The Audacity of Dope

Hahahaha. Saw this on The Lawn and had to post it up. 41 seconds in = greatness.

Continuing our grain related wackness from yesterday:

“I get bread like cold cuts”
–Lil’ Wayne, “Phone Home“

This song is really bad btw.

Another ill throwback video from The Meaning of Dope, this one featuring Erick & Parish showing off a few of their trademarked moves on the court.  I always think it’s hilarious how so many hip-hop related people, who clearly are horrible players, think they can ball.  Sure, there are a handful of MC’s who can (or could) play (Game, Mase, Cam, Lil’ Romeo, even Will Smith was all-city apparently), but most rappers wanted to be athletes growing up.  It’s the same thing in reverse too; athletes want to be entertainers.  By no means am I a baller, but I played small college and can hold my own.  When I jokingly talk smack with artists and then get on the court only to see something like the above?  Awww man.  I just feel bad.

If you listened to my interview with John Legend last week, you heard us reminiscing on the College Dropout days when he toured with Kanye.  This was way before A-Trak DJ’d Kanye’s sets, so his road manager, Don C, would handle that…not always so smoothly.  John couldn’t remember the name they used to call Don in those days, but it looks like Consequence just brought it out of retirement in this clip documenting the making of N.E.R.D.’s “Everyone Nose (Remix)” video.

Sidenote: I’m a little disappointed that this video looks like it’ll be standard green screen fare.  Hopefully they have some dope aftereffects, otherwise I’m worried.

Posted on ConsTV.

Do people still use the word “tool”?  If so, Tim Westwood fits that perfectly.  What a lame.  Anyway, he interviewed Com Sense across the pond and I’m posting it for 3 reasons.  1) I didn’t realize Com was going to be in the next Terminator flick (w/Christian Bale, chyea).  2) Invincible Summer deserves all the publicity it can get, since I think it’ll be a great record.  3) Watching Westwood interview a rapper is like watching a train wreck.  I cringe but I just can’t look away.  To my British brethren, what DJ’s from England should we be checking for over here?  Semtex seems to be one, but other than that, I’m lost.  School me.

Spotted at Eskay‘s.

“I’m about my bread/You heard what I said…baby I’m a loaf!”
–Juelz Santana, “Poppin’ (Remix)”

“Poppin'” is the jam though, easily my favorite Chris Brown song…though that’s not saying a whole lot.

The Meaning of Dope (one of the illest blogs out there) just posted up this great footage of Wyclef, Lauryn, and Pras being interviewed in Toronto in 1994. Hard to believe that’s almost 15 years ago! Seattle people – Clef will be here with Kardinal Offishall at the Showbox on Monday. Should be a hot show, don’t miss it.

Sidenote: watching them hit that juicebar has inspired me to get a smoothie, sounds good as hell on a hot day.

Nima over at DubCNN just posted up a nice interview with one of the biggest rising stars in the game, Wale. Say it with me people, “Wah-Lay.” Since he’s gonna be huge, people might want to learn how to pronounce it. Here’s the description:

We talk about him coming up in D.C., his influences, working with his idol Black Thought of The Roots and how he ended up signing with Jimmy Iovine‘s Interscope Records. He tells us why he’s not worried about Interscope forcing him to switch up his sound, his experiences touring the world with Mark Ronson, and of course his “Mixtape About Nothing“.

We end off the interview with a few words on his upcoming solo album, which by the way is set to feature production from Mark Ronson, Kanye West, Pharrell, Just Blaze, 9th Wonder and the French electronic music duo Justice.

Read the full interview here.

(if our military used promo pictures like that, i’d sign up in a heartbeat)

The Big Picture recently posted up a lot of ridiculously cool pictures of the Chinese Anti-Terrorism units preparing for the Olympics.  They really aren’t playing around.  If anything pops up, they’re breaking out the flamethrowers and Segway scooters.  I kid you not.  Check out the rest of the pics here.

Even though this song is pretty old, it looks like they’re finally putting it out officially and aiming for big things with the video.  LOL @ Kanye in this (as with pretty much everything, dude is hilarious).  It was a good choice not to let anyone rap after Dre too.  I’m not sure why anyone even rhymes on any song he blesses.

Video courtesy of Yeezy, mp3 swacked from Hip-Hop Update:

Fonzworth Bentley ft. Andre 3000, Kanye West, & Sa-Ra – “Don’t Stop”