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DJ Paris Hilton's Example Of What Not To Do

Posted 6/25/12 1:35 pm EST by in Celebs, Music


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For anyone who says Skrillex, Deadmau5, David Guetta and the like just get up on stage and push a few buttons, well, we now have proof that you're wrong thanks to "DJ" Paris Hilton. The heiress made her "DJing" debut in Brazil and showed the masses what it actually sounds like when a glorified DJ gets up on stage and literally just pushes a few buttons. Based on this video, she gave some turns of a knob here, crossed in a muddled mix there and meekly tried to coax the crowd into a frenzy.

Even dance music's detractors have to respect the sheer energy that someone like Girl Talk exudes up on that platform. But Hilton couldn't even get that part right. Compare her breezy swaying to this video. In an odd way, Hilton's example of what-not-to-do in a DJ set may be the best thing that could've happened to electronic dance music's fight for credibility.

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Wayne Rooney's Pregame Playlist Is Depressing

Posted 6/20/12 12:15 pm EST by in Funny, Music, Sports


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Music is a huge part of pregame mental preparation--nothing can quite get your blood pumping like visualizing yourself vanquishing your opponent while a kick-ass song plays in the background. Even before the advent of portable music players, what played on the locker room boombox before a game was a matter of vital importance. Now, players can make their own playlists on their iPhones, catering to their exact pump-up specifications. Sometimes, they share those mixes with the public.

English striker Wayne Rooney tweeted his pregame playlist the other day, and it is just awful, complete with somber ballads about AIDS and dead toddlers. As Buzzfeed points out, Rooney has a temper on the field, so perhaps he listens to this stuff to mellow out--so he's not liable to get ejected in the first five minutes. We don't take issue with the mellowness (there's plenty of badass mellow music--remember Days of the New?), we take issue with the subject matter and execution.
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White Fang: The Lo-Fi Rock Version Of Odd Future?

Posted 6/19/12 2:30 pm EST by in Hip-hop, Music


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You probably feel like you're already aware of the Portland band White Fang, and it's not because they share a name with the eternally badass book. It's partly because their new album, Positive Feedback, sounds like the familiar brand of scuzzy rock that's been around since your parents were babies. And partly because they're the bizarro rock version of Odd Future. We're not just talking about the wolf-themed names; we've listed five more reasons why below. If White Fang gets a sketch show on Adult Swim in a few years, we'll be here to say we told you so.

1. Awesome cover art

Designing their own album covers, helming a sketch show and publishing a photo book, Odd Future could even be called an art collective. Same goes for White Fang: they design their covers, do their own videos and have a pictorial blog called Riff That Spliff.

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5 Songs That Best Compliment 'Axeman Mobile'

Posted 6/18/12 6:00 pm EST by in Games, Music

I'll be honest; I don't play many video games. That's why I'm the editor of this blog and not MTV Multiplayer. The extent of my recent gaming has been "Yahtzee Adventure," "NBA Jam" and "Madden '12" on my iPhone while sitting on the subway.

Obviously, I'm no video game expert, but I am hooked on the new app "Axeman Mobile." Yes, it's by Axe Body Spray. Yes, it's a promotional tool. And yes, I realize that sounds ridiculous. However, that also means it's free to download, plus they've created Planet AXE, which is one-part social network and one-part online gaming hub where you can exchange points for actual prizes.

As for "Axeman" itself, the basis is simple but the actual game-play is deceptively tricky. Music notes appear on the guitar fret at the bottom and you use those to shoot enemy douchebags while blocking the projectiles they throw and collecting girls in your crew to improve your health. My favorite feature is you can play along to any song on your iPod, rather than put up with annoying video game background music. I've already tried a variety of tracks and so far the following five complement "Axeman" best.
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Funny Music Video From Keith Morris' OFF!

Posted 6/7/12 2:45 pm EST by in Funny, Music, Video

Despite co-founding the pioneering punk band Black Flag over 35 years ago, Keith Morris is still rocking out with his current band OFF! They've just released their second album, and now comes their new video for the hyper-short single "Cracked."

You may recognize the sign-spinner. Ron Babcock appears in MTV Clutch's "How To End A Date In 30 Seconds Or Less: Jenga." You'll also notice Ron using a little plastic rectangular thing with the band's name on it to listen to music. Those are cassette tapes, kids. People used to get almost all of their music on cassette tapes, and the actual spools of tape inside the casing used to get tangled up in the tape-players. You couldn't skip from song to song on them; you had to hold down "fast forward" and guesstimate where the next song began. It was not fun.

But, releasing your 2012 album on cassette is fun, which is what OFF! did, because it is kitschy and nostalgic. So watch the video, and go buy their tape.

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Feel The 'Good Vibrations' For Mark Wahlberg's Birthday

Posted 6/5/12 11:00 am EST by in Hip-hop, Music, Video

Today is that day every year when we remember that veteran actor, producer and animal communicator Mark Wahlberg was once the shirtless frontman of Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch. Yes, today is Mark Wahlberg's birthday. He turns 41.

