(Young) Young Hov

So with the Blueprint III fully upon us, I thought it would be a gas to look back at a lil footage of the young, Young Hov.  Who is this guy?:

He looks so awkward in this video... where's the famed Jigga Swag?  I love the crouching and swinging hand gestures shots.

The flattop?  The crazy adjustable hat?  The 90 mph flow?  Yall never seen Hov like this!!

Roughly 15 years later and with more #1 albums than Elvis under his belt, modern day Jay gets nice like this... and for the record, BP3 doesn't come close to the classic, which is the original Blueprint, but it's a classic in its own way.  Nearly all the tracks (with the exception of "On to the Next One") are solid and grow on you with successive listens.  Is it Hov in his prime?  No.  But it's a great listen, which I think figures into the very bottom of his top 5 albums ever.

Obama Calls Kanye a Jackass

Man, Kanye must feel like the most worthless human being in America right now; even Obama called him a jackass!!  Click here for the audio (via NahRight).  He definitely spazzed out, as he's been known to do before, and it'll be interesting to see how his peers and fans react in the weeks to come... apparently he was swigging straight Hennessy, staggering around the red carpet at the VMAs in a black leather shirt.  He's also on record saying that Jim Morrison is one of his biggest idols... coincidence?  Or is he channeling the dead icon...

Pac Div?!?!! (What It is One Time)

Yo, I'm quickly becoming a huge fan of Pac Div!  This song is rediculous!!  When was the last time you heard a rap group going this hard on a track (no, Slaughterhouse doesn't count)??  Don't think I've been this excited about a rap group since Blackstar.  Ever since Nas declared hip hop dead, a slow bubbling rap renaissance has been rising up from the next generation: Cudi, Wale, Pac Div, Drake, Asher, J Cole, Blu, Jay Electronica, Charles Hamilton, XV, Curren$y, your boy young Lovecraft (lol) and the list goes on and on... hip hop aint dead, it just been sleepin!!

Bob Dylan - The 1st Rapper

Lol, it's kinda true though.  The talkin' blues, quick rhyming style he uses in "Subterranean Homesick Blues" and some of his other early songs definitely laid a very early foundation for what would one day become hip hop.  Enjoy this clip; it was originally a trailer for D.A. Pennebaker's Dylan documentary Don't Look Back and unwittingly became the very first music video ever.  I love how Allen Ginsberg is just chillin in the background.  

... WHAT??  lol

This One Time, At Band Camp...

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More 'bout the Wild Things

The New York Times published an excellent profile of Spike Jonze, one of my favorite directors, today, online.  The piece focuses on Jonze's latest and much anticipated work, the Where The Wild Things Are film.  (I posted a trailer for the film a while back that you can check out here).  

One line that hit home as I read the article spoke of a note the writer spotted "scrawled on a legal pad in Jonze’s office: 'There is no difference between childhood and adulthood.'"  One of those truisms I often lose sight of!!  Check out the article here.