Tuesday, April 26, 2011
We. Have. A WINNAH!
Last night was the season 3 finale of RuPaul's Drag Race. To the surprise of no one Raja won as "The Next Drag Superstar". I already predicted this but it doesn't mean that I am ok with it. I feel that Raja totally bombed on the last challenge and if just judged on that challenge alone both her and Manila would have been in the bottom. And her runway look? WTF? That is not the look of a winner. It was not drag, it was simply a man putting on women's clothing. Maybe it's Raja's "style" of drag, but I thought being a drag queen was about the illusion of being a woman, that look provided no illusions to me. However; Raja has been bringing "it" the whole competition and has bought a new style of drag to the masses. As you should know Alexis was my favorite queen and I feel she should have at least been in the top 2. She absolutely aced the final challenge and looked great on the runway, she has a great personality, and she is the only one I would pay good money to see perform in a club. As far as Manila, well, she's cool. So that's it another season down and one less thing to watch on television (or really for me at work online) what ever will i do?
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Soul II Soul FTW
You know when you just hear certain songs and you are just automatically transported to a certain age, a certain time, a certain spot? That's how I feel about Soul II Soul's music. The other day my mother, brother and I were all in the living room watching music videos and cracking jokes. Then all of a sudden "Keep on Moving" came on and we all let out a collective "OHHHHH". Then my mother started telling stories about where she was and what she was doing in the era this song was out. I automatically remember being 4 or 5 years old driving in the back of my parents Corsica, like I so clearly remember it, its freaky. That's good music for ya.
Metal Karaoke
If there was a karaoke night dedicated to strictly metal music I would sing this:
I don't remember when or where I first heard this song. I think it was on MTV (shocker!) early one morning and I was hooked. I think I then went to school and was talking about them and a day later a friend let me borrow a copy of Slipknot's self titled debut album which I promptly dubbed on a cassette tape. Remember those? In high school I always wanted to go to a Slipknot show but I always heard horror stories of their crazy early shows, like jumping into crowds throwing drums into the crowd, throwing poop? Yeah. However a few years ago when they came into the VA Beach Amp me and a few friends went to go see them. It was EPIC. Unfortunately Paul the bassist passed away last year and the future of the band seems to be at a standstill. But I would never forget those times of driving around with my friends doing hoodrat stuff and listening to Slipknot.LOL. Good times man, Good times.
I don't remember when or where I first heard this song. I think it was on MTV (shocker!) early one morning and I was hooked. I think I then went to school and was talking about them and a day later a friend let me borrow a copy of Slipknot's self titled debut album which I promptly dubbed on a cassette tape. Remember those? In high school I always wanted to go to a Slipknot show but I always heard horror stories of their crazy early shows, like jumping into crowds throwing drums into the crowd, throwing poop? Yeah. However a few years ago when they came into the VA Beach Amp me and a few friends went to go see them. It was EPIC. Unfortunately Paul the bassist passed away last year and the future of the band seems to be at a standstill. But I would never forget those times of driving around with my friends doing hoodrat stuff and listening to Slipknot.LOL. Good times man, Good times.
Jammie
Lately the "industry" has been going nuts for this kid Frank Ocean who is a part of the Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All (OFWGKTA)collective. Aside from his OF brotherens he is the singer songwriter of the pack. In fact there is a term going around by the name of PBR&B which is R&B music for the hipster set, I personally think the term is quite genius. So a little while ago after a couple of weeks of people ranting and raving about this guy I decided to give his free album Nostalgia Ultra a listen. After a couple of spins I've decided its pretty good. Im not jumping up and down about it but there a few bangers up there and the kid can write the heck of a song i'll give him that much. My personal faves are "Lovecrimes", "There Will Be Tears" and my favorite song off the album "Dust" which is the jammie of the day. He accomplished his goal in getting peoples attention with this project, he definitely has mine. I am looking forward to he does next.
This is the main event! Are you ready!?
The time has come again children. This season of RuPaul's Drag Race is coming to an end. The finalist this season are interesting cause I feel anyone of them can take the crown! I still think the decision of naming Tyra last season was a huge mistake. Sure she is beautiful but to me she doesn't have the personality. So I am glad these three queens: Raja, Manila and Alexis are in the running for the title. Since the first challenge I think everyone who watches the show can agree that we all knew Raja was going to be in the finale. Her runway is always ALWAYS on point.
