August 2007

IN DEPTH: Chamillionaire "Hip Hop Police"

Maybe winning a VMA for his video "Ridin" raised the stakes. Maybe he didn't want to be remembered as one-hit wonder. Whatever the case, Chamillionaire has stepped up big time with what's undoubtedly the most ambitious and entertaining hip-hop video of the year. Cham and director Marc Klasfeld go for laughs and social commentary, creating something that would be perfectly at home  between the Chapelle Show and The Daily Show. "Hip-Hop Police/Evening News" is damn good and damn funny. And, Cham does a much better impression of a white person than Bill O'Reilly.

NEW RELEASE: White Stripes "You Don't Know What Love Is"

So what is rock n' roll in the 21st Century? Judging by the White Stripes, it's the same as it's always been and still made by and for the common people. Damn if they didn't prove their point with a recent tour of every Canadian province and territory, including Nunavut, population 29,474, where they shot a video as part of a tour documentary that is in the works. The simple performance clip for "You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You're Told)" is

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