the insane rants of an apsiring rap manager and hater

Saturday, September 09, 2006

Weird Al Saves Hip Hop

just when i couldn't take it anymore. white people everywhere ruining rap with all their racist talk about how great coke rap is. or at clubs screaming rick ross lyrics and not knowing standard 50 cent songs. or worse yet, talking about how k-rob and rammelzee were the pinacle of of hip hop (see the article about the founders of the hipster clothing brand king stampede in xlr8r this month--i swear to god i wanted to kill myself when i read about these guys).

its too much to take. wannabe white hip hop nerds running hip hop for everyone. i don't even want to be associated with this music anymore enough to make me want to go listen to alt rock.

then weird al comes along and points out how ludicrous the whole situation is. he takes the pop rap song of the year, which is a houston banger by chamillionaire and turns it into a parody of how insane hip hop is these days.

first off weird al has a better read on the state of hip hop then most hip hop writers and bloggers. yankovic has his finger on the pulse of hip hop. this record is about how not cool and not unique it is to be white and love gangster rap. while bloggers champion how cool it is to love this shit, weird al knows that this is the music that nerds listen to. and maybe its not really d&d star trek nerds in who dig it. but it is music nerds. its people who are also bugging out about clap your hands and say yeah and other shit that ive never heard of.

and unlike many of the white hipsters that listen to crack rap, this weird al isn't making fun of crack rap. he's not making fun of chamillionaire either. he's certainly not making fun of the song. how can you? its a great song. he's making fun of the listeners.

granted--that includes me. i am as white and nerdy as it gets. but i can take it. i've been white and nerdy since way before it was cool.

the short of it is this. hipsters--weird al has pulled your card.....

Monday, September 04, 2006

Kenn Starr Album Release Party at Triple Crown


i haven't written in a while. was way too busy this summer selling out by working for a big lawfirm. but now that the summer is over its on again. the insane hate is back and will rarely let up...

except for today. today im celebrating the release of my client, kenn starr's debut album, "starr status." it's an instant classic. so please go out and cop that shit.

ya know its funny. this blog is the insane rants of an aspiring rap manager and hater. yet im always talking about hate so much and rarely talking about managing. maybe its cuz i have a great client. or maybe its because i have so much hate in my veins....whatever the reason, today its going to change. today we talk about kenn starr and his fantastic album starr status....

this post is dedicated to pics of kenn's album release party at triple crown in williamsburg.

considering that this blog got its start out of my derision of williamsburg hipsters, i do recognize the irony in the fact that my artist's album release party was there. but triple crown is a cool spot. not too hipsterry. good folks and generally a nice spot. definitely check it out if you somehow wind up in hipster hell...

that said, check out the pictures and please cop starr status....



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kenn enjoys a delicious beverage before the show...

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...signing a copy of Starr Status...

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...with halftooth honcho, david schrager...

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...pmd a/k/a peter rosenberg a/k/a bside's bro cues oddisee and kenn's set

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...starr status posters everywhere...

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...dj eclipse of nonphixion and fat beats fame and starr cold lampin...

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...pmd introduces oddisee...

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...paparazzi won't leave o alone...

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...o warms up the crowd...

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...last second set list adjustments...

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...the jew behind the ones and twos...

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...almost ready to go...

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...oddisee introduces young starr...

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..."a g, i'll ride with you for free..."

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...and i got what it takes to rock the mic right...

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...you're gonna love me...

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...rubber band man...

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...big noyd makes a random appearance...seriously...

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...noyd performed a couple for the crowd...

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...starr and noyd...

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...starr and his fat drunk manager, nick, a/k/a bside a/k/a yours truly...

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...starr with amir, underground hip hop a&r legend and king of digging...

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...with skyzoo...

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...with eclipse...