Alexis was lost in the shuffle at first but really started to shine during the Snatch Game and her hilarious portrayal of Alicia Keys. Since then she has been turning it out but has become frustrated with the judges' criticism of her wardrobe. She is personally my favorite queen she has such a fun personality.
I liked Manila a lot at first but then my feelings for have waned over the season. I don't know if it has to do with her being a part of the Heather's or what. But you can't deny that she too has a great personality and she is very visual and really puts her looks together well.
Whomever wins this season I will be happy all 3 of these ladies are very deserving. But I think we all know that Raja is going to take it home. I can't wait!
Miss Prada, You Are So Messy
A little while ago I featured a youtube personality by the name of Playboi Branden and his alter ego Miss Prada. Since then he shut down his previous youtube channel and started a new one. This video was on his other youtube channel and thankfully he re-uploaded it. This video and song is a hot mess, i love it. Be sure to check out the new youtube channel and all the messiness that ensues.
Friday, April 22, 2011
Jammie
Rick Ross' Maybach Music Group (or as I like to call MyNeckMyBack Music Group) has become the next Young Money. Not only in the sense that they are signing pretty talented up and coming MC's but in the sense that they are signing everyone and their momma to the label. I'm actually signed to Maybach Music Group as a flute player, no joke. Anyways I am posting this video on because it has two of my favorite men on the track. DC Native, Mayback signee and sexay piece-o-chocolatey Wale and a hot red headed jewish dude who is like one of the whitest people on earth like borderline Rick Astley but he's still so cute, DA of Chester French, whom I love dearly. When I first heard this song I thought DA sounded so out of place on the track, but it grew on me. Thus leading to me posting this video. G'day.
ABDC Season 6 Episode 3
Ok so we are officially into the sixth season of the show. This week is Black Eyed Peas week and I'm pretty excited because whether you love or hate them BEP makes great music to dance too. Let's get right to the crews.
Iconic Boyz: I actually think they killed this routine. I think the judges can't see through the cuteness of the boys cause if a crew of older people did this same routine I think they would be more expressive about it. I believe the choreo was on point and they are definitely a crew to watch out for. And the chubby kid T Money, is officially my hero!
Phunk Phenomenon: although I was upset to not only hear they made the show but was one of the first crews announced, I have to give it to them they (in lil mama voice) "turnt it up". They are still not one of my favorite crew though.
IaMmE: This routine was pretty cool, when it comes to tutting and creating illusions this crew has it down pact. Their robot task was dope, I just think they need to step it up in the choreo.
Street Kingdom: :sigh: I deemed this crew one of my faves early on but even I knew when it comes to challenges every week the intensity of rawness of the first week's routine will not shine through. I hope they find a way to introduce choreo into their crumping or im afraid they'll be going home soon.
787: they definitely stepped it up from last week in my eyes. I enojoyed the choreo, the stunts, all that. Muy bueno.
Instant Noodles: I just can't get into these guys, I think the voters of ABDC is just enamored with the "asian bboy crew" thing that they can't see these guys aren't that good. Their routine was lacking for me once again. The video game task they did was pretty cool but there's nothing special about these dudes to me. Sorry.
-The bottom two-
So my predictions for the bottom 2 last week were totally wrong. I mean like way off and I was very upset that Request was in the bottom 2!! (i take this show very seriously, i know sad right?) I think because of what I said in the post about the season premiere that they got the worst song of the night and they really couldnt bring it. Now I know that if you are a good dance crew you should be able to dance to any song but come on that song sucked! Anyways the 2nd crew in the bottom 2 was Footworkingz which surprised me. I guess sometimes its hard for the general majority of voters to latch on to certain dance cultures :kanye shrug:
Footworkingz: the routine was ok, the task of the illusion of floating was eh. I think they just came out on the stage with a defeatist attitude. They gave up to early and to me it showed. *spoiler alert* they got sent home.
Request: These girls killed it!!!! I loved this routine and they executed the task of cloning to a T. I think America will now see what I saw in these girls from the beginning.
