Channeling The Cool

Daft Punk + Lemony Sinicket's Series of Unfortunate Events =...



... PROFIT!!

From All Angles

Now I know by now that the world has seen the mega fail that was the K-Ci and JoJo concert overseas in Austrailia.

And I think you know about the excuses for the show and all that... but...



... I can't resist. It's a lot more fun when the homies get some. (No homo) ^_^

Who Threw The Chair?

This is the thing that I like: Humor that is isn't the least bit unintelligent and yet...



... is ignant as fuck!

Music Video Creativity

For those who think creativity is lacking in hip hop (which its not) here's a couple of videos that will (hopefully) restore your hope in hip hop.

Shad - The Old Prince

This is a dope song overall. His delivery is defenantly something. He's an artist who talks directly to you, not around you like other hip hop tracks. Give it a good listen.

The Video is dope because...well...just watch and you'll agree.

AC - New Soul

Wow, i haven't seen Music Video creativity like this in a while. Probably because i don't know about too many new music videos. But for the ones i do know about all seem similar. What do you see in todays music videos? This vid above hasn't been done in a while, or probably ever. Hip Hop need innovation like this.

Plus The music video will put you onto the actual song itself, its just a cool song to listen to. 

-Jaero

No One On The Corner pt 2

Here it is, for the people who have not yet heard.

There was a previous response to this praising all of the good qualities of this song. Now i'm gonna show you why it is, in my opinion, an overrated song.

• The Sample.

The intro comes in. I instantly recognise the sample from yet another song that's overhyped. M.I.A.s "Paper Planes" song came in as a "What the hell is she talking about" Song until people started falling in love with it, for some strange reason.

• The Beat

Started out hot, got boring half way through. This is just my opinion, keep in mind.

• Corny lines.

"How it feel to wake up and be the shit and the urine"

"You can learn how to dress just by jocking my fresh, jocking jocking my fresh, jocking jocking my fresh"

"Ayo I know I got it first I'm Christopher Columbus, y'all just the pilgrims" 

Nobody really said anything good, except Jay and TI really. And Kanye starting off his verse with that auto tune? It has got to go.

And What the hell was Wayne talking about?

• The "singing"

Very, Very Annoying. 

• TIs Verse

TI is really the only one who actually came correct on this track. He isunderrated, but defenantly not best in the game. No where near.

There ya have it. I don't really care if many of you think i'm just being bias. I listen to a lot of things hip hop has to offer, there's better things than just this (check the next blog). Its just that with all the hype, I should expect dope beats and dope rhymes. Not just one or the other. 

-Jaero

Whats Wrong with hip hop?

Things like this really get to people.

I'm starting to think people are losing the sense of what Hip Hop is. There is no "Real" hip hop. There is no "Wack" hip hop outside of your own opinion. I mean yes, artists make crappy music. However, Its both the fans fault for supporting the artist and the artists fault for making crappy music. People don't seem to get that. Fans need to start having some standards, for real.

Hell, i don't like wayne at all. I dislike his music just as much as i dislike Boosie, Shawty Lo or whatever his name is ect. But Lil wayne IS hip hop. Shawty Lo IS hip hop. Lil Boosie IS hip hop.

We got how many rappers saying Soulja Boy is garbage? I mean, whats going on? First off, Hip Hop is a means to express yourself, and people are suppost to be free to do so. Second, if he's garbage, thats all the more reason for you to put out more piff. Not to be dissing rappers that are coming up, no matter how bad.

Not liking someone's music is not a means to say they ain't hip hop. It took a whole BET Segment (ya'll know i don't even touch BET) and legend KRS One to bridge the gap. Although Soulja gave some stupid answers, it was a good touch to hip hop, people wan't to hear that. Yea, i dislike almost everything BET has to offer, but that was a good look for hip hop man. That was a good look.

I Love IMG Pt.1

Especially those YouTube videos that have that slideshow that matches what is being said.

