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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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Paris Hilton On The Ones And Twos, Annouces World Tour

Posted 5/16/12 12:10 pm EST by in Celebs, Music, News

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FINALLY! Remember how you were just saying, "What the electronic music scene really needs is a ditzy socialite to come in and shake things up"? Well, it's happening. Paris Hilton has recently announced that she's going to be making her debut as a DJ at the Pop Music Festival in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Not only that, she's set up a whole tour in support of her house music album! This is going to be great! DJs have a hard enough time defending themselves as "artists," and Paris Hilton getting on the decks is only going to make things worse. Hopefully, she'll get tired of this really fast and we can just add it to the "list of crazy things Paris Hilton thought she could do well," which already includes singing, acting and pornography.

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Infodiscography Explores The Rise And Fall Wu-Tang Clan

Posted 5/3/12 11:00 am EST by in Infographic, Music


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This series of Wu-Tang Clan infographics exploring the rise and fall of Wu-Tang aint nuthing to f*** wit. The trilogy begins with "The Rise" in the early '90s, shifts to "The Fragmentation" and RZA's "Bobby Digital in Stereo" in 1998, and concludes with "The Decline" and Masta Killa's "No Said Date" in June 2004. Along the way, the Infodiscography shows album artwork (when the inserts still mattered) and the highest chart position achieved by each album. You can also see which Wu-Tang members or notable collaborators appear on each page. In a nutshell, it's pretty tight. Is Wu-Tang really in a decline, though? ODB is gone and sure they've aged but their talent is intact. Maybe it's just the golden years. And of course the graphic doesn't address the legendary group's influence, but its impact is immeasurable and implied.

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5 Awesome Movie Cameos Metal Gods

Posted 5/2/12 1:30 pm EST by in Celebs, Movies, Music


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Society at large generally gives metal musicians a bad rap. People typically think they're psychologically disturbed, ghastly creatures who run on a steady diet of leather, horror flicks and "World of Warcraft." And while that may be true of some (looking at you, black metal), not all of them are one-dimensional, head-banging lunatics who just want to unsettle you, make your ears bleed, and then sacrifice a baby lamb to the Prince of Darkness after the show. Nay, in fact, most are just normal, all-around cool dudes who want to make skull-rattling music and do the occasional movie cameo.

Movie cameos can be extraordinarily effective when it comes to humanizing metal musicians, as audiences get to see that they're not just spawns of Satan who have emerged from the bowels of hell to frighten children and make old people nervous. Furthermore, cameos also often reveal that many metal musicians are just genuine performers with real, and sometimes profound, creative and artistic sensibilities. As proof, we submit to you these five awesome metal movie cameos.
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Video Premiere: D-WHY's Summer Jam 'We Don't Know'

Posted 5/2/12 11:30 am EST by in Hip-hop, Music, Video

Today we're premiering D-WHY's new video for "We Don't Know," featuring a hazy Instagram aesthetic perfect for you to usher in the season of halter tops and day-drinking. And, oh yeah, the song is good, too. It's one of those loopy beats and casual hooks that will burrow straight into your brain after a couple listens. (And dude can even sing!)

D-WHY (real name David Morris) earned his buzz buck by repurposing beats by the likes of Wiz Khalifa and Childish Gambino, laying his own effortless delivery over top. His music video "Macchiato Music" recently won in mtvU's The Freshman competition and earned the young rapper regular airtime on the channel. Branching out, "We Don't Know" gives us a glimpse of his original material -- more of which we'll hear on his upcoming Don't Flatter Yourself mixtape.

Check out the "We Don't Know" video below, and you'll see why industry vets like Hit-Boy and Diggy are already fans.

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Top 5 Self-Deprecating Rap Songs

Posted 4/27/12 11:30 am EST by in Hip-hop, Music, Video

In hip-hop, having "swag" and going "H.A.M." are key elements to surviving the game. There's not a lot of room for socially-awkward rappers. Blundering guys don't sell many records. It's rather unfortunate, if you ask us. A little humiliation, self-awareness and self-deprecation can be endearing, even if you're a rapper. While the majority of hip-hop artists prefer to tell you all about how much money they have, how many bad chicks they've corralle, and the kinds of amazing stuff they've been doing, there are a few bold ones that are totally OK with getting attention at their own expense. We thought we'd pay homage to them by listing five of our favorite self-deprecating rap songs.
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