Finishing touches: As I said before T Money is my new hero. As the seasons go on Lil Mama's commentary continues to make less and less sense, she is definitely the Paula Abdul of ABDC. It's like she speaks Clingon or Pig Latin. She does not speak in complete sentences, there is no nouns or verbs when she speaks. D-Trix is still awesome and adorable and JC is always the stern voice of reason. My bottom 2 for next week is Instant Noodles and I hate to say it but I think Street Kingdom will be up there as well. Here's the full episode.
Iconic Boyz: I actually think they killed this routine. I think the judges can't see through the cuteness of the boys cause if a crew of older people did this same routine I think they would be more expressive about it. I believe the choreo was on point and they are definitely a crew to watch out for. And the chubby kid T Money, is officially my hero!
Phunk Phenomenon: although I was upset to not only hear they made the show but was one of the first crews announced, I have to give it to them they (in lil mama voice) "turnt it up". They are still not one of my favorite crew though.
IaMmE: This routine was pretty cool, when it comes to tutting and creating illusions this crew has it down pact. Their robot task was dope, I just think they need to step it up in the choreo.
Street Kingdom: :sigh: I deemed this crew one of my faves early on but even I knew when it comes to challenges every week the intensity of rawness of the first week's routine will not shine through. I hope they find a way to introduce choreo into their crumping or im afraid they'll be going home soon.
787: they definitely stepped it up from last week in my eyes. I enojoyed the choreo, the stunts, all that. Muy bueno.
Instant Noodles: I just can't get into these guys, I think the voters of ABDC is just enamored with the "asian bboy crew" thing that they can't see these guys aren't that good. Their routine was lacking for me once again. The video game task they did was pretty cool but there's nothing special about these dudes to me. Sorry.
-The bottom two-
So my predictions for the bottom 2 last week were totally wrong. I mean like way off and I was very upset that Request was in the bottom 2!! (i take this show very seriously, i know sad right?) I think because of what I said in the post about the season premiere that they got the worst song of the night and they really couldnt bring it. Now I know that if you are a good dance crew you should be able to dance to any song but come on that song sucked! Anyways the 2nd crew in the bottom 2 was Footworkingz which surprised me. I guess sometimes its hard for the general majority of voters to latch on to certain dance cultures :kanye shrug:
Footworkingz: the routine was ok, the task of the illusion of floating was eh. I think they just came out on the stage with a defeatist attitude. They gave up to early and to me it showed. *spoiler alert* they got sent home.
Request: These girls killed it!!!! I loved this routine and they executed the task of cloning to a T. I think America will now see what I saw in these girls from the beginning.
Finishing touches: As I said before T Money is my new hero. As the seasons go on Lil Mama's commentary continues to make less and less sense, she is definitely the Paula Abdul of ABDC. It's like she speaks Clingon or Pig Latin. She does not speak in complete sentences, there is no nouns or verbs when she speaks. D-Trix is still awesome and adorable and JC is always the stern voice of reason. My bottom 2 for next week is Instant Noodles and I hate to say it but I think Street Kingdom will be up there as well. Here's the full episode.
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Funny Shat
These 2 videos has been tickling my funny bones. This first one is from comedian Kevin Hart who's special "Seriously Funny" made cry, it was, in fact, seriously funny. Since that time he has become a hot comodity in stand up and has conjured up a character by the name of "Chocolate Droppa" who's a hardcore rapper, who's not hardcore at all, much like most rappers out today. Recently the hip hop magazine XXL has released their yearly "Freshman" list of rappers who are supposedly the next big thing. These lists usually have like a 30% success rate. Anyways Chocolate Droppa was supposed to be on that list, and seriously he should have, some of the dudes really don't need to be up there.
Up next is some oldies but goodies from my imaginary husband Donald Glover who kicked off his "IAmDONALD" tour last night (which btw the DC date is sold out, im real salty about that) this is from the comedy troupe DERRICK.
Up next is some oldies but goodies from my imaginary husband Donald Glover who kicked off his "IAmDONALD" tour last night (which btw the DC date is sold out, im real salty about that) this is from the comedy troupe DERRICK.
Happy Birthday To...
My awesome cousin Rachahd. She's "27" today. Her name (Rachahd Gargulio-Tosado) makes me hungry for some reason. It sounds like a chicken alfredo taco type dish no? Anyways, have an awesmazing day!
