Performance
The Roots x Joell Ortiz x Busta Rhymes – “My Shot” (Live Performance)
December 8, 2016
The Roots, Joell Ortiz, and Busta Rhymes perform “My Shot” from “The Hamilton Mixtape” for The Tonight Show audience. Song ought to get a good push, too. The “Hamilton” show is still a popular event; having even been attended by U.S. Vice-President Elect Mike Pence (read: almost ANYbody might be in the audience…that massive). And this high-energy performance on Jimmy Fallon’s show can’t hurt either!
KRS-ONE Live In Concert (Video)
December 2, 2016
Turn the music UP! KRS-ONE aka The Teacha is coming through live and direct!!! Real Hip-Hop is over here. Two and a half of it in fact. What have we done for you lately? This! Peep.
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Tags: Boom Bap Nation, Concert, KRS-ONE | 
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Eye Candy: Ashanti On Stage In Chicago… Still Hot AF! (Video)
November 28, 2016
Any YouTube search for Ashanti videos from back in the Murder Inc. heyday will have you realizing, “Hey, Ashanti was pretty damn HOT!” But time touches us all with the wobble and wrinkle wand. True that true beauty never fades, but the sizzling hot sexy Ashanti we knew from the Golden Era into the turn of the 21st Century… that face, that body, that syrupy voice all epitomizing ultimate sex appeal… She can’t have all that still popping, right?
Well, hell yes she can! Press play to watch a piece of her live on stage in The Chi. Looking soooo delicious you want her for ummm… lunch. With noontime Honey. Enjoy!
– @ojones1
Posted in Celebrity, Hip-Hop, Honeyz, Performance, R&B, Travel, Videos | Tags: Ashanti, Chicago | No Comments »
Lupita Nyong’o Lip Syncs Salt N Pepa’s “Whatta Man” (Video)
November 17, 2016
Lupita is so beautiful, and she knows it. Has fun with it. That is at the core of her sexiness… and you KNOW she’s sexy af. Enough to make LL Cool J’s and Spike TV’s night!
(And mine!)
See her sexy Salt ‘N Pepa cover performance on Lip Sync Battle.
– @ojones1
Posted in Celebrity, Dance, Hip-Hop, Performance, Series, Television, Videos | Tags: ‘Whatta Man, Lip Sync, Lip Sync Battle, Lupita Nyong'o, Salt-n-Pepa | No Comments »
Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One: Magician David Blane Shows Up With A Deck Of Cards And A Frog… (Video)
November 15, 2016
You know you are a real magician when you can bring onlookers up for a really close look, then send them scurrying away like gleefully startled children. Hilarious, engaging and intriguing, watch master illusionist David Blane amaze Jimmy Fallon and The Roots in the clip above.
– @ojones1
Shia LeBeouf’s ‘Off The Top Of The Head’ Freestyle Proves He’s Better Than Many Mainstream Rappers (Video)
November 11, 2016
Even I stood up like “DAMN!” watching actor Shia LeBeouf murder this off the top of the head freestyle. Why are so many mainstream rappers garbage with no skills & actors like Shia LaBeouf can come through & further embarrass them? Crazy
EPMD Performs “So Wat Cha Sayin'” Live (Video)
October 17, 2016
So I come across Web 2.0 gold this weekend. Facebook, in its artificial intelligence wisdom, saw fit to bless my stream with this performance vid of two vets doing the damn thing! So what I’m saying is I got EPMD on stage doing “So Wat Cha Sayin'” all cued up for you. Just press play and get your Golden Era Hip-Hop appreciation on.
– @ojones1
Posted in Hip-Hop, Performance, Videos | Tags: EPMD, Erick Sermon, Parrish, Parrish Smith, So Wat Cha Sayin | No Comments »
Jidenna – “Long Live The Chief” (Live Performance On ‘The Daily Show’) [Video]
October 15, 2016
Dope! Dope! DOPE! I knew Jidenna could deliver the goods on the pop music tip, with an alt twist, but before the BET Cypher did you know he could spit (not even distracted by super-fine lyricist 3D Na’Tee)? Well, after this performance of “Long Live The Chief” there is no doubt. Jidenna earns the emcee stamp.