As seen in this Shawty Lo Parody.

Thank You Rock Band

Now this may seem like just a hip-hop and R&B site... but it's more than that. It's a reflection of self and anyone that knows me will tell you... I don't do just ONE thing.

Case in point: I present to you, the readers, with a couple of rock quick-hitters by way of the good folks (*cough*GODS*cough*)at Harmonix.

This was my show out song when I was playing Rock Band. Hands down.

(that and Maps - Yeah Yeah Yeahs of course)

Right when the hook hits... you just let LOOSE!





While you may have been hearing their new song, Pork and Beans (Damn near my theme song), Weezer has been around since the early 90s. This ballad tears through you with it's powerful hook and jaw dropping visuals.
Breaking-up has never been this hard to deal with.

That is until this little ditty came along...



Coheed and Cambria - Welcome Home

My "I'm really good at expert, so I'm going to not look while playing this and still get Gold Stars" song.
And one of the most VICIOUS breakup songs in the history of music.
The whole song is like Eminem's Kim... just 10 times harder!



Nirvana - Heart-Shaped Box

First song that did 100% on Expert on in the entire series (Bitch I do this (c) Shawty Lo). Also just a poetic and sonic masterpiece by a truly legendary group.
They are easily rock's version of The Notorious B.I.G.



My all-time favorite (non-bouns section) song in the whole series.

It's just a beauty. Innovative as well. I've never heard any song like this and probably never will again.

Anything You Can Do

I never was too much of a Beyonce fan.
She has talent. She has looks. She has style.

But, that wasn't too special to me.

However, whatever Beyonce still lacks as an artist...



... her sister is already taking and running away with.

The song is already just too fresh to handle. Her voice is right. The lyrics are cool. And the soundscape, at first glance, seems more Motown than anything.. but the quality of her voice, alone, seems to make this more progressive than any R&B track that I've been hearing on the radio (aside from Neyo-Closer and Chris Brown-Forever).

The video to me is a mindgasm of style and fashion with the exception of that orange contraption she rocks as her second outfit.

The first scene... just a little skeet taste for you. Vibrant cobalt-blue dress against a solid white backdrop. Attention-grabbing. And the close ups? MUCH APPRECIATED!

Second scene... could have saved it... but whatever. She is still hot (even it is just the neck up and the waist down in this shot lol)

Third scene... bangin' outfit again. Brown, touch of white = oh so nice. And the outside the box idea of singing while laying on a can of your own soup?
Well I'm not a soup person. I'm damn near the Soup Nazi.

NO SOUP FOR YOU!

But in this case... I'm sorry but this is some well advertised product!

Fourth scene... I don't know what those are (due to resolution of course)... boots or socks or what, however that blast of color does wonders to what would be, in most cases (especially her big sister's), just an all black ensemble.
HOT!

Fifth scene... screw the outfit. Right when she says "baby, I know" the decision to dispense clones of herself by just pointing in that direction... with that timing? GREAT!

Another thing I notice is that she must really love either yellow on blue.. the color blue... or just blue shoes in general.

Anyways, the running on a vinyl idea? Great!

Then the last two scenes hit... indescribable. The outfits are fantastic. The effects make the song climax for me (innuendo intended).

It's just... an amazing video. FREAKISH!

Gucci Mane *smh*

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All Up On My Jock

Like I Outta - T-Pain

Another dude that gets a really bad rap... lol... T-Pain.

Mr. Auto-Tune since 2003.

T-Pain usually is that guy... on the hook... singing... making it a smash hit now-a-days, but like I said in the piece I did on Rick Ross's new "freestyle" even he is sick of everybody and they mama... mama's mama... even baby mama's mama... using the auto-tune effect.

Now you might say to yourself, this song isn't a lyrical goldmine.
I believe that if Shel Silverstein could influence me to write poetry with just 4 line poems about non-sense, this dude can shine.

