The Audacity of Dope

Here’s a dope fan video for Nas’ “Sly Fox” track off Untitled created by Ego from Soundcircuit.  With the recent news that Rik Cordero and Nasir are working on an official video (complete with Jay Smooth and Miss Info cameos!), I hope the real one takes this idea even further.  Fox News is a complete joke, and I could really write a book on all the things wrong with that network.  Suffice it to say, as a media studies major, they represent everything wrong with mass media in this country to me.  At their best, they’re poor journalists.  At their worst, they’re racist criminals.  ARE THEY HERE?  EFF EM.

I’m not a huge fan of this track, but I dig all the artists involved with it.  I just like their separate work more I suppose.  Either way, here’s the video for the song that Converse & Cornerstone helped put together.  Videos like this are hilarious to me, since I know the artists probably shot two takes for a total of 15 minutes in front of a green screen.  Then some unlucky (but talented) editors slaved away for weeks, turning the raw footage into the piece of art you see above.  The visuals are dope.  Shout to all my Cornerstone folk, what up Blaze!

Pharrell, Julian Casablancas, & Santogold – “My Drive Thru”

More N.E.R.D. bonus tracks available here.

Video swiped from Eskay’s.

“I can’t see no other b**ch for the B.G./
But a hot girl, for short, call her a H.G.”
–B.G., “I Need A Hot Girl“

Did he just rhyme “B.G.” with “H.G.”?  And to end his verse?  WTF.  I can’t believe that song was a mild hit.

In the first of four ‘webisodes’ documenting the recent Roots Picnic that went down in Philly a few weeks back (a day after we interviewed ?uest for Sound Session), Black Thought, Amanda Diva, and others give you a little introduction on what the event was all about.  I like the idea of this ‘blockapalooza’ happening every year, hopefully ?uest can make that happen.  And, of course, no concert video is complete without the obligatory drunk white girls.

Swiped from Femi @ OKP.

Is it wrong that this kinda gave me goosebumps?  Not to get too cheesy, but this video that a Seattle-ite named Matt Harding put together is not only dope visually, but also shows how small the world really is.  We’re all basically the same.

After being convinced to do a silly dance in front of the camera on one of his vacations, Matt decided to start doing it every place he went.  Soon, Stride Gum heard of the story and started financing all his trips, and this video is the end result.  Makes me want to travel.  I think my next adventure is going to be a Japan/China/Australia trip next year.  Time to start planning.

Swiped from The Exactly.

Remix America paired up with Declare Yourself and interviewed ?uestlove (of the Roots) about the importance of voting in the upcoming election.  Decon Records‘ own Jason Goldwatch remixed the raw footage to create this dope final product.  If you’re not registered, head on over to Declare Yourself and do it.  Only takes a second to make a difference.

Or in this case, on the tour bus.  For the latest edition of Ruby Hornet‘s “Freestyle In The Park” series, the homies Rakaa and Evidence kick a few (actual) freestyles on their tour bus.  You don’t see people going off the dome much anymore, so it’s always fun when MC’s do that.  My only question is…where’s the Babu verse?!  Didn’t we hear some of his mic skills on the outro to Soundbombing II?

Crooked reminds y’all.

“I’ll be lovin’ u long time”?

When I mentioned that I DJ’d for U-N-I at the Seattle stop of the DunkXChange a while back, some people hit me up wondering what exactly the event was.  Well this video sums it up nicely.  Shout to all those involved, I’m looking forward to the next one in the 206.