Coons & Gremlins Run This Hip Hop Sh*t - IHHH

You are about to witness something that doesn't happen often here at Haterade On Ice.

Here goes.

I like N.E.R.D.

Now, you didn't honestly think that was the end of it, did you?

How does my actual approval of something fit into the overall tone of my blog -- bastion of cynicism and cutting sarcasm that it is?

Nielsen Soundscan reports that, Seeing Sounds, N.E.R.D's latest offering, has sold barely more than 100,000 units since it's release on June 10, 2008. In stark comparison, everyone's favorite post-midnight dining mogwai (Weezy F. Gremlin) has sold a whopping (by today's standards) 1,000,000+ units of Tha Carter III since its release on the same day.

Now I'll grant you that N.E.R.D may be little more than a vanity project for Skateboard P, The Asian Guy, and that other Black Guy, but damn, Son! The music is progressive, original, and at least a foot outside the box.

So that's it. Gremlins and coonlicious ringtone rappers run this rap shit. Souja Boy Tellem will no doubt receive his shiny platinum plaque a week or so after his next cd of ringtones is released -- The Neptunes will get a Styrofoam plate in a frame when it's all said and done.

I hate hip hop.