Daily Archives: August 9, 2011

10 posts

Album Review: Jay-Z and Kanye West’s “Watch the Throne”

Hip-hop collaboration albums are a rare fruit. Fans are always pining for that Nas and DJ Premier album, or the mythical Dr. Dre and Rakim partnership. And oftentimes when collaborations do happen, it doesn’t sound like an actual union of two styles and moreso just two separate guys in the studio. Watch the Throne, the hotly-anticipated collaboration album between Jay-Z and Kanye West somehow manages to never really mesh two very strong personalities together into some Voltron made of Hermes and Yankees caps, but fortunately they have strong enough chemistry and incredible production that it works out. Continue reading

Laughing at Funerals

If you’ve been to many funerals you know that emotions are raw and grief can easily tip over into hysteria. That hysteria usually takes the form of tears but it can also take the form of laughter. Fortunately or unfortunately, I’ve never walked away from a funeral without a funny story. This probably says a lot more about me than it does about any of the funerals I’ve been to. For me, something has always happened that let me get some of the energy out through laughter. I don’t think this makes me a bad person and I really don’t care if someone else thinks it does. If they do, I’m going to bet their funeral to age ratio isn’t as high as mine, but whatever. Continue reading

The UK Riots Liveblog

A peaceful protest of a man shot and killed by police has exploded into violent and destructive riots across London. Share the latest information and developments here.

  • PM announces 16,000 police will be deployed London tonight
  • First fatality as man shot in Croydon, south London, dies
  • Firearms officers may use non-lethal plastic bullets
  • The England friendly against Holland at Wembley has been cancelled
  • Twitter movement #riotcleanup gets under way Continue reading