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Culture Buzz Atlanta's hottest new restaurant serves dishes inspired by rap puns. And it clearly doesn't exist. It's a viral stunt by social marketing firm Baby Robot Industries. Here are some so-dumb-you'll-laugh-then-feel-guilty-for-laughing-then-laugh-again items from the menu.
Music Buzz I might be late to the game on this one, but what the hell is twerking? Well, I did some internet detectiving and here's what I came up with.
TV Buzz Like, reaaaly can't. Here's a clip from '80s Canadian kids show Switchback about a new phenomenon called “rapping”—which the host describes as “one of the hottest, hottest items today”—that features not one, but two secondhand embarrassment-inducing performances from some of the whitest teens to ever hock a rhyme. (via The Daily What)
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The similarities are uncanny. Search through the back catalogs of any rapper’s lyrics and you’re almost guaranteed to a find some version of this line: “I’m the black ______.” But are they really?
Music Buzz Here's a fun little video of young Ice-T talking about the two kinds of rap and taking the time to record his not great breakdancing skillz for posterity in the 1983 documentary Breakin' 'N Enterin'.
Politics Buzz MC Moneypenney raps about quantitative easing and other complicated financial theories. Conscious hip hop meets earnest dorkiness to the tune of “Back That Ass Up.”
Rolling Stone has crowned Eminem as King of Hip-Hop and who can argue with that? Check out the complete list of artists that were honored here, or read the full article at Rolling Stone. (via rollingstone.com)
Politics Buzz Something tells me a hip hop pizza party isn't going to create jobs either. What about a hip hop chili cookoff?
Kreayshawn has got be the freshest white girl rapper in the biz. She's got infectious hooks, kickin' style, and a whole lot of swag. Gucci Gucci is going to be stuck in my head all day.
I'm down with people of all types coming together for a good time but what the hell was this lady doing at the party? I mean besides drinking too much.
Say what you will about Chris Brown, but Karmin's cover of his song Look At Me Now ft. Lil Wayne, Busta Rhymes is super tight.
Speechless. [Ed. note: This is so, so stupid. Go ahead and skip to the :20 mark to see the hip-hop superman.]
Music Buzz It's that time of year; everyone has begun making their top albums list for 2010. One artist takes a simplified approach by stripping down the original artwork to minimalistic vector drawings. Take a peek at some of the year's best! (Via )
Kicking off Hanukkah like we did in the good old days: with gangsta rap.
Music Buzz “Late Night” with Jimmy Fallon provides us with this musical gem. Jeff Goldblum, Biz Markie and The Roots absolutely crush the hip-hop classic, “Just A Friend.”
Got 'em.
Here we have Conan O'Brien shamelessly (and adorably) exploiting…
