Tibi PuiuSounding more like a TV commercial then a music video, [tag]Go! Team[/tag]’s latest video “Do It Right” goes retro, with a ’80s vibe and faded technicolor. The band’s all set in cartoony land, an outburst of colors and shapes, toped by a first-listen annoying chorus, but which later grows and you, after finally settling in. Frontsinger’s, Ninja, rapping is omnipresent, but new the new addition to the band Kaori Tsuchida energetic vocals, in the chorus,…
New 50 Cent: ‘Follow My Lead’ (feat. Robert Thicke)
This is the video that caused [tag]50 Cent[/tag] a serious meltdown this week, after he released the video for Ayo Technology (feat JT), his next video “Follow My Lead”, that wasn’t supposed to be released until late October, was leaked. That led Fifty to address some harsh words to Interscope officials and threaten not to promote the album until it’s release on 9/11. The video starts off with a scene where 50 is like all…
New M.I.A. : ‘Jimmy’
The Sri Lankan originated artists [tag]M.I.A.[/tag] has released her newest video, “Jimmy”, the second one from her second album, “Kala”. The single itself will be released on August 13, after it made its debut in Japan, in early July. “Jimmy” is a remixed cover of the hit Bollywood ’80s sensation “Jimmy Jimmy Aaja”, sung by the classic hindi pop singer Parvati Khan, as part of the “Disco Dancer” soundtrack. The video itself, features M.I.A. dancing…
Sean Kingston a sensation at 17
Andrei Mihai
MySpace is in the mainstream and it helped many singers make it big. Sean Kingston had his debut single Beautiful Girls crack the Billboard charts in mid-June and is averaging more than a million plays each week on his MySpace site. “Yeah, I’m searching on MySpace right now, I got about 150,000 (friends),” the 17-year-old says on the line from California. “Everybody that is on there is showing me some love. I mean, I don’t…
‘Rap is a blessing’ according to Common
Chicago’s own [tag]Common[/tag], who just recently released his veritable seventh LP “Finding Forever”, made a freestyle hip-hop performance for AOL’s 16 Bars. There he said, amongst other things, that “to be able to rap is a blessing; it’s a gift”, and afterwards unleashed some his rap phenomena, spitting rhymes and beats all over the place. After the rap session Common did a small interview as well, check it out at AOL. Here’s a snippet: Tell…
Go! Team Go on tour
I don’t know about you guys, but [tag]Go! Team[/tag] are really one of my favorites indie bands, I mean ever since they put on “Thunder, Lightning, Strike” I’ve been mesmerized by their awesomeness ( I’m a drum freak, so the two drummer that are in the band simply make my day) and have been on repeat in my iPod for a long time ( now it’s QOTSA and Grizzly Bear’s turn). For all you US…
Dude ‘N Nem: “Watch My Feet”, Hip-Hop video of the year
Remember the [tag]Dude ‘N Nem[/tag] 1000$ YouTube contest? Well it officially ended; contestants had to film them selfs, while dancing on the “Watch My Feet” beat, and then upload it on YouTube, where it would be reviewed and ultimately, if good enough, included in the official Dude ‘N Nem video. I have to say that the dancing is mind blowing, the moves are purely unbelievable, I’m watching it as i speak and can’t get enough…
Kanye West: “Can’t Tell Me Nothing” (alt. video ft. Will Oldham and Zach Galifianakis)
If you haven’t had your laughter pill in the morning, your in for a treat. Indie rocker Will Oldham aka Bonnie “Prince” Billieand and comedian Zack Galifianakis star in a alternate video for [tag]Kanye West[/tag]’s single “Can’t Tell Me Nothing” as a bunch of farmers. Zack seemingly means every rhyme he spits and adopts a serious look, that I’m sorry, or glad, to say cracks the hell out of me! Amongst other activities one would…
The Snoop Dogg Reality Show
Infamous US raper [tag]Snoop Dog[/tag] recently got his own Reality TV show, on American cable network E! Entertainment, which will fallow Snoop and his three sons through their daily lives. “The juggling act that Snoop faces day-in, day-out between career and family is certain to resonate with our viewers,” said Ted Harbert. Yeah, i bet Snoop is really a devoted and loving father, all between his probation and drug hustle period of course.
Snoop Aussie Dogg
In the beginning of April [tag]Snoop Dogg[/tag], by his real name Calvin Broadus, was denied entrance in Australia for the MTV Australia Music Awards, that he was set to co-host. Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews refused to grant Snoop a VISA, as he considers him a bad influence to the people of Australia, due to his criminal record in the US. Mr. Kevin Andrews had this to add: “The reality is in relation to this man,…