The Hiatus is Off...Again.

Let's get this out of the way.

This is pretty much the JAM for the next month or two.


Kanye West (ft. T-Pain) - Good Life

Graduation comes correct - no bangers like Late Registration had (i.e., don't look for the next Gold Digger), but I can't find a whole lot to complain about. And NO, I'm not tired of T-Pain yet - that talkbox shizz is just gold, Jerry, gold.

But if the video looks familiar, it's because you've already seen it before:


Justice - D.A.N.C.E.

That Justice jawn was pretty much one of the hottest records of the summer. I'm surprised it didn't get huger. The directors and animators from D.A.N.C.E. also did the Good Life vid. Way to go 'Ye, gotta mine that indie cred.

By the way, did you cop/download/pirate/burn Kala yet?

pleasepleasePUHLEASE do not sleep on Maya Arulpragasum - or M.I.A. to you and me.


M.I.A. - Paper Planes

Can you believe that shit? No? Then listen to it again.






Done? Don't worry, creamy underpants are an unavoidable side effect of listening to that record.

Speaking of radsauce British female musicians...


Common (ft. ?????) - Drivin' Me Wild

And, uhm...NO, this is STILL not the Lily Allen blog (*cough* Dizzee Rascal - Wannabe).

Which reminds me - hey MTV, even though the VMAs were pure SHIT (shocking!), you at least had an epic Chris Brown performance and Mark Ronson to save your asses. I'm pretty sure all of the producers were fired...or, they should be.

I know you all already have it, but Version is uber-733+. New joint:


Mark Ronson (ft. Amy Winehouse) - Valerie

No comment on Amy Nutcase - but it's pretty terrifying how she looks great in this video when in real life she more closely resembles a concave sack of skin, bones, and hairspray.

So, random propers:

50, don't retire, just get Timba and Timbo all over your next album and let them handle; oh god does Rihanna make any bad singles?!; Congrats Feist, your iTunes downloads probably shot off the charts when the new Nano came out. I hope people go out and steal BSS albums now; fuck you Nickelback, that Rockstar video is way too awesome for you to deserve it - everyone in that video is instantly blacklisted in my book; the FUCK is Keyshia Cole and where did she come from?; ZOMG A NEW THRICE ALBUM IN OCTOBER; WTF THE NEW THRICE IS A DOUBLE DISC CONCEPT ALBUM?! And there's still 2 MORE discs left?! Have you learned nothing from the rock and roll history of double disc albums (see: The Mother, the Mechanic, and the Path)?!; uhm, how did Dre get way swoller than Timba?; finally, FUCK YOU Target and Kohl's, Alice Temperley and Vera Wang are awesome but why don't you all put out some guys' collections?