Mason Says

Two Sundays ago, during the Super Bowl halftime show, spectators were again reminded that the NFL still fears contemporary recording artists of color. Granted, pulling out a pierced nipple on prime-time American television isn’t socially kosher but, at the same time, I’m infinitely tired of everything having to be family-values approved. Lunge forward 7 days later and the NBA goes unrepentantly full throttle in the opposite direction, for its halftime show, during last night’s All Star game at Cowboy Stadium in Dallas. The players may not wear cheeky shorts any more, but Shakira, the Colombian-born pop star, shimmied in her microcosm of a skirt alongside Grambling State’s drumline known as “Chocolate Thunder”. Commissioner David Stern must be passing and I'm not talking about a basketball. Regardless, sometimes you have to send the little ones to bed, unleash your adult sensibilities and go with it. What happens in your living room stays in your living room. Click Here to See Video (Bonus footage: Alicia Keys)

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