In this new little ditty, he basically vents about the new epidemic and has a little revenge of his own.

Personally, I can't say that I'll rock to this song years down the line. It isn't a classic. But that is obviously NOT was he is going for, so I take it for what it is... A RETARDELY, HILARIOUS TUNE!

The beat comes in.. and it... well sounds like it was inspired out of Barnum and Bailey... Not Cirque-de-Sole or anything but still a cool synth number.

And... notably, from the jump, he isn't using a vocoder.
It's his voice...

He isn't singing.
He's... rapping.

Now remember that first album he made... Rappa Ternt Sanga?

Well, he goes back to his roots for a minute with this one.

"Man, I've been gone for way too long till I come back and snap on niggas
Defication is a neccessity I had to crap on niggas."

That pretty much sets the tone right there. It ain't pretty, but then again, the delivery is pretty well executed here so I let the rapping slide and start to try and feel it.

He does about eight... kinda decent bars. Still with an entertaining flow, which is the point.

Then that hook comes in...

"You wanna do some shit I did in '03?
But don't act like you know me, I'm layin' low-key
Grab your microphone. Set your auto-tune
And I'ma bust a verse on yo' ass like I outta do
I got up out the streets, so I ain't gotta steal
But listen to the radio it's obvious I still kill
Grab your microphone and set your auto-tune
And I'ma bust a verse on yo' ass like I outta do"

My... goodness. The words ain't really all that poetic, but being from the south, I understand that what he lacked in words... he made up for in emotion and energy.

Many "goons" down here aren't quite adept at articulation. Yet when they speak, you already know what it is - Young Jeezy.

The effects that he put on his voice were really put together well. The scratches, that "talking through a phone" thing (yeah, I really forgot what that was called lol), the little auto-tune when says "auto-tune". Production genius.

The next verse... HILARITY!!!
Rappin like E-40.. PERFECTLY! WHICH IS RIDICA-CRAZY!
Rappin like Soulja Boi... a little off. Still funny. YOUUUUULE!!!
Rappin like Shawty Lo... I fell out of my chair.
Rappin like Jeezy... Lyric-wise on point... WHICH WAS STUPID FUNNY!
Rappin like Rick Ross... Ironic... I think the another word that's fitting... awkward lol

Then.. you hear the laugh. That's Wayne. Not really Wayne... but you know the deal.

"Ow... Pain is the best
And Wayne is up next with that T-Pain effect.
Ya'll stealin'. He cool.
Cause he doin' what he do."

And...

"Different ass nigga but the same dude
Don't worry bout a damn that T-Wayne do. [Editor's note: No Homo]
Cause T-Wayne cool. Ya'll niggas far behind.
And I be at the bar feelin on a broad's behind"

Yep. He just pretty much summed it up right there.

Now... after further examination, though, it seems as if he was cool with Ross stealing the "T-Pain effect". Then again, that's why it's not excellent, lyrically. He doesn't exactly get his point across.

Still, it's a cool song and a good quick listen.


I think you can say he is this generation's Biz Markie.

Hip Hop Lives

More Soulja Boi news... *haters begin gripping*

Yesterday, the moment that I have been waiting for has happened.

I call it... *KRS-One at 2:22*



"KRS-One. Big respect to you [Soulja Boi]"

Real quote.

This is what that quote is saying...

To all those that are just plain opposed to all the snappin' and dancin' and (from what I've heard described as) pure minstrel show acts that are running around here, you can suck a mighty fat one.

It's what I stress to all new and old listeners, "Just enjoy it something about it."

It doesn't have to be a super-lyrical, GZA in his prime, piece of work to be something that can be enjoyed. All these new guys are trying to do is just have fun with it. Just like it was when it originated.

All of your predecessors, from Melle Mel to Kool Herc, started off doing was dance tracks and mix-shows for block parties in New York.

