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koolcece22 · 6 months ago

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Enter Venomgirl

Ch. 36

Shade’s Pov

I try to rehearse what I'm going to talk about. I have to sound like I have a master degree in genetics. Which is going to be hard for me since I haven’t been in school for like 10 years. So my education is basically just bare minimum high school.

“Not going to wish us luck love.” I turn to see the Hobie and the others look like they're ready to head up. They got what they needed to find and destroy colliders that scattered. They are going to head out first before us. Miles, 42, and Peter are going to Collider 3. Judging from emotions that both him and 42 were giving off it seems like they have beef with this Doc Ock lady since she might be there.

Ben, Pav, and Timothy going to Collider 4.

Jess, Hobie, and Gwen are going to Collider 5.

So it is like a three way team for each Collider so we can’t vucked up on this. But then again…I try to not think negatively, it's just kind of hard when your world hates you 99% of the time. So being hopeful is hard for me.

“ We don’t believe in luck coolio spider, luck has never been on our side.” Kuro responds to me. The kids smirked at me like they knew all about it. Then again I don't think a lot of heroes believe in luck either.

“Well, wishful thinking is never going to stop us.”

“Yeah! We're going to make sure those assholes stop messing up your earth.” Miles exclaimed, pumping his fist. 42 just rolled his eyes with a smirk so did Gwen and Pav. laugh about this, I can tell they try to cheer me up and themselves abit. They're nervous about the mission, I can sense it but they're trying not to show it. Sometimes I forget there are just kids, part of me is sad that they have to do this but…I believe in them.

I couldn’t help but hug them all, I know I only knew them for only a few weeks. I don’t want anything to happen to them. I started to see them as friends. Something I haven’t had in years. The fact that they want to help me still surprised me.

“You guys promise you come back in one piece ok?”

They all nodded and Hobie brought me in with an arm around my shoulder. “awww , it looks like we are growing on you aren’t we.”

“ Baka! We just don’t want to see you all dead! Coolio spider, ghost spider, spicy spider, blood pits, and samochi…” Kuro said as she pointed at each one of them with a growl. She points to Peter and Jess “ you two spiders have kids? You better come back to them in one piece, or I will never forgive you!” a little rude but we can tell she cares, I can care. I push Kuro back into my body with sigh

“J-Just come back ok? Hey! after all this I treat you all to some bread.”

“Cool, we have a victory feast after all this.” Pav calm, I saw Jess, Ben and Peter walk up to us.

“We're going to head out to give you a head start, you and Miguel should be able to do this interview and be able to hack the main one once it destroys you earth should be fine now.” Jess stated I nodded. We can finally end this. We got to end this.

“You guys also be safe and thank you. All of you.”

Jess, Ben, and Peter nodded with smiles as I saw them all head out. Miguel then walks up seeing if i’m ready since we have another hour so we can head over to Alchemax HQ. I never really been nervous on these life or death missions. I have done so many times that I'm not fazed by it, but the fact that there are people that are actually helping me, fighting for me. It's a different feeling. I-I don’t know what I do if anything happens to them. I know they must do it a bunch of times.

I just can't help but worry.

“You shouldn’t worry about them.”

My thought was interrupted when Miguel spoke, he must nosticed my worryness. I’m not the only one. He was giving off worry also, for a guy who is mostly stoic he really gives off a lot of emotion.

“I have faith in them. They look young but Miles and them can handle themselves. They prove it to me over and over again. Even though they can be brats sometimes.” he said with a smirk.

“ Didn’t think the big spider was joking.” Kuro pops out onto my head luckily there are less people on the street so we wouldn’t be noticed but still we need to watch it. Not everyday there is a talk shit grinning bunny on my head.

“Trying to make light of things, not good at it.”

I Smile “ well at least you tried to make it light since we're going back to the den of lions. Again. Just you and me this time.”

“And me.” me and Miguel’s voice widened from Blackheart's voice. We didn’t see him and I can’t ‘hear’ him. Miguel was going to say something till I saw him shiver then I began to feel a chill under me. I look down to see the shadow look darker till a pair of red eyes stare from it.

“What you coming with us”

“ Yes, because you two are going to distract them, while I hack the collider and destroy it. Since you guys are too dumb to hack into.”

Man talks about a guy who thinks he all that. I can hear Miguel growled by the comment. I don’t blame him.

“Well, since you are so great, why did you destroy the collider?”

We heard him huffed “ did know they had the foresight to create four more of them and getting outside help from yours and that brat of your”

“Don’t call Miles a brat.”

Why not? You thought of him like that before.”

“Ok both of you can stop that! We have a mission, remember?” I want to stop this argument. Whatever Blackheart has against Miguel he needs to drop it for now. Feeling his disdain for Miguel doesn’t help me focus on the mission. I heard him sigh.

“ Fine, you two just don’t vuck things up. The six are there, getting ready for Tempest’s cognition. So Arachidqueen should be doing her annoying tour and interview.”

“Ok I get Lyla to make something so we can commute.” Miguel said but before I could say anything I had a massive headache. Grab my head. I wasn't the only one, as I looked at Miguel who was grabbing his head as well.

‘What the void was that?!’

‘What the shock?’

My eyes widened when I heard Miguel’s voice in my head.

“ Now we can talk without causing too much suspension. Not like your Lyla is any better with hidden calls.”

‘Shut up about my Lyla, yours is a flying eyeball demon thing.’ Miguel barks back in our head, why is he so loud?! I swear if I could see blackheart he would be rolling his eyes.

“ Anyway, I should be able to communicate but the farther were away we are. So stay alert.”

We made it to Alchemax HQ, still having the sense of evil corporation as usual. I will never get used to coming here. I will have to put Kuro to sleep, I don't want there to be any alarm. Also don't want them to notice that I'm woozy like last time. So I tell Kuro to go to sleep, with fewer people in my head during the mission.

The dizziness always hits hard when you turn off half your brain. Miguel held near him so I wouldn't fall over.

‘Does that always happen to you when you put Kuro to sleep?’ he asked through my head. I nodded as I grabbed my head to get a sense of stability back.

‘I can’t use my power if you haven't guessed yet. So you going do the protecting. Sorry I'm turning damsel for you. I hate being weak.’ and I forgot we were sharing our minds right now.

‘Your not weak Shade and I got you. We just have to destroy the colliders.”

I nodded as we once again entered the lion den. It looked different from the last time I was here, as they were getting ready for Tempest’s inauguration as a true queen. As much as I think she native princess, she doesn't deceive to be used as a tool like her mother.

As we walked in we saw the same lady from last time we were here. She was waving at us to come to her.

“Hello! Mr. and Ms. Applebottom. We've been waiting for you. We are so glad that you are invited to join us in Alchemax.” Sam said as she shook ours hands. Miguel smiles at her warmly put on his acting skills.

‘I hate these names.’

‘Blackheart, did you make that name?’

