“I’ve actually been making a lot of Yankee analogies in my interviews lately because I get asked, ‘Do you feel pressure? How do you feel when someone says this? Or do you feel like you have to top yourself?’ ” the Yonkers native told MTV News. “I say I do feel like I have to top myself. But I feel like I’m Rivera. I’m a closer.” On the one hand, this statement dovetails nicely with Popjustice’s claim that GaGa is the greatest pop star of this decade, although I’m not sure I’m going to totally co-sign that assertion yet. On the other, man do I hate Yankee fans’ sense of “we got this” entitlement, for real. [MTV] MORE »
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Lady GaGa Jumps On The Yankees Bandwagon
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Jay-Z Solidifies His Position As This Generation’s Billy Joel
After delaying his pre-World Series performance of “Empire State Of Mind” for reasons that were either weather-related or scheduling-conflict-borne, Jay-Z took the song to the field at Yankee Stadium before last night’s Game 2. (He continued his run as a good-luck charm for the home team; the Yankees topped the Phillies, 3-1.) Our F2K correspondent Christopher R. Weingarten was not all too pleased about this, saying on his Twitter, “If New York is so great, it really shouldn’t fall for something as cloying as ‘Empire State Of Mind’.” Which garnered a sorta-obvious, yet still noteworthy, parallel from diehard Phillies partisan JT Ramsay: “I hope Billy Joel gets a songwriting credit!” Sure, the titular similarities between the two Big Apple odes were obvious from the day that the track listing leaked, but this recent spate of Yankees-flogging does take things to another level. Why, just look at the below performance of the Piano Man performing his Big Apple shout-out at the old Yankee Stadium in 1990. MORE »
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Jay-Z Can’t Stand The Rain
Thanks to the threat of pre-game precipitation in the New York area, Jay-Z and Alicia Keys’ pre-World Series performance of “Empire State Of Mind” has been moved from tonight’s before-Game 1 festivities to tomorrow’s Game 2 intro. What, Jay, you can’t handle a little precipitation? Do you realize that your sensitivity to the elements is forcing America to sit through more Joe Buck than usual? And making your Yankees look a little, ahem, weak? (Let’s not even mention your revelations about jamming Fergie at the gym.) What would Jeter do, man??? [Rap Radar] MORE »
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Jay-Z And The Yankees Continue Their Hot And Heavy Bromance
Thanks, Major League Baseball musical-talent bookers, for balancing your first aesthetically semi-decent decision in years with some liberal fanning of those “Why do Fox and MLB and Bud Selig and the world hate Philly??” conspiracy flames that continue to persist among fans of your league’s current World Champs: MORE »
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Jay-Z: The Reason That A-Rod Has Turned Into Mr. October?
In his first couple of seasons with the New York Yankees, existentially troubled superstar Alex Rodriguez caught a lot of flack from fans of the game and the team—you had The Slap in the 2004 ALCS, Sunbathingate, and the allegations of steroid use that broke as this season was getting under way, among other reasons. And he was pretty dismal in the postseason—until the just-completed American League Division Series against the Minnesota Twins, in which his 5-for-11 performance with two home runs and six RBI helped propel the Yankees to a sweep and a berth in the ALCS against the Los Angeles Angels Of Anaheim. One Yankee fan thinks that A-Rod’s turning it on isn’t because of his new girlfriend Kate Hudson, or him finally stepping up to the New York spotlight—instead, he credits none other than Jay-Z. MORE »
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A Small Repository Of Duran Duran-Referencing Headlines In Honor Of Rio’s Winning Olympic Bid
Now that Rio de Janeiro has officially been named the site for the 2016 Olympic Games, we can all blare Duran Duran’s 1982 album Rio and revel in its glossiness. To that end, here’s a smattering of Rio-referencing headlines that overworked, synthpop-loving copyeditors can use in the many stories they’re going to have to edit for the rest of the day. MORE »
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The Black Eyed Peas: Inescapable No Matter Where You Turn
From a Newsday item on tennis players’ preferred U.S. Open music: “Michael Fiur, who manages all aspects of entertainment for the USTA, says this year’s most frequently requested song is ‘I Gotta Feeling,’ by the Black Eyed Peas.” Well, at least the Open has yet to be confronted with Holographic Will.I.Am entering the draw… right? [Newsday] MORE »
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T-Pain Continues His Campaign To Singlehandedly Save Florida
The Miami Dolphins are trying to take the momentum from last year’s worst-to-first finish in the AFC East to a new level. Which is why the team’s higher-ups have enlisted T-Pain, who is one of the few positive stories coming out of the Sunshine State at this point, to Autotune the crap out of the team’s official fight song, the peppy “Miami Dolphins No. 1.” Sure, it may not cause all those players who quit training camp to return, but at least everyone can have a photo op with the cheerleaders! The song after the jump. MORE »
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Jermaine Jackson Snatches A Hit
OK, so it was the baseball kind. And the former Jackson 5 member was basically just catching a foul ball that made its way to the section of Dodger Stadium where he’d been sitting. But still! MORE »
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Ron Artest To Bring Michael Jackson Back To The Staples Center
Fiery forward (and musician in his own right) Ron Artest signed a contract with the Los Angeles Lakers last night, and while the deal’s important numbers to most people were probably 18,000,000 (the amount of dollars he’ll receive) and three (the number of seasons he signed for), I’m more intrigued by the digits he’ll wear on his jersey: 37. Why? MORE »
