I might be trying to wife MNDR. She and Q-Tip get down like long lost siblings on the Late Show stage. Neither acknowledges the awkwardness of their pairing, but the song is so dope that it almost never occurred to me that the guy who produced “One Love” is on David Letterman with an electro-dance-pop Brooklynite who looks like she could be a Charlie’s Angel. Like I said, I might be trying to wife MNDR.
The video for Raheem DeVaughn’s “The Greatness” showcases the lovely ladies of DC. Sharp-eyed viewers will notice ML’s DJ01 rocking a limited edition Washington Capitals fanny pack.
Bad pacing ruined Terrace Martin’s latest project, but there’s some classic material once you strip away the filler. Terrace and friends picked a sunny day in the park to shoot the video for the Curtis Mayfield-inspired “The Makings of You.”
The video for “I Just Wanna Party” takes you inside Yelawolf and Gucci Mane’s depraved house party. Big Boi, DJ Burn One, Rittz, Jackie Chain, and Block Beattaz were in attendance.
Yela told AllHipHop.com that his major label debut Trunk Muzik: 0-60 will drop on November 23 followed by another album in March called Radioactive. His mixtape with Big K.R.I.T., Trunk Muzik Wuz Here: Country Cu$$inz, will drop “soon.”
If you dare, watch RZA and Elijah Wood perform The Black Eyed Peas’ “Gotta Feeling” — a performance that may have happened as a direct response to DJ01’s recent post about the abbot’s distractions. The other guys in the video are Nacho Vigalondo, Eugenio Mira, Tim League, and Michael Lerman and they were at a karaoke concert sponsored by The Criterion Collection as part of the Fantastic Fest film festival.
WOWOW, Duck Sauce (A-Trak + Armand Van Helden) just dropped the video for their 2nd single Barbra Streisand, which was stuck in my head for weeks when I first heard it on Annie Mac’s BBC show months ago. Now, this isn’t some boring New York set video, the video goes all out cramming so many cameos, that my fingers cramped typing everyone I caught. But it’s not pointless cameos either, pretty much all of them are neatly worked into the fun party video concept that goes hand-in-hand with the song. I was able to spot: Yelawolf, DJ Premier, Kanye West, Chromeo, Pharrell, Santigold, Questlove, Just Blaze, DJ Mehdi, Buckshot, Fat Jew, Dust La Rock, Ryan Leslie, Diplo. Who did I miss/wasn’t cool enough to recognize?
Yeah, yeah, this sounds like a paid post (what is the blogger term for payola, anyway?). Well, it’s not, it’s more like a plea. I came across Lone Star (a new drama on FOX) this past week.. I DVRed it, and got around to finally watching it a few days ago and was really compelled to stick it out for the long haul. Being the exciting person that I am, I decided to google to see what the internets were saying about the show. The reviews seemed positive but it put up abysmal TV ratings (going up against such intellectually stimulating shows such as DWTS (Dancing With The Stars, duh– Situation got this!). So here is my plea, watch Lone Star on Mondays at 9pm to save it from the brink of cancellation. There is nothing worse that investing time in a *good* show to only have it cancelled like the ’94 World Series (I see you, Expos fans). Being the kind that I am, I’ve included the embed for the pilot episode below. When you are done watching, check out some press about the show’suncertainty.
On Friday evening (I know, I know) I was aimlessly flipping through the ol’ cable box, ready to turn the TV set off, when I saw RZA’s face on NBC. Apparently, RZA was guest starring on a new NBC show starring Jimmy Smits (of NYPD Blue fame). I only saw the tail-end of the episode but RZA was playing.. a wait for it..a person jailed for a crime he didn’t commit. Anyway if you care to see RZA’s acting the embed is below.
Now, these days, a rapper appearing on a TV series are more common than bedbugs in Manhattan, but then I stumbeled across this on youtube.
Late pass please.
RZA co-starring with Joe Jonas (Jo Bros!!), Jake Gyllenhaal, & Lil’ Jon in a video for indie darlings Vampire Weekend’s Giving Up The Gun?
Yeah.. all of that combined let me to ask the question that you see in the title of the post. I’m not in the least bit upset or worried about RZA doing all this stuff, I’m just saying, hopefully there is enough beats to do a 2nd Beat Drop this decade.
“You Should Go Home” is Statik Selektah’s most convincing attempt at a radio record yet and a vast departure from the Lil Fame assisted buzz single we heard… two years ago? 1982 drops October 26th.
Here’s the video for the pulsating, lyrically mesmerizing standout track from Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty. Where will Yelawolf’s skills take him next?
And if you’re in NYC on Monday September 6, come see Yelawolf, Pill, Just Blaze, and more perform for free at Fool’s Gold’s Labor Day party.
