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austin rivers June 1, 2017
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NBA beef tracker: Austin Rivers and Big Baby take shots over who’s more trash

The NBA Finals are finally back after a long, protracted break from basketball. What better way to celebrate the return of some bball than some NBA beef between two role players?

These beefing role players in question are Glen “Big Baby” Davis, who’s been out of the league since 2015 despite being just 31 years old, and Austin Rivers, who plays for his own dad, Big Baby’s former head coach Doc Rivers.

This beef goes back a little while.

In February, Big Baby went on Chris Broussard’s radio show (I didn’t know he had one either) and basically said Doc Rivers was an asshole who screwed up Big Baby’s career:

“We had something in ’08 and that was it. You know what I mean? That’s what that is. So far, like, I didn’t like how the way he handled me on my exit. Yeah, hold yourself accountable, but at the same time I had a broken ankle. I won a championship with you and you don’t even really call me. I’ve got to beg you to call me. My agent has to beg you to call me … My ankle was broke. My ankle was broke. And they’re shooting me up, shooting me up, shooting me up every day to play. My ankle was broke.”

It seems like Baby has some legit beef with Doc Rivers, if his coach played him while he had a broken ankle and never calls him, that’s a pretty fucked up situation.

That was in February.

Everything seemed pretty much over with regards to the Baby vs. Doc beef.

Then Doc Rivers’ large adult son went on FS1’s number one show for race-baiting, Undisputed and basically ran his mouth off about something that has nothing to do with him:

“And I don’t have a problem with Baby. Me and Baby have always been cool. But it makes no sense to what he’s doing, and whatever he has between him and his pops—my pops said the jokes about his weight and stuff. It was hard. Let me ask you something: If someone is constantly out of shape, late, don’t remember plays, how the hell are you supposed to play him?”

These comments didn’t sit well with Baby.

While vacationing in Hawaii, Big Baby took to Instagram to fire back at Austin Rivers in a pretty cold clapback.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BUxuUxxAx5_/?taken-by=gbbabydavis

A transcript of Baby’s ramblings:

“I’m in Hawaii minding my own business, and I look over on Undisupted and I see old punk-ass Austin Rivers talking shit. C’mon man. Yeah I might’ve been overweight, a little bit. Probably late for one or two practices. C’mon man. Don’t know the plays? C’mon bruh, you’re lying now, bruh. Now you’re fucking lying. C’mon now, man. Now that’s a fucking lie.

Second of all, your father gave you your money. How can you—like, don’t say shit to me. Your father gave you your money. You ain’t work for it, motherfucker. Type of shit—I was there. I seen you at practice. You didn’t give a fuck, thinking you all that wearing them tight ass pants and you know, your father gave you all that money, so you can go wear those tight-ass pants, but keep your fucking mouth closed, man. Shut up, man. You’re a fucking bum who’s been given the world. Shut up, and just stay under your father.”

SHEESH.

That seems like the logical conclusion to this particular war of words. Don’t think there’s much coming back from that if you’re Austin Rivers.

The actual games are cool, but there is truly nothing like some juicy, slow-cooked, petty NBA beef.

Alex G June 1, 2017
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(Sandy) Alex G, Frank Ocean collaborator, takes indie crown on ‘Rocket’

(Sandy) Alex G’s album Rocket, released earlier this month, is the culmination of a musical journey that has seen the Philly-native go from recording five albums in his own bedroom, to playing the bars around Temple University, to Pitchfork darling, to Frank Ocean’s recording studio.

Over the first couple years of his career, (Sandy) Alex G, real name Alex Giannascoli, had a prolific catalog consisting of strictly acoustic music, strictly bedroom-recorded, strictly for the coffeehouse or angsty teen’s mixtapes, which earned him a cult-like fanbase and comparisons to Elliot Smith.

But since those initial bandcamp and YouTube releases, many of which have been re-released by Domino Records, Giannascoli has expanded his sound, bringing in other band members to compliment his visions.