‘ No, Lyla did. I didn’t care what you would been called’

Miguel spoke “The pleasure is all ours. We were curious why you all were so eager for us to join us.”

“Well looking at your paperwork when you all were doing the tour, we were just so impressed.” Sam led us to the elevator, me and Miguel entered but Sam didn’t.

“Your interviewer will join you shortly. Please wait for her on the 20th floor.”

Then the doors close, leaving us to head up alone. I took a deep breath, it was like I was suffocating every time I’m here. I felt someone hold my hand and I looked down. It was Miguel’s hand held mine.

‘Your ok, we can do this. The others are fighting for your earth. We just have to play, are parts ok?’

I couldn’t help but blush from him holding my hand. He feels so warm and I want to…

‘ Shade, focus. Once this is over you don’t have to deal with those urges.’

My eyes widen hearing Blackheart’s voice

‘Wait, you know about that-’

I was going asked Blackheart how does he know that till the elevator stop but it wasn’t the 20th floor. It was 10th. Me and Miguel were both confused till we felt the chill that Blackheart had on us disappear as we saw the black shadow move away from us.

‘ This is my stop. You won’t hear from me, but you two should still be able to ‘talk’ to each other in your heads. Just keep them distracted.’ We saw Black leave us alone and saw the black shadow go away. I turn to see Miguel grab his head in pain. Something tells me, blackheart said something to him.

“You ok?”

“Yeah, he is not the most friendly person.”

I bet, I was going to ask what he said to him since I figured he told Miguel something that he didn't want me to hear for some reason. I’m going to have a word with him after this all over. The door soon opened to the 20th floor. I thought someone would be waiting for us but there was no one here making me more nervous.

‘Hey, do you have things those kids have? I think they call it a spider sense?’ I asked if it would really be helpful for something like this. Miguel shook his head.

‘ It's the one thing I wish I had.’

We walked down the hallway praying to the Great Ones that this isn’t a trap. We walk up to what looks like a memorial for all their fallen scientists. I didn’t take care of those who die in their company. Not that changes my opinion of them, something about this feels like propaganda and sure enough it was. Seeing that blame me for the attack all those years ago. I look at the picture of the scientist and my eyes fall on Patrick's picture. I couldn’t help but touch it.

“That's your friend?”

I forgot for a moment that Miguel was with me. I looked at him and he gave me a remorseful look. He saw how Patrick died, so this just hurt alot.

“Yeah, it sickened me to honor him like this. Like he was some kind of martyr and-” I stopped myself from talking because at the same time I was looking at the other pictures and one of them caught my eye.

It was a picture of Miguel O’Hara .

Miguel also saw the picture and his eyes widened.

‘You have a variant here?!’

‘I’m just as surprised as you. There was nothing on this earth that indicated that there was a me on this Earth.’

Miguel still stares at the picture. He looks just like Miguel, only wearing sunglasses too. Miguel gave off emotion of shock and confusion, I mean seeing yourself dead for the second time in your life does make you traumatized so I don’t blame him for being taken back by this.

‘I didn’t look too deep on your earth. I should figure there is one here since there is a Tempest,xina, and Dana. Both our Earths have more in common than I thought.’

“Sorry we kept you all waiting”

Both Miguel and my eyes widen from the voice. I knew that voice, the one that would give me chills everytime I heard it . We turn to see Penny and Tempest standing behind us.

Great, this became ten time harder

Miguel’s pov

Shock great. Why is she here?! I would think we would have to deal with Arachnidqueen again, not the leader of the six. Last time we talked she was being reasonable. But the most reasonable people are the most dangerous, before I was able to say anything I felt something around my throat. Like the same feeling the last time I was here.

‘Shade…’

‘Her hands are around our throats. Try to act like you don’t feel it. Otherwise she my expect something’

‘Noted’ I put on my fakest smile, something I learned from work at Alchemax. Having to work with co-workers trying to kill you does that to you. I put out my hand to shake hers.

“Oh it is an honor to meet you Miss. Penny.” Penny just looked at my hand. She looked like she didn’t want to shake my hand. She just bowed slightly while Tempest shook my hand.

“Sorry, shaking hands is not my thing. Touch people isn’t…the greatest feeling for me.” Penny then beckons to follow her and Tempest. “But anyway, I'm glad you two are here. You took an invitation that was very wise of you. You would have missed a great opportunity.”

Why get the feeling that sounded like a threat?

“I hope you don’t mind if the empress Tempest joins us? There have been…some trouble at the castle.”

Both me and Shade couldn’t help but cringe from what she said. I mean we barged into her room, having a yelling match and almost hurt her. So that makes sense. I saw Tempest looking at me, I hope she doesn't figure out that I'm Spider-man. I didn’t think that through when I took off my mask, it also doesn’t help that the picture of earth 2424 Miguel is right behind me, glad i’m blocking their view of it. That is going to be hard to explain.

“You look familiar. Have I seen you before?” she asked. Before I could say anything. Shade grabbed my arm, hugging me like a doting wife.

“Oh you must have. He sure has a handsome face.isn’t that right hun?” I played along and hugged her back trying to look like I love my wife the same.

Tempest smiled thinking none of it. Penny also smiles trying to act normal but the feeling is so off. Now I understand why Shade is getting a bad vibe from her.

We enter a broad room, it looks dark and evil. Something an evil corporation would have. Dark rooms, barely any light, have multi chairs but probably only two people are in here. Something that use to deal with working under Tylor and how the higher ups were trying to be the most evilest thing ever. Look back at it, I feel so dumb not catching on.

Penny and Tempest sat on the other side of the table while me and Shade down. I saw a few things floating around us. Trays of food and drinks float down.

“Would you like anything to eat or to drink? We're waiting for our third person but he's running abit late.”

‘A third person?’

‘Maybe it's Arachnidqueen?’ I heard Shade say in my head. She then turn back her attention to Penny “I would just have a cup of water if you don’t mind.” Penny then ‘poured’ the glass of water and gave one to each one of us. She then pulled out a holo file, something that was similar to my earth. I guess this Alchemax holds all the good tech.

“Well… Mr. Applebottom. According to your file you are a Geneticist. very high class one. We have lost a lot of what Geneticists do to attacks from our enemies and we need some to help with issues that have been affecting us.”

“Effecting you how?” I asked, I know the real reason: they want me to perfect the compound they've been using. Like that going to happen, I saw what that stuff can do. You are going to be lucky to get any powers and if you do…what are the chances you don’t end up like Penny.

“We want to help advance the sector and its people.” she turn to Tempest

“Our Empress will be the true Empress during tomorrow's ceremony and I want her people to be safe and comfortable for their future. One way is by getting rid of some genetic flaws.”

“Genetic flaws?” I don’t like the sound of that.

‘She wants everyone to have compound R in them’ I look at Shade and she is right , it doesn't take genius to figure that out. But why? Would it be more efficient just only having a few with these kinds of powers? Or is this…something else.

