How Is This Still Cool?

I just want you to look at the picture above for a moment. Pretty messed up, right? I thought the same thing while knocking back a Fat Tire at a restaurant while watching baseball highlights a couple of weeks ago when this image came up on the screen.

For those of you who do not follow professional baseball this is the logo for the Cleveland Indians. This is not an old logo from the 30's and 40's but the one that adorns almost all of their official paraphernalia today in 2011. It's bad enough that the majority of the people who would be offended by this have been killed off but to continually mock them with this logo is just cruel and insensitive. I know someone reading this may think I am being too sensitive and that this is not a big deal, but what if there was a logo like this representing your nationality of ethnic group? Replacing the feather with a sombrero and putting a joint in between those over sized teeth would surely upset some of my Hispanic friends, I am pretty sure throwing a Yamaka on this logo with some side locks would be a tad unsettling to my Jewish brothers & sisters, and I would be on the phone with the quickness to Al Sharpton if a Major League Baseball team changed it's logo to Lil' Wayne's face.

If Mississippi State a.k.a. Ole' Miss can change their logo from a confederate soldier to a rebel black bear and stop singing "the south will rise again" when the football team scores a touchdown, I think The Cleveland Indians organization should sack up and seriously consider changing this.

Watch The Throne

I was going to write a review of Jay-Z & Kanye West's Watch The Throne album that everybody is talking about/hating on, until I realized that there is no point. I stumbled on this picture in my collection of cool images I have stolen off of the Internet over the years and I think watch the throne in a perfect caption for this photo.

Elzhi

It's one thing to remake a classic Hip-Hop song but to remake what many fans consider to be one of the best Hip-Hop albums of all time is a task I didn't think anyone could or for that matter should try to pull off. That said, you probably can't tell someone who worked with the great J. Dilla about what can't be done. Former Slum Village member Elzhi's Elmatic is a fantastic tribute to Nas' Illmatic but it also stands on it's own as a great album.

When I saw that he was going on a small US tour with a live band that would be kicking off in Indianapolis, August 19th at The Jazz Kitchen, I got a ticket immediately. If you have not heard this album yet it can be downloaded for free at Elzhi's Official Site, and there is a limited edition double LP version pressed up on vinyl that is available at Fatbeats.

Common & Nas

Common is in my top 5 and I really needed him to put something like this out to make me forget about his last album.

Dickmotized!!!

I watched this at least 5 times in a row just to hear her say dickmotized.

This Is How You Promote An Album!

If you didn't know, Stevie Wonder had the streets on lock in the 4th quarter of 76' and for most of 1977. If you have never heard this album, get your life in order and seek it out.

Men Lie, Women Lie..

.., numbers don't! Something many of you would probably never guess about me is that is that I am a fiscal conservative. That reason alone is why I have never voted for a Republican presidential candidate. Happy Birthday President Obama.

Big Meech

Demetrius "Big Meech" Flenory will be in federal prison until 2038 and will be 70 years old when he gets out. If you know a kid who sings along to Rick Ross' "BMF", remind them of this and then go tell them to read a book.

Only Wilt Could Pull This Off

This is a really gay outfit Wilt Chamberlin has on. Now, I don't mean gay like you hear it being used on a basketball court or through your headphones when you are playing COD: Black Ops over Xbox Live but gay like if I saw a dude dressed like this in downtown Indianapolis, It would be a pretty good bet that they are looking for a meaningful romantic relationship with another man. With all that said, if you are reading this there is a good chance Wilt had sex with your aunt and like a true player never called her again.

What An Effen' Deal!

An Atari game that was also a 8-Track tape of Foghat Live!?!? Tape Barn's promotions department was not fooling around. As cool as this is, the father in this ad is entirely to excited about his purchase.