Obama Indirectly Compliments Lil Wayne, Destroying My World

In Springs, Georgia, Barack Obama gave some tough lough to African-American youth today, telling them that they shouldn’t rely on hoop or rap dreams to get them through life.

“I know you think you are [great basketball players], but you’re not. You are over-rated in your own mind. You will not play in the NBA,” he said to the crowd.

While I’m pretty sure that I liked his words, he did say one thing to the crowd that, in my mind, is absolutely unforgivable:

“You are probably not that good a rapper. Maybe you are the next Lil’ Wayne, but probably not, in which case you need to stay in school.”

This is madness. I simply cannot vote for someone who references Lil Wayne as an example of a good rapper. Congratulations Barack, you’ve lost my vote.

Follow-Up on Lil Wayne and Tha Carter III

I was listening to the radio this morning, and one of the hosts was plugging her section on the station’s website by talking about the Poll of the Day. The poll was:

Now that Lil Wayne has sold one million albums in the first week, do you think he deserves the title of “greatest rapper ever”? (yes/no)

I almost crashed into the car in front of me when I heard this. Greatest rapper EVER?! She didn’t say “best rapper alive” (which might have been a valid question, just because he calls himself that in his songs), she said “greatest rapper ever.”

50 Cent went platinum in his first week with The Massacre. Eminem came 200,000 short of going double-platinum in his first week with The Marshall Mathers LP. Are they also the greatest rappers ever?

*NSYNC sold 2.4 million copies of “No Strings Attached” in its first week. Are they the best band ever?

Lil Wayne Lazily Lobs Out “Tha Carter III”

Better wear a latex
Cuz you don’t want that late text
That ‘I think I’m late’ text

There. I just saved you over $10. That’s the only decent line that Lil Wayne has on Tha Carter III.