“There are people in this world that cause problems for the reason of us. I’m not saying that this gene is acceptable but for the sake of the future of this Sector and our world we want to make sure it has everlasting peace.” she said with a sip.

‘She is not telling the whole truth.’

I nodded in both Penny’s words and Shade’s.

“But, there are other issues I would like to discuss. She then pulls up a picture of Shade or at least when Shade is in her hero outfit Venomgirl. Some of the videos show her in that symbiote form destroying and killing some of the police. The one that was eye was the same one I saw in Shade’s memories where she killed Patrick when he was the lizard.

I check on Shade who is trying her best to put on a fake face. I look down to see her hands turn into claws betting she wants to reach over across the table and attack Penny for show us this. Lucky, there under the table so Penny and Tempest can’t see it. I put my hands over hers to trying to calm her down.

‘Yeah, I know it messes up, but don’t blow our cover, the mission, remember?’

‘I KNOW! But…’

“Sorry I’m showing you this but I need to explain the dire circumstances we were in with her. Venomgirl. You all know she has been number one target for years. Mainly, she has the underground terrorist group U.N.I.T and demonic entities helping her. We also would like your help stopping them." We turn our attention back to Penny to listen to what she was saying till a door opens up, we look toward the door. Tempest brightens up while Penny looks at the man with a grim look.

“I see that you two started without me. I do apologize for my lateness. I was dealing with other matters that I didn't think would take so long.”

I'm glad I'm wearing my sunglasses because I couldn't help but glare at the man. He looked just like Tylor but his hair was brown and has green eyes. I know this isn’t him but my gut tells me he is just like Tylor. Haven’t meant a Tylor variant that’s a saint.

“I’m glad you two were able to make it. I’m the president of Alchemax, Andrew Stone.” he then walked over to shake my hand with a twisted grin. The same grin that I want to deck Tylor in the face when he drugged me with Raptured. I bite and shake his hands, I must gripped his hand a little too hard and he flinched abit by my grip. I let go before I break his hand as much as I want to. He causes so much pain for Shade and this Earth.

“You are stronger than you look.”

“I get that alot.”

Andrew then sat down next to Tempest.

‘Why does she have her hand on his neck?’ I gave Shade a quick glance at what she meant. Never getting used to talking in the head.

‘It is her power, Penny has these hands that you can’t see, but right now we each have one on our throats. She has a habit of doing that to people, I did note that there were no hands on Tempest. In fact the hands were avoiding her all together.’

“Well, you two. Let's get down to business.” he then turned to Tempest “You going to stay Tempest? You should get some rest for the big event tomorrow.”

Tempest was about to say something till Penny beat her to the punch “I was the one who invited her here. There have been issues in the castle so I want to keep an eye on her. As a ‘hero’ I think it was the best course of action to protect her. Or do you have any injections, father?”

From the bitterness in her tone, something tells me they don’t get along. It is just so awkward that me and Shade are between them. Family drama is not my strong suit. He glared at Penny from her comment. Reminds me of when I got the upper hand on Tylor when I took over half the company.

“Fine, you can stay Tempest.” Tempest nodded as all three of them turned their attention back to us. “We hope you take are offer, for the sake of all are sectors”

“We understand, but why so keen to rewrite genes? I know there is a civil war going on in other sectors. And who know what chemical warfare that they been using? I don’t really see how this benefit you all?” Shade said trying to keep asking question to buy the others some more time.

‘How much longer do you think the others need?’

‘Lyla didn’t give me a signal yet. Nor had Blackheart done anything. We probably would have felt the whole building shake or something.’

“Miss, Applebottom. We just want to reassure you that things go in your favor. We are chosen in the eye of the Great ones. To not move forward is be true crime for you and your friends.”

‘Friends?’ me and Shade thought at the same time. Andrew smirked as he then brought four holo screens in front of us. My eyes widened when I saw others being attacked.

Miles, 42, and Peter were fighting 1610 Doc Ock and the dr. Rose guy. Ben, Pav, and Timothy were fighting Kane. I believe his name was.

Jess, Hobie, and Gwen were fighting Archnidqueen and that battleready guy. The last video was Blackheart fighting another guy. Someone we haven’t seen before, Blackheart looks very injured, something that is not a good demon.

‘Why is he showing us this?!’ I asked to mainly myself

‘Just-just play dumb!’ Shade then spoke up

“W-What is this? Who are these people? Are they also from U.N.I.T?” Shade asked, trying act dumb but something tells me that it was not going to work.

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bigapplesoundmachine · 1 year ago

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DISCO

#65 - Disco IV #58 - Disco III #37 - Disco II #30 - Disco I

DISCO FENQ

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COOL BREEZE FUNK

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FUNK

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HEAVY FUNK

#76 - Heavy Funk VI #60 - Heavy Funk V #50 - Funk Won't Let You Down #34 - Heavy Funky IV #27 - Heavy Funky III #20 - Heavy Funky II #10 - Keep The Funk Alive #6 - Heavy Funky

JAZZ FUNK

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GO-GO

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HOUSE

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RAP

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SURINAM

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Extras

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EXTRA

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www-webwarriors · 1 year ago

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Hey guys, admin here. After watching the wildly successful Across The Spider-Verse movie, it only occurred to me that Earth-42 is the literal personification of a true gangster’s paradise. Not only that, but Earth-42 Miles gives off mad Coolio vibes. Hell, every time I see his picture, this song immediately comes to mind. No joke.

#spider island #web warriors #earth 42 prowler #across the spiderverse #gangster’s paradise #Spotify

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trashquisitor-shirozora · 2 years ago

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For Spotify wrapped -> #42, #69, & #100

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#42: I Will Find You by Audiomachine

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sylvctica · 4 years ago

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coolio personality test

Warmth / 58% / supportive and comforting, can also be selfish Intellect / 78% / cerebreal and analytical Emotional Stability / 82% / level headed and calm Aggressiveness / 66% / controlling, assertive, and tough, though still modest Liveliness / 86% / wild and a lover of fun Dutifulness / 26% / untraditional and rebellious Social Assertiveness / 90% / uninhibited and bold Sensitivity / 42% / relatively tough, but they are touchy and soft as well Paranoia / 26% / trusting and easy-going Abstractness / 78% / strange and imaginitive Introversion / 38% / open and friendly to all Anxiety / 22% / confident and self-assured in themselves Openmindedness / 58% / curious and exploratory, but still set in some ways Independence / 38% / outgoing and social Perfectionism / 30% / disorganized and messy (though it’s organized to them) Tension / 22% / relaxed and cool

#[ yeah that's pretty on point ]#SYLVIE // DASH GAMES.

