Archive for February 2019
Killer Mike Speaks On How Buying Black Benefits Society As A Whole (Video)
February 8, 2019
Mike calls Vlad a friend and vice versa. Wonder if he considers Vlad an ‘ally’ like his RTJ homie El-P. Gotta watch “Trigger Warning” to really get the fullness of the difference, but an ‘ally’ is down for the cause; way past friendship.
Killer Mike spoke to VladTV about working for ten years to get his new show “Trigger Warning” picked up before Netflix came along. He explained that FX was originally interested and allowed them to use the footage that they filmed for a demo roll to shop to other networks. During the conversation, Killer Mike spoke about the first episode, where he lived within a Black-owned economy for 60 hours, which he offered as a challenge to viewers. To hear more, including Killer Mike’s thoughts on why it should be easier to live in a Black economy.
– DJ Vlad
Posted in Activism, Hip-Hop, Interview, Series, Videos | 
Tags: DJ Vlad, djvlad, I Grew Up in a Reverse Gentrified Area, Killer Mike, Vlad, Vlad TV, VladTV | 
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Gangsters In Paradise (Documentary)
February 8, 2019
My dad was God… at least to me…and since I could not fight God, I’d fight everybody else.
Damn. That is the definition of f’d up AND a damn near perfect description of the condition that sets a gangster on his path in life. Wow. Another in-depth hard-hitting VICE doc, covering content you just won’t get anywhere else.
In Gangsters in Paradise – Deportees of Tonga, VICE embeds with four Tongan nationals who have been sent back to the tiny island nation where they were born after serving prison time in New Zealand and the United States. Former gang members, they often struggle to reconnect with the culture, the language, and the people.
– VICE
Interesting when you realize that Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson is half Tongan and half Black. He could have been all f’d up in the game. He still probably would feel some pain watching this. As should we all.
Posted in Film, Investigation, Travel, Videos | Tags: former gang members, gang culture, Gangs, Gangsters in Paradise, The Deportees of Tonga, Tonga, VICE | No Comments »
Comedian Godfrey Speaks On Terry Crews’ Social Media Battles & Black Women Constantly Being Disrespected (Video)
February 8, 2019
Reiterating the point DL made, Vlad hipped Godfrey to how Terry’s threat [to slap D.L. over year-old commentary on his being harassed & inappropriately touched by another male] might be a move to deflect some of the heat he has been getting for defending Gina Rodriguez’s character in light of comments she made that offended many Black women.
Terry Crews offering to slap DL Hughley, Godfrey stopped by VladTV again, and this time around he shared his thoughts on Terry Crews addressing “toxic masculinity,” where he called out D.L. Hughley for telling DJ Vlad that God gave him muscles for a reason when he was assaulted. Godfrey admitted that Terry seemed a little hypocritical for saying he should slap D.L. amid the argument. During the conversation, Godfrey also reacted to Terry defending actress Gina Rodriguez when she was accused of making statements to belittle Black women, which he later apologized for.
– DJ Vlad
‘Offering to slap D.L.…’ Kind of hilarious worded that way. Excuse me, but might you like to have the sh!t slapped out of you, Mr. Hughley? Haha!
Comedy: Honey, I Blew The Rent Money On Strippers (Video)
February 8, 2019
Shout to @TroyInLA for knowing his audience enough to include some BOMB AZZ Eye Candy with the funny. @JetDope and @EBella_SoFly are both #SexyAF and #FunnyAF at the same damn time!
– @ojones1
Posted in Comedy, Honeyz, Relationships, Videos | Tags: EBella_SoFly, I Blew The Rent Money On Strippers, JetDope, Troy in LA, TroyinLa | No Comments »
‘Method’ Acting: How Does Method Man Prepare To Play An Angry Character? He Googles Himself (Video)
February 8, 2019
Middle name: Tyrone. Yes, in Stephen T. Colbert, the ‘T’ is for ‘Tyrone’ (wow). Light & lively interview from the Iron Lung of the Wu, and current host of the ‘Drop The Mic’ series… Cliff Method Man.
How does ‘Drop the Mic’ host Method Man turn off ‘rapper mode’ when he goes out for acting auditions? He doesn’t.
– The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
– @ojones1
4-IZE – “Creep†(Freestyle) [Video]
February 7, 2019
Bahahaaa! “Creeping” for that ‘street meat’ out here, 4-IZE? I heard that. And I heard another dope freestyle. Check it out y’all.
– @ojones1
Posted in Hip-Hop, Performance, Videos | Tags: 4-Ize, Creep, Freestyle, Tony Hayes III | No Comments »
Locksmith – “Ghost” feat. Jarren Benton (Video)
February 7, 2019
Locksmith‘d and loaded. Letting off another hot shot from his “Ali” LP, this is the video for “Ghost” (featuring Jarren Benton).
