Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Peep This... This is messed up
Peep This... N.E.R.D. - Everyone Nose
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Peep This... N.E.R.D. Everyone Nose (Live On Letterman)
Peep This... Lifehacker.com
Peep This... Google Friend Connect
Late Pass... The Rick Roll
"Rickroll
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rickrolling is a prank and Internet meme involving the music video for the 1987 Rick Astley song "Never Gonna Give You Up" written and produced by Mike Stock, Matt Aitken, and Pete Waterman known as Stock Aitken Waterman. The meme is a classic bait and switch: a person provides a link they claim is relevant to the topic at hand, but the link actually takes the user to the Astley video. The URL can be masked or obfuscated in some manner so that the user cannot determine the true source of the link without clicking (and thus satisfying their curiosity). By extension, it can also mean playing the song loudly in public in order to be disruptive.[1] A person who falls for the prank is said to have been "Rickrolled".
The practice began as a variant of an earlier prank originating from the imageboard 4chan called duckrolling,[2] in which a link to a popular celebrity or news item would instead lead to a photoshopped picture of a duck with wheels. The first instance occurred on the site, where a link to the Rick Astley video was claimed to be a mirror of the first trailer for Grand Theft Auto IV (which was unavailable due to heavy traffic). [3][1]
By May 2007,[4] the practice had become widespread, and it eventually began to garner some coverage in the mainstream media.[5][6][1] An April 2008 poll by SurveyUSA estimated that at least 18 million American adults have been rickrolled.[7] Partly fueled by the Rickroll phenomenon, Astley's former record company RCA Records is now planning to release a Greatest Hits album.[3]"
Monday, May 12, 2008
Peep This... Jermaine Dupri Going Off On Billboard Magazine
Peep This... My Father In Law
And here it is!
Peep This... TokyoFlash Japan
Peep this... Laser Graffiti
Peep This... Gears Of War 2 footage!
Oh it's almost too good to be true! New footage has been released recently of the second installment of Gears Of War. Now I got in on Gears Of War suuuper late, but once I did get on... I was hooked! I finished the game and now I only get on to play online but I am so amped to see this. It looks like they have revamped quite a few things. Most notably the ability to pick up downed Locust and use them as shields instead of letting them bleed out. There is also a change to the melee attack with the Lancer and the addition of some further control scheme involved in slashing Locust in half. The game play looks awesome and even if you are not a video game fan or a Gears Of War fan you cannot look at this and not be impressed. Peep.
Gears of War 2 Xbox 360 - Gameplay Reveal Trailer
Add'em - Adele
Adele - "Cold Shoulder"
Adele - "Hometown Glory"
Adele - "Chasing Pavements"
Adele - "Chasing Pavements" (Live on "Friday Night With Jonathan Ross")
Peep This...Teriyaki Boyz - Zock On! feat Busta Rhymes and Pharrell
This song is a couple of months old but I had to bring it to you since we are in such a Pharrell-esque mood today. If you ain't knowing the Teriyaki Boyz are a hip hop group out of Japan that have been around for a couple of years. The most intersting thing about them is that their Dj is Nigo of Bathing Ape fame. So that explains all the Bape. Now the group already has an album out under Def Jam called "Beef Or Chicken" that came out in 2oo6 and they had two songs called CHO large & Tokyo Drift (Fast & The Furious ) on The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift soundtrack. I think Pharrel produced one but it was kinda ... meh.
This new song "Zock On!" is kinda dope. Pharrell definitely stepped it up on the production end and putting Busta on first works since the rest of the song is pretty much in Japanese. Even though you can't understand what they are saying the flow is still there. Peep
Listen Up... N.E.R.D. - Everyone Nose (Remix) feat CRS & Pusha T (of The Clipse)
I just mentioned this song either yesterday or the day before. This morning I wake up and find a remix for it so the timing couldn't be better. If there is anyone who is confused by the pics above, let me explain.
The group CRS is actually Pharrel Williams, Kanye West and Lupe Fiasco. They have one song together that I have heard and seen an actual video for called "Us Placers" and it features Thom Yorke. I kinda passed over it because I thought a track with the 3 of them on it was going to have all kinds of crazy energy, but it didn't. It was really mellow and I was a little disappointed. The song is still dope though, just not what I expected.
Now Pusha T is one half of the brotherly duo of The Clipse. These guys are connected to Pharrel and are constantly championed by him. He actually refused to provide any production for label mate Justin Timberlakes second album FutureSexLoveSounds because Jive (which absorbed their original home Arista in 2003) was dicking them around for about 4 years. Even though label drama kept them from releasing an official follow up to their 2002 release of Lord Willin, they still put out enough quality material through mixtapes, leaks and guest spots to keep their buzz going. The Clipse are definitely a group that needs to be in heavy rotation.
