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Good afternoon y'all-- Got some crazy performance videos for y'all to peep while you're pretending to finish up some work this afternoon. Up first:

Wow...... I can’t even ... man....

When I first peeped this video of Lloyd performing Weezy’s “Lollipop”, I thought damn, talk about licking somebody's, uhh, lollipop!

But halfway through, I said, damn, maybe this shoulda been HIS record. Unfortunately, had it been, it probably wouldn’t chart or sell. Check it out.

Wassup, wassup, wassup! I think you'll find today's selection of videos kind of... well... delectable.

Oftentimes I’d blog about the dope femcees, and ask you to give me the list of girls that you thought controlled the mic. And I noticed that MANY of you placed this particular lady on top of your list, asking me, “Breezy? What about Jean Grae?”

Well, you know what?

I’m giving shorty some props today.

Thirsty, anyone?

True story, I’ve never seen the movie The Warriors , so this video doesn’t have much of an effect on me. However, I AM bigging her up because this song is sooooo damn sexy. Ladies, THIS is the way it’s done. I love the way she rhymes about getting it on almost violently with a lover without making it sound Kim or Foxy-esque. Honestly, it gave me visions of having rough sex in a steamy showerâ€" so dirty, but so pristine and natural at the same time. Meaning, yeah, pull my hair, n*gga, but I ain’t putting no Sprite cans down my throat. I’m feeling that.

I just hope those “retirement” rumors I heard about her are just a hoax.

Wassup, wassup, wassup! I think you'll find today's selection of videos kind of... well... delectable.

Oftentimes I’d blog about the dope femcees, and ask you to give me the list of girls that you thought controlled the mic. And I noticed that MANY of you placed this particular lady on top of your list, asking me, “Breezy? What about Jean Grae?”

Well, you know what?

I’m giving shorty some props today.

Thirsty, anyone?

True story, I’ve never seen the movie The Warriors , so this video doesn’t have much of an effect on me. However, I AM bigging her up because this song is sooooo damn sexy. Ladies, THIS is the way it’s done. I love the way she rhymes about getting it on almost violently with a lover without making it sound Kim or Foxy-esque. Honestly, it gave me visions of having rough sex in a steamy showerâ€" so dirty, but so pristine and natural at the same time. Meaning, yeah, pull my hair, n*gga, but I ain’t putting no Sprite cans down my throat. I’m feeling that.

I just hope those “retirement” rumors I heard about her are just a hoax.

What up y’all, it’s Hump Day... so go hump. Ha, ha, ha, corny joke, I know.

ANYWAYâ€"

Y’all know that I am passionate about women’s hip-hop, and if you read any of my numerous blogs about this subject, I’ve never brought up Trina’s name. I never checked for her, and the songs I did hear from her were basically... ass (take that whatever way you want to). However, we all know that the true measure of a (f)emcee is displayed through freestyling, so when I saw that she spit on Rap City’s golden mic (no pun intended), I checked it out.

Okay, okay.

First of all, I don’t even know why she’s entertaining that broke down, "Huked un Fonikz" sounding Khia for.
I have NOT been paying attention to the drama between them AT ALL, but I hope it’s not over Wayne’s Rastafarian cocker spaniel-looking a*s. However, when she said “nappy headed mutt”, didn’t you think she was getting at Wayne first? Hmm....

But if she IS going at that VH1 reject, you gotta give Trina credit for the way she handled herself though. Trina’s rhyme WASN’T HOT AT ALL, but , but she didn’t go the “R-E-S-P-E RESPECT ME” route (I will NEVER let that go), so she gets half a prop from me today.

Unfortunately, she just gave Khia more fuel for her to sit down and write another one of those blogs she writes that’s dripping with slave-speak (I’m not posting the link for OBVIOUS reasons, Google it).

What do y’all think of her rhyme?

Wassup y'all!!

Wow, have I got a bunch of madness for y'all today, I'm gonna skip the niceties, I'm just gonna go in!

First up on the chopping block is Diddy's appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Of course, this was bound to happen, especially after somebody decided to give this n*gga a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, furthering propelling his delusion of him believing there's a Black trifecta that exists in America: Oprah, Barack, and himself. Whatever.

Diddy visits Ellen (aww, gays supporting each other-- I LOVE IT! RAINBOW POWER!) to talk about his acquiring of Ciroc Vodka.... but why is your man rocking the Mr. Belvedere look? That is NOT how you preserve your sexy!

