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Usain Bolt Is The Fastest Man ALIVE!

King Jerm — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:05:10 +0000

Continuing on the Olympic coverage, King Jerm is coming to you live from Beijing, (what, you didn’t know?) But I got to witness my main man Usain Bolt run the fastest 100 meters in history! My new homie just ran a 9.69 in the meters breaking his own record of 9.72. I know the story of the Olympics has been Phelps and the smog, back in my childhood, the Summer Olympics always revolved around the 100 meters. This guy has restored my faith in track and field. Watching him dominate in his event was bananas! Usain, if you out there…holla at your boy King Jerm! This is the crazy thing about it, he is only 21 and he is said to be better in the 200 meters. Michael Johnson record may be out the window in a couple of days! I can imagine it is some NFL teams licking their chops to get their hands on a 6 foot 5 human rocket. Well the Chinese government has a lot of internet restrictions, so I will get back to you with more updates later!

Here are some more photos..

But I have to give a shoutout to my boy Michael Phelps on breaking Mark Spitz record for one Olympics. 17 races in 8 days is a grueling task. Even if you don’t want to call him the greatest athlete ever, the man did pull off an impressive stunt. 8 gold medals with 7 World records is crazy. Congratulations!

iPod Hustle: Michael Phelps

B-Easy — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:55:40 +0000

Don’t get it confused, B-Easy is not doing a report of the 2008 Olympics; not to say I haven’t been watching. While trying to catch the Kobe/LeBron & company steamroll to the gold medal, I’ve actually watched quite a bit. Whether it be track or women’s team volleyball (You know you watch it too), the biggest story of this Olympics have by far been about Michael Phelps and his quest to break the record of gold medals at a single Olympics. This has had people comparing Phelps to the likes of Tiger, Jordan, and Gretzky. But what some people wanna know is what music is he listening to? In practically every shot of him at the pool, Phelps can be seen wearing the iconic white earbuds that are attached to, what else, but an Apple iPod. Well, the results may surprise you. Let’s just say the dopeboys and trappers aren’t the only one who bump Jeezy…

Download: Lil’ Wayne – “I’m Me”

Album: The Leak; Released: December 25, 2007
According to the Today Show on August 12, 2008, when asked what he was listening to during the Olympics, Phelps answered: “What did I have on today? I think I had Lil’ Wayne, “I’m Me”. I think I had that on there.” Personally I thought he would’ve went with Birdman & Weezy’s “Pop Bottles” with lines like: “Shut up bitch, gargle/Straight up out that water with my Mark Jacob goggles/I’m fresher than a motherf**ka”. Naw, but “I’m Me” is a great choice and one of the better Wayne songs.

Download: Young Jeezy – “Get Ya Mind Right”

Album: Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101; Released: July 26, 2006
Young Jeezy? Yep. While no one is really sure what particular Jeezy song Phelps is listening to, he has said in his own website that he was listening to Young Jeezy at the World Championships in Melbourne. I’m gonna go with this Jeezy track because of it’s one of his hardest because I think it’s funny that Phelps might be listening to to lines like: “I’m the realest nigga in here you already know/Got trapper of the year four times in a row”. Plus, this was originally released on the mixtape Trap Or Die.

Download: Outkast – “Roses”

Album: Speakerboxxx/The Love Below; Released: September 23, 2003
On August 8, 2008, Phelps submitted a celebrity playlist to the Rhapsody. The list include Twista’s “Overnight Celebrity”, Usher’s “Burn”, G-Unit’s “Smile”, Eminem’s “‘Til I Collapse”, & Outkast’s “Roses”. While I heard mention of “‘Til I Collapse”in a few interviews, what young white guy doesn’t listen to Eminem? I’ll go to the ever deserving Outkast.

The “Redeem Team” rolls on Team China 101-70

King Jerm — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:47:06 +0000

Like the other BILLION people that watched this game, (this is not including B-Easy) I was excited to see Team USA play in the opening game of the Olympics. Not only does this team HAVE to get gold in Beijing, they must do it impressively. This is the best team in the World, so like they said, there is no excuse why they can’t strike gold in China. Think about it, Kobe, LeBron, D-Wade, Melo, and Chris Paul would be a historic starting five. But add in players like Dwight Howard, Chris Bosh, Jason Kidd, Deron Williams, Carlos Boozer, Tayshaun Prince, and Michael Redd? Sounds like one of my rosters on NBA2K8! But kudos to team China for making a game out of it in the beginning, but you knew eventually they were not going to be able to stand the constant pressure of Team USA’s defense. Did you guys get to check out China’s Hyperdunks? They were kind of hot if I must say. But seeing that they are in China, do you think that their shoes were authenic Nike’s?