The first rap single was "Rapper's Delight" by the Sugar Hill Gang. A dance record.
Afrika Bambaataa released "Planet Rock". A dance record.
Kurtis Blow - "The Breaks". Dance record.
Doug E. Fresh - "The Show". Dance record.

I could go on and on... on and on and on and on! But the point is that this new hatred of the new school is just out of place and out of touch with reality.

Get with the program.
Get silly.

End.

Hi Haters!

So the other day, I (one of Soulja Boi's more outspoken supporters, haters) was checking up on any new videos he has because even though I really don't bump his music (I have neither owned nor have ever downloaded a single song from him), he is just hilarious in real-time action. He really should just go to VH1 and make a new reality show. Just not in the Flava Flav kinda way.

Anyways, I come across a video titled "Soulja Boy SHOCKING News! OMG WTF LOL!" and I was like... mmkay this should be interesting.



Lo and behold, this guy just keeps finding ways to make a mockery out of the so-called "Real Hip-hop Heads" (Whom I despise)

Anyways, this guy claims that he is basically making like 15 cents every time you either a) view his videos (to hate on) or b) make a comment (to hate further)

Now... you may be wondering... or just still hatin' and saying, "Well... fifteen cents ain't shit!"

Consider this...

Just off of views alone.

According to his YouTube channel, SB has garnered 400,448,420 views...
add the $.15/view.

and...

It equals... ummm..

$60,067,263 USD! (No Calculator)

My goodness.

Now this is just the views... and you know all the comments he gets.

This is still just a claim however. I'll keep you posted on whether this is real or just fiction.

No One On The Corner

Swagger Like Us - T.I ft. Kanye West, Jay-Z, Lil Wayne

When I first heard about this on gaiaonline.com (big ups), I was like, "this must be a fake "DJ copy-and-paste of old verses on a beat" thing...

Then...

The intro appears...

Regardless of if it was still just a copy and paste deal, the beat was already getting me hyped. Then, Kayne comes in and IMMEDIATELY starts spazzing on the mic.

"Mr. West is in the buildin'
Swagger on a hundred thousand TRILLION!"

Fact. He said swagger. So it must be a new verse for the song itself!

Yes, he's using the auto-tune. But he gets a pass simply because he is still in his style. Raps for a minute and then just breaks out harmonizing as he's been doing recently.

"Naaa, na, naaa
How it feel to wake up as the shit and the urine
Naaa, na, naaa
Tryna get that coke number. One over Jordan"

The flow is just crazy-catchy!

The hook hits again and after a little research, I find out that the sample for the chours is from M.I.A.'s Paper Planes. O.O!
And I find that Kayne is the one that produced it (no wonder he's first)

After that, I'm just like well who's next?

"[No one on the corner] got a bop like this
Can't wear skinny jeans cause my knots don't fit"

HOV is definitely in the building now!

Jigga's usual post-Black Album delivery is just in full force as he throws quotables like:

"But I can't teach you my swag
You can pay for school but you can't buy class
School of hard knocks I'm a grad
And that all blue Yankee is my graduation cap"

Ouch.

And... then.

Mr. Flavor of the Decade steps in...

"No one the corner got swagger like moi
Church. But I'm too clean for the choir"

Lil Wayne... is just a line factory (No coke)

I used to be a fond hater of Lil Wayne during the heyday of the Hot Boys, but now he's just has way to big of a persona to deny.

"Mami screams 'Papi. No mas
Run up in your shit. Just me. No mas
Running this shit like I got four thighs
No one got swag like these four guys"

True story.

All that is left now is T.I. himself.

The thing about T.I. is that you can just feel the drive and competitive nature that he has and has successfully utilized to be considered the best in the game. Period.

That being said... with all of this weight being thrown around on the track, he just goes Atlas on 'em with the verse of the year.

Yes, I said it... he had more swag than Yeezy, Weezy, AND the Big Homie.


