The Audacity of Dope

Official video for one of the best songs of the year, no question.

For the gold diggers.  And for the bootleggers, link courtesy of 2DopeBoyz:

Cee-Lo – “F*ck You”

Anger never sounded so good.

You know, I’m pretty tired of the corny discussions going on all over the place about Asher.  Seeing people get all worked up about every little thing reminds me of when I used to post on messageboards in my high school/college days.  I’m too old and busy for all this pseudo drama.

Here’s what I know.  Asher is a cool dude, works with great people, and makes dope music more often than not.  This song is my ish and the video is ill.  If you want to write blog after blog attacking him or complaining about the system that helped him achieve his success, go for it.  I ain’t gonna read it though.  Way more important things in the world right now.

LOL @ comparisons between Em and Asher right now.  Asher’s actually making songs.  Em’s making the same joke of a single for the 6th time.  Shrug.

This is the next single by the way, featuring Cee-Lo if you couldn’t tell.  Footage shot by the homey Tunji and the alley oop from GregTheDude.

(watch part one in HD on HyphenTV)

On December 13th, the legendary Common Sense made his 4th appearance on Sound Session here in Seattle. Since we just talked to Com in September (check it out here), we wanted to do something a little different instead of our traditional interviews.  With help from our good friends at Interscope/Geffen/A&M we threw a listening party for his new Universal Mind Control album with 50 lucky winners, some customized Microsoft Zunes, and other assorted goodies.

In the video recap, you can watch Com talk about the creative process for every track on the album and what it was like to work with the Neptunes, Mr. DJ, Kanye West, Cee-Lo, and more.  Be sure to watch both parts of the video and enjoy them in HD on the HyphenTV Vimeo Channel courtesy of Organic Digital Videomedia.

(watch part two in HD on HyphenTV)

Since the entire interview lasted about an hour, I’ll be posting up the full audio for all you die hard Common fans sometime in the next week.  As dope as the video clips are, there’s even more interesting tidbits about UMC‘s creation in the extended interview (the reason why the “Announcement” video was pulled, the story behind the original mix of “Punch Drunk Love,” etc.).

Stay tuned for that and hit up Com in the blogosphere over at his new site, ThinkCommon.com.  Be sure to go cop Universal Mind Control in stores now and still available at Zune.net for 99 cents!  It makes a great last minute Christmas present…

Some visuals for a little new new from Cee-Lo and Dangermouse.  You know Gnarls is always good for a quirky, dope video.  That cartoon Cee-Lo doesn’t seeem quite proportionate to the actual Cee-Lo though hahah.

Video courtesy of OnSmash (and apparently Yahoo, according to that watermark).

Well, minus Cee-Lo.  I wonder why they couldn’t get him to appear in the video, and why on earth did Aubrey from Danity Kane make a quick cameo?  She scares me.  Anyway, dope clip from Estelle‘s highly underrated Shine album.  Seattle people can catch Estelle at Bumbershoot at the end of the month, where she’s actually one of the only artists I’m looking forward to see (her + Chester French + Brother Ali).

Spotted at illRoots.

The latest from Cee-Lo & Dangermouse’s The Odd Couple.  Gross, dope, and pretty accurate all in one.  The broccoli was clownin’.  Here’s the mp3 if you need it:

Gnarls Barkley – “Who’s Gonna Save My Soul”

Spotted on IllRoots.