Nicole Mejia

Billionaire Walmart Heiress Alice Walton Arrested for Driving Drunk [GOT]

Rihanna Responds To Royce’s “Hi Rihanna” Cypher Freestyle [TUD]

Aaron Rodgers Is The Best At Photobombing [With Leather] Read the rest of this entry »

Issa Bayaua

Christian Lopez Caught Jeter’s 3,000th Hit and Gave It Back [The Big Lead]

Philly Saved $2 Million by Not Prosecuting Small-Time Potheads [Gawker]

Meet Tyrone Curry: He Won The Lottery And Kept Sweeping [The Life Files]

The Black Eyed Peas To Go On Indefinite Break [NME] Read the rest of this entry »

Real Riche

A Daft Punk Grammy? [TDS]

‘Wife Swap’ Star Apologizes for Having Worst Husband in World [Gawker]

Jermaine O’Neal Will Not Suffer Crappy Hecklers [TSB]

Ten Gmail Labs Features You Should Enable [Lifehacker]

I’m A PC And I’m 4 ½ [TRU]

The Trent Reznor NIN’s Business Model Explained In PowerPoint Presentation [Coed]

Rick Rubin’s Track Record as a Label Executive Is Raising Questions [NY Times]

The Top 10 Songs That Killed Hip-Hop [Spike]

T.I. Shoots “Dead & Gone” Video With JT + Does Blender Magazine [YBF]

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Words by Matthew Mundy

In honor of Blender’s ‘Look at me!’ skewering of pop culture on their – list name verbosity alert! – ’33 Most Overrated People, Places, Trends and Other Junk in Rock’ list, TSS thought we would take a look at their list and pick out a few that seem spot on, a little off or – ahem – bullshit*. Also, I’m unemployed, so it’s either this or drinking, and I’m out of fermented orange rinds.

32. Kiss

Verdict – Spot on.

Because, my friends, Kiss sucks. Also – meteorological accuracy be damned — Gene Simmons is a tornado of human filth swirling through a tsunami of mediocrity rolling its way across an earthquake of dubious talent. If Gene Simmons were a politician, he would be a poor man’s Mitt Romney, if Mitt Romney had a mop of pubic hair on his head.

ReBlendered – Do people still like Kiss enough to make them overrated?

29. Getting Rick Rubin to Produce Your Record

Verdict – A little off.

Have they not heard “99 Problems”? Sure, his recent production credits include Linkin Park and Neil Diamond. But still, “99 Problems” > Every other rap rock song ever, basically.

ReBlendered – Maybe it is overrated. Rubin did produce Linkin Park. And Neil Diamond. And Slipknot. “Egchk!” © Pusha T.

26. Timbaland

Verdict – Spot on.

Sure, Timbo used to be a beast – his work with Jay-Z alone will give him a top-ten producer spot. But his recent work with other artists – aside from Justin Timberlake – has been spotty to say the least. And it’s not getting better. If Timbo gets back to Hip-Hop – and just Hip-Hop – I’ll take this back. And so should Blender.

ReBlendered – Anybody who produces “Snoopy Track” and “Big Pimpin’’ and isn’t canonized on the spot is forever underrated. Even if they do briefly hitch their success wagon to a guy named Magoo.

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