Barbara Streisand.

Love the song.

Love the video.

Love the cameos.

Love duck sauce..."Mmmm...duck sauce *Homer Simpson drool*".

Oh and the other Duck Sauce....you know....those DJ guys....especially Armand....House for dayyysssss ;P

In related news, Barbara Streisand is now a robot.

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Two Hoodrats and One Road.....to musical hell

I had to do a post on the YouTube hit, 'It's So Cold in The D'.....long overdue but I already started writing it up a while ago lol!

OKAY...some hood looking chick from the D (Detroit, Michigan) released a tribute song about a friend who was murdered - you get the picture......the rest is viral history!!!

T-Baby 'It's So Cold in the D'

PROS

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  The fact that she was willing to embarass herself just to make this tribute song

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  The 90's vibe of the beat and the hand gestures/dances are all reminiscent of a, dare I say it, erm SWV/Aaliyah videee...oooo?? No?...Or was that just me who felt that? Moving on....

CONS

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  She can't even double up her OWN vocals in time?!?!Her adlibs and ev-er-y-thing are just all over the place.It sounds like two people trying to rap along to a Twista song at a karaoke night....but they are not in the same time zones.

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  Her shocking disregard for 1) her skin against THAT hair colour, 2) rhythm 3) English grammar ["It's so caaaaald in the D! How the $%*& do we s'pose to keep peace..."]  and 4) general decorum. Decorum, daaarling. Decorum. YES, your loved one died but do you have to swear so much?!?!? And stay IN TIME! The least you can do is let your friend rest in peace....I'd be turning in my grave if anyone EVER used my death as an excuse for this nonsense.

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  The backing dancers/homegirls look like they don't really care who died, [or who their babydaddy is]. They look bored or even slightly annoyed.... like the video took longer than expected and T-Baby was holding them back from their double date at Burger King.

Now, Shardinay.

Shardinay [SMH], Shardinay, Shardinay.

Suprisingly, some people in London STILL haven't seen this video!?!?! Which is crazy to believe seen as her video 'blew up' so quickly when it hit the net that she performed at a club in central London the following week! Even I was going to witness the wackness in full effect! THAT'S how big the Shardinay was in tha endz lol! When I first saw this video I refused to believe it was anything short of a parody video because it was so cringeworthy but as her horrible Mariah s-Carey vocals prove, she REALLY thinks she can sing?!?!

Shardinay ft Mani7esto 'Oh Boy'

PROS AND CONS [I had to combine the two because all the cons were pros and the pros were cons...lol!]

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  The first 'note' that escapes her mouth

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  The sudden tempo change of the beat is CLASSIC! It sounds like a really bad attempt to emulate an early Destiny's Child track or that the producer was inspired by someone emptying their dishwasher down a flight of stairs. Probably the latter.

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  The rapper Mani7esto's adlibs, weak verse and clothing. Both the Lonsdale and Ecko UNLTD brands are sooooooooo old skool that I bet even the bummiest of bums would find it hard to wear either brand on a cold winter's night. I can just imagine them faced with the dilemma...... "Lonsdale. Ecko. Or die......hmmm."

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  The fact that Mani7esto is spelt with a '7'

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  One of the YouTube comments about Shardinay: "She looks like Diddy Kong's Brother." OUCH.

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  Her 'choreographer' [HAHAHHAHAHA someone actually thought about these dance moves!!] is called Tipsey....the name speaks for itself...

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  The dancer on the left in the pink outfit is apparently pregnant! Now, I don't have stomach abs of steel, [I have healthy rings of jelly ;P] but still!!! Watch closely and judge for yourself....

I could go on all day about Shardinay but the YouTube comments do that for me! Me and the guys at work even made our own parody of the video and played the song at our store so you can imagine how much fun I have been making outta this....

"HHhooooOOOOOOOH BOYYYYYYYYYY!!! My singing's kinda weak....wait, wrong key..."

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You? Fantasy?.....No thanks, Bashy. I like Daydreams better.

I was going to write hundreds of posts today but I have just finished doing my hair and I've got 5hrs before I have to get up for work.


