Lebron, I got your back

Unless you're dead or have literally not had internet, television, or people contact for the past 2 days, you know Lebron James decided to sign to the Miami Heat to join D Wade and Chris Bosh. The negative flack that has ensued is something I've never seen for an athlete that hasn't killed, raped, or committed adultery 14 times (thought I'd forget about you Tiger didn't you? HA , nigga you ain't living that one down), its ridiculous, ITS A FUCKING JOKE. The knock on Lebron for the past, we'll say 3-4 years, has been that he doesn't care about winning and that he just wants to be a billionaire athlete and build his brand, and that though extremely talented, he doesn't come up clutch when needed. So this year James loses in the second round of the playoffs when he gets NO help from anybody on his team and opts out so that he can become a free agent and explore his options as any player should. He takes meetings with multiple teams including the cavs, and hears what they have to offer him and what pieces they have to put around him. After a tough week or 2, he decides to go to the team with the best chance of winning and takes LESS money than he could have gotten in Cleveland. WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE??????? CAN HE EVER DO RIGHT?????????? Believe me, I'll be the first to say the manner at which he left the Cavs wasn't the greatest, i.e. having a 1 hour special on national tv announcing hes leaving and having a flunkie call the Cavs and let them know. BUT DAMN, he did what all these naysayers have been saying hes not all about, he took LESS money, and went to the team with the best chance of winning. Can you really blame him for wanting to win a title(s) with his friends?

First of all, lets be honest people, the rest of the Cavs players suck, the ONLY thing that would warrant him staying was if they added another big piece like a Chris Bosh or an Amare Stoudemire, or maybe if they got Phil Jackson just because hes Phil Jackson and winning titles is kind of his thing. THERE IS NO WAY that Cavs team with no changes and still having Lebron beats the Celtics or the Magic, and they have a helluva hard time with the new look Miami (D wade, Bosh, and other pieces paid with the money lebron ended up getting) and new look Chicago. I think any real basketball fan, like true basketball fan, can see why he did it and can't be mad at him for leaving. I'M SICK AND TIRED of hearing about how "Kobe waited in LA" and how "Michael waited in Chicago" and all that other bull shit, cause that's all it is, bull shit. Kobe was acting like a little bitch for most of the time in LA, lets be honest, he forced the Shaq trade because they butted heads, requested a trade himself at some point, and clowned on Andrew Bynum when he didn't beast out his first couple seasons. LA was a proven franchise at putting pieces around their stars, not to mention they had the greatest basketball coach to ever live just hanging around and the "oh so holy" Kobe acted like that. Oh yeah, they also had one of the most lopsided trades in the history of basketball go their way with Pau Gasol, partly because the 2 GMs were buddies. Kobe is great, i'm not taking anything away from him, but that argument is BS to me because Lebron was not in the same situation and wasn't given reason to believe things would look any brighter where he was. With Michael Jordan, hes the best basketball player ever A., and B. Scottie Pippen and Dennis Rodman, Pippen being another perennial All star and one of the 50 greatest basketball players to ever play the game, and Rodman being one of the best rebounders and defenders to ever play the game, PS. Philip Douglas Jackson. Was he REALLY the same as Michael and Kobe? REALLY????

I'll give Cleveland the benefit of the doubt and say they tried to woo stars to play along side Lebron, they tried to get Amare last season, this summer they tried to get Bosh, they tried to get Shaq before he became a bag of cement, they really tried. After 7 years though, they never were successful, they surrounded him with second rate talent that looked better than they actually were because they played on shit teams before the Cavs or played with Lebron for a regular season. Antawn Jamison got ballooned stats because he played in Washington, disappeared in the playoffs this year, and in my opinion was never really all that good even before his current "almost washed up" status. Mo Williams got ballooned stats because he played on the Bucks, disappeared in the playoffs (minus one half) and was also never really that good but suffered from "i play with lebron so people think i'm better when we do well in the regular season" syndrome. Why waste his good years in Cleveland where hes undoubtedly the man, but had no real sign the help he needed was coming?

