Showing posts with label hip hop. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hip hop. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Win of the Week - Fox NEEEEEEEWWWSSS





You can always count on Colbert to deliver the funny. A lot of my friends love Cee Lo Green's F*ck You, and he adapted a rendition especially for Fox News at the request of Colbert. Check it out...



And for everyone who loves the original song, he performed that too.
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Monday, November 8, 2010

The many stages of the Dougie




Happy Monday people. I thought I would start this week off with something a little less serious. The Dougie seems to be everywhere, and these are 5 different types of Dougie's that made me laugh/smile this morning. Enjoy!

The Chris " You shouldn't try this at home" Dougie

Chris Brown is a performer, and once a new dance comes out, he always puts his own spin on a dance that takes it to another level. The level that makes everyone want to learn the Dougie, but they should just stick to the basics.

The Sports Dougie
Celebration Dances have always been a much enjoyed part of sports, especially for Black athletes.

There is the I am famous but I still have a lot of Swag opening.


And the "you can't touch this" "in your face" Dougie
Both are segways to the mainstream Dougie, because everyone will want to know what the dance was if they haven't heard of it before

The Beiber Dougie

This Dougie is what you could call the Blue Eyed Soul Dougie. Once Beiber is doing the Dougie it is officially mainstream. Beiber's love of hip hop music takes the Dougie world wide.

The Glee Dougie


Now that the Dougie has gone mainstream you will see everyone trying to do it. Now I appreciate the honesty here in the Glee cast members saying they didn't exactly know how to do the Dougie, but once they went past the basic bop where they looked really cute they went into the realm of almost getting a side eye. The girl in the duo really saved it for them, because she still had a little bit of Swag.

Jersey Shore Dougie


This is the last phase of Dougie stardom. The phase that makes you side eye and boil in the inside. This is what I like to call the Please Stop Dougie. Just because everyone is doing it, does not mean that you should try to do it. Some things are better left alone.

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Saving Grace

Every year I wince at what might be of the BET Hip Hop Awards. While I applaud that BET celebrates aspects of Black culture that are regularly ignored, I also loathe the ways in which we portray ourselves as the stereotypes that hold us back. I love Hip Hop music, but many of the artists today chip away at the hip hop culture that has been built to be taken seriously in order to make a quick buck. There was no showmanship in the performances, few big named stars, and all in all an underwhelming show.
The only highlight of the 2010 BET Hip Hop awards was the Cypher. So rather than bore you with facts that you already know I will let the Cyphers Speak for themselves. The Cypher brings us back to Hip Hop at its truest form. Its about lines that hit you hard and make you think on multiple levels at the same time. The Cypher is hip hop theater, and these were my two favorite Cyphers ( and probably everyone's)

*Sidebar* A lot of people gave JoJo a of of flack for his little brother Diggy out styling him, but I don't think that he came weak with his rhymes at all. Diggy has a swag that fits him and is believable. JoJo came to the Cypher in a little boys hat, a White T, a stomach full of butterflies, and it showed. I applaud the Simmons family for sticking by each other despite all of the hate that they are receiving.


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