Despite any change in sound, all of Alex Giannascoli’s music is grounded in lo-fi indie rock, full of beautiful, sometimes heartbreaking imagery, as well as tongue-in-cheek snark.

Listening to early Alex G, it doesn’t take long to figure out how the Elliot Smith comparisons came to be. On “Change” a young Giannascoli continually drones “I don’t like how things change,” neither do we, man.

But in recent years, Giannascoli has sought new styles and methods of conveying his ideas as they become more complicated than “growing up sucks!!”

On Rocket, and his other concrete releases, DSU (2014) and Beach Music (2015), Giannascoli evokes very different comparisons beyond Smith.

DSU shows an Alex G is still clinging to the coffeehouse, especially vocally, barely singing over the instrumentation, but that instrumentation has veered away from cold brew and into a heavier lane, sometimes evoking the Pixies, sometimes Built to Spill, sometimes Lucinda Williams.

On “Hollow” Giannascoli shows why the indie world found DSU so exciting. One moment we’re being guided around by Giannascoli’s acoustic guitar, then we’re whisked away by a wall of heavy power chords that seem to be taken right from Sonic Youth’s playbook.

Critics raved over DSU, for many it was the realization of Giannascoli’s talents, going from his Elliot Smith-lite recordings in his room to making a fully-formed, ambitious, multi-layered album.

DSU made many of the relevant Best Album lists, in a rave review Pitchfork claimed,

“DSU is worthy of its moment, a 13-song set of warped, idiosyncratic sketches, each capable of wending its way to a distinct place into the hearts of anyone who ever warmed to the idea of ‘indie rock’.”

Alex G, he added the (Sandy) to his name after continually being confused with the (very different) other musician Alex G, signed to Domino Records in 2015 and dropped Beach Music as his first release on an actual label.

After the breakthrough of DSU, where the indie world felt they had found a new standard-bearer, Beach Music was perhaps a slight disappointment.

If DSU showed Giannascoli coming out of his shell, Beach Music felt like a retreat back into it. The music was more experimental, and darker, than DSU.

(Sandy) Alex G brought in some synthesizers and drum machines to push his sound even further, “Salt” sounds like The Cranberries on acid.

Beach Music is initially pretty inaccessible, there’s just a lot going on, but the complexity of the music makes the album worth a serious listen.

Regardless, Giannascoli’s music caught the attention of the indie elite, and beyond.

While touring the U.K. in 2016, Giannascoli received an email from Frank Ocean’s manager asking him to come by and record some stuff for the album Ocean was working on.

In an interview with Stereogum, Alex G is pretty low-key about the whole thing,

“[Frank Ocean would] just be like, ‘Hey here’s the stuff.’ And he had an engineer, Caleb, and then they’d give me a guitar and I’d just figure shit out on the spot. They would just play me a vocal track or whatever and I’d just fuck around for hours and then they’d pick and choose if they liked it or not.”

But how did Frank find out about Giannascoli’s music?

“I don’t know… dude, I WISH I knew. I feel like people always ask me that and I feel like a dumbass ‘cause I’m just like, ‘I have no idea.’ He’s just a super normal-ass nice guy… I’m grateful he asked me.”

As for his actual contributions on Blonde, Alex G plays the opening guitar chords in “Self Control” and the end guitar in “White Ferrari”. On “White Ferrari” Alex G is credited alongside Kanye West, Paul McCartney, and John Lennon.

His credits on Blonde gave Alex G a sort of mythology, he was Frank Ocean’s favorite indie dude. So when (Sandy) Alex G announced in March that he was releasing his new album Rocket in May, it was met with all sorts of hype.

The Philly-native absolutely delivered; Rocket is a fully-fleshed album of an artist in complete control of their powers.

At times, Rocket is straight up acoustic folky rock, like on “Proud”.

