http://www.theawl.com/ Be Less Stupid Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:43:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/kelly-clarkson-is-jackin-for-beats#comment-15117 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/kelly-clarkson-is-jackin-for-beats#comment-15117#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:43:40 +0000 Maura Johnston http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/kelly-clarkson-is-jackin-for-beats#comment-15117 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/kelly-clarkson-is-jackin-for-beats#comment-15117/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/kelly-clarkson-is-jackin-for-beats#comment-15111 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/kelly-clarkson-is-jackin-for-beats#comment-15111#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:58:20 +0000 lempha http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/kelly-clarkson-is-jackin-for-beats#comment-15111 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/kelly-clarkson-is-jackin-for-beats#comment-15111/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/kelly-clarkson-is-jackin-for-beats#comment-15046 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/kelly-clarkson-is-jackin-for-beats#comment-15046#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:44:30 +0000 monkeyajb http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/kelly-clarkson-is-jackin-for-beats#comment-15046 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/kelly-clarkson-is-jackin-for-beats#comment-15046/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/kelly-clarkson-is-jackin-for-beats#comment-15043 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/kelly-clarkson-is-jackin-for-beats#comment-15043#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:35:15 +0000 Multiphasic http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/kelly-clarkson-is-jackin-for-beats#comment-15043 all fucking wrong. Wrong! WRONG!]]> all fucking wrong. Wrong! WRONG!]]> http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/kelly-clarkson-is-jackin-for-beats#comment-15043/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/kelly-clarkson-is-jackin-for-beats#comment-15041 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/kelly-clarkson-is-jackin-for-beats#comment-15041#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:33:28 +0000 withelectrolytes http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/kelly-clarkson-is-jackin-for-beats#comment-15041 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/kelly-clarkson-is-jackin-for-beats#comment-15041/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/kelly-clarkson-is-jackin-for-beats#comment-15027 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/kelly-clarkson-is-jackin-for-beats#comment-15027#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:05:25 +0000 bennimaddi http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/kelly-clarkson-is-jackin-for-beats#comment-15027 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/kelly-clarkson-is-jackin-for-beats#comment-15027/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/kelly-clarkson-is-jackin-for-beats#comment-15017 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/kelly-clarkson-is-jackin-for-beats#comment-15017#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:47:14 +0000 Spena http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/kelly-clarkson-is-jackin-for-beats#comment-15017 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/kelly-clarkson-is-jackin-for-beats#comment-15017/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/kelly-clarkson-is-jackin-for-beats#comment-15016 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/kelly-clarkson-is-jackin-for-beats#comment-15016#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:46:10 +0000 jfruh http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/kelly-clarkson-is-jackin-for-beats#comment-15016 Believer about musical rivalries in Jamaica bubbling over into real violence, and they talked about how the diss tracks the guys produce are often over the same musical beat tracks ("riddims" in the local terminology). Radio DJs just let them play out one after another so it essentially sounds like a half-hour long song with differend duelling vocalists.]]> Believer about musical rivalries in Jamaica bubbling over into real violence, and they talked about how the diss tracks the guys produce are often over the same musical beat tracks ("riddims" in the local terminology). Radio DJs just let them play out one after another so it essentially sounds like a half-hour long song with differend duelling vocalists.]]> http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/kelly-clarkson-is-jackin-for-beats#comment-15016/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/kelly-clarkson-is-jackin-for-beats#comment-15009 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/kelly-clarkson-is-jackin-for-beats#comment-15009#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:28:03 +0000 Maura Johnston http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/kelly-clarkson-is-jackin-for-beats#comment-15009 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/kelly-clarkson-is-jackin-for-beats#comment-15009/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/kelly-clarkson-is-jackin-for-beats#comment-15006 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/kelly-clarkson-is-jackin-for-beats#comment-15006#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:22:38 +0000 jolie http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/kelly-clarkson-is-jackin-for-beats#comment-15006 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/kelly-clarkson-is-jackin-for-beats#comment-15006/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/kelly-clarkson-is-jackin-for-beats#comment-15005 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/kelly-clarkson-is-jackin-for-beats#comment-15005#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:22:36 +0000 josh_speed http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/kelly-clarkson-is-jackin-for-beats#comment-15005 WRITE HER OWN GODDAMN SONGS?]]> WRITE HER OWN GODDAMN SONGS?]]> http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/kelly-clarkson-is-jackin-for-beats#comment-15005/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/kelly-clarkson-is-jackin-for-beats#comment-15002 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/kelly-clarkson-is-jackin-for-beats#comment-15002#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:08:33 +0000 KarenUhOh http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/kelly-clarkson-is-jackin-for-beats#comment-15002 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/kelly-clarkson-is-jackin-for-beats#comment-15002/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/kelly-clarkson-is-jackin-for-beats#comment-15001 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/kelly-clarkson-is-jackin-for-beats#comment-15001#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:06:09 +0000 Maura Johnston http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/kelly-clarkson-is-jackin-for-beats#comment-15001 Sasha Fierce videos) and b) Clarkson basically was forced to work with the hacktastic Tedder & other "professional" songwriters after her public squabble w/Sony higher-ups over My December? (Note also that Clarkson and Knowles are both on Sony-distributed labels. Someone should ask Kelly Rowland if she smells a rat!) Let's not even going to get into the whole Kelly seeming to have a sense of resignation/humor about herself and the industry she's been placed in (NB: I don't know if I'd call someone who was more than happy to take on Clive Davis publicly "milquetoast"??) vs. Beyonce being so into protecting her "image" that she had her people mass-eradicate videos of her taking a header onstage. In sum, Kelly > Beyonce. And Ryan Tedder needs to go away now.]]> Sasha Fierce videos) and b) Clarkson basically was forced to work with the hacktastic Tedder & other "professional" songwriters after her public squabble w/Sony higher-ups over My December? (Note also that Clarkson and Knowles are both on Sony-distributed labels. Someone should ask Kelly Rowland if she smells a rat!) Let's not even going to get into the whole Kelly seeming to have a sense of resignation/humor about herself and the industry she's been placed in (NB: I don't know if I'd call someone who was more than happy to take on Clive Davis publicly "milquetoast"??) vs. Beyonce being so into protecting her "image" that she had her people mass-eradicate videos of her taking a header onstage. In sum, Kelly > Beyonce. And Ryan Tedder needs to go away now.]]> http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/kelly-clarkson-is-jackin-for-beats#comment-15001/feed 0