Because my opinions are better than yours
The “Night Lights” map was the first world map of the nighttime Earth, using data compiled by NASA and NOAA:
(click on the picture for a much better look at it)
More pictures of cities from space.
UPDATE: Just realized I’ve written about this before. Sorry, it’s finals time.
UPDATE 2: Why not: another picture from space, this time depicting New York City and the eastern seaboard.
Ok, so for a while there, especially after Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, there was a lot of talk about Big Boi being the superior MC in hip-hop’s best group. Now don’t get me wrong; Mr. Fat Sacks is one of the best rappers in the game. But Andre 3000 is one of the best of all time, as he’s shown through every single one of Outkast’s classics. Admittedly, though, it seemed like he was focusing his talents on other forms of entertainment. But just when it seemed like Dre’s career had gone the way of depression-era concept albums, shitty Hollywood sequels and children’s shows on the Cartoon Network, out of nowhere last summer he started showing up with guest verses on song after song. And every single one was sick. Please sample said flavor below (complete with where Andre’s verse is within the song):
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Dre’s verse goes until 1:25 of the song
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Dre’s verse goes until 1:01 of the song
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Dre’s verse goes until 1:20 of the song
Continuing his return to hotness as the year went on, Outkast teamed up with UGK and put out, at least in my opinion, the best hip-hop song of 2007: “International Player’s Anthem (I Choose You).” Amongst hip-hop legends on a brilliant track, Andre’s verse is the true highlight:
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Dre’s verse goes until 1:13 of the song
Fast-forward to now: Dre has announced that he’s planning on putting out a solo album this year in the wake of Big Boi’s upcoming solo release, “Sir Lucious Left Foot,” set to drop this summer. Meanwhile, Andre’s return to hip-hop has begun to reverberate through hip-hop, as it truly seems that he’s taken his lyricism to a whole new level. Just what he has put out in the past few months alone is enough to get excited about. I love Nas and Wayne and Hova, and I think they’re each one of the best rappers hip-hop has ever seen. But I don’t think that any of them is able to do what Dre can in these verses: spit it so hot that it gives you the goosebumps.
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Dre’s verse goes until 1:47 of the song
And, apparently, I’m not the only one who sees this happening:
Royal Flush: first single off Big Boi’s new album Sir Lucious Left Foot. 3 Stacks please rap more, like a lot more.
Finally, this is all good news because Idlewild really sucked ass.
Due to “final exams,” I have to somehow not play with the “internet” all the time, nor post to my blog, if I want to “graduate law school.” So, in the interest of achieving said J.D. degree, today’s is a simple offering, though a swell one. It’s two videos of my boy Jonah Hill.
Connect 4 - Jonah Hill vs. Kanye from kwest on Vimeo.
Oh yeah, and obviously the song Kanye puts on in the background is maybe the best song ever, and you’re probably wondering what it is. It’s his own remix of Lil Wayne’s “Lollipop,” and it’s sick as hell. I’ll try to get an illegal link to it soon.
Check this shit out from the front page of The Apiary, the self-described “US Weekly of NYC Comedy:”
That may be a slight stretch, but either way check out the 11 most unintentionally gay rap lyrics ever.
Plus look what happens when you click on any pictures in my blog now; try clicking on Mr. Ice’s picture above.
F.U. & The Blog You Rode In On
P.S. Mike, see if that URL is still available; it’s a virtual goldmine!
Definitely the first time I’ve ever seen those three words strung together - and by a Philly writer to boot.
Already off to a great start Burrell has really been the glue so far holding this injury-plagued Phillies team together. As of right now Burrell ranks 1st in all of baseball in WPA/LI with a 0.98; his 0.98 is a full eighteen percent ahead of closest competitor Mark Reynolds. Burrell also ranks 1st in BRAA and REW, ahead of Joe Crede in both; in BRAA he is a full half-run ahead of Crede. Much of the talk surrounding the Phillies this season has pertained to whether or not Chase Utley would be the third straight Phillie to win the MVP award. If the season ended today, for whatever reason, Burrell would be the Phillies frontrunner.
Keep in mind that I forgot to post this when I first wrote it, so this article is over a week old now and, thus, written before Utley’s absurd streak.
I found it on a new favorite site that you should definitely check out if you’re into baseball statistics and shit: FanGraphs.
On this, the first day of Passover, I figured that I would share something that has nothing to do with Jews or whatever it is that Passover is about: an absurdly crazy video of a guy who plays the Mario Brothers song by driving a remote controlled car with a stick that hits bottles of different levels of liquid. Now I’m going to go have a piece of Matzah.
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Remember this? That Jerky Boys prank call where the Indian guy is yelling at his “neighbor” and telling him that he kicked his dog? Well, if not, listen to it now; the link is below.
If you have heard it before, trust me: somehow it popped into my head tonight, so I found it online and then listened to it expecting to be let down but it is still freaking hysterical.
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