Posted by oshun on August 31, 2006
Russell Simmons, an independent, is catching hell from his liberal colleagues for endorsing a conservative. In his own defense, the hip-hop mogul released a statement today that serves as a good example of how this country’s voters need a good kick in our collective ass. Blind loyalty to your chosen party, while easier and far [...]
Posted by oshun on August 30, 2006
WTF is wrong with Hollywood? Take a multi-platinum mega-duo (Outkast), at the peak of their career and make a gorgeously shot film starring them and featuring their genre-defying, mainstream embraced music. Don’t ya think it would be a hit? Well it isn’t, and that’s due to some geniuses deciding Idlewild would only open on a [...]
Posted by oshun on August 28, 2006
Funny how it’s called Google bombing. The layers of meaning go so deep on this one. I’m assuming this little trick’s been around for a while since I alway seem to be the last one to get forwarded emails, so if you’ve already done this, just bear with my slow ass. If you haven’t, check [...]
Posted by oshun on August 23, 2006
Spike Lee’s documentary, while slightly paranoid in some places (comparing the willy-nilly evacuation of post-Katrina victims and subsequent separation of family members to the planetary-scale devastation of the African slavery trade is ridiculous), brought up tears, memories, and a multitude of broiling political topics. One particularly interesting segment dealt with the fact that little-to-none of [...]
Posted by oshun on August 16, 2006
While listening to Lyfe Jennings’ fire CD and the track S.E.X., I came across Alicia Keys’ explanation of why she made her man wait a year for s.e.x. It really made me think about a lot of the crap filling up the heads of many Gen Y’ers. The subject of sex, especially as it pertains [...]
Posted by oshun on August 15, 2006
It seems that MTV has really lost touch with the youthful audience it panders to. According to Zomba, the “Vans” video from Bay Area hyphy-hype group The Pack has been banned by MTV. David Bell, Director of Digital Marketing for Zomba Label Group, told me the video channel didn’t approve of the message. “[They] said [...]
Posted by oshun on August 1, 2006
They’re good at serving up raw Atlanta rap, and now Field Mob’s casting director skills will be put to the test in their dedicated search for video skanks. The duo has recently asked for female fans to submit their own videos for their latest track “Baby Bend Over.†“This ya boy Smoke aka Chevy P [...]
Russell Simmons Defends Cross-Party Political Endorsement
