Lil Wayne and Eminem Are A Riot In “Drop The World” Vid
Lucky for Lil Wayne, he was able to stay out of jail long enough to watch his latest video “Drop The World” premiere. The Chris Robinson-directed clip features a gloomy, hate-filled city overtaken by rioting—and Wayne’s and Eminem’s smoldering verses. It’s as angry, violent and dark as you’d expect from a guy about to be put in prison for a year (which makes it all the more surprising that his tweets flow like romantic Shakespearean sonnets). Watch the sinister “Drop The World” below.
Lil Wayne feat. Eminem – “Drop The World”
Although this version of the vid is censored, it’s nothing compared to the Grammy performance of the song, which consisted mainly of silences broken up by prepositions.
If you’re a fan of Weezy’s dark side in this vid, you’re in luck—the rapper has several more in the pipeline.
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VIDEO: Randy Newman, Oscar’s Most Nominatedest Guy
Hello, Newman. Randy Newman’s music isn’t blaring out of our car speakers, and we haven’t rocked out to one of his songs while listening to our iPods at the gym. But when it comes to writing the ditties that catch the ear of the Oscars, nobody — and we mean nobody — comes close to this New Orleans-bred songwriting legend. That’s right, between Best Original Score and Best Original Song, this guy has earned himself 16 nominations in the last 20 years. Take that, Three 6 Mafia! Despite all his nominations, Randy has only taken home one golden statue. The Academy might disagree, but we think he’s at least worthy of his own video gallery. After the jump revisit some of Randy’s most memorable original songs from movies like Toy Story, Meet The Parents, Parenthood, Babe and decide for yourself just what makes Randy so Oscar-nominatable.
“I Love To See You Smile” – Parenthood – 1990
“You Got A Friend in Me” – Toy Story – 1996
Slash recruits vocalist A-team for solo project (Reuters)
Reuters – As a former member of Guns N’ Roses and Velvet Revolver, Slash knows more than most musicians about what he calls “band drama.”
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Met premieres Shostakovich’s absurdist ‘The Nose’ (AP)
AP – Dmitri Shostakovich composed his first opera, “The Nose,” more than 80 years ago and based it on a short story written nearly a century before that.
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Live review: The Bird & the Bee tackle Hall & Oates at the El Rey
The Bird and the Bee, a jazzy local synth-pop duo, has a fantastic single (with an unprintable title) imploring a hesitant beau to be a real boyfriend already. It’s a sassy chastening of a noncommittal dudes. But when vocalist Inara George sings it while very clearly pregnant, as she did at the sold-out El Rey Theatre on Friday, the tune has an even blacker sense of humor.
“This song has more meaning when I’m like this,” George said, pointing to her stomach to room-wide chuckling. Her husband, the director Jake Kasdan, may have protested that he made it official a long time ago. But it was one of many arched-eyebrow moments in a set of smart, fluffy pop made by two talents not taking themselves at all too seriously.
Case in point: Later this month, the band (its core members are George and producer Greg Kurstin) will release “Interpreting the Masters Volume 1: A Tribute To Daryl Hall And John Oates,” a deliciously titled covers album of tunes from the duo that launched a thousand moustache and “yacht rock” jokes. But for The Bird and the Bee, the line between true love and having a lark is malleable.
The pair's El Rey set was heavy on Hall & Oates numbers, and while indie rock has long since resuscitated that band’s reputation as secret songwriting savants, George and Kurstin revealed them as crack arrangers as well. Kurstin’s an effortlessly gifted keyboardist, and alongside a sprawling backing band (featuring opener Juliette Commagere on very able guitar and vocal duties) the group dug deep into hits like “Kiss On My List” and “Heard It On The Radio” in ways that snide hipster peers couldn’t replicate.
Watch Joanna Newsom’s Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Debut, 2002 Music Video Cameo
First off, check out an abridged “Soft As Chalk” from the singer/songwriter’s ambitious new “triple” album Have One On Me. This aired on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon last night and I believe it Joanna’s US TV debut it marks her second American TV performance (see Kimmel ‘05). According to @UncleGrambo,SNL’s Fred Armisen, Akiva Schaffer, [...]
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