Culture
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. A much different post for us here at B&B but for those who know me they would not be too shocked. I spotted this gem of an album over at Blind I for the Kids and am really impressed with the whole thing. The song above is “Midnight Train to Georgia” sung by all 4 members mentioned above. I grew up on these R&B/soul/Motown/oldies whatever type of music you want to call it thanks to my Dad so I love everything about it. The symphony definitely adds a different dynamic and gives the songs a richer sound for all of these classics that they remade. Click the break for more tracks, the track listing and link to the Blind I post.
December 23
under: Culture, News, Videos, Way Back Wednesday's, throwback jam of the week comments: 1 I am leaving for the holidays and thought I would leave you with an appropriate song for this time of year. This is probably the only rap Christmas song I can stand and what’s even better is they made a video for it! Make sure to check back in every now and then over the holidays because we won’t be offline for long. I hope everyone has a happy and safe holiday season. A friend showed me this ad and I had to post it up. It is one of the funniest commercials I have ever seen but obviously would never make the cut for American audiences. EDIT: This is a fictitious commercial that some random guy made and not Guinness, they also got pretty pissed off about it but I still find it funny. Hopefully this will make your Monday just a little bit better.
This one is almost too easy, they get after DMX and Scott Storch to theme of the Brady Bunch. I wasn’t feeling this as much as some of their other videos but the photoshopped pictures are definitely worth the listen alone haha. Also when they go through DMX’s laundry list of a rap sheet it is pretty ridiculous, I almost forgot about the trying to impersonate an officer charge. Man, that guy really needs some help. Eminem gets his own Air Jordan 2 designed sneakers and briefly talks about them. I will not be getting these but I like the design and really like the idea of having the handwritten lyrics on the shoe. Hearing Eminem tell his story of when he got his first Jordans was cool too and amazing to think how far he has come since then. Now Em needs to get back to getting that album to us in ‘09! Craziness. That’s really all I can say, I’m just happy it was just shoes and not something worse. In Muslim culture, if you throw your shoes or show the soles of your shoes to a person it is considered an insult. The man, an Iraqi reporter for an Egyptian based T.V. station, yelled “This is a farewell … you dog” and “You killed the Iraqis.” Our world standing has clearly taken a hit with Bush as president, I’m hoping Obama can provide that change we need to improve our credibility internationally. See the full article below.
Well, well, well, what do we have here, I check my email and I see my man Xplosive hit me up with this little article he wrote outlining the whole beef between Charles and Soulja. Xplosive just lets the world know that basically that whole charade you saw yesterday was a joke. I mean who squashes beefs in 24 hours? It exposes the whole marketing ploy that this dude’s career has been. Personally, I have never hated on the dude, I don’t know him or want to know him, but that doesn’t mean Xplosive isn’t right. The whole time I have watched his career taking off I have wondered to myself why? Where was his buzz? Who did he know at radio? Maybe he’s a MySpace artist like Soulja Boy was? Shit, Xplosive and I worked together at a record label and my job was to know every artist, how could I miss him in my own city I live in now? This dude really had me trippin. He basically came from nowhere, and that means the buzz is all a facade. Really there are even more specific answers but I don’t want to steal my boy’s thunder so click the article at the bottom of the page to read more!
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