Thursday, April 26, 2007

Rhianna - Umbrella ft. Jay Z

Right now Rhianna over Beyonce any day...

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Hip Hop under the kosh...

First it was the fallout from the Don Imus 'nappy headed hoes' comment now it’s the 'stop snitchin' theology. If you haven't already heard hip hop has been getting a lot of flack, and with that a lot of airtime, in the u.s recently.

Last week Russell Simmons led a hip hop panel including Common, Kevin Liles and Dr. Benjamin Chavis (president of the Hip-Hop Summit Network) on Oprah to discuss the use of sexist and misogynistic language in hip hop - or more like get berated by black women who just 'ain't gonna take this shit no more.'



Now Russell is calling on the hip hop industry to ban three words from the mainstream media: n****s, h**s & b*****s. And there's me thinking these words were already banned from radio edits.

Then earlier this week Cam'ron appeared on a CNN show called 60 minutes which was looking at the affect rap's 'stop snitchin' campaign has had on crime in urban communities.

When you wanna portray the worse in hip hop you can always rely on Cam...

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What’s funny is that Cam got great promotion in the show; further demonstrating how all this negative stuff is good for business. Anyway who made these guys the rule makers? What has to be stressed to the kids is that these guys will say anything to get that money... its strictly business. They're millionaires. Like 50 said it’s a different financial space, you have to have a different mind-state, they're just acting ghetto to maintain their income.

Don't believe me - look at what happened with the Diddy and Shine case. Diddy took the stand and he's out getting more money than ever before and he's still running the city. Shine felt he would be betraying his principles by getting on the stand; so he didn't and the last time we saw him was when mtv did that interview with him from his jail cell but at least he always gets shouts on tracks hey...

***In case you got the wrong idea: Coffee does not encourage snitchin of any kind***lol

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

lyrics for lyrics cooome!!

This is for Money. He thinks Cassidy will have Murda Mook... yeah right!!! Go put a beat on Money!! lol...





EASY!!!

And I'm putting up every video Junior Reid features in cause he's repping the flag...

Mims - This Why I'm Hot (Blackout Remix) ft Junior Reid & Cham

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Nigeria's Next Top Model



Don't get excited it's not a tv show it's an event and it's in London. I came across this in the blogosphere and it was pitched as a reality tv show like America's Next Top Model but after some digging I learned it was an event. Taking place at the Great Assembly Hall, Hammersmith on friday 27th April the event will follow the same format as the tv show and the winner will become Nigeria's Next Top Model. How that works when all the contestants are based over here I don't know. But anyway it looks interesting, for more info you can check www.nigerianexttopmodel.com.



Monday, April 16, 2007

London Underground

My friend told me about this clip a while ago but I've only now just seen it and I had to share it.

Some guy skis down the escalators in Angel station, which the clip claims is the longest in Europe...



Crazy I know but there are some unanswered questions: What part of the escalator is the dude skiing on? (you have to call all extreme sport competitors 'dude') How does he stop himself when he gets to the bottom? And why didn't he get someone to record him as he was coming down? Wouldn't that have been a much better shot?

And on the point of the underground and being late on things... on the 4th April more than 4,000 clubbers converged on Victoria station to participate in a flash mob stunt.

The trend which kicked off in America in 2003 uses the internet to bring large groups of people together in a single place to perform a bizarre act before disappearing.

On that day the crowd gathered at Victoria station with mp3 players in hand and aim to dance the night away. At a set time (6.53pm of all odd times) the revellers began to dance silently but wildly to their own music...





These events are unofficial and set up on the net through e-bulletins so commuters on their way home had to fight their way through the crowds to get to their platforms. The rave went on for about two hours until police came to disperse the crowds.

I need to get on their mailing list... I wanna know when the next event is so I can go down and do the same ol' two step with a lil twist.

Saturday, April 14, 2007

I can't sing...

but if I could I would sing my issshhh... and this what I would say...


Bobby Valentino ft Timbaland - Anonymous

Thursday, April 12, 2007

Free at Last

To mark the bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade the notorious slave ship The Zong sailed back up the Thames and into London, mooring at Tower pier. The ship, a replica of the 18th century wooden rigger, was in London to form part of an exhibition exploring the history and legacy of the European slave trade. The original ship was at the centre of an infamous court case in 1783 after 133 slaves were thrown overboard in what was an insurance scam.



