I have decided to quit my day job and become a white female rapper. Albeit, I have some competition, such as The Gravity Girls who recently performed at The Milestone. But I think I have a chance of making Diddy’s band with my remix of Sir Mix-A-Lot’s “Baby Got Back”: “I like cheese fries and I can not lie, you ‘tater haters can’t deny … ” What?!? I should stick to writing? OK, but I am just as good as The Gravity Girls (meaning, they’re not that good either).
Anyhoo … I went to a gazillion Bobcats games last season, but I wasn’t in it for the basketball, I was in it for the beer. Whether it was at the Backcourt bar getting my one free beer at halftime, the Bud Light bar on the upper level, a random suite or just a basic $8 beer from the concession stands, I tend to do more partying than spectating there. Now, if only they converted the court into a giant dance floor.
When I heard about the big draft day party at the arena, I laced up my drinking sneakers and put my game face on because the Bobcats know how to throw brouhaha. It was like Chuck E. Cheese meets Stool Pigeons. It was the kind of party you take your son, little niece and mom to — there were lots of kids, but don’t get me wrong, there was lots of beer, too. There was also a live band, Wii games, pool tables, the draft day coverage being played on the scoreboard and the debut of the new Lady Cats.
There were more people at the draft party than a typical season game. The Digital Divas hosted the draft day after party at Blue. I had only been to Blue once, and that was for a freshly-boned fish, but as it turns out, Blue is an upscale place to party as well. And the divas brought all the boys to the bar, and that includes some Panthers players and Bobcats executives. The Digital Divas are always throwing parties, and they are the hostesses with mostest.
Meanwhile, some Bobcats players were doing their draft day partying at the Stuff Magazine Lingerie Contest at Cans. I had huge expectations of the Stuff party; between actually working at MAXIM in New York City, and even compared to the MAXIM party last year in NoDa, the Stuff party was just a typical night at Cans with the addition of girls donning bra and panties and Ace from the Real World. They also ran out of free beer and it was sweaty like a steam room … see, that’s why you should never make expectations, because when you do, you’ll only get let down.
This article appears in Jul 11-17, 2007.
Britteny
good luck with the Rap,
because your writing is CRAP!
tell me that there aren’t really people who give a rat’s ass about this woman’s social life.
I’M A GRAVITY GIRL and damn proud.
our beats is like a twelve inch
backin up the words of Mandy and Miss Liss
Kickin it on the stage together cause when we’re good…
we’re good…
but when we’re bad…WE’RE BETTER
see what had happen’d was
we’ll show you what we does and now you fallen on us like you got a buzz.
Our beats is like a twelve inch
backin up the words of Mandy and Miss Liss
Kickin it on the stage together cause when we’re good,we’re good, but when we’re bad…WE’RE BETTER
see what had happen’d was
we’ll show you what we does
and now you fallen on us like you got a buzz.
Our beats is like a twelve inch
backin up the words of Mandy and Miss Liss
Kickin it on the stage together cause when we’re good,
we’re good,
but when we’re bad…WE’RE BETTER
see what had happen’d was
we’ll show you what we does and now you fallen on us like you got a buzz.
you wanna know me?
well, YOU CAN’T!
Please tell me those raps below aren’t serious…
gravity girls began as a fun drunken music experiment. people found them sexy and cute. Their rhymes are really catchy, and that’s when the “living room of friends, booze and good tunes” turned into a whole audience with a giant dance floor.
much love-
makeshift “music” may
gravity girls started as a fun drunken music experiment. people found them sexy and cute. Their rhymes are really catchy, and that’s when the “living room of friends, booze and good tunes” turned into a whole audience with a giant dance floor.
much love-
makeshift “music” may
gravity girls started as a fun drunken music experiment. people found them sexy and cute. Their rhymes are really catchy, and that’s when the “living room of friends, booze and good tunes” turned into a whole audience with a giant dance floor.
much love-
makeshift “music” may
She says you guys aren’t good, so you respond with a weak rap. that’ll show em!
Your raps are like a waste
Makes me question your musical taste
Frontin’ like you’re rap stars
Making it big on stage? Just in local bars
Effort’s what you get points for
But don’t expect weak rhymes to open the door…
This calls for a Dance-Off.
Or a Rap-Off.
Now we wants to see Brittney Cason & Gravity Girls go head to head at the Milestone. CL should front page it…no matter who the loser be.
Set the date.
Fan Of Controversy
Brittney, your lack of professionalism surprises me. First, you and your magazine have been ignoring most of the local bands, now you’ve taken to slamming them. Maybe you should quit your day job and let someone who actually cares about the local scene take over.
Brittney Cason should be down for a Rap-Off / Dance-Off with the G-Girls. CL should cover it and get behind their star reporter. At the Milestone. Loser gives up the pink slip.
Whatchu say?