JIDENNA – LONG LIVE THE CHIEF (ITUNES)
– @ojones1
Posted in Hip-Hop, Music, Performance, Videos | Tags: Jidenna, Long Live The Chief, The Daily Show, The Daily Show With Trevor Noah, Trevor Noah | 1 Comment »
Fat Joe And Remy Ma Turnt ‘All The Way Up’ For The Hometown Turnout (Video)
October 7, 2016
Great energy, and the crowd displayed the proper level of insanity when The Don hit the stage.
Fat Joe & Remy Ma shut down a free hometown concert in the Bronx.
– TrueExclusives
But deeeeeem! Remy came out later looking thicka than a double chocolate snicka blizzard! Whew. Anybody missing Summer yet? #RightHandUp #LeftHandUp
– @ojones1
Posted in Hip-Hop, Performance, Videos | Tags: bronx, City Parks Foundation, Concert, FAT JOE, Lyricist Lounge, New York, Remy Ma, Summer Stage, TrueExclusives | 1 Comment »
Watch This Human Hotwing Bathe In 1,250 Bottles Of Hot Sauce (Video)
August 29, 2016
Wing NUT is more like it… You think folks who just get pepper-sprayed enjoyed it? And genius here is gonna bathe in peppers and pepper sauce??
Bwaaaahahaaa! And this dumb azz is hollering, “gimme a towel,” at the end. Ha! Somebody should have given him a “that’s what you get, stupid!” Well, I guess this will make a good audition vid for a new ‘Jackass’ show. MTV, you watching?
Posted in Performance, Podcast, Series, Videos | Tags: Bathing in 1250 Bottles of Hot Sauce, Bathing in Hot Sauce, Cemre Candar, Hot Sauce | No Comments »
“Tiny Desk Concert” Series Welcomes Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals (Video)
August 25, 2016
Anderson .Paak and his band The Free Nationals… Much of their sound is layered atop a soulful Hip-Hop foundation; from there, your safest bet is to call it a hodgepodge of genres in the best way possible. Guitarist Jose Rios and bassist Kelsey Gonzalez inject a hard-rock edge into the Hi-Tek-produced “Come Down,” this set’s opening number. When you hear them play the first few jazz chords of “Heart Don’t Stand A Chance,” it’s hard to simply call this R&B…
But what you can call this is a dope set, a mini-concert, a NPR Tiny Desk Concert. Yeah, call it that. Now listen to the band and .Paak.
Posted in Album, Hip-Hop, Performance, R&B, Series, Videos | Tags: Anderson .Paak, NPR, NPR Music, The Free Nationals, Tiny Desk Concert | No Comments »
Throwback: Joey Bada$$ Live In London (Video)
August 23, 2016
Watch DJSemtex – on-air jock on BBC Radio 1xtra – talking to Joey Bad back in the day. The interview vid is laced with live Bada$$ performance footage from DJSemtex’s ‘Arrival’ concert event. London was loving the young’n for certain. Check it!
Posted in Hip-Hop, Performance, Videos | Tags: DJ Semtex, DJSemtex, Joey Bada$$, Joey Badass, LIVE IN LONDON | No Comments »
Classic Clips: Legendary Philly Rapper ‘Schooly D’ Performing @ The Latin Quarter in NYC 1986 (Video)
August 7, 2016
Schooly D says he does not want to be a teacher in the clip above, but listen to the OG because he is speaking truth into the future. Shot in 1986, the Philly legend is speaking on realities in Hip-Hop (independence being freedom, parallels and similar perils in Rock-n-Roll and Rap, etc.) and more that hold in 2016. Plus, it is just really dope to flash back to a time when our culture was still finding its way. ‘No biting allowed’ was the rule and cultural appropriation was non-existent because no outsiders knew enough to ‘steal’ anything from us. Hip-Hop was barely a decade old.
It’s a short clip. Enjoy it thoroughly!
Posted in Hip-Hop, Interview, Performance, Throwback, Videos | Tags: cultural appropriation, culture vultures, independent artist, Schooly D, The Latin Quarter | No Comments »
James Corden Welcomes FLOTUS Michelle Obama And Missy Elliott To ‘Carpool Karaoke’ (Video)
July 27, 2016
Yooooo. James Corden got Missy Elliott to ride along and get in some songs for his Car Karaoke.
See you’d believe that and that’d be a cool enough show. But what Corden ACTUALLY did for this ep is get Missy Misdemeanor AAAAAND First Lady Michelle Obama in to ride shotgun. Off the meat hook HAM!
