(J)ournal (O)f (K)1ng (E)ljay – “The Running Journal” (5.12.10)

This is the part of the week where I take time out to reflect on the madness that’s happened. I just talk about a few things and move on… Simple enough, right? (Caution: this is extremely random. Refer to the last one if you don’t believe me)

Subliminals Are Cool…

Sometimes. It’s nice to sometimes hear a verse with a lyric or two that makes your head spin and spark up conversation between you and another person who had the same moment. However, if your name’s Pusha T, then I’m just going to go ahead and say you’re overdoing it. We know you don’t like Lil’ Wayne (See? Link) If y’all say it’s over, then stop talking about the man, but if you’re going to go in (reference Young Jeezy’s “Trap or Die 2” mixtape), say his name and go on from there. It’s getting a little old now.

Milk Carton Madness…

Anybody seen Cassidy? Blu Cantrell? Dru Hill? Lil Zane? Jagged Edge? Fort Minor? Just wondering.

Mid-Life Crisis?

I think Usher needs to go to church. He went from being love struck in songs, to making an anthem about signing divorce papers, to trying to solicit a ménage a trios via song with two random groupies at a bar. I mean, it’s cool to see that normal people aren’t the only people with crazy problems, but wow man…  Direction would be nice in this case for him.

Office Space Radio Spazzout…

I really want to know what’s wrong with the radio in this day and age? I’m not talking about XM radio, I just mean the basic hip-hop/R&B radio stations that play when you’re in your car and your flipping channels. It’s to the point now where they will play a song about ANYTHING. Case in point: Usher’s “Lil Freak.” Let’s look at the lyrics!

Verse 1:

“Hey girl, yeah you the business, so what’s the business
Don’t be shy, I’m just talkin to you girl
Hey ma, yo where your man at, I know you got that cause you too fine to be single, he at home but he done f**ked up
I swooped this girl up and what I’m about do to you about to feel I did it wrong
Cause I’m about to have a ménage with this lady and some freaks at the bar who like fu**in with a star

(AND THE HOOK GOES…)

“If you’re f**kin with me? Really f**kin with me? You go get some girls and bring them to me.
if you f**kin with me? Really f**kin with me? You let her put her hands in your pants,
Be my little freak”

STOP. Are you for real? I think there’s more edits in this song than there is in both Drake radio songs combined. Even Nicki Minaj’s verse in the song only had one edit in it. So what do we do when R&B like this is getting airplay at the most popular times in the day, and kids are hearing this and singing it?

Oversaturation…

Yup. Officially tired of the Beyonce and Lady Gaga movements. Respect the work they put in, but I still think Telephone is a mad overrated song. It’s not that good to me, lol.

Only One King…

And since Lebron can’t handle the pressure, lol. I’m confused as to why he just decided to disappear last game. He says his elbow was fine, but his jumper looked like it affected him, and the one lone dunk he had Game 5 was two-handed. But he says his elbow was fine…

…So I’ll take his word for it and just assume that he had no desire to win the game. Whenever Lebron James exerts himself, they win. When he’s passive, they lose. This has been the formula for them for over 3 years, so why is everyone else so surprised that the Cavs suck without him playing?

And why is Lebron content with being passive in the PLAYOFFS? That frustrates me as a fan of the NBA. Play hard or go sit down somewhere.

Random Thoughts…

How much money do you think Terry Crews makes for those Odor Blocker commercials?… How much money do you think William Shatner gets broken off for the recurring “Priceline Negotiators” commercials?… How long do you think it’ll take Geico to realize that their commercials need to go back to actually being funny?…How long do you think it’ll take for people to realize that the marketing team behind Drake is pure genius?…How long before people realize that Miley Cyrus does crazy stuff like that all the time, and that this isn’t that bad in comparison?… How long before people realize that the only reason it’s such a big deal is because of the Disney image they try to portray?…

That’s it for this week.

K1ng Eljay