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A picture tells a thousand puns

Article: A picture tells a thousand puns

Posted August 31st, 2011, 2:08 PM by

As a lover of puns (an unfortunate quality of mine for my pun-hating friends), I love this entry at Lenscratch, which compiled this ode to puns, intentional and otherwise, snapped by various photographers with a sense of humor. I especially like the 50 Cent image (above), taken “on the mean streets of Portland by Neil DaCosta. The painting elevates it to the realm of “art,” but it does remind me a lot of the “sleeveface” phenomenon a while ago, where people photographed themselves holding record cover sleeves in a similar manner.

50 Cent's "In Da Club" translated into the Queen's English

Article: 50 Cent's "In Da Club" translated into the Queen's English

Posted November 29th, 2010, 6:11 PM by

English 50 Cent – In Da Club from english 50cent on Vimeo. 50 Cent’s classic birthday party club song “In Da Club” goes high brow and gets translated into the Queen’s English. Proper English or not, I can still get into this song 200 thousand listens later.

50 Cent featuring Susan Boyle, not Lil' Kim

Article: 50 Cent featuring Susan Boyle, not Lil' Kim

Posted December 14th, 2009, 4:12 PM by

Hip-hop stars rush at the chance to collaborate. You pick up a rap album and it seems almost always to be a duet disc with guest vocalists appearing on multiple tracks. Pop stars caught on to this craze too. Trying to gain street cred and a younger audience, performers as diverse as Madonna, Beyonce, and Maroon 5 have enlisted the guest hip-hop performer to appear on their discs. Hell, I even think Wyclef Jean and Kanye West have been on more records for others than on their own songs.