So it seems Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek aka Reflection Eternal are in the process of recording a new album to finally follow up their classic debut album from 2000 (nine years goes by fast huh!). They popped up to Cipha Sounds and Rosenberg‘s Juan Epstein podcast to discuss all sortsa shit and perform a few joints too. This ep was recorded last Wednesday and Ciph and Rosenberg have been teasing fans since, it was worth the wait though, one of the best Juan Eps yet. The most interesting part of the discussion for me was when they break down how they first hooked up. The discussion about Hi-Tek’s hustling days was really insightful too, I recall Hi-Tek making a comment a few years ago ’bout how people thought he was soft or whatever because of the music he made with Kweli, so it kinda puts that shit it into perspective.

Hit the link below to download this episode, or if you remember how to podcast you can subscribe to Juan Ep through iTunes.

Juan Epstein: Reflection Eternal [zShare]

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‘Yeezy returns with a new school update of the Kool & The Gang ‘Get Down On It’ music video. My favourite joint from 808s, yay

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Of all the toy franchises of my youth, there was probably none that I played with more than G.I Joe. I liked Masters of the Universe, Transformers, Voltron etc.. but there was just something about those little G.I Joe figures – the way the joints could all move, the little rubberband thing in their core that would snap if you twisted it too much, the fact they were small and cheap so you could actually have a decent amount of them. They were just the shit.

Then there was the vehicles…. man, the fucken vehicles. I’d be asking Mum for what seemed like a year in advance for some of them shits. Subsequently, I’ve wondered why they haven’t tackled the idea of making a G.I Joe film earlier. Unlike the other 80′s franchises, G.I Joe seems like a relatively easy one to cash in on – they make army/war shit all the time. Seems much simpler than trying to tackle films about 20 foot transforming robots etc. Anyways, this trailer looks cute and I’m catching it regardless.

On another note, check this list of the 20 stupidest G.I Joe Vehicles ever and count how many you owned. We had 4 of them, and funnily enough the first one my mum ever bought me is #1 on the list. Well done mum.

Props to F&I

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Bahaha I dunno whose bright idea this was but I can’t believe there’s gonna be another Street Fighter movie. I didn’t even hear about it til 15 minutes ago.

It makes me laugh just thinking about the first one and the wack job they did, like casting Raul Julia as M. Bison and muthafucken Damian Chapa (Miklo from Blood In Blood Out) as Ken – if you’re gonna get a Hispanic dude to play Ken, at least get a blonde one! And I’ll never forget how stink the fight scenes and special effects were – I at least expected one “hooo-yu-git” or a “duk-duk-doogit” somewhere but no. What the fuck man. It must go down as one of the dumbest book/game/comic/whatever adaptations in history.

This new movie though could be worse. It’s called Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li and as you’d expect, it focuses on her character. Who gives a fuck about a Chun-Li? The story should only ever follow Ken and/or Ryu and Guile – none of which even feature in this movie apparently. Also, the cast is lame as hell once again. The trailer (check below) at least looks alright, but it’s easy to make something interesting and cool for 60 seconds than it is for 90 minutes. Surely this is gonna flop on all counts. Oh and while I’m reminiscing on old movies being raised from the ashes, any of you guys see last year that they’re remaking The Last Dragon? Sam Jackson as Sho’nuff – crack up!

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Ha, I’m mates with this guy and I still don’t know what he’s up to. First a TV show, now a movie ? Crackin it.

http://www.angelsthemovie.net/

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Pretty much the best live rap performance ever!

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It’s a rare occurence when you come across a movie premise that makes you think “fuck.. i wanna see that” strictly off the premise alone. I’m a bit of a tightarse when it comes to cinema, i.e I’ll read up on reviews, suss if i like the directors past work etc before giving a flick the time of day. Every now and then though, something comes along where I don’t give a fuck about any of that and am dead-set on watching it. Such is the case with these 2 gems:

Slum Dog Millionaire

The story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India’s “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?”

Soon as I saw the words “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” combined with “India” – sold. How can she slap.

JCVD

Jean Claude Van Damme plays himself in this crime comedy that opens with the aging action star on the low end of his career, fighting a drug habit, his daughter’s custody case and now a major P.R. problem — for he’s soon to find himself in the middle of a bank heist, with the world looking on and the Muscles From Brussels as the number one suspect.

Being that I spent the majority of my formative years watching Bloodsport and Kickboxer the concept of Van Damme possibly not doing his “splits – punch in the nuts” move in a film is mindblowing. Drug habit, daughter being ashamed of him.. this is top notch stuff.

Anyone who’s got the hook ups for either of these flicks link us up A.S.A.P

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Ha, this shit is funny. Anyone think it was inspired by Flight Of The Conchords?

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No explanation neccesary, just watch it, ha. Big ups to Ev for the assist!

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After unearthing the brilliance of Jan Terri‘s hit single “Losing You” yesterday I went on an investigation to find out more about the creative genius behind the greatest music video ever made. I discovered the following video article from 2000 on the Daily Show. As you’ll find from the video Jan Terri is no one-hit wonder, she has recorded several hit songs with amazing visual accompaniments such as “My Little Brother” and the chilling “Get Down Goblin”…

Links:

Jan Terri’s Wikipedia entry

Jan Terri videos

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