"You go see Weezy for the wordplay,Jeezy for the birdplay
Kanyeezy for diversity and me for controversy
All my verses picture perfect and they meant to serve a purpose,
You ain't living what you kicking and you worthless
Looking from the surface it may seem that I got reason to be nervous
Then observe my work and see that my adversity was worth it
Verses autobiographical, absolutely classical
Last thing I'm worried 'bout is what another rapper do,
Ain't nobody hot as me
Even if they rap they ass off blast off and have outstanding qualities
Sell alotta records I respect and salute that
But spitting real life on hot beats I'm the truth at
You kick it like me no exaggeration necessary
Living revolutionary, nothing less than legendary
Gangsta shit hereditary, got it from my dad
Flow colder than February with extraordinary swag"

Even though he kinda ripped his flow from the enormously underrated Young Dro, you still gotta respect the fire that spits out in this soon to be cipher classic.

Just Tip Of The Iceburg

You remember that scene in the Titanic...



Well... not that one I guess but yeah.

There is now a hip-hop version of the Titanic.

Ladies and Gentlemen of the Free World, I present to you the rise and fall of Yung Berg.

The man also known as that guy that auto-tunes in that "The Bizness" song with the video that really makes it the only reason I care for because of that really, really fine bombshell singing the chorus who not be pictured here because this is a new site and I don't need it burned to the ground in it's first day so I'll picture yesterday's flavor of the week also known as Yung Berg here:



Anyways, the story goes that he apparently dissed some guy... Trick Trick... Out of Detroit.


The story goes that Trick Trick has a concert which featured rapper Fabolous (obviously the bigger name out of the three). However, Fab couldn't make the appearance so out of nowhere... on the day of the concert... in comes Yung Berg!
After just dissing the hell out of the guy, his fans, and apparently really darked skinned women, he just shows up to, I guess, save the day.

Needless to say, from "eye-witness accounts" he proceeded to the VIP section and was immediately destroyed by a mob of, well, goons.

He didn't even get a chance to put a TOE on stage.
Got beat out of his shoes and socks (which to me is the killer part) AND his "legendary", can't leave home without it, Transformers piece was hijacked!




I guess... the iceburg was just a little bit larger than he imagined!

Rick Ross - Put On Freestyle

Rick Ross - Put On Freestyle

Recently, I saw an episode of TRL which featured T-Pain (dude is growing on me, no homo). He was promoting his video for "Can't Believe It ft. Lil Wayne. Sporting a snazzy purple and black suit with his new top hat gimmick, he proceed to entertain the crowd like the Ringleader he says he is while imparting some very informative words of wisdom.

Not only did he defend his auto-tune singing by saying that Teddy Riley clearly did it before and he was just bringing it back, he even commented on the recent spree of other rappers using the same effect for their songs to, I assume, make a quick hit out of them.

Notable users: Young Moolah himself a.k.a. Lil Wayne
Kayne West for the Lollipop Remix and Put On
*cough*Baby*cough* For the remix of Foolish by Shawty Lo...
and just when you thought it was done...

Rick Ross gets in on the act.

Why?

I have no earthly idea. Especially for a song that is not even going to sell at all.
Maybe he wanted see what the fuss was about or something but all I got to say is that this is a man that just... well... shouldn't rock pink clothes if you know what I mean.

To me, it's HORRIBLE! He does have his own kinda twist on it... it's just.... terribly executed!
Two seconds into it... I cringed... threw up... went into a coma... woke up... and when I realized that only six seconds had passed during the day, I decide that it was only right go into a local pawn shop, steal a 9mm, and end my life.

Luckily, I missed and hit Dick Cheney's best friend in the face.

Oh well.

The Intro

This will be a site based on music, fashion, current trends, politcs, celebrities... You name it. I might actually throw you a couple of paragraphs about it.

ON DECK

Rick Ross + Auto Tune = ???
Yung Berg Gets Iced Out
Soulja Boi: Hi Haters!
and
KRS-One and SB in the same place at the same time.... AND THEY TAPED IT?!?!