Lil Jon bumps the Thump 2

Not sure how all of us missed this crunkity gadgety goodness, but our old friend Lil Jon was caught on camera at last month's MTV Video Music Awards wearing those new Thump 2 MP3 player sunglasses which Oakley still refuses to come out and officially announce. Yeaaahhhh!

[Thanks, anonymous tipster]

[Tupper @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

I think Dave Chappelle doing Lil John would make a better endorsement.

whatt?

[lupinstel @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

Whaatt? Yeeahhhh; they do suck!

[asher @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

1. fugly
2. overpriced
3. endorsed by a rapper
4. that pic

the number of ways in which the thumps are repulsive just keeps adding up.

[Dale @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

How is it that this guy gets press? He's a nobody. Bizarre.

[James @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

What a shame they couldn't give him a toothbrush too!

Or maybe listening to those thumps at too high a volume has loosening those fillings.

[Steven @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

Never heard of him, but if he's a rapper with a lot of money, he needs to buy some teeth.

[Rob @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

i remember when the thumps first came out

every picture on the site made it look like wearing them was qite painful

[Honifer @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

Well Lil Jon is endorsed by (or at least likes to wear) Oakleys anyway, and he won't be the first musician (rapper/producer) to endorse a gadget.

The Thump doesn't stand out so much on him thanks to his dreddies. I'm not sure if more cropped haired folk could get away with it.

[Keirmeister @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

WHAT...IS...WITH...HIS...TEETH???

That picture alone will ensure I will buy nothing he's endorsing!

[jeff @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

@ # teeth - they're called platinum caps. they're the sh!te for those who can afford them. or sometimes they get the whole shebang replaced with platinum. try http://www.mrbling.com

[ajprice @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

Maybe if they built the MP3 player into an Oakley toothbrush, he'd use one.

[bluetrane @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

WHHHHHHAHAAAAAAAATTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111111


OKAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

[davec @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

I'm Rick James, BITCH!

[Kashmunygofer @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

Hey don't diss Lil' Jon. He's the man! WHAAATTT!!!YEAAAHHH!!! Have you ever seen a more comical rapper/producer? I saw him live he and the Eastside Boyz even shake in rhythm, and now he has upgraded his shades to the Thumps...YEEEEAHHHHHH!!!

[lupinstel @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

I just realized that he appears to have 1 fang and seems out of place with those statues in the background. Oh, and he is flipping us off european style.

[asher @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

lupinstel

he's not flipping us off... He's rather excited. He just learned how to count that high! Next we'll see him and The Count doing a cross promo on Sesame St.!

[Dade Murphy @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

And they wonder why racism exists?
This is THE picture that all rednicks and klan members use as a basis for modern racists theories and ideals.
Figure it out, people...if you act like an idiot, people will treat you like one.

And as far as his "commercialism" and "fame"...ha ha ha....Have you seen some of the acts people endorse? This is nothing special.

[sunz @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

dade murphy .. don't you dare use this as an excuse for racism... your comment is offensive.

[Sean @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

It looks like a photoshop image. Look at the glasses, they look out of place.

[Finished.Law.School @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

It looks like he has been eating ass. He needs a toothbrush.

[[e-mail] @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

Worst Gadget Flop of the Year?

[some_bloke @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

God forbid we have a meaningful discussion of race without someone whipping out the "Your a racist!" card.

Dade's got a point- ignorant people (like KKK members) who attribute social behavior to race are going to look at Lil Jon up there and it will fuel that incorrect notion of racism.

In reality, Lil Jon is just yet another moron who has been picked up by our mass media culture and people's seemingly unending appetite for inmature junk. The only race Lil Jon up there has anything to do with is the race in our culture to the bottom.

[Luxury Larry @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

once again oakley caters to the lowest common denominator in the electronic market.

go go gadget mullet!

[enzo @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

Actually, some_bloke, Johnathan Smith ie "Lil Jon" is just another business genius who is playing the ol' "make lots of money off of misunderstood black culture" game. The man went independent of a record label, and if I'm not mistaken has a PhD. He just plays a clown on TV, he's a friggin smart businessman in real life.

And yeah asher, he's probably done all the counting he'll need to do... I'm sure he has financial advisors now to manage his millions.

[aelso @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

Lil' Jon is also the guy who produced the backing tune to Usher's 'Yeah', which went to Number 1 in many worldwide charts.

http://www.answers.com/topic/usher-raymond

From the link above
"The first single from the album 'Yeah!' featuring Ludacris and Lil Jon has topped the US Billboard Hot 100, European, Australian, World, US and World R&B charts, World Adult, Norwegian, Swiss, Dutch and the UK charts in 2004, and it also reached number 2 in Canada."

[!@# @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

Did anyone catch what hand gesture this guy is doing... If you are a brit, it doesn't mean peace. = the american middle finger.