The exhibition named 'Free at Last' ran from the 30th March to the 9th April and I managed to be one of the many that visited it.



On board the ship what surprises you first is how small the hold is. The ship has a capacity of around 200 and would often go out carrying over 400 slaves; all packed in an area barely the size of an average single room. Standing in the hold looking at the diagram of how the slaves were contained gave life to the expression 'packed like sardines.'



And then there's the chains placed around their necks, arms and legs: they were heavy as hell!!! Had to be at least 15kg and were a dead ringer for the gold ropes and diamond encrusted pieces of today.



The exhibition was both informative and daunting. Did you know that an estimated 27 million people are in slavery today? Even though only a replica the ship's affect is very real. It would be great to have it as a permanent fixture in London as the group is campaigning for: CLICK TO SIGN PETITION



Maybe we need a black superhero... what about the militant black guy???


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Sunday, April 8, 2007

Happy Easter!!!

I know it's late but I've been out working for the Easter bunny all day... no really, I've been out making sure all the kids up and down the country had their Easter eggs...



If you've seen the bunny racing up and down your street and tried to explain it to your mates but only succeeded in convincing them that you've been at the wacky backy too much then here's the proof... It exists and I've been driving it for the last couple of weeks...


And that's the money shot!!

Thursday, April 5, 2007

HOTT NEW VIDEOS

Some videos we might not see in the rainy country for a while...

Firstly, just for jokes, 50 Cent pushes some model into a pool in the new series of America's Next Top Model...



Trey Songz - Wonder Woman... first single from forthcoming album 'Trey Day'... and it's worth the 3mins 30secs to see who the wonder woman is (don't cheat)...



DJ Khaled - We Takin' Over ft. Akon, T.I, Rick Ross, Fat Joe, Baby & Lil Wayne... cars speeding away in reverse, speed boats and Junior Reed waving the Ghana flag: IT'S A LOT... and if you want Lil Wayne you have to have Baby, don't ask me why...



Sincere - Reppin London ft. D Double E and Scorcher... IT'S A LOT... the game needs more tracks like this, with the best in grime and hip hop on the same wavelength

Monday, April 2, 2007

Wrestlemania 23

Last night I was really tempted to phone sky box office and order Wrestlemania 23, actually I would have ordered it if my funds would have allowed it. I've not watched wrestling in ages but it was on sky sports the other day and I happened to catch a preview. Undertaker is one of the headliners for the event and it was showing some of his classic footage, the guy is 14 - 0 in wrestlemania bouts, and all the magic came flooding back.

It was vintage Undertaker, the stuff that used to make my little brother leave the room whenever he heard that bell chime.

I think this years Wrestlemania was quite special as Wrestlemanias of late go. I hadn't seen so much advertising and promotion for a wrestling event since I stopped following it plus Donald Trump was mixing it with Vince McMahon in the run up so it had to be something.

But saying that, watching some of the 'road to wrestlemania' shows reminded me why I stopped watching it in the first place; apart from growing up its lost all its magic. The crazy costumes are gone instead they're just wearing pants and the ladies are hardly wearing anything; there's too much talking outside the ring and too many belts; there's no more average guys you can relate to, all the wrestlers look like steroid junkies now; and there's no more epic moments...



And before Take That and the Spice Girls parted company there was one split in the wrestling world that broke more young hearts than anything else...

watch this space...

On Saturday night I was at The Roundhouse in Camden to see a live music showcase of young talent.

The event was an end of term show put on by youngsters enrolled in the theatre's creative skills and artistic ideas courses.

Coffeeflowoddly intern/researcher/my little cousin Rosalyn took the stage as part of Roundhouse's dynamic urban choir Volume Voices...


she's the one looking at the camera while everyone's getting on with the performance... FLY GIRL ENT... WE ALL WE GOT!!!


Volume Voices ladies and gentlemen

Stand out performance of the night was newly formed band Fleet Street, they brought the house down with a mix of rock and soul. I'm telling you watch out for this group, I'm still singing their track up until now.

I caught some of their performance on my digi cam so check it out for yourself...



You can check them out at www.myspace.com/fleetstreetuk

You can find out what The Roundhouse offers at www.roundhouse.org.uk