JAMIE JONES - SummertimE (Extended Vocal)
TREY SONGZ - Always Twisted
LIL WAYNE FEAT. DRAKE - Every GirL<----KILLA!!
THE GOSSIP - Four Letter Word
NIN - Head Like A Hole
KID CUDI - Mr. Solo Dolo
CASSIE FEAT. DIDDY - Must Be Love (Remix)
M.C - Obsessed (Official Remix)
THE DREAM & SANTIGOLD - Shawty Is Starstuck
MARILYN MANSON - The Dope Show
MJB FEAT. DRAKE - The One
FATBOY SLIM - They Just Strut What the Fuck
KINGDOM HAS BEEN ON TOUR FOR SOOOOOO LONG! I THINK I CAN SPEAK FOR ALL OF NEW YORK IN SAYING THAT WE REALLY MISS YOU. (ALSO LOVE THIS "BEAR-BAIT REALNESS" PIC FROM HIS MYSPACE!)
YOU CAN KEEP YOUR GRADES UP HERE.
I TOOK THIS VIDEO FROM THE DJ BOOTH AT THE KNITTING FACTORY WITH THE BUILT-IN CAM ON MY LAPTOP. NEEDLESS TO SAY THIS WAS A LIFE-ALTERING SHOW. STAY TUNED FOR HIGH-DEF FOOTAGE FROM THE OTHER SHOW LAST NIGHT (INCLUDING REALLY GOOD CROTCH GRABBING SHOTS OF MY HUSBAND JACK!!!!)
P.S.—YES, WE ARE PRETTY MUCH ONLY GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT SALEM FROM NOW ON.
Tracklisting
1-PEARL - Pearl's Dream
2-NEOPHYTE - I Will Have that Power
3-DJ NATE - I'm a Burn
4-DJ NATE - Ghostmix
5-YOUNG CREAM - Angie Juke
6-AiDS 3D - Back Once Again (Forever)
7-THA POPE - Track 41
8-UNKNOWN - Track 20 Chicago Juke
9-NEOPHYTE - Catastrophe
10-THREAT MISSES - Juke Ya Girl
Excuuuuse me? I believe Miss Nicki Minaj needs no introduction. Hell, even the Times is talking about her. Whatever you think of her music, you have to like the fact that she seems to enjoy taking on different characters (read: weaves 'n' voices) in her tracks and photos—Marilyn Monroe, Chaka Khan, Mickey Mouse, Wonder Woman—and now, with the release of her new mixtape Beam Me Up, Scotty, Minaj has taken on bubblegum-princess-meets-Alicia-Alonso-in-Romantic-Era-ballet-teases:
Cute. But not as cute as this lil' stunt: You remember this from a couple years ago, right—when some "B.X. chick" bulldagger waving around a stack of $1 bills claimed to have had a sexual relationship with Remy Ma? And then apparently called her on her cell phone? And said "she ate the box"?
Look again. NO; look and listen again. That face shape, those distinctive eyes. And, in the words of Carmen Xtravaganza, "that voice is still there," albeit exaggerated and lowered in pitch. Can we just pretend for a minute that this is Nicki Minaj sans weave, sans fake eyelashes, sans foundation, sans lip gloss? There seems to be a lil beef between her and Remy. And Nicki can be heard in multiple interviews using several of the same turns of phrase, especially the word "box" in reference to her own kuchini. And not that blunt! Not that rag! The layering? I mean, this YouTube video is the ultimate Remy diss track, and Nicki takes her finest turn in her finest role. Of course it's a joke and a hoax. She is super well-spoken, articulate, thoughtful, and logical on even the most simplistic interview questions. And come on; girl's halfway about to smile and crack up throughout this whole video. I rolled my eyes at first, but now I'm rethinking the Times's observation that Minaj is the "Cindy Sherman of rap."
Oh, don't take my word for it. Listen to her from 0:38 on "Itty Bitty Piggy," from her new mixtape (download the full thíng here):
Then I discovered this track, which samples the video and was mixed by a Dutch guy and repping the Dutchiest of New York's neighboorhood names (and nicely capping off my fall/winter obsession with Dutch painters and Dutch lighting and Dutch Renaissance looks [ga-ga-ga-gag on Van Eyck!]):
JJ & RICHIE HAVE GOT TO BE THE COOLEST/CUTEST/MOST AMAZING COUPLE IN ALL OF NEW YORK, PARIS, LONDON AND DUBAI COMBINED. THEY ARE THE TYPE OF GUYS WHO ARE ALWAYS TOGETHER, ALWAYS SMILING AND ALWAYS MAKE YOU FEEL UTTERLY HAPPY WHEN YOU RUN INTO THEM ON THE STREET. I MEAN, LOOK HOW CUTE THEY ARE MAKING OUT IN TIMES SQUARE BENNETH THE UNDER ARMOR BILLBOARD....COME ON!!!!!
(THIS PRECIOUS MOMENT WAS CAPTURED BY THE LEGENDARY SLAVA MOGUTIN)
CHILLIN AT THE CRIB WITH MY GIRLS, SHAYNE,OSCAR, AND AUNT JACKY. GETTING INTO THE SKREAM MIX OF LA ROUX'S "IN FOR THE KILL" BEFORE WE HIT THE CLUB. ALSO A VERY SPECIAL CAMEO BY MY AMAZING DOGGY, ANIMAL. HE IS THE CUTEST LIVING THING IN ALL OF NEW YORK OR THE WHOLE WORLD, NOT THOSE EARS!!!!
HOT DOLLAR FEAT. PITBULL - All Night Long
DRAKE - Best I Ever Had (R.Kelly Remix)
DRAKE FEAT. YOUNG MONEY - Every Girl
BOBBY VALENTINO - Make You The Only One
TREY SONGZ - Must Be Love (Cassie Cover)
WHITE LIES - Nothing To Give (M83 Remix)
LADY GAGA - Paparazzi (Yuksek Remix)
PRIMAL SCREAM - Pills
RYAN LESLIE FEAT. LA - Something That I Like (Remix)
CIRCLESQUARE - Ten To One (Matias Aguayo Remix)
BIGGIE - Would You Die For Me
CUT CITY - Xo Echo
SANTIGOLD - Your Voice