Sunday, September 21, 2008

Weekend Wrap


So, a good relaxing weekend enhanced by a Hokies victory (though a scary one) and Oktoberfest (giggidy).

I've rediscovered a new interest in "The Boondocks," catching a few reruns on the rare chance [adultswim] isn't running the same episode of Robot Chicken for the 48th time or a marathon of Peter Griffin's best fart moments. My campus newspaper used to run that comic, which I enjoyed before the show aired, so I had looked forward to the cartoon upon announcement. Pretty funny, pretty intelligent...I'm probably a fan of anything Aaron McGruder would produce now. Just saying the names "Flonomical" and "Thugnificent" makes me chuckle. And through time-wasting Google searches at work, I found that there are 3 really solid mixtapes based on the series. Volume One is available through myspace, and Volume Two appears courtesy of illroots.



Hip Hop Dock-trine (Official Boondocks Mixtape) - (download)

Hip Hop Dock-trine 2 (The Saga Continues) - (disc one) (disc two)

While you're at illroots, be sure to check out "DOOMed," a pretty sweet mix of Metal Fingers that includes the Villan himself rhyming over M.I.A's "Paper Planes." Of course, DOOM could rhyme overtop of someone dumping out a bag of aluminum cans and it would sound sweet with that interlaced rhyme scheme, mouth full of cookies flow.


Sunday, September 14, 2008

Shhhhh



I don't get out to the theater much unless I'm rolling on some free passes, but out and about with friends Saturday night brought me to "Burn After Reading," the latest comedy piece from the Cohen Brothers. After throwing down about 35 of my hard-earned bones on tix, drinks and an unnecessarily deep busket of popcorn, we climbed the stairs of one of the smaller screening rooms and rested 1 row below the top for a better viewing angle. The movie was okay, I'd push for about a 6/10 based on post-drink consensus. It's no Lebowski or O Brother, but it's definitely got some hilarious moments, drawn out with a lot of steady-cam dialogue free sequences.

What completely marred my experience was the utter lack of courtesy and consideration from those around me. Over both my left and right shoulders were two groups of high school kids who didn't shut up throughout the entire movie. Immediately to my left was some greaseball who had to keep asking plot point explanations from his skank girlfriend because he couldn't stop texting long enough to catch the story. Somewhere in our quadrant of the stadium seating, some jackass kept typing on his phone and didn't have the f*cking key-tone turned off. What kind of f*cktard actually enjoys hearing a *beep* every time they touch a f*cking key on their phone? Is this how we watch movies now? Wasn't there a time when people actually cared about what they just payed $20 to see? Thanks for the heightened audeince regulation Regal. All that loot for a show and you can't pay someone to drag these babies out when they get too fussy?

Monday, September 8, 2008

Happy Birthday

Last night, anyone watching MTV suffered through the 25th Annual Video Music Awards. In recent years, these inflated-egofests have grown increasingly beyond atrocious. This year, they completely outdid themselves.



A few questions, from start to finish: Was there no script? Did Russell Brand just show up and the producers say "Hey, just go with whatever?" Why couldn't Jaime Foxx stand still, much less stop doing a Busta impression? What was the deal with the performances on back lot sets that all looked like bad high school musicals? What teenage boy in their right mind wears a promise ring? Who were these grown men flocking to the Jonas Brothers? Why was Weezy's lack of performance the best of the night? How hilarious was it to see Slash laughing at Linkin Park on national television? How out-of-place did Slash look? Why wasn't Lupe Fiasco given the main stage? Have the producers not seen or heard of any Fiasco performances on the summer festival tour? How horrible was that Kid Rock performance? How blown out of proportion was that Kanye set? Didn't that song pretty much suck? Did his backup include the world's most famous bucket drummers? When will MTV stop embarassing itself and just focus on reality TV rich kids?

Saturday, September 6, 2008

Unbiased Media Coverage

To take a break from hip-hop vids of yesteryear, here's a clip of Jon Stewart doing what he does best, bashing media. I love anytime anyone goes after FOX News.

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Don't ask me to collab, me and you don't mesh

Ye ol posse rap remix. I remember the pre-internet/pre-youtube days when you couldn't find the remix as soon as it dropped. You heard it on the radio only late Friday nights, saw a video on MTV (that's dating myself), or came across it at your non-chain record shop. A friend's brother left a tape while he was home from college, you dubbed it and wore it out. Weiss has a good piece on "Swagger," the latest posse cut blasting through your 5 o'clock playlist. These four clowns have pretty much become out-of-touch with guys like me (skinny jeans?), so I only really dig on their older jams. But it reminds me of one of my favorite posse remixes ever.




I still get a little amped when this pops up on the shuffle, even if it Sean brings it in. Even that part gets me because of that Chappelle skit. This track really introduced me to Biggie (I'm pretty sure it got airplay a few months before "ready to die" came out) and is probably Busta's second best verse ever recorded. I think there's even a split-second shot of Doodlebug.