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Thursday, July 28, 2011

Politics / City Tim Burgess Rapping to Wiz Khalifa's "Black and Yellow"

Posted by Cienna Madrid on Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 10:01 AM

Behold the performance that Larry Mizell Jr. called "not bad" for a white rapper and earned city council incumbent Tim Burgess a whopping 78 percent of the audience vote at last night's Candidate Survivor.

Plus more photos from last night's talent showcase after the jump.

(All photographs courtesy of Kelly O, except for the one that looks like it was shot by a drunk fish.)

Incumbent Tom Rasmussen's talent: Orchestrating gay disco flash mobs.

Tom Rasmussen, hustling.

Rasmussen challenger Dale Pusey singing "Rivers of Babylon" with backup from a banana grabber. Pusey lost to Rasmussen with only 42 percent of the vote.

Kelly O
Banana Crooner

Clark challenger Dian Ferguson reacts to sharing the stage with a shirtless cardboard cutout of Bruce Harrell.

Champs, all of them.

Harrell challenger Brad Meacham beaming after belting out Lady Gaga's "Telephone"—in Japanese.

Beneath the bearded folds hes a Japanese pop star.

Beneath the bearded folds he's a Japanese pop star.

UFCW's Sarah Cherin and Stranger music writer Larry Mizell Jr. laughing like carefree kittens on stage.

Panelists Cherin and Mizell, yucking it up.

Godden challengers Forch and Michael Taylor-Judd sharing their victory belt. Forch's talent was baking cookies in under 2 minutes (kind of) and MTJ cleverly parodied this eHarmony video, replacing "cats" with "monorails."

Bobby Forch, getting his picture taken with Tiger Beat heartthrob MTJ.

Forch gets his picture taken with Tiger Beat heartthrob MTJ!

Obey the yes.

YES.

And finally, Stranger news editor Dominic Holden after being surreptitiously sticker bombed with pro-tunnel propaganda:

The precious pony lobby, calling for a deep boring at either end.

The precious Pony lobby, demanding a deep boring at either end.

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Part of me still can't believe that happened.

Posted by sarahlloyd on July 28, 2011 at 10:07 AM

Oops, by "that" I mean "Tim Burgess rapping."

Posted by sarahlloyd on July 28, 2011 at 10:10 AM

That last photo is my new desktop wallpaper

Posted by TheDanimal on July 28, 2011 at 10:32 AM

Scratch that - too unsettling to see Dominic's face every time I minimized a window.

Posted by TheDanimal on July 28, 2011 at 10:33 AM

Wiz Khalifa? You mean the gentleman who pimp raps lyrics like this?

"Hundred thousand dolla earnin while im big blunt burnin
But to these hoes im a pimp like iceberg"

Wow, I guess the Seattle Weekly isn't the only one promotin' pimpin'

Posted by Celebrate Thug Culture on July 28, 2011 at 10:37 AM

Ask about me the streets think im the youngest in charge
Pimp too, leave the club with a truck full of broads
And if its on then im crushing them all
You n–gas prolly right, when you say that I aint f–king wit’ cha’ ‘yall, dog

Wiz Khalifa, a pimper Seattle pols embrace.

Posted by Celebrate Thug Culture on July 28, 2011 at 10:39 AM

Black and yellow are inappropriate colors. It's blue and green.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK1kbMf99…

Posted by prompt on July 28, 2011 at 11:02 AM

@5 and @6 That is a very tenuous connection you're making there.

Posted by care bear on July 28, 2011 at 11:55 AM

@8 the welfare queen speaks!

So you're ok with Burgess rapping to a man who writes misogynistic lyrics?

I dint know u wuz that kinda 'ho, bitch.

Btw, those weren't my words, they're Wiz's.

Posted by Sugar Daddy on July 28, 2011 at 12:49 PM

I didn't know he was anti-Seahawks. Is he running for Pittsburgh council?

Posted by Seahawks2006 on July 28, 2011 at 3:10 PM