Thank You, Digital Cable
VH1 Crusty or VH1 Catatonic was replaying the 2007 Hip-Hop Honors last night, and only one image is burned into my brain: Busta Rhymes' fat ol' belly. Now, I'm not exactly lean. In fact, I'm only a few brownies or gyros away from having a similarly prodigious midsection. But I'm also not a rich rapper who has the resources to hire a professional trainer. So if you're listening, Busta, please hit the elliptical machine more regularly, or I will continue to track your fatness with untold tenacity.
(I realize it's been nearly two weeks since VH1 first aired the show, but the network isn't exactly on-point all the time, either.)
5:23 pm
Busta was a bit much, but overall I thought the show was much better than the usual VH1 fare, and a whole lot more palatable than any of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction crap-taculars of the last several years.
The inductees this year were all quite deserving, and the selection of artists to cover the Tribe Called Quest tracks was especially choice--Lupe, Common, Pharrell... In this age of hip hop, where EVERY song always 'features' some other mediocre artist I've never heard of, I was pretty tickled to see some of my favorite new rap artists alongside my heroes.
11:09 am
Common seemed to have trouble with the pace of the Tribe rhymes. It was a little surprising, but I guess his style is significantly more laid-back than Tip's is (and it's definitely more laid-back than Phife's). Lupe and Pharrell were a lot more natural, to me.