Tag: RAP

Vladimir Putin is none too pleased with a YouTube video celebrating the glamorous lifestyles of Russia's government employees. As Reuters reports, the faux rap video was created by a group of customs officers and features many of the luxuries you'd expect most oligarchs to enjoy: champagne, expensive cars, and topless women. "You can't even imagine how the customs officials have fun," the ...

Unlike some other aging gangsta rap icons, Snoop Dogg continues to prove himself both a prolific musician and a complacent corporate shill. (We're thinking of his recent collaborations with the TV show 'True Blood' and fembot Katy Perry, and even his contribution as a celebrity voice for TomTom GPS -- "Turn rizzle at the next intersizzle"?) And now Norton, the global computer security giant, is ...

Hip hop historians will be delighted by The Rap Map, an interactive Google Map that plots the geographic origins of rap lyrics -- from NYC and Atlanta to Chicago and LA. From Cam'ron, 'Bout It Bout It,' referencing East Harlem's Taft housing projects: "Then if you walking through Foster and Taft / Flossing that cash then gangstas put the torch to your ass." ...

Environmentalism has a new face, and his name is J Brave. Instead of penning an ode to his gas-guzzling Escalade or Hummer, Brave, you see, decided to wax poetic about the luxuries of "Dippin' in My Tesla." Much to our delight, "helpin' the planet" while "feelin' real sporty" in your electric car is, apparently, well within the Code of Thug Life. The song itself is awesomely awful (dare we even ...

Hip-hop and video game marriages don't typically enjoy commercial success or longevity. While rap definitely tends to be underutilized in video games, occasionally a hip-hop artist will create a geeky masterpiece that gives hope to those hip-hop-loving gamers among us. Even though its name may not be particularly inspiring or intimidating, the group Team Teamwork is developing a reputation for ...

Activision plans to release 'DJ Hero' (the hip-hop answer to 'Guitar Hero') this October. Until then, rap loving gamers have a very limited selection of titles with which to fulfill their needs of fresh rhymes and thumping beats. As a painful reminder of rap's treacherous and horrible video game history, Street Level has assembled seven 'Stupid Rap Video Games.' The list is overwhelmingly bad, ...

There's a great debate going on in popular music, and it centers on a software program called 'Auto-Tune.' Its name might not sound familiar, but if you've turned on the radio lately, you've heard it used. From country artists like Faith Hill to rap artists like T-Pain, musicians are using 'Auto-Tune' to change the pitch of their vocals, thus adding a robotic effect to the sound of their already ...

FreeCreditReport.com -- you know, that Web site with the obnoxious commercial jingles about the unfortunate consequences of identity theft -- is preparing to launch an even more annoying series of commercials featuring Ed McMahon rapping about his financial woes. The clips will be circulated as viral videos on sites such as YouTube, and will feature the former 'Tonight Show' sidekick in track ...

You might not always think of your favorite hip-hop stars as huge video game geeks, but many (if not most) are. Rappers love their videos games. Need proof? Check out this list from Video Game Examiner of the top 10 hip-hop songs that sample video games. Sure, not all are as geeky as the import video-game referencing Del tha Funky Homosapien or the 'Mega Man' sampling, nerd-core (a hip-hop ...