Twitter Avatars Can Rap

Joell Ortiz – Food For Thought

Meet The Ferrari 458 Italia

The engine features direct fuel injection and the best hp/cylinder output of any Ferrari; it makes a total of 562 horsepower and 398 pound-feet of torque, yet offers improved fuel consumption and lower emissions than the F430’s 483-horsepower V-8.

It’ll hit 60 in under 3.4 seconds, and sport a curb weight of around 3,200 pounds. Top speed will exceed 200 miles an hour.

Via NYTimes.

Theophilus London – Grey X Sage

Pretty abstract, laid-back electro synth with mashed-up vocals (including a Francophone female vocal sample). After a slow start, the track gets much better after 1:30 or 2:00 in.

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Jay-Z – Run This Town ft. Kanye West & Rihanna

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Solid.

KAMMERONYN

Get your own.

Buddy vs. DJ The Wave – Ab in den Suden

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Summery rock-pop–it fits the season and I like the guitar line.

Thanks go out to Nadine for sending this to me from Deutschland!

88 Keys – The Friend Zone

When the two were working on The Death of Adam together, Kanye said of the project that it was the best hip-hop album he’d heard since Late Registration. [...] This video follows the story of Adam and his losing battle against “the power of the punani”, to borrow a phrase from 88 himself. “The Friend Zone”, featuring rock band Shitake Monkey, is an anthem for the dudes stuck in a pretty wack position.

Via Wine and Bowties.

Wale - Chillin’ (The Knocks Remix) ft. Lady Gaga

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Synth-pop beat + Wale + Gaga = guaranteed hit.

Wale – The Remake Of A Remake (All I Need) ft. Tawiah with Lyrics

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I couldn’t find any lyrics online for this track so I wrote ‘em up:

Wale – “The Remake Of A Remake (All I Need) ft. Tawiah” Lyrics:

(Phonecall)

What up
Goddamn it

(Wale)

You Know
I like you, like a little bit
A little tiny bit

(Tawiah)

Just a little bit

(Wale)

Like ‘that much’

Listen
Shorty I’m here for you anytime you need me
For real girl it’s me in your world, believe me
Nuttin’ make a man feel better than a woman
Queen wit’ a crown I be down or whatever

In this life, nothing is forever, my lady
We can make war, make babies
Back when I was nothin’, you made a brother feel like he was somethin’
So now I show you off to the block, no frontin’

Even when the skies is grey and my money was low
But not a dough like Kaziro
Not relying on the light no more
‘Cause every night the light kiss she blow the only shot I know

Can make the eyes of the blind perform
I got my wife’s–fuck a ring the ice ain’t really nothing to her
and I ain’t frontin’ for her, she know just what it is
And I got mad love to give

(Chorus)

Like sweet morning dew
I took one look at you
And it was plain to see
You were my destiny

With my arms open wide
I threw away my pride
I’ll sacrifice for you
Dedicate my life for you

I will go where you lead
Always there in time of need
And when I lose my will
You’ll be there to push me up the hill

There’s no–no looking back for us
We got love, sure enough that’s enough
You’re all, you’re all I need
To get by

All, I need, to get by, ohh

(Wale)

Yeah
I got a love, jones for your body and your skin tone
Five minutes alone, I’m already on the ‘you know’
Whenever I’m through you already on the phone
That’s why all your lil’ homies plottin’ to get me home

But no, head over heels, you better get me
Forever all about you, like Wrigley’s
It be true, me for you, that’s how it is
I be–you know what?–you be my whiz

I’m your Mister, you my Misses, with hugs and kisses
Valentine cards and birthday wishes–Please!
We avoid Pagan, the pace is far more amazin’ than the maze
Raced by the Blacklists

Won’t stray where the hate is
They just ate, but yet they know squat like a leglift
This is love, nothing else is close
Now I’m signin’ off, so let my girl go

Kanye West and Twista – Allright

I dig the beat, and the lyrics mesh with the beat/percussion really well. Cool track.

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Twitter Disguised As Excel

I’ve seen games in Excel before, but this is something else:

Spreadtweet is a Twitter client that makes a person’s incoming Twitter stream look like a typical Excel spreadsheet, giving the impression that an employee is working when they really are not.

Via The Type-A Way (Thanks, Marina!)

Birdy Nam Nam – The Parachute

French electro-DJs got an AMAZING video put together that really makes the track much bigger than it would’ve been sans-video. Love the 60′s-style animation.

Via Wine and Bowties.

Black Moth Super Rainbow – Born On A Day The Sun Didn’t Rise

“Characterized by the use of vocoder and other electronic instruments, their sound is one of the most original out there. “Born on a Day” is the single from Eating Us, the band’s latest LP, which was released in a limited-edition “hairy” version complete with synthetic hair on the inner sleeve.”

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Via Wine and Bowties.

Chase Bank FAIL

Chace Bank’s Redmond, WA branch is trying to stiff me for $385 due to the manager’s error. His behavior is pitiful. It looks like I’m not the only one who is fed up and closing my account:

Office 2010: The Movie

Thanks, Andrew.