GIANT took a look at four of hip-hop’s most enduring bromances. Can someone bury this term next to “Swagger”, por favor?
Bromance:|brōˈmans; brōˌmans| (noun): 1. A “man crush.” A close but non-sexual relationship between two men, a form of homosocial intimacy. 2. A really crappy MTV reality series.
Props: coo1hand1uke
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Do you know what today is? It’s Jay and Beyonce’s anni-ver-sary. Yep, the Honeymoon is over. Traditionally, paper is the gift couples give each other after the first year; but we’re sure Bey and Jay already have enough of that. So to celebrate, YN dug in his bag of tricks and found rare footage of Shawn looking for love in all the wrong places.
“Ah man, Jay-Z please man. You on some ol’ love mission man. Com’on, man.”
True Story: April 4, must be a popular date in hip-hop. 14 years ago, 2Pac married girlfriend, Keisha Morris while locked up in Clinton Correctional.
Philly, Philly what that rap be like? Here’s the iTUnes bonus cut off Asleep In The Bread Aisle with Rock City and the Broad Street Bully. Sounds like Sigel hasn’t missed a beat—or a meal for that matter.
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Previously: RR Listening Asleep In The Bread Aisle
Props: Splash
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Hip-Hop’s Howard Cossell gives a half time analysis at the New Orleans Hornets game this past Tuesday. Funny, Dwayne sounds like he actually knows what he’s talking about. Who knew. Oh yeah, the Hornets beat the Kings that night, 111-110.
Thanks, Karen Civil
intentional bashing in it, it’s not necessarily taking deliberate shots
at people… Yes, it is. What the fuck am I talking about?”
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Here is the trailer for an upcoming flick starring Ludacris and Mariah Carey’s son husband, Nick Cannon.
“Based on the acclaimed novel of the same name, “Ball Don’t Lie” takes it to the streets for an urban basketball coming-of-age drama. Sticky (played by rookie Grayson Boucher) is a 17-year-old foster care kid living in Venice, California, who discovers his talent at bball can open doors and cure ill.”
Ball Don’t Lie hits selected theaters June 5 and DVD June 6th I keeed.
Props: MTV Movies Blog
Straight from DJ Enuff’s turntables is a new cut from Kid Cudi called “Poker Face.” Get it? Poke-Her-Face ha! Please excuse the less than CDQ, YN went home with a runny nose.
“Poker Face”
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/pokerface]YN Update: I’m not gaga. Sorry Pat!
You try finding an embeddable Lady Gaga video. Smh. Vimeo FTW!
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My Maino Prediction: OnSmash gets CDQ first.
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