Cute or Creepy?

The Legendary Roots Crew premiered the title track from their new album, How I Got Over, on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. It’s a very dope track if you ask me, cool James Brown vibe and if you caught Tariq’s live rendition of Curtis Mayfield’s ‘Move On Up‘ anywhere last year, his decent singing chops won’t come as too much of a surprise. Too bad nobody from the Def Jam offices noticed.

The Daily Show’s Jason Jones spent a week in Iran prior to the election fallout. In his last report he interviews Persian MC Hichkas and proceeds to drop some lines himself, over production by Tanya Morgan. The previous reports were all satirical while simultaneously insightful in typical Daily Show fashion but the ending of this one even turns out moving in the light of recent events. Give it a few minutes of your time.

And by “wild out” I mean Mary actually said whatever the fuck she wanted to say about Auto-Tune, Jay-Z’s “D.O.A.,” Drake’s buzz, etc. It’s sad when you have to go to a “special” radio station to speak openly without fear of censorship, because the FCC has people believing that some 10-year old kid may be exposed to cuss words. Meanwhile, the same 10-year old can easily hop on the Internet and consume as much explicit content as he wants.

[Radio Planet TV]

Banksy = The greatest vandal ever.

J Smooth gives an intelligent take on the recent goings on of everyone’s favorite Sonic The Hedgehog-obsessed Harlem emcee and why Charles Hamilton is, well, Charles Hamilton.

[Raise a Freudian Slip to : Ill Doctrine]

I have no idea where my friend Andrew (no relations to Mr. Schweizer) finds these videos, but hats off to him for sending it over. Question is, where are her bones?

It took DJ Hero to get these two together to perform together again?

Most Americans already knew it, but this makes the recession official. You know there’s a recession when Electrik Red’s promotional strategy for their album, How To Be A Lady Vol. 1, includes streaking, harassing people on the streets while saying ladylike things like “Honk if you’re horny.”

Proceed for a 4-part video of their recession-proof promo tour.
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Remember when Kanye crashed American Idol to teach those youngsters how to really SANG?

Neither do I.

Well, here’s AI contestant Kris Allen with perhaps the boldest move in the history of the competition. Last night, Allen blessed America with a solid rendition of “Heartless,” sans the robot voice. This version makes Kanye’s version sound like practice session.

[Raise a bottle of Auto-Tune to: Adam]