Cookbook, “I Love The 80’s”
Posted on 08. Sep, 2009 by Author in Album Review, Music
Cookbook
I Love The 80’s
Self-released
Producer/rapper Cookbook, aka Jason Soto of L.A. Symphony, shows flashes of brilliance on his debut solo effort I Love The 80’s, as on “Electric Youth†where his flow is rubber cemented to the beat. Yet in other moments, he sounds unprofessional, and the practiced ear realizes Cookbook was a producer first. By the third track, “Reganomics,†this reporter decided Cookbook was mimicking Kanye West, yet during that track Cookbook started sounding like Kanye before he got big—then he called himself just that! Like Kanye, Cookbook knows [...]
John Mayer Is The Next Kanye West
Posted on 09. Mar, 2009 by Dallas VonKillbot in Blog, Music
I want to make some all encompassing statement that sums up my feelings on the fact that I know very well what goes into the standardized radioized hip-hop songs these days and my beliefs that although there are in fact some very talented rappers in the world, the majority of things we hear can literally be created by 12 year- olds with Reason and Auto-Tune. I’ll keep such outlooks to myself (well, next time I’ll keep them to myself), but I would like to pose a question brought up [...]
Kanye Can’t Sing
Posted on 15. Dec, 2008 by Dallas VonKillbot in Idiocy, Music, TV
If you’ve been hiding under a rock recently, let me give you a little insight into what’s absolutely raping the music industry at the current moment. No, this isn’t a Major v. Indie thing, it’s not about file sharing and it’s not about Chinese Democracy; it’s about the discovery of a piece of software generally called Auto-Tune. A some years back, engineers and producers would use this tool as a form of pitch correction on vocalists, improperly set up guitars, etc. The system worked, because there was still [...]
Kanye’s Assult Case Dropped; Same With Shia LaBeouf’s DUI
Posted on 29. Sep, 2008 by Dallas VonKillbot in Crime, Environment, Lifestyle
News flash: our economy is fucked, the stock market is falling pretty damn fast and our dip-shit President tried to pass a worthless bill earlier today (read: 2/3 of Republicans voted no). Now that thats settled, lets talk Kanye.
As reported earlier this month, Kanye West was being a huge dick at LAX and decided to go postal on some photographer. Continuing with the rest of the celebs retaining their untouchable stature amongst the US Justice Dept., the felony assault charges were dropped.
The hip-hop star Kanye West will not [...]
Kanye is a Little Bitch… Again
Posted on 11. Sep, 2008 by Dallas VonKillbot in Consumption, Hit The Deck, Music, Technology
I’m not even going to dignify this with anything more than stating Kanye West thinks he’s bigger than the world, and hopefully he realizes he’s a pompous ass when gets a week’s stay in the joint for assault. From Durden:
A still photographer was trying to take pics of Kanye at the American Airlines terminal. According to our guy on the scene, Kanye allegedly confronted the photog and smashed his camera to the ground. Our photog then began videotaping the scene when Kanye’s bodyguard grabbed our camera — a struggle [...]
Hell No, He Won’t Go
Posted on 08. Jul, 2008 by Ms. Nickels in Blog, Comedy, Idiocy, Internet, Lifestyle, Music, Videos
Kanye’s management suggested that perhaps Mr. West think about anger management, and they don’t mean that hardcore rock tour that Eminem started. This is what he blogged:
Do yall remember when people said my fiance was pregnant???? What happened to that rumor????? I guess after we broke up it was just forgot about???? I’m just using that as an example of how people make up stuff and everybody runs with it. I had my own family asking me about that. Now the media is saying I’m going to anger management something [...]
“George Bush Doesn’t Care About Black People”
Posted on 07. Jul, 2008 by alisse in Blog, Comedy, Environment, Idiocy, Videos
Kanye West is enrolled in anger management classes due to his crazy, too frequent outbursts. Remember this old clip from a Hurricane Katrina fundraiser? His management arranged him to take the anger classes because he is losing out on business opportunities. I think it’s pretty funny watching him make an ass out of himself, especially at awards shows and special events where the world can watch him be inappropriate.
The US Visa Office Hates Boy George
Posted on 30. Jun, 2008 by Ms. Nickels in Blog, Music
Do you really want to hurt me? Do you really want to make me cry: Boy George’s North American tour was cancelled, despite all attempts to appeal to the US Visa Office. This would have been Boy George’s first North American tour as a solo artist in a decade. Cue the tears and sobs of thousands of pop/reggae/electronica-loving middle-aged women. Says he,
“I was really hoping that the issue would be resolved and that some kind soul at the US Visa Office would realize that if the police in the [...]