Lebron is 25, hes seen the likes of Charles Barkley(who i'm beefing with because of his comments on this situation), Karl Malone, John Stockton, and nearly Gary Payton. Gary got his title at the end of his career by piggy backing on some greats with D Wade and Shaq (though i don't want to even speak of the officiating that series as a Maverick fan), but the rest of those truly great players didn't ever get a ring. Malone tried to piggy back at the end of his career with the Lakers but was unsuccessful and unceremoniously retired thereafter, because thats the thing with piggy backing at the end of your career, you usually only have 1 good shot. Lebron didn't want that to happen to him, he didn't want to be 31 in Cleveland without a title. What of his legacy then? Would be the best to ever not win a title?

His legacy to me will be that of a truly great player with athletic gifts that I've never really seen before, who was unselfish and put winning above everything else. He will win a title or titles in Miami and I will be happy to see it happen. I think he'll be called D Wades sidekick right up until he takes over and wins them a series. And no I'm not a Lebron dick rider, I'm just a fan of basketball and couldn't sit there and let him get played like that. Shout out to the king. Cough, fly me out for a game, cough

Drake sold about 460K, Did he save music?

Short answer, No. Better question, did music need to be saved? Lets be hooooooooooooooooooooonest, the expectations for Drakes debut album "Thank me Later" were a little to high for his given situation. Many predicted 500K or better, Lil Wayne was recorded saying he thought Drake "might do 2 million" (no wonder hes in jail, being that stupid should be a crime! OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH PS. Don't kill me young money, and keep your head up lil tunechi). But yeah i mean he almost reached that 500K point, which when you REALLY think about it, it would have been amazing for him to reach. Jay-z didn't do 500K in his first week with the Blueprint 3, none of the other new guys even came close to 400K (cudi, Asher roth, B.o.B., and DEFINITELY not Wale, he sold like 10 albums, all in DC), and the only one to really go above and beyond that recently was Eminem when he did 600K mainly because of Carter 3 syndrome which occurs when you don't put out an album for years.

I want to note that the Carter 3 selling a million in the first week was great, but it was also kind of fluke because he didn't put out a CD in years and just did mixtapes and hopped on every feature available to get his status up, i'm sick and tired of people hyping him up so much for that, Kanye or Jay-z would have done the same thing under those stipulations. Lets not forget he tried to pull a Kanye with "Rebirth" and FAILED HORRIBLY!!!!!!!!!!!!! he didn't go #1, he didn't sell shit, and the CD was actually really bad, i'm gonna need all these lil wayne heads to remember that when they talk about 808s, which was a success in every sense of the word, went #1 and sold 400K + first week, had multiple top 10 hits, generated enough for multiple singles and videos, and was critically acclaimed by many. lol i'm sorry i had to go on that tangent, but i really needed to say that about Lil Wayne, but back to Drake.

Oh Drizzle AKA Drizzy AKA Jimmy from Degrassi AKA "Ever, Greatest"AKA Young Angel AKA Mr. Aubrey Graham (has to be the gayest name for a rapper ever, unless J Cole is short for Jennifer Coletta). You should be happy, selling that much is great, you beat all those other new guys you're compared to, you really beat out everybody who isn't at the very top of music right now, go play hockey in Toronto or something. Its great to have high hopes, but if you think of this as a disappointment you must not be too realistic mister. The whole talk of Drake saving music, or hip hop music rather, just doesn't make much sense. I personally don't really think it needed saving, its been widely accepted over the past couple years that artists don't sell that many records anymore, they make a lot more money on tours and using their talents in other fields with the whole being an entrepreneur thing. Drake is still going to be rich just like the big rappers before him, and people are going to listen to his album and judge it accordingly (i thought it was pretty good, probably a 7 out of 10). I almost feel like nowadays people only really buy albums to support the artist, not to actually listen to the music, well young people anyways. So for them to get the sales they used to get, they're going to have to either offer the listeners something they can't download, or make it so that the people want to support the artist SOOOO much, that they'll actually want to or even need to buy the album, or somehow lower prices and make that very apparent to the people. Drake did his due diligence with this one though, its his first CD so honestly he kind of knocked this one out the park sales wise. To put it in perspective, Justin Bieber didn't even put up those numbers first week (neither did Rihanna or lady gaga for that matter).

