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         <title>Celebrity Rap Superstars: Perez Rocks It Like Sanjaya!</title>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Wassup y'all! </p>

<p>This week on Celebrity Rap Superstar, our lucky contestants got to COME UP WITH THEIR OWN RAP? Yes, it's going down.</p>

<p>Before we even get into that, something just dawned on me: <strong>Does it bother anyone that Da Brat is one of the judges, and MC Lyte is a mentor? Think about it this way. If legendary DMC is a judge, then shouldn't Lyte be, too? I know Da Brat is kind of popular amongst the reality tv circuit now, but come on, MTV, what the hell? What's next, T-Pain judging an r&b contest while Brian McKnight merely spectates?! Am I wrong/right? Let me know what you think!</strong></p>

<p>As far as the show goes: <strong>Efren Ramirez </strong>(NO SURPRISE) is in the bottom, and so is <strong>Sebastian Bach </strong>(WHAT THE F*CK? HELLO, JASON WAHLER IS STILL THERE!) One of them is going home. There’s going to be a showdown, because the votes were so close that there has to be a “rap-off” and the judges gotta pick the winner. </p>

<p>Do we even have to go through this painful debacle to know who Brat, Big Boy, and DMC are going to pick? I mean, let's be real here. </p>

<p>But alas, on to the performances... <br />
(and I'm warning you, everybody's abbreviating their names. Nobody could rack their brains to come up with anything remotely creative. Sigh...)</p>

<p>Check out this video... towards the end you get a sneak peek of a lil' sample of Perez' rap. </p>

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         <title>Throwback Thursdays: Remembering Tupac</title>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Today's Throwback Thursday happens to fall on the eleventh anniversary of Tupac Shakur's death, so naturally I'd devote today's post to his memory. Whether you're torn between supporting the raunchy Pac or the reflective Pac, he had, what many rappers out here today NO NOT possess: a beautiful talent for writing poetry. And that, alone is to be admired.  </p>

<p>Of course, to pop things off, I'm going to post a video. And no, it's not going to be something cliche, like "Keep Ya Head Up" or "California Love", because I'm sure if you hit up other blogs today, they'll already have them embedded. </p>

<p>The video you're about to see is one that chilled me to the core, especially since it came out after Pac's death. With the lyrics and the video, which views (after)life through Pac's eyes, was striking, yet calming at the same time. I can remember being a kid and hearing Angie Martinez tearfully announce Pac's death on this night eleven years ago. This video made me feel that he was at peace. Although I'd been a fan, I never really understood him until this video came out.   </p>

<p>Funny how a simple video can make you feel connected to a person you never even knew.</p>

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         <pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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         <title>A Little Britney Support and a Whole Lotta Kanye (Breezy&apos;s Got the &quot;Good Life&quot; Video!)</title>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Well, I guess this post can be appropriately deemed as the "VMA Aftermath" post, or the "Graduation" post as well, because that's what the bulk of today's blog is going to deal with. But to start things off, I want to share with you guys something that I peeped over at Concrete Loop. </p>

<p>This is a video of a person named Chris Crocker (I say "person" because honestly, I can't tell if it's male or female). Chris Crocker is basically telling all y'all <strong>Britney </strong>haters to shove it and "LEAVE HER ALONE"... but he/she does it in such a p*ssy way that after you finish p*ssing on yourself from the laughter, you just want to kick his/her @ss just because. </p>

<p><strong>Do not consume liquids while watching this clip. </strong></p>

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<p>Someone go upside Chris' head with a dildo, PLEASE! Put him out of his misery! </p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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         <title>Cassidy f/ Swizz Beatz-- &quot;My Drink &amp; My 2 Step&quot;</title>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Wassup fam! I know, it's Sept. 11th, and by the time this blog airs, most of you will be on your way to Virgin Megastore/Sam Goody/J & R Music World/the Africans on Broadway & Nassau Street to cop that new 'Ye, that new 50, or both. Or, if you're like me, you found a shop that actually had 'Ye's album in stock ON MONDAY, so you copped it a day before it was officially for sale. Anywho, enough about that, I'm sure you're gonna leave me critiques of both discs in the comments. </p>

<p>Now, I want to turn your attention to <strong>Cassidy's </strong>new video, "My Drink & My 2 Step." It premiered last night on Rap City, but prior to viewing the video, I'd never heard the song. </p>

<p>I was hoping that, with hip-hop's obsession with "walking it out" and Patron tequila, Cass was being sarcastic with that title. But nahhhh, I should've known better. </p>