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furrycreatornacho · 3 years ago

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Es lebe der King! Henrik von Eckermann und King Edward siegen im LONGINES FEI JUMPING WORLD CUP™ – Final I

Schwedischer Doppelsieg beim LONGINES FEI JUMPING WORLD CUP™ – Final I Einmal mehr zeigte Henrik von Eckermann, der seit 21 Monaten die Nummer 1 der Weltrangliste ist, mit seinem King Edward eine beeindruckende Leistung. Im Auftaktspringen des World Cup Finals von Rhyad waren die beiden mit Abstand am schnellsten unterwegs. Nach 66,28 Sekunden beendeten sie den von Frank Rothenberger…

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stereostevie · 4 years ago

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The Rap Grammy Nominations Are Weird As Hell | Nov 25, 2020 11:12 AM BY TOM BREIHAN

The very first time that the Grammy Awards recognized rap music, it was an utter fiasco — a clear case of an aging pop-music establishment failing to understand this vital new youth music that had sprung up and rewritten the rules. For the 1989 awards show, the Grammys added one rap category, Best Rap Performance. DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince won it for “Parents Just Don’t Understand,” beating out LL Cool J and Salt-N-Pepa and Kool Moe Dee and JJ Fad. The show didn’t deign to recognize Public Enemy, N.W.A, EPMD, Slick Rick, Big Daddy Kane, Eric B. & Rakim, or Ice-T, all of whom had released classic albums within the voting window. The award wasn’t televised, and most of the nominees, Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince included, skipped the show, attending a “Boycott The Grammys” party instead.

Since that night, the history of rap at the Grammys has been a series of baffling, embarrassing decisions. It’s Steely Dan winning Album Of The Year over The Marshall Mathers LP. It’s Gretchen Wilson winning Best New Artist over Kanye West. “It’s weird and it sucks that I robbed you.” It’s also a history of rappers getting angry over the Grammys: “I never let a statue tell me how nice I am,” “You think I give a damn about a Grammy?” In 2019, Drake showed up to accept Best Rap Song. In his acceptance speech, he talked about how the Grammy voters weren’t necessarily the right people to define rap success. The broadcast cut him off mid-speech. Earlier this year, Kanye West, a man who once cared more about Grammy Awards than anyone else not named Neil Portnow, tweeted a video of himself pissing on one of his Grammys. (The Grammys still nominated West this year, for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album.)

Yesterday, the Grammys nominated Freddie Gibbs and the Alchemist’s Alfredo in the Best Rap Album category. That’s great! Freddie Gibbs is a great underground rap success story, a guy who bet on himself and kept doing great work in his own lane even after multiple major-label situations fell apart. Gibbs has never made a hit song in his life, and he’s gotten himself into a position where he doesn’t need to make hit songs — where he can just follow his instincts and keep his own style intact. Alfredo isn’t my favorite rap record of the year. (Even in the field of Alchemist-produced 2020 rap albums, I’d give the slight edge to Boldy James’ The Price Of Tea In China.) But the nomination for Alfredo is still a very cool surprise, the kind of thing that I would’ve never expected to see from the Grammy nominating committee.

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And yet Gibbs’ nomination doesn’t exactly announce a new golden age of Grammy rap consideration, a time when Recording Academy voters are finally figuring out how to approach the genre. Instead, his nomination points toward something else: An institutional recognition of middlebrow, middle-aged, respectable rap music.

All of this year’s Best Rap Album nominees are Black men between the ages of 35 and 47. The oldest nominee is Nas, who is now on his fifth Best Rap Album nomination and who has never won the award. (The Best Rap Album Grammy didn’t exist in 1994, when Nas released Illmatic, but there’s no way in hell that Nas would’ve won it anyway. The Academy would’ve given the award to Coolio’s It Takes A Thief or something.) The youngest nominee is D Smoke, a former high school Spanish teacher who is also the brother of the TDE R&B singer SiR. D Smoke made his way into Grammy contention after winning the first season of Rhythm + Flow, the Netflix rap-competition show. (Two of the three judges from Rhythm + Flow, Cardi B and Chance The Rapper, have won Best Rap Album themselves. T.I., the other judge, has been nominated three times and never won.)

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D Smoke isn’t exactly a revered or popular rapper, and I have’t seen anyone calling his perfectly-OK album Black Habits a masterpiece, though the man has certainly done better than anyone could’ve expected from a rap reality-show winner. But D Smoke raps exactly like a diet version of Kendrick Lamar, so his nomination works as a clear indication that the Grammy voters really, really wish they had a Kendrick album to nominate. D Smoke is also up for Best New Artist, alongside fellow rappers Chika, Megan Thee Stallion, and (I guess) Doja Cat. Presumably, Megan’s Good News would also be nominated if it had come out early enough to be eligible. Meanwhile, Chika hasn’t released an album, and Doja Cat is nominated in the pop categories, not the rap ones.

Instead, then, we’re looking at five guys hovering around the age of 40, all of whom are respected technicians with boom-bap inclinations. Jay Electronica, who’s nominated for A Written Testimony and who should probably be considered the front-runner, is technically a New Orleans native, but nobody thinks of him as a Southern rapper. (Jay-Z is all over A Written Testimony, to the point where anointing Jay Electronica feels a bit like throwing awards love to Jay-Z in a year with no Jay-Z album.) All the albums up for Best Rap Album are, at the very least, solid. A couple of them, Alfredo and A Written Testimony, are very good. But this is still a remarkably stodgy list — one that shows that the whole middle-aged respectability fetish that’s long plagued the Grammys is now embedded in its rap voting wing.

Freddie Gibbs and Nas and Jay Electronica and D Smoke and Royce Da 5’9″ are all gifted rappers who have done great work. Most of them could justifiably be considered legends. But none of them really show the world where rap music is, let alone where it’s going. By recognizing those albums, the Grammys have pointedly elected not to recognize something like Lil Baby’s My Turn, which is probably 2020’s most popular album in any genre and which is also a fine example of the 808-heavy depressive melodic-goo rap music that currently dominates the genre’s mainstream.

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Other hugely popular, artistically important albums are also absent: Lil Uzi Vert’s Eternal Atake, Roddy Rich’s Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial, Polo G’s The Goat, Gunna’s Wunna, Rod Wave’s Pray 4 Love. Instead, the rap albums getting nominated are the 2020 equivalents of the Steely Dan album that famously beat Eminem. That’s not an indictment of the nominated albums. It’s an indictment of the stuff the Recording Academy values. It’s also a cautionary look of how things might look if the Recording Academy ever gets its way, if rap comes to rely on accepted ossified skill-sets instead of its current state of constant, furious stylistic evolution.

