The Audacity of Dope

Shout to Smoking Section for reminding me of this play from the last NFL weekend.  I still remember the first time seeing high school footage of AP and realizing he just ran differently than anyone I had ever seen.  Wow.

Sidenote, I believe “Gay” is one of the “potentially offensive” words that’s banned from being used in customized NFL jerseys.  Laughable really, especially if you’re William and you want to press up some jerseys for your family.  WTF.

That said, pause @ William Gay and “maybe this guy can play both ways” in the same sentence.  Just sayin’.

Honestly, this video is a little bit of a hot mess.  Hype’s shots just seem so boring these days, the performances aren’t anything special, and the clips from LeBron’s movie just make it all look odd.  Definitely would have been better served to not appear on the soundtrack and perhaps have a little more creativity with the scenes.  With my day job involving music videos, I see 10 cooler clips than this a day…which is pretty sad when you think about all the major players that were involved with this project.

That said:

“she insists she got more class…WE KNOW“

is one of the hardest lines of the year.  Drizzy!

Fast forward to 3:13 to see the build up for a truly incredible goal from the big homey Didier Drogba.  Everything about it – Ashley Cole’s long ball, Didier’s first touch, his strength and balance, and perhaps a lucky bounce after Corluka’s tackle – combined to make this a flawless moment from yesterday’s 3-0 win by Chelsea over Tottenham.  The Blues are not only looking like the team to beat in the EPL, but they could quite easily be the best in the world.

The scary thing is that Spurs actually played pretty well…and still got hammered.  Despite the lopsided scoreline, it was a great match to watch.  Top notch football at its best.

Sidenote, your boy has been playing well recently too.  Dropped in 2 goals and 2 assists in a game yesterday FTW…

Sure, it’s lost some of its luster after Fed was upset in the finals, but this shot from over the weekend was still absolutely incredible.  Great stuff.

Shout to The Smoking Section for finding the clip online.

I absolutely love this track off The Kid Daytona’s Come Fly With Me project (download here).  The homey 6th Sense murdered the beat and Tona’s flow is so ill on it.  Shout to Three/21 Media and Derek Pike on the direction for the visuals too.  Great job all around.

Some words from the director Derek Pike:

Last week I shot the “Air Born” video for The Kid Daytona featuring Bun B. The beat which is produced by 6th Sense has this real mellow floaty vibe to it so I knew I wanted to shoot the majority of this video with someone or something floating in midair. Since shooting in outerspace wasn’t in the budget, I had to settle for NYC. Luckily, Daytona knew someone here on earth that could defy gravity for us, EBCstar Africa. We shot the whole video at a little park downtown, no permits. Aside from having to work around screaming kids at camp, and a basketball leagues scheduled game everything went surprisingly smooth. Daytona and Bun B are two of the nicest and most laid back artists I have ever worked with. Shout outs to the Three/21 fam Rik, Nancy and Steve, Jamal, Owen, Jordan at Sneaktip, Dan, Evan, and of course Daytona, Bun B, 6th and Africa.
-Derek Pike

That was to tie it, and this was the winner in injury time:

I see you Didier.

If you missed the World Championships in Berlin over the weekend, here’s the final of the Men’s 100m Sprint, where Usain Bolt took 9.58 seconds to prove yet again that he’s the fastest man that has ever lived.  Are you serious?  He makes it look so easy too…it’s really unbelievable.  Great commentary from the BBC host as well:

There are adjectives that are inadequate to describe this man.  He is brilliant beyond compare.  We have seen nothing like this ever, ever.  He writes his own history with every stride that he takes.

How strange/perfect is it that the fastest man alive has the last name ‘Bolt’?  Destiny.

(courtesy of FYL Radio)

While Seattle’s own Massive Monkees are killing it on “America’s Best Dance Crew,” I have to show love to the mascots that hold it down on the dance tip as well.  This impromptu Dog vs. Man battle reminded me of one of my all time favorite clips…ladies and gentlemen…I give you…Stomper of the Oakland A’s…goin’ dumb:

Are you kidding me?  That’s the homey too…Allez Didier!  Shout to Jacques et Allan too…

The visuals for the “real death of auto-tune,” KRS & Buck’s “Robot,” just dropped and they do not disappoint one bit.  Dope track + true lyrics + crazy graphics = a smash.  Todd Angkasuwan is really becoming one of the premier directors in the game.  Be on the lookout for Survival Skills dropping on September 15th on Duck Down.  The 206’s own Geologic from the Blue Scholars will be on the record as well!

Now, what’s your favorite robot?  I’ll offer up the hilarious awkwardness of Peter Crouch’s goal celebrations:

So awful hahahaha.