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<p><strong>Does anyone in the really do the 2 Step?</strong></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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         <title>Breezy Goes Off About The 2007 MTV Video Music Awards</title>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Hey, fam. I've just gotten thru the VMA's, and as promised, I'm gonna tell y'all how it went down... and down... and down. </p>

<p>You know what? If you want me to break this down for you, plain and simple: this show was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay overhyped. And damnit, they got to me too, especially when I blogged live from MTV when they announced the nominees on TRL. It has been no secret that MTV, in terms of their awards ceremonies, has fallen off, and I guess this year, by creating new award categories that make no sense whatsoever, they're trying to recapture the essence they lost back in, say, 2003. I say, if they wanna get it back to how it used to be, for next year's show, bring back Chris Rock to host, and stop putting these bullsh*t celebs on the show (like the Laguna Beach/Hills whores and those losers who were announced the Best New Artist category). And how about actually PERFORMING ON THE ACTUAL STAGE? I know this is Vegas, and they wanted to have that "party like a rockstar" mode goin' down, but it was annoying watching the camera go from suite-to-suite. I mean, sh*t, let whoever's gonna perform  do it on THE ACTUAL PROGRAM, and save the other sh*t for an aftershow or something. </p>

<p>But let me stop going off, and get into this recap. I'm going to put the show's highlights under three categories, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. But to start things off, there's one performance, which, the very first time I saw it, I hated it. But then, f*ck, I had to go and watch it two more times-- and it grew on me. My personal opinon: it's aight, but she's done better (2003 smooch with Madonna ring a bell?) So I'll let y'all decide whether it was good or not. </p>

<p>And.... </p>

<p>IT'S <strong>BRITNEY</strong>, B*TCH! </p>

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<p>WAS THAT <strong>JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE'S </strong>D*CK SHE GRABBED? </p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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         <title>Celebrity Rap Superstar: Gettin&apos; Down Throwback Style</title>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Aight, before I get into the recap, I just want to say that I read ALL of the comments you guys left last week about how this show is killing hip-hop and what not. I say– it ain’t that serious. Just think of it as karaoke... that’s basically what this is. How is this different from what you do in front of your mirror, pretending to be Michael Jackson, Salt-N-Pepa or even Diddy (like you ain’t never tried to do the Harlem Shake, even though you were 23 when it came out). </p>

<p>I mean... look at it, for goodness sakes. </p>

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<p>Getting aggy over this is like sending hate mail to Nick Cannon because no one on <em>Wild 'N Out </em>is actually <em>that </em>funny. </p>

<p>Enough of my defending this crap. Anyway, tonight's episode is a little different because 1) the judges didn't get save anyone from being eliminated next week and 2) this time around, the celebs got to choose their own song to perform. Most of them performed hip-hop classics, which was interesting enough to watch. </p>

<p>And-- BIG SHOCK-- <strong>Jamal Anderson</strong> got voted off. How is it possible that he's gone-- but not-so-fly-for-a-white-guy and Pedro got to stay? Aww well. The worst part was, he looked like he was REALLY hurt when he got eliminated, like he didn't have a REAL career to fall back on. Aww, well, sucks for him.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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         <title>Throwback Thursdays: a la De La Soul</title>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>How about this time, I throw it waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back, to 1989?! </p>

<p>I know y'all are feeling me on this one, fam! </p>

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<p>LONG LIVE <strong>DE LA SOUL</strong>! </p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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         <title>Hate it or Love It: Board Bangers-- &quot;Cause The Beat&apos;s Hot&quot;</title>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>I know, I know... I'm not EXACTLY posting this video in a timely fashion. But, I recenlty came across this video, and uhh... yeah. </p>

<p>As far as the track itself goes, <a href="http://blogs.sohh.com/videos/2007/09/lil_mama_gslide.html">I didn't think things on the production-side of hip-hop couldn't get any worse than interpolating "The Wheels On The Bus" into a new hit.</a> But, once again, Breezy's wrong. I will now be unable to act surprised when <strong>50 Cent</strong> uses the "Oscar Meyer Weiner" jingle to attempt his next "hit". </p>

<p>But when you get over the use of use of "Meow Mix"... it's actually not that bad.  </p>

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         <title>Lil&apos; Mama -- &quot;G-Slide/Tour Bus&quot;</title>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Who can turn a hooptie into a fly ride with just one click of her rhinestone Uptowns and a blow from her glossy lips! </p>

<p>It's the hood's version of Tinkerbell, <strong>LIL' MAMA</strong>!!!! </p>

<p>Her "G-Slide" is poppin', her tour bus is cool! </p>

<p>.... if you're five years old. </p>

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<p><em>Voice of the Young People?</em> Well, judging from that lil' <em>chicken noodle soup-ish </em>jig she did at the top of the video, she's definitely trying to go hard for the streets -- Sesame Street, that is. </p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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         <title>Labor Day Throwback</title>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>What up, y'all! I know it's Labor Day, and if you're like me, you're sitting somewhere drinking a Corona with a twist a lime, enjoying the unofficial end of summer. </p>