I haven't written much recently because it's all been in my head while I'm staring into the ceiling at work and floats away when I sit down to type! I have been doing full time hours for the past few weeks and .....erm ....WOW.....I am soooooooo GLAD I never signed a full time contract!!! Sleep deprivation, much? Someone ask me when I last watched EastEnders......I haven't watched my fave soap in.....ahem...a WEEK and a HALF!!!!!SHOCK HORROR....that's about 4hours catch up I have to do before over the next two days before the new episode on Monday!!!

I got loads to say but for now I gotta just talk about today....


I saw this video and instantly started laughing...I hate to do this because I don't think bashy is a bad artist but really.....WHAT THE HECK IS THIS!?!??!? His new music video for 'Fantasy' [which completely MURDERS one of my favourite 90's songs as a lil 'un, Baby D's 'Let Me Be Your Fantasy']  is straight up cheese on bread. The stills of the video on youtube made me laugh but I thought,' maybe they just caught it at a bad angle' ....

Hmmm.....


Then I watched the video [in silence because I was supposed to be working in the office].

After two minutes, I had to stop watching it......I was trying to hold in the laughter SO MUCH that I was literally sweating and losing my breath ....somehow the humour was heightened by the confused looks I was getting and it all became even more funny. Why was I finding this so funny....I know I find the humour in most cheaply made videos but this one actually had me questioning my juvenile behaviour.........is it because he is what we consider a 'rapper from the streets' all 'Castaway' and bare foot in the sand like some toddler at brighton beach? Is it because he is all washed up.....in both senses?? Or is it because his video looks like it's jacking this dude's steez.....

ALL I gotta say is.....how 'bout you GO COMPARE your life bruv!!!! When your music video starts to look like an insurance advert...it is .....a time to reflect.
 [And that,folks, is putting it nicely.....the sentence I wrote before REALLY boyed it....and I actually like what Bashy is doing with his life with his acting and that so I ain't gonna do him like that.....it was V.FUNNY though....].

It's now 4am....why am I still on this....now I have 4hrs worth of sleep to bang out....

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Wasted: Drake gets some dudes 'all shook up'...

I'm not hating, Drake is a good artist but I would not, I REPEAT, would not travel from NEW JERSEY to get to NEW YORK CITY to queue up at some crazy time in the early-bird-morning to have his man-of-the-moment ass sign my CD that has songs that I would have probably downloaded already because I am already a fan of Drake. This is EXACTLY what one super-fan did just to have Drake peer from under his eyebrows at him for a HOT second.....the dude then goes on to say Drake is 'A MIRACLE'....LOOOOL!!!!!!!! Watch the video below and listen out for the nonsense this Arab lookin' dude tryna pass himself off as Lloyd spews.....he is gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa............*breathe*...aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaassssssssssssssssed!!!!

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*DAAAAAYUUUUUMMMMMM that John-James guy on Big Brother will not stop talking about Rachel...if you say you HATE her with all your guts, why spend the whole day talking about how much you 'hate' her then find some reason to have some sort of telling off session with her telling her how she needs to stop being bitchy or you won't want to be friends with her....ERM...who are you again???? If one dude EVER tried to threaten me with his friendship demanding that I fix up even though HE is talking about me behind my back AND in front of me after living with me FIVE days in the BB house I would brush him off my shoulder like he's any stray hair......don't need it....I got more where that came from....

David Guetta x Bust-A-Mute

Last Saturday, I spent the whole day laughing with my workmates at random YouTube videos so I was in quite a giggly mood. So when me and Miss Sugarwild were walking past a TV screen [eating the best AND cheapest ice cream in central London] we stopped to laugh like maniacs at the David Guetta 'Memories' video. With tears streaming and ice cream dripping down our hands we stood outside the shop laughing like a pair of immature school kids without a care for the the tourists and scene dudes nearby.

We'd seen the video before - so why was it so funny to us this time...? Was my green pistachio ice cream spiked with something else of a green nature? No...it was because there was no sound....

David Guetta, single-handedly, maintains the notion that white people cannot dance. If you watch the 'Memories' video ON MUTE it really emphasises how fresh off the boat Guetta looks and dances as he tries to sponge off Kid Cudi's 'cool'[although Kid Cudi isn't that much of a dancer either].

