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Rashida Jones Talks About Her Documentary ‘Hot Girls Wanted’ (Video)
June 25, 2015
Let it be known then: Rashida Jones has NO problem with porn. Aaaand thank you and good night! Ha! But of course, there’s more to the story than that revelation if VICE is on the case. See above the sit down with Jones regarding the documentary she recently produced on Miami’s amateur porn industry entitled “Hot Girls Wanted.” Lots of insights on the up and down side of the industry; and society at-large influencing and being influenced by it.
Anybody saying they are not interested by now… is lying! Stop playing and press play.
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2 Chainz Tries On $48K Sunglasses On ‘The Most Expensivest Sh*t’ (Video)
June 24, 2015
Yep, 48 racks on a pair of shades! Somebody done bumped their head… but with a eye wear like that there, the ability to rock such bling probably takes away a bit of the sting, right? Either way, 2 Chainz is going to let us ‘see’ what all the hubbub is about – trying on ‘The Most Expensivest’ sunglasses we’ve ever laid eyes on. Watch another outrageous episode of ‘The Most Expensivest Sh*t.’ Catch up on earlier episodes posted on here via the link below.
WATCH EARLIER EPISODES: THE MOST EXPENSIVEST SH*T
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Big Sean Proving That One Man Can Change Detroit (Video)
June 24, 2015
I think kids in general have raw talent… It’s before the world gets to them… All they have is their imagination and their beliefs…
– Big Sean
Awesome stuff! Big Sean giving back to the community and tapping an undervalued renewable resource: the energy youth can devote to pursuing dreams (like he did). Feel the power in this clip!
What does Infinite Possibilities look like? For Big Sean it’s going back to Detroit where he first imagined a life in music. Big Sean returns to his high school, Cass Tech, to build a recording studio and inspire the imaginations of a new creative class. The Infinite Possibilities of ZX Flux #IMAGINEDBY Big Sean and adidas Originals.
Large Professor Names His Top 5 Producers Of All-Time (Video)
June 23, 2015
If anyone can speak to a top 5 all-time list for Hip-Hop producers, it’d have to be a stalwart like Large Professor. Google-research it for yourself sometime if you need convincing (you don’t; take our word)… Large Pro is WORTHY! So who makes the cut? DJ Mark The 45 King, Easy Mo Bee, Marley Marl, Rick Rubin, DJ Premier and Pete Rock.
Wait… isn’t that SIX? Haaa! C’mon, give him one. Enjoyable sit-down with ‘Sway In The Morning’ (above) that includes more good Hip-Hop convo (including talk about his “Re:Living” release).
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Killer Mike Dishes On Dolezal With Larry Wilmore And Guests On ‘The Nightly Show’ (Video)
June 23, 2015
Killer Mike is hilarious! Still clever in this clip though. Joined across the table by comediennes Natasha Leggero and ‘The Nightly Show’ regular Robin Thede, the show discussion focused comedic fire on Rachel ‘I still consider myself Black’ Dolezal. Clever conversation with bite, but not vicious. Funny, but they do get to some cultural fine points brought up by the former NAACP official’s Blackishness making front page news. Don’t know if they really nailed down an answer to the “Does Rachel get a pass?” question… Then again, who says that was the point? Watch, enjoy, ponder a bit.
Great bonus footage after the jump.
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Akon Talks To Al Jazeera About His Art, Philanthropy And Impact On The World (Video)
June 22, 2015
Senegalese-American recording artist Akon comes onto Talk To Al Jazeera about U.S. race relations, “rebranding” Africa, and his music. Some poignant moments with punch in this interview, but it all comes from the right place. Perspectives from an African living in the U.S., who has drawn a conclusion that native born Americans of African descent have reached time and time again: “America was never built for Black people.”
Watch.
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‘Stephen B. Smith’ Joins Mike & Mike In The Morning (Video)
June 22, 2015
Imitation is the highest form of flattery. Been said before. But a Stephen A. Smith commentary impression like this? Nah, we have NOT heard anything like this before. The ‘call in’ to ESPN’s Mike & Mike In The Morning was done by Frank Caliendo as ‘Stephen B. Smith.’
Icing on the cake… Stephen A. approves! Watch above – hilarious!
I LIKE him better than Stephen A.! @FrankCaliendo IS MY MAN!!! http://t.co/xu5x20OTku
— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) June 11, 2015
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Awkward! Jimmy Fallon And Aziz Ansari Read Some Of The Worst First Texts Ever Sent (Video)
June 18, 2015
Aziz Ansari is already dead funny, but put him on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon; and best believe some laugh-out-loud moments are about to happen. Aziz was on talking about research he did for his book of insights about online dating. Great show, but check out this particularly funny bit that features Jimmy and Aziz ‘analyzing’ some text fails de amore.
Never Walk Alone (Documentary)
June 8, 2015
You may need to watch this twice. Tears will get in the way the first time. Prediction.
Young teen Jack Gallagher has had a hard life. No doubt. But somehow, it has not hardened his spirit. Finding sanctuary on the hardtop, Jack played every game for his mom, in the last pair of shoes she bought him, the CP3s…until they no longer fit. Well, Chris Paul III got wind of that story and… just watch. Oh, man. THIS story.
The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.
Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter’s oven?
And is not the lute that soothes your spirit, the very wood that was hollowed with knives?
When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy.
When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.
– On Joy and Sorrow, From The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
Very appropriate literary piece for this E:60 piece. It’ll make even more sense after you watch.
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Minister Louis Farrakhan Speaks On His Life, The Nation, The Way Forward And More (Video)
June 8, 2015
I don’t do [many interviews]… When I did interviews… they sent their best at me… When they could not defeat our arguments, they decided to ban me from television; and they banned me from going to Black colleges, and even White colleges, to deliver a message. So… many people thought I had died.
