Rare video of Biggie freestyling where it all began…on the street corners of Bed-Stuy.

And of course….some classics.

This is really cool. The first-ever film version of Lewis’ Carroll’s tale, Alice in Wonderland, has been recently restored and it’s amazing to see how advanced the film was just 8 years after the medium was even created.

Directed by Cecil Hepworth, the film originally had a run-time of 12 minutes, the longest film produced at that time, and starred his wife as the Red Queen, himself as the Frog Footman and the family cat as the Cheshire Cat.

I posted the new song “Stylo” by the Gorillaz back here, and today they dropped the music video for the song. I really love the Gorillaz and am really amped for the release of their upcoming album. This video is dope. Check it out (and yes, that is a cameo by Bruce Willis):

I have recently been hearing about this new social site called “Chatroulette“. Immediately my reaction was “Ugh, another one?!”. But I have to admit, this one puts a different spin on the whole concept of social networking. Basically, this site – created by a 17-year old Russian programmer – connects users from all over the world via webcam. Visiting the site itself  is very straightforward. You just click PLAY to start. Suddenly you are arbitrarily connected to someone else who is also “playing”. If this person interests you, you can choose to interact with them via text or voice…if not, then you can click ‘next’ and be connected to the next person at random. According to an article in NY Mag titled “The Human Shuffle”, people use this method for any number of different reasons:

“Early ChatRoulette users traded anecdotes on comment boards with the eerie intensity of shipwreck survivors, both excited and freaked out by what they’d seen. There was a man who wore a deer head and opened every conversation with “What up DOE!?” A guy from Sweden was reportedly speed-drawing strangers’ portraits. Someone with a guitar was improvising songs for anyone who’d give him a topic. One man popped up on people’s screens in the act of fornicating with a head of lettuce. Others dressed like ninjas, tried to persuade women to expose themselves, and played spontaneous transcontinental games of Connect Four. Occasionally, people even made nonvirtual connections: One punk-music blogger met a group of people from Michigan who ended up driving eleven hours to crash at his house for a concert in New York.”

The video below may be able to help better explain this growing phenomenom:

As you probably have guessed from this post, this one and this one…I am SUPER excited about Tim Burton’s upcoming release of Alice in Wonderland. Yesterday I saw the best trailer I have seen thus far, and I just had to share. So souped!!

The video for Kanye’s “Coldest Winter”, off his album “808’s & Heartbreaks” has just been released. Check it:

My extremely funny (and often times inappropriate) friend Payman recently directed this Avatar spoof, aptly titled “Bavatar”. If you like babies (or hate them) this one is a must-see! If you dig this, be sure to check out more from Payman and his team “The Midnight Show” right….HERE!

*Please note that no real babies were harmed during this production.

Mayer Hawthorne, according to Wikipedia, is “singer, producer, songwriter, arranger, audio engineer, DJ, rapper, and multi-instrumentalist.” Basically stating that this man does it all. Originally hailing from Ann Arbor, MI, Hawthorne’s sound is so soulful that it’s hard to imagine this voice belongs to a 29 year-old white boy from the Mid-West. While “Maybe So, Maybe No” is a more youthful turn for Mayer, “When I said Goodbye” is a track that could have easily been recorded back in the 50’s. Consequently, he states his influences as Curtis Mayfield, Barry White, Isaac Hayes and Smokey Robinson just to name a few.

I am really digging this guy’s vibe. Take a listen for yourselves:

[For my Cali heads, the video below is an homage of sorts to Venice Beach. If you frequent it like I do, you will notice some familiar faces that are staples there.]

I’m a big fan of these two as a musical team. “Cry Me a River”, “Sexyback” and now here is the video for their latest venture together “Carry Out”. I love Timbo’s beats and his flavor but honestly, there is one thing missing from this track…Nelly Furtado. Female vocals would have given this that extra boost that I think it’s missing. Still catchy though, check it:

For those of you who are not up on Theophilus London (real name), he is a Brooklynite that has managed to fuse hip-hop, electronica and indie-pop sounds into one successful mash-up. His newest mixtape “This Charming Mixtape” (proceeded by 2008’s JAM!) blends futuristic spaced out sounds with a minimalistic approach. Many critics are comparing him to Kid Cudi, but honestly, I think Theophilus’ style is way more original and harder to categorize.

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