Friday, May 16, 2008

The Nouveau Nouveau Riche

First, we have rapper/producer/all-around talented bastard Rick Ross and his obviously Warhol-inspired piece "My Face on A Gold-Encrusted Chain".



Next comes R&B heartthrob/straight thug Plies, AKA "It's Yo' Boy Plies" (you have to say it like you just downed a bottle of Nyquil) with his black diamond masterpiece which I like to call "Goon/Go On". Whoever did the typeface on that thing should be shot. You can't see it, but inside the mouth of his tiny diamond replica is a mouthful of smaller diamonds to match the set he has in his mouth.



I'm sure you can find millions of other instances of things like this. I always enjoy hearing "artists" like this saying, "When you come from da hood and you ain't got nothin, and then all of a sudden you can afford everything you always wanted, you gotta jump at it." When I hear things like that, I always find a happy place, waiting for the day when the money stops coming in and the repo company who works for the label comes to collect what is now their property while the artist shouts, "Oh man, not my car! Oh, nah, not my Lambo!"

Or, in the case of Kanye West: "Aww, fam, not my (insert Swedish/Japanese/Italian/French designer) shoes, wardrobe, etc.)

Visit his blog here. But, be warned; he is actually very talented, just very full of himself. Luckily, all he asks you to do here is look at how sophisticated his tastes are.

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