As someone who’s around the same age as this year’s Best Rap Album nominees, I’m not all that amped to see emotionally troubled, pill-gobbling 20-year-olds dominating rap music. But those kids are crucially moving the genre past whatever old men like me might want it to be. Fortunately, there’s at least one Grammy category that has done a pretty good job capturing where things are right now, and that’s Best Rap Song. The list of nominations there — Lil Baby’s “The Bigger Picture,” Roddy Ricch’s “The Box,” Drake’s “Laugh Now, Cry Later,” DaBaby’s “Rockstar,” and Megan Thee Stallion’s “Savage” — isn’t necessarily perfect, but it’s a fairly accurate representation of the kind of rap that moves people right now. I don’t know why the division between the Best Rap Album and Best Rap Song nominees is so stark. Maybe it’s a signal that the album is increasingly irrelevant. Maybe it reflects two different voting bodies. Either way, it’s striking.

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Look, the Grammys are weird. They are always going to be weird. Fiona Apple’s Fetch The Bolt Cutters should’ve been the biggest lay-up in the world, but it isn’t up for Album Of The Year. Instead, the Academy’s voters went for Coldplay and Jacob Collier and a deluxe edition of a Black Pumas album that didn’t even come out in the eligibility period. “Rockstar” and “Savage” are both up for Record Of The Year, but Post Malone’s Hollywood’s Bleeding is the only album that’s even rap-adjacent that’s nominated for Album Of The Year this year. I thought for sure that Lil Baby’s My Turn would be the token rap album that would inevitably lose to Taylor Swift. Instead, we didn’t even get one of those, and My Turn got snubbed even in its own category. Nothing makes sense.

But this year’s Best Rap Albums nominations still show a weird alignment between Grammy Voters and a certain streak of real-hip-hop rap conservatism. Watch out for that. Nothing good, except maybe a Freddie Gibbs Grammy win, will come out of that.

FURIOUS FIVE

1. Roc Marciano – “Downtown 81” It’s not on streaming services yet, but Roc Marciano’s new album Mt. Marci is out in the world now, and it is marvelous. (I can’t tell you whether the digital download is worth the $40 that Marci is charging on his website. Make your own financial decisions.) Right now, the only song out for general consumption is one of the few that Marci didn’t produce himself. (It’s a Jake One beat.) But otherwise, “Downtown 81” is exactly the sort of laid-back, intricately worded deadpan splendor that you can expect to hear on the LP, whenever it goes wide. So maybe that’s worth the price of a full tank of gas.

2. Meek Mill – “GTA” (Feat. 42 Dugg)

Meek Mill released his Quarantine Pack EP on Friday, and the track currently getting the big push is the downbeat Lil Durk collab “Pain Away.” But the real thrill here is in hearing Meek and 42 Dugg getting bracingly urgent over a Detroit-ass bassline.

3. Chief Keef & Mike Will Made-It – “Status” Sosa and Mike Will have evidently chosen to name their new song after this column. Gentlemen, I see this tribute, and I appreciate it. I love you too.

4. Willie The Kid & V Don – “Mother Of Pearls” (Feat. Eto) This is pretty.

5. Statik Selektah – “Play Around” (Feat. Conway The Machine, 2 Chainz, Killer Mike, Allan Kingdom, & Haile Supreme)

Once upon a time, maybe 13 years ago, I was apparently such a recognizable and influential part of the New York rap press that Statik Selektah noticed me at an MOP show, introduced himself, and tried to get me to listen to his mix CD. All these years later, Statik is a globally acknowledged boom-bap specialist with enough juice to put three of the world’s greatest middle-aged rappers on a track together. I’m proud of Statik. I bet he gets nominated for a Grammy someday.

#alchemist #chief keef #d smoke #freddie gibbs #grammys #grammy awards #hip-hop #jay electronica #meek mill #mike will made-it #music #nas #rap #roc marciano #statik selektah #stereogum #willie the kid

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vimesbootstheory · 5 years ago

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I was craving the illusion of productivity so I went through an arbitrary list of popular songs for each year I have been alive, to see when exactly I completely lost touch with popular music

here are my findings, including a couple fave songs from each year 1990-2019

1990 -- 40% awareness of this year's popular music 3 faves: black velvet by alannah myles, tom's diner by suzanne vega & dna, vogue by madonna

1991 -- 40% awareness 3 faves: crazy by seal, smells like teen spirit by nirvana, i've been thinking about you by londonbeat

1992 -- 33% awareness 3 faves: finally by cece peniston, rhythm is a dancer by snap!, jump around by house of pain

1993 -- 41% awareness 3 faves: two princes by spin doctors, i'm gonna be (500 miles) by the proclaimers, what is love by haddaway

1994 -- 56% awareness 3 faves: all I wanna do by sheryl crow, you gotta be by des'ree, the rhythm of the night by corona

1995 -- 42% awareness 3 faves: beautiful life by ace of base, breakfast at tiffany's by deep blue something, gangsta's paradise by coolio

1996 -- 43% awareness 3 faves: head over feet by alanis morissette, i love you always forever by donna lewis, no diggity by blackstreet

1997 -- 46% awareness 3 faves: tubthumping by chumbawamba, everybody (backstreet's back) by backstreet boys, i want you by savage garden

1998 -- 47% awareness 3 faves: the rockafeller skank by fatboy slim, the boy is mine by brandy & monica, doo-wop (that thing) by lauryn hill

1999 -- 61% awareness 3 faves: i try by macy gray, every morning by sugar ray, no scrubs by tlc

2000 -- 49% awareness 3 faves: around the world by atc, it's gonna be me by nsync, independent women by destiny's child

2001 -- 74% awareness 3 faves: hit em up style (oops!) by blu cantrell, let me blow ya mind by eve & gwen stefani, clint eastwood by gorillaz

this year, at the age of 10-11, my awareness of popular music peaks

2002 -- 66% awareness 3 faves: a thousand miles by vanessa carlton, work it by missy elliott, objection (tango) by shakira

2003 -- 68% awareness 3 faves: seven nation army by the white stripes, never leave you (uh oooh uh oooh) by lumidee & busta rhymes & fabolous, trouble by p!nk

2004 -- 72% awareness 3 faves: 1 2 step by ciara, mr brightside by the killers, this love by maroon 5

2005 -- 65% awareness 3 faves: pon de replay by rihanna, feel good inc by gorillaz, gold digger by kanye west

2006 -- 64% awareness 3 faves: sexyback by justin timberlake & timbaland, crazy by gnarls barkley, say it right by nelly furtado

2007 -- 71% awareness 3 faves: stronger by kanye west, you know i'm no good by amy winehouse, thnks fr the mmrs by fall out boy

2008 -- 64% awareness 3 faves: disturbia by rihanna, paper planes by m.i.a., sex on fire by kings of leon

2009 -- 58% awareness 3 faves: all the right moves by onerepublic, tik tok by kesha, run this town by rihanna & jay-z

2010 -- 62% awareness 3 faves: raise your glass by p!nk, telephone by lady gaga & beyonce, take it off by kesha

2011 -- 46% awareness 3 faves: blow by kesha, countdown by beyonce, rolling in the deep by adele

ten years post-peak, my awareness starts to decline

2012 -- 38% awareness 3 faves: some nights by fun., primadonna by marina and the diamonds, i love it by icona pop

