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    Thursday
    25Feb2010

    a little reading comprehension would prevent stuff like this

    DateThursday, February 25, 2010 at 13:37

    Have you seen Linkbait Generator? It's pretty brilliant. I think HuffPo may actually be using it. The reason it's so clever is because blogs with authority - stuff cosigned by legit web outlets - keep running headlines like this:

    'Twilight Star' Robert Pattinson a Racist?

    Oh, it's a shameful thing. Come on, Black Spin headline editor, haven't you seen the 'How To Tell People They Sound Racist' video?

    Here's the Details piece, which looks interesting, though unbutton that blazer, fam.

    What seems like the obvious interpretation of this:

    Rob, did you know that every time you say actor or acting you lower your voice to a whisper?
    He's genuinely startled. "I do?"
    Yes, so quietly it's like you're saying Negro.
    He laughs, lightens up. "What if we were 'acting' like 'Negroes'? Then we'd be fucked—we couldn't hear anything. . . ."

    Pattinson is posing a hypothetical sentence or conversation where he uses the word that he lowers his voice to a whisper to say, and a word many people lower their voices to say. Then you couldn't hear anything because his voice would be so low. It's a pretty clever response. Nontroversy.

    Seriously, Boyd Watkins and whoever wrote the headline, pick on John Mayer or something.

    At BV, folks are picking on interviewer Jenny Lumet for using 'Negro', which does seem a little outdated and an odd choice, but Pattinson's British, maybe it's still in whispervogue across the pond.

    Embedding 'How To Tell People They Sound Racist' after the jump just because I'm that much of a Jay Smooth stan.

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    Wednesday
    02Dec2009

    literal transformative power you can believe in

    DateWednesday, December 2, 2009 at 1:45

    that's just awesome.This is a screencap from the below video, which is ridic in its own right, addressing the transformation of Bull Nakano [the wrestler, cleary cribbing from Rita Repulsa] to Keiko Nakano, the pro golfer. Pretty crazy Wikipedia page, as you might imagine.

    But what tickles me is apparently the POTUS is an acceptable character for instant makeover in Japan. Adorable.

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    Tuesday
    04Aug2009

    no throwaway lines

    DateTuesday, August 4, 2009 at 0:35

    Man, this is some effort. Spotted on Soul-Sides.com's facebook, be friends.

    I loved this video back in the day. What an ethering.

    Apparently, literal video is what's hot in the e-streets right now. Dustin McLean's the pioneer, peep his take on 'Take On Me', which is really well-produced, after the jump.

    The 'Just A Friend' video's done by SeanieMic, who's a comedy rapper. I tend to hate comedy rappers, and the flicks on his website do him no favors, but the video's genius. He should do Tribe's 'Electric Relaxation':

    I'm in a car, rapping.

    I'm at a diner, rapping.

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    Tuesday
    21Jul2009

    michael passing will always trip me out

    DateTuesday, July 21, 2009 at 11:34

    Last night went and danced with a ton of collegiate kids I didn't know to Michael Jackson songs I did know and it was awesome. I've been writing some stuff about him that I'll post as a followup but had to put this up now just so more people see it:

    Jay Smooth is like the best to ever do it. I could talk about this all day.

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    Saturday
    18Jul2009

    killin' them corners like ed, line back like ray

    DateSaturday, July 18, 2009 at 12:48

    Late pass. I was cleaning the place up yesterday - J$ is about to visit - and had MTV Jams on [gotta make that cable seem worth it]. I was a room away and was like, 'Is that Mullyman?'

    It was:

    Cranks. I like the little okey-doke BMore club reference in the first few bars. Mully might indie his way onto the national scene [ask Comp and Bossman how majors treat Charm City rappers. That link goes to Bossman's Atlantic site. SMH.]. Also, I always hear a little Cockney in Mully's Bawdamore accent. Does anyone else?

    Directed by Tabi Bonney, the 'put me in the pocket' guy. The effects are ehh but the shots really work with the song. I recognize stuff! Lexington Market,  Rim Source. Regional rap is the best; hip-hop is all about coding and inclusion in the first place, so when you recognize landmarks and signifiers in the art, you get pulled that much closer to an artist.

    Mully has always been dope - he and Skarr Akbar are my two favorite street rappers from Baltimore. Dude can blackout freestyle also.

    If I could fantasy book rapping, Wale would crossover major and it would result in Mid-Atlantic rap getting some shine. There's a ton of talent there. I remember hearing 'Party Walk' during Senior Week and bugging out.

    Still ain't ever gonna root for the Ravens tho.

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