Apparently Kid Cudi Wants To Be A Rock Star

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Channeling his inner Hendrix, Kid Cudi has a deep desire to be a rock musician. With the help of The Roots and St. Vincent for his appearance on Jimmy Fallon, Kid Cudi tries real hard, so I have posted the video above.

Lil' Wayne Released From Prison...Hallelujah! We Are Saved!

'So Wayne, now that you're out of prison what are you gonna do next?' 'I'm going to a strip club in Miami!' At least so says Young Money President, Mack Maine, then he added..."just treat him like a king, like the royalty that he is and make him feel like we really missed him and welcome him back to the family, basically." Greater words were never spoken.

The Social Network Trailer Featuring A Version Of Radiohead's 'Creep'

Ok, ok this one is pretty bad-ass as well.

Avatar HBO Promo Featuring Chemical Brothers 'Another World'

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I have never heard a song that fits a movie better than this one...it actually makes me like the movie more, and I already really liked it. The song is totally bad-ass. In case you were wondering, in guy terminology, that is the highest honor one can bestow because all guys secretly want to be known as a bad-ass no matter what they say. So when a dude says something is bad-ass it probably is, and you should like it because he says so. I hope that makes sense.

Hey MC Hammer, You Can't Touch That!

Oh the Rap game it ain't a changin'. For those of you who don't know there once was this rapper named MC Hammer who wore large gypsy pants and had a hit song that sampled Rick James' 'Super Freak.' Basically that's it because the man fell, fell all the way down the rabbit hole and hasn't returned, at least to my knowledge. VH1's Behind The Music chronicled the life of excess, the giagantic entourage and the descent into bankruptcy. He then found religion, maybe even became a preacher (don't most washed up musicians do that?), and even starred on Celebrity Rehab alongside Mini-Me (not really sure if that's true) and to this day nobody buys his music anymore. Sad. So, surprisingly, here comes none other than Jay-Z to rub salt in the wounds I guess. Guesting on Kanye West's new song 'So Appalled' Jay references Hammer with..."Hammer went broke so you know I'm more focused/I lost 30 Mil' so I spent another 30/Cause unlike Hammer 30 Million can't hurt me.' Harsh indeed...seemingly. Well Hammer or I should say King Hammer, as he likes to call himself now, was very upset and decided to write a song about it called 'Better Run Run' in which he refers to Jay as making a deal with the devil for his girl and his career. He also made a video which is now posted on YouTube (because no one else can do that) that shows a look-a-like Jay-Z running away from the devil and at the end good ole' Hammer saves the day and baptizes Jay-Z! Wow. Apparently Jay-Z got wind of Hammer's beef and responded this way..."I didn't know Hammer's financial problems were off the table for discussion." Meaning I guess it's ok to air out your dirty laundry on VH1 and be on a reality series but no one can say anything about it. In the Hammer-is-gonna-want-to-put-his-foot-in-his-mouth department, Jay-Z went on to say..."I say some great things about him in the book coming out, that wasn't a cheap plug," he laughed. "He's gonna be embarrassed, I said some really great things about him and people's perception of him." Hey Hammer I got an idea, didn't you used to be a bat boy for the Oakland Athletics back in the 70's? Maybe you could get your old job back, I think you would be better at that...at least.

Thankfully I Will Always Have The Chemical Brothers

A world without The Chemical Brothers wouldn't be a world at all. Of course that cannot really be proven even if I believe it to be true. However sometimes in life we take for granted what was once so important and are often reminded in the strangest of ways. Today while sitting on my sofa watching HBO a preview for Avatar came on in between two movies that I can't seem to remember. The movie preview was not of much importance (I've seen Avatar 5 times already) but it was the music they chose to use that was so stunning. At first I hesitated and thought...wow I really like this song and then remembered the app on my iPhone called Shazam. Quickly I put the phone up to the TV and within seconds it told me that the song was Another World by The Chemical Brothers, and boy did I feel like a freaking idiot. How could I have managed to let a silly promo from TV remind me that I hadn't picked up their new album when it was released a couple of months ago. In the immortal words of Bugs Bunny...what a maroon. And on second thought how much of a cooler movie would Avatar have been had The Chemical Brothers done the soundtrack? Let me just say the moment I put the CD into the car player I was mesmerized...the shit is good.  Not only good but it took me back to their early work for which they are most known for. The new stuff definitely has an old school Chemical Bros. feel and plays like one long DJ mix. At times it is very immense and powerful for long stretches but can turn softer so perfectly on a dime showcasing the talents of the two masters at the helm. Suffice it to say whether the world is better for having The Chemical Brothers is surely up for debate, however for me just knowing they are still here making great music makes it better for at least one person...the author of this blog.

Kings Of Leon: "Like Us Or Not, We Ain't Going Nowhere."

For the Kings Of Leon great success comes with lots and lots of haters. Seems to be the way of the world these days, not that it hasn't always been, but in todays Twitter fueled pessimism it's just a lot more prevalent. Gracing the cover of SPIN yet again, the Followhill boys discuss their detractors in a great article that you can find here...http://www.spinmag.com/articles/kings-leon-aint-goin-nowhere
Now I have done my share of hating, it's the nature of the beast, remember being a Stones or a Beatles fan anyone? Ultimately I have always believed that everyone has a right to their opinion but at some point a line has to be drawn. There is a difference between hating on a band and just plain hate, the latter being actually destructive. Saying you dislike a band is fine, it ain't your cup of tea and you have your reasons. But to truly wish harm on a group is utterly disturbing and to me there is no place for it, that's just stupid. Here's some advice...don't listen to the music. Kings Of Leon seem pretty much unfazed by the whole thing. They plan to continue to make music, playing in front of 20,000 fans in huge arenas and make the music they want to make no matter if people think they are 'selling out.' Now that's a term that drives me crazy. At times I do feel like it is appropriate word usage but it is flung around far too much in the music industry. Now going out and starting a band is respectable. Making cool music that small amounts of people appreciate is really cool. But as a musician, or in any profession, do you owe anything to anyone but yourself?  At some point whatever you do in life has to eventually pay the bills, so why not make as much money as you can? Now would you consider a Doctor who opens up their own practice to be a sellout? He or she most certainly opened it up to make more money but no one would call them that. In the words of Caleb Followhill..."If every morning my kids were crying for my pancakes because they're the best ever and I became a chef, is that selling out?" Certainly what I am speaking of is a Catch 22, it's coolness versus dollars, and in the music industry both are hugely important, you don't go to the Doctor because they are cool. Ultimately what I think real music fans are looking for is good music. Music that has taken time to write and create and often has some meaning behind it. To me the term 'sell out' refers specifically to quality not necessarily to whether a band is making more money or not. To this point Caleb says..."We take bands we love out on tour (with us), and it's amazing seeing their faces when they're onstage with thousands of people watching, that 'oh-shit' moment that makes you wake up and say 'let's write another song today.' You can't plan this stuff and you can't blame someone for it happening to them." I only blame Weezer.