WEEK TEN
Live: If you were in London, you coulda seen Kanye West meet up with the stars of Grime (stars? No Dizzee Rascal, no Tinie Tempah) after inviting them up on stage at the Brit Awards. Of course, you Brits shoulda absolutely included in their own homegrown rap scene -one we’ve covered for five years or something. Here is the setlist:
All Day
That’s Not Me
(Skepta cover) (with Skepta & JME)
Mercy
(with Big Sean)
German Whip
(Meridian Dan cover) (with Meridian Dan)
96 Fuckries
(JME cover) (with JME)
Cold
(Foreigner’s “Cold as Ice” snippet)
So Appalled
CyHi Freestyle
Blessings
(Big Sean cover) (with Big Sean)
All Me
(Drake cover) (with Big Sean)
Clique
(Kanye West, Jay-Z & Big Sean cover) (with Big Sean)
RBX
Shutdown
(Skepta cover) (with Skepta)
New Slaves
Wolves
U Mad
(Live Debut)
Power
Can’t Tell Me Nothing
I Don’t Fuck With You
(Big Sean cover) (with Big Sean)
All of the Lights
Good Life
Jesus Walks
It Ain’t Safe
(Skepta cover) (with Skepta)
Don’t Like
(Big Sean cover) (with Big Sean)
Black Skinhead
C.R.E.A.M.
(Wu‐Tang Clan cover) (with Raekwon)
Blood on the Leaves
(with Raekwon)
All Day
(with Allan Kingdom) (With all guest MC’s and rappers)
Recorded: for a not great week it had some good albums and singles: “All Day” and “Some Peace Of Mind” for the singles, Brandi Carlile and the surprisingly good Gateway Drugs for the albums. Noel Gallagher was better than his first solo album though it could sure use Liam’s voice.
Politics: The Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu warned Congress that a deal with Iran may well lead to nuclear war. But, the alternatives are equally distasteful. In the end, if Israel is so freaked about Iran going nuclear why don’t they blow up the power plant and if they can’t, why are they complaining about any kind of deal.
Sports: The return of A-Rod, who can’t field and can’t hit for power, and may still be the best Yankee out there.