Mr. West’s Summer Heats Up!

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ReyTheHussein Salutes The Biggest Song of Summer 1994

Ah, Summer 1994, when Coolio was dominant, Beck was a loser, and I fell in love with Amy Jo Johnson.

 You know, the Pink Power Ranger, Kimberly?

Anyhoo, I remember this song coming on MTV and me sitting there turning the volume up as far as it could go, sangin’ along with Nate Dogg and the G-Child. Lemme tell you something, summer 1994 I was such the Death Row stan. I had every word of Doggystyle memorized, I had every word of The Chronic memorized. Sheeit, the Above the Rim soundtrack was probably the best soundtrack ever–honorable mention to SpaceJam tho’. I’ll put it this way: I was thinking to myself, “Oh my goodness, I can’t wait for The Dogg Pound’s album!”. (of course, when it came out I was firmly back on the NY side with “Brooklyn Zoo”, “Bring The Pain”, and “Juicy” being my tunes)

Sooo, yeah.. this song was just retarded awesome, and hella cool. Warren G samples Michael McDonald’s “I Keep Forgetting”, and this song has to be the biggest hit to not have a chorus. The beat just rode out, and you can tell they said, “Na loc, keep that shit just the beat, nigga. That shit’ll sound dope in the coar.” (or some west coast drivel like that)

If you haven’t clicked play yet, and you’re outrageously slow, I’m talking about the song that was featured not only on the Above the Rim soundtrack, but Warren G’s first solo album, Regulate…The G Funk Era, “Regulate”.

Enjoy.

–Rey.I.Is

PS– The higher quality videos had embedding disabled (douchebags) so you gotta turn the volume up to hear it.

In honor of Will’s $100M haul.

I’m tellin’ you, I love this song. It’s so much fun, and unlike the hip-pop of today, it’s fun without being insulting or annoying.

Seriously, if a new pop rapper dropped a song with this level of craftsmanship it’d be a big deal, even tho’ this was viewed as mostly corny by the sect of fans who still think Mobb Deep’s first album is awesome even tho’ their punk card has been pulled more times than the nickel slot lever at the Harrahs in Atlantic City.

In any event, if you haven’t clicked “play” yet, this is Will Smith’s 1997 opus, “Gettin’ Jiggy Wit’ It”. G’on and sing along, you know you want to.

Alumnah na na na nana na,

–Rey.I.Is

Michael Jackson = Awesome.

I know, I know. Jesus Juice. Little boys. Vertiligo. Lisa Marie. Blanket. Bubbles. Surgery.

Blah Blah Blah Blah.

Fact is, MJ has always made dope music, even in the post-Dangerous era when he made giant inflatable statues of himself, made a $7,000,000 video with his sister, and accepted a fake “Artist of the Millennium Award” from the folks at MTV, he still made dope ass music, and more importantly, music with a message.

I strive to break through the walls of disaffected cool, annoying posturing and posing, and the insipid, tiresome bravado that seems to fester and grow throughout the internet, especially in our little corner of the Hip-Hop Influenced Lifestyle Magazine Blog world.

Soooo, that being said, I’ve been talking to my hot friend Peggy and listening to music courtesy of some new website called “YouTube” where you can post videos and junk. I eventually made my way from Janet Jackson songs to Michael Jackson songs, and I just dug the heck outta the above track. I’m not sure what album it’s from, but it doesn’t matter–the issues MJ is singing about are still, unfortunately, just as prevalent today as they were when MiJac was in the booth doin’ his vocal thaaaang.

Anyway, watch the video, and try to enjoy it from the perspective of someone who, despite their boasting, “ether” skillzez, and omnipresence online, is just as anonymous and insignificant as those of us who actually do give a shit.

–Rey.I.Is

And I was trying so hard to be mellow today…

(That’s the glamorous MC “Remy Ma”, kids)

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Because The Site Looks Stupid With a Post That Says “Thursday” Up All Weekend

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Okay, so maybe this video doesn’t quite fit with this title…

…but it’s almost 5:30am on a Saturday and I’m wide awake. So, I decided to post this random-ass entry on the front page for a few reasons:

1- Nobody else has posted anything.
2- Irritating Phuque with stuff like this makes my world go ’round.
3- I’m an attention whore that gets bored and needs comments in his life.

So there ya go. Enjoy the awesomeness of the video, and have a good weekend.

–Rey.I.Is

Chicken Wings, Ya’ll Goes For Theirs

And of course, the above quote ties into the picture via the uber-classic film, Berry Gordy’s The Last Dragon.

When Bruce Leroy’s little brother Richie sees his objete de arte, Vanity (above), being kidnapped by Eddie Arcadian’s goons, Richie takes no shit and unleashed his aggressive verbal content what makes up my title.

Ya know what? Just rent the movie. Seriously. Don’t download it (talkin’ to you, Ty), Taimak could use the royalties from the rental.

Anyway, this is gonna be awesome, with pics and links and all kindsa shit to help you kill a bunch of time on your Friday. Make with the walking!

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Rey goes into some of his favorite songs from genres OTHER than rap.

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