Pro’s and Con’s of Watching the Grammy’s

09Feb09

As I mentioned yesterday, I wan’t able to watch the Grammys live, but I watched the performances and it seemed better than usual. I can typically find maybe four performances I really am into, but this year was fairly tight. As for who won, it doesn’t matter. Weezy did well.  So did Coldplay. So did [...]

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Chea Grammys

08Feb09

I regrettably have to work tonight and should not give hours away because it’s a recession, so I will be missing the Grammy’s live. Good thing Youtube will have me covered later on.
Here are twelve things to watch for tonight:

12) Stevie Wonder’s In the House: Just seeing this guy puts me [...]

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Tags: 2009, blink-182, boyz ii men, brass, chris brown, dj am, duke fakir, estelle, four tops, grammys, jamie foxx, jay-z, justin timberlake, kanye west, lil wayne, lupe fiasco, m.i.a., radiohead, remix, robin thicke, stevie wonder, swagga like us, t.i., travis barker, youtube

A Look At the Year Ahead for Pitchforkish Rap

04Feb09

This is a graph that Very Small Array posted about the months that songs appearing on the Pitchfork Top 100 of 2008 were released. After the last gap, January starts. Things seem to build up until May and then a summer suck ensues. Decemeber always brings nothing to the table. Except Christmas. It looks like [...]

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Tags: jay-z, n.a.s.a., Pitchfork, rap

WE’LL DO IT LIVE

03Feb09

In this clip, Bill O’Reilly talks to his obnoxious crony Dennis Miller about Jay-Z and Young Jeezy’s inauguration performance.

Bill O’Reilly goes about pronouncing rapper’s names as someone would go about picking up roadkill and this condescending tone makes these two sound like the old men who sit in the balcony on [...]

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Tags: barack obama, bill o'reilly, dennis miller, jay-z, jossip, politics, rap, the muppet show, young jeezy

Tell Puff I’m Down For Chasing the Dream

03Feb09

Welcome to Rhymer Prymer. This is a blog I am creating with the goal of bringing a little more grace and dignity to the world of rap music. Or that was the original goal, but in a business permeated with some of the day’s most outlandish characters (They ALL hang out too), I have decided [...]

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Tags: 50 cent, b.o.b., busta rhymes, diddy, jay-z, kanye west, lil wayne, lion king, n.a.s.a., nba, notorious b.i.g., okayplayer, pharrell, playlists, puff daddy, sarah palin, t.i., the roots, wu-tang clan