Architecture
The unveiling of a ten-foot bronze Tupac Shakur statue in Atlanta
First pigeon to crap on this thing will be personally hunted down and strangled by Suge Knight.
Blog Dalliance
CocaineBlunts.com Bounce for Relief Compilation
From the tireless hip-hop audioblog comes a sixteen-track hoedown of classic but largely obscure New Orleans Bounce music — Lil Jon with less gold in the teeth, essentially. Download it free, then donate to the Red Cross. (PC types — understand that this comp segues from “Monkey on the Dick” to “We Don’t Love Them Hoes.”)
Cinematic Triumph
People quoting Hustle and Flow to amuse their friends at bars
You know it’s hard out here for a pimp! (Honorable mention: “That shit was live, but it was distorted!)
Song
The unstoppably cheesy awesomeness of Franz Ferdinand’s “Do You Want To”
At long last, a “Come On, Eileen” for Generation MySpace.
TiVo Highlight
The Arcade Fire dude whacking the giant drum during the band’s David Letterman performance
You, my friend, are in need of a world-class ass-kicking.