2013 -- 47% awareness 3 favess: my songs know what you did in the dark by fall out boy, counting stars by onerepublic, papaoutai by stromae

2014 -- 24% awareness 3 faves: bang bang by jessie j & ariana grande & nicki minaj, take me to church by hozier, rather be by clean bandit & jess glynne

I have no idea what happened in 2014 but here’s where my awareness plummets

2015 -- 28% awareness 3 faves: elastic heart by sia, sorry by justin bieber, uptown funk by bruno mars & mark ronson

2016 -- 19% awareness 3 faves: the greatest by sia & kendrick lamar, human by rag'n'bone man, formation by beyonce

2017 -- 25% awareness 3 faves: new rules by dua lipa, despacito by luis fonsi & daddy yankee, praying by kesha

2018 -- 17% awareness 3 faves: idgaf by dua lipa, finesse (remix) by bruno mars & cardi b, without me by halsey

2019 -- 16% awareness 3 faves: bury a friend by billie eilish, sucker by jonas brothers, you need to calm down by taylor swift

aaand by the time we get to the present day, the 3 faves are labeled as such by default, because I basically don’t know any other songs. sorry ‘you need to calm down’ but you wouldn’t have been top 3 in any other year.

#music #here's some demonstrative boredom

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ayyyflueg · 5 years ago

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Tagged by @toast-gh0st , thank you for thinking of me! ☺

50 Questions You’ve Never Been Asked Before

1 - What is the colour of your hairbrush?

Mostly black with a holographic handle.

2 - A food you never eat?

I don't care much for uncooked onion. And coleslaw. I'm a Taurus, so, I eat. 💁

3- Are you typically too warm or too cold?

Too HOT big time I am always hot

4-What were you doing 45 minutes ago?

Drinking wine and watching talk shows with my dog and my mom.

5-What is your favourite candy bar?

I think all American candy tastes like pure shit now, and there are reasons for that. I suppose Milka?

6-Have you ever been to a professional sports event?

I have. First one I remember, I wanted to to SPECIFICALLY to see Coolio. I also remember a baseball game one of my ex's dragged me to.

7-What is the last thing you said out loud?

"Oh shit you're right"

8-What is your favourite ice cream?

Used to be Ben and Jerry's chocolate brownie whatever, but it's definitely, like, coffee or pistachio now. Adult tastebuds are weird.

9-What was the last thing you had to drink?

Franzia Crisp White from a Walgreens big gulp type cup

10-Do you like your wallet?

Not really. It does wallet things though.

11-What was the last thing you ate?

Baked potato

12-Did you buy any new clothes last weekend?

Lol. No.

13-The Last sporting event you watched?

I watched a video of baseball players pretending to be curlers.

14-What is your favourite flavour of popcorn?

Oh, man. I LOVE overbuttered movoe theatre popcorn. I also love that Chicago type popcorn, I think. With the cheese and caramel.

15-Who was the last person you sent a text message to?

My friend Matt.

16-Ever go camping?

For sure

17-Do you take vitamins?

Supposed to.

18-Do you go to church every Sunday?

I'm spiritual in my own right. So, no. Lol.

19-Do you have a tan?

I'm mulatto

20-Do you prefer Chinese food or pizza?

That's tough. I can eat pizza forever but Chinese food is the bomb. I might have to go with pizza.

21-Do you drink your soda with a straw?

Only if it comes with one

22-What color socks do you usually wear?

I dont wear socks tbh. I mean I do when I'm going out with real shoes on my feet but I hate anything on my feet. Country bumpkin.

23-Do you ever drive above the speed limit?

Literally always.

24-What terrifies you?

A lot. I have bad anxiety and panic attacks so the stupidest shit triggers me but idk what it stems from exactly. Just one big mess.

25-Look to your left, what do you see?

The bathroom window

26-What chore do you hate?

THE DISHES

27-What do you think of when you hear and Australian Accent?

Steve Irwin duh

28-What’s your favourite soda?

Mr. Pibb

29-Do you go in a fast food place or just hit the drive thru?

Drive thru

30-Favourite cut of beef?

Oh, man. That depends. My best answer is anything but ribeye.

31-Who’s the last person you talked to?

My mom

32-Last Song you listened to?

Oh Sherrie by Steve Perry

33-Last Book you read?

I started this random book I ordered online and have hated it to the point of forgetting its name. Dancing girls or something? Just not my...type.

34-Favorite Day of the week?

Friday

35-Can you say the alphabet backwards?

The last time I tried, I was doing a field sobriety test.

36-How do you like your coffee?

Strong and iced. Enough milk/cream to lighten the color and just a touch of sugar or honey. But STRONG mostly.

37-Favorite pair of shoes?

Right now its my docs

38-At what time do you normally go to bed?

Between 8-12. Depends on the meds. And my fucked up stomach.

39-At what time do you normally get up?

10 am at the very latest. I'm a morning person.

40-What do you prefer sunrise or sunsets?

Sunrise

41-How many blankets are on your bed?

One

42-Describe your kitchen plates?

Disposable lol. Helps with executive dysfunction.

43-Do you have a favourite alcoholic beverage?

I mostly drink wine now; dry, bitter white wines. But if I'm "out" or whatever, Jameson, dirty martinis, whatever beer is the cheapest.

44- Do you play cards?

I do. I fucking kill it in spades.

45- What colour is your car?

Uh like...grey/silver

46-Can you change a tire?

I can't but I intend to learn

47-What is your favourite state/providence?

Michigan. I'm a Michigan girl to the core.

48-Favourite job you’ve ever had?

Acting/performing. Its been, I think, two years since the last time I was on film. It KILLS me.

49-How did you get your biggest scar?

I had a thymectomy in 2001 and it looks like if you cut open my chest horizontally and then it scarred up along thr incision. It's hidden by my boobs though so that's cool.

50-What did you do today that made someone else happy?

Checked on my family.