But Alex G is still down to get weird with it.

“Witch” sounds like a Toro y Moi b-side, and “Horse” has Animal Collective written all over it.

“Brick” is experimental hardcore, sounding like something from The Prodigy.

But Giannascoli is always going to bring us back to his roots. “Powerful Man” is a beautifully-written acoustic track with backup violin from Molly Germer, Alex G’s now-girlfriend.

And “Big Fish” could’ve been taken right from Giannascoli’s early bedroom recordings.

“Guilty”, the final track off the album, is a jazzy multi-instrumental conclusion to an album that spans the indie world and beyond.

Rocket shows Giannascoli’s ability to do basically whatever the hell he wants musically.

He is an incredibly talented songwriter, able to illustrate the anomie and detachment of suburban America, even as his personal career takes him into Frank Ocean’s studio and sold out tours in the U.S. and abroad.

On Rocket, (Sandy) Alex G seizes the indie crown.

lebron james June 1, 2017
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The 10 most disrespectful moments in NBA Finals history

With the NBA Finals on the horizon, it’s important to look back at the most disrespectful plays in the history of the series.

We combed through the annals of NBA history to find the plays that made you say, in the immortal words of Famous Los, “why he do boy like dat?”

It’s hard to exactly define disrespectful in this context, but it’s one of those thing where you know it when you see it. While things like a good screen and roll, a clever coaching adjustment, or an offensive rebound might win the game, they aren’t the plays we remember when we look back.

Instead it’s the wild crossover that leaves your opponent in a heap on the ground, the rim-shattering dunk, the game-winning shot in dude’s face, these are all things that qualify as disrespectful here.

You probably know a few of these already; LeBron pops up a couple times, Michael Jordan is obviously on there (no NBA Finals list is complete without the GOAT). A certain point guard that played for the 76ers is featured, honestly this dude took disrespect on the basketball court to a new level.

Just to give you a feeling of the lack of respect on this list, the first play, sliding in at number 10, is Jerry West (aka The Logo) hitting a game-tying shot against the Knicks from way past half court to send Game 3 of the 1970 Finals into overtime.

Obviously if that shot happened nowadays it would’ve been a three and ended the game but back in the day it just went right into overtime. West ended up missing all his shots in overtime and the Knicks won the game and would go on to win the 1970 NBA Championship.

Can’t tell what the wildest part of that shot is, the fact that my dude hit a shot from 60 feet or the Knicks were in the Finals.

Check out the rest of the most disrespectful moments in NBA Finals history in the video above.

 

james harden May 31, 2017
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Travis Scott’s new music video for ‘Way Back’ makes no sense

Travis Scott has had a wild couple months.

On May 22nd, the Houston-native’s last two albums, Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight and Rodeo, both went platinum on the same day.

Then Scott set the world record for performing the same song in a row, playing “Goosebumps” fourteen times in a row, then fifteen times in a row.

La Flare is rumored to be dating Kylie Jenner as well, which I guess is cool as far as those things go?

After dropping a couple new tracks last week, including “Butterfly Effect,” “Purple Green,” and “A Man” Scott has hinted at a new joint project with Quavo and a new solo album Astroworld.

Scott was then named as the new face of Nike and the new VaporMax kicks, shit seems to be working out for Travis Scott at the moment.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BUhJ9QBFJlC/

Then earlier today, Scott dropped the visuals for “Way Back,” a pretty disjointed and bizarre video starring James Harden (who has not had a great month).

The video starts with recently-eliminated-from-the-playoffs James Harden watching talking heads on 6 different TVs with Stephen A.’s voice ringing out, then Harden back in his hometown of L.A. dapping up dudes lifting weights, then in a gym playing against himself, then randomly hanging upside down, then having… hallucinations about other people in the gym?

After about five minutes of that, the video cuts to different overhead shots of Travis sitting in the back of a convertible for the final 2:30 of the over seven minute long video.

