Kurt Vonnegut-Cat's Cradle

Adam Mansbach-Angry Black White Boy: A Novel

George Berkeley-An Essay Towards A New Theory On Vision (yeah, it's philosophy, but it's a cool mind ****)

Fight Club (great book even if you've already seen the movie)

Jonathan Ames-The Alcoholic (Graphic Novel, but the writer is an acclaimed novelist, and this is just suburb)

Tim O'Brien-Going After Cacciato

Hubert Selby Jr-Last Exit to Brooklyn (Author of Requiem for A Dream, this book is REALLY messed up though)

50 Cent and Joe Budden lead the fan votes! :lol:

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1618501/20090811/50_cent.jhtml 

Good look for Budden...that prolly means facetime on the actual show!!!

Open Challenge to all of OTB:

 :evil:

This ain't lord of the rings, more like the matrix, the newest saga

If rap was a girl, then all your verses would be lady gaga

Some type of hybrid or a fake, obviously nothing to which I relate

I make an impact every time I hit the stage…like Drake

If you think I'm just a rapper it's clear you don't understand him

Known to shoot brothers while in the hood like a Klansmen

This rap game ain't something you can just pick up and lead

You need the spit sicker or leave,

How you runnin the game with the legs of Christopher Reeves

Mixed with the mind of Keanu that's why no one is behind you

Let me remind you that you're the type that I defile for sport

Coulda fathered your style, still wouldn't give this child support

Had 84 beefs, now there's 84 deceased rappers who used to have problems

Careful, or I'll turn the whole OTB into Chad Johnson

And you ain't a leader, you got shook when you saw Hush

Wanted to take charge till I treated you like Greg Paulus

 :lol:

:P All in good fun, but seriously :evil:

Who's got BARZ?

well...there was that one fight where the ref refused to stand the dudes up even though the guy on top (pause) wasn't doing anything...that fight sucked...and that one fight that got stopped early was wack.

oh, I didn't notice that these were Orlando's predictions :lol:

My predictions (in order):

Eminem (Highest selling album of 2009)

Drake (Biggest pre-release buzz)

Lil' Wayne (He's Wayne)

Kanye (He's Kanye)

Gucci (Crazy buzz in the streets)

Fab (Album is getting a lot of love)

Young Jeezy (Had a lot of 2009 singles from his last album)

Kid Cudi (Second biggest pre-album buzz)

OJ tha Juiceman (He's ridin' off of Gucci's buzz)

Jay-Z (A decent amount of buzz surrounding B3)

Wildcards: 50, Asher Roth, Rick Ross, New Boyz, T.I., Game (lol), Slaughterhouse (got the innanet going nuts, but at most I think they'll get a MENTION)...  

And for those that laugh at the Slaughterhouse suggestion, they are currently number 8 on the iTunes chart and the top selling rap album on iTunes and has been in the top 100 for Rap and R&B for 18 days on Amazon (currently like 14th)...so they are selling...