Dionne Farris FTW
I just came back from Food Lion, man Food Lion be jumping, at least the one on Kecoughtan. While I was in there they played Dionne Farris' "Hopeless". That took me back and reminded how dope Dionne was. Dionne started out as 1 of 30,000 members of Arrested Development, she was the one that sung the H out of the last stanza of "Tennessee". Then she went solo and had a couple of bangers, then she disappeared. We here at Bugz Blawg wanted to take some time out of the day to salute you Dionne, you were dope, you are missed.
Dionne Farris - I Know (Official Music Video). Watch more top selected videos about: Dionne Farris
Friday, April 15, 2011
ABDC Season 6 Episode 2
Last nights episode bought on 5 more crews to contend for a spot in the ABDC line up. The show had an opening number featuring a crew of tween boys and a crew of pole dancers dancing in the same routine. Am I the only one that thinks this is awkward? Alright here is my non expert critique of the the nights crews.
Footworkingz- This Chicago crew definitely bought the footwork to the stage. I got gassed out just watching them! I commend them immensely for keeping that energy through the entire routine.
787-a crew of Puerto Rican dudes? Si Por favor! But no really, they were pretty good the tricks were dope. But I was not excited about their performance. They definitely should spread the tricks out and add more choreo.
Iconic Boyz-this crew of lil guidos are cute in theory but honestly I was annoyed before they even danced. However by the end of the dance I was quite impressed. They are taught by Geo who was in Season 1's crew Iconic, so I know all of their choreo will be well put together and clean. I think they could stay on the show for a while with all the votes they will be getting from the young ladies. Shout out to the chubby kid! He was killing it!
Jag6ed-a crew of pole dancers? Ugh. Although I do applaud the ladies for their ability to coordinate synchronized moves on the pole...no...just no...*spoiler alert* they got sent home, thank goodness.
Instant Noodles-seriously one of the best crew names ever, and by best I mean silly and by silly I mean awesome. When it comes to asian bboys and ABDC, you expect to see some sick creative awesome stuff. That just didnt happen with these boys this time around. They got pretty burned by D-Trix so they need to step it up big time.
Finishing touches: Now that we have all our crews picked out for the main show I think the bottom 2 next week are going to be Phunk Phenomenon and Instant Noodles maybe 787. I think last weeks batch of crews were definitely better than this week. There isnt a crew from this week that I can add to my early faves. That honor goes to Request and Street Kingdom. Another thing this whole one artist a week thing is getting kind of old. I liked on the other seasons when they had like 1 or 2 episodes dedicated to an artist. But I think its diminishing the number of songs crews can use and if a crew gets stuck with a sucky song thats hard to dance to they can get sent home for it. But I guess that's part of the challenge right? Lastly I just want to comment on how friggin adorable D-Trix is and how I like him as a judge he is a great addition to the panel. Here is this week's full episode.
Footworkingz- This Chicago crew definitely bought the footwork to the stage. I got gassed out just watching them! I commend them immensely for keeping that energy through the entire routine.
787-a crew of Puerto Rican dudes? Si Por favor! But no really, they were pretty good the tricks were dope. But I was not excited about their performance. They definitely should spread the tricks out and add more choreo.
Iconic Boyz-this crew of lil guidos are cute in theory but honestly I was annoyed before they even danced. However by the end of the dance I was quite impressed. They are taught by Geo who was in Season 1's crew Iconic, so I know all of their choreo will be well put together and clean. I think they could stay on the show for a while with all the votes they will be getting from the young ladies. Shout out to the chubby kid! He was killing it!
Jag6ed-a crew of pole dancers? Ugh. Although I do applaud the ladies for their ability to coordinate synchronized moves on the pole...no...just no...*spoiler alert* they got sent home, thank goodness.
Instant Noodles-seriously one of the best crew names ever, and by best I mean silly and by silly I mean awesome. When it comes to asian bboys and ABDC, you expect to see some sick creative awesome stuff. That just didnt happen with these boys this time around. They got pretty burned by D-Trix so they need to step it up big time.
