Drake is awesome. He’s on fiyah. He was born Aubrey Drake Graham. And he used to play a character on Degrassi. Lame.
Drake doesn’t seem to do anything brand new. He doesn’t explore any crazy artistic outlet on his person like someone we know whose name rhymes with Hanye. Drake just does “some” stuff good. Granted he has to rely on several guest spots with Lil Wayne to liven up his songs. I guess if he had his own beats to sing to instead of relying on tried and tested beats, Drake would shine.

Hit tracks for me are “Brand New”, where he tries to compare himself to his girlfriend’s exes. Don’t ever go down that road foo’. I guess he needed some song material right, and “Uptown”.

I’m putting him on the same shelf as Kid Cudi, Wale and The Dream in regards to up and coming talent that’s on my sonar. Well, Wale was always on my radar. Papoose just dropped the ball on so much. So he had to be dropped off my sonar.

So Far Gone (Mixtape) – Drake

Because I finally went online, I am going to add my multiplayer review of Street Fighter 4 within the coming days. Stay tuned. But before all that, heres some tunes. YAY!

The Dream and Kanye accomplishing what NASA is recently trying to do again minus overboard budget.

The Dream feat. Kanye West – Walking On The Moon

Now here’s something I thought I would never hear – a Radiohead and M.I.A. song mashup by Paris’ own ComaR Guess what the song is? Yep, Paper Airplanes. Wait! Wait, I know that everyone has made a remix of this song including their grandma and their cousin-5th-removed Matt, but come on, it’s Radiohead….and…M.I.A., I’m just adding 1 and 1 here. And oh, you can’t dance to this. Even more YAY!

Radiohead vs. M.I.A. – Surprise Paper Planes (ComaR Mash)

Who did not see THAT coming? 80gb.
Priced at £299.99. No word on NA pricing, maybe hovering around 430ish US dollars.

Production values high as usual. Keep churning this out. Win-Lose for everyone huh?

The video is pretty cool. My school also has a current exhibit of the same type of video animation that is featured on the video.

I’ll go check in the morn for more info.

Charles Hamilton. One word. Tight. No joke. Tight.

Favorite track is Neverland. Neverneverneverland.

1. Cinematic Hallucinations (intro)

2. Scorpion

3. Neverland

4. Romanticvents

5. Re-Anna

6. Match.Com (skit)

7. You Too?

8. Tengo Una Pregunta

9. Pyscho Bitch

10. The Penthouse Elevator

11. In Case It Doesn’t Work Out

12. In Case I Actually Get Her

Download from Here and Here.

I just got in my mail a copy of Street Fighter 4 for the PS3. I was initially feeling lukewarm about this purchase because I was never a huge fan of fighting games. I would always get creamed playing them and all I could manage to do was button mash, which doesn’t take skill. However, that was the extent of the skill that I had in regards to fighting games. The last incarnation of Street Fighter that I played was Street Fighter Alpha 3 (SFA3).  That game was overly complex for me. Lets just say I thought that it didn’t really cater to the newbie fighting crowd.

Street Fighter 4 is a departure from all that convoluted nonsense that I encountered from SFA3.  The introductory sequence borrows heavily from Japanese-themed shows/games. If you’re not a fan of Japanese anime and the themes that come with it, you WILL find the intro sequence a gimmick, a pain in the ass to hear, silly, funny, and stupid. I on the other hand, just chuckled at it. It’s very campy and goes along with the nature of the horrible anime cutscenes that are found before and after a character’s story in arcade mode. The main menu really flows and is very user-friendly. I have yet to explore the other features that the game has as I instantly dove into the arcade and the versus modes of the game -  the meat and potatoes of any fighting game. Period.

He wants your balls guts.

You are initially treated to a selection of 16 characters with 9 more to unlock bringing the total to 25. While to some, choosing from 25 characters may seem limiting in terms of variety, but each character is totally different in terms of game play (aside from the Ryu clones). You can go to other fighting games and learn a character and you’ve essentially mastered the game. The same cannot be said for SF4. You may be the master of a certain character (Ryu) and know all his moves, but that knowledge won’t help you when you choose Sagat or Dhalsim or any of the other 24 characters.

Characters and their moves are easy to learn and hard to master. However, the system isn’t deep or convoluted (enough) that it may turn off newbie players Ala SFA3. There are focus attacks, ultra and super specials, your standard grabs, and your plethora of SF attacks. Focus attacks are done through pressing both medium punch and kick at the same time. This allows for a chargeable attack (3 varying levels) that can absorb damage (just the first hit) and attack at the same time. Again, easy to learn, hard to master.

Magic Sponge

Art-wise, the game is a beauty to watch. 3d backgrounds and characters still hide the fact that its actually a 2d fighting game. The art style is simply hysterical and phenomenal to look at. Eyes pop out when you land a hit. Mouths open in awe/pain, etc. There are   of instances when you can take notice of the opposing player’s character’s look when you charge up an ultra special. Very comical indeed.

There is also an optional install feature for the PS3. A godsend because I really hate the moment when I first get a game and I pop it in the PS3 and I’m welcomed by a 15-20 minute install screen. After the initial couple of bouts and my giddiness went down, I was patient enough to install the game and that really killed the loading times in between matches.

I have yet to dive into the online mode primarily for one reason – Pride. I do not want to ruin the game when the moment I first go online I get beaten to a pulp by a technically proficient opponent that has been playing SF before I was born.

This is a must-play and a must-buy. Now I have to rest my thumbs because they are sore from playing too much SF4.