Diddy: [to Ellen]: Are you drinking water?

Woooow. Like we actually BELIEVE the both of y'all were sipping anything stronger than water! Gotta give this man credit though. If and when he dies, America will NEVER forget that Sean John Combs existed, NEVER...

Wassup y'all!

I'm actually excited about showing you guys this first video up for your viewing pleasure today.

I've been feeling this chick Estelle since I first heard that single "Wait A Minute" featuring Will.i.Am and am definitely gonna cop that Shine album with the quickness. (Them Brits are doing it right now, aren't they?!)

Anyway, if you didn't know, she's currently in the states promoting said album and she happened to do a show at NYC's Highline Ballroom with an "American Boy" that I am in LOVE with... Travis McCoy of Gym Class Heroes (Ladies, you gotta admit, Travie is a HOTTIE)! I don't know the name of the song they're performing, but it sounds dope and hope that its possibly included on the debut. Check it out:

Good morning, y'all!

When I saw this clip, I knew I had to post this up here for y'all to see. Now, I haven't actually sat and listened to the entire "My Interview" track, but I did listen when excerpts of the song were highlighted on Ed Lover's radio show, specifically, the parts where Buck admits to his drug use. I have no comment on that.

However, this interview conducted by MTV's Tim Kash proved to be quite interesting. Honestly, it's the only one I could watch (I can't STAND the interviews he does while surrounded by his dead weight). You might learn some interesting factoids you didn't know.

Wow... is it me, or did you also start singing "everybody's breaking, breaking uuuuuuup! Let's staaay toooogethhheeeer!" after watching this?

Question: Being that 50 is widely known as a teetotaler (as well as abstains from other drugs, I'm sure) and that he and Buck used to be friends, shouldn't he tried to help him out with his problem? Let me know what y'all think...

Heyheyhey!!

By now, I know most of you have seen that Nike Commercial of Kobe Bryant proving the "aerodynamic ability" of the new Hyperdunks the only way someone of his show-boating caliber would.... by jumping over an Aston Martin while it was coming toward him. And if you HAVEN'T seen it already:

How much you want to bet that the higher-ups at Nike just wanted the n*gga to run a few laps around a gym wearing the damn shoes!? More power to them for finding a 6'6" stunt double.

Anyway, my dude John O. decided to see if he could do the same thing... with a Toyota. And THIS is what happened:

John and David, y'all inspire me. If you're reading this, please know that whenever I'm having technical difficulties... I will always "cut to the baby." HA!

What up, what up, what up!

Aight, so let’s run down the list. In this world of hip-hop, rappers have made songs bigging up their favorite articles of clothing and accessories, from BIG flossing Gucci and Coogi sweaters on wax, Ghostface doing the album cover with the custom-colored Clark Wallabees to the present day where (in my opinion) yooooooouuuuuuuu’ll find the most annoying song lyric: “Haters getting mad ‘cuz I got me some Bathing Apes”. No, scratch that. The worst comes from Kia Shine trying to big up his whole damn wardrobe (read: 6 brightly colored Ralph Lauren Polos and 1 pair of Sean John jeans) that he borrowed his video shoot. Wooooow.... Wooooww....

And we haven’t even begun to scratch the surface.

Seriously... it was only a matter of time before this song came along.
It had to be done. Besides the ubiquitous white tee, this is the only accessory n*ggas in EVERY region has sitting at the top of their closet, with the sticker still attached like it was advertising their d*ck sizeâ€" despite the fact that most of ‘em can’t name at least 5 actual New York Yankee team players.

I don’t know about the whole thing being "a way of life”, but it ain’t exactly a gang of dudes crobbing their crotches yelling, “my jeans 900, shoes 850", so... I only rolled my eyes once. Actually nodded my head a bit to the second verse. I’m still trying to figure out what mandatory project skyline was featured in this clip.

Aight J-Ral, you get a pass, I mean, a $2 Metrocard, for today. When the deal gets signed, don’t be making sh*t like this no more, though.

Wassup y’allâ€"

I wasn’t going to blog this interview, but someone left an interestig comment on the Snoop Dogg post yesterday about the whole "Old School vs. New School" argument that’s beaten TO DEATH on this site, SOHH I thought it would be interesting to see what y’all thought of this Soulja Boy interview with Tim Westwood when he discusses rappers he grew up listening to.