For all of Travis Scott’s success, it doesn’t appear that directing videos is his strong suit… this video makes zero sense, it’s pretty much just a collection of images that are kind of cool looking.

James Harden also should not be an actor.

If we’re looking for takeaways from this video, it is kind of funny that Travis Scott just signed a Nike deal as this video is basically a James Harden Adidas commercial.

We look forward to more of Travis Scott’s music and non Travis Scott-directed videos.

album May 31, 2017
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Stream Ulrika Spacek’s new album ‘Modern English Decoration’

London-based band Ulrika Spacek will release Modern English Decoration, their second studio album, on Friday. Their label, Tough Love Records, has the album up on SoundCloud.

https://soundcloud.com/tough-love/sets/ulrika-spacek-modern-engish

Ulrika Spacek, pronounced “uhl-ri-kah spe-sec” is a mix between Ulrika Meinhof and Sissy Spacek. Ulrika Meinhof was a left-wing terrorist in West Germany in the 70s who hanged herself in her prison cell after being charged with a litany of violent and philosophical crimes and Sissy Spacek is a famous American singer and actress.

The band was formed in Berlin by two English dudes named Rhys (Williams and Edwards) and comprises of five guys, three of which are on guitar.

This multi-layered guitar makeup makes Ulrika Spacek a particularly interesting-sounding group, able to operate between the smallest of arpeggios to full-blown Phil Spector wall of sound.

On “Dead Museum” Ulrika Spacek starts off with typical jangly, slow-paced guitar melody and then devolves into distorted, wall of sound.

There’s evidence of Pavement and definitive traces of a lot of shoegaze on Modern English Decoration, even some contemporary American alternative influences apparent, but with an added tinge of psychedelic and airy vocals and guitar riffs.

The title track “Modern English Decoration” shows the different elements making up Ulrika Spacek’s sound. There’s a dreamy, floaty quality to their music, a sort of dim hovering that makes Ulrika Spacek’s music pretty intriguing.

Modern English Decoration makes for some cool listening. You can check it out over at Tough Love Records’ SoundCloud and buy/stream the album on Friday.

jr smith May 31, 2017
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Twitter savages fill the time as basketball fans await NBA finals

It’s been a minute since we’ve seen any basketball. The NBA Playoffs have been straight up brutal to watch, with the Cavs losing 1 (one) game and the Warriors losing none on their way to a third straight finals matchup.

The Warriors last played on May 22nd and the Cavs last played on the 25th.

But it’s over. We no longer have to watch frankly mediocre teams flail away at the Cavaliers and Warriors.

The playoffs started on April 15th, which feels like a lifetime ago, but let’s just be grateful that we finally get to watch the matchup of DESTINY.

Since the last time we actually saw a basketball game, Twitter has been blowing up with memes, highlights, statistics, and jokes, all the jokes about the Finals.

It’s times like these that we can truly appreciate the beauty of social media, filling the dead time between actual playoff games with hilarity and nice kernels of statistical interest.

Here are some of the good tweets.

Will J.R. get sauced mid-game again?

Will the Warriors even have a coach?

Lil B is excited for some NBA basketball!!

Some wild NBA Finals by the numbers facts via BSO.

Yeah… like I said, it’s been awhile since we actually had any ball to watch.

https://twitter.com/theshrillest/status/868123560799215616

https://twitter.com/_YoMek/status/869005263105277952

There’s definitely some good guy/bad guy dynamics.

We always have time for A.I.’s iconic crossover… by the way, where’s that Ty Lue character now?

https://twitter.com/TitanicHoops/status/869569491268763649

The Warriors really thought they could punk LeBron last year…

https://twitter.com/balldontstop/status/869371506475753472

Come at the King… best not miss.

And of course, Stephen A. doesn’t know shit! His pick is truly a curse.

This might be the most talented Finals of all-time…

The hot takers are out talking LeBron versus Mike versus Kobe, but what’s really good with who they played in the finals?