All in all, whether you hate him or love him, Drake came through strongly with his sales performance, and although it may not have lived up to so some super high expectations, it should be looked at as a success for music and hip hop music. It didn't save music, but it probably saved Baby and Lil Wayne cause the rest of Young money/Cash money is kinda slackin. (Nicki thats your cue for the lesbian sex tape)

PS. Drake sounds like a STRAIGHT UP BITCH when he talks about the Rihanna situation in interviews, "she made me feel small, she made me feel nervous", Baby imma need you cut off his balls real quick, i'm sure it ain't the first time you've done it

ESPN + Cavs losing = LEBRONN (Lebron Network)

So the cavs lost, Iwatched the games, I saw the ESPN post game coverage, i've read the articles online, I've been doing my NBA fan due diligence. Before i get into my beefs about the whole situation I want to defend Lebrons play in the series, HE HAD A TRIPLE DOUBLE WITH A MESSED UP ELBOW AND PEOPLE SAID HE DIDN'T GIVE HIS ALL!!!!!! Like seriously, i understand people hold him to a higher pedestal because he is so immensely talented, can do things like that with ease at times, and a championship shouldn't be as elusive as it is, BUT!!!!! the man had little to no help from his team, Mo williams played hard in the first half of that last game but other than that he was nothing, the guy nearly airballed a wide open floater late in the 4th, Antawn BUM ASS Jamison disappeared in the entire series and made Garnett look like his old self when hes really just his old self (an older, less talented, less athletic, less cool version of what he used to be), and Shaq, i always wondered when he'd get old, and that shit happened about a season or 2 ago, hes a liability now more than an asset, i feel like if he played less they probably would have done better. While Lebron tried his hardest to get them back in that game and back into that series, i don't want to hear about how he doesn't want to win and only cares about money or any of that stuff, he played harder than ANYBODY else on his team and left it all out there only to have his team leave him out to dry, with a bad elbow i might add, (i know kobes hurt too but he has better pieces around him and lebron got hurt in the playoffs).....but back to the topic of all this lebron coverage on ESPN

I AM SICK AND TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT THIS SHIT!!!!!!!!!!! Ok true, hes arguably the biggest free agent ever and hes still in his prime (he may even get better if you think hes still working on his shot and man to man defense) but REALLY ESPN???? You're really gonna make this the biggest story when NOTHING will be happening until July 1? You're really gonna give him his own tab at the bottom of the screen? You don't think thats a little over the top?..........Well i do, and honestly its kind of disrespectful to the teams left in the playoffs, especially Boston, for them to talk about him A LOT more than any of them. I'll give my predictions later on who i think will win it all, but this whole situation has really just fortified the new idea about sports being more about star players than teams nowadays. True he is the biggest star in the sport, but hes never won a championship and all these other teams deserve the coverage hes receiving for actually beating quality teams (EXCEPT ORLANDO!!!!! Atlanta was soooooooo overrated and charlotte was a joke). I think its something thats been gradual but has never been stronger than it is now with this Lebron Hoopla, then again, this kind of stuff never happens, the BIGGEST star being a free agent in his prime and actually is considering leaving, but still, its annoying as hell to have to see it 24/7 when i watch espn. To give my 2 cents on what i think he'll do, i'll say this: If he does in fact leave Cleveland (at first i thought this was extremely likely, but as time passes and i realize that in the NBA 1 year can mean million things the Cavs aren't looking that good anymore), if he does Cleveland, i think New Jersey makes the most sense, they already have Brooke Lopez, Devin Harris, most likely the #1 pick, and i'll even throw Terrence Williams into it. Thats 4 solid pieces, then you add lebron, heck they could even trade devin Harris is they get the 1st pick for a Big man and draft John Wall. They could use the money to even sign a Chris Bosh to go along with Lebron. Tell me a starting lineup of John Wall, Terrence Williams, Lebron James, Chris Bosh, and Brooke Lopez wouldn't be formidable? A lot of people are talking Chicago now and i mean that'd be amazing to watch cause i'm a big Derrick Rose fan and hes better than anybody on New jersey, but Rose is kind of a drive man and it'd be weird having him and Lebron when they both need the ball a lot, and i would think Lebron wants more offense from the other pieces along with Rose and i don't think they could add a Chris Bosh so they'd be lacking in that department. I think theres NO CHANCE he goes to NY, they have nothing to entice him with except fame and Lebron is arguably one of the most famous athletes in the world already. Miami, i think thats not likely, the more and more i watch the shows talking about it, a Wade+Lebron combo seems less realistic considering their needs, though i think bosh could go with either of them. And if all this talk of Calipari coming as a package deal with lebron to whichever team he goes to is in fact true, tell me Calipari, Lebron, AND john Wall on one team wouldn't lead to a media frenzy, not to mention GREAT HIGHLIGHTS lol. Now about these 4 teams left, I will give my picks in the forms of pictures.