– @ojones1
Crank Lucas – “If 21 Savage Was Actually British†(2019) [Video]
February 7, 2019
So 21 Savage was born a Brit, mate? Who knew?
Well, I’m sure plenty of fans knew. I’m just saying, back in the day Slick Rick rapped with a British-type accent to clue us in sort of. Nothing from Savage on that front… until now. Good luck to the young brother with his current immigration travails. No need to keep this Crank Lucas gem about it on ice though. Let this hilarity breathe, bloke!
– @ojones1
Gabrielle Union & Jessica Alba Are “L.A.’s Finest” (Series Trailer)
February 7, 2019
Interesting that this will be on Charter, a cable platform. Word on the Interwebs is that the pilot for this “Bad Boys” spinoff-for-TV series was passed on by NBC (which is owned by Comcast, a huge Charter competitor) first. Let’s see if ‘little bank’ can take from ‘big bank’ on this occasion.
Looks like a dope trailer, setting up ‘Syd’ (Gabrielle Union reprising her role as Martin Lawrence’s character’s sister from “Bad Boys II”) as the centerpiece for some good storytelling on the small screen.
From the universe of the Jerry Bruckheimer/Michael Bay “Bad Boys†franchise, “L.A.’s Finest” follows Syd Burnett (Gabrielle Union), last seen in Miami taking down a drug cartel, who has seemingly left her complicated past behind to become an LAPD detective. Paired with a new partner, Nancy McKenna (Jessica Alba), a working mom with an equally complex history, Syd is forced to confront how her unapologetic lifestyle may be masking a greater personal secret. Taking on the most dangerous criminals in Los Angeles while skirting the rules, and speed limits, Syd and Nancy become a force to be reckoned with – on the streets, and in each other’s lives.
The first three installments in the 13-episode series will be exclusively available to Spectrum video subscribers free On Demand (and without ads) on May 13, after which new episodes will release every Monday until the finale.
Debuting in 2019, Spectrum Originals is a premier destination for premium original series available exclusively to Spectrum video subscribers on-demand and ad-free. This free service will launch with the Sony and Bruckheimer-produced drama “L.A.’s Finest,†starring Gabrielle Union and Jessica Alba. An initiative of Charter Communications, Spectrum Originals is the latest expansion of Charter’s market-leading video offerings, which include regional sports networks and its award-winning Spectrum News services. More information on Spectrum Originals can be found at www.spectrumoriginals.com/lasfinest.
– Spectrum Originals
Posted in Action, Comedy, Series, Television, Trailer, Videos | Tags: Bad Boys, Bad Boys 2, Bad Boys II, Bad Boys spinoff, Ben Baines, Duane Martin, Ernie Hudson, Gabrielle Union, Jerry Bruckheimer, Jessica Alba, L.A.'s Finest, LA's Finest, Ryan McPartlin, Spectrum, Spectrum Originals, Spinoff, Zack Gilford | No Comments »
Kevin Hart & Baker Mayfield Talk Off-Field In A ‘Cold As Balls’ Ice Bath (Video)
February 7, 2019
‘BM’… ‘Bowel Movement’… ’cause you the sh!t…
Okay, Kevin. Leave the nickname game to someone else. Baker will not be going with ‘BM’ for now (or ever). Watch him tell his story, and get to take a ‘BM’ on Texas Tech for blocking his transfer in the college days. Haha!
Football star Baker Mayfield steps into the #ColdAsBalls tub! He tells Kevin Hart about his rise to football superstardom, winning the Heisman trophy and getting drafted by the Cleveland Browns.
– LOL Network
(BWAAAAHAHAAA! Kev said a lot of them Cleveland Browns fans look ‘defeated in the face.’)
Posted in Celebrity, Comedy, Interview, Series, Sports, Videos | Tags: Baker Mayfield, Cleveland Browns, Cold As Balls, Dallas Mavericks, Kevin Hart, Laugh Out Loud, Laugh Out Loud Network, LOL | No Comments »
Big Boi – “Doin It” feat. Sleepy Brown (Video)
February 7, 2019
Ah ha! So bringing Sleepy Brown out with him for the Super Bowl halftime show feature has a bit more ‘makes sense’ to it for you now, huh? Yeah, the Dungeon Family duo had more in store for us and they drop visual proof of such now. Good look for Big Boi slipping his wifey Sherlita Patton in the vid with the assortment of Eye Candy. No extra who-was-that-chick questions to answer, plus hella nice to look at for the rest of us! Enjoy “Doin It” (bet Big Boi did).
