"Who dat said they gon beat dem Saints?" - Everybody in the city of New Orleans at some point today after the Black and Gold beat the Miami Dolphins 46-34
Alrighty, lets see who rode with the Saints today? Mike Ditka (former coach of the team, current ESPN analyst) NO... Marshall Faulk (former NFL MVP and NFL Network analyst, did I mention he is from New Orleans and prepped at GW Carver High School) NOPE... Michael Strahan ( Fox Sports analyst and former New York Giant who guaranteed that the GiANTS would beat the Saints two weeks ago) Hell naw! The only cat on television that has been riding with the Saints the entire season is Terry Bradshaw from Fox Sports. In his playing days he was considered a dumb quarterback, even tho he has won 4 Super Bowls, seems like an Einstein compared to his "smarter", more "knowledgeable" counterparts.
ESPN is dying over there in Bristol, Connecticut, cause they have not given the team its props at all. First it was they aint play nobody, then after they crushed Mark San"chise" and the Jets it was aiight they had a good game and the new poster boy for the NFL didnt have a good game. Then when we beat the snot out of the Giants, their number one ranked defense and homeboy Eli Manning, the excuse was we had a bye week and extra time to rest up and blah blah blah. This week they were talkin about how are they gonna stop the "Wildcat" offense, Ricky Williams, Ronnie Brown, and how Joey "Mr Big Mouth" Porter and the Miami defense was gonna shut us down. Well after a 24-10 first half, everyone wrote em off, except Bradshaw and the Saints came out and put on a show for the NFL and they better take notice, cause its on.
Drew Brees took care of business dispite throwing 3 interceptions and being sacked 5 times. Brees thew for almost 300 yards and ran for two scores. Reggie Bush ran a reverse and hurdled himself 7 yards for a touchdown. Jeremy Shockey (who played college ball at the University of Miami) had over a 100 yards receiving (first time in 3 years might I add), Mike Bell, Marques Colston, Devery Henderson and that awesome defense did their thing too. Darren Sharper and Tracy Porter both picked off Chad Henne and took em to the house for pick 6's. Sharper is one short of Hall of Famer Rod Woodson for the career lead in interception returns for touchdowns. What more can they do? Will they have to win two games in one day to get some respect from broadcast media?
Not even Reggie Bush's out the blue statement that theSaints could go undefeated, could get the team more than 2 minutes on PTI this afternoon. What is really goin on with the sports channels and my city? They spend more time talkin about Brett Favre goin back to Green Bay to play against the Vikings and Sherm Lewis calling plays for the Redskins 2 weeks after calling bingo numbers in a Detroit Retirement Center, than on possibly the team that can shatter all types of yardage and scoring records this season. I really hope that on February 7th they lift the Lombardi trophy in Miami and the renegade Jeremy Shockey shoots the bird at the camera while poppin a bottle.
Posted by the Insomniaq doin the Benson Boogie in the end zone
"Def Jam...tells you who I am" - Public Enemy
Tonight, I got the chance to watch the 2009 VH1 Hip Hop Honors...Def Jam Records 25. So for those who didnt see it, wanted to see it or saw it and didnt really feel it (and how couldnt you), Ima break it down with the real. You already know I got issue with the way some of this shit was done.
Being a real hip hop head, I was kinda hyped up to see the show. I mean think about it, from 1984 until the day the show was taped Def Jam (as was stated in the program) is the longest and most established rap label of all time. The catalogue has got to be the best collection of music outside of the complete Motown, The Beatles and Michael Jackson. With a line up that reads like the New York Yankees of Rap, Jay Z, LL Cool J, Ludacris, DMX, Ja Rule, Chrisette Michelle you would expect one of the greatest shows ever created and broadcasted. Well Ima give you the Good, Bad, and the Ugly of it all.
First of all.... THE GOOD.
Public Enemy - Chuck D still got it, the energy was high and the funny part about it (which could be listed under the bad) was they were the second act to perform. Flav did his usual and even though he has done many reality shows from The Surreal Life to Flavor of Love 1, 2, and 3 his real love is the stage, and he was all over it.
EPMD - Even though they only did one verse of "The Crossover' it was hella good to see these guys on stage again and gettin so much love from the crowd. During the performance you could see Russell Simmons' face and he had that "Damn, we need to put those cats back out" look on his face. PMD still rockin a fisherman's hat and it was all Business As Usual.