Aaaaaand Knicks fans are perpetually sick.

gucci mane May 30, 2017
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Mike Will Made-It drops some trippy ass visuals for ‘Perfect Pint’

Earlier today, Mike Will Made-It, the predominant boss of all things hip-hop production, released the music video for “Perfect Pint,” one of the singles off his album Ransom 2.

The video features Rae Sremmurd riding along in some sort of Fear and Loathing-inspired desert with Mike Will whipping the convertible through the landscape.

Trippyness abounds as large pills drop from the sky, giant women twerk, and a god-like Gucci Mane stomps around causing earthquakes and shit.

https://twitter.com/Condogbia/status/869640431163908098

Then Kendrick comes through in the drop top with… a small Gucci Mane head dangling from the rearview mirror.

Twitter

This is the third video Mike Will has dropped from Ransom 2, “Gucci On My” featuring 21 Savage, Migos, and YG and “On The Come Up” featuring Big Sean both dropped in March.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BUuwKo7D6ww/

Watch the video here and let us know what you think.

Bruh May 30, 2017
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Stay WOKE: Trump budget aims to remove civil rights across the board

While you were relaxing on the beach this weekend, taking flicks on whatever new floaty thing is fashionable this summer, and getting that much needed base tan, the Trump administration initiated plans to roll back civil rights agencies and protections across the board, as part of the administration’s 2018 budget plan.

The plan would effectively eliminate the Office of Federal Compliance Programs (OFCCP) a government agency that’s stated mission is to,

“Protect workers, promote diversity and enforce the law. OFCCP holds those who do business with the federal government—contractors and subcontractors—responsible for complying with the legal requirement to take affirmative action and not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.”

The OFCCP ensures that government agencies don’t discriminate against people for any reason based on prejudice. By folding the OFCCP into another agency, the Trump administration is rendering it basically ineffective, unable to perform the duties that the agency was set up to perform.

This is a step in line with many of Trump’s budget cuts, which unfairly target minorities and the poor, through systematic restructuring, flat out elimination of protections for the vulnerable, or installing heads of departments that actively oppose the agency’s core ideas, all in an attempt to run those agencies into the ground.

Take the EPA, for instance.

Trump named Scott Pruitt, a Republican from Oklahoma, to head the Environmental Protection Agency.

Scott Pruitt is a climate change denier. According to the Chicago Tribune, gas and oil companies have contributed over $300,000 to Pruitt’s campaigns since he’s been a politician.

It is in Pruitt’s best interests, or at least his pockets’ best interests, to ensure that the EPA has an anti-environmental philosophy, removing all shackles on the oil industry so they can freely pollute and drill wherever, however, and whenever they want to.

Pruitt and his gaggle of moneyed oilmen, now in charge of protecting the environment, also plan to eliminate the EPA’s environmental justice program, which, according to the Washington Post,

“Addresses pollution that poses health threats specifically concentrated in minority communities. The program, in part, offers money and technical help to residents who are confronted with local hazards such as leaking oil tanks or emissions from chemical plants.”

Trump is eliminating the part of the EPA that protects low-income or minority areas from natural disasters or ‘local hazards’.

There’s so much more.

The Education Department’s Office of Civil Rights would also see massive staffing cuts, to the point of making the agency basically ineffective.

Again, from the Washington Post,

“Administration officials acknowledge in budget documents that the civil rights office will have to scale back the number of investigations it conducts and limit travel to school districts to carry out its work.”

This step would basically drive the Office of Civil Rights straight into the ground, the department would simply be unable to carry out its duties and investigate when actually called upon.

There’s also an active and direct campaign by the Trump administration to curtail any efforts for LBGT protections made during Obama’s presidency.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development, headed by Ben Carson, who claims that gay marriage leads to bestiality and pedophilia, is attempting to eliminate a rule that allows homeless or displaced transgender people to select sex-segregated shelters of their own choosing.

