Goodbye 2008, Hola 2009

As we leave 2008 there is so much to think about what has happened over the past 12 months and what's to come in the next 12 months. 

So what has happened?

Politics:

Barack Obama was elected. Yay! The first black president. This is not an excuse to loose your mind though. 

Sarah Palin invaded American sets. The American people were able to see that 'yes there really is someone out there that is that stupid.' 

 

Elliot Spitzer got caught screwing a prostitute who is now trying to be taken seriously as a singer. (I wonder what she didn't do for the record deal.)

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick used government time and money to fornicate with his Chief of Staff. 

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich tried to sell Obama's Senate seat. (That's a true hustler, hey it's all about the benjamins) 

Oh yeah we're in a recession but John McCain said that we're doing just fine. 

Can Barack really save the world?

Entertainment:

Kanye West, wow where do we begin. He came out with an album last month 808s and Heartbreak that was phenomenal. His concert, The Glow in the Dark Tour, was fiya. It was the best concert I went to, hands down. 

He lost his mind after he beat up a photographer at LAX. But who can blame him when the paparazzi are snapping shots early in the morning. 

Lupe Fiasco, was the most slept on artist of 2008. He has been nominated for 4 Grammy awards (2009) for his sophomore sleeper The Cool. But he won album of the year for the Yo! MTV Raps award beating out T.I. 

T.I. released Paper Trail, a great follow up to the horrible album T.I. vs. TIP. All while doing community service and completing a sentence for house arrest. T.I. love the kids. 

Lil' Wayne who in my opinion is the worst rapper ever. I know he was probably was the only one besides Kanye who had any decent record sales, but there was no reason that he won everydamn  BET Hip-Hop award. And for some reason he was nominated for 8 Grammy Awards (2009). Why? You might say I'm hating but I remember Gillie da Kid, do you? And let's not forget about that drug problem. Why else would he pierce his lip? And how could Nike even consider putting him in commercial with Lebron and a 13 year old basketball prodigy, Jamie Nared. 

Diddy, had an eventful year. All of his shows, Making the Band 4, which went no where and of course the VH1 tom foolery, I Want to Work for Diddy. Really?!? Wasn't Making the Band 2 enough to not want to work for Diddy? Cheesecake anyone? Outside of that he showed us what tricking really is. Diddy paid for the most expensive piece of ass ever, $25,000 a month in child support to be exact. All he had to do was wear a condom or maybe he's trying to out do ODB.

Things to be hopeful about in 2009:

• Jim Jones and Cam'ron kiss and make up.
  
• We get some real music.
  
• Auto-tune goes out of style.
  
• T-pain stops looking like a leprechaun.
  
• Beyonce no longer refers to herself as Sasha Fierce.
  
• We attempt to take Plies, Shawty Lo and Young Joc seriously as rappers. (Just joking)
  
• Beanie Sigel comes out with a album and maybe Peedy Crack won't be angry anymore.
• Inauguration parties = ignorant parties
• A lot of CEOs and Exec stuffing their pockets with bailout money.
• Possibly a riot because of the recession

With that being said get a bottle and let it go one last time for 2008 and get ready for what's to come in the '09.

*Nia-Raquelle*