Gully. Gully, gully gully. Obama’s web presence is so gully. Barack launched a website called Fight The Smears which essentially aims to address attacks upon his person and campaign. It’s a simple, clean, fresh looking website consistent with the Illinois Senator’s whole brand. Officially gone are the days in which the time spent in interviews and debates are wasted defending against smears which the candidate has been attacked. Now, it’s “Go to my website about that.” Gully.
I would’ve like to have knocked this out in a more timely fashion but alas, here I am left with my nearly passe commentary on this Estelle joint. I first heard Big Spanish rock this track on Hot97 a few months ago and it’s only now that I actually first saw the video which to be honest, I’m a disappointed in. Loving the song, no qualms there whatsoever. And to really cover the bases, the video is not bad by any means. It’s just that there feels to me like a serious lack of reached potential in which this song would inspire. First off, what is Kanye doing with that creepy talking into Estelle’s ear Ying Yang Twins shit? It doesn’t fit. I just picture planes, great skyline views, travel, fresh dancing and good flash animation. Here I’m left with Kanye trying to be a pimp with his fur and a corny array of “American boys” Estelle sitting on a couch with paint on the wall. Although I do like the shadow taking a life of its own effect as an upside. And overall, this song is one of my favs for 08.
What I’d like to focus on here is the syntax of this message; “… so we can’t any staff to stay?” I believe the desired word would be “get” which would go in between the “can’t” and the “any.” Get your vocab up as Bun B would say.
The other week, we did a post about the homies from Internets Celebrities and their video Checkmate about Check Cashing spots in Bushwick and East New York. Well, the video has since begun to spread like wildfire and even caught the attention of NPR host, Brian Lehrer. Rafi and Dallas were invited to join Brian on his TV show, Brian Lehrer Live. Here is the clip of them on the show. Doing big things fellas! Now if you want to go real big, we’ll see you at the Bushwick Social Club party on the 21st!
