Ron Artest Likes to "Interact" with the fans

Alright so I'm actually a big fan of Ron Artest's Video Blog on HipHopGame.com. While I've never been a proponent of his game or his attitude, his views on the Music Industry are refreshing and insightful. For example, Artest is a self-proclaimed "street dude" who loves "that real hip-hop." However, in his 4th blog entry, instead of dismissing the new Kanye album 808's and Heartbreak, (which we here at BS have enjoyed for the past two weeks) he says he'll buy a copy of the album and give it a listen before stamping a review on it. In today's music industry, people jump to conclusions about entire albums based on singles and reviews without ever listening to whole albums (this new Kanye album may be the ultimate example of that) and I'm fucking sick of it. Don't tell me you "liked the old Kanye" if all you've heard from the new album is "Love Lockdown." Musicians progress. It's the only way they stay viable. How many career changes has Madonna underwent? And she's still selling records. Justin Timberlake is the only member of *N Sync who branched out, embracing the R&B and hip-hop worlds after crossing over from pop, and now he's on top of the game, while Lance Bass is just trying to get to the moon or the finals of dancing with the stars or whatever the fuck else.

So listen to the new Kanye album before you say you want the old Mr. West back.

But I digress. In Artest's lates video entry, he has a great line in relating the entertainment he provides to fans to the entertainment musicians provide to fans. Just after the 10:30 mark, Artest concedes to the fact that he sometimes will play for the fans, give them a hi-five, or generally interact with the fans. Check it out for yourself. If you've never seen Crazy Pills' Video Blog, it's an entertaining watch.




Really Ron-Ron? You want to bring up "interacting with the fans?" Just that phrase coming out of your mouth makes me shudder. If you don't know why, you're lucky. And if you've never seen this video, sorry for posting it. You'd probably be better off not knowing that this ever happened.



I don't mean to make light of one of the darkest moments in NBA history, but come on ,you gotta admit he could have chosen his words a little better.