Posted in Hip-Hop, Music, Videos | Tags: Big Boi, Doin It, Sherlita Patton, Sleepy Brown | No Comments »
Three Generations Of “Shaft” Are About To Hit The Streets? You Damn Right (Trailer)
February 7, 2019
Oh man hell yeah! This is gonna be dope. Different angle going heavy on the ‘non-cool’ “Shaft” descendant ‘JJ’ (John Shaft, Jr.) in this chapter. Looks like they kept the Black super-cool street justice vibe and amped the comedy. And kept the sexy… Wow! The sistas in this one (Regina Hall, too… nice look, even as a bitter babymama, ha!). Check out the trailer.
JJ, aka John Shaft Jr. (Jessie T. Usher), may be a cybersecurity expert with a degree from MIT, but to uncover the truth behind his best friend’s untimely death, he needs an education only his dad can provide. Absent throughout JJ’s youth, the legendary locked-and-loaded John Shaft (Samuel L. Jackson) agrees to help his progeny navigate Harlem’s heroin-infested underbelly. And while JJ’s own FBI analyst’s badge may clash with his dad’s trademark leather duster, there’s no denying family. Besides, Shaft’s got an agenda of his own, and a score to settle that’s professional and personal.
– Warner Bros. Pictures
And you see ‘Double R’ (Richard Roundtree) is still right in there with the sh!ts, too!
Posted in Action, Comedy, Film, Trailer, Videos | Tags: Alexandra Shipp, Avan Jogia, Jessie T. Usher, Matt Lauria, Method Man, Regina Hall, Richard Roundtree, Samuel L. Jackson, Shaft, Warner Bros. Pictures | No Comments »
Throwback/History: Nikki Giovanni Interviews James Baldwin (November 1971) [Video]
February 6, 2019
The world does it to you long enough and effectively enough… You begin to do it to yourself. You become a collaborator, an accomplice of your own murderers…
Just reading the title, you must know that the convo here is about to get deep-deep-DEEPER in depth. Even the context of this clip is deep. Nikki Giovanni, at this point in her life, is interviewing an idol of hers (James Baldwin). And before the talk really gets started, her idol declares that he is PROUD of her… that he needs and depends on her.
If only we strived to live to make our forerunners proud; for them to be able to truly pass the baton to us and trust that the race will continue to be well run… WHEW!! #Chills #NoChill #BlackHistoryMonth
Original video from SOUL! and then shoutfactorytv. All rights and love to Soul! and shoutfactorytv for broadcasting this. Taped in London, November 1971.
Yolande Cornelia “Nikki” Giovanni, Jr. (born June 7, 1943) is an American poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator. Giovanni gained initial fame in the late 1960s as one of the foremost authors of the Black Arts Movement. Influenced by the Civil Rights Movement and Black Power Movement of the period, her early work provides a strong, militant African-American perspective, leading one writer to dub her the “Poet of the Black Revolution.”
James Arthur Baldwin (August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987) was an American novelist and social critic. His essays, as collected in Notes of a Native Son (1955), explore intricacies of racial, sexual, and class distinctions in Western societies, most notably in mid-20th-century America. Some of Baldwin’s essays are book-length, including The Fire Next Time (1963), No Name in the Street (1972), and The Devil Finds Work (1976). An unfinished manuscript, Remember This House, was expanded and adapted for cinema as the Academy Award-nominated documentary film I Am Not Your Negro.
Baldwin’s novels and plays fictionalize fundamental personal questions and dilemmas amid complex social and psychological pressures thwarting the equitable integration of not only African Americans, but also gay and bisexual men, while depicting some internalized obstacles to such individuals’ quests for acceptance. Such dynamics are prominent in Baldwin’s second novel, Giovanni’s Room, written in 1956, well before the gay liberation movement.
Soul! or SOUL! (1967–1971 or 1967–1973) was a pioneering performance/variety television program in the late 1960s and early 1970s produced by New York City PBS affiliate, WNET. It showcased African American music, dance, and literature.
Ellis Haizlip was born on September 17, 1929 (to January 25, 1991). He was a pioneering broadcaster, television host, theater and television producer, and cultural activist. Often host of Soul!
– thepostarchive
– @ojones1
Posted in Activism, History, Interview, Television, Throwback, Videos | Tags: Ellis Haizlip, James Arthur Baldwin, James Baldwin, James Baldwin & Nikki Giovanni a conversation, James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni a conversation, London, Nikki Giovanni, Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni Jr., Yolande Cornelia Nikki Giovanni | No Comments »
Statik Selektah x Termanology – “It’s On You” feat. Fame (Of M.O.P.) x Haile Supreme [Video]
February 6, 2019
Don’t wonder why you haven’t been put on… It’s on you!
This is a LOT of POWER on a track, maaaan! Statik and Term and Fame AND Haile Supreme. Catch the dopest dopeness wave out. You’ve been told and shown (visuals above). If you miss this ship, “It’s On You.”
