Lupe does well on this one. He’s looking in good shape for his next album, Lasers. I feel like he pulled off the uplifting-song-for-the-kids thing slightly better than Nas’ I Can. Oh, and...
Once in a while someone does the electro-hip-hop thing right. Bow down to the Idle Warship; the good version of Dirty Money. This song in particular is successfully smooth and sensual at the same...
I love this music video. I like to think that we haven’t seen it all in the medium, and it was refreshing when I came across this. Sia takes her cuteness and runs with it, bringing along some...
There’s no denying a talent like Gaga. Have a look at her NYU performance as Stefani Germanotta back when her music was everything; before all the fame-whoring crept in. She’s got a great...
Jay-Z had a huge 2009, but let’s go back to 1990 when him and Jaz-O’s bummy ass were rapping together, and Pac was still in dancing school. In this video – The Originators –...
This music video is called Sponsored by Destiny, by Slagsmålsklubben, and it’s pretty clear that it was inspired by the amazing Royksopp video, Remind Me. A bit like that one, which follows a...
Common’s joint Make My Day featuring Cee-Lo should thankfully be the final single from the overall disappointing Universal Mind Control. As much as this video doesn’t suck, I would rather...
This pixel stuff is pretty much done to death these days, but I can’t help but love this cute little video; so fun and colorful. It’s got fun story-telling with simple talking sprite heads...
BET has improved their otherwise bland Hip Hop Awards with this year’s ‘Cypher,’ which is a showcase of old and new school lyricists demonstrating their craft. Who killed it the...
I know, this song is pretty wack. And I’m pretty tolerant of some bullshit just for the sake of culture. She may sound like a poor female version of Streets, but you have to take the full...