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+ Since everyone else is doing something vampire-related these days, Henry Rollins figured he'd jump on the bandwagon (along with Iggy Pop and Moby) and star in Suck, a spoof movie about the vampire trend. We seriously hope they get Leslie Nielsen to make a cameo (Dracula: Dead And Loving It anyone??). Pretty sure he's probably booked tho. Watch the Suck trailer for a ridiculous look at Moby, Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop, and Henry Rollins. (Twenty Four Bit)
+ And for all the Twilighters out there who just can't get close enough to R.Patts and his famous Edward Cullen pout, now you can have him watching over your nibbly bits while you're hosing yourself down in the shower. (Street Level)
+ Leona Lewis is set to debut her sophomore album Echo in November of this year, after being the best-selling new artist of 2008. Seriously excited for this one...
+ American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert has evidently recorded some amazeballs song for the upcoming disaster flick 2012, and this photo shoot he did ain't bad either. He's so oddly attractive, we can't put our fake fingernail on it. (Socialite Life)
+ Jack-of-all-trades Queen Latifah has a new song out featuring Busta Rhymes and others AND she has a new album coming out next week. Listen to the track here. (Rap-Up)
+ In case you were completely and disgustingly sucked into the America's Next Top Model Cycle 12 marathon this weekend like we were and missed it, Justin Timberlake and 2009 MTV Movie Awards host Andy Samberg blew our minds on SNL with a Mother's Day treat that picked up in the same raunchy place where "D*** In A Box" left off. (MTV News)
+ So, we told you last week Friday that Amy Winehouse was going to be performing. Well, she made it to the stage and there was no fainting involved, but we don't know if you can really call it "performing." Judge for yourself (spoiler alert: it sucks). (Perez Hilton)
+ Beyonce is thinking about taking some time off after she finishes touring. Time off as in two. years. (Seriously? OMG! WTF?)
+ Much to the chagrin (LOVE that word) of our Senior Editor, it seems not a day goes by that we don't talk about Lady GaGa and her silly (and sexy) antics. This time, however, we're not just talking about our "Lady" in waiting, we're talking about rap's Royal Highness Queen Latifah, who recently laid down a verse or two on top of GaGa's radio-saturating hit "Poker Face." Whaddaya think? (Popbytes)
+ Finally, some Rihanna news that doesn't involve leaked photos (police file, nudie, or otherwise). At last Friday's 3rd Annual DKMS Gala, uber-hottie RiRi honored a five-year-old girl named Isabelle whose mission it was to save her best friend Jasmina from leukemia. Rihanna was genuinely moved to tears and helped shed light on Jasmina's fight, ultimately helping to find two bone marrow donors for the little girl. (Access Hollywood)
+ Nick Cannon was apparently more than wild n' out about a leaked record from Eminem's forthcoming album. (Em namechecks Nick and Mariah Carey, along with a few choice expletives). We can't tell what's worse: Nick trying to be a tough guy or Eminem's cheesy lyrics. (MTV News)
Remember when Biggie did "One More Chance?" Back in '95 it was the monster jam with Mary J. Blige and Biggie's wife-to-be Faith Evans on the hook. To match its monster-jamness, Biggie enlisted the man, Hype Williams, to direct the video, and called on a whole posse of talent to star. By the time the project wrapped, it included appearances by Heavy D, Da Brat, Jermaine Dupri, Queen Latifah, Tyson Beckford, Aaliyah, Diddy and TONS of others. The all-starred-ness of "One More Chance" was then pretty much unprecedented (unless you're a HUGE Chevy Chase fan).
Is it obvious yet what all this jibba jabba is leading up to? Let's just say it: Jamie Foxx went and made a video so fly, so celebbed out, that even Biggie, on his golden hip-hop throne up thur in the sky, can't touch it.
"Blame It," also directed by Hype Williams, includes performances by Ron Howard, Jake Gyllenhaal, T-Pain, Forest Whitaker, Samuel Jackson, Quincy Jones, Morris Chestnut, Tatyana Ali, Cedric The Entertainer, and more, making it officially the biggest video you ever even heard of. Sorry, Jared Leto. Sorry, Kanye. Thi$ i$ it.
Then you probably need a serious dose of Yo! MTV Raps, the seminal national hip-hop show that was the. shiz. on MTV back in the late '80s and early '90s. The show took hip-hop out of the New York boroughs and pockets of urban Cali, where it'd been brewing, and into the homes of anyone with MTV, beginning in 1988, and it's been a legend ever since.
Now, 20 years later, we've dusted off the turntables -- and the set -- and invited back host Fab 5 Freddy and an impressive roster of the original voices, leaders and pioneers of the hip-hop movement and resurrected Yo! MTV Raps.
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