– @ojones1
Posted in Hip-Hop, Videos | Tags: Fame, Haile Supreme, It's On You, M.O.P., MOP, Statik Selektah, Termanology | No Comments »
Rhythm Roulette With Maaly Raw (Video)
February 6, 2019
Maaly scored huge with so many source sounds to pick from as a result of his blindfolded wax pull. Albums though? I’m not mad, because he definitely made use of his gift given the gift of all those tracks to work with to make this beat. Really digging that last beat he made.
“I can kinda hear anyone rapping on this one right here.â€
Maaly Raw tried his hand at Mass Appeal’s famed #RhythmRoulette challenge. After strolling through New York City’s Good Records and selecting three albums at random, the Philly trap producer behind Lil Uzi Vert’s “Do What I Want†chops up a few beats on the spot. Utilizing the soundtrack to 1983’s ‘The Big Chill,’ John Cougar Mellencamp’s ‘Scarecrow,’ and Oscar Peterson’s ‘Put On A Happy Face’ the young producer locks in and delivers three unique beats.
– Mass Appeal
– @ojones1
Posted in Hip-Hop, Producers, Series, Videos | Tags: Maaly Raw, Mass Appeal, Rhythm Roulette | No Comments »
Will Smith On Great Advice From Arnold Schwarzenegger And Getting Back Into ‘Bad Boys’ Shape (Video)
February 6, 2019
Kevin Hart talks to athletes in a cold tub that is ‘cold as balls’… Meanwhile, Will is on here trying to get into ‘athlete shape’ by freezing his balls off!
Before starting production on Bad Boys For Life, Will takes some time in the Bahamas to get back in Mike Lowrey shape.
– Will Smith
– @ojones1
Posted in Celebrity, Health and Wellness, Hip-Hop, Lifestyle, Recreation, Videos | Tags: Advice From Arnold Schwarzenegger, Freezing My A** Off, Will Smith | No Comments »
Becoming A Mogul In The Music Game Doesn’t “Just Happen”… There Are ‘Rules To This Sh!t’ (Video)
February 6, 2019
Interestingly enough, when the fellas on here talk about going to the studio like it’s an exciting thing… I have seen MANY artists run off after accepting an invitation to go to a recording/mastering session. It is not all fun times, weed smoke, and bottle popping. At all! #RulesToThisShxt
“I’m not a businessman; I’m a business man.†In episode 106 of Rules To This Sh!t, Common, D Dot, Dreezy and more discuss how Diddy, Jay-Z and more went from music to business millionaires.
– BETNetworks
– @ojones1
Comedy: Cynthia Luciette’s MLK Day Was Spent Serving… Businesses Who Had The Nerve To Be Open On The Holiday (Video)
February 6, 2019
Any business that dared to be open on MLK Day… Civil Rights Cynt was pullin’ up on ya! And not in that way you want!!
(I mean it’s funny, but if she goes full wrath of Black woman on them… Well, she’ll still be sexy. But there will be TROUBLE!)
– @ojones1
Posted in Comedy, Honeyz, Videos | Tags: Cynthia Luciette, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Holiday, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Day, Martin Luther King Jr., MLK Day | No Comments »
Killer Mike Cannot Wait To Go To The White House! (Video)
February 6, 2019
Hmmm. Just saying… I don’t know if Tory Lanez OR President Trump want it with Mr. Michael Render… But Mike does want to talk to the latter. He has already set the agenda for if/when they meet.
Killer Mike Wants To Sit With President Trump and Tell Him 3 Things
– Sway’s Universe
(And that’s just a snippet above. Full interview embedded after the jump.)
– @ojones1
Posted in Activism, Hip-Hop, Interview, Radio, Series, Videos | Tags: Killer Mike, Michael Render, Sway, Sway Calloway, Sway In The Morning, Sway In The Morning Show | No Comments »
Harley Quinn Will ‘See You Soon’ Enough… In A New DC Movie In 2020 (Teaser Trailer)
February 5, 2019
Hard to argue against Margot Robbie being the breakout star of the all-star cast in the DC Universe’s flick “Suicide Squad.” Ready for an argument yet to come? How well will she hold up as the front-and-center star of her own DCU ‘chapter’ of sorts? Discuss.
This is the teasiest of teasers for “Birds of Prey” (due out in 2020).
Check out the official Birds of Prey (And The Fantabulous Emancipation Of One Harley Quinn) trailer starring Margot Robbie!
– Movieclips Trailers
– @ojones1
Posted in Action, Comics, Film, Trailer, Videos | Tags: And The Fantabulous Emancipation Of One Harley Quinn, Birds of Prey, Harley Quinn, Margot Robbie, Movieclips Trailers | No Comments »
