I’ve always been a mixtape junkie. I’ve been making them since I had the ability to press the buttons on a cassette recorder. My first mixtape was a compilation of music from the Power Rangers movie, the theme to Ninja Turtles, “Everybody Dance Now” by C&C Music Factory, and some Pearl Jam song that I liked. I made it by taking a portable tape recorder and holding it up to a stereo. I made many tapes like this. On some you can hear my little brother screaming, or a vaccum running in the background. But they were great. In recent years I have moved format to the CD or the mp3 (although I still rock the cassette myself now and then). So when I found out that their was a website that you could upload a mixtape to, and it would play for your friends without ads or membership, I was ridiculously psyched.
But when I went to log on to my Muxtape today I was met with disappointment. Muxtape was apparently forced to shutdown earlier this week to resolve issues with the RIAA.
You couldn’t download from their sites. You could even buy the songs you heard.
Muxtape says they have a good chance of beating the rap. But it begs the question…
I just saw a commercial on television for the new Kidz Bop, and they got Sean Kingston to remake “Take You There”. I jumped online as fast as I could to find that he made a whole new Kidz Bop video. If you’ve heard it, you remember the original song is an infectious dance joint that had references to the hood, kids holding guns, and other trife shit. The original video was shot in Miami and included Officer Rick Ross blowing trees, DJ Khaled, and mad video girls. The new Kidz Bop video is a bunch of little kids dancing on a beach with Sean Kingston. Plus, they altered the lyrics. Next stop… Lollipop.
I was pretty much already sick of this song until P-Dash breathed new life into it by ingeniously incorporating puppets. Mark my words: puppets are the next big thing in hip-hop.
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He’s like Gandhi, but better – he likes puppets. I love puppets. I love Fraggle Rock, I love Lamb Chop, I love Elmo, Sesame Street, Bert and Ernie. Snuffleupagus? Fucks my shit up.
So, It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia is one of my favorite shows of all time. I was just watching FX and I saw the best commercial for their new season. I know, remakes of Going Back to Cali are kind of overdone, but they got Jeru the Damaja!!!! Fuck Colin Quinn!! This one is the best.
After the jump is the original LL version which is, without question, one of the best hip-hop videos of all time.
Plus the Colin Quinn version too. I was just kidding earlier. Colin Quinn was a fool for this.
Not hating at all, more (wildly) amused than anything. A remix version with Freeway & Beanie would have my brain explode. For some reason, this makes me think of this (which I will admit to having in my music stash):
So… dude (Donny Goines) felt the need to respond to his first tirade. I honestly think that he’s right and it is wrong to glorify violence and ignorance, but its entertainment. So who cares?
I would like to clarify, my earlier comments aside, that I really think Donny Goines is a great rapper. He has consistently given us good music and I have always liked him, since I started getting e-mails from the guy.
It’s just my opinion that people shouldn’t take entertainers seriously. People don’t hold Robert Englund responsible because he plays Freddy Kreuger. They don’t burn photos of Al Pacino simply because he was Tony Montana. But every day it seems like people blame an act of violence or hatred on music, or a video game. I’m not saying movies never get flack for violence or sex. But the blame often seems disproportionately placed.
In a book we read a story. In a film we see a story. In a song we hear one.
None should be taken seriously.
Unless its Soulja Boy… cause that makes me want to do bad things…
Donny Goines offers his point of view on the Rick Rossfiasco… without mentioning Rick Ross. This has to be one of the most ignorant video’s I’ve ever seen. Dude takes out his extensive criminal history report and goes over it on camera. Then dude basically says that rappers who talk about crimes (like Ross) are fake, while rappers who do crimes (like Him) are cool and never talk about doing dirt .
I don’t know when people stopped thinking that this is an entertainment business. Do I care if Ross talks about being a drug dealer? No. Do I care if he was really a corrections officer? No. Do I care if his songs are good? Yes.
The real message we should get from this whole Ross thing is that kids shouldn’t look at these rappers and think that they can be sucessful from a life of crime. Selling drugs doesn’t make you cool. Going to jail doesn’t make you rich and powerful. Lying about going to jail and selling drugs makes you cool, rich, and powerful.
Who cares if some dudes in jail think you aren’t real? They’re in fucking prison!
Juan Epstein (Hot 97’s Cipha Sounds and Peter Rosenberg) discovers a provocative young talent on the streets of New York City. Something tells me we haven’t heard the last of Prince Metropolis Nome.
