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Lana's father owns a Ford Thunderbird

50 Cent appreciation thread, do it up

Share anything 50 related and show your appreciation for this cutie :3 Never fails to make me smile: 50 being a hustler in any and every circumstance, article here

That'd be great, thanks! I was just thinking of any version uploaded to Youtube prior to the "official" video. I did just take a look at her Vimeo account to find that the earliest known version was uploaded May 2, 2011, however it doesn't get any views until August. Even then, it's a couple here and there. It doesn't seem like she ever really used her Vimeo. Hmmm...

I was wondering what date the Video Games video was uploaded, so I headed on over to Wikipedia to read the article. It gives the curious date of June 29, 2011... but there's no source. Does anyone have proof of this date or any other as the date of the original upload? Thanks for reading!

They amuse me to no end. Don't mind me!

Nope! (Found the appropriate head )!

Me too. (Also, I can't find the appropriate hip hop head to use in this situation so I'm really sad)

LOL, I specifically referred to @@DUKE in my previous post as someone who's posts I enjoyed reading.

A really great sentiment. There have been some really articulate, interesting posts (made in defense of)/(attempting to understand) Lana (@, @@DUKE, among others) and I've enjoyed reading them all. My problem is with the people for whom this line doesn't seem to exist. they can't seem to tolerate any curiosity whatsoever because that's ~prying~, let alone any articulate, reasonable criticism. It's as though they cover their ears, close their eyes and say "I'M NOT LISTENING, I'M NOT LISTENING" and then attempt to thwart the thread with their self-righteousness (i can't believe what I'm reading, so called "fans", etc) and their insistance on viewing her through rose-coloured glasses and excusing any valid criticism. It's laughable that the biggest perpetrator of this "liked" this very post

I think that while we try to "rationalize" the behaviour in this interview with "personality disorders", an inability to take criticism/adjust to fame properly, she's human and just had an "off" day, etc, none of those rationalizations excuse her shitty attitude. They may explain, but they don't excuse it.

I don't think Lana ever actually graduated. I mean, the fact that she consistently flubs and gives nonanswers when talking about philosophy/metaphysics (remember that interview when she was explicitly asked about metaphysics and couldn't give a legitimate answer?), the "mathematically proving reality of God" answer was horribly ignorant, and she CONSISTENTLY says that she went to school to study metaphysics... red flags galore. She claimed she graduated via correspondence which I highly doubt (i have a hard time believing she got all her professors to give her preferential treatment given the notoriously strict protocol of academic institutions)... I do however think that her interest in philosophy is genuine. It's hard to excuse all this because she's incredibly articulate otherwise... The entire thing annoys me because I have the utmost respect for academia and lying about academic credentials is in my eyes, a really shitty thing to do. I think I'm the only one that's bothered by it on the forum

OMG ANOTHER PAN AM FAN HOLD ME

If you like Bound 2, that's a really good indication you'll like his earlier work. Bound 2 is classic Kanye.

I know. She listens to only singles by music legends (The Doors! Elvis! Bob Dylan! Frank Sinatra! Biggie!), strictly reads canonized literature (Lolita! Leaves of Grass! Howl!), and only appreciates classic films (The Godfather! The Godfather Part II! American Beauty!). Her taste isn't nuanced or inspired (see: "Oh, I just like the masters of every genre"). It's laughable when she claims that she has a ~true appreciation for the arts, she lives and breathes it, and simply can't be bothered to be affiliate with those she believes doesn't~ when it seems her current* taste is dependent on whether or not the artist/work in question has reached a revered status. Her inspirations read like a compilation of ~the best of the best~ from the who-sayers and taste-makers of "classic" work, these influential, "renowned" American media institutions. It's almost as though she trailed her finger up and down Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, American Film Institute's Greatest Films and Greatest Contemporary Works of the 20th Century** when choosing her influences... No one can truly call into question something as deeply personal and visceral as one's passion for any given thing. It is impossible for me to make the case that Lana's excessively trite influences somehow diminish her ability to "...care about music deeply..." or to "...really [live] it and [breathe] it." Still, if I can't definitively say that Lana's passion for music is diminished because of her cookie-cutter influences, then who is she to say that others "...don't actually care about music and art" and that "they want to be cool"? Who said that she's the absolute authority in appreciating music and poetry and art? Even more compelling: Why is the person who ruthlessly had their authenticity called into question early in their career (to the point they went on to call it "lies" and "slander" in this very interview, mind you) suddenly calling into question the authenticity of fellow artists? What fucking hypocritical bullshit. She sounds like a real prick. She'll need all the good luck she can get finding that "high-class group of musicians" to be a part of because with that elitist attitude I suspect she'll have a really difficult time. *Sigh. I miss the kitschy, unabashedly low-brow Lizzy Grant that said she wanted to kiss Antony of Antony and the Johnsons. YEAH I'M GOING THE TYPICAL "I MISS LIZZY" ROUTE, DEAL WITH IT **Let's pretend Whitman is a contemporary poet so that my snarky point still sticks

Highly Sensitive Person (courtesy of the lovely @@PrettyBaby)

HOLY SHIT. YOU'RE THE URBAN NOIZE? LIKE FOR REAL? (I am suddenly incredibly embarrassed that my username is "BentheTightGuineaPig". Why didn't anyone talk me out of this?) Say Hello + Serial Killer mash up is incredible. INCREDIBLE.

Agreed, I feel the same way! Thank you so much for taking the time to post this! I think you forgot the police car that Lana stole

I love Kanye because he never disappoints. This album is shaping up to be something incredible. I also love everything about this album era. Touching on Sitar's post about finding him obnoxious... I think he is obnoxious (although nearly not as much as it's made out to be, there's a certain amount of swagger and bravado and posturing that's to be expected in the hip hop community), but I think it is excusable given his talent and ingenuity -- he really is that good. I encourage anyone on the fence about him to take the plunge into his Beautiful, Dark, Twisted discography (okay, I couldn't help it) and if you need any recommendations, just post here and ask one of us! But back to the album era thus far: I love the brevity and minimalism of the entire affair, from the lack of album art to the decision to forgo major promotion (sans SNL) or release any singles... and of course, announcing the album a mere month prior to the release. I don't need an artist to announce an album date 5 months prior to the release and then string us along with teasy interviews or tweets of possible plans that may not even materialize. There's something that is so utterly sincere when Kanye says that he's not interested in radio anymore (or at least, not at this point in his career) -- and it's far more believable than say... someone like Gaga (her pretentiousness is a close match to that of Kanye's), who was obviously still keen for smashes on the charts.

I think it's really sexy, and I'm thinking about all the women I see everyday with beautiful hips, not any celebrities or anything like that. yum

...you realize that big hips are ridiculously sexy, right?! To quote Lana, "Everybody knows it, it's a fact" :