This may be your future vice-president

That's right. The lady above talking about dog-sledding and college basketball is none other than Alaska Governor and John McCain's teammate Sarah Palin. This video is golden. It's the biggest leaked video since Washington DC's mayor did crack with a couple of hookers.

Is anybody really surprised?

Chad Johnson is no more. In case you haven't heard, the man who they call Ocho Cinco is now know as... Chad Ocho Cinco. Yes, he legally changed his name recently. This is some Prince stuff. I mean, I'm a huge fan of the whole "athletes are entertainers" thing because, well, they are entertainers. This is why I have no problem when Wide Receivers do ridiculous touchdown dances- which are, more accurately, showmanship- or cry after press conferences. If I watch a game of football, I want to enjoy it and have something to talk about the next morning. So if Chad Johnson wants to make the ball disappear with a magic trick after he scores, more power to him. I don't care if people accuse them of being divas because we live in a society where every famous person, with the exception of Bear Grylls and Kimbo Slice, is a diva to some degree. Nobody else is willing to give interviews like this or this.

Update: Full Good Morning Video

I don't know how long this will last, but enjoy it. This is an update from the post I made a few days ago. Read that post if you want to know my opinion on Kanye music videos.

If this didn't make the album...

How good is The Quilt going to be? Maybe this song isn't as good as I've made it out to be, I'm not really sure. I guess I'm just a huge fan of Travie so I get blown away by any Gym Class Heroes stuff. Then again, maybe this song is as good as I made it out to be and the whole album was so stacked they had to leave this out. I prefer to think it's the latter. Oh, and Lil Wayne's on it, so if you're into the sizzurp-sippin' pothead, you will get high on Weezy about halfway through the track.

Common Has An Announcement to Make

New vid just dropped for Common's track Announcement (featuring the one and only Pharrell). Its like if you crossed that old cartoon Doug with graffiti and a better beat.



Only 3 more weeks until Invincible Summer drops.

This synthesizer thing is officially rediculous

I thought it was stupid when Lil Wayne used it in Lollipop. I was disappointed when Kanye used it in Put On and the Lollipop remix (and now Swagger Like Us, why 'Ye?). But now I give up. Rihanna used it on the new T.I. track, Live Your Life. When T-Pain used it, I tolerated it. I mean, that was his thing. His thing, no one else's. It wasn't even that bad when Yeezy and Weezy took it being that their value is placed on what they say as opposed to how they said it. But Rihanna? I thought her talent was her vocal abilities, but she's pretty much made herself a rapper with this new track. It shocked me so much that I almost overlooked the numa numa sample.

This post is 1-year in the making

A very low-quality version of this video was leaked like a year ago. It was displayed at a Takashi Murakami exhibit a little less than a year ago. At the time, I assumed it would be a one-time-only thing, but Kanye just dropped a high quality version. Right now, it can only be found on iTunes, but you and I both know the full version will be available to everyone by the end of the week. Good Morning marks the seventh video 'Ye has made from Graduation, and that's pretty much unheard of.

The thing about Kanye videos that I like above those of other artists' is the uniqueness. 98.46% of Hip Hop video have a cookie cutter formula: hot chicks, drinks, entourage, club or party scene, women all over the MC, and maybe, if we're lucky, a geeky, pasty, no-rhythm-having white dude trying to fit in. Oh, and the white guy also is wearing clothes way too small for him. But not Mr. West's videos. Look at the seven that have been released with Graduation: Kanye in a desert (which sucked, I admit), A Japanese anime style video with Kanye in a mental institute, a D.A.N.C.E.-inspired video, Kanye getting murdered by Rita G, a black-and-white tribute to Chicago with a sometimes transparent Chris Martin, A Jim Henson version of Yeezy competing in the 100-meter dash, and now a cartoon.

Nike refuses to make mediocre ads

LT is legit. Kimbo? I am not sold on the toughest porn company bodyguard in Miami, but he is scary looking, which is what Nike undoubtedly looked for in this ad. I would never, ever test Kimbo, but he gets way more pub than he has earned. What's his MMA record? 3-0. Why didn't the Chuck Liddell-beating Rampage Jackson ever get a NIKE ad. Then again, Rampage never did this.

Super Yancey Bros. 1

J Dilla's kid brother- Illa J- is starting to emerge in the rap scene and is MCing over some of his brother's tracks. It's pretty ill and I can't wait to see what else he releases. Get it here.

Last and most important thought from the olympics

Is Chris Paul related to Waldo from Family Matters?