This is a Public Service Announcement. First off, congratulations to the US National Team for advancing past the group stages of this 2010 World Cup, a task that they did not complete four years ago. We had a shaky, and truthfully very lucky, draw against England, but still a good outcome for us. The second game against Slovenia, we were down two nil and made a great comeback to tie at 2-2. Then we even were set to go ahead after a beautiful free kick delivered by Donovan and volleyed home by Maurice Edu, however a horrible referee from Mali (who was not allowed to ref another game) called it offsides, or a foul, or something, nobody really knows, and in the end it finished a draw. The US then faced Algeria, a huge match against a side that had just drawn England 0-0, the game being contingent for us making it past the group stage and avoiding the national embarrassment of losing out in the group stage two World Cups in a row. We came out all guns blazing - we hit posts, we missed by inches, and incredible saves were made, and still, when the ninetieth minute was reached the score was still 0-0. All hope seemed lost for the US, while fans at home sat in disbelief of the possibility of drawing after dominating the game completely. Then in the ninetieth minute, with incredible speed on the counter attack, Donovan flies down the field, passes a through ball to Altidore, who sends in a cross to Dempsey who shoots and is denied by the goalkeeper. The rebound falls right back to the man who started it all, Landon Donovan, and he strokes it home for the win in the 90th minute! From a situation of desperation and hopelessness, to a scene of triumph and hope, there is no doubt the entire nation was jumping up an down in front of their televisions like I was - This picture of former President Bill Clinton sharing a Bud Heavy with our captain - Carlos Bocanegra - assures my restored faith in our US National Team. We now live to fight another day and hopefully to seek some revenge against Ghana, who outed us in 2006. Next game is Saturday at 2.
Now, to the music! The only way that first picture could have been more dominant was if there was Jay-Z in it, just so you have complete bosses in all areas - sports, music and politics. Oh wait, I happen to have some Jay-Z right here, for your listening pleasure.
This is one of my all time favorite tracks by Hova, and here are some great remixes as well.
This one's off of The Grey Album, Danger Mouse's remix cd of Jay's The Black Album.
9th Wonder is a producer out of Raleigh, North Carolina who got his start along with Big Pooh & Phonte in the North Carolina rap group Little Brother. He is quickly on his way to being one of the biggest producers in hip hop. Heres his take on the track
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