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Sunday, September 14, 2008

Britney Spears Deserves The stage

Congratulations to Britney Spears for a successful run in the VMA's last night. Although Britney did not in fact open up with a performance, she did open up the VMA's by announcing the presence of VMA host Russell Brand. That's not really why I'm congratulating her of course. We are honoring Britney's successful run in the year of 2008. Britney won three moonmen for her nomination of Best Pop Video, Best Female Artist, and Video of the Year. With the continueing success through the year of 2008, there is still one question we all have to ask. Does the accepting of three moonmen for the three top catagories in the 2008 VMA's really count as a comeback.
We all know that Britney has had a pretty rough year with the break up between her and Federline, the custody hearings and the constant negative publicity, but we slowly noticed that she has started to put the pieces of her puzzled life back together. She is getting back into shape. Her body was almost flawless at lastnights VMA's. She had the sexy toned legs, hard prison sculpted abs, [exaggeration], the hair seems to be growing back and she looked pretty sober. Her appearence is in good shape but what about the performance.
Will Britney ever hit the VMA stage again after that shipwreck of a performance she pulled at last years VMA's? The answer is "maybe." She will have to prove to the harsher critics and the fans that she can perform again. She now has to show any audience that she can be better than she has ever been before she had "The Meltdown." Most childstars, when their careers go down the drain, tend to just exist as has beens or wash up. Britney Spears could have been in that catagory but she did something different. She took responsibility and grew the fuck up. She realized that performing is her job and the audience and fans are her main boss. Most of the time when an employee does something that deserves to get them fired, the boss fires them. But the masses have spoken. With a name as big as hers, who really wants to see Britney look like shit? Nobody really. She can gain the priviledge of performing on the VMA stage again but it will take some more time.
All in all, as long as she stays family orientated and concentrated on balancing her "job" with her family life, britney can have a comeback. Despite the negative publicity towards her latest album, it wasn't actually critiqued negatively on quality. Infact, there is a reason why Britney still keeps the title as Princess of Pop. Her "Piece of Me" single was 1 on the charts for several weeks and did quiet well in relation to her record sales.
I can proudly say that Britney is slowly gaining my respect and attention once more. She still has a way to go.

Super Crew vs. Jabbawockeez

Randy Jackson presents America's Best Dance Crew has become one of the most watched competitive dance shows that MTV has had the privilege to ever have on air. It pits crews from all over the country in challenges that tests their creativity, choreography, athletic ability, concept receptive skills and their determination to be the best. We have successfully completed two seasons and the next can only get hotter.
The real reason this blog is being written is because we all ask this one question or at least have thought about it once. If you face off Jabbawockeez [winners of season one] and Super Crew [winners of season two] in a crew vs. crew battle, who would everyone think would be victorious and what crew would look like they didn't deserve the title of America's Best Dance Crew.
Well in the red corner, you have Jabbawockeez. This group has a variety of different dancers in their crew making them very diverse. Their style is mostly smooth, intricate, and collective with some influence of Krump and Breakin. Their executions of each routine were very close to perfect and they always seemed to notice that they had an audience. With performances like the "Evolution of Hip-Hop" and the Micheal Jackson theme challenge, they easily dominated and stole the show. With a crew already considered the sickest crew to ever hit season one audition, the theatrical mask just added a sense of competitiveness that also had a vibe of mystery as well. Jabbawockeez are definitely the crew to beat. They have set the bars to the highest standard making it very difficult for any proceeding crew to step up to the level of the first season.
In the blue corner, you have season two victors Super Crew. Super Crew is a group that is completely composed of B-Boys. They all have reputations as the best B-Boys in America and showed it in the very first live audition of season two. The athletic abilities and the energy of every performance left the panel and the audience wanting to see more of them. Unfortunately they have been in the bottom two a record total of three times. Despite the judgment of the viewers that voted, it seemed that Super Crew, no matter how many times they would be in the bottom two, could not lose that easily. There were many issues that were mentioned and then corrected such as that Super Crew lacked choreography. Later it was stated by Lil' Mama that Breakdancing is choreography and the difficulty level is outstanding. It's undeniable that Super Crew can do things that no other crew could have been physically capable of doing. Even with the amount of creativity and originality their season rivals FANNY PAK displayed, Fanny Pak in the end could not cut it. In the final bout with Soreal Crew, Super Crew also showed that they can be intricate and smooth while imitating Soreal crew in the Showdown episode. Their name says it all. They are a Super Crew. "You just shitted on every crew here tonight." Shane, panel judge.
In the end, it is ultimate the decision of the viewers and the people of America to decide who is the better crew. In reality to me, it is almost impossible to judge this battle because each crew is just that damn good. So I am leaving a voting column in my blog and on my page. I would love to see the reponces. If you have any trouble finding the column just hit me up on my blog comments.
Peace, Music, Dance, Love

