Music, Video Clips

I don’t know if anyone watches Attack of The Show on G4, but one of the hosts, Kevin, made a music video making fun of Kanye West and his use of autotune on his latest album, 808’s and Heartbreak and it got me thinking about the state of modern (mainstream) hip-hop and just how shitty it really has gotten. I’ve embedded the video above, it’s not bad, very well made, there’s definitely a low blow towards the end and as much as I despise Kanye West it might have been a little much, but whatever.

I think we can all blame T-Pain for this latest influx of retarded hip-hop artists that think using auto tune to change the pitch of your voice makes them sound better. If you can’t sing in the first place auto tune isn’t going to help, you should just quit now. Ok, so when T-Pain (or maybe Akon) first started doing it a few years ago it wasn’t that bad. Just another interesting gimmick to try to save mainstream hip-hop from dying. I didn’t mind Akon as much as I hated T-Pain. What the fuck is up with his stupid hats, hair, retarded glasses, he looks like a broke ass George Clinton. He’s featured on every single hip-hop record that comes out… kinda like Lil Wayne. I think Lil Wayne, T-Pain and Akon should just guest spot on Kanye’s next album, just to keep all of these auto tune loving jackasses out of the rest of radio music. The record would basically sound like static mixed with that noise you get through your speakers when you put your cell phone too close to it… garbage. At least that way all the garbage would be in one place and wouldn’t contaminate everything else.
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Music, Video Clips

Staind - All I Want

New Staind video for the song “All I Want”

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Music, Video Clips

I had no idea Papa Roach was working on new material, but apparently they have a new(er) song, Hollywood Whore. Last I had heard they booted their drummer out of the band and now he’s suing the hell out of them. You can check out the new song above, it’s not bad, but i’m a fan of the band so…

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I’m not a fan of Coldplay, I hate their music, I don’t understand the appeal and I think they are boring (I feel the same way about Radiohead, but that’s a topic for another day). So when I heard that Coldplay was being sued by Joe Satriani I had to check it out. Apparently Coldplay’s “hit” song ‘Viva la vida’ uses the exact same melody as Joe Satriani’s ‘If I Could Fly’, but since I’ve never heard Joe’s track, I didn’t know who to believe, until now.

Check out the Youtube video above and tell me that Coldplay didn’t rip off this song? You can’t, it’s clear as day that it’s the same melody. But apparently Coldplay is denying it and even released a statement that they had never heard Joe’s song and that it was pure coincidence…. riiiiiight. I’m surprised Coldplay didn’t come out and say something like “Oh well we’re both ridiculously good artists, so we must have come up with the same melody. That’s what happens when you’re a genius.” I would never call Coldplay “genius” and as for Joe Satriani, I don’t know any of his other work, but I have to imagine he’s a much better musician than anyone in Coldplay.

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Music, Video Games

Apparently there is a bonus track on Ludacris’ new album “Theater of Mind” called, “Press The Start Button” and it’s all about video games. I’ve had the new Ludacris album for a few weeks now and it’s actually really good. I haven’t liked any new hip-hop in a long time and this album has actually impressed me, even without this track. So now with the addition of this one it just got a little better. Check it out.

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Music


Youtube keeps killing videos, so I’ll try to keep a working one here if I can.

A new Eminem track has leaked titled Number One. The track was produced by Dr. Dre, but unfortunately we get to listen to some DJ yell over parts of the track. If you have a DJ-less verison, please let me know.

Listen to it Over at Vibe

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Celebs, Music

Apparently the big news today is that Britney Spears tickets have gone on presale this morning. Looks like they are starting at 8AM in whatever timezone the venue is located. I just picked up 2 tickets to try to flip for the Chicago show, anyone else trying to make a little extra cash on these? You can get the presale password for your particular show from MyPresale.com they have all of them listed. Slipknot goes on presale today too, nice.

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Elvis' Middle Name is Aron, Why Does his headstone say Aaron?

