Monday, June 26, 2006
Tomorrow is Thor-sday: mark your calendars
I promise it'll be more than than just an exercise in OD-ing on Down South rap with some old school soul, funk and hip hop in the mix but expect to get your Shoulder Lean and Motorcyle Dance on too.
Meanwhile: Jay-Z performs 44 Fours @ Nokia Theater last weekend. Do you really want to read reviews of the 10th anniversary Reasonable Doubt concert?? Google it - I'm sure you'll find 'em somewhere. I am kind of curious how he worked around these issues and am still laughing at a message board post I read asking: "Reasonable Doubt came out in 96? Jay-Z's whole [recorded] career is barely 10 years and he's been retiring for three of them." LOL. (Thanks CJ for the Hov YouTube link)
For Tia: video for Christina Aguilera's "Ain't No Other Man"
'Crackheadz Gone Wild' - the hit underground video of the summer?
And are these the best albums of the year so far?
New URL for the ever-excellent Broke B-boys. Change ya bookmarks.
Trailer for Wassup Rockers - is this The Warriors meets Lords of Dogtown? No idea but it looks kind of cool. Who's gonna do a movie about black skateboarders though? Rome, Lupe, Skateboard P wassup, rappers??
I might have put money on Dallas Austin being the man to make it happen but I think he might otherwise be busy for the next 25 years or so unless his lawyers can work some serious magic.
Speaking of Lupe: he was at this Saturday's Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival. I missed most of it and was a little underwhelmed by what I saw (though the sh-tty weather wasn't helping my mood any), especially a band-less and often flat-sounding Sleepy Brown and a middling performance by Mr. Food and Liquor. Witnessing an unannounced CL Smooth, headliner Big Daddy Kane and an epic Brooklyn take on Rick Ross' "Hustlin'" by surprise guest Talib Kweli with Juice Crew vet Craig G pretty much made the trip to DUMBO worth it though. Props to Wes 'n them 'cos it's only getting bigger.
