No Church in the Wild. Kanye West & Jay Z.

Kanye West and Jay Z - No Church In The Wild (music video) from High5Collective on Vimeo.

This video is tough. Not sure if it will be on heavy rotation inbetween Rhianna hits on Vh1, but it is REALLY well made.

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Otis. Kanye West, Jay-Z.

Silly video...but the song. The song is still good. No?

The Hip Hop Violinist.

Peter Lee Johnson is pretty sick, right? I always wished I woulda stuck with one of the many instruments I played in primary school. Especially when the internet now can make anyone famous and desirable. Amoungst the thousands of girls falling in love infront of thier monitors right now....Check the youtube comment below.

"Dude i wuld totally have sex to all of your covers...cus every chick on youtube digs it!!!"

You can't buy that kinda fame (unless you have a big butt or you are willing to make a sex tape). Talent is sexy.

Jay Z has a "Life & Style" Website.

Jay-Z now has a website. Called Life + Times, it’s a lifestyle site aimed at gentleman who are discerning enough to buy an Audemars Piguet Royal Oak, watch video about Jean-Michel Basquiat, and care about the “internal perspective” of Studio Alhadeff Architects and its principal designer, Giancarlo Alhadeff.

Ok, then. It's a little strange.....but ok.

The Evolution of Jay-Z's Stlye.

Fill in the Blank.

MC Hammer disses ___________ on record?

.........Jay Z? :::BLANK STAR:::: MC Hammer? And Jay Z? In the same sentence. I don't even know what to label this. I'm at loss of words that this is even happening. Except next thing you know Kid and Play will be dance battling Lady Gaga, and that's when I quit the blogging game.

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F*ckin Awesome.

Fallon is stepping his game up as an entertaining person...in general. And Justin, still cool as hell. Thi sis why he has a hood pass people.

The Linkdown.

1. A rally in Washington because we as Americans need to stop being crazy.

2. People get gay, by drinking out of juice boxes. Duh.

3. Grammar Lesson from Twitter.

4. Jay-Z has a book. And the cover...is scream Illuminati, I mean psychological assessment.

5. Wait, so Joaquin Phoenix's fake retirement from acting to do a documentary about an actor retiring from acting, is fake. I'm so confused..I dont care.

6. In America, your tag for running for office cant be "Not the White Man's Bitch" for some odd reason. :::Person of the Day award goes to:::

7. The song No Wedding No Womb may be a great message, but it sure isn't catchy. Not a Hot 97 chart topper.

8. Etch-and-Sketch ipad case.

9. Jersey Shore Vinny is going to have his own sex toy. Aren't we all better for knowing this?

10. Snookie of David Letterman. The definition of celebrity is dead.

11. Yeahhh, no this is un-american. After you make them spend $12 to do it, you try to make it illegal. Nice.

12. Fashion shows are getting easier and easier (((NAKED MODELS WALKING THE RUNWAY)))).

Hip Hop Data Visualization.

The Hip-Hop Word Count is a searchable ethnographic database built from the lyrics of over 40,000 Hip-Hop songs from 1979 to present day.

The Hip-Hop Word Count describes the technical details of most of your favorite hip-hop songs. This data can then be used to not only figure out interesting stats about the songs themselves, but also describe the culture behind the music.

How can analyzing lyrics teach us about our culture?

The Hip-Hop Word Count locks in a time and geographic location for every metaphor, simile, cultural reference, phrase, rhyme style, meme and socio-political idea used in the corpus of Hip-Hop.

The Hip-Hop Word Count then converts this data into explorable visualisations which help us to comprehend this vast set of cultural data.

This data can be used to chart the migration of ideas and builds a geography of language.

The readability scores are on a scale from 0 (illiterate) to 20 (post-graduate degree). Visit the Hip-Hip Word Count.

Well...it all kinda sounds like something, someone made up. But what doesn't? Leanr more about it here.

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Swagger Wagon.

Hmmmmmm.....

I think it's funny how multicultural agencies struggle to get work, but there is always a repetitive theme of hip hop and urban related ads on the market. Done before? Yes. Well executed?Ehhhh....sure. A little ignorant? Perhaps.

I think the real question is whether the audience is capable of accepting this ad for what it is or will they read it the wrong way? A few people already have. So that's a fail in my book.

See what Craig has to say about it.

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Find Your Love. Drake.

Second track from Wheel Chair Jimmy's upcoming Freshman album. He has been singing alot these days. Must be because Weezy is in jail. Haha. Anyway download it here.

Before you leave, check this smooth littler Wheel Chair Jimmy colabo called, "Enjoy Ya Self". Lord forbid he put out one song at a time.

Lupe Fiasco. I'm Beam'n.

OK...I'm feelin it. As always, I'm anticipating his new album. Always fresh.

For all yall web designers... This is your Anthem

why did i start laughing once i pressed play. HAHAHAH.

what are your thoughts?

Guru.

This song is what I best know Guru for. R.I.P.

The Linkdown.

1. And then this happened to me. It was not a Miracle. And now I feel stupid.

2. The official Animated Gif Tibute to Rap Music.

3. It took a few shots for Wheel Chair Jummy to get ganstered up for the cover of Vibe. But he finally got it.

4. Peeple.

5. Conan “Leno’d” George Lopez. And yes, that sentence lacks a verb, yet it makes complete sense.

6. Nintendo photoshoped Lindsey Lohan out of her own movie. Wait a minute...Mean Girls is a video game? Whap whap.

7. Hey, if naming April as "Confederate History" month in the state of Virginia didn't shock and appaul you enough, perhap having the Governor of the state forget to say slavery was bad though...might put you over the top.

8. Ummm, girls in heavy make out sesh. You are welcome.

9. Laws for Minors viewing porn in Texas are straight forward.

Over. Drake.

The silhouette video. An obligatory video for every new artist. Nice video- definitely better than the last or should I say, more "conceptual." I'm missing the cardigans though......

The Linkdown.

1. After her tap dancing lesson in baby powder (cocaine)- Lohan tweet battles George Lopez, and I die of pure and utter triviality.

2. That "Black One"...who talks real fast. Ohhh, that one.

3. Ad Obituaries. The Creative.

4. I just finished telling my mom about my devious plan to fill out my census (non negro style), and then I ear that in 2020...there will be swatches. Ding.

5. Vogue endorses a little Chocolate Swirl action within it's covers.

6. The fabulous Johnny Wier outs the Olympic champion with a simple wink. Damn, that's f*cked up. Red Ice! Red Ice! Red Ice (with glitter)!

7. The Godfather of hip-hop is white.

8. Albino Strawberrys that taste like pineapple? Sure, why not?

9. NJ Senator vs Saggy Pants. "Raise your pants...raise your image."

10. I still cant believe Ricky Martin is gay. I mean...look at all these straight photos of him. I makes my logic go-upside, inside out.

NY-Z.

There you go. The short film sponsored by Adsolute that everyone and there momma was talking about for 3 months. Jay is from NY. Jay talks about NY. Jay performs in NY. Shazzammm. Enjoy.

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Over. Drake (Wheel Chair Jimmy).

Allegedly a "new song" off of his highly anticipated album. I'm into it. But wouldnt it be a shame is his freshman LP was NOT as good as the stuff he has been dropping on mixtapes for the last 5 years? *evil look in eyes "Muhahahaha..."*

The Spark.

So, I've seen this spot like 500 times this weekend. I'm a Drake fan. So here it is on this blog.

The only problem I have is that there is a complete lack of Cardigan-ness going on.