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I'll be honest, it's not his best. But I'm ok with that. It's a mixtape, and as far as I'm concerned, mixtapes are meant to be scrappy. Maybe not scrappy, but not perfection. They're fun to listen to, and, Weezy puts his unimitatable touch on the mixtape with the always entertaining dialogue and bazarre analogies.

I've been listening to "Still I Rise" a whole lot. Coincidentally Lil Wayne isn't on this track, it's feautring Nicki Minaj, one of the rising stars on Young Money. She's got an incredibly hard, solid flow, and the beat (I'm assuming by DJ Drama?) is one of the best on the mixtape.

A good friend of mine, DJ Letham, really dislikes what Wayne stands for.

He was working on a paper comparing 50 cent to AZ and put 50 and Weezy on the same page. That's not right. 50 is a punk. Weezy F. Baby is hilarious.

There are of course arguments about Lil Wayne's lyrics. They're mysoginistic. They're vulgar. They're violent. But so it goes. Sinatra was into some sketchy stuff too, and he's widely admired.

What's even better, is his ESPN blog. Outrageously candid, Weezy discusses the players he loves, the ones he doesn't get along with, who isn't getting the attention they deserve, and my personal favorite--his minor life struggles. In the latest blog post, Weezy talks about living in the same building with Dwayne Wade, and wanting to play video games with him, but doesn't know how to go about making the new friend.

The simplicity and ease of personal relation is beautiful.

Quit hating Letham, sometimes we all just want to play video games with the cool kid next door.

Go find the Dedication 3 and listen to it. It's all over the internet. 

On October 8th, Great Britain Prime Minister Gordon Brown placed Iceland on their terrorist list.

In attempt to protect their investments from being further affected by the depressed worldwide economy and completely devastated Icelandic economy, Britain decided to call them terrorists and freeze their accounts.

Really?

Being on that list sets Iceland--the small island country of 300,000 in the North Atlantic--alongside Iran, Sudan, and North Korea.

What did Britain's move do?

By being placed on the terrorist list, all British payments for Icelandic imports were halted.

Iceland isn't getting paid from one of their largest export destinations, and, by being branded a terrorist, decimating the image of their country.

If this isn't revoked, Iceland could run into serious food, medical, and supply shortages.

indefence.is is the Icelandic petition's website. Nearly 80,000 digital-signatures have been submitted, doing so helps their efforts.

For me, Iceland is explicably endearing. And Britain calls them terrorists?

To some it's their living hell, to others it's their heaven--for juicy gossip. JuicyCampus.com, is the college gossip site that is taking the nation's slut-hunting frat boys imagination's by storm.

 Founded in 2007 by Matt Ivester, an '05 graduate of Duke University, JuicyCampus expanded from 67 campuses last year to over 500 campuses nationwide this semester. 

Juicy Campus

 In a rare interview with Saturday Night Magazine, Ivester said that he had never expected Juicy Campus to become such a haven for the derogatory dialogue, "We really did not anticipate that. I think there have been some healthy discussions..."

The site's headline says, "C'mon. Give us the juice. Posts are totally, 100% anonymous." 

Come on. Healthy discussions?

To celebrate their 1-year anniversary, JuicyCampus created a new feature: Rankings. Make a list about anything you want, and have people rank 'em. Wonderful.

Get your weather-all out and toughen up your skin kids. If it's not already, JuicyCampus will be aiding the spreading of rumors at a campus near you soon.

Jackson 5 My friend Matt said he had some amazing news. He sent me to Pitchfork.

The Jackson 5 are getting back together. They're hitting the studios, and should be going on tour in 2009. I...I just can't fathom what's going to happen.

Janet is going to open up the show, and the original lovable pack will be following.

ABC? I'll be there? I want you back?

Jermaine! Jackie! Marlon! Tito! Michael! This is phenomenal.

According to the Australian AP, Jermaine said he thinks Michael is in Egypt riding a camel. I really don't know what that means. But when they hit the stage with new hits, hell if they hit the stage after what Michael's gone through...I have to be there.

I leave you with this:

When news broke a couple weeks back that Dallas Cowboys Corner Back Adam 'Pacman' Jones got in a scuffle with...one of his own security guards I was slightly confused, and unfortunately not that surprised.But when news broke that NFL Comissioner Roger Goodell just suspended Adam Jones for at least four games, I was shocked.First off, isn't the Dallas Cowboys' hired security guard supposed to prevent Jones from getting into situations like this? That's this guy's job, protect Adam Jones, not fight him. Second, where were Jones' teammates during this? They were at a hotel, they had hired bodyguards, they were 'allegedly drunk,' which means hammered. Pacman was the only guy getting rowdy? Come on. Third, where's the arrest? Jones clearly was not acting in the most decent of manners. But how many of his peers were? This isn't the best argument, but it's a valid one: How many professional athletes get drunk, out of hand, and have the cops called on them every week? We'll never know. But search online for nearly any prominent young athlete and there's pictures of them getting sloppy at the bars. Is Adam Jones a model upstanding citizen? Not from what I've seen. Is he a convicted felon and "what's wrong with the NFL?" Not entirely, there are a number of people "just as bad" as him, if not worse. Is Commissioner Goodell making an example out of Jones, because he's an easy target and the media loves to flash those mug shots of him chewing on plastic? I'm leaning towards yes.Why not deal with serious problems, like Indiannapolis Colts Wide Receiver Marvin Harrison (not suspended) who is linked, but not convicted of a shooting outside his bar, with his gun, with a guy he was quarreling with earlier in the night?Mr. Goodell, the powerful ruling hand has to act evenly.