My favourite parts are Guetta's sly look at Kid Cudi to make sure he didn't notice his weak attempt at the 'butterfly' @ 2:10 and the shoulder shrug skank @ 2:45

Before you watch, remember to BUST-A-MUTE!!!

NO SOUND=MORE FUN 

If Guetta ever gets hurt doing one of his killer moves, I'm sure this dude would be the best candidate for a stunt double....

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'Eccentric' is not even the word...

If you have never seen 'Eccentric's' American Idol audition, I urge you to watch this as it really is one of the BEST(WORST) auditions I have seen on A.I. along with that black dude that said, "...all my friends say that I sound like Brian Mcknight...." [he sounded more like Brian-t Gumble].

"I have fire equalling three men..."

"....I'm an athlete, I WILL get into acting as well I WILL get into modelling....and I will get into being an author...as well as a singersongwriterrapperchoreographerproducer and...composer

"I might be blowing up as Michael Jackson...maybe bigger..."

"I got 53 songs...when people listen to it they get tears....in their eyes....because they are so brilliant-brilliantly written..."


If anyone can watch and listen to the lyrics of his song, 'Sweetest Princess', WITHOUT laughing, you are an impressive being....

PROS
The played out bandana with the little point above his eyebrows...
The pretend microphone
"...I wanna jump out and start to fly..." [Jump out of where????]
"...to comfort me when I shed tears" [soft ass fruity ass sherbert ass nucca]
"...please come around so my heart can hear your sweet sweet sound..." [so what do we use our ears for...?]
"...fly with me through clouds through worlds with bright shine..." [
"Cruising in my coupe, my mind is made up I gotta find a girl to make my breath stop who can make my worl' drop..."

YouTube Comments

"He was deported from Armenia.....for singing"
"He sings like he has a gun pointed to his head"
"I think HE is tha sweetest princess"

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The Justin Bieber plan...

Even though I am absolutely terrified by the tsunami that is the Justin Bieber craze, if I was a 14-year old with no one to draw hearts around but some of the latest starlets to be spat out at me from the generic Disney/Twilight machines....I would probably fall for [or be tricked by] Bieber's cocky [illuminati] charm coz this video on YouTube's homepage ACTUALLY made me laugh a lil.... [that's what 'they' want...'they' want me to laugh...then buy...then laugh...then cry...then scream...then pull my hair out...cry some more...then chase his car after his concerts...then get knocked down 'accidentally'....they're out to get us!!!!!]

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New Music: TC 'Phone Shop'

Last year, Channel 4 showed a pilot episode of a new comedy, 'Phone Shop', that was so funny I literally forced my workmates to watch it - and they loved it too! The show is funny because it is so much like the phone shops in 'endz'. EVERYONE knows how a phone shop operates and we've all dealt with the stereotypical 'mandem dressed as lamb' sales assistants.

Back to the point.....

On the pilot episode, they used 'Where's My Money (Caspa Remix)' by Drum & Bass DJ/producer TC and as a thank you, TC made 'Phone Shop' using the best and most talked about part of the show.....where Jerwayne raps to a customer!!!

This song is actually the best thing I've heard in ages, you can just imagine some old skool MC saying: "...man needs a piece to check da gyaldem wid.." LOOOOOLLLLL!!!

TC phoneshop sound bite

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Shazam can do a lot but it can't solve this one...

Can somebody PLEASE watch the video below and tell me what song Will Smith is dancing to when he cuts in between Geoffery and Naomi Campbell - I have to have it!!![The scene is near the end of the video and the song appears when Bell Biv Devoe's 'Poison' fades out.]

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What do Buffy, Dawson Creek and Nicki Minaj have in common...

This is weird! I was talking about Michelle Trachenberg as Harriet the Spy at work the other day [she also played Buffy the Vampire Slayer's younger sister] and here she pops up outta the blue.....rapping [I KNOW?!?!]....the whole of a Nicki Minaj verse whilst that Van-der-sumthin dude who played Dawson in Dawson's Creek films her. I dunno but it looks like Minaj is definitely gaining a lot of press these days so I guess that's due to her haters....in my opinion, rap is going down the pop route so roll with it ....and yes I liked nicki before this pink hair stuff and the stupid voices...I still do

*Kara*was about to post the new Luda and Minaj video but is half asleep*byyyeeee*

Has this ever happened to you...?