<p>But for those of y'all who happen to be on the internet today, I'm gonna share with you the video of one of my favorite <strong>Jay-Z</strong> songs. This song just has "summer" written all over it. And the video's tight too. It puts me in the mind of being on a beach in the Bahamas... plus it's the only time I don't get annoyed looking at Dame Dash, so hey.</p>

<p>So go 'head... feel the high that you get from the La... if you feel it, put 'ya L in the sky (or leave a comment) </p>

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<p>Speaking of the islands, big up to all the West Indians doing it big on the Parkway this year. I've long since outgrew it, but feel free to leave me a comment and let me know how it went down. Most importantly, for those of you that do attend -- <strong>STAY SAFE</strong>. </p>

<p><em>WHO LOVES YA, BABY?<br />
-- Breezy </em></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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         <title>Celebrity Rap Superstar -- What Did You Think?</title>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Before I started watching this show, I thought, "oh wait, is this going to be The Surreal Life-- Rap Style?" </p>

<p>Hmm. Was I right? </p>

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<p>Ehh.. sort of. </p>

<p>Basically, little <strong>Kevin Hart </strong>is hosting this "Rapping With the Stars" show. Eight semi-celebs are teamed up with rappers who act as coaches, teaching them to perform rap songs in front of an audience. Not only do we, the people at home (if you actually give a sh*t) get to pick who's voted off each week, they're judged by the "Supreme Court of Hip-Hop", which, unfortunately, consists of <strong>Da Brat, Big Boi </strong>(the formerly fat DJ who must've taken up smoking crack as a hobby, 'cuz this dude is SKIIIIIIIINNEEEE) and <strong>DMC</strong>... <em>that </em>DMC, the only person that I agree SHOULD be on this panel. YEAH, UNCLE RAHIEM IS GONNA TELL THEM MUTHAF*CKAS GRIP UP, GRIP UP! Sorry, I'm still hyped about that song, which is now frequently played on my MP3. </p>

<p>So, to make this easier on myself, I'm just gonna break down each duo, and give my lil' two cents on how I think they did. <br />
But to sum it up-- I'm gonna check in for the next seven weeks. I HAVE to see who's gonna take this.  <br />
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         <pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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         <title>Throwback Thursdays: Do You Remember, Girl?!</title>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>To all the MJJ haters out there: Look, <strong>the man turned 49 yesterday, aight? </strong>I gotta show him some kind of love. </p>

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<p>Okay, alot of people figure Mike's best video is "Thriller", and "Billie Jean" is highly commended because it was the first video from an African-American artist to be played on MTV. ANYWAY, this is MY favorite Michael Jackson video. </p>

<p>Y'all remember when this first premiered on ABC's TGIF <em>(they preempted Family Matters in favor of the video)</em>? I remember being a lil' kid trying to do the Egyptian dance in front of my television, and my mom looking at me like "Go 'head, baby!" Ha! MANN, that's taking it back! </p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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         <title>Common f/ Lily Allen-- &quot;Drivin&apos; Me Wild&quot;</title>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>This video right here is avant-garde, even for <strong>Common</strong>. But I'm feeling it. Rock on wit' ya white tuxedo'ed self, Common-- let these dudes out here know what's really real. </p>

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<p>Let's just hope that last verse wasn't about his past relationship with <strong>Erykah Badu</strong>. </p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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         <title>Consequence-- &quot;Uncle Rahiem&quot;</title>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>The uncle you love to hate got out of jail today, y'all. And he's staying with YOU. Hide the good china and your fresh-out-the-box pairs of Uptowns. </p>

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<p>I'm usually against the rapper-slash-actor thing, but somebody needs to tell <strong>DMC </strong>to start checking out some scripts. He may have a lil' underlying talent there. </p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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         <title>MTB 4 Season Finale: DRUM ROLL PLEASE!</title>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Aight, Diddy's doing the "Connect Four" thing again like he did during the "fakeout". <br />
I'm getting antsy. Sh*t, I need some Ritalin, some Zoloft, some Jack Daniels, f*ck it, something... STOP PLAYING WITH MY EMOTIONS DIDDY! </p>

<p>But he DID just announce he's gonna make a FIVE MAN GROUP-- but I thought it was going to be this way all along! </p>

<p><strong>AND, THE MEMBERS ARE......</strong></p>]]></description>
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