Dear Mr. Cent,
The clients have reviewed your new rap song (Do you call them songs or ‘joints?’ I must admit my ignorance.) and they really like it. Below are my notes and some suggestions, please let me know what you think.
2 am cruisin’ in my Cadillac ($1 for each radio airing)
Harmon Kardon ($3 for each radio airing) pumping in the very back
One of the crew says, “Shit boyee, I really need a Big Mac” ($3 for each radio airing)
Pirelli ($1 for each radio airing) tires turn us like on a race track
Hot voice from the speaker asks us what we need.
Fuck knows, it all looks good after smoking weed,
(Is “weed” still slang for marijuana? McDonald’s is a bit uncomfortable with drug references in relation to their product. I suggested that you would consider replacing this line with “Fuck knows, it all looks like good feed.”)
Finished my fries fast like I’m on speed,
(Looks like another drug reference (e.g. “speed”). Let’s try “Finished my fries fast and off we speed,”)
Looked at my homie’s extras and feel greed.
Nice ending. One more thing, I was wondering if you could work in some wordplay around the word “fresh.” My dictionary of hip-hop slang says fresh means “cool, stylish” and the client is really interested in playing up the freshness of their product. I detect a possible synergy here. Let me know what you think.
Tony Rome
Sarah Boxer plays on my worst fears in her New York Times article. The web, especially the blogosphere, is merely a list of lists, review of reviews and an opportunistic grab for links. I guess I should stop reading the New York Times online.
Leave Emma Richler alone and treat her fiction as fiction, ferchristsakes. While it’s nice to see some traditional style criticism getting dusted off, like Camille Paglia’s turn to New Criticism, biographical analysis belongs in book-clubs for thick CBC listeners. Let it go.
Erstwhile drummer for Split Enz and Crowded House was found dead, apparently by suicide in a park in his hometown of Melbourne, Australia Friday night at age 46.
Condolences to his family and Friendz.
