Watch This: Jump Up in the Air & Stay There FEAT. Lil Wayne - Erykah Badu

The unlikely pair, Erykah Badu and Lil' Wayne, come together to take you on a psychedelic journey of purple and grey. Erykah rocks nicely-blended make up and a Michael Jackson 'fro, and Wayne swims through a purple haze of smoke. The video did the song justice by making me like it.
Erykah's second installment of her three-part New Amerykah series, Return of the Ankh. News is, the album will feature more live instruments and lyrics about love and romance. The title, New Amerykah, Part II: Return of the Ankh, tells fans that Erykah is going back to the style that made her famous in the late '90s; soulful and more easily understood.
I like how they included "Free Lil Wayne" subliminally at the end. If you didn't know, Wayne was supposed to go to jail three days ago, but his sentencing was pushed back.

Rihanna Bites M.I.A. Again

Today Rihanna's label premiered the video for her single 'Rude Boy'. Rihanna said she went back to her roots for the video. I see where she was coming from, but this video reminds me a lot of M.I.A.'s '07 video for her release, 'Boyz'. I also see a lot of ethnic patterns being used in this video. It's weird that patterns are being painted all over the mainstream today (Wait for A.Keys and Beyonce's new video to drop). That was underground before '09.
Besides biting underground artists, RiRi is exploring her sexuality and putting it all out there. We rarely see this from Miss Fenty. She's noticeably evolving from edgy to sexy since the release of Rated R.
On a positive note, RiRi is killing it in this video. It's nice to see her dance for once in her life, and the video is different. I just wish she wouldn't steal from people, especially M.I.A.

Kid Cudi - Cudderisback

cudderisback from Decon on Vimeo.

Cudi dropped a low-budget video for some track named "cuderisback." I'm down with the whole let'smakeavideofor20dollars thing. It's budget friendly and, if done creatively, could be better than most high-budget, mainstream videos released by record labels today.
We always knew Cudi was a pothead, but I'm concerned that more videos like this will have him on nation-wide police hit lists.

"There's Space For Ol Dat I See"

This is the first material dropped from M.I.A.'s upcoming album-yet to be titled. It was released via her Twitvid page.

Bookbag Bandits at Martin Luther King H.S.

Bookbag Bandits are the fifth highest ranked jerkers in the United States. They and Futuristic Movement performed at a Martin Luther King High School pep rally in October. This is some raw footage I got while making a video for Futuristic Movement.

GaGa: Bad Romance Video

Pretty Wack Video: Q-Tip x Norah Jones - Life is Better

Sorry, but this song is pretty WACK, and Norah Jones' verse is beasting Q-tip's.
"Why post it?" Right?
Well, we thought it was going to be good, but it was not. It was a rush post. Hopefully this won't happen again, but we can't promise anything.

Who is Melanie Fiona?

Nice track, sad video, cute girl, but who is Melanie Fiona?

New Video: Amerie - Heard 'Em All

Amerie's new deal with Def Jam shows how determined she is to keep doing what she loves. A lot of artists would have fallen off by now.
Now, she's back with a new video and a new album dropping Nov. 3 world wide.
Crack Rock Surprise has had a thing for Amerie since she appared on the scene in 2003 in her first video for her debut single "Why Don't we Fall in Love". That song is the first track on her debut album, All I Have. That album was executively produced by Rich Harrison, producer of Beyonce's go-go inspired hit "Crazy In Love". That album was, All I Have, is also Amerie's best and most listenable album.
We've heard all her albums, even the one that only released in the UK (Because I Love it) and even the mixtape (Because I Love It Mixtape Vol. 1), but none have been better than her work with Rich Harrison. He used to manage Amerie until the two split up before the release of her second album, Touch.
You can tell Def Jam was going for more go-go sounding songs for Amerie, since that is the genre she spawned from.
We're feeling this video and the song. This is the best video we've seen from Amerie, who always looks sexy, since that day she was the New Joint on 106 with "Why Don't we Fall in Love". Hopefully this record sells and she is given the oppertunity to continue her career on Def Jam. We would like to see her grow as an artist. It's just too bad she hasn't grown a lot over the past six years.

New Video: Pussycat Dolls - Hush

There's so many reasons to watch this video. First off, the other chicks in the group officially don't matter. This is a Nicole video. When the video goes disco, Nicole is the one in the Diana Ross wig. 2nd, Melody, the other singer in the group, has a bad hair day in the video. She's officially meaningless. I was pulling for her for a while, until she started dating Bow Wow.

Hot Video: Shakira - She Wolf

Shakira - She Wolf (La Loba) from Foreverinmortal on Vimeo.

Just when you thought Shakira couldn't dance any weirder ("weirder is interchangeable with "better") she does. The song is about being a nice attentive girl/boyfriend and harboring a Lady GaGa-like freak in the closet. It's currently #21 on Billboard's Top 100. In addition to random dancing, Shakira bust some never before seen vagina shots out . Imagine dancing w/ her at the club....just imagine it...and keep that image with you for the rest of the day.