wise words from ab-soul on chance the rapper’s smoke again. this mixtape won’t let me be.
Twigs caught us by surprise last year with a series of songs and matching videos, sultry and progressive, all combined on an outstanding debut EP. Today the London-artist returns with a new song How’s That, for which she paired up with producer Arca - another brooding, challenging combination of vocals and beats.
who is this twigs and how can i be down with everything she’s doing? last year, i was a li’l bit obsessed with her song hide.
okay, this kid. chance the rapper. i’m four songs into his new mixtape acid rap and i’m a little bit in love. i developed a crush when i saw a video that he and hannibal buress made for his song “na na.”
i hear a direct line from the pharcyde to him, even though that connection might be more abstract than i’m thinking. there’s a very smart goofiness - ALL I LOOK FOR IN MY HIP HOP - and i’m feeling the sing-song-y flow. i can’t wait to have this blaring in my ears as i navigate my way through upcoming life changes.
(hmm. i know i said the pharcyde, but i’m guessing that somewhere pigeon john listening to this and cracking his knuckles in anger.)
Ciara - Body Party
my thoughts on this video as they happened:
1. ohhh-kay, i’m not sure about that blond hair.
2. so it turns out future is kind of cute! good on ya, ci-ci.
3. …
4. gawd-DAMN.
5. i hope niggas ain’t expectin’ THIS shit in the bedroom.
S/O to Shalewa for putting me on this video. This video leads me to so many questions.
***SPOILER ALERT READ AT YOUR OWN RISK***
Why does Bobby Brown have on Tights?
I know it is the 80’s but its kind of weird.
Are those four dudes suppose to be New Edition?
Shots fired with look-a-likes way before Dre Day.
Who was bigger at this point Bobby Brown or Cockroach?
Yes Cockroach (from the Cosby Show) makes a cameo which makes me wonder at this time who was the bigger star. Also, did Bobby get one upped by New Edition in the NE Heartbreak video by actually getting Theo.
rob has hit pretty much all of the important questions, but here is another one:
where is this apartment building with such oversized keyholes? seem like a serious security issue. also, how big are the actual keys? or do you just crawl in through the keyhole?
PLEASE NOTE: from now on, this is how you need to step to me in the club or the streets or whatever. all transactions are strictly business. my heart is tired. my emotions are ragged. just ask me point blank how many drinks does it take for me to make a questionable decision. i’m lonely and a lightweight, making me something of a bargain. but i’m also grown, meaning i’m out of your finely styled hair before sun up.
If you don’t know who Nile Rodgers is then google him. (He wrote the Soul Glow song)
mr. rob haze was born in the late 80’s. his point of reference for nile rodgers is not good times or le freak by the seminal 70’s band chic. it’s not even the work he did on madonna’s like a virgin album. his point of reference is the soul glow song from coming to america. and yet all of that means nothing, because a new generation is getting ready to know nile rodgers as the dude with the dreads in that daft punk video.
i’m just gonna throw a personal fave right here…
having a little church on a saturday morning.
what’s that? perform on national television? absolutely! let me just grab my best hockey jersey…
millie hit me with our quarterly love fest for shudder to think’s x-french tee shirt this morning.
as i watched it, i thought, “man, is the bass player wearing a henley shirt? that was his decision for onscreen clothing? at least nathan is wearing some god-awful loose leather pants like a struggling rock star.”
then i watched jawbox’s savory. look at the bass player, in her glittery shirt and CHILD’S HAIR BARRETTE. how adorably 90’s.
that’s how you got fancy for television, folks. your best barrette and the henley with the least amount of stains.
i can’t front. i walked around like janeane garofalo’s character in reality bites ALL THE TIME. vintage polyester dresses and lunchbox purses like it was my JOB.
