I.M M.I

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Beyonce's Behind...

Maybe its the bathing suit...but it doesn't look that good. I was expecting more. It was on display while with Joe Camel in St. Barts yesterday.

For real this dude is such a lame. What is he famous for? He's not funny. Cant rap. Cant act. Cat sing. And definatley cannot dress. Like wtf are you wearing b. He's got the swag of a 1998 boy band member with the sideways ski goggles.MTV should have cancelled that Wildin' Out bullshit along with 50's shit.

Say what?

Here’s another classic case of good old fashion culture-jacking:

Professor Ferenc Szasz argued that so-called rap battles, where two or more performers trade elaborate insults, derive from the ancient Caledonian art of “flyting”. According to the theory, Scottish slave owners took the tradition with them to the United States, where it was adopted and developed by slaves, emerging many years later as rap.

Professor Szasz is convinced there is a clear link between this tradition for settling scores in Scotland and rap battles, which were famously portrayed in Eminem’s 2002 movie 8 Mile. He said: “The Scots have a lengthy tradition of flyting - intense verbal jousting, often laced with vulgarity, that is similar to the dozens that one finds among contemporary inner-city African-American youth.
“Both cultures accord high marks to satire. The skilled use of satire takes this verbal jousting to its ultimate level - one step short of a fist fight.” The academic, who specialises in American and Scottish culture at the University of New Mexico, made the link in a new study examining the historical context of Robert Burn’s work.

The most famous surviving example of flyting comes from a 16th-century piece in which two rival poets hurl increasingly obscene rhyming insults at one another before the Court of King James IV. Titled the Flyting Of Dunbar And Kennedy, it has been described by academics as “just over 500 lines of filth”.

Professor Szasz cites an American civil war poem, printed in the New York Vanity Fair magazine on November 9, 1861, as the first recorded example of the battles being used in the United States. Professor Willie Ruff, of Yale University, agreed that Scottish slave owners had a profound impact on the development of African American music traditions.
Comparing flyting and rap battles, he said: “Two people engage in ritual verbal duelling and the winner has the last word in the argument, with the loser falling conspicuously silent.”
Wow.

First Rock & Roll, now Hip Hop. This sh*t is comical. The lengths some white folks will go to claim they’re omnipotent. I'm waiting for the sequel: Harvard professor states Breakdancing and Crumping originated with the Vikings. SMH.

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Sunday, December 28, 2008

They Say...

I heard about this a few hours after it happend from some of my people that work in the city..but now its confirmed and getting around..

December 24, 2008.

An ALL OUT war appears to have just broke out in New York between rapper Jim Jones and rival Jay Z. And Jim Jones won the first battle.

For weeks now popular NYC based rapper Jim Jones has been taking verbal swipes against Jay Z. But MediaTakeOut.com EXCLUSIVELY learned that on Monday, things went from verbal to physical – and unfortunately R&B singer Ne-Yo got caught up in it.

Things came to a head on Monday at NYC’s ultra-luxurious Louis Vuitton store on Fifth Avenue. MediaTakeOut.com EXCLUSIVELY learned that Jim Jones and a group of men ran into Jay Z’s best friend Tyran "Ty Ty" Smith and R&B singer Ne-Yo while doing some Christmas shopping.

Then, according to a witness who spoke EXCLUSIVELY to MediaTakeOut.com, one of Jimmy’s pals made a disparaging comment about Jay Z to Ty Ty. And when the 5 foot 4 Ty Ty responded – things really popped off.

The insider explained, “It was total chaos – Ty Ty got stomped out right there in the store – I though they were going to kill him. And when Ne-Yo tried to break it up, he got stomped too … someone had their foot on Ne-Yo’s neck!!!”

No word on the extent of injuries that either man faced. But our source claims that neither appeared to suffer serious injuries.

Representatives for Jay Z and Jim Jones were not available for comment at the time of publication.

MTV changing direction of Black music?

Thank God. Now if only BET would follow suit.

The G Funk Era may finally be coming to a close. Apparently, in an Obamanation, the powers that be believe it's no longer cool to prostitute women, sell drugs and kill. What have we become?

Sadly, this shift to the high road has put one of the nation's most beloved gangsters temporarily out of work. MTV has decided to ax 50 Cent's reality program, The Money and the Power, in order to make room for shows consistent with its rebranding efforts, which have gotten a lot more high-minded since November 4:

Our new shows will feature themes of affirmation and accomplishment,” says Brian Graden, president of entertainment at MTV Networks music channels and president of Logo. “Our shows are going to focus less on loud and silly hooks and more on young people proving themselves. These are themes that are consistent with the Obama generation.”

Thanks, MTV, for finally realizing that black people who don't talk about cash and bitches can be interesting, too.