MTV's Mark Wahlberg biographer writes that as the leader of MM&FB, active from 1989 to 1993, Marky was "the laughingstock of the hip-hop nation" and "a pretty-boy pariah within the rap community." Nevertheless, the band's debut album Music for the People did make its way up the Billboard charts to #21 and its single "Good Vibrations" all the way to number one. That funky white boy is also right behind Will Smith on the list of most successful rapper-to-actor crossover acts. Heck, if you would have told us 20 years ago (when the following music video was released) that we'd be excited to see Marky star in a movie about a talking teddy bear, we would have laughed in your face. Now, without further adieu, come on come on, feel the vibrations...

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5 Rap-Metal Songs That Actually Work

Posted 5/30/12 10:30 am EST by in Hip-hop, Music


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Hip-hop and metal seem like they couldn't be farther apart on the musical spectrum. However, if you look closely, they're more similar than you'd think. Both genres are often driven by a certain percussive intensity--the sonic foundation of many songs is the chest-thumping formidable synergy between the bass and the drums. Both genres explore anger, internal conflict, feelings of superiority and dominance--in general, the pains of being a man. Finally, both genres are known for their balls-out aggressiveness. Most songs in both worlds seem to be mixed and mastered with illegal doses of horse testosterone.

To the seasoned listener, rap-metal collaborations make sense. They're hardly the marriage of two distant, disparate musical styles, but rather, two aural juggernauts capitalizing on their inherent commonalities. To prove it, we have collected five awesome rap-metal collaborations that everyone can appreciate.
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Brain-Melting Nostalgia Blast: Cover Girl For Blink-182

Posted 5/24/12 11:00 am EST by in Ladies, Music, Tattoos


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Here she is now. Her name is Janine Lindemulder, by the way, a former porn star, the ex-wife of Jesse James and the woman all pop-punk rockers lusted after in 1999. She retired from the porn industry around that time to pursue a career teaching kindergarten, which didn't work out. In 2002 she married Jesse James of West Coast Choppers. They had a daughter together but the pair later divorced and in 2005 she return to porn. Things got rocky for her in 2008 when she was sent sentenced to six months in prison for tax evasion. The former Penthouse Pet has surely been doing other things since her release but they're not easily discoverable on the Web.

We saw this image on BuzzFeed yesterday where she caught a bit of hate; she had some defenders in the Reddit post where it originated. Let's play Photo Hunt: The differences between her appearance then and now is 13 years, a lack of makeup, a large neck tattoo, a haircut and less visible cleavage. The image on the right is actually about 18 months old. In a more recent mugshot her hair is down and she's nearly smiling. Our ruling is, the woman is 43 years old and doesn't deserve ridicule. Now descending from a horse of mid-range height...

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The 6 Greatest Songs Performed By Sports Teams

Posted 5/22/12 3:30 pm EST by in Music, Sports


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Music and sports have a long, storied relationship. The more interesting and entertaining chapters happen when athletes themselves have stepped into the recording studio. An elite few are successful: mild-mannered former Yankee outfielder Bernie Williams is an accomplished classical guitarist, and his album Moving Forward was nominated for Best Latin Jazz Album at the 2009 Latin Grammy Awards. Some are respectable but not overly impressive: Reds pitcher Bronson Arroyo gave us a whole record of '90s rock covers appropriately titled Covering the Bases. And most indicate that the end of the world is indeed upon us: Lakers forward Metta World Peace, back when he was known as Ron Artest, dropped My World, a rap album that included hard-hitting jams such as "La La Ladies", "Workin' the Pole" and "Hood Luhv."

However, just as there is no "I" in "team," efforts by individual athletes pale in comparison to  when entire teams band together (get it?) to perform an absurd celebratory track. Whether it's for charity, to fire up the fan base or just because the team is high on swag, nothing says instant classic like having your favorite players sing a catchy chorus and some awkwardly-composed lyrics to a generic tune and a budget beat.
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5 MMA Fighters Who Nailed Their Walkout Songs

Posted 5/16/12 2:30 pm EST by in MMA, Music, Sports


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Walkout songs are very unique to sports. Does Greg in accounting walk into Dr. Dre's "Next Episode" on the PA system every morning at 9 am? No. As much as we would all love that, it's just not going to happen. Walkout songs are distinctly of the world of athletics; they’re a part of the entertainment package and fanfare that keep spectators engaged and coming back for more.

Especially for MMA fighters, walkout songs are critically important--the crucial link between the blood, sweat and tears of preparation and effectiveness during battle. Fighters, just like everyone else, are subject to psychological pitfalls. The right walkout song can help sustain the confidence he has spent countless hours building in the gym and in training. It can also sway the audience in a fighter's favor, which also bolsters octagon swagger.

After an exhaustive search, we've narrowed down five such fighters who have owned their personality/fighting style and nailed their choice in entrance music.

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