Elvis middle name was Aron, Why does his headstone say Aaron?

I know this sort of crap has been floating around since the day Elvis died, but check out this news video that claims he could be alive and living as a man named ‘Jesse’, which was Elvis’ identical twin brother that had passed away. DNA tests are currently being done and there is currently a court case in Tennessee about some lady that claims she’s Elvis’ half sister.

Obviously I didn’t believe any of this just by reading the headline just as I don’t believe 2pac is still alive, but either way there are some interesting facts in the video. For instance, DNA that was pulled from a liver biopsy from Elvis that is still on file does not match the DNA that is included in the coroners report from when he died. But saying that, it also neither of those samples match this ‘Jesse’ character either. Also, Elvis’ name is apparently spelled wrong on his tombstone in Graceland, his middel name is Aron, yet the tombstone says Aaron. Apparently, he didn’t want his real name branding a gravesite that he was not in…weird. Obviously I don’t know the reasoning behind the misspelling, but you would think that a person as famous as Elvis would’t have such an obvious error on his tombstone. Then there’s handwriting analysis’ that were done on letters this ‘Jesse’ guy wrote and old Elvis letters, and they are inconclusive. They can’t say they were written by the same person, but they can’t say that they weren’t. And according to family members that were at the funeral, Elvis’ face didn’t look real it looked like a wax figure. From my experience at funerals most of the time the bodies don’t look entirely ‘real’ so some people’s idea of what they should see when they look into an open casket could be different from what they actually see. Or maybe they don’t want to believe the person is really dead and therefore tell themselves it’s only wax and it’s not real… who knows.

Why would Elvis have faked his own death? Well his manager wanted him to do it for the money. He said that Elvis and him could make a lot more money if he were dead than they would if he were alive. And Elvis’ reasoning was to get out of the limelight. Apparently his family had been the target of death threats and other acts of hate and it didn’t seem worth it to him. And apparently, his life insurance policies were never cashed in. This could be completely false, but interesting if it’s true.

I’ve never been one of those people that believe celebrities have the ability to fake their own death and that people like Elvis, 2pac, Biggie and whoever else are hanging out somewhere laughing at everyone that thinks they are dead. But sometimes there’s weird evidence and circumstances that come to light that makes you give things a second thought. But in 2pac and Biggie’s case, they were gunned down in public, which would have made things a lot more complicated if they had planned to fake their own deaths. There is no doubt in my mind that those 2 are 100% dead, but Elvis on the other hand is a little tricky. Who knows, this video just had a few interesting things that kind of made me think so I felt like sharing. Do you guys have any thoughts on this? Don’t some of the circumstances and evidence kind of make you think a little harder about it? Maybe it’s just me…

source/video: MyFox Washington

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Music, Random

Does anyone else get annoyed by most morning radio? Here in Chicago there are a handful of decent radio stations, but only one of them seems to have gotten it right, at least for me. I listen to more modern music, mostly rock, some hip-hop, some top 40 type stuff so there are really 3 radio stations that are tuned into my radio. Now usually I listen to my iPod while I’m in the car, but if you’ve been reading the blog for a little while now you would know that I got in a car accident a few weeks ago and I just now got my car into the shop to be fixed which means no more iPod in the car until Friday. So I am now forced to listen to the radio (or CDs of which I don’t really feel like burning one to use for another 4 days). The 3 radio stations that I’ve tuned into the car are Q101 (101.1), B96 (96.3), and KISS 103.5 (103.5).

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Music, Random, Sports

If you’re a fan of WWE Wrestling and live in Texas you know that Wrestlemania 25 is headed your way and tickets go on presale this morning. With that in mind I wanted to take a minute to let you guys know about a great site a friend of mine runs called My Presale. They post presale passwords every morning for everything from concerts to sporting events, incuding Wrestlemania 25 which was posted this morning. Tickets go on presale at 10am central time so make sure you head over to MyPresale.com and get the passwords for your best chance at getting front row seats.

Free Presale Passwords

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