Homemade soap-opera? Good job, Chris Milk.

This fun video is part of Converse’s Centennial celebration to mark 100 years in the footwear business. Wow, they’ve been around that long?

I’m also surprised that N.E.R.D. and Santogold hadn’t worked together before now. Then again, we all know how much Santogold loves hip-hop.

See also:
Santogold - “L.E.S. Artistes” (Video)
N.E.R.D. - “Everyone Nose” (Video)
N.E.R.D.’s Seeing Sounds Delivers on Its Promise

I’m rocking with Ryan Leslie not just because of his innate musical talent, but because he had the guts to tell his parents he’d like to be a musician after a $120,000 Harvard College education.

Ryan Leslie’s self-titled album drops on August 26.

Prince “Creep” performance at Coachella

Not hip-hop related, but this adds an interesting twist to the digital copyrights debate.

The story goes that Prince covered Radiohead’s hit song “Creep” at Coachella to the amusement of many. This being the Internet age, a video of Prince’s performance soon flooded YouTube. But when Radiohead members rushed to YouTube for a peek they were met with that annoying “video no longer available” message, seeing as Prince’s label NPG had blocked it.

According to the Associated Press, Thom Yorke was surprised that Prince had blocked a video of their song: “Really? He’s blocked it? Surely we should block it. Hang on a moment. Well, tell him to unblock it. It’s our … song.” NPG’s argument that the video of Prince performing a Radiohead song, which was shot by a fan, had violated copyright laws makes you wonder who was doing the violating. Was Prince trying to take credit for adding his own touch to the song? Or was he trying to avoid any legal dust-off with Radiohead by deleting the videos?

When Yorke was finally able to see Prince’s “Creep” cover he found it “hilarious.” I didn’t. Prince’s version does nothing for me. He didn’t enhance the song in anyway. But that’s OK, he’s still a legend in my eyes.

Official video for David Banner’s “Get Like Me” (ft Chris Brown)

I often find myself singing this while doing general cleaning around the crib.

I saw this clip in my inbox a couple days ago and skipped it thinking it was one of those stan-ish “Vote for Obama or I’ll kidnap your babies” type songs. I was wrong. Ti$a (of Sa-Ra fame) turns the seriousness of will.i.am’s “Yes We Can” on its head, opting for a giddy, fun chant instead. Simply amazing.

Suddenly I feel like rollerskating.

A clip of Three-Six-Mafia on Numb3rs. Too violent for my taste.

[Props to The Chamber Group]

Featuring Plies and Dre (from Cool-N-Dre)

He doesn’t mention Boo Boo by name, but you know Joey probably had his nemesis in mind while shooting this video. He even cherry-picked the guests to include people who’ve had issues with the G-Unit camp: Wayne, Khaled. Funny thing is, he’s better off making an argument based on skills rather than bragging about fake bills. 50 is notorious for calling out MCs that are significantly better on the mic — Sticky Fingaz, Jadakiss, Nas, Joe, etc — but he’s always come out unscathed for reasons other than emceeing.