ONYX - Yes, these dudes reunited for the event and did their biggest hit "Slam" and went clean off. Freddro Starr, Sonny Cheeba, and Sticky Fingaz threw down like they had just released that song and hadnt been on TV Shows from Moesha to Law and Order. And when Sticky did his verse standing on top of a speaker just sent it over the top.
Method Man and Redman - The Cheech and Chong of Rap did their hit song "Da Rockweiler" from the Blackout cd and were really on some high energy, the only thing that pissed me off was since the song was so short, I would have perferred to hear "How High" either as a capper of as the main joint... but I digress. Reggie Noble still knows how to command the stage and the mic. He shoulda done a solo song too. LOL
The vignettes were hot and they put a lot of historic perspective to what the idea behind the label, the hustle in the label, and who and what made it as successful as it is.
THE BAD
The Gym Class Heroes and the Legendary Roots Crew were the "house band" and even though they held it together, IMO it was overkill. GCH should have just made an appearance and got ghost. I do understand that alot of the early Def Jam songs were guitar driven, but dude was way extra....sheesh
Tracy Morgan...VH1 needs to find another host for these joints. Nothin about him says hip hop except his New York accent and if you ask me I think its overdone. He tries to hard. I would have rathered LL Cool J being the host, especially since he was the labels first HIT artist, but he sorta had to be there to host...which brings me to this.
NO SHOWS! No LL Cool J, No Slick Rick, No Kanye, and No Jay Z. You mean to tell me that your biggest and best known acts dont perform. LL was in a video clip, recounting how he got in with the label. It was a humorous story and laid the foundation for the night (cause it showed hellafied hustle and perseverance) The shitty part was that Black Thought from The Roots and Eminem performed Radio. WTF!!!! Fabolous performs "I'll Be" with Foxy Brown (who looked like she had a breast job and robbed Lady Gaga off stage) and Wale does Kayne's "Touch The Sky"...I was waiting on him to jump on stage and holla..."Wale, Ima let you finish, but I had the greatest version of this song of ALL TIME...I know wishful thinking. If you can get Proffesor Griff and the S1W's, Ghostface Killah, and Ja Rule to come out of witness protection then why not have Jay, LL, and Kanye to show their faces, and Slick Rick was just honored by VH1 last year or year before last so I know they still had a contact number....
Warren G and Trey Songz doin "Regulator" it really is a classic with NATE DOGG on it, not Trey Songz... and Rick Ross doin "Hustlin'" like it came out yesterday. White folk are so gullible. He really had them rockin like he just released that song and nobody knew that was his first single.
THE UGLY
The outfit Foxy Brown had on...dont get me wrong I have been appreciating Inga's style and her figure since day 1, but she needs to sue whoever ruined the best set of breast in hip hop, (whether it was a plastic surgeon, a baby, or some wack dude) and whomever decided to put that ugly ass outfit she had on. The top looked like a matador cape on top of a BBW swimsuit with a Daffy Duck feather skirt.
Rick Ross' outfit... when you that big and that dark, you shouldnt wear red, and definitely not a floppy red Kangol hat either. He looked like Grimace from McDonald's evil twin or something.
VH1 played the guess who card to the hilt too. How many times did they mention Rihanna?? Where was she? NOT THERE...thats her label too. Chris Brown was nowhere close to being in the building. Whats up with that VH1? You pulled a BET crackhead move with that one. Then they kept movin Rick Rubin in the balconey. First he was sitting next to Russell Simmons, then he was sittin next to Lyor Cohen, and Kevin Lyles moved next to Russell. Then they had him sittin in between Chris Rock and some former EVP chick. What in the hell was Chris Rock doin sittin on the first row anyway. What the hell was up with Eve and her outfit? Lil bitty black dress that rode up erytime she took a step.
All that aside it was a good show...
Posted by the Insomniaq, chillin in a B-boy stance
I'm pretty sure by now, that most of you have seen / heard about Chris Brown's YouTube apology. What do you think? Was he really sincere or is this an attempt to play on the emotions of his / Rihanna's fans? IMO he was doin a lil bit of both.
First, he gave a half assed disclaimer about his lawyers told him it was in his best interest to not grant interviews or to talk about his situation (for those who have been locked up or in jail...he whooped Rihanna's ass). Yet ever since he was in court, and got the probation book thrown at him, he has been everywhere. Michael Jackson's tribute (he didnt perform and erybody was expecting him to- guess Jay Z blocked that one too huh?), the Below Expectation Television (B.E.T.)awards, various pictures with Teyanna Taylor, and even Diddy's All White Affair. Why did he take so long to apologize?
