Nuff Said

So the Grammies can and went...Beyonce took an impressive 6 awards, Jay-Z took 3 and Eminem took 2. AND, Eminem finally got what he wanted. A few years ago, he said he just wanted a 10th Grammy to add to his mantelpiece, and now, he has 11, good for him. Great for Jay, winning two Grammies for Run This Town and Best Rap Song for D.O.A, which I think, thoroughly deserved it.

And then there was the performance every rap fan is talking about. I'm still yet to see it, can't wait - it's a pity I don't have DSTV at home, but no worries, I'll just have to get it from someone who has (hopefully) recorded it. I heard the overall performance was amazing. Eminem, Lil' Wayne, Drake, and Travis Barker (who replaced Kanye West on "Forever" cuz 'Ye was probably banned from attending the show) lit up the stage, although those watching at home got a lot of beeps cuz CBS censored each and every swear word.

So, 50 Cent finally got a Grammy via Eminem's Crack A Bottle! It seems 50 can't really "crack" it at award shows. Quite frankly, I don't remember him winning anything, ever. And it's a great injustice cuz I honestly think Get Rich Or Die Tryin' should have won something besides critical acclaim and commercial success. Been listening to Before I Self-Destruct...NOT! Apart from the menacing "Pscho" featuring Shady and "So Disrespectful", I haven't really listened to the other songs...gotta try this weekend.

While on that commercial success note, people are already saying that Weezy's experimental Rock album, Rebirth will only move about 150k units in the first week, a far cry from the dizzy heights of 1.3 million first week sales of its predecessor, The Carter III. I've seen the official tracklist, and I must say, I'm not overly impressed. Apart from the obvious stand-out track, Drop The World, which features Eminem, I fail to see anything worthy of note. But, I won't lambaste it just yet. I'll have to listen to the album to make my final decision. Personally, I think he could've featured a couple of indie Rock bands for a bit of variety, but as I said, I'll have to listen to it first.

Now, on the local front, HHP released a perfume some time ago. I have this to get this off my chest, I like Motswako, really, I do, but I don't like listening to HHP. I don't know what the big deal's anyway, I'd much rather listen to Morafe, Khuli Chana from Morafe in particular, cuz I think he's a Motswako rapper who deserves a lot of recognition. Although, I can't hear what most of these guys are saying, it doesn't matter what language a rapper uses, an average is the same in every language, and that's what I think HHP is, an average rapper. Can't believe the dude has a perfume...his earlier stuff was great, then he got a good record deal. Is it just me or is it a FACT that starving rappers make better music?

I don't believe this, our esteemed President was promoting polygamy at the World Economic Forum! This is fucking embarassing, man! Needless to say, I'm completely against multiple partners, sanctioned by culture or not, I don't really give a fuck. I still think it's bullshit that someone as important an the President of the country could do something like this. Three wives? All this after scraping through a rape trial to be acquitted of the charges? I don't know anymore...
Besides, I don't think it's possible to love three women at the same time. But, wait, maybe love has nothing to do with it; it's about power, it always has. If you were to look at a cross-section of any culture in South Africa, you'd probably notice that men have all the power to do anything they want, in the name of culture. Culture, it's like a pretext for anything that isn't exactly above-board. But, hey, what do I know, my dad is FOR polygamy...

By Zane Urbane