Fast & Furious Soundtrack...here Diggin the Neptune's tracks.
Tracklist: 1. “Bang” - Rye Rye 2. “G-Stro” - Busta Rhymes (prod. by The Neptunes) 3. “Loose Wires” - Kenna (prod. by The Neptunes) 4. “Blanco” - Pitbull (prod. by The Neptunes) 5. “Krazy” - Pitbull 6. “You Slip, She Grip” - Pitbull and Tego Calderon (prod. by The Neptunes) 7. “Head Bust” - Shark City Click (prod. by The Neptunes) 8. “Bad Girls” - Pitbull featuring Robin Thicke (prod. by The Neptunes) 9. “Virtual Diva” - Don Omar 10. “La Isla Bonita” - Tasha album bonus track: 11. “Blanco (The Strictly Spanish Mix)” - Pitbull (prod. by The Neptunes).
This post is all about The Dream and R. Kelly:All these thoughts started rushing into my head after I saw this video. Granted, I've been thinking about them for a long time and finally got around to saying something about it...
As far as that video clip goes, I'm not really impressed by his production skills. I'm quite certain that I've made a melody that sounds 90% the same as the first joint he made when I was messin around with my AKAI. But then again, I'm not the one that's made a living off of making music...so you be the judge.
Anyways, on to the R. Kelly part:
The way I see it, The Dream is like a modern-day R. Kelly, minus the pee pee fetish. There's a few things about him that just get to me:
First of all, I dunno what it is, but every time I hear a fat guy sing in a falsetto voice, something just doesn't seem right. It's like calling a phone sex line and hearing a woman with a sensual voice, only to find out that she's like 300lbs and lives in a trailer park. Guys like The Dream always remind of the episode of The Simpsons where Homer meets the chubby guy in the mental institute who thinks he's Michael Jackson...it's just...weird.... Of course, he later goes on to sing "Happy Birthday" to Lisa later on and is voiced by none other than MJ himself.
Now, we all know R. Kelly is notorious for putting extremely sexual/borderline inappropriate lyrics into his songs. Who can forget his song Sex In The Kitchen, where he literally screams out "Girl I'm ready to toss your salad!" (fast forward to about 1:00 in).
Oh hellllll noooooo....He ain't singing about no romaine lettuce. (For those of you that don't know what that means...go here). But, Kels sings it in his smooth R&B voice, and the song is a laid-back slow jam, so it's all good right? Wrong. Singing the words doesn't make the lyrics any better! And that's exactly why this verse from The Dream's Shawty is a 10 is just plain bad:
She Fine, Shawty Is A Dime You Should Tip Her, You Should Tip Her If She Good, And You Love Her You Should Tip Her, You Should Tip Her If She Fix You Eggs And Grits In The Morning You Should Tip Her, You Should Tip Her Pancakes With The Bacon On The Side (You Should Tip Me, You Should Tip Me)
TIP her? I don't know what kinda girls he rolls with, but if I offered a girl a tip like some dime-piece, I'd probably get slapped. Show me a girl that would actually say that last line, and I'll show you a stripper. Granted, these words aren't nearly as vivid or nasty as Kels' verses, but it's the same idea. Singing in a falsetto voice don't make the words right.
Am I the only person that's noticed this shit is going on? Then again, these aren't the first instances where grimy-ass lyrics have been snuck into heavy rotation on the radio and club scene. Take for example, one of the biggest songs by Lil Jon ever...Get Low (refer to "skeet"). I especially like how the clean version of the song replaced "motherfucker" with 4 extra "skeets". That's even worse! I can't tell you how many girls I saw screaming out those words in the club. If you actually knew what that meant, you'd think twice about saying that, girl.
At the end of the day, I don't really care about profanity in songs anymore. I'm really immune to all of it these days and it'd take some really weird shit to get my attention (refer to "toss your salad") and with the state of hip hop right now, half the time I only listen to the production on the tracks...go figure. But if you're gonna talk or sing about some nasty shit, or shit that just doesn't make any sense, don't try to cover it up by putting it in an R&B song. That ain't what R&B's for, so leave that dirty talk to the Ying Yang Twins.
Via HipHopDX: A golf cart accident last Friday in Texas left T-Pain with several facial bruises and four missing teeth, according to various reports. The accident led T-Pain to miss the San Jose stop on Lil Wayne’s I Am Music tour. Fans at the HP Pavilion learned of the Pain’s absence after entering the building. T-Pain’s injuries also kept him away from a video shoot for Lil Kim’s next single, “Download.” According to the Queen Bee, the show will go on—and T-Pain will be in the video. “He’s gonna be in the video,” Lil Kim told Hip Hollywood. “We’ve gotta wait until he heals and gets better.”
