Tennessee and Rutgers played a snoozer last night to determine the NCAA womens champ. Pat Summitt and her girls came out victorious, making it her 7th title at Tennessee. Due to the severe deficiency in solid post play and fast breaks, watching a women's basketball game is about as exciting as listening to the 35 tracks on the new Lil Flip CD. But I might have to tune in to a few games next season to take a better look at this Candace Parker chick. I heard about her a while back when she supposedly beat some dude in the college slam dunk contest. Which is very suspicious to me. What male college basketball player is going to lose a dunk contest to a female that is limited to a one dunk? Anyway, I realized this morning that Candace is kinda cute. Yeah she's like an entire foot taller than me and it's questionable whether she likes man meat or not but I have to admit that watching her play may bring some excitement to the game for me. So what if there's only a 2% chance that she will actually dunk in the game at least she looks cute doing it.

White rapper beef! Does anybody really care?!!

Sullee (of VH1s White Rapper Show) - Interview Dissing Jon Brown (Live At Great Scotts - Boston, MA - 2/28/07) (Video)

So the White Rapper Show wrapped its first season a few weeks ago and even though the show was quite entertaining, it was pretty obvious that none of the contestants were that talented. Paul Wall Shamrock from ATL ended up taking home the cash but it was Mr. Hallelujah Holla Back, John Brown that really stole the show. Besides getting a dildo shoved in his face by Persia, particularly every episode featured some sort of dispute between the other cast members and John Brown. Well, looks like the hate continues as Beantown MC Sullee has a few words for JB. I doubt JB will respond, I'm sure he's too busy reviving the ghetto and even if he does respond, who cares?!