Feb
29

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Week Day 4: Searching For the Elusive Identity of the “Ghetto Cowboy”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVm7Smq-T0c I actually own this on CD-single, which is either keeping it real, or keeping it really retarded. From the first moments of the reel, one can immediately infer that the film is going to be of quality. Why? The stamp of quality from Mo’ Thugs Family Features. Like the ill-fated male fortuneteller scheme alluded… Continue reading »

Feb
12

Remembering the Time: Minor Epiphanies Gleaned Upon Re-Watching Michael Jackson’s “Remember the Time” Video 17 Years Later

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjUnfdv2ljk In honor of poor Teddy Riley. Nothing says “epic video” more than a hourglass filled with shifted sands. Nothing. I’m fairly certain that “Remember the Time” is actually an alternative history suggesting the importance of New Jack Swing to the ancient Egyptians. Hieroglyphics that were once thought to have depicted the everyday life of… Continue reading »

Jan
11

G-Funk Week Concluded: 10 Qualities Highly Sought After in a Regulator As Gleaned From Warren G & Nate Dogg’s “Regulate”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhWGDGHupYA 1. Not being just any geek off the streets How To Avoid Being A “Geek Off the Streets: Learn how to how be to handy with the steel and earn your keep. Best Models to Emulate: Gay steel workers, Andrew Carnegie, Iron Man 2. Not Tweaking When You See a Car Full of Girls… Continue reading »

Jan
10

G-Funk Week: 10 Things An Alien Would Conclude About Mankind After Watching the Video For “Girls All Pause”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrD4XKiOk8g 1. If one were ever to try to lure a human woman back to one’s spaceship for a late-night probe, it is highly advisable to try to find women dancing in their g-strings and proceed to wave large bills in front of them. 2. When the gangsters come in girls will invariably pause. However,… Continue reading »

Jan
09

G-Funk Week: 10 Questions Raised By “Game Don’t Wait” Upon Re-Examination In the Year 2008

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-O3cLZw3NQg In honor of Nate Dogg (who’s currently recuperating in a rest home after somehow having a stroke at 38)) and because I really just want to watch old G-Funk videos for the rest of the week, the next couple days will be dedicated to excavating random Nate Dogg songs. Happy New Year. 1. Let… Continue reading »

Jan
08

10 Questions Raised By “Indo Smoke” Upon Re-Examination in the Year 2008

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrZSMjT02Sw 1. Is an opening shot of buying 40′s at the liquor store ever a bad idea? 2. Nate Dogg> a lump of aluminum foil> Akon? 3. Is the only thing better than a G-Funk classic from 1993, a video of said G-Funk classic interspersed with clips from the John Singleton opus, Poetic Justice? 4.… Continue reading »

Oct
26

10 Questions Raised By The Video For Another Bad Creation’s “Iesha” Upon Re-Examination in the Year 2007

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIiDFPlx6Ig Thanks to Heather “I Am Fuel You Are Friends” for reminding me that this song existed. 10. Did Dallas Austin just use the same drum pattern on every song he ever produced? I’m pretty sure that this is the exact same loop as TLC’s “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg” which would make it the… Continue reading »

Sep
05

10 Questions Raised By The Video For Positive K’s "I Got a Man" Upon Re-Examination in the Year 2007

1. Is Positive K wearing Joseph’s actual “amazing technicolor dreamcoat?” 2. Is chasing orange spandex suit-wearing women up a flight of stairs evidence of a serious psychological disturbance, or is it completely justifiable behavior? 3. Is Positive K’s ability to rap as both the man and the woman in the song one of the most… Continue reading »

Jul
16

Obvious Revelations Gleaned From N2 Deep’s "Back to the Hotel"

Last Thursday, prior to watching Dr. Dog tear the roof off the Echo, the band did something that forever earned them my eternal respect: choosing N2 Deep’s “Back to the Hotel” as their intro music. Utilizing the famous Lafeyette Afro Band/”Show ‘Em Whatcha Got” sax riff, “Back to the Hotel” beat Wreckx N’ Effect’s “Rumpshaker”… Continue reading »

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