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News Fri Nov 03 2006
Justice vs. Simian vs. Kanye
Last night's MTV Europe Awards featured a tantrum by Kanye West when he failed to win Best Video for "Touch the Sky." MTV's European voters seemed to think the video for Justice vs. Simian's "We Are Your Friends" was superior. ("Touch the Sky" is probably a better overall video, but the payoff at the end of "We Are Your Friends" trumps Evel Kanyevel's crash.) Notable quotes from Chicago's hip-hop star included "If I don't win, the awards show loses credibility" and that he should've won because the video "cost a million dollars, Pamela Anderson was in it. I was jumping across canyons." Apparently, a million dollars doesn't get you as far as it once did in the music video world.
Coincidentally, Justice performed a DJ set at Smartbar last night that had thick grooves, some cliché remixes, random people yelling in the mics, and a little bit of the ingenuity that made them a name in the first place. Interestingly enough, their live remix of "We Are Your Friends" sounded awfully different than the one that won Best Video at the MTV Europe Awards.