Obama vs. McCain

This is the biggest battle that we have ever seen to hit the United States in full flesh.
Finally there is a black man who is nominated to become the next president of the untied states. There is also another candidate named Mccain who is appealing to a lot of the older generation and conservatives who are important. But America is looking for change, not the same conservative view points of those who couldn’t get it right the first time.
I will be voting for Barrack Obama this November and not because he is in fact black, but he represents the people. He has experienced what most of urban and working class Americans have experienced. He has lived a life similar to ours but proves that he can rise above the poverty, violence, drugs and nonsense that continue to plague Americans.
Obama gave an excellent speech during the Democratic National Convention. It took place on the anniversary of the Martin Luther King’s “I have a Dream” speech. Critics were expected Obama to go in, tell a little about himself, discuss his goals, and discuss how he plans to accomplish those goals, beat at Mccain, and end it with some acknowledgement of the Anniversary. All the big news networks analyzed his speech and about 95% of the critiques stated that Obama really nailed what he needed to do and made it very clear that he deserved the nomination for presidency. Congrats to Obama.
Obama is a realist. He understands that things can’t be done properly when done quickly. Especially when it comes down to gas and oil demand and the prices sky rocketing out of the roof. He explains that the process in which he has in mind will take approximately ten years and that it is the duty of America as a whole to help with this process. The money that America can save from not drilling can be distributed to businesses to create jobs for people, improve educational institutions and give teachers and professors higher salaries. Also it can help students be able to attend a college without being rejected because their family makes just enough for no aid yet struggle to get groceries when needed. With the balance of new jobs and employees we can then start focusing on developing alternative fuels for our everyday necessities. Hybrid cars are a big factor in that and solar powered energy in houses can also help to improve our lives. But like Obama stated, it will take time, determination to move forward and the help of America.
Obama wants to cut taxes. He stated there is no need to tax the people for the things that our government has done to the economy.
He also has the full support of Bill and Hillary Clinton and you can’t go wrong with that.
I can not vote for Mccain due to the simple fact that he is too much like Bush, only funnier. The man is running for president and uses cheap comedic punch lines to attack the credibility of Barack Obama. He deliberately compared that voting for Obama is like voting for Paris Hilton and Britney Spears to be our president. I believe this was a dumb move. That will not give him votes just because he compares Obama to women who are considered mess-ups in the entertainment industry. Obama is serious. Despite his popularity with many celebrities in the industry, he doesn’t use their names and cheap pop culture jokes to attack his opponent. He does it professionally.
Mccain wants to increase taxes to try to get America out of its deficit. That won’t work. Why have the people pay money for a situation they never got themselves into. Why have the people pay money for a war that half of them never wanted. He plans to continue the surge on the Middle East to insure victory. “I rather lose an election, than to lose a war.” Well, I rather not be a doushbag and just lose the war so that I wouldn’t lose the lives of my fellow citizens and brothers and sisters.
Mccain also made a shitty move by choosing Sarah Palin as his vice president. He thought he could win over the Hillary supporters by choosing a female vice president nominee. Well there is only one problem. Sarah Palin is no Hilary Clinton. Hillary Clinton is a democrat that has ideas that most women in America support. Sarah Palin is a republican governor who ran Alaska. Alaska is the only state that has no democratic influence present.
Biden, Obama’s vice president pick, has republican roots but democratic dreams. This was a strategic move on Obama’s part because he can now appeal to some of the republican voters. Biden has experience and has the support of democrats even though he is a republican.
Ultimately it is up to you, the voters, to vote and decide who you would rather see in office. I can’t tell you who to vote for but I can persuade you.


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