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Wale > Britney Spears


December 20, 2007 | Tags: wale, Mark Ronson

In my incoherent rambling in yesterday’s blog, I mentioned Jamie Lynn Spears’ pregnancy and all that good stuff. I figured I might as well take the random shit and run with it considering how much (or more accurately, how little) sleep I’ve been getting lately. So, let’s take it back to the Spears family for just a second – except this time let’s focus on Britney.

Remember a few years ago Britney came out with that song “Toxic”? Don’t front like this video didn’t catch your eye at least once. And in case you don’t remember, here’s a refresher:

 

That’s nice and all, but let’s take it back to someone who (at least according to the feedback I got) you guys seem to enjoy more.

…Wale? Yeah, I warned you a while ago that Wale was crazy versatile. Well, here he is performing with Mark Ronson and Daniel Merriweather, spittin a verse and doing some hype work over Ronson’s cover of “Toxic”*. It’s a surprisingly good quality video, and I’m feelin the live band action going on.

I’d ask you who’s version you thought was the dopest, but come on, is there really any question? Although maybe I’m just a little biased…

And one more matter of semi-random business: since I’m talking about Wale, and Wale is reppin the DMV, let me just say big ups to the district for finally getting the go-ahead to get its own quarter! That’s right, the D.C. quarter will be hitting your wallets (or the ubiquitous “black hole” of sorts that lies underneath all of our sofa cushions…) in the near future! I wonder what will be on the quarter though? An order of chicken wings and fries with mumbo sauce? Marion Barry holding a crackpipe? Ben’s Chili Bowl? Oh who am I kidding, it’ll probably be some cherry blossoms interspersed between small images of the various monuments. All I ask is this – any coin designers out there? If you’re gonna put the Washington Monument on the joint…design it so it looks like it did when all the construction was going on and all that scaffolding was around it. Much, much cooler looking. I think they should have never finished that construction project.

No taxation without representation!

Have a great Thursday, DX.

 

 

 

*On Ronson's album Version, the track is actually without Wale and instead features ODB spittin some rhymes. Mark Ronson is taking risks...but if you ask me, it's working.
 


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