Since I started, and finished, watching How I Met Your Mother, I am quick to dismiss any sort of Entourage praising, but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t fucking excited to see what they have cooking for Season 5.

The boys are back September 7th. Rocked this from Splash, who keeps me informed on all things Entourage.

I started this post thinking the above video was hilarity, until I saw this one and had tears to my eyes.

Go peep their Youtube Channel: N’Importe Qui. It’s french humor, so you know… but still - they’re the #1 most subscribed Comedian in France.

This song has plagued most of my conversations this week but I have yet to have an intelligent discussion about it, so let me just have one with myself. NaS’ imagery game is very much on point with this one: he’s personifying chicken into doing shit that girls would do, but by using similes in every line to talk about what chicken is actually doing to him, yet this whole song is actually metaphorically talking about women. I MEAN HOW DO YOU DO THAT?!?

Did I mention that the instruments are infectious? Mark Ronson went in on this one.

Nas feat. Busta Rhymes - Fried Chicken
(Produced by Mark Ronson)

Props to OKP! Lyrics coming as soon as I find some that make sense

I love this. Nike stays pushing the envelop in the right direction. I know, how un-hip hop is it to talk about footy. I’m taking Wednesday afternoon off to peep the Champions’ League Final, and I’m excited as balls to watch the Euro this summer… oh I know you’re mad. Here, your daily dose of dope…

This shit never gets wack or old to me.

This is my shit. This and that. This, that and this.

Bonus: Kidz In The Hall - Almost Lost

Making up for some of the ish I was saying on the last post.

- Young Jeezy feat. KanYe West - Put On [Full/Mastered]

^ I’ve been playing this song since Friday night, and I haven’t even heard the Jeezy verses yet.

- KanYe West - Lollipop Freestyle

^ Cons debut’d it on his kyte Channel, illRoots ripped it, and KanYe put it on Jonah Hill.

- Lil’ Wayne feat. Young Jeezy - Lollipop (RMX)

^ See explanation below. Also, I heard Young Jeezy’s been spitting FIRE on his last few featurings… but I really haven’t been paying attention.

Fabolous feat. Red Cafe - Fuck Em All

^ I originally heard this on an amazing Rick Ross blend with a Lil Wayne verse from an old Trina song, crack none the less.

Young Buck - N.Y. City

^ Doesn’t really fit the theme here and it’s kind of left-field, but this gets me in the zone. Even though it’s practically a carbon copy of We Roll.

- Oh, and I haven’t checked for a Jay verse in months.

Now watch as I’m about to break every Hip Hop rule there is in the book: I think the Vocoder (voicebox) might be the greatest thing mainstream hip hop has going for itself right now. I know it sounds like something ridiculous to say, but jokes aside, this is trueness. I used to hate T-Pain’s guts, but fuck if he can’t make an incredible song out of nothing. From his success, others have attempted to copy, usually successfully. Other notable uses of it were by Lil Wayne, Snoop Dogg, Lil Kim, 50 Cent, Lil Wayne again, KanYe went in twice (above) & Lil Kim again. Sure, Lollipop was a big joke when it came out, but soon after I don’t know one person that wasn’t bumping it repeatedly, either for comedic or therapeutic purposes. All the above songs are hot as fuck too, with the exception of the Lil Kim attempts. Sit the fuck down Kimberly.

I feel like I’m crossing some sort of line here, the Mason-Dixie line of no return on hip hop blogs, but I acknowledge how fiery this song was and I gotta recognize game when it’s being spat.

Is there any redemption for me? Can I repent?

WHO!?!

Miami-based DJ Khaled had his first shot at NY Radio on Hot 97 in like ‘02, on Cipha Sounds’ The Big Dawg Pitbull Hour. It’s funny, because alotta people say that he’s 100% a gimmick, and that he’s only running with all those artists for whatever reasons, but listening to this mix, not only was he dumbing out the very same way 6 years ago, but you hear him bigging up alotta the same people he now rolls with, and even playing their songs (except maybe Rick REUUSSS). This is also a great mix for other reasons, such as the awesome line-up of summer jamz hip hop would give us during summers passed, and also that was the summer before New York rap took a turn for the worst.

If you wanna take a trip down memory lane, peep game:

DJ Khaled - Summer ‘02 Set

… yeah it’s DJ Khaled, the Don Dada, the Big Dawg Pitbull, Terror Squadian a.k.a. We the Best …

Because otherwise, Common on the drums is inexcusable, sorta like this is. Thelonious is one of my favorite Slum joints, but seriously, why you gotta go n do that? The real Felonious Monk after the jump…

First time I heard this was when Dave Chappelle was playing it in his Block Party jawn, I know, I lost. But this song damn near got me to College. Sidebar: the real questions I should have asked ?uest on Tuesday night.