Now don't get me wrong, I'm a huge Michael Jackson fan and have blindly defended the man for years but his latest stunt has me saying what the fuck?“MJ rolled up to the event in a wheelchair, just in time to watch Tito Ortiz get smacked around ... that is, if he could see anything through those ridiculously blacked out shades.”You mean to tell me that the King Of Pop rolled in to UFC 84 last Saturday night in a wheel chair and on top of that dressed in a damn ninja monk outfit??? Way to be inconspicuous Mike, I'm sure no one was suspicious when they seen a pale man in an all black ninja suit being pushed around the arena by a team of bodyguards. Mike is ridiculous for this one! and I would love to hear his rational behind the wheel chair. It was bad enough he was in a fuckin' ninja monk outfit but the wheel chair took it over the top for me.
Jay-Z and Kanye West are helping rewrite the record books once again with their Heart of the City and Glow In The Dark tours. Pollister estimates that Jay-Z and Mary J’s Heart of the City Tour, which ends this month, will bring in $23 million. And Kanye West’s Glow In The Dark Tour is estimated to bring in $21 million when it ends this June. These two concerts could replace 2005’s Anger Management Tour ($21 million) as the highest grossing hip hop tours of all time. And mark a turning point in hip hop, a turning point that many other genres have already made, where concert revues help replace the money lost from plummeting record sales.
It looks like Jay-Z & Ye were right when they said diamonds are forever, the ROC is definitely in the building.
First they brought back Arnold who was 55 at time to do Terminator 3 (2003) 19 years after the first Terminator (1984).
Then it was Bruce Willis turn, 19 years after the first Die Hard to do Die Hard 4: Live Free or Die Hard. Why was their a need to Die Hard again after Bruce Willis already Died Hard 3 times already.
And finally everyone favorite sterioded up action hero Sylvester Stallone did a series of tired ass movie franchise remakes. The first being Rocky Balboa (2006) or as I like to call it Rocky 10, 4 sequels and 30 years after the original Rocky (1976). Then just to put the icing on the cake and cement his place in the geriatric action hero hall of fame, he did a remake of his 1984 Blockbuster hit Rambo in 2008 and is currently working on "Rambo V". Now Harrison Ford has thrown his name in the hat for geriatric action hero of the century with Indian Jones 4: Escape From The Old Folks Home.
I mean you don't see Hollywood bigwigs trying to dust off Max Julien to do a sequel to the Mack, The Mack 2: Old Folks Home Pimpin'. I'm just saying whats next??
Are they going grab Brad Pitt in 2016 to do Fight Club 2: The Viagra League? This shits got to stop, get some young creative screenwriters to come up with some fresh concepts and stop trying to resurrect tired ass movie franchise hits in their twilight. Been there, Done that!
Kanye West Glow In The Dark Tour @ Staples Center in Los Angeles 06/07
Lil Wayne @ Selland Arena at Fresno Convention & Entertainment Center in Fresno 6/20
“But once the man got you well he altered the native
Told her if she got an energetic gimmick
That she could make money, and she did it like a dummy
Now I see her in commercials, shes universal
She used to only swing it with the inner-city circle
Now she be in the burbs lickin rock and dressin hip
And on some dumb shit, when she comes to the city”
“Stressin how hardcore and real she is
She was really the realest, before she got into showbiz
I did her, not just to say that I did it
But Im committed, but so many niggaz hit it
That shes just not the same, lettin all these groupies do her”
"Big we missing you, Pac we missing you
We feel your presence just not in the physical
All across the world, blocks is miserable
Y'all left a void it's a lot of little you’s
But they not original and they not identical
They just studied your flows and they watched your interviews
That's when hip hop if it's not ten of you
Then it gotta be more, y'all left your paws
Footprints on the game, hood ain't been the same
Feeling ain't been in music, hooks ain't been the same
Pac they use your name in vein
But I guess that's the issue
And it proves how much, niggas really miss you"
Talib Kweli dropped one of his best albums in years last year but his label didn’t do much to help. I heard 1 or 2 singles, saw one video and that was it. Booooo Warner Bro’s for not giving Talib a chance to make it interesting by giving his music the necessary exposure to have the opportunity to breathe some life into a dying (better yet) Dead Rap Game.
Nas had this to say about the changing of the album title and inspiration behind the controversial album….
"The people will always know what the real title of this album is and what to call it, It's important to me that this album gets to the fans...It's been a long time coming. I want my fans to know that creatively and lyrically, they can expect the same content and the same messages. It's that important....You got The Congress calling, you got the NAACP calling, you know you got the White House calling, about lil ol me. So of course there is going to be some changes with the title of the album and everything as far as fitting in the stores, but it’s beyond that for me. I need to be heard more than have a word plaster on my album. It’s not about that, I need my music heard. But it’s important for my people, the fans to know that this is the same album regardless of the title. This is the album I intended to make and this is the album you’re gone get. When the governments police kill one ethnic group off, year, after year, after year…we’re in a war, we’re in a genocide. There’s no question about it, there’s no denying it. And people kinda sweep it under the rug, so when I say nigga Im saying NO you aint sweepin that under the rug. And im sorry I gotta say this but its still happening and im sorry none of my elders can come out here and make this shit stop. Hit hop music is the voice it gets everywhere, if we gotta take this shit to another level then that’s what we gotta do….Is this publicity? you fuckin right, this is publicity for a fucking cause….but when you talking about what’s happening to my people, Ima take the word and turn into something positive for myself but Ima make it hell for you because you made it hell for me. "
Yo, anybody that's not a fan; don't come to my show. For what?! To try and throw ya'll two cents in? Ya'll rated my album shitty and now ya'll come to the show and give it a B+. What's a B+ mean? I'm an extremist. It's either pass or fail! A+ or F-! You know what, fuck you and the whole fucking staff!!! I know I shouldn't dignify this with a comment, but the reviewer threw a jab at all the artists. I just wanna know when was the last time you enjoyed yourself. If you can't have fun and lose yourself at this tour it's a good chance you're a very miserable person. I actually feel sorry for you guys. Your job forces you to not have fun anymore. Grab a drink, holla at some nice girls, and party bitch!! You don't know shit about passion and art. You'll never gain credibility at this rate. You're fucking trash! I make art. You can't rate this. I'm a real person. I'm not a pop star. I don't care about anything but making great art. Never come 2 one of my shows ever again, you're not invited and if you see me...BOW!! This is not pop, it's pop art!
Common has been working on his next album reportedly without super producer Kanye West because Ye has been busy with his Glow In The Dark Tour. Common has opted to enlist the aid of The Neptunes, Outkast Producer Mr. DJ & Cee-Lo for his new EP Invincible Summer set for to be released this summer. Comm is reportedly looking to create a New elctro sound for the album. But hasn’t common already done this before with the Electric Circus? Which if I remember correctly, was common’s least well received albums and a commercial failure by most standards…Looks like Common doesn’t know when to let a bad idea go! Sheesh!
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