Notorious B.I.G.

Best rapper ever?  Hard to say, everyone has their own opinion.  There's no denying, however, that he was rapping in 1994 better than a lot of rappers are rapping in 2010.  He was way ahead of his time and I constantly think what music would be like if he never passed.  If not THE greatest, top three dead or alive.  RIP!

I Don't See Nothing Wrong

With a little bump and grind in the middle of a busy intersection.

Full account here. 

Drake - "Over"

First single from the long awaited LP "Thank Me Later".  I think the beat is AMAZING...Drake raps good over it.  Torn about the hook.  Overall it's a pretty tight song.

Hockey

For about three hours and change, everyone in America seemed to have a unified interest in Hockey.  That's a pretty impressive feat for what is easily the country's least popular sport.  It proved that the sport itself is watchable and entertaining; because if people only cared about the outcome we could have just as easily waited for the SportsCenter recap;  especially considering there was an NBA double header airing opposite the hockey game.  With sports being such a major commodity in our country, I'll never understand how a major sports association can be treated like the ugly step sister for years.  I know no sport will ever reach the overall popularity of the NFL nor will any sport reach the fever pitch of March Madness, but it'll be interesting to see if hockey can ever generate the kind of fanfare it had for those three hours during the gold medal game this past weekend.

This Whole Tiger Woods Bru-Hah-Hah

Now that I've had about a week or so to digest this "Tiger press conference" thing, I've got some thoughts about it I'd like to get out of my system.  First of all, I'd like to go on record by saying I seriously do not give a shit how many women he's slept with, how long he's been cheating, or any of that.  His life is not my business.  What he eats doesn't make me shit.  Insert more witty cliche's if you like.  That said, I think both sides of the equation dropped the ball here.  And I'll explain why.

Why Tiger dropped the ball: Dude, you are a billionaire athelete, you are arguably (but not really, everyone knows) the greatest golfer to ever live. Why are you explaining yourself to anyone other than your wife?  Yea I know you're a public figure, but things like this are only as big as you allow them to be.  If you and your wife had came before a camera the day after the crash and just been like "look, everything is cool", you woulda had the freedom to fix this, in private, however you saw fit.  The media and public hounded you because you  kept it a secret.  Three months of secracy brought on the perceived need for this "press conference".  You brought this on yourself, dude.

Why the media/public dropped the ball:  Let's be real with ourselves.  Are our lives that boring and meaningless that we have to make a huge deal of Tiger's life?  This can be applied to the personal life of any public figure but it seemed to go into overdrive with this Tiger thing.  The age we're living in makes information almost inescapable, but between news articles, news segments, blog pieces, etc, everyone on the planet had something to say about Tiger and how wrong he was.  Sad part is, the people who are so busy judging him are probably guilty of the same sins, if not worse.  Unless you've somehow managed to live a perfect life, you have no right to say what Tiger did was wrong.  It's not your business anyway.  Let he and his wife work this out. 

All things considered, I hope Tiger is able to return to the sport and continue his prominent career.  His image may be shot, but who cares about image anyway?  Image is overrated because it's 100% dependent on what others think.  If he's satisfied with his own life and has the respect of those who matter, some shitfaced, know it all blogger should mean nothing.  Live your life, Eldrick.  You're human just like the rest of us. 

Stupid Facebook Groups Created By Stupid People

I've seen more than a few stupid groups on Facebook, and I usually don't pay them any attention one way or the other.  Something about this one, however, irritated me more than usual.  While I'm accustomed to ignorance in general where the internet is concerned, something THIS ignorant being glorified so proudly rubbed me the wrong way.  Check out the group yourself for a few chuckles, followed by a pretty epic facepalm.

Tiger Woods Is Gonna Say Sorry Tomorrow

Terrible PR move, Tiger.  Fire your publicist right now.  Do you have any clue how much of a waste of time this is?  Dude, it's been like 3 months.  This ship has sailed.  Your public opinion has already dwindled to the point where people probably feel more compassion for Gilbert Arenas right now. GILBERT FUCKING ARENAS HAS A BIGGER SUPPORT SYSTEM THAN YOU!  And you're gonna hold a press conference to apologize?  Unless you drop some kind of monumental Jedi mind trick on us all, you're wasting your breath.  Just get back to kicking everyone else's ass on the golf course.  You hoe-ing days are old news.