And of course there’s little Jeff Sessions, a very pathetic old man that has made a career off stripping people of their basic civil rights. Sessions, now the head of the United States Justice Department, once ‘joked’ that the Ku Klux Klan “was O.K. until I found out they smoked pot,” is leading an effort to ensure that police have full reign with zero accountability and take away protections from the people that need them most.

Sessions wants to review the already agreed police reforms ordered under Obama and former Attorney General Eric Holder.

Sessions also joined up with the Department of Education to remove guidelines protecting transgender students using bathrooms of the gender that they identify with.

This long list of changes, cuts, or eliminations demonstrate a classic Trumpian philosophy. Quite simply, you can’t have any civil rights violations if you don’t have anyone to investigate them.

By making appointments like Scott Pruitt, whose entire political career has been bankrolled by the oil industry, as head of the EPA, Betsy Devos, who thinks you need to arm school teachers because of… bears (?) as head of the Education Department, and Jeff Sessions, who doesn’t believe in justice, as head of the Justice Department, Trump wants to basically make the federal government useless.

These kinds of appointments exist at every level, too. The acting head of the civil rights office of the Department of Education is a woman named Candice E. Jackson. Jackson has railed against affirmative action and claims that specific initiatives taken up to make student bodies more diverse don’t take into account, “the very real prices paid by individual people who end up injured by affirmative action.”

It’s an entire cabinet made up of incompetent, rich, old, racist white people, but that’s what y’all voted for.

If these cuts do happen and this budget is passed, the most vulnerable people in the country will be hurt the most.

To Trump, these civil rights protections are the kind of bad, wasteful programs that must be eliminated so we can slash taxes on millionaires and billionaires and boost our military to continue the never-ending war on terror and bomb civilians in the Middle East.

Steve Bannon, the devil on Trump’s shoulder, anti-semite, wife beater, alcoholic, and architect of Trump’s most draconian ideas, said back in February that all the administrative appointments were aimed at the “deconstruction of the administrative state,” so it’s not like they didn’t tell us what they were going to do.

But the Trump administration maintains they give a shit about anyone outside the 1%.

The Post quotes White House spokeswoman Kelly Love saying in a statement,

“The Trump administration has an unwavering commitment to the civil rights of all Americans.”

Lol.

As all things with the Trump administration, these cuts are all more actively evil under a microscope.

Amidst the utter insanity of the Russia investigation, Trump’s weird treatment of our closest allies, sudden embrace of Saudi Kings, and unhinged tweetstorms, there is real damage being done and important initiatives being undone in order to remove civil rights protections for the most vulnerable people in our crumbling republic.

All in the name of cutting taxes for the wealthy.

Alex G May 26, 2017
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The music week in review: Gucci Mane, Alex G, Bryson Tiller, Lorde and more

It’s Memorial Day Weekend, people. This means we’re officially in summer music territory. You need new tracks for your rooftop parties, your road trips, the morning after hangover as you contemplate last night’s decisions. We got you.

A bunch of new shit has dropped over the past week and we’re here to help you sort through it and find your barbecue song for this weekend and beyond.

Gucci Mane – Droptopwop

East Atlanta Santa dropped his sixth project since being released from prison a year ago today. That’s like an entire career’s worth of material in one calendar year.

On Droptopwop Gucci does what he does best, seamlessly flowing over some immaculate production from Metro Boomin’ (executive producer) and a group of the best minds in hip-hop production. “Met Gala” with Offset is a standout.

(Sandy) Alex G – Rocket

Last Friday, Philadelphia artist Alex Giannascoli released an alluring, multifaceted album, spanning the world of indie rock. It’s highly recommended listening.

On the surface, this record is easy to listen to, but it’s also extremely complex in its composition. Early contender for album of the year for me.