Now back to reason I started this post. This remix is dope and is a pretty smart move on N.E.R.D.'s part. Even though the original version of this song has tons of energy, this version will get more attention in the club from the hip hop heads who usually don't listen to the rock genre that N.E.R.D.'s music usually falls into. Now Lupe is not on this version that I have. I don't know if it's because he will not be on the official release or because he had not recorded a verse for it yet. Anyway, listen up... and enjoy
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Listen Up.... Happy Mothers Day! from Ryan Leslie
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Listen Up... J Dilla - No One Knows
Those of you who know me and my musical tastes well enough know how much I love and respect this mans body of work and his outlook on life. Words cannot describe how much his music has steered the direction of my life just by being present during landmark moments in my maturation. Whats so crazy about that is that I did not even know who he was while all those things where happening. My first born was named in his memory and if you are a lover of music (especially hip hop) and do not know who he is then you HAVE to do your research. If not at least enjoy the latest from his upcoming release "Pay Jay" called No One Knows. Produced by Supa Dave West (De La heads know whats up).
WTF...Tight Pants - Ninjasonik
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qs6u3at4jTw
Peep This... Kanye's Blog
"Boemerang":
If you are going to start blogging then this is the blog to beat. One of the most versatile and interesting I have come across so far.
*****Note: http://www.kanyeuniversecity.com/ is not just Kanye's blog. It's also his fan site where you can purchase merchandise, view photos and videos, and look up his tour dates.****
Late Pass... Oh You Mad Cuz I'm Stylin On You?
Add 'em... Ryan Leslie
Ryan Leslie Makes Sometimes for Cassie
Ryan Leslie - Diamond Girl
Ryan Leslie Plays Over "Lollipop" by Lil Wayne on SIRIUS
Add Em... Georgia Anne Muldrow
A Beautiful Mind - Dudley Perkins and Georgia Anne Muldrow
Listen Up... N.E.R.D. - Spazz
For those who are familiar with N.E.R.D. and their history know about their issues with Virgin Records and Pharells statement that the group had "expired". Then later releasing a statement through his manager saying that the group did not break up. That was back in 2004 after the release of their second album "Fly Or Die" and we have not heard much from them since then. But earlier this year a single popped up called "Everybody Nose". Since then they have been performing new material. This is their second single "Spazz".
Friday, May 9, 2008
Add'em... Stacy Epps
Stacy Epps - http://www.myspace.com/stacyepps
I don't know much about this young lady and to be honest I have only listened to one of her songs ("Floatin' " Check the vid down at the bottom) . But the song is sooo dope that I can't but help to gravitate to her music. Now I have been BURNED by artists who have that one fire song and I submerge myself into everything that they do because of that song, then after the fourth or fifth (Fiiiiiif (c) Tron) song I realize the one that got me hooked was a fluke. I tracked down some clips of her on Youtube but I have not listened to them yet (except "Floatin"). Get to know her with me and let me know what you think!
Did I mention ol girl can rhyme and reps Dilla!
Repping Dilla & Slum Village!
Stacy Epps rhyming over Metroid Beat
Stacy Epps - "Arms"
Stacy Epps - Floatin'
Listen Up... Raheem Devaughn - Try Again
... and footage of him performing the song live at S.O.B.'s in New York. Enjoy!
Peep This... Gnarls Barkley - "Going On"
I think this an official video for the second single of Gnarls Barkleys second album "The Odd Couple". The song is dope, but I'm not sure if this video carries it as well as there usual outlandish videos. It's cool, but I expect better from them as far as videos are concerned.
Late Pass... More Cowbell
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Peep This... Hellloooooooo? My face is up here! Stop staring at my chest!
^^^^ "My First IPod" ^^^^
They have tons and tons of shirts that you won't be able to find in stores. But the best thing about the site is that they take submissions from anyone and allow users of the site to vote on which design is their favorite, and they put that design on sale. Cool site. Check it out and add it to your favorites so you can keep it fresh in your mind around September ***cough ***mybirthday***cough*** and December.
Peep This... What's on your wall?
Peep This... A horse of a different color
Well if you feel the need to be like one of these people to he nth degree then check out http://www.colorwarepc.com/ .
This site lets you take your game consoles, laptops, smart phones and even your HDTV and add your own colorful flair. You can customize the color/colors of all these things from a large palette of flat and/or metallic colors provided by the site. So you can take your laptop and take it from its standard color to Smoke White. Or make your Xbox 360 Hot Pink. The only problem with this site is that it only mods specific units. So you have to have the exact model that is listed in order to use the services. But if you have a Nintendo DS and it's time for a change, then this site is for you!
Peep This... Toshiba's ApriPoco Robot
Peep This... Can you hear me now?
Peep This... Are you a geek?
and the worlds first automated restaurant.
Keep an eye out for this blog to impress your outdated friends or to make sure your not left out of the loop at your next Trekkie convention.
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Peep This... Grand Theft Auto 4 : The Reason Your Being Neglected
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_(series)#Grand_Theft_Auto
For those of you who are up on Grand Theft Auto, you definitely are aware of how awesome this game is so don't even bother reading further. Now I admit, I had no interest in this game until 2 days before the release. A game where you are rewarded for the certain type of criminal activity that this game entails is not my cup of tea, but the buzz for this game was ridiculous!!!! So after doing some research (Google and Youtube is the bizzzzness!) this game has so much to offer! I don't want to spoil the plot for you so I will not speak too much on the game but, the open sandbox format of this game allows you to do so much. Check out this video review of the game that gives you just enough to reel you in.