– @ojones1
Posted in Celebrity, Comedy, Performance, R&B, Series, Soul, Television, Videos | Tags: Car Karaoke, James Corden, Michelle Obama, Missy Elliott, The Late Late Show With James Corden | No Comments »
Jay-Z – “Unreleased Westwood Freestyle” (2000)
July 13, 2016
I’ve heard heads mention from time to time that they wish they could get that Jigga from back in the day. Well, this isn’t way-way back; but how about turn-of-the-century back. Check out this Y2Jay-Z freestyle flow for Tim Westwood. Get a copy FREE via the download link below.
JAY-Z – UNRELEASED WESTWOOD FREESTYLE (2000)
– @ojones1
Posted in Hip-Hop, Performance, Podcast, Series, Throwback, Travel | Tags: Freestyle, Jay-Z | No Comments »
Anderson .Paak x The Free Nationals – “Come Down” feat. T.I. (Live) [Video]
June 22, 2016
Jimmy Fallon welcomes Anderson .Paak and The Free Nationals, who turn in an energetic performance of “Come Down” (featuring Tip ‘T.I.’ Harris) for The Tonight Show audience.
ANDERSON .PAAK – COME DOWN (PROD. BY HI-TEK) | MALIBU (ALBUM)
Posted in Album, Hip-Hop, Music, Performance, Series, Television, Videos | Tags: Anderson .Paak, Come Down, Jimmy Fallon, T.I., The Free Nationals, The Tonight Show, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Tip Harris | 1 Comment »
Hezekiah – “Dreams Don’t Chase Themselves” (Album Release Video)
June 21, 2016
Footage captured at the “Dreams Don’t Chase Themselves” album release party at Johnny Brendas (Philadelphia, PA, USA) last year. It’s a short clip, but the energy conveyed feels like it was a good time with great music. Got the album link below.
This album was so relaxing, and I was in a very, very good space to be expressive.
– Hezekiah
Posted in Album, Alternative, Jazz, Performance, Soul, Videos | Tags: DREAMS DON'T CHASE THEMSELVES, Hezekiah, Sweet Dreams | No Comments »
Comedian Billy Crystal Delivers Funny And Touching Eulogy For Muhammad Ali (Video)
June 13, 2016
Muhammad Ali. He is gone, but he will NEVER die. Billy Crystal speaks TRUTH as he lovingly eulogizes the man who called him his “little brother” ever since they bonded decades ago. Watch the clip above of comedian Crystal at Ali’s homegoing. After the jump, see the “15 Rounds” performance that so impressed The Greatest early in life.
Posted in Celebrity, Comedy, EVENTS, Human Interest, Performance, Speech, Videos | Tags: 15 Rounds, Eulogy, FUNERAL, Impression, Impressions, Little Brother, Muhammad Ali, SI, Sports Illustrated, The Greatest, Tribute | No Comments »
Twenty88 (Big Sean x Jhené Aiko) – “On The Way” (Live Performance)
June 10, 2016
Okay, this is hot… but Sean gave the caption text folks HELL trying to keep up, didn’t he? HAHAAAA! Great late night performance by Jhené and Big Sean of their collabo joint “On The Way.”
Posted in Hip-Hop, Performance, R&B, Television, Videos | Tags: Big Sean, James Corden, Jhene Aiko, Jhene', On the Way, The Late Late Show With James Corden, Twenty88, Twenty88: On the Way | No Comments »
Anderson .Paak And Dr. Dre Behind The Scenes Before Their Stage Performance (Mini-Documentary)
June 10, 2016
Interesting. Rehearsal is where .Paak is the most nervous. MESSAGE! Practice is where perfection is made. See the quintessence of that sentiment in this short clip showing Anderson .Paak and Dr. Dre putting their show together. It doesn’t just ‘come’ together. They PUT it together!
Aftermath’s next, Anderson .Paak brings his mentor Dr. Dre to the Coachella Valley stage; Beats by Dre gives the exclusive look behind the scenes. From rehearsals to Dr. Dre’s house, watch the moments that prepared them for their first performance together.
Posted in Celebrity, Film, Hip-Hop, Performance, Videos | Tags: Anderson .Paak, Behind The Scenes, dr. dre, Practice | No Comments »
