And In Music News....

Clipse get Rick Rubin production!? Score one for good music. Why does this mean something? Well during my aforementioned drives to work, I of course listened to music. Some of it being music from a few years ago. Clipse, Hell Hath No Fury was one of those albums. It was a doozy of a CD. Dark, but sick beats. So it got me thinking, I heard that the Clipse's next album wasn't going to be strictly Pharell (or the Neptunes rather) and I was concerned. The Neptunes provided the type of cohesiveness 95% of all music is lacking these days, most particularly with rap. Everything is so formulaic. Club Track + gangsta track + 5 of the producers of the moment + one mushy song = album. Old, lame, and the sounds of the album is all over the place. I don't want an album full of singles, I want an ALBUM.

Anyway, they appear to be doing some of that hot producer of the moment stuff. But cohesiveness can be achieved through sound and not necessarily the use of the same producer. Only time will tell. Till the Casket Drops, hopefully coming soon.

And in other music news, "But you can't blame me.....if I set this stage on fire," apparently is synonymous with "Don't play with me, cause cause you're playing with fire." At least according to the owners of the Rolling Stone's publishing rights. That's right. Those loveable d-bags are suing Lil Wayne for his song "Playing with Fire." I'm just a law school kid. I don't do the whole copyright infringment stuff (yet), so I can't tell you what will happen. But someone might want to ask the Verve how things went over with "Bittersweet Symphony."

Likely outcome? Rolling Stones: 2, Lil Wayne and the Verve, 0.

By the way, I strongly recommend both Clipse's "Hell Hath No Fury," and Lil Wayne's "Carter III" if you're a fan of hip hop / rap music.