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MTV Might Just Save This 'West' For Last

 

This was just a bad weekend for Black people. From Kid Cudi's skinny jeans during Friday night's benefit concert at the Garden to Serena Williams' profanity-laced offer to become the linesjudge's ear, nose and throat doctor to Evander Holyfield's embarrassing...

Harlem  |  09/14/2009 at 11:00 AM  |  Comments (17)  |  Permalink

Five Jacksons Reality Shows We Would Watch

 

Word on the streets is that A&E is all set to air a reality series featuring the Jackson family. Keep in mind, before the collective snickering begins, that this show was already being taped prior to Michael's death in anticipation...

Harlem  |  08/21/2009 at 4:00 PM  |  Comments (4)  |  Permalink

Drake Parody Is The 'Best' We Never Got

 

Now this is more like it. A Drake video for "Best I Ever Had" that I can get down with. I mean, sure it's not really Drake in this parody of the clip for his single, but really, I wish it...

Harlem  |  08/04/2009 at 12:00 PM  |  Comments (5)  |  Permalink

Erykah Badu & India.Arie Exchange Some Unpleasantries

 

Although this didn't happen in real life, Erykah Badu and India.Arie had a rather heated exchange as seen in the following cartoon, which had folks rolling on Twitter last night--even Ms. Badu herself who shared the link. Utilizing the Xtranormal...

Butta  |  07/03/2009 at 4:00 PM  |  Comments (14)  |  Permalink

Blame It On The Death Of Auto-Tune

 

As if we needed anymore reasons to love Jay Smooth from IllDoctine.com, he provided us with yet another with his latest creation, a mashup of Jay-Z's "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)" with Jamie Foxx's "Blame It On the Alcohol." His "Blame...

Butta  |  06/08/2009 at 11:30 AM  |  Leave a Comment  |  Permalink

Let's Do It 'Anatomically Correct' Tonight, Baby

 

This video for the song "Anatomically Correct Slow Jam" is perhaps the most ridiculous and informative love song I have ever heard. While the visuals may provide some innuendo, the song does not. Kudos to Vincent Keating who did a...

ill Mami  |  06/04/2009 at 3:00 PM  |  Comments (3)  |  Permalink

So Apparently Pitbull Is Also On Maxwell's New Album

 

(I blame Speeakz for this.) Nas, who is soon to be liberated from Kelis With Child (we're calling her that until the delivery, word to Blake Incarcerated) is leading Maxwell down a path of sin on Twitter! It goes without saying...

nOvaMatic  |  06/03/2009 at 11:00 AM  |  Comments (30)  |  Permalink

Kanye's Hubris Parodied On South Park, Ego Remains Intact

 

Though I am not a regular viewer of South Park any longer, its responses to Pop culture and its parodies of it are often a thing of brilliance. Take the recent episode that aired on Kanye West's egomaniacal ways and...

ill Mami  |  04/10/2009 at 2:00 PM  |  Comments (9)  |  Permalink

Asher Roth Channels Plucked Chicken With D'Angelo Spoof

 

If there's one thing that these newfangled weekly mixtape rappers are good at, it's creating a buzz around themselves. In anticipation of his Asleep In The Bread Aisle album, Asher Roth decides to reimagine himself as D'Angelo in the "Untitled"...

ill Mami  |  04/02/2009 at 3:00 PM  |  Comments (4)  |  Permalink

An 'Epiphany' About Chrisette Michele's Hairstyle

 

I finally figured out who Chrisette Michele reminded me of with her new hairstyle....

Butta  |  03/25/2009 at 6:00 PM  |  Comments (9)  |  Permalink

Blame It On The Alcohol Or The Purple Stuff?

 

It was only a matter of time before the parodies of Jamie Foxx's video for "Blame It On the Alcohol" started to pop up. Here we have a twist on the original, which was ripe for parody with its random...

Butta  |  03/17/2009 at 12:30 PM  |  Comments (5)  |  Permalink

8-Bit Hip Hop Mashup: Jay-Z vs. Mario, T.I. vs. Zelda

 

What do you get when you cross old-school Nintendo 8-bit sound with hits from Jay-Z, T.I., and Kanye West? One of the most inventive, hilarious, and nostalgic mixes of recent memory. Producer Tugboat of the Mad Decent crew really goes...

Ro  |  03/16/2009 at 3:00 PM  |  Comments (3)  |  Permalink

Apparel Bizarre

 

When we first learned that Prince worked out an exclusive distribution deal with Target, we had no idea it would inspire this much Photoshop foolery. This comes to us via a tweet heard 'round the world last night. We're not...

nOvaMatic  |  03/12/2009 at 2:00 PM  |  Comments (16)  |  Permalink

Bey-sus Fierce, It's Go-Go Gadget Gospel!

 

Few things are more crowd pleasing/insulting than a nice gospel/secular music mashup during praise and worship on a Sunday morning. Maybe it's that awkward moment when in any other context (read: the club, your living room while watching music videos)...

Ro  |  02/25/2009 at 3:00 PM  |  Comments (15)  |  Permalink

Is This New McDonald's Ad Tired? Or Whimsical?

 

Grown Man R&B lives! Oh wait, this isn't a new Avant video? It's a Black man singing about McNuggets? Ugh. It's the '80s all over again, only this time "Calvin" isn't visiting Burger King on his lunch break. Man, this...

nOvaMatic  |  11/26/2008 at 12:35 PM  |  Comments (21)  |  Permalink

John Legend is The Latest Victim of Yuletide Nutmeg Psychosis

 

Ahh...the holiday season. Can't you feel that crispness in the air? Unless you're in Southern California and looking for shade, that is. John Legend is set to guest on the upcoming A Colbert Christmas special, all decked out as a...

ill Mami  |  11/20/2008 at 5:20 PM  |  Comments (6)  |  Permalink

What If Mos Def Were Elected President This November?

 

Among many questions in life that need answering, "What if Mos Def were President of the United States?" is like number...let's say 4321. It's right before "If y ∝ ∫ab x2 dx, then should we stop waiting on a new D'Angelo album?"...

Ro  |  10/22/2008 at 1:00 PM  |  Comments (1)  |  Permalink

LL Has More 'Swagger' In His Deodorant Stick Than Jigga & T.I. Combined

 

"Swagger" is a word none of us will ever get tired of, and the geniuses at Old Spice realize this. That's why they have a new line called exactly that. Since "Swagger" is a word that has been appropriated by...

nOvaMatic  |  09/16/2008 at 1:58 PM  |  Comments (1)  |  Permalink

Presenting the Legendary Funk Puddin

 

A few weeks ago Anthony David and N'dambi rolled through DC for one of the slamminest (won't find that in the dictionary) concerts to hit the DMV in a hot minute. If you weren't there, then you missed one helluva...

Butta  |  08/21/2008 at 12:00 PM  |  Comments (4)  |  Permalink