Although I don’t think Soulja Boy is the most eloquent of the bunch, I will give him the benefit of the doubt with this one. I know what he meant by that. But, at the same time, was there no one around him who attempted to put him up on the Golden Age Era of Hip-Hop? Sheeeit, even Puff made those misfits in Da Band learn the words to "Rapper's Delight."

To tell you the truth, it could've been worse... he could've called Jay-z a Hip-Hop Pioneer...

As you read this, I’m in bed, recovering from the wicked time I had at Tha Gecko Brothas’ album release party last night. Even though I’m cool with the brothas Priest Forever and John O., their music is straight fire, B. They’re two Harlem cats that still rep for hip-hop as an art form and a culture. And if you don’t believe me, check out their myspace at http://myspace.com/thegeckobrothas.
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Aight so I’ve been purposely ignoring the 50/Fat Joe beef because... it’s a waste of time to devote energy to, plain and simple. I could be watching the Obama “A Perfect Union” speech, or, at the very least, watch Mario shake his thang on Dancing With The Starsâ€" anything then witness Fiddy try to destroy the career form of action one uses to exchange their time for money, such as Fat Joe.

But has all of that stupidity made him lazy? ‘Cuz this new G-Unit video is extremely low budget for them as a whole and for Fif as an a representative of him. Why?
Because G-Unit has chosen now not to give props to the side chick, nor the jump off, nor the babymama who they can’t stand but can always get it from. Certainly not the little mami who only serves to roll up the blunts, and suck off the whole squad; and not the chick that carries the work and hides the sh*t from the Feds.”

And that crazy stripper that can put her foot in her mouth? This ain’t about her either.

This is about the bottom bitches chicks! She’s the Renaissance woman, because she embodies ALL of the above qualities!! YES!!
And to think, at first I thought they’d remade that love song Ice-T made for Coco.

But this joint is weak, man. The beat’s aight, but the rhymes are nothing out of the ordinary..Also, listen to that chorus, can’t you imagine him singing, “N*gga, you’s a window shopppaaaa....”?

LOL @ Fif saying “it’s like the beginning!”... you damn right, ‘cuz y’all n*ggas look like y’all don’t know what the f*ck y’all are doing in this one!

And what the f*ck is up with that “please listen to my demo” sh*t?>
You’d expect more from someone that made the Forbes list, right? ::shaking my head::

More f-ckery on the next page...

IT'S A BACKPACK RAPPER WEDNESDAY CELEBRATION, BITCHES!!

We've been spinning this joint for a minute on Equilibrium Radio (which airs TODAY from 4-6pm, stream it here at www.whcr.org if you don't live in Harlem), so when I saw that Buckshot finally released a video for it, I had to check it out.
I've been down with Buckshot since that "Two Turntables and a Mic" joint way back when, so I had to show him some love on Talkin' Videos.

The video's cool, nothing spectacular, just meant as a vehicle for the track... but Charlie Murphy smackin' n*ggas up? Sheeeeiiit.... that's what every music video is missing these days, lol.
Check the vid to see how it breaks it down:

"My name is Charlie! Shoulda 'ducked down', b*tch!"

Yes, this video well-deserves to be blogged under the title "Midweek Madness".

When I first heard this song, I thought it was some weird, subliminial message Gnarls Barkley was sending out to any delusion child that STILL wishes to visit the Neverland Ranch.. so I thought that the video treatment would naturally feature a bunch of lil' kids running away from some ghastly figure holding a baby-sized figure covered in a blankie.

How foolish of me.

Just something really quick to get your morning started. I love this track-- when I'm listening to it, I feel like I'm on Mars, dancing in a Martian discotecque... after doing quualudes with Lindsay Lohan in the unisex bathroom, ha ha ha. In addition, I'm feeling the whole "Soul Train in Outer Space" vibe going on with this one... but Justin Timberlake as the white, hip-hop wannabe Don Cornelius? Uhhh....

Kinda reminds me of when Ryan Phillippe did the opening for Andre3000's "Hey Ya".

WHY??

ANYWAY... Cee-Lo, you did it again!

Before I get started with today’s post, I got to give a shout out to my boy (and supportive reader) B’Ham Vet. What it do, homie? Young Lynx told you I was gonna give you a shout out on this thing, didn’t he? Holla @ ya girl and thanks for the love!

So what up everybody? Ready for some hate?

Well today, I definitely have two videos for y’all to sink your venomous teeth into.

Up first: THE WICKED B*TCH OF THE EAST!