and just for kicks, a final look at the leagues year summed up in a photo

NFL Draft = The Last Legal Slave trade

The NFL draft was last weekend so i feel like i should address it as i return to the whole Blogging world. Its kind of funny when you think about it, but really, other than the fact that they are going to end up getting PAAAAAAAAAAAID, the whole Draft process is like the slave trade. "How high can you jump? How fast can you run? How much can you lift?...........Nigger" lol those are all legit questions addressed in the Combine and private workout parts of the process minus the "Nigger", but if that was added there'd be like no difference. These old rich predominantly white men pick and choose from their litter of mostly poor black men of ridiculous ability lol. I mean i say that all in fun, but to be honest its really hilarious when you think about it logically. We've been trained to be the best NFL and NBA players, FUCK REPARATIONS.

In terms of the picks and sports wise, as a Redskins fan I'm happy with the pick of Trent Williams with the 4th pick though a lot of people consider Okung to be better, Williams has more upside and fits in our system better. I will forever be irate over the fact that the Cowgirls and Tony Homo, i mean Cowboys and Tony Romo, got Dez Bryant with the 24th pick. Dex Bryant is legitimately a top 5 talent and the best receiver in the draft by far to me and the Cowboys who already have 2 receivers get him that late in the 1st round, BULL SHIT. Not to mention that idiot GM from the dolphins asked him if his mom was a prostitute, WHICH IS RIDICULOUSLY WRONG. Hes gonna be a beast in the league and will probably torch my skins for years to come. We also need a big receiver like him badder than probably anything else after getting trent williams, i was somehow hoping we'd trade haynesworth or campbell and get him but i knew it wouldn't happen. And then there's Tim Tebow, i think its kinda weird that all these people who were hating on him in college when he was dominant are rooting for him now and want him/believe he will do well in the NFL. Personally i was never really a big fan in college, i admit i'm kinda rooting for him to do well in the NFL, but honestly, i just don't think he has what it takes to be a successful NFL quarterback. His new throwing motion doesn't really blow me away because i feel like he'll revert to the one hes done his entire career when there's pressure, and THERE WILL BE PRESSURE. He will also not be able to run nearly as much because guys in the NFL are a lot faster and will not have the fans or surroundings he had at Florida. The Broncos trading up in the 1st round to draft him ahead of Clausen baffled me, i know the guy has incredible work ethic and is a high character guy, but you gotta have it on the field when it comes to the NFL. I also want to note that no quarterback really blew me away this draft, Jimmy Clausen looks like a 12 year old and doesn't seem to command anything, Bradford impressed me the most but can't seem to be able to take a hit (did you see those vids of him getting injured, those hits were not hard AT ALL), and Tebow is an H-back to me. I feel like the seahawks made major upgrades with Okung and Earl Thomas and got some good trades for Leon Washington and Lendel who could be a nice 1-2 punch. The 49ers solidified their O line which was BIG and got the safety Taylor mays in the 2nd round which was really good for the value. Jimmy Clausen also got really lucky he ended up in Carolina, they have a run game, they have a big time receiver, they have an ok O line, and their current Qb isn't that good. Thats about it for now, i'll get into the NBA playoffs later (NEED MY MAVS TO WIN TONIGHT!!!!!!!)

