The Yeas Have It

Sometimes, when listening to the new Yeasayer album, I'm thinking: "OK, we get it. This is a little too much."

Other times I'm like: "Shit yeah! Every song needs a chorus of kids and falsetto zombies on backing vocals on the outro! Is that a clarinet!?!? Turn the handclaps up, we are jamming! More solo please!"

Yeasayer - "2080"

Between this, "Strawberry Jam" and the Celebration album, I am going to have to grow my hair out and start trading tapes.

Line 'Em Up

It would seem that Justin and Leslie will no longer be making music together. This is a shame because when they used to make music together it would sometimes result in songs that sound like this.



State Prop was a total mess from the get go; that was always part of the appeal -- especially as Jay began to resemble a giant Mao statue.

The recent career suicides of Beans and Free are, however, on another level.

Maybe there's a whole lot of low rent Philly beat makers just giving the shit away. Or, maybe the beef as promotional tool move is in full effect. Or maybe Beanie Sigel just really doesn't vibe with Kanye West and Freeway is generally upset that Just Blaze avoids his iChats.

Dude does seem to care way too much about the Saigon project.

Anyway, while we're here: Peedi Crakk, ladies and gentlemen! "Torture" remains non-Dwayne mixtape of the year.

Run The Numbers

Peep some late night freakonomics.

The Oxfordshire lads might have that product that everyone is talking about at a price that everyone can agree upon, but El Producto himself beat them to market in March with the best Radiohead album of 2007.

So what if it retails for $13.99? You're eligible for FREE Super Shipper Savings, brah.

BALTIMORE, Md. --

Best use of the maxims put forth by the Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law I've seen all semester.

January cannot come soon enough.