Bryson Tiller – True to Self

Pen Griffey dropped his second full length album last night, a month before schedule. After the widely successful Trapsoul, Tiller has a lot to live up to. According to CJ, it’s fire.

Danzing – Black Laden Crown

Danzig have returned with some face-melting guitar riffs and some lyrics about devils and other Dungeons and Dragons subjects.

If you’re looking for some badass bluesy metal played by dudes in their 60s, this should be extremely your shit.

Lorde – “Green Light” (Chromeo Remix)

The Funk Lord(e)s have returned to reimagine Lorde’s new song about not actually liking beaches, which is ironic because this is definitely some summer beach party music.

It’s good to have Chromeo back doing their thing again, hopefully more to come from the Montreal duo.

A$AP Rocky – “RAF” ft. Playboi Carti, Quavo, Lil Uzi Vert, Frank Ocean

Rocky’s new single honors the fashion designer du jour, and hosts many of the most relevant hip-hop artists, to make one trendy-ass song. Anytime Frank Ocean and Quavo are on the same song, it’s bound to be some cool shit.

Washed Out – “Get Lost”

After taking over the indie scene with Life and Leisure (2009) and Within Without (2011) and being one of the main initiators of the early 2010’s chillwave renaissance, Washed Out, real name Ernest Green, hadn’t released any solo work since 2013. Until today.

Washed Out fans will find the sound on “Get Lost” very familiar, if not a little refined.

Smokepurpp – “Different Color Molly”

Like it or not, these South Florida rappers are here to stay. Smokepurpp might be the most palatable of the bunch with his laid back (and drugged out) flow.

On “Different Color Molly” Smoke is… taking a bunch of drugs and singing along with his chopper over a bouncy beat, courtesy of Slight.

Chuck Berry – “Lady B. Goode”

Chuck Berry, the late great godfather of rock music, wrote an ode to his wife, with “three generations of Berrys – Chuck, son Charles Jr. and grandson Charles III” all playing guitar on the track released earlier today, according to Rolling Stone.

Future – “Mask Off” (Remix) ft. Kendrick Lamar

How can you make the hottest song in hip-hop even more of a smash? Add Kendrick to it. It’s pretty simple.

lebron james May 26, 2017
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Stephen A. Smith has picked every finals wrong since 2011

Stephen A. Smith, who was once a pretty good newspaper columnist, is a shining example of ESPN’s “embrace debate” ideology, where the Worldwide Leader throws two people with opposing views at each other on national television and advertise it as some sort of important dialogue.

It’s not.

These “debates” include Colin Cowherd claiming John Wall won’t be a good player because he dances and his dad is dead. Or Stephen A. and Skip Bayless arguing about whether or not it’s ok to be homophobic. Or Stephen A. blaming women for domestic violence.

The mastermind behind this whole philosophy that any idea is worth debating, regardless of how ridiculous or offensive it is, is producer Jamie Horowitz. Horowitz is now employed by Fox Sports 1, which would explain the uptick in ridiculous debate shows embroiled in controversy over there recently.

News networks like CNN have also adopted the approach, causing a total degradation of our news media and perhaps leading to the legitimization of extremist and bigoted views that had long been dormant.

Anyways, these debaters are also very bad at their jobs on the most basic level.

I refer you to this (amazing) video courtesy of Twitter user @LeKingJames23 of Stephen A. Smith predicting every NBA Finals since 2011 incorrectly.

https://twitter.com/LeKingJames23/status/867940091557277696

My favorite part of this video, and there are many, is Stephen A.’s utter confidence of his picks as his flails around embarrassing himself on national television.

This kind of thing is obviously far less harmful than putting Stephen A. on Fox News to debate racist lunatic Ted Nugent about Trump’s firing of former FBI Director James Comey, which is a thing that actually happened.

Behind the embrace debate bullshit, the race-baiting, and the general screaming, these guys just don’t know what they’re talking about.

But there’s no denying the people love their takes!