It all starts with the giant in the middle. The defensive anchor. The tallest player on the court most nights. The center. It’s the cornerstone of every championship team. Shaq’s retirement has renewed the age old debate about the NBA’s best centers. As is the case with all good things, great centers are one in a million. [...]
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Is Blog Love Overvalued?
It’s funny watching new artists stumble over themselves trying to score coverage on popular blogs. Take the fast rising L.A. crew Odd Future, for example. Group captain Tyler, The Creator is almost as famous for his musical ingenuity as he is for his feud with revered rap blogs Nah Right and 2 Dope Boyz. After [...]
Eminem FTW
Eminem quietly scored a major victory in a case involving download royalties this week. The U.S. Supreme Court threw out an appeal filed by Universal Music Group, the world’s largest music empire, against Eminem’s former production company F.B.T. Productions. Eminem is signed to Interscope Records via Aftermath Entertainment, which is distributed by UMG. Universal [...]
Professor Trill
“Don’t you think this is a bit much?” Bun B inquires in his baritone voice. It’s 71 degrees in Houston and a throng of journalists is jostling for position inside Rice University‘s Duncan Hall, all waiting to pick the brain of Distinguished Lecturer Bernard Freeman, known to most as Bun B. He was expecting two or three journalists (including [...]
How “Fuck You” Became a Viral Hit
Fuck You Whoever said there’s no such thing as an overnight success hasn’t met Cee-Lo Green. The straight outta nowhere but suddenly everywhere single “Fuck You” may have given Cee-Lo his biggest hit since “Crazy.” And it happened faster than you could say Thomas DeCarlo Callaway. One morning, every blog in America is going cuckoo [...]
