We Still Haven’t Gotten Over: Alex Wong and Twitch’s Hip Hop Routine
I, like millions of other SoYouThinkYouCanDance-o-philes, crunked out and spazzed after watching Alex Wong and Twitch’s hip hop routine from last week’s show: alex 9 @ Yahoo! Video It has, indeed, reached legendary status — mainly because I have watched it about 20 times and I am on my way to learning the routine in...
More Stories From SXSW: My Oblivious Run-in With Estelle
Picture this: It’s March 2010. I’m in Austin; attending the South by Southwest music festival. I am just standing on the staircase at the entrance of The Ranch, a club on West 6th Street. Waiting for Talib Kweli and Estelle to perform. As I stand there with a vacant smile, a woman walking up the...
Have you seen Erykah Badu’s New Video For ‘Window Seat’?
Erykah Badu’s vid for her new single “Window Seat” (off her new album, New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh) – out in stores March 30) is a single shot grainy cinema verite perspective of the “Bag Lady” diva trotting down a street in Dallas and peeling off articles of clothing. For some reason,...
Fist Pumping to Lyrics Born and Joyo Velarde at SXSW
South by Southwest is one of the most prominent indie music extravaganza in the nation – maybe even the world. Actually, Austin is considered “The Live Music Capital of the World” so the latter is probably more accurate. Having lived there before, I do miss the easy access to live music, so going back to...
SXSW Adventures: Talib Kweli Goes A capella
At Digiwaxx’s SXSW event “The Blast” at The Ranch, Talib Kweli, as expected, tore it up – but when the venue shut the sound off, he just kept on going like a no one’s business:
Jay-Z knows his fashion labels
Wasn’t it funny how Lil Mama made a fool of herself on Sunday night when she had the bright idea to hop on stage while Jay-Z and Alicia Keys at the VMAs? With that out of the way, I have been dissecting his latest tune, “Run This Town” featuring Rihanna and Kanye “I keep on...
Workout song of the week: Keri Hilson’s ‘Turnin’ me On’
This hot joint has been on repeat when I am pumpin’ iron and lookin’ like a sweaty mess at the gymnasia. I am so tempted to C-walk on the treadmill whilst listening to it. Zaid says it is not C-walk worthy, but I think it might be appropriate for a smoother and calmer C-walk. Thoughts?...