Get Your Money Up feat. Keyshia Cole & Trina from Keri Hilson's new album. Produced by Polow da Don and Danja...so you know it'll be good. If you haven't bought the album, you really should.
An artist that actually has a good image AND talent...what is this world coming to? Keri Hilson's debut album In a Perfect World is in stores today. Pick up the album and show your support for REAL artists and music.
It's no surprise that Americans in general are complete buffoons, but this is probably certifiable evidence to prove it. Their arrogance is unmatched. As great as the think they are, as smart as they think they are... they voted Bush a second term, they let snakes sink their economy, they attacked another country that had nothing to do with terrorists.. Americans have a lot to be proud about. After all, who wouldn't be proud to be the most powerful nation with the 18th best education system.. I can't even think of 17 "wealthy" countries in the world that would be before them. So with no further ado, the loud, obnoxious and often annoying bother to the south... the American stupidity, live, on Fox News.
This video is dope! It follows Big Daddy Kane as he goes through his old neighbourhood. It's got tons of great stories about a legend in the game. Also, a high note for me was a freestyle cipher w/ him and the Retro Kidz. I used to think the Retro Kidz were a buncha clowns that just ripped off the 80s, with no flow. But after hearing them freestyle, I gotta say, I have a new found respect for these dudes.. they're aren't as big of posers as I thought. Anyways, I stole this from Nation of Millions who stole it from someone else......... but hey. Enjoy
This interview is almost a year old, and came out soon after the Ice-T/Soulja Boy beef heated up, but it's still a good interview. At one point he mentions how the labels have turned hiphop into fast food, and I couldn't agree with him more!
My original intention was to post the R Kelly video of Thank God It's Friday, but every version of the video on youtube has disabled embedding. This bugs me, cause really... why can't you embed? After all.. it's just promoting the song for the artist and the record label right? Besides, the song is so old that it's not like they're really missing out on money. There are no ads on youtube anyways, so it's not like they're missing out on the add money if it's embedded. I'm not really sure what the reason is for it, but it makes this post suck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Produced by DJ Khaled...WE GLOOOOOBAL...oh wait...I meant DJ Khalil. Unlike Khaled, Khalil is doesn't act like a douche and yell all over everyone single one of his beats. My bad.
It's official, hiphop has broken my heart. It was broken by the stanky leg. For those that don't know, its the latest in a long line of stupid dances to come out of the south. The thing that kills me isn't that these guys are making garbage music (cause there's plenty of garbage music to go around), what gets me is how popular this crap becomes!! I don't get it.
When you break hiphop down, there is VERY little credibility. The music itself is produced by someone else (and is usually a sample) so there isn't any musical credibility for the artist (save for a few rapper/producers). They can't sing, so there isn't any VOCAL talent. The only thing that keeps hiphop from being just someone talking is flow and lyrical talent. Really, that's ALL hiphop is, and that's all it could ever be... so GOOD hiphop SHOULD potentially be the best display of flow and lyrical talent, cause otherwise, the rapper is USELESS and its only the producer that has any talent.
I don't think this was any more true than during the 90's when there were epic rap battles (BDP vs. MC Shan for example) where someone's career might end. Unfortunately talent doesn't sell records, or at least not millions and millions per album. We can blame Diddy, and a bunch of others for diluting the talent pool and making commercial hiphop, but let's be honest... hypnotize is jiggy as hell and we still love Biggie.
What KILLS me is all the garbage that is actually becoming popular these days. If you dissect Crank That, there's NOTHING good about the song. It's production is garbage, the lyrics are garbage, the dance is too. There isn't a positive thing you can say about the song except how infectious it was. And when you call someone on it, they say "its just club music.. its not supposed to be intelligent". JUST CLUB MUSIC.... Rapper's Delight is club music, Hip Hop Horray is club music, hell, even Jump Around is club music and they ALL have good flows and lyrics. I can't get over all the excuses to cover up the lack of talent from the south. "He's just gettin his paper" REALLY? It's okay to sell out ur own culture for monetary gain? So what about a black Judge? He's just gettin his money, but now you say he works for the "white man"...
C'mon, let's stop covering up the real truth here. People just like watever is on the radio, and the radio music is chosen by what is pushed from the labels. Record labels said catchy garbage music will sell ring tones, and these artists are idiots anyways, so they won't negotiate contracts.
It's really no wonder why house music is taking over the club scene in Vancouver... you HAVE to play house because there isn't any decent new hiphop these days. So, Enjoy the stanky leg video...
Fast & Furious Soundtrack...here
