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April 17, 2009

Say Goodbye To Ludacris, Guys

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What a long, strange journey it has been for Ludacris! He's always been kind of a silly rapper, inserting lots of crass comedy into his rhymes, like some kind of gully Weird Al Yankovic, and his radio edits are practically for children. But he inserted just enough boasting and cursing (because that is how you keep it real) to maintain a certain level of respect and enthusiasm in his audience. His acting career obviously signaled his desire to break out to a wider audience, but his fight with Bill O'Reilly suggested that he was willing to do what it took to bring his original fans along for the ride, and his ill-conceived political song for the 2008 election showed he could still make the type of boldly terrible decisions of an artist who hasn't settled or pandered.

Well that is all over now. Here is a video of him performing his song "How Do You Sleep?" with teen idol Jesse McCartney on Ellen. Basically the gulliest.

Nope. Bye, Ludacris. Wave bye bye. You are done.

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What the FUCK?! This is by far the fuckin worst thing he could have done. Congratulations Ludacris, you've pretty much just put a goddamned hit out on yourself. Also, is it fucking 1996 and boy bands are big again? Jesus, I'm just too old.

Posted by: An American Patriot profile link at 04/17/09 2:05 PM  | Reply
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How long did this account last before breaking character? A noble effort, in any case.

Posted by: tps12  in reply to  An American Patriot's comment at 04/17/09 2:58 PM  | Reply
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What? I can't have a fucking opinion on Ludacris? Well shit on a brick, I'm sorry! I didn't realize you goddamned pussy liberals couldn't handle me carrying an opinion around. I apologize for not understanding that this sites socialist and communist tendencies spread to the comment boards as well. EX-FUCKIN-SCUSE ME GOOD SIR.

I'll be sure to check my freedoms in at the log in page next time, you dickhole.

Posted by: An American Patriot profile link  in reply to  tps12's comment at 04/17/09 3:15 PM  | Reply
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He's doing "novice troll" performance art

Posted by: trevormail profile link  in reply to  An American Patriot's comment at 04/17/09 4:01 PM  | Reply
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GOD DAMNIT! What is wrong with people?

Posted by: Tony at 04/17/09 2:11 PM  | Reply
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that was HO-rrible

Posted by: zach profile link at 04/17/09 2:13 PM  | Reply
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Jesse McCartney? Who?

Posted by: etc profile link at 04/17/09 2:16 PM  | Reply
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Oh Luda. Don't do that. Please? But crazier is the fact that Jesse McCartney co wrote "Bleeding Love" with the dude from OneRepublic. That one blew my mind.

Posted by: talkingstove profile link at 04/17/09 2:20 PM  | Reply
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Jesse McCartney makes Metallica look like The Carpenters.

Posted by: DanBlurns profile link at 04/17/09 2:26 PM  | Reply
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And to think... I only saw him just in time! Only a month or so ago. He did a blistering rendition of "Area Codes" with a smooth transition into "Ho"...

Posted by: David at 04/17/09 2:32 PM  | Reply
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Why is Toofer singing backup for Jesse McCartney?

Posted by: ana at 04/17/09 2:35 PM  | Reply
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Aw dammit! I thought Luda was the one backup singer until he walked out. That would have been even better.

Posted by: Steve at 04/17/09 3:31 PM  | Reply
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Jesse McCartney's ball grabbing is not convincing. It looks more like pinching.

Posted by: LUM at 04/17/09 3:54 PM  | Reply
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"How Do You Sleep?" An apt question after listening to 10 seconds of this song.

Posted by: Meth Face profile link at 04/17/09 4:23 PM  | Reply
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How Do You Live! Also imdb confirmed the fact I remember this kid from All My Children. Am I pleased to know this? No...but...everyone goes through a soap opera watching stage right?

Posted by: Calliwell profile link at 04/17/09 4:33 PM  | Reply
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is this in reference to john lennon's paul mccartney diss? with JESSE mccartney singing backups? i bet jesse mccartneys last name isn't really mccartney he just pretends it is so people will think he's related to paul. sucker.

Posted by: faas at 04/17/09 4:38 PM  | Reply
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I totally thought the same thing when I read the title.

Posted by: indybree profile link  in reply to  faas's comment at 04/17/09 11:00 PM  | Reply
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Man, he really "raises tha roof" when he takes it into the crowd. Ludacris is a fat paid guest star whore, and I'm sure he gets truckloads of teenager's money to swim in just from the residuals of this song. He's (become) one of those businessman first type of rappers. Also, anyone seen the video for this? If so you are ashamed of yourself, and you know that it's like a G-rated 4 Fast 4 Furious.

Posted by: Pig Lamp profile link at 04/18/09 1:34 AM  | Reply
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i don't get it.
why the outrage? i was waiting for him to slip and grab a tit or something.
it's because he's guest stars on a Jesse McCartney track? the dude (along with most rap guest stars) has been guest-starring on anything for the past 10 years. he's never been shy about it. and surely he's not the first one to cross over into pop ballad territory.

i don't condone Jesse McCartney's career, we all need crappy boy bands, but i don't see the fuss. now, if 50 had done this, it would've been a whole new ballgame.

Posted by: alull profile link at 04/18/09 1:34 PM  | Reply
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This has Teen Choice Award written all over it.

Posted by: Mcluskyist profile link at 04/18/09 9:55 PM  | Reply
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“The Hottest Duo?” I don’t think so.... maybe if Luda didn’t place himself as a rapper and more of a a... pop artist? Then maybe it’ll work? Just maybe? He is a silly rapper indeed. But perhaps he doesn’t want to fall under the stereotypes of what a typical African-American rapper should be? I mean, you don’t always have to curse in your songs and make terrible life decisions to be considered as a rapper; who says you have to fall into the stereotype?

However, I do not care for Jesse McCartney. Ludacris, why did you feel the need to help out a teenager? No more charity works from now on!

Posted by: lovableklutz profile link at 04/22/09 8:46 PM  | Reply
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