Posts tagged Lil Wayne
Weezy Got a Few More Days to Fix his Teeth!
Feb 9th
Lil Wayne mouthed off to the judge in his weapons possession case — and it actually won him his freedom … at least temporarily.Lil was scheduled to be formally sentenced today … to begin serving 1 year in jail, but it didn’t happen because Weezy has a date with the dentist to fix all the crap in his mouth.
Turns out Weezy’s grill is going under the knife on February 12 so the judge won’t throw him in the slammer until the surgery is complete.
But this will be the last oral argument in the case … the judge said no excuses on March 2, when Weezy shows up with his freshly fixed mouth.
-TMZ
Did the Grammys Over Censor?
Feb 2nd
Photo: Robyn Beck/ Getty Images
Did you see the Grammy performance featuring Lil Wayne, Eminem, Drake and Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker on Sunday night? If so, then you know that CBS edited a lot of it. It almost felt like there was more silence than audio. But here’s the funny thing: There was almost no swearing whatsoever during that performance. The songs they were singing . . . “Drop the World” and “Forever” . . . are filled with profanity. But on the Grammy stage, the guys were skipping all the bad words themselves. Here’s a 35-second clip of the performance with the edits.
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Here’s the 40-second clip of the Lil Wayne, Eminem, and Drake performance without the edits. It’s pretty clear that CBS didn’t need to edit anything out. Read along with the transcript below and see why they over censored.
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0:41 — “Trying to get in where I fit i, no room for a nigga / but soon for a nigga / it be on, muthafucka / cause all the bullshit / it made me strong, muthafucka.”
0:50 — “And I’ma pick the world up and I’ma drop it on your fucking head.”
1:04 — “I could die now, rebirth muthafucker/ Hop up in my spaceship and leave earth, muthafucker / I’m gone.”
1:44 — “And I came up from behind and pretty much snuck up and butt-fucked this game up.”
1:53 – “Day that I leave it but I swear one way or another I’ma make these fucking haters believe it.”
2:42 – “So I don’t plan on stopping at all / I want this shit forever, man.” (These chorus bleeps were particularly amusing.)
2:55 — “And I ain’t even planning to call / I want this shit forever, man.”
4:55 — “So I don’t plan on stopping at all / I want this shit forever, man.”
5:30 — “You can’t put it out once we light it / this shit is exactly what the fuck I’m talking about when we riot.”
5:40 — “Out of our mouths now rewind that / payback, muthafucka for the way you doubted me.”
5:54 — “I want this shit forever, man.“
A spokesman for CBS, however, said the rappers were free to perform within a certain parameter that each entertainer had to abide by. CBS’ Chris Ender praised the MCs’ showmanship but said the explicit material made it difficult to broadcast without some degree of censoring.
“It was a rousing musical performance, but words were edited from the live telecast that didn’t meet our broadcast standards,” Ender explained, according to The Associated Press. “We have great respect for artists’ creative freedom, but there are certain things you can’t say, or sing, on television.”
-MTV
Read more: All the Swear Words You Missed During Eminem, Lil Wayne, and Drake’s Censored Grammy Performance — Vulture http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/02/eminem_lil_wayne_and_drake_get.html#ixzz0eRavUntw
We Are the World (Again…)
Feb 2nd
Lady GaGa, Wyclef Jean and Lil Wayne have joined the galaxy of stars coming together to record a remake of the classic 1985 benefit song “We Are The World”! Other artists working on the track include Bono, Kanye West, P!nk, Usher, Justin Bieber, Akon, Jennifer Hudson, Snoop, LL Cool J, Keri Hilson, Jamie Foxx,Toni Braxton, Kid Cudi, GaGa’s producer RedOne and will.i.am among a ton of others. Lionel Richie, who co-wrote the charity single with Michael Jackson, is working with Quincy Jones, the song’s original producer, to organize the 25th anniversary remake to benefit Haiti relief. In a statement, Jones said, “Twenty five years ago, the entertainment industry showed the power of community to help our fellow man when we recorded ‘We Are The World’ to bring relief to those suffering from famine in Ethiopia. And while the need to assistant Africa continues, today the country of Haiti is suffering immeasurably from the destruction due to the recent earthquake and is in immediate need of relief that will last long after the television cameras have left. As artists, we have joined together on this 25th anniversary and in the spirit of ‘We Are The World’ to help meet that need.” GRAMMY-winner RedOne was also excited about getting started on the project… “It’s like, the biggest honor in life to get a call from our father in music Quincy Jones, and Lionel Richie, and Randy Phillips to actually as me to help produce the new version of ‘We Are the World’ and I remember when I was a kid listening to that song over and over again. Michael Jackson, all these people and suddenly like 25 years later I’m the one that’s gonna be helping to produce that. It’s the biggest honor and this is the greatest like, occasion I mean to do something for people for Haiti.” The original “We Are the World” was recorded in 1985 and brought together artists like Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, Tina Turner and Cyndi Lauper to aid famine victims in Africa.
Here is the original:
