Wayne proved he could hang on these tracks. Still, this isn't unlike, say, Young Thug deciding to make an entire album dedicated to Kanye West right now.Īnyway, it worked out pretty well. On it, he raps over most of the Black Album tracks, which seems a little presumptuous in hindsight but, also in hindsight, works out OK because we know where it was headed. A few years later-as he raps here, "I don't need the Hot Boys, I still keep my heat / and I ain't gotta squad up, I still keep my feet"-Wayne went so far as to make a Jay Z homage tape, The Prefix, in the months leading up to Tha Carter. In the midst of them, he flipped Nas's Jay Z diss track "Ether" on there and turned it into a pro-Jay track. His beloved Sqad Up tapes are more or less an appeal to East Coast rap types to take him as seriously as the artists who originally rapped on the beats he uses. I'm beginning to feel a bit like a broken record talking about some of Lil Wayne's patterns over the years, but let's lay this out again: There's no way to understand Wayne's shift from Hot Boy to Best Rapper Alive without discussing his admiration of Jay Z. But if you let that N-bomb slide I can guarantee that wont be the last time they drop it in your presence.Day 168: "Moment of Clarity" – The Prefix, 2004 All you can do is pray the song they pick doesn't have the N-word in it because if it does, they will NOT omit the word and that can lead to conversation no one looks forward to. The second your white friends and or coworkers start to perceive you as cool, one of them (the brave one) will inevitably start rapping to you and expressing to you how much they love whatever rapper is hot on Top 40 radio at the time, it might be at a office party or in the car on the way to the club or at a bar in Hermosa beach but it will happen.
As the segment came to a close (2:10 into the video) in the ultimate showing of utter lameness panelist Woody Paigedid what all your drunk white friends do to try to show that they're down and hip, yes people HE STARTED RAPPING, mind you Woody is pushing 63!! Old ass Woody Paige was rapping!! Easily providing the most embarrassing TV moment of the recently blogger coined "post-race era".īut I don't fault Woody Paige at all, busting out in spontaneous raps is a natural Caucasian neuro-response to blackness, especially perceived cool blackness at that. During the show the 2 white panelist kept trying to throw in hip hop phrases and references with their responses to sports questions, failing miserable and creating multiple awkward silent moments. Pain (Undisputed Auto-Tune Champion of the World) was on Around The Horn, a fast paced sports talk show on ESPN earlier today. Why do obviously uncool white people try to be cool when they get around black people and end up just embarrassing both of them? A fresh start may be good for Chuck Liddell but I can say this unless he wants to be the gatekeeper / stepping stone (punching bag) for more young fighters to make their name off of (Rampage Jackson, Rashad Evans, Shogun Rua) he better find another organization or occupation because right now his glass chin is benefiting every but him. But much like Tito, Liddel may be able to benefit from a change of scenery and find new life in another MMA organization.
But with losses in 4 of his last 5 fights (3 by KO), it appears that Chuck's reign in the UFC is over.
Considering how dominant he’s been, for as long as he has against the best of the best in the UFC, its just hard to really believe that this is what Liddell has become.
Being that I’ve been a fan of UFC since before Chuck Liddell and had the opportunity to watched his miraculous rise to fame via his streak of consecutive devastating KO’s against the likes of UFC Pound-For-Pound king at the time Tito Ortiz, Current Strike Force Lightweight Champ Sobral and UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture (twice) its still a shock to see him laid out on the mat helpless. Last night in front of thousands in attendance and millions at home Chuck Liddell got knocked out by former Pride sensation and recent UFC disappointment Shogun Rua in the early portion of the second round.