Just a little addendum to my last comment. On your Myspace there isn’t one local band on your top 36, and not one local show on your calender. Why are you writing for Creative Loafing? Anyone who goes to see Kenny Chesney and Nickleback isn’t going to get something quirky, original, and fun like the Gravity Girls. Did you even see the show at the Milestone? Of course not. You were probably at The Forum, biting your lower lip as you did the drunk white girl dance.
sweetie, you wouldn’t know “good taste” if it exploded in your face.
just let it go,
you’ll never be a gravity girl!
The Gravity Girls suck. And that’s probably all, because that’s really all fat girls are good for. I’ve seen them live and it really just made me sad.
hun,
first off my sister who is in highskool writes more interesting biology reports than your articles, 2ndly the gravity girls are AMAZING, you probably havent ever listened to them as apparently you dont like local music, if your bashing them bc you had a little spat with them that is VERY unprofessional and you should NEVER bring your personal life into your professional life. so do us ALL a favor and GROW UP! just because you dont appreciate UNIQUE ONE OF A KIND MUSIC does NOT mean you need to bash it when TONS of people can read it, the gravity girls had a VERY solid following for being an unsigned band. and if you dont like local music why are you even writing for creative loafing instead of writing for a local newspaper? if you do that you can write about boring stuff that i’m sure will suite your bland writing ability, THE GRAVITY GIRLS ARE A ONCE IN A LIFETIME EXPERIENCE!!!!!! so since you missed it LEAVE THEM ALONE!!!!!!!!!
Maybe she wrote that because it’s true. The two songs on your myspace are awful. Practice, get real beats and work on your words.
Oh, and learn that everyone is entitled to an opinion – if you can’t take criticism, get out of the business.
Hi, Brittney Cason, My name is Anna and I think your article was pretty lame. It would be a good idea to quit your day job because from what I and most likely the rest of the creative loafing audience can see, you wouldn’t be able to write a well written, informative article if you’re life depended on it. Girl! What were you thinking starting off a sentence with “but” and did you really mean to trash your own writing when you said, “I should stick to writing…blah blah, I’m just as good as the gravity girls (meaning their not that good either)”? Are you trying to say that you agree with all of us that you’re a horrible writer and an even more horrible rapper too? Well, just to inform you honey, you are a horrible writer, that’s for certain. I haven’t heard you rap but something tells me you probably don’t have any talent other than talking a lot of smack about things you really know nothing about. Sound familiar? It should, because I’m sure you’ve heard that before from other people in your life. Just to clarify, I think that the Gravity Girls music is fun and catchy, interesting even, which is something you wish people would say about you’re writing ability! I can hear it now, “gah, she’s getting paid to write this crap!”
“Anyhoo”, next time you feel the need to plug for the Gravity Girls, feel free to do so. There’s really no such thing as bad publicity, just bad PAID columnists like you.
NOTE TO WHOEVER GAVE BRITTNEY THIS JOB: You need to seriously consider hiring me. I could do a better job on my worst day than she could do on her best.
Just sharing my thoughts,
Anna
Email your response to anuhjean@msn.com, I’m sure I’ll get a kick out of you trying to defend yourself and throwing low blows at my writing. Actually, please do that, it will make my week, or even my year!
Hi, Brittney Cason, My name is Anna and I think your article was pretty lame. It would be a good idea to quit your day job because from what I and most likely the rest of the creative loafing audience can see, you wouldn’t be able to write a well written, informative article if you’re life depended on it. Girl! What were you thinking starting off a sentence with “but” and did you really mean to trash your own writing when you said, “I should stick to writing…blah blah, I’m just as good as the gravity girls (meaning their not that good either)”? Are you trying to say that you agree with all of us that you’re a horrible writer and an even more horrible rapper too? Well, just to inform you honey, you are a horrible writer, that’s for certain. I haven’t heard you rap but something tells me you probably don’t have any talent other than talking a lot of smack about things you really know nothing about. Sound familiar? It should, because I’m sure you’ve heard that before from other people in your life. Just to clarify, I think that the Gravity Girls music is fun and catchy, interesting even, which is something you wish people would say about you’re writing ability! I can hear it now, “gah, she’s getting paid to write this crap!”
“Anyhoo”, next time you feel the need to plug for the Gravity Girls, feel free to do so. There’s really no such thing as bad publicity, just bad PAID columnists like you.
NOTE TO WHOEVER GAVE BRITTNEY THIS JOB: You need to seriously consider hiring me. I could do a better job on my worst day than she could do on her best.
Just sharing my thoughts,
Anna
Email your response to anuhjean@msn.com, I’m sure I’ll get a kick out of you trying to defend yourself and throwing low blows at my writing. Actually, please do that, it will make my week, or even my year!
Don’t make fun of someone’s writing, if you can’t spell.
you’re = you are
Alright-
Someone stirred my attention by using my name to write sum shit. Congradulations…drama achieved.