Phew! Props if you read that whole thing. Thanks again to @toast-gh0st and I tag whoever wants to participate or wants to know more. Stay safe, y'all. ❤🤘

#amber talks #tagged #me

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Top 25 Top 40 Hits of 1995

Honorable mentions: Runaway -- Janet Jackson (#3 -- peak Oct. 21) (#29 -- YE 1995) Roll To Me -- Del Amitri (#10 -- peak Nov. 4) (#55 -- YE 1995) If You Love Me -- Brownstone (#8 -- peak Feb. 25) (#34 -- YE 1995) As I Lay Me Down -- Sophie B. Hawkins (#6 -- peak Oct. 28) (#39 -- YE 1995) He’s Mine -- Mokenstef (#7 -- peak Aug. 26) (#40 -- YE 1995) You Got It (From “Boys on the Side”) -- Bonnie Raitt (#33 -- peak Mar. 25) Run-Around -- Blues Traveler (#8 -- peak Aug. 5) (#14 -- YE 1995) Only Wanna Be With You -- Hootie and the Blowfish (#6 -- peak Oct. 21) (#33 -- YE 1995) Hold My Hand -- Hootie and the Blowfish (#10 -- peak Feb. 18) (#22 -- YE 1995) Let Her Cry -- Hootie and the Blowfish (#9 -- peak Jul. 8) (#26 -- YE 1995) I’ll Be There For You/You’re All I Need To Get By -- Method Man featuring Mary J. Blige (#3 -- peak Jun. 3) (#42 -- YE 1995) I’m Goin’ Down -- Mary J. Blige (#22 -- peak Apr. 22) Water Runs Dry -- Boyz II Men (#2 -- peak Jun. 17) (#12 -- YE 1995) You Used To Love Me -- Faith Evans (#24 -- peak Aug. 19) (#79 -- YE 1995) Who Can I Run To -- Xscape (#8 -- peak Nov. 18) Shy Guy (From “Bad Boys”) -- Diana King (#13 -- peak Jul. 15) (#43 -- YE 1995) Don’t Take It Personal (Just One Of Dem Days) -- Monica (#2 -- peak Jul. 1) (#9 -- YE 1995) Can’t Cry Anymore -- Sheryl Crow (#36 -- peak Aug. 26) Keep Their Heads Ringin’ (From “Friday”) -- Dr. Dre (#10 -- peak Apr. 22) (#53 -- YE 1995) Beautiful Life -- Ace of Base (#15 -- peak Dec. 16) (#94 -- YE 1996) Hey Lover -- LL Cool J (#3 -- peak Dec. 2) (#20 -- YE 1996) Comedown -- Bush (#30 -- peak Nov. 4)

25. Tootsee Roll -- 69 Boyz (#8 -- peak Jan. 7) (#63 -- YE 1995) 24. Exhale (Shoop Shoop) (From “Waiting To Exhale”) -- Whitney Houston (#1 -- peak Nov. 25) (#14 -- YE 1996) 23. Strong Enough -- Sheryl Crow (#5 -- peak Mar. 25) (#30 -- YE 1995) 22. Take A Bow -- Madonna (#1 -- peak Feb. 25) (#8 -- YE 1995) 21. Run Away -- Real McCoy (#3 -- peak Apr. 8) (#38 -- YE 1995) 20. Freak Like Me -- Adina Howard (#2 -- peak May 6) (#13 -- YE 1995) 19. I Know -- Dionne Farris (#4 -- peak May 6) (#11 -- YE 1995) 18. This Is How We Do It -- Montell Jordan (#1 -- peak Apr. 15) (#10 -- YE 1995) 17. Cotton Eye Joe -- Rednex (#25 -- peak May 13) (#93 -- YE 1995) 16. I Can Love You Like That -- All-4-One (#5 -- peak Aug. 26) (#15 -- YE 1995) 15. Boombastic/In The Summertime -- Shaggy (#3 -- peak Aug. 19) (#18 -- YE 1995) 14. Candy Rain -- Soul 4 Real (#2 -- peak Mar. 18) (#25 -- YE 1995) 13. Baby -- Brandy (#4 -- peak Mar. 11) (#37 -- YE 1995) 12. Kiss From A Rose -- Seal (#1 -- peak Aug. 26) (#4 -- YE 1995) 11b. Big Poppa/Warning -- Notorious B.I.G. (#6 -- peak Mar. 18) (#47 -- YE 1995) 11a. One More Chance -- Notorious B.I.G. (#2 -- peak Jul. 15) (#23 -- YE 1995) 10. Dear Mama -- 2pac (#9 -- peak Apr. 29) (#51 -- YE 1995) 9. New Age Girl -- Deadeye Dick (#27 -- peak Jan. 7) 8. Carnival -- Natalie Merchant (#10 -- peak Oct. 28) (#60 -- YE 1995) 7. December -- Collective Soul (#20 -- peak Sep. 2) (#41 -- YE 1995) 6. A Girl Like You (From “Empire Records”) -- Edwyn Collins (#32 -- peak Nov. 11) 5. I Wish -- Skee-Lo (#13 -- peak Sep. 9) (#58 -- YE 1995) 4b. One Sweet Day -- Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men (#1 -- peak Dec. 2) (#2 -- YE 1996) 4a. Fantasy -- Mariah Carey (#1 -- peak Sep. 30) (#7 -- YE 1995) 3b. Creep -- TLC (#1 -- peak Jan. 28) (#3 -- YE 1995) 3a. Waterfalls -- TLC (#1 -- peak Jul. 8) (#2 -- YE 1995) 2. 1st of tha Month -- Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (#14 -- peak Sep. 9) (#89 -- YE 1995) 1. Gangsta’s Paradise (From “Dangerous Minds”) -- Coolio (#1 -- peak Sep. 9) (#1 -- YE 1995)

Albums Worth Checking Out: Jagged Little Pill -- Alanis Morissette ...And Out Come The Wolves -- Rancid (What’s The Story) Morning Glory -- Oasis Me Against The World -- 2pac The Bends -- Radiohead Tragic Kingdom -- No Doubt Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness -- Smashing Pumpkins E 1999 Eternal -- Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Waiting To Exhale (soundtrack) -- Various Astro-Creep: 2000 -- White Zombie Tigerlily -- Natalie Merchant Garbage -- Garbage Insomniac -- Green Day A Boy Named Goo -- Goo Goo Dolls Frogstomp -- Silverchair Washing Machine -- Sonic Youth

The Bottom of the Pile: (She’s Got) Skillz -- All-4-One (#57 -- peak Mar. 25) We’ve Got It Goin’ On -- Backstreet Boys (#69 -- peak Dec. 2) Bizarre Love Triangle -- New Order (#98 -- peak Jul. 22)**** Universal Heart-Beat -- Juliana Hatfield (#84 -- peak May 13) Doll Parts -- Hole (#58 -- peak Jan. 14) She Don’t Use Jelly -- Flaming Lips (#55 -- peak Feb. 25) I Kissed A Girl -- Jill Sobule (#67 -- peak Jul. 8) Jeremy/Yellow Ledbetter -- Pearl Jam (#79 -- peak Aug. 19) Hey Man, Nice Shot -- Filter (#76 -- peak Aug. 12) Here & Now -- Letters To Cleo (#56 -- peak May 13) Grapevyne -- Brownstone (#49 -- peak Jun. 3) Human Nature -- Madonna (#46 -- peak Jul. 15)

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so i’m new to indycar but my brother just got us both tickets for pocono so what’s the tldr on the sport? who’s your favorites? also who’s the shitty drivers personality/beliefs wise to stay away from?

i know you said tl;dr but i literally can’t be brief in this context so i’m just gonna give you a short little profile of each driver (just the ones you’ll see racing at pocono) in order of the current championship standings (also i’ve realized i have a hard time explaining indycar to people who don’t already know formula one because i make a lot of comparisons so if you don’t watch formula one just ignore those parts i’m sorry):

