Ill doesn't begin to cover it

As if pro snowboarder Shaun White didn't already have it made...now he's got his own personal halfpipe.

For more info on Red Bull's Project X (stats, vids, photos, tricks, etc.), the evolution of snowboarding, and the super secret halfpipe's location, go here.  The video's on the splash page, too, if you wanna see some widescreen awesome.

While you're at it, check out this hot, all-electro odyssey of a jam (courtesy of my friend John).

Mille-Crysteena (Fear of Tigers Remix)

It's Friday afternoon and I have yet to do anything with my life.  Gonna expand my collection of Wale (concert next week?  Fingers crossed) and stuff my face.  Let's hope I get out on the mountain myself this weekend with my new Burton setup.  J-Rock over and out.

"Wrist full of snowflakes, neck like a stone-age, I guess I'm a dog cuz them bitches wanna bone me."  -Trav feat. Lloyd Banks & Juelz Santana, "Ride the Wave remix"

Late Night with Yung Berg

I've had a thing for Yung Berg since I heard "The Business" with Casha (the version without the stupid techno intro), cuz the bassline has its way of making me wanna let Berg boss me around.  His newest mixtape (cooked up with the help of DJ Ill Will and DJ Rockstar) The Show, The Afterparty, and The Hotel dropped this month.  I'd categorize it as a solid compilation of sex jams peppered with some electro-experimental blurbs.  Overall, it's solid and worth a listen.  Yung Berg's got some pretty sweet flow goin that I'll like to see when it's brushed up on an album, and I'll admit there's a certain playlist that I'll be adding some select songs to...Here's a quick review of my thoughts after the first run-through.

Gotta love "Drop It" feat. Rockstar for the "Lollipop" samples, but here's the first instance of autotune on the mixtape.  It shows up a few more times (i.e. "Your Favorite Song," "Head to Toe"), and feels a little overdone when paired with overwhelming amphetamine-fed techno backdrops ("My Party").  I think autotune's on its way out, so I guess he's gotta use it while people will still tolerate it.  I've gotta say that it works for me on "In the Air" feat. K Young, though.  That'll definitely make the playlist.

Berg's got some solid flow for us, I'm impressed and will bump this shit for some serious boom-boom jams...but "What U On (I Been Gettin Money)"...Frere Jacques?  Really?  The song is saved when the beat drops and Berg comes in with the verse, but I had enough of the nursery rhyme raps when "Chain Hang Low" came out.  Though, like "Chain," I could still see people blasting this from car windows.  Fortunately, the quality of Berg's nursery experiment is much higher, so if it makes the ridiculous "hip-pop" chart, it'll probably have more staying power. 

My favorite tracks: "Blowin Money" feat. Rockstar & K Smith, "#1" feat. Rockstar (yeah I'll get corny and add this as a boner jam, don't hate), "One Chance" (solid beat, sweet flow, one of those "on my grind jams" that you can't help but love), "Be My Girl" feat. Cash, K Young & Ray J (generally killer track...funny that i love this, the drums in the back are...exactly?...the same as "The Business"), "Take It Off" feat. K Smith, "Give It To Ya" (serious flow), "Break U Off"

Yung Berg's mixtape shows that he certainly does it best in the Hotel (purrrrrr), and I don't think he'd have it any other way.

You can download The Show, The Afterparty, and The Hotel mixtape here.

"I told you I got everything you need, baby" -Yung Berg feat. K Smith, "Take It Off"

RETRACTION

I officially retract anything negative I ever said about Lady Gaga.

The Five Stages of Gaga

^ ^ frighteningly accurate/true ^ ^

"He ate my heart and then he ate my brain." -Lady Gaga, "Monster"

Super weird songs that I like

Take it or leave it!  A few weird songs that are worth checking out despite their initial freakiness.  In no particular order.

1. Triangle Walks (Tiga's 1-2-3-4 Remix)-Fever Ray

I was initially really creeped out by this song.  Throwing sticks at magpies?!  What the eff?  Karin Dreijer Andersson (of The Knife) brings her chilling broken notes to a beat that you can't NOT do the robot to. 

2. Neighboorhood #3 (Power Out)-The Arcade Fire

GREAT song, solid band.  I only say it's weird because the vocals take some getting used to.  An oddly happy yet melancholy jam.

3. I Remember (Caspa Remix)-Deadmau5

Only weird if you don't get the whole dubstep thing.  Phenomenal song, sexy bass.

4. Tension Head-QOTSA

Sick, sick jam.  Off of Queens of the Stone Age's Rated R, a pretty epic album to say the least.  Back when Josh Homme teamed up with Nick Oliveri for some intense, screamy vocals (here paired) with the Kyuss-y crunch of low-tuned axes.

That's all for now.  Eat it up.

"Magpies, I throw sticks at them...they laugh behind my back." -Fever Ray, "Triangle Walks (Tiga's 1-2-3-4 Remix)"