Me neither...

WONGA any CAR.com ANY ANY ANY ANY

How ANNOYING is that Envirofone advert??? The script is tooooo cheesy and if this ad goes on any longer that 'WONGA' guy is tipped to be the nu-wave of the Rick Roll saga.

Oh! And that black guy at 0.20secs *kara grinds her teeth*. I. Can't. Stand. Him. I mean - CALM DOWN like....jam, innit!!! Why is he so hyped? Who gets so excited about the highly unlikely possiblity of sending off your brick phone and getting "MAYBE EVEN ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY POUNDS" back?? He so ecstatic that he sort of splutters his line with uncontainable[cringeworthy] glee. Losers. Apparently, Lacey Turner [Stacey Slater from Eastenders] sister is the girl wearing the blonde extensions and the pink velour tracksuit.....she sounds like Stacey....and if the camera were to zoom out, she's probably wearing Uggs like Stacey too.

However, sometimes annoying cheese becomes fun cheese....me and my lil bro have been sucked into singing this song EVERYTIME we hear it...now this radio/TV advert is dangerously catchy...

*Kara* Is still laughing about a friend's story that includes her mother being on national TV and the word 'Wongo'. LOL.....shockingly funny.

Yo yo yo yo yo...gentlemen...are you ready to get this party started?

I usually don't like the look of 1-D cartoons but the Life and Times of Tim is worth watching. The main character, Tim, is a lot like Michael Cera's characters in...well anything Michael Cera plays is always a bumbling, stuttering, nerd with a hint of dry wit so if you like him, you will probably like this.

Best Line: The excitable DJ - "Heat! Heat! Dance! Heat! Man! Meat! Dance!"

There is another funny clip but I can't find it at the moment [because...it's 5am and I am really really tired], in the meantime, something to compensate my lazy ass....

*I AM* TOOOOOO TIRED TO THINK!?!?!

"Fo' real doe...let's get dis real dough!"

When Jamie Foxx and Martin Lawrence dusted off those matted weaves to bring their famous characters, Wanda and Sheneneh, back to life I was very happy. I still laugh at this comedy short, 'Skank Robbers', which was made exclusively for the BET '09 awards...hopefully this film will be made into a reality....

Ed Hardy disease is spreading quicker than Babe[the pig]Flu

Michael Jackson is playing right now on the radio [Jackson 5 to be precise] and it reminded me of how fun my life is going to be from now on [I'm gonna say that in every post because I'm so happy uni is dun-dada!]. I will post it in here somehow....I'm trying to find a cuter way to put it in here rather than a big ol' youtube vid that will take up bare room so bare with my lateness on the technical tip. Yeah, so this pic of MJ was the only thing that brought a smile to my sadclown face during my deadline weeks........

MICHAEL JACKSON WEARING ED HARDY!!

This pic is soooo jokes on soooooo many levels:

1. You know how MJ always wanted to be 'Bad' [even though he rocked the lil S-curl and Revlon ColourStay lipstick harder than Little Richard] for some reason it was not very convincing was it......

Nah!
But after a lil photoshop [ahem *Microsoft Paint*] reworking..........this looks better right.......

The opening skit on this re-release should have Mike screamin' a few threats with the words [BAD MAN] echoing in between each sentence:

"Gyyyyeeeeaaaaaaa*JEEZY VOICE*Are you nuts cuzzy? Man-a-man's bad out 'ere [BAD MAN]....man's thriller - NOT trilla - Thriller bruv....dats da new one for '09 innit [BAD MAN]........I'll bang any man who try say man is not Dangerous....man's dangerous....smooth like criminal....[BAD MAN] I'll bang any man who brings up dat bankruptcy bizness no lie....true stories...."

[I always go too far don't I....]

2. The other thing I love is that MJ seems to have captured his hood essence and clasped it, menacingly, between his palms in true mandem style.......

3. The whole doo-rag under the cap thing has been remixed with his Hijab and trilby.....weird

4. He looks like he's about to rob me

5. This comment by another blogger sums this up nicely:
"...only Mike can wear an Ed Hardy jacket, security guard pants, church shoes and get away with it..."

I like silly...sometimes silly is good

I'm watching TV AND trying to do work [not a good combo right?] so my lengthy post about the past few days is on hold [as usual].

