http://therapup.uproxx.com Hip-Hop on the Highest Level Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:04:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today's my birthday. I think it's the first time my birthday has landed on a Friday. Which birthday activity do you recommend? Go on a Vodka binge Go see Body of Lies Play NBA 2K9 all day Go moose hunting (*Palin wink*) http://therapup.uproxx.com/2008/10/go-rizoh-its-your-birthday-2.html Wale - "5 Minutes" (feat. Skyzoo) Wale and Skyzoo team up once again to brag about their floetry. They should have named this "Lyrically Inclined Part 2." http://therapup.uproxx.com/2008/10/wale-5-minutes-feat-skyzoo.html >>KRS-One: "You cannot be rich and continue to produce raw records" [Ill Community] >>Up for sale: 35 year collection of Top 100 45 rpm records [Noise Addicts] >>GLC's "I Ain't Even on Yet" music video [Fake Shore Drive] >>Devin the Dude hops inside the DJ Booth [DJBooth.net] >>Naughty By Nature Reunite For New Album ... http://therapup.uproxx.com/2008/10/cuban-linx-october-10-2008.html So I finally got a chance to test-drive Beats by Dre at Best Buy earlier today and I have to say, the whole thing is ass backwards. You should've seen the face of a Best Buy associate when he saw me scribbling in my notepad. To be fair, the sound ... http://therapup.uproxx.com/2008/10/beats-by-dre-is-a-rip-off.html >>New class combines yoga and hip-hop [Calgary Herald] >>YouTube To Sell Music, Games In Revenue Push [Billboard] >>BET Hip-Hop Awards lineup of performers revealed [Eurweb] >>Lil Jon signs multi-faceted deal with Universal Republic [Prohiphop] >>Lil' Wayne & The Roots perform "A Milli" live [Boo Goo Doo Boom] >>"Day n' Nite (Remix)" ft. Jim Jones ... http://therapup.uproxx.com/2008/10/cuban-linx-october-9-2008.html Really? Nas?? What happened, Nasir? How do you go from artistic videos like "It Ain't Hard to Tell" and "One Mic" to this garbage? http://therapup.uproxx.com/2008/10/nas-the-world-go-round-music-video-fgame-cb.html As "Can It Be" exemplifies, Murs' album is filled with utilitarian solutions, not daydreamed ideals, about hip-hop and life in general. And I love it. http://therapup.uproxx.com/2008/10/murs-can-it-be-music-video.html Here's the trailer for that ghetto mess Boo Boo has been passing off as a movie. He figured that by naming so-called movie after his new album, Before I Self Destruct, he could confuse a handful of G-Unit stans into buying one or the other. http://therapup.uproxx.com/2008/10/before-i-self-destruct-trailer-starring-50-cent.html whatever-you-like1 Weird Al Yankovic - "Whatever You Like" (T.I. Parody) Music comedy genius Weird Al Yankovic has added T.I.'s "Whatever You Like," which happens to be sitting atop Billboard Hot 100 as we speak, to his long list of parodies. Al says he whipped this one up in a hurry, but it ... http://therapup.uproxx.com/2008/10/weird-al-yankovic-whatever-you-like-ti-parody.html >>Beyonce's new jawn is called "Put a Ring on It." Go figure [zshare] >>John McCain refuses to shake Obama's hand after debate [YouTube] >>Paper Trail is #1 due, in part, to T.I. being as omnipresent as possible [Prohiphop] >> PSL: Politics As A Second Language [Smoking Section] >>Officer Ross tells us what we already ... http://therapup.uproxx.com/2008/10/cuban-linx-october-8-2008.html