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The Hunt For The Worst Movie Of All Time: Honey

Jessica Alba is really hot. Kind of. I mean, she is. In her face. But the more you learn about her, the less hot she seems. For one thing, she's not very good at acting, which is her job. And...  CONTINUE READING THE HUNT FOR THE WORST MOVIE OF ALL TIME: HONEY»

Posted on October 19, 2009 in (147 comments)
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Listen To Bill Cosby's Hip Hop Album For Free! (Huh?)

He doesn't actually rap? He just put the project together to raise awareness about "issues in hip hop," whatever that means? You can listen to it streaming on-line now? So many questions about this?...  CONTINUE READING LISTEN TO BILL COSBY'S HIP HOP ALBUM FOR FREE! (HUH?)»

Posted on October 16, 2009 in (10 comments)
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Drake Makes Sure To Get His New Music Video Just Right

"Listen, Drake, it's about your new music video. It's got some problems. For one thing, you're performing in an empty nightclub? I mean, a handful of girls walk down the stairs at the beginning of the video, but perhaps...  CONTINUE READING DRAKE MAKES SURE TO GET HIS NEW MUSIC VIDEO JUST RIGHT»

Posted on September 23, 2009 in (70 comments)
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LL Cool J Is Spitting Truth Like Hot Fire About His New TV Show

This fall, CBS is launching NCIS: Los Angeles, a spin-off series from NCIS, whatever that is. It's basically the golden rule of television: anything that can be done well, can also be done in another city on Tuesday nights at...  CONTINUE READING LL COOL J IS SPITTING TRUTH LIKE HOT FIRE ABOUT HIS NEW TV SHOW»

Posted on September 17, 2009 in (16 comments)
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No Homer

Hip hop is way too Homerphobic, it is time to grow up....  CONTINUE READING NO HOMER»

Posted on September 10, 2009 in (4 comments)
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Kazakhstan Regains Its Seriousness With This Tupac Video

After years of living in the long shadow of Borat's silly caricaturization of their long and rich history and peoples, reducing a noble and proud former Soviet Republic to a struggling band of cow-raping children of incest, the people...  CONTINUE READING KAZAKHSTAN REGAINS ITS SERIOUSNESS WITH THIS TUPAC VIDEO»

Posted on September 8, 2009 in , (20 comments)
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Let's Paint, Exercise, And Make Raps On Our Desks

Look at this guy! Lyric, AKA the Lyrical God. He's like the anti-Soulja Boy (for now). Killing it. We can do it all, you guys. Even if we fail, at least we will have tried. This kid is great. We...  CONTINUE READING LET'S PAINT, EXERCISE, AND MAKE RAPS ON OUR DESKS»

Posted on August 28, 2009 in , (31 comments)
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Ron D Is The Man Now, Dawg

As the Movement to End Fake Rap continues apace, it's nice to be reminded that there are still some real MCs out there. They know that hip hop is a way of life, not some advertising gimmick. Hip hop is...  CONTINUE READING RON D IS THE MAN NOW, DAWG»

Posted on July 29, 2009 in , (29 comments)
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Introducing The Official Videogum Theme Song

"Champion of My Heart" by Richie Cunning: I was at a barbecue last weekend (your jealousy is palpable) and my friend Jane had one of those mini-boomboxes that you can plug your mp3 player into (whatever that is, I still...  CONTINUE READING INTRODUCING THE OFFICIAL VIDEOGUM THEME SONG»

Posted on July 28, 2009 in (47 comments)
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We've Got To Rhyme Back The Towers (I Don't Know)

Someone has gone to the trouble of figuring out which rapper is the real life counterpart of every character on The Wire (pretty much. No Beadie. Lady Sov?). The least you could do, literally, is read it....  CONTINUE READING WE'VE GOT TO RHYME BACK THE TOWERS (I DON'T KNOW)»

Posted on February 20, 2009 in , (1 comments)
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Holiday/Teacher Edition Of Iron Mic

In this heated battle between Mr. Ely and Mr. Mitchell for the special "Teacher/Holiday/Return Edition" of Iron Mic, Neil, Marvelous, and DeMarco will have to determine which of these MC's will be crowned the Santa Claus of the Iron Mic....  CONTINUE READING HOLIDAY/TEACHER EDITION OF IRON MIC»

Posted on December 19, 2008 in , (6 comments)
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Old People Captured, Forced To Sing Rap Music

This is cute and all, and the one lady pictured totally reminds me of an older Beth Grant, but I get a weird feeling that the conductor-guy is forcing them to do this against their will. This seems like an...  CONTINUE READING OLD PEOPLE CAPTURED, FORCED TO SING RAP MUSIC»

Posted on November 14, 2008 in , (9 comments)
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This Is The Part Of Running For President That Candidates Everyone Hates

MTV's Sway put on his Formal Knit Rasta Hat to interview Barack Obama and Joe Biden, because that's something that needed to happen, and eventually touched upon the subject of hip hop. Leave it to Sway to ask the questions...  CONTINUE READING THIS IS THE PART OF RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT THAT CANDIDATES EVERYONE HATES»

Posted on October 1, 2008 in , (6 comments)
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Teen Witch Remake Can't Top That Original

Ashley Tisdale, who was in High School Musical, which I haven't seen but I think is a documentary about the world's prettiest high school, is going to be starring in a remake of Teen Witch. From the Hollywood Reporter: Tisdale,...  CONTINUE READING TEEN WITCH REMAKE CAN'T TOP THAT ORIGINAL»

Posted on April 18, 2008 in (8 comments)
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