the mixtape show

Just something to tide you over until Mixtape Show TV Episode 2 drops: I'll limit my comments to the following: 1. Rich Boy got-damn 2. Video got-damn 3. Still hating on the South? Stop. 4. Finally somebody touches on the subject of the money.

So I'm trying to get this ball rolling. Call this the beta episode. Hella unprofessional, but that's what I do. Intro filmed at the Korean Festival in K-Town in Los Angeles. The featured music video here is Blu and Exile with Soul Amazing. (And yes, you have heard Blu here before). Some of you may have caught this one - well, here it is in a tiny bit better quality (and you can download it). The original file (download it here) ...

Close. This is apparently Kanyeezy's newest video, for Stronger. I'm a little conflicted on this one. On one hand, it's got all the ingredients needed for a hot video: * Daft Punk * Akira (apparently recreating a particular scene, no less) * Futuristic setting * Japan * Random, scantily-clad women that have nothing to do with the song or video But somehow it's not quite there for me. It's pretty good, but given the above components, this should be stellar. Instead, it comes off as being sort of B minus-ish. What do you think? Also: ...

So I spent a good portion of this weekend revamping the site. Hope you dig. Anyway, here's another video, this time from my man Jon at Turntable Lab. Blu (who longtime listeners will remember from as far back as rap podcast ep 34) and Mainframe are Johnson&Jonson, with Bout it Bout it. As of right now, it seems that aside from a prospective Q3 Japan release, the status of the Johnson&Jonson project is a little hazy, so I can't point you to a purchase link or anythingupdate: this dude ...