I hope you have all been having a great week so far. Things have been pretty busy for me here. Let's catch up on a few things we may have missed....
Prefixmag recently made a list of their top 10 favorite musical guests from the 23 seasons of The Simpsons.
(here)
IGN takes a looks at some opportunities Nintendo had missed. (ign)
RoadRunner celebrates the beloved mascot for Megadeth - the history of Vic Rattlehead
What were the best and the worst Rap Alter-Ego albums ever? UnKut.com has an answer. (4/4)
New FCC rules could put an end to cellphone bill shock... (mashable)
Stan Lee is to be creating a new comic book series. (contactmusic)
And finally...
Watch: Beavis and Butthead creator Mike Judge discusses metal videos -- (metalunderground)
Yet another mix of things going on that you may or may not have heard about or seen.
"She Blinded Me With Science"
Thomas Dolby is set to release his first studio album in 20 years. (Mi2N)
Janet Jackson leaving the music industry behind? (zilla) Now, I could be considered a sort of still fan... but is it wrong to say that I really won't miss her based on recent endeavors?
Mary J Blige is set to play Nina Simone in an upcoming movie.... (spinner)
Here's a great article discussing concept albums... (stuff)
And lastly for now....
From over at the T.R.O.Y. blog here is a well written piece on ghostwriting.... (T.R.O.Y.1)
If you are like me you surf through the web a lot. You also stop at many blogs. With so many blogs and such little time to possibly hit all of your faves... so, I thought I would pick out some great posts of late on some of my favorite blogs to check out.
Unkut explores "The Importance of Being LL" - is he really always ignored when it comes to the history of hip-hop? (unkut)
bigMethod talks net neutrality.... (bigmethod)
Synthtopia demos the Bizzare Tonal Plexus Keyboard... (synthtopia)
At Love, Lust, and Life -a great post about a social network many love - "I'm In Love With Facebook."
And finally.... Oddee has posted ---- 15 Most Stupid Forehead Tattoos...
Enjoy!
Here are some things/items/people that I think need/deserve more exposure....
(full disclosure: no one put me up to this)
First off Ladies and Gents.... It is a must for every hip hop fan to click (here) and check out a hot remix of Big L's Put It On (Verge Remix)
Next up... more for the hip-hop fans.... check out VERSE*ALL and his website... get that mixtape as well. (site)
Do you like your hip hop blog to load quickly? To be clean and without all the clutter? Check these guys out:
The Hip Hop Chronicle UK
Steady Bloggin
Hip Hop Is Read
T.R.O.Y.
Feel free to leave a comment to show love to those mentioned in this post or any others you would like to share.
I am not going to be like some of those who are either angry that their blog didn't make it or what isn't on there or the ranking they are in....congrats to all of those who did make it on the list....my readers, this is one topic (due to certain reasons) I, for once shall remain silent. Vibe Magazine's Top 50 Blogs1. Nah Right 2. Kanye’s Blog 3. 2dopeboyz 4. Missinfo.tv 5. OnSmash 6. You Heard That New 7. Cocaine, Blunts & Hip Hop Tapes 8. Ill Doctrine 9. AllHipHop.com Rumors 10. RapRadar 11. Dajaz1.com 12. The Smoking Section 13. Fake Shore Drive 14. Get Right Music 15. World Star Hip Hop 16. Mixtape Monday 17. H.E.R 18. The Meaning Of Dope 19. The MegatronDon 20. The T.R.O.Y blog 21. The Rap Up 22. Beats and Rants 23. SOHH Blogs 24. Vladtv.com 25. Elitaste 26. KidCudi.com 27. Don’t Get Gassed 28. Kim Osorio’s Blog 29. Byron Crawford 30. Hip Hop Is Read 31. Fat Lace 32. Notes From a Different Kitchen 33. Nola Bounce 34. Rosenberg Radio 35. Xclusives Zone 36. DallasPenn.com 37. So Many Shrimp 38. Zilla Says 39. Unkut.com 40. Bust The Facts 41. Uggh,…Nice Watch 42. Maurice Garland 43. Slang Rap Democracy 44. Mista Jam’s Blogs 45. Metal Lungies 46. ThePressPlayShow 47. Prancehall,com 48. Straight Bangin’ 49. Passion of the Weiss 50. Twankie & Glisten
