The homey Tor just dropped a dope video for one of my favorite songs of the past year, “Switch,” off his Daily Conversation album. Shout to Black Milk on the beat. There are also a ton of cameos from great artists (check Marco Polo’s appearance in that Godzilla suit) and LOL @ Tor-Pac, Lil’ Tor, and Torminator X. Where was the Cam costume ‘switch’ though?
Swiped from the Dopehouse.
Another quick clip to promote the upcoming video for Jake One‘s “The Truth,” featuring Free and Brother Ali, dropping before you know it. Remember, Jake will be sitting in with us on the next Sound Session to play White Van Music and talk about every track on there. You won’t want to miss it (but if you do, we’ll have it archived as usual haha).
Lil’ Wayne’s WLotD month is wrapping up with this entry, so I thought I’d double up with a lyric for yesterday since I forgot to post one. So here are two to end it officially:
“And when I smile, it look like a bag of coke/
I gets high, I’m twisted like a bag of ropes”
–Lil’ Wayne, “Whip Game Proper”
&
“I’m on top of my green like a lawn chair/
Don’t worry, I’m straight like arm hair/
Don’t worry, I’m straight like combed hair”
–Lil’ Wayne, “Never Get It”
I would say that I’d miss Wayne for these posts, but I’m sure he’ll be back soon enough.
Here’s the official promo video for Coldplay’s “Lost” off Viva La Vida…. Been trying to tell y’all, this is still my ish. I’ve heard one random MC try to hop this and “remix” it, but I wonder why more aren’t trying it. There’s a built in spot right when the guitar solo drops. If you’re dope, rap there please.
Ha, that’s funny…I just chopped it up with Shawn Jack and the old homey Newman (of Giant Panda) last night before their show here in Seattle, and I come home to see this ill video in my inbox (whatup Sweeney?). In case you aren’t aware, Shawn and Newman have teamed up to form New Jack Hustle and they’re releasing an album called Soundcheck on October 21st. This track won’t be on it since it’s from 2006, but it’s a dope wake up slap to make sure y’all are ready for the new ish. A little closer to the release date, I’ll post up the interview I did with ’em so you can get the full scoop.
Sidenote: Last night’s Sound Session will be coming shortly. We’re trying a little something different with the video from our interview with The Knux and it’ll take an extra day or so to put online. Hold tight and it’ll be available online before you know it.
I was going to hold off on posting this video until the full edit hit the net, but since everyone else is putting up this version that cuts off, I figured I might as well. The ending of this song is insanely dope, so I hope we see a legit version soon. In the meantime, enjoy the dopeness that is Janelle Monae and if you missed her appearance on Sound Session, peep it here. It’ll help you understand the story behind these visuals…
Seattle people: remember, Janelle will be here opening for Jamie Lidell at the Showbox (Market) on Oct. 3rd. You should be there.
Video courtesy of OnSmash.
Blaow, how ya like me now?
Alright, after a few less serious (but fairly accurate) clips from Chris Rock, here’s Joe Biden’s post debate comments on MSNBC with Keith Olbermann. I love how they started with McCain’s most egregious error of the debate, where he tried to paint Obama as pridefully ignorant like Bush. Unbelievable.
McCain’s actually lucky that he has to debate Barack instead of Biden. Biden counteracts McCain’s only perceived “strength,” and wouldn’t hold back and be civil like Obama. For instance, Barack probably felt like if he pointed out that independent veterans groups have given McCain awful scores for his veterans voting, he’d get lambasted because he’s not a war hero like McCain. Biden’s got the rep to bring that up though. He’d tear John apart.
My fear, that I’ve seen others echo, is that Biden’s almost in a lose/lose situation with Palin in their debate. If he smashes her, which is increasingly possible the more we hear from her, some people will complain that he’s beating up on her unfairly. You already know that the Republican surrogates are getting the “Biden was sexist” arguments written out now before anything’s even said. That’s going to be the first talking point of that evening, count on it.
If he takes it easy, people will be impressed that she didn’t get crushed and they’ll over exaggerate her performance. Also, if Biden makes one of his trademark gaffes and does anything remotely construed as disrespectful, it’s all you’ll hear in the media for weeks. He’s got to be on his game and destroy her on nothing but the issues, without running up the score or rubbing it in. You got this, but tread lightly Joe.
Except, of course, when you’re talking about McCain. In which case, ether accordingly.
Gotta love that ‘related videos’ feature on YouTube, right? As long as we’re posting up recent Chris Rock videos, here’s his appearance on Bill Maher’s Real Time after last night’s debate. He reuses a few of the jokes from Larry King, but there’s still some great new stuff in there. Chris is always hilarious and on point as well.
Everyone’s asking where Sarah Palin is after this debate (answer: stowed safely away in Area 51), but I want to know where Dave Chappelle is. I would love to hear his take on all this.