1. josef newgarden: basically the personification of a golden retriever puppy. super high energy, gets along with everyone, and a super talented and FAIR driver (see: the newgarden move). he won the championship in 2017 and is currently leading this year’s championship by 16 points

2. alexander rossi: confirmed trump supporter, comes off as an arrogant asshole in interviews, but everyone loves him because of his talent. it’s so hard to hate him because he’s literally that good (here’s an example, and another example), i honestly think he could make max verstappen weep if they were on the same terms

3. simon pagenaud: quickly becoming my all time favorite driver (i love almost everyone on the grid but as i’ve now met simon twice i think he’s my top fave). he won the indy 500 this year and the championship in 2016. he’s very quirky and goofy, kind of like an older version of josef. team penske truly needs will power’s chilled out & relaxed persona to dilute the feral energy from josef & simon lmfao (here is a video that really captures his essence)

4. scott dixon: the most successful driver on the current grid and one of the most successful in history. i don’t know much about him personally but he seems like a father figure to whoever his teammate is (felix this year) and he has a really cute family too

5. will power: the old, relaxed energy to mellow out team penske. he had a streak of success in the early 2010′s and kind of had a reputation as an arrogant asshole around that time but i think he’s gotten a lot better since then. he won the indy 500 for the first time last year, and the championship in 2014

6. ryan hunter-reay: nicknamed “captain america”, another dad figure on the grid, has a pretty decorated career. don’t know much else about him but he’s very highly respected on the grid, josef newgarden once said he is “just too polite”

7. takuma sato: very sweet and level-headed, 42 years old and still going strong, has a really comforting presence on the grid. in races he’s generally in the midfield but is capable of surprises, like winning in alabama this year and very shockingly winning the 500 in 2017

8. graham rahal: son of indycar legend bobby rahal. he’s very honest, straightforward, WILL tell you the truth even if it hurts and i respect him for that. has a bit of a temper but always races fair and expects the best out of everyone. he also does a lot of fundraising and charity work for veterans which is coolio (i jokingly refer to him as my brother because his dad and my dad look VERY similar, it’s uncanny)

9. felix rosenqvist: rookie fresh off the boat from formula E. also don’t know much about him but he’s been very exciting to watch so far this year and just got his first podium this weekend at mid-ohio which was very well deserved (he did once say the n-word on instagram, many years ago, and he’s swedish so i don’t expect him to know the history, but... it happened)

10. james hinchcliffe: literally everyone’s fave, not one single person hates him. he’s the beaming ray of sunshine on the grid and gets along with everyone, very similar to josef. if josef is a golden retriever, james is a cuddly little labrador (here is a video of them together from a LONG time ago but nothing has changed)

11. sebastien bourdais: another old boy but a true legend. he won 4 consecutive championships in champ car (indycar’s predecessor... kind of... it’s a long story) and continues kicking ass today. he was in a really scary crash during qualifying at the indy 500 a few years ago and made an impressive comeback.

12. spencer pigot: i honestly truly do not know anything about him, i didn’t even know he was a full time driver until right now, he just kinda fades into the background...

13. santino ferrucci: another confirmed trump supporter, was kicked out of formula 2 for deliberately making contact with his teammate, using his phone while driving his car, allegedly making racist remarks towards his teammate, etc. (you can read about it here). some people will say he’s had a really successful rookie season but honestly he just got lucky a few times and isn’t that good overall. he comes from money which explains a lot lmfao

14. colton herta: the BABY of the grid. he won his second ever indycar race at COTA this year, becoming the youngest race winner in indy history at 18 years old, one week before his 19th birthday. aside from his mega talent on track, he’s a respectable guy off track and is very mature for his age. if you watch F1 i’d compare him to a slightly more laid-back version of lando norris

15. marcus ericsson: if you’re coming from F1 then you already know him pretty well. he didn’t have much success in F1 but has found his niche in indycar, already scoring a podium in his rookie season. he’s chill and quiet but overall a nice young man

16. marco andretti: a third generation andretti, honestly has no real purpose on the grid aside from being the descendant of two racing icons (his grandfather is mario andretti, his dad is michael andretti), but uhhhh he’s been racing for about 15 years and only has two wins, so... take that as you will. you’ll almost always find him at the back of the grid these days

17. zach veach: by far the tiniest driver on the grid. i stood very close to him this weekend and he was shorter than me (i’m 5′1″) and i wouldn’t be surprised if he hasn’t broken 100 pounds. i don’t know much about him other than his very inspiring backstory (read here), and he has a strong religious background as well.

18. tony kanaan: a fucking FIXTURE on the indy grid. another old man but a legend. he has been racing in indycar for 17 years and did champ car for 5 years, so essentially he’s been at the top class of american single seaters for almost as long as i’ve been alive. he has one championship win (2004) and one indy 500 win (2013)

(skipped ed jones, not racing at pocono)

20. matheus leist: the first driver i ever met in person. he’s really nice and chill, but honestly not much to write home about on track. he’s solid and fairly consistent, but i wouldn’t bet money on him

(skipped jack harvey, max chilton, patricio o’ward: not racing at pocono)

24. ed carpenter: nicknamed “the oval master” because... he’s really good on oval circuits. he races the ovals for his own team. that’s all i know tbh

(skipped conor daly, sage karam, james davison, helio castroneves: not racing at pocono)

29. charlie kimball: don’t know much about him other than that he’s diabetic, and there was a pretty interesting article about how he manages his blood sugar during races (read here). he also has a bit of reputation for being rude/dismissive to fans but i can’t confirm that, i’ve never met him

so that’s it for your grid. you can take that information however you want, they’re just my opinions, someone else might have the complete opposite. also i should add, i really don’t wanna scare you if this is your first race, but pocono is one of two races on the indy calendar that makes me so viscerally nervous i almost can’t watch it (the other is texas motor speedway). again, i don’t want to freak you out, but just so you’re prepared, you will probably see quite a bit of crashing during the race. the AMR/holmatro safety team is one of, if not THE best in all of motorsports, here’s a little (slightly dated) video you can watch about how they do what they do in the event of crashes (warning tho: there is graphic crash footage in that video). despite what some people may say (i’m looking at you, felipe massa), indycar is the hallmark of motorsport safety and most other series have followed them in terms of safety technology innovations over the last 20 years (e.g., indycar has been using safety cars since the 70s, mandated a pit speed limit in 1991, CART mandated HANS for all tracks in 2001, indycar has used safer barrier since 2002, etc.) so if you do see crashing, take a deep breath and remind yourself that they have the world’s best crew taking care of them instantly. if you have any other questions don’t hesitate to ask, & i know you’ll have tons of fun at the race hehe :^)

#indycar #long post #sorry i can't be brief and sorry if this isn't what you asked for fjgslbidfg i got feral #Anonymous

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