This morning I opened an e-mail from my boy Doug in which he had forwarded a link for the lead-off single for the new Roots album, a track titled “Birthday Girl”. He briefly prefaced it by saying that, even though there had been some negative reviews, he thought the video would be a hit. He asked if I thought it could get regular play.
I really need you to just watch this, please, so you can understand how very silly that question is.
Of course it will get regular play!!! Dorky teen boys getting their “gifts” unwrapped by a mischievous-looking barely legal chick(en head?)* and the implication that as soon as a young lady hits that magic number, she’s smash-appropriate? Yes, Doug, I’m afraid this just may be a hit, if for no other reason than that the video features porn star Sasha Grey.
This video is wank fodder for so many reasons. It will probably never matter that Black Thought is actually rhyming about THE TOTAL EFFING OPPOSITE idea.
I dunno, man. I’d say it was a “no-brainer”, but that term just feels oddly inappropriate in this context.
*Do we even use that word anymore? Is it fair to categorize her as such, just because she graduated from high school with dreams to break into the porn industry? Hmmm…
April 18th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
http://therapup.rawkus.com/2008/04/sasha-grey-unveiled.html
NSFW
I like how she acts supernatural about everything.
“Yeah, I kinda like being tied to trucks and bludgeoned with maces. But I need to be careful not to bruise.” (not an actual quote..but it might as well be.)
yeah, “smash-appropriate” takes on a new meaning, now doesn’t it?