May i have your attention, please . We got a moon man. Im very ashamed the president of the United States is from texas. The dixie chicks, they can say what they want to say. Billboards top ten singles all by black artists. Rappers are the new rock stars. I dont please everybody with who i am as a person. Okay. Real staccato. Like, stick it. I love beyonce. Thats not a working telephone, is it . Hello . [laughs] empty shelves are all youll find here at tower records. Its now out of business. [dramatic music] all three, two, one. [all screaming] this is a very special moment. The first performance at the mtv studios in the new millennium. Please welcome no doubt. [cheering] thats great it starts with an earthquake birds and snakes and aeroplanes and lenny bruce is not afraid ill always remember new years eve 1999 going into y2k seeing no doubt on mtv playing its the end of the world as we know it by r. E. M. Its the end of the world as we know it its the end of the world as we know it i
breakfast an intro for dessert somebody order pancakes it s essentially him rapping about how badly he wants to be a rapper. god saved my life. so he has me here for a reason. jesus walks college dropout was a cool first album. i told her to drop over in your new whip there s some great singles on there, but late registration to me is when it all came together. that s an incredible record. i ve got to testify come up in the spot looking extra fly he did what the rock stars used to do, which was to indulge his narcissistic fantasies through the medium of music. before the day you die you gonna touch the sky rappers weren t really doing it. musically it was brilliant. what is the narrative of the 2000s? well, it s the backpack-wearing dork like mark zuckerberg who becomes a billionaire. and kanye west is the music