Metal Lungies

Consequence gives us a big budget video complete with exotic locales and top notch video girls. But despite the obvious splurging, is there something about the way this video is shot that makes it feel cheap? Directed by the prolific Hype Williams.

Powerful workout visuals + dangerous quotables + Ron Artest’s unique cadence = domination. Watch this video, go do a hundred crunches, and then watch it again. Get inspired, people.

Watch Ron sing Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” after the jump.

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How many rappers have the balls to make a video that looks like it could play on Nickelodeon? Positive, uplifting, inspirational. Props, Fashawn.

And I finally got around to listening to Fash’s mixtape with Alcehmist, which isn’t as bright and sunny, but also totally tits.

Shanah Tova to Knobbz and my fellow heebs! Happy Jewish New Year.

New Camp Lo! It’s fantastic to see rappers actively work with producers who bring out the best in them, and Ski & Lowa is magic. Another Heist is the album, produced entirely by Ski out October 20th. Ski started as a rapper in Bizzie Boyz and Original Flavor, but it’s still a little surprising to hear him behind the mic.

DOWNLOAD: Camp Lo – Another Heist (ft.Ski)

I have no idea what “bouillon in the bathtub” means but it sounds good.

Via NR

There’s a big difference between the vulgarity of Kool Keith and the vulgarity of, say, Three 6 Mafia. The first song on the upcoming Three 6 album contains a hook that goes “I Long dick her like uh! uh! uh!” Needless to say, last week’s listening session was more than a little awkward.

Kool Keith on the other hand is more subtly perverse. His sex anthems are usually childish and bizarre. Take this excerpt from Urb’s profile of Keith:

“The first time I went to a strip club, I had just come off tour. It was a club down south. I had a thousand singles and it was a slow night. I kept putting $10 in girls’ [g-strings] every five seconds. They kept asking me, ‘Do you want a dance?’ I said, ‘No, I don’t want a dance.’
“And it was buggin’ them out because it was kind of twisted. They were used to the regulars giving $10 total. They were more into me because the way I was doing it was weird. Sometimes, I had them all around me at the same time. I was like, ‘Here’s $10 because I like your outfit. It looks good.’ They’re like, ‘But do you want me to dance?’ I said, ‘Nah, don’t dance.’ I just got a kick out of it. It was just something done tactically; abnormal to their whole program. They said, ‘We never had a guy come in here and do that type of stuff. This is weird.’

Somewhere beneath the toilet humor and fetishes, there’s a childlike innocence to Kool Keith.

Tashan Dorrset was my jam and I’m amped for Bikinis N Thongs.

Download: Kool Keith – Executive Suites (ft. Denis Deft)

Broken Cool via The Smoking Section

Risqué video for Executive Suites after the jump.

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Late pass please, but I didn’t really bother checking this out until I heard Ratatat was there along with Kid Cudi. Check out Evan Mast’s guitar solo which is crazy. Definitely one of my favorite tracks off Man On The Moon (In stores now). It’s crazy that rappers slept on working with Ratatat esp. when they’ve put out so much heat in the past years.

So you are probably still asking where I’ve been hiding out, kinda lacking on the posting front? I’m actually working on bonding with my cat thanks to the advice this lady has blessed my life with. Be back soon.  MAJOR WHISKER ALERT till then.

I think Yeezy just made up for 808s.

Update: MTV offers more details. The way they cut it, it looked like people were clapping in support of Kanye, but they were actually clapping for Taylor Swift.

According to reports from inside the house, once cameras cut away from the action, West flipped off the crowd and returned to his seat. Wale then said to the crowd, “You can’t blame a man for speaking his mind.” His words were met with boos, and Wale then said, “Kanye, I tried.” During the next commercial break, Pink walked by the rapper and appeared to shake her head in disgust before security escorted her away. West remained steadfast amidst the commotion as he kissed his girlfriend Amber Rose.

Update: New video

Only Rappers would get asked to sign books that are completely unrelated to them.  Judging by the confusion as to the meaning of ‘Off That’, Beck & O’Reilly didn’t pick up Blueprint 3.  “Peace, Bill. Off that.”

Via Gawker