Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Blowin' Up


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The result was keep. ✗ plicit  11:43, 9 May 2022 (UTC)

Blowin' Up

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Zero sourcing found. Deprodded because "notability is just your opinion". Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 00:48, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 00:48, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. –LaundryPizza03 ( d  c̄ ) 05:57, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment, full DEPROD reasoning was "non notable" sounds like a personal opinion. Cite a Wikipedia guideline in your reasoning." If you are going to use quote marks, include the actual quote. Donald D23   talk to me  15:04, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources.  The article notes: "Kennedy ... teams with his buddy StoneStone in Jamie Kennedy's Blowin' Up to try to land a hip-hop record deal (in case you aren't familiar, both are two white kids from Malibu -- not exactly "rapper material.") With barely any support from friends and relatives, the two make it their mission to fulfill their dreams of becoming rappers, all in the presence of conveniently located cameras that create the scripted reality show. ... The show also pokes fun at the entertainment industry and is an obvious display of the outrageous things that celebrities do for publicity. ... In between the hilarious one-liners and beat-boxing about ridiculous things from bologna to the far more explicit, Kennedy and Stone manage to do what every rising rapper seems to be doing -- they get grillz (yes, the ones Nelly sings about)."  The article notes: "Blowin' Up (2006) follows the exploits of comic actor Jamie Kennedy and his friend Stu Stone as they labor to achieve their childhood dreams of becoming rap stars. Most episodes consist of loosely scripted scenes of the duo driving around Los Angeles and meeting up with celebrities in order to seek advice about what they need to do in order to make it big. These scenes are fit into the A/B plot structure typical of a sitcom. Though structured like an ordinary sitcom, the program is taped with digital cameras, is shot on-location, and looks like a reality program (that, or the type of documentary that might exist if a legion of D.A. Pennebakers were unleashed to capture the early years of bands whose later exploits would be documented in the expositional style, a la Behind the Music). In the fourth episode of Blowin' Up, Kennedy decides ..." <li> The article notes: "MTV has greenlighted a hybrid scripted/reality series starring Jamie Kennedy. "Jamie Kennedy's Blowin' Up" is something like a combination of the actor's two best-known works, the Warner Bros. theatrical film, "Malibu's Most Wanted," in which he played a wannabe rapper, and WB Network series "JKX: The Jamie Kennedy Experiment," in which he played pranks. ... In "Blowin' Up," Kennedy and his best friend, Stu Stone, try to become legitimate hip-hop stars by crashing meetings with music moguls and artists in hopes of landing a record deal. The duo will original music to back the effort."</li> <li> This is a citation-only reference.</li><li> The article notes: "The Jamie Kennedy experiment is not done. Coming May 16 to MTV, he has a comedy series called Blowin' Up in which he tries to become a hip-hop star. Look for him and his sidekick, Stu Stone, to encounter the likes of Three 6 Mafia, Jason Biggs, Russell Simmons, Mena Suvari, George Lucas and Ice-T."</li> <li> The article notes: "His quest to be a rapper is documented in the eight-episode comedy series "Blowin' Up" (10:30 p.m. Fort Wayne time today on MTV, Comcast Channel 50). The series follows Kennedy and best friend Stu Smith as they try to convince Hollywood that they can rap. The doors don't exactly swing open wide. In the series, Kennedy's real-life parents tell him to not pursue it. His agent and managers walk out of the meeting. No one on "Blowin' Up" thinks it's a good idea for a 36-year-old white man to try to break into the world of rap."</li> <li> The article notes: ""Blowin' Up," the new reality show on MTV about Kennedy's humorous ascent to stardom as a rapper, should really be called "Suckin' Up." After all, that's what he and his buddy Stu Stone spend their time doing -- in between driving around in Kennedy's Hummer, rapping and waving to everyone else in California. Apparently, you have to do a lot of sucking up in showbiz, but hitting on Ice-T's woman is not the way to go about doing that. ... And like anything Kennedy does, it's hard to know what to expect when watching "Blowin' Up." Though critics have been calling the show a tongue-in-cheek look at two guys trying to be rappers, MTV's plays it straight, and viewers end up believing Kennedy's pathetic attempts. It's only after being immersed in a couple of episodes do the sly, humorous moments begin to reveal themselves."</li></ol>There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow Blowin' Up to pass Notability, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject". Cunard (talk) 22:52, 30 April 2022 (UTC) </li></ul> Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 09:28, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
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 * Keep Sources shared by Cunard establish notability per WP:GNG. NemesisAT (talk) 11:11, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep: Shown to be notable. SL93 (talk) 18:09, 2 May 2022 (UTC)


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