Just for the smart ones:
Dem Gravity Girls is the Sexy-Ass Rock Queens of the City
Brittney,
You state in this article that you go to Bobcats games and such for the free beer, yet in a previous article you said that your typical drink when you go out is water…you completely contradict yourself.
I know that i typed my comment a little too fast and i realize that i used “you’re” when i should have said “your” and yes…g-land did say “your” when she should have said “you’re” but WHO CARES? we’re not paid columnists, Brittney is and our comments were a hell of a lot more interesting to read than her boring article (i mean damn, the only way she could get attention for this article was by mentioning the Gravity Girls! ha)
Haha… thanks for the laughs…
Seriously, artist to artist, if you’re going to be in this industry then you have to thicken your skin to criticism…. you can’t adhere to everyone’s artistic taste so you can’t expect everyone to like your craft…. I am not the first one to insult the Gravity Girls, and I am definitely not going to be the last…. sorry girls… but who cares?!?! My opinion is not going to get you a record deal… I don’t care if someone insults my writing regardless of how catty and cruel they are about it (ie. Anna)… or my MySpace page (which is strange by the way)… I am not going to mirror the action of posting a bulletin on MySpace and encourage people to come bash Anna or the Gravity Girls because they made a mean comment about me(why? …because it’s not mature or professional)…I’m just saying. So best of luck in your rap game ladies, I wish you nothing but success….
And Kayla, just to clarify… I do mostly order water when I go out because I don’t drink much… but when I go to a concert, sporting event, etc. I drink beer (especially when it’s free)… thanks for reading me and being so thorough about it!
Nice rap Sally!
Lets be serious here are we all really talking about the same thing?!? 2 girls that try to rap like bad brittney spears vs an articulate girl that thinks for a living? If (I said IF)you got the looks its obvious you can make it in the industry (ie Brittney spears, Paris Hilton)But lets think about if its really worth opening your mouths… i mean really ladies maybe your to be seen and NEVER heard…As for Brit, i think we can all agree we actually understand the words comin out of her mouth… PEACE!
All I want to say is why don’t you stop talking so much shit about people who have more talent in their fingernail than you have in your entire body. Is “talking shit” your day job? Also, do you think that it’s mature and professional to write an article about bobcat games and drinking beer and just so happen to mention The Gravity Girls in the introduction and bash them? Why don’t you get a life and leave other people alone, just write your little lame column and try for once to not talk shit. If you can’t do that, atleast back up your claims and all your bullshit with facts and not lies (i.e. the charlotte crew) Catch my drift Brittney? See you around Charlotte!
your biggest fan,
Anna
More talent in their fingernail? I’m assuming you aren’t referring to the rhymes above or the songs on MySpace. I guess if the idea is for the Gravity Girls to be a joke – they’re doing a great job. I can’t believe they’re getting so upset over one sentence that only says “they’re not that good.” Get over it… if you’re good, people will like you no matter what you say. Nickelback sucks, by the way.
So i dont even know the gravity girls or anything about them…but i bet they are good…like a lot of people, i dont believe one word Brittney writes…her job isnt writing colums..its making up bullshit and making herself feel better…I know this first hand, because im SURE brittney rememebers her wonderful little arcticle full of BULLSHIT she wrote on the charlotte crew…hmm yeah anna…im pretty sure she caught you drift on that one.=) maybe after brittney cant take it anymore…she’ll have an interview with the gravity girls as she did with the charlotte crew to get shit straight. Or just to says shes sorry cause shes scared of even stepping foot downtown again. I sure wish i could have her day job!!!
“sweetie”, just to clarify, sally is not an alias of mine, so please get over yourself. ive got better things to do with my time than coming up with ways to slam you. we will leave that to brittney. and to the real sally. but for the record, this is what i have to say about the article.
we as artists and music fans are trying so hard to get a music scene going in charlotte, and its like pulling teeth to get people to come to local shows as is. slamming a local band that youve probably never even seen is not very condusive to progress is it? and if youve ever actually seen them play, then you would know their purpose is to have fun, and make other people laugh, smile, and dance.
“The music business is a cruel and shallow trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs. There’s also a negative side.”
Hunter S. Thompson
Wink wink Kiddies
i just had the oppertunity to read this article, and everytime i was at a g.g. show i only had FUN! and isnt that what it is all really about? maybe britney finds it fun to trash all the people she envys for having more talent than she does, but i’d rather listen to drunk girl, take a shot and dance my bootE off!
one more thing, brit. you never even went to a gravity girls show, and there is nothing to do with them in the rest of your article! it goes on to more verbal diarrhea that has nothing to do with the heading of your “piece”. so why even mention them, especially seeing that you know nothing about them? is that what a real journalist does? take another class!
I’ve never been to a Gravity Girls show I didn’t love! I consider myself to have a pretty strict taste in music and I love these ladies. I know them and they’re not claiming to be perfect, so get a life Brittney (and some writing lessons). Gravity Girls have clever, hilarious lyrics and show everyone at their performances how to have a good time.
I want beastiality.