– Minister Louis Farrakhan
Respect, respect, RESPECT! Power 105’s Breakfast Club with the ultimate ‘get’ – an exclusive sit-down with the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan. Sure, there are a few chuckles, but this interview reveals insights (so many insights) from the Minister – his views on this generation, how he came to the Nation of Islam, outside influences on internal struggles in the Black community, what it takes to make a better tomorrow… SO MUCH MORE!
Get your breakfast. Click play. Be enriched.
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And It Don’t Stop: Allen Iverson On His Injecting Hip-Hop Into The NBA, His New Documentary And More (Video)
June 5, 2015
Allen Iverson was into way more than basketball as a young’un. And we know he brought more than phenomenal skills to pro basketball. If there was a name with which history could associate the NBA’s Hip-Hop swag, it’d be Iverson’s. Here in his sit down with Complex, he talks about that, other sports passions early in life, being controversial, a new documentary (to ‘splain it all) and more.
(Yuuup… he touches on that rap album he had, too.)
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Jamie Foxx & Jimmy Fallon Play ‘Wheel Of Musical Impressions’ On ‘The Tonight Show’ (Video)
June 5, 2015
Jamie Foxx is a fool! Great clip from The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Fallon invited Foxx to play the Musical Impressions Generator: where Foxx is given the name of an artist to impersonate and a quirky song to sing in their voice. Foxx got the likes of John Legend and Jennifer Hudson cold. Fallon did his mimic thing with Barry Gibb and Bruce Springsteen. Hilarity all around!
John Amos Discusses His Life, Career And The Story Behind The Death Of ‘James Evans’ (Video)
June 5, 2015
John Amos was Dad (aka James Evans) to a generation (way more if you count the re-runs). Here he talks about his upbringing and career; including, of course, details about and behind his all-too-short time on the network television dram-edy ‘Good Times.’ So much more in there, too. Compelling viewing. Got the entire interview embedded above.
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The Making of AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted (Video)
June 4, 2015
More than two decades ago, fresh off walking off from The World’s Most Dangerous Group (NWA), Ice Cube goes all in with a coast-to-coast move to launch a solo career. Insiders did not think much of Cube’s chances, but man oh man did it work out! Twenty five years later, the man is a celebrated as a West Coast mainstay; and “AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted,” celebrated as a timeless gangsta Hip-Hop classic. His story is history. Hear Cube tell it his way in this 3-parter. Start with Part 1 above (revealing how it all started for Cube on the East Coast move); the rest after the jump.
Kanye West Receives Honorary Doctorate From The Art Institute Of Chicago And Gives Speech (Video)
June 3, 2015
Well, he did promise his mom he would go back to school. Sometimes Ye can go over the top and it be a good (even great) thing. “The College Dropout” recently received an honorary doctorate degree from The Art Institute Of Chicago. Congratulations, Dr. West. Watch his speech (above).
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Blank On Blank: John Coltrane 1966 Interview (Video)
June 2, 2015
“I want to be the force which is truly for good.”
– John Coltrane in 1966, as told Frank Kofsky
Realness. Straight from November 1966. Frank Kofsky spending a day with the great jazz saxophonist John Coltrane, conversing as they rode about and made stops here and there in Huntington, New York. Coltrane had just turned 40. He would die from liver cancer less than a year later.
Coltrane talks about moving to the country, setting up to practice, connecting with the sound of an instrument, Malcolm X, music as means of expressing that state of society, and how he wanted to change the world.
– PBS Digital Studios
Enjoy the recorded conversation set to animation. Great stuff from PBS. Give thanks.
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N.O.R.E. Speaks On Reconciling With Nas, Recording New Music, His Book And More (Video)
June 2, 2015
Yeah! N.O.R.E. pops up to pop off on Power 105! Nah, not for real. Nothing like that going down with him and NYC radio, but N.O.R.E. is known for good talk, and this Breakfast Club interview does not disappoint. The morning show crew talk with their guest about his upcoming new book, beef with Nas, Big Pun and son Chris, new music and more.
Kanye West Addresses Graduates Of L.A. Trade Technical College (Video)
June 2, 2015
Just think… Whatever you think about the man, having Yeezus show up and give a real talk at your graduation would rate high among your college memories. Even cooler if a popular campus brag has been that Professor West was once part of the faculty there. Well, Guess Who’s Bizzack? Yep, took it there for a sec. Watch Kanye West address L.A. Trade Tech’s newest cap-n-gowners.
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Unsung: DeBarge (Video)
May 27, 2015
Before Michael Jackson split from his band of brothers, and for a while after, the music world (and the world at large) was constantly asking ‘Who would be the next Jackson 5?’ The answer at one time would have definitely been DeBarge. But right when they were right there as a family, something… a lot of things, actually… went terribly wrong. The large family from Grand Rapids (Michigan, USA) had it all in the 1980s – the looks, the sound, the fans, growing fame worldwide. But then things took a sadly familiar downturn that comes with having it all (way past enough). Industry and social pressures, addictions and more… caused them to lose the most important thing – each other. After that – the split – came bigger and harder losses.
A powerful Unsung on DeBarge (full episode above).
Vintage Vin Diesel: A Rare Breakdancing Performance (Video)
May 25, 2015
Yooo! One of these guys looks very familiar. Is that… hell yeah it is… Mr. Fast N Furious Vin Diesel breakdancing; getting it popping and locking on there! Enjoy vintage Vin going ‘Flystyle’ on ’em.
Posted in Celebrity, Dance, Hip-Hop, Performance, Videos, Vintage | Tags: B-Boy, Break, Breakdancing, Breaking, Fast 5, Fast N Furious, Furious 7, Vin Diesel | No Comments »