Drake and Eminem dropped singles today, both are good

Eminem dropped his new single "Not Afraid" from his new CD "Recovery" and Drizzy Drake dropped "Find your love" produced by Kanye West. First and foremost, I'm gonna speak on Drake because his CD is probably gonna come out before Eminem's and this is his second single after "Over". I first became a Drake fan after listening to "A night off" ft Lloyd and I really vibed out to his singing on "So far gone" before i got into his rapping to be honest. This song is all singing, so i'm thinking its gonna do well with the female demographic and have them salivating for this degrassi kid for a little bit. It definitely has an 808s and heartbreak style beat which makes sense because Kanye produced it, but it is definitely a lot more upbeat/happy and doesn't have the T-Pain esque autotune that everybody seems to hate. I like it, i think i'll give it a few more listens before i say i love it, but its a solid song and i think it'll do pretty good on radio. Honestly, i'm expecting his CD "Thank me Later" to be a classic piece of work, he has everything in place for it to be a smash, big name features, solid producers, a team to keep it all flowing together well, and the talent. Now Eminem, my feelings about him have been weird as of late, i admit that back in the day he was an ANIMAL lyrically, he murdered Jay-z on his own song, "Lose yourself" won an oscar, the kid was unbelievable. Later in his career though i always felt he went too easily to the stupid raps where he sounded like an idiot and played around too much, i mean i can appreciate that in spurts, but i expect him to come with the real shit too. To me, the relapse was a failure, other than "Beautiful" i thought it was like ALL dumb/stupid rap and i really was disappointed with the come back. BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT then he came with the "forever" verse and started dropping hard freestyles and stuff, and now comes out with the "Not Afraid" record, where he definitely is going hard. I like it, i'm so happy hes coming with stuff like this with the new Cd. He even mentions that "Relapse"was wack and says he'll never go back to that, which i'm ECSTATIC about. I really like the song, i'm expecting heat to come from this album. This is gonna be a good year for hip hop, theres Drake, Eminem, B.o.B., J.Cole, and probably some others, potentially Kanye and Dr. Dre (the Detox isn't gonna come out till 2029).

He's like a white, Canadian version of Sammie

Ah Justin Bieber, his name is almost too easy to make fun of but at the same time you don't want to because hes just so darn tween dreamy *eyes twinkle* (i think his fans should be called Bieber Babies or something like that, i just think it fits too well not to be used) But this Bieber kid, I decided to give my take on arguably the biggest thing to hit pop/R&B music in recent memory excluding people that rhyme with shmady caca (its lady gaga, did you get it? i knew you would). The hoopla about this guy is crazy, though it has died down a little recently because "Baby" has been out for a while, hes supposedly on tour or something, and his next single "Eenie Meanie" ft Sean Kingston is just starting to pick up more steam. Before i get into the bulk of it, i would like to add that the Eenie meanie track is FIYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAA, i'll be honest and say it has an incredibly stupid chorus and its pretty generic, but its catchy as all hell and its one of those songs that blends both artists styles well, you'll probably have to listen to it a couple times before you get to that point but i'm calling it now that it has a good shot at going #1. BUT BACK TO BIEBER MANIA!!! After a ton of research and studying, i believe the hype about this 16 year old kid is.......drum roll please............DESERVED. Yep, I said it, I think its deserved. This kid is actually talented, I mean he can actually sing, not sure about the dancing thing, but he can work on that, just look at Justin Timberlake, he went from boy band dancing to almost Usher in like a year. And another thing to note about his last CD, he actually had writing credits on every song, including one song where he wrote the entire thing (wikipedia it) At first i was like pretty much everybody that wasn't a 13 year old girl, and was skeptic and didn't take the time to listen to his music or study up on him, I mean i heard "One time" and got a glimpse of "baby" but i never really thought much of him, that was until i saw THIS on funny or die, he said BITCH, LMAO, this kid is 16 and is a tween sensation and said bitch in a video that would be seen by millions, how can you not give him some love for that?? To be honest though, I really look at Bieber to be somebody to bring back R&B because it has definitely been falling, props to Trey Songz for keeping it alive these past couple months, but Ushers new stuff hasn't blown me away despite little freak being a solid collabo. The kid has chops and its undeniable once you listen to more of his stuff, i don't even have his cd but i can see it. Aside from that though, I mean if you didn't know there was a bidding war to get him between Usher and Justin Timberlake that Usher won, and DRAKE!!!!! actually showed up to his Baby video shoot to show love when i'm sure he had a bazillion things he could have done instead and only got like 5 secs of camera time. Bieber also got to open the new "We are the World" 25 song, which is major shine considering others on the song. I really hope he doesn't fade away like a lot of these young R&B stars though, him being white (no racist) will definitely help a little but isn't full proof, and he has to really grow with his music as he gets older and has a new voice for him to be successful. All in all though, what can you say, in the words of a good friend of mine, "Haters gonna hate" so when it comes to this kid, people are going to hate, but I won't be one of them. And no I'm not gay for listening to R&B/Pop, I'm gay for Justin Bieber *gay sigh*
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UPDATE: He also plays guitar and the drums, check out his youtube page http://www.youtube.com/user/kidrauhl

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