Still wet from her music video debut, Vibe‘s BMI chopped it up with porn star, Lisa Ann. God bless America.
“I got the call three weeks ago from the production team that was working on the video who said that the director wanted them to contact me because I was the one who played Sara Palin in Nailin’ Palin. I love Eminem and the fact that he hadn’t put an album out in so long and it was his first video in five years, plus the director, Joseph Kahn, is so great, I knew I had to be in it. I was actually in Savanna, Georgia, at the time. I got back [to LA] on Sunday. The shoot was Monday and Tuesday but we got all of my scenes done on Monday, in one day. By the time the video launched [this past] Tuesday, I started getting calls at 4am from magazines, radio, Inside Edition…
Money shot after the cut.
Great breakdown of Statik Selektah’s *Round Trip*! Honestly, this 2023 Mass Appeal release is pure boom-bap bliss from start to finish. Statik really outdid himself with those smooth, jazzy sample flips and turntable scratches, creating the exact kind of laid-back, golden-era hip-hop vibe you want playing in the background while relaxing at Denmark holiday cottages over a quiet weekend. The guest list alone is stacked—having legends like Posdnous kicking things off on the opener "Round Trip (For Dave)" alongside heavy hitters like Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, and Inspectah Deck on "Unpredictable" makes every track feel like a proper event. Even the newer-school features like Benny the Butcher, Conway the Machine, and Joey Bada$$ fit effortlessly over the dusty, soulful production without a single wasted verse. Definitely one of his most cohesive projects in years and an easy front-to-back spin for anyone who appreciates real hip-hop craftsmanship.