Finishing touches: Now that we have all our crews picked out for the main show I think the bottom 2 next week are going to be Phunk Phenomenon and Instant Noodles maybe 787. I think last weeks batch of crews were definitely better than this week. There isnt a crew from this week that I can add to my early faves. That honor goes to Request and Street Kingdom. Another thing this whole one artist a week thing is getting kind of old. I liked on the other seasons when they had like 1 or 2 episodes dedicated to an artist. But I think its diminishing the number of songs crews can use and if a crew gets stuck with a sucky song thats hard to dance to they can get sent home for it. But I guess that's part of the challenge right? Lastly I just want to comment on how friggin adorable D-Trix is and how I like him as a judge he is a great addition to the panel. Here is this week's full episode.
Friday, April 8, 2011
ABDC Season 6 premiere
First off Happy April. Last night was the premiere of America's Best Dance Crew Season 6. Since the last few seasons have been pretty 'meh', Im always skeptical when going into a new season. However from the beginning of the episode with the opening number of the 5 dance crews of the night, I felt maybe this season won't be so bad after all. Before we get to the crews let's cheer for the fact that D-Trix from Quest Crew is a judge this season! I don't know how critical of a judge he's going to be but it's exciting to not only have a true dancer as a judge but someone who went through the whole experience, and won! Now let's get to the crews.
I aM mE-they were the first up for the night and I thought they were pretty cool. They had a lot of energy and they are a very visual group which I like. I look forward to what they will do this season. I hate to say it but they do remind me of So Real Cru, is it a Houston thing?
Phunk Phenomenon-this group is from out of Boston and Boston hasn't had much luck on the show (well the whole east coast in general) and I think that tradition will continue. There was nothing special about their performance to me but they did hit they're moves hard, so, yeah, moving on.
Request- these gals are from New Zealand, and I know already ABDC heads are rolling cause are not from America, they're not even from this continent, or this hemisphere! It's like fall over there right!? Anyway, I liked these girls from the opening dance number, they're dancing style seemed really different, awkward even. Unfortunately they were given the worst Lil Wayne song of the night, actually they were given the worst Lil Wayne song EVER, now that's saying something. But as I stated before I like their style and I hope they get a better song next time they hit the stage.#polyswag
Eclectic Gentlemen-they were aiight, the lines were a bit off *spoiler alert* they got sent home.
Street Kingdom-ME LIKEY! This crew has the creator of Krump dancing 'Tight Eyez' and they delivered this episode. Very intense. I just wonder how they will do in future challenges. *sidenote: I remember taking my godsister Ashley to see Rize in the summer of '05, good times*
Finishing touches: ABDC annoys the crap out of me when it comes to the sob stories they have to create like enough already. I am looking forward to this season. Next episode they will have 5 new crews dancing to Ke$ha songs...*crickets* yeah. So far my favorite crews are Request and Street Kingdom
Peace out till next time, here's the full episode.
I aM mE-they were the first up for the night and I thought they were pretty cool. They had a lot of energy and they are a very visual group which I like. I look forward to what they will do this season. I hate to say it but they do remind me of So Real Cru, is it a Houston thing?
Phunk Phenomenon-this group is from out of Boston and Boston hasn't had much luck on the show (well the whole east coast in general) and I think that tradition will continue. There was nothing special about their performance to me but they did hit they're moves hard, so, yeah, moving on.
Request- these gals are from New Zealand, and I know already ABDC heads are rolling cause are not from America, they're not even from this continent, or this hemisphere! It's like fall over there right!? Anyway, I liked these girls from the opening dance number, they're dancing style seemed really different, awkward even. Unfortunately they were given the worst Lil Wayne song of the night, actually they were given the worst Lil Wayne song EVER, now that's saying something. But as I stated before I like their style and I hope they get a better song next time they hit the stage.#polyswag
Eclectic Gentlemen-they were aiight, the lines were a bit off *spoiler alert* they got sent home.
Street Kingdom-ME LIKEY! This crew has the creator of Krump dancing 'Tight Eyez' and they delivered this episode. Very intense. I just wonder how they will do in future challenges. *sidenote: I remember taking my godsister Ashley to see Rize in the summer of '05, good times*
Finishing touches: ABDC annoys the crap out of me when it comes to the sob stories they have to create like enough already. I am looking forward to this season. Next episode they will have 5 new crews dancing to Ke$ha songs...*crickets* yeah. So far my favorite crews are Request and Street Kingdom
Peace out till next time, here's the full episode.
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