Actually, he didnt have to apologize to me, nor did I care to hear about all the people that have given him advice. His pastor, spiritual advisors, his lawyers, and his moms? Are you serious Breezie? He went on to say that he has told Rihanna on several occassions how sorry he was. Dude didnt the judge slap an order of protection on you, where you cant be within 500 yards or something like that. It should have included all contact with the girl. You are really toxic (No Brittney) and need your ass whooped. What if you woulda gotten jail time? Someone would be beatin the shit outta you with the same wreckless abandon that you beat up poor Rih Rih. You wouldnt have enjoyed that at all. Well, now you call yourself doin damage control, you either are tired of the constant jokes that come up when you are around or gpt a project about to come out and need the support of your fan base. If you woulda just done an R. Kelly and made a tape or pissed on the girl, you'd probably have a bigger and wider audience. See what happened with R, he still sells records, and even got an episode of the Boondocks dedicated to him. If you are lucky, you might get a spot in season 3 (dont hold your breath though). Oh, and whats up with that bullshit chain you got, was that sposed to be funny? And that shirt you had on in the video was that a Gordon Gatrell original from the Theo Huxtable collection? Anyway I hope that you are really sorry, and believe that excuse you recorded yourself. BTW...they could have slowed the teleprompter down a lil so you could have read your apology with a lil more feeling and clarity. Not that you dont read well, but I wasnt feeling the real remorse in your voice...better luck next time lil Ali...
And Stanley does NOT approve of your apology
What in the world is really goin on. Jermaine Dupri got a tattoo of his girl Janet Jackson on his right rib cage...Awwww aint that sweet? NO! Last week it was reported that the couple BROKE UP...now she is back to doin her thing (whatever that may be) and the cockroach is doin his thing (whatever that may be). As a matter of personal opinion, there is NO WAY that I would ever tattoo a girlfriend's name / picture / etc. on my body. The only people I would even consider tattin on my body would be my mother, grandmother, or my seed (i dont have a seed so thats not even an option)... Personally I dont see what Janet was doin with the lil dude in the beginning. It couldnt have been because of his connection at Virgin Records, cause if it was her last two albums would have been that much better than they were. (Dont get it twisted, they had their moments, but Beyonce has dropped 6 singles of her I Am...Sasha Fierce CD). But to get back on track this isnt about Bey or Janet (Directly) its about Jermaine.
Also released this week was a video of Pac Man Jones in the Minxxx Strip club in Las Vegas, during All Star Weekend. The video was obtained by ESPN, I have no idea where they got it from, but this just makes me wanna bring a video camera with me everywhere I go. At anyrate...our boy Jermaine was (you guessed it) in the video, invading the dj booth, telling the locals how to make it rain and instructing the strippers on what to do and what not to do, while Pac Man and Nelly were throwing away plenty money. It was said that Jones had up to $100,000 in his Louis backpack (what an idiot). Anyway this display of fiscal irresponsibility ends up in 3 people getting shot and Jones, becoming a member of the "Ima Snitch so I can stay outta trouble" committee. This just came to mind, there have been 2 Nelly citings on television this week and I promise you I wasnt scrolling the cable guide to find the St. Lunatic.
And finally from the "Are You Serious" files...Ocean's 7. Thats right fam JD has a new crew and its Ocean's 7. The concept is hybrid of the Vegas Rat Pack (y'know, Sinatra, Martin, Davis, Bishop, etc) and the Ocean's series of movies (made famous by the original rat pack) done by George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Don Cheadle) ooooookay. This concept came up while JD was doing some work with Usher in Vegas at the Palm's recording studio. Someone rolled in suited and booted and then it just caught on. The collective is: Dupri, Usher, Nelly (there goes that name again), Trey Songz, singer / songwriter Johnta Austin, producer Bryan Michael Cox, and So So Def's Tyrone Davis (JD's personal assistant). They are tryin to recruit Dupri protege and probably his biggest success story to date Bow Wow, but says "Bow is 21, he aint dressing up". They have been seen in various clubs, yuckin it up and poppin mad bottles of Ace of Spades and just having a good time. I hope they have the fun they lookin for....or whatever. Y'all know what it is So So Dumb!
"Who dat said they gon beat dem Saints?" - Everybody in the city of New Orleans at some point today after the Black and Gold beat the Miami Dolphins 46-34