I saw this video and it cracked me up. Simple as [no time for my usual critique]

Put the issue of domestic abuse aside....most comedians joke about very sensitive issues that are offensive so please take that into consideration.

Domestic abuse = Bad

Silly parodies = Good

RIHANNA gets REVENGE on Chris Brown and BEATS HIS ASS!!!!!

The Mystery Woman in the Chris Brown Drama is......

HIS MANAGER!!!!

Yes, his 40 year-old manager, Tina Davis, has been named as the woman who sent him 'that' text message before Rhianna backhanded his lanky ass.

This isn't a shock to me, as there were previous rumours about the relationship between Chris Breezy and Davis a few years back. Erm, yes, these rumours were around the time he was SIXTEEN years old and she was...........OLD. Apparently, he was in 'love' with her but his mother, Joyce Hawkins, was not at all happy and wanted the whole thing to end before it got out in the media.

However, Brown and Davis denied the whole thing ever happened. I wonder what's going to happen now......if she is questioned in court, she will probably get done for statutory rape! She will probably lose her job managing the the pot of gold that is Chris Brown and humble herself listening to demos at her old Def Jam A&R job haha!

Read more on the story at MTV.com

[L-R: Davis, Brown and Tiny....I mean, Chris Brown's Mum ]

Just for the sake of it, here is a random video of some guy pretending to be Daddy Yankee prank calling Tina 'Cradle-snatching' Davis. I have a weakness for prank calls.....I haven't done one in a while actually....hmmmm...

This video is actually funny so listen to it all the way through to the end when he switches on her....

My favourite part: "Lemme talk to Usher.....F*** Chris Brown - that small time n***a", JOKES!

*I am* Hood and Laughing at Keri Hilson's stupidity.....don't EVER diss the force that is Beyonce

Magnificent. In...deed.

Obviously when Fiddy Cent and everybody started dissing Rick Ross 'Tha Bowss' (or Tha Officer lol) I laughed along with 'em....real HARD! We all like a good laugh don't we?! That being said, I never, NEVER, took Fiddy's side, his lyrics are bogus. Anyway, considering Killa Cam finished their beef with one word (CURRRTISSSS!) he blatantly isn't that good at making good comebacks either so he's basically just some guy who makes money and talks about it whilst his minions lick his bum-bum. [Sorry, I know I always write lame longness about 50 Cent but I am going somewhere with this!]. This random guy does a better Rick-diss video, looking like he out-grew his Village People outfit, [best bits: "I'm trilllaaaaaaa....Bowss...BOWSS!"].

So, Rick Ross has been a little silent, hasn't he? Did Fiddy's bullying get the better of him? Is Rick Rowss lowsst [that was supposed to rhyme but urm...]? Well, in my opinion, he's been away making bangers! Bangers, I tells ya!! Working with the J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, the producers behind the smoothness that was 'Maybach Music', Officer Ross and John Legend bring us the magnificent sounds of 'Magnificent'. I love the production on this track with a passion! You may criticise Officer Ricky but you cannot deny that both his gravelly flow and Legend's, equally, throaty wails work well. I won't go into technicalities [I will save that for my beatmaking friends who cannot hang up on me muahaha] but the beat is softly hard! Also, from what I have seen on a few forums I roam, it is not only I who is lusting after the crisp production of 'Magnificent' so I know your ears will enjoy this musical snickers bar.

If that doesn't convince you, whilst listening to 'Magnificent' for the millionth time today, I took on Tha Bowss-type attitude, marched over to some dudes in the uni library and told them to turn their music down because it was louder than mine. Sorry, but it had to be done.

However, the only negative I have about this song is I didn't hear 'WE THA BESSSS'....so much sincerity, in three short words *shakes head in remembrance*.

P.S. Play loud.

P.S.S. [invented because girls never shut up]

I watched this video of Tha Bowss playing 'Magnificent' to Daz Dillinger in the studio and my first thought was he is wayyyyy too comfortable. Shirtless, as usual, in a leather officer chair (clammy+leather=bad combo). Then he has the cheek to hover is ashtray over the mixing desk??? Nah bruv! He might as well be eating KFC off his stomach whilst shaving his armpits too....

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