Kobe/DJ AM/Mike Epps Nike Ad

Check out this mini-spot for Kobe's new Zoom4 sneakers. AM loses his Air Yeezy's in a game of HORSE... I don't like the colorway anyway.

Happy Festivus

A holiday for the rest of us. Enjoy the clips... Classic material.

B.o.B Unplugged Live

If you are in Atlanta tomorrow night, don't miss Shady Music Publishing's own B.o.B Unplugged Live at Almost Famous.
B.o.B will be sure to perform your favorites like "Haterz Everywhere", "Created A Monster" and "Cloud 9" as well as some Xmas carols. Ok maybe not the carols...

Hanukkah Radio Audio- 2008

Today on Sirius XM's Shade45 we broadcast the 2008 edition of Hanukkah Radio. The theme for this year was "This Is How We Jew It", and we did Jew it indeed.
The Shady 5 list for this year was our favorite Rick Rubin productions, we had another installment of Jew Or Not A Jaw, played several ridiculous Hanukkah songs, and had a special guest in our second hour.
If you have a couple of hours, check out the full broadcast below. No offense to anyone offended much. Leave your comments and suggestions for the show, and we'll try to improve it in 2009... we sure could use help!



If for some reason you want more, click here for 2007's show.

All Soled Out

Thanks to everyone that made the online sale of the Eminem The Way I Am Air Jordan 2 Retro a major success. The 313 pairs of sneakers went on sale yesterday and sold out in less than 30 minutes...
As mentioned below, proceeds from the sale with be donated from Nike Jordan Brand to the Marshall Mathers Foundation, an organization benefiting troubled and disadvantaged youth primarily in the Michigan and Detroit-area.
Pictured above is a photo I took from The Way I Am book release event in NYC last month of a prototype of the shoe (it since changed of course). The New York Times Best Seller book is in stores now!

Shade45 Playlist

In a continuing effort to show everyone why they should get Sirius XM and listen to our station Shade45 (one of the only real hip-hop stations in the US) below is our current playlist. I am posting this, again, to make sure everyone can see that we play a little of everything from all regions and types of hip-hop. If we like it, we add it- whether it's an album cut, a single, or a mixtape favorite. Please also note that this isn't our entire playlist... it's only the current rotation. We also slip in some recurrents (favorites from the last 3 years or so), Shady Classics and old-school records.



50 CENT "GET UP"
B.O.B. "I'LL BE IN THE SKY"
B.O.B./T.I. "I'M DAT NIGGA"
BLACK MILK/ROYCE DA 5' 9" "LOSING OUT"
BUSTA RHYMES/VARIOUS ARTISTS "ARAB MONEY" REMIX
CASSIDY/LIL WAYNE "GET MORE MONEY"
COMMON "GLADIATOR"
COMMON/KANYE WEST "PUNCH DRUNK LOVE"
EMINEM "I'M HAVING A RELAPSE" (FREESTYLE)
GHOSTFACE KILLAH "COMPUTER LOVE"
GLC/KANYE WEST "BIG SCREEN"
HELTAH SKELTAH "INSANE"
JAKE ONE/PHAROAHE MONCH/KARDINAL OFFISHALL "HURT U"
JAY-Z/SANTOGOLD "BROOKLYN GO HARD"
JIM JONES/RON BROWZ/JUELZ SANTANA "POP CHAMPAGNE"
KURUPT/TOO SHORT "BREAK IT DOWN LIKE..."
LUDACRIS "MVP"
LUDACRIS/JAY-Z/NAS "I DO IT FOR HIP HOP"
PLAY N SKILLZ "CHECKIN' MY FRESH"
PROJECT PAT/OJ THE JUICEMAN "KEEP IT HOOD"
Q-TIP "MOVE"
RICH BOY/POLOW DA DON "DROP"
SCARFACE/BILAL "CAN'T GET RIGHT"
SLIM THUG "I RUN"
STATIK SELEKTAH/REDMAN/D-DOT/BLACK ROB "THIS IS IT/SHOWOFF" REMIX
T.I./JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE "DEAD AND GONE"
THE KNUX "FIRE" (PUT IT IN THE AIR)
TRICK TRICK/EMINEM "WHO WANT IT?"
WILLIE DA KID/VARIOUS ARTISTS "LOVE FOR MONEY"
WILLY NORTHPOLE/B.O.B. "HOOD DREAMER"
YUNG L.A./T.I./YOUNG DRO "AIN'T I" REMIX

We add a bunch of new records every week... Get Sirius XM in your car or home this holiday season and see what you are missing!
Also, check out Hanukkah Radio this Friday, December 19th from 6-8PM EST hosted by yours truly!

Ex-Bully Short Film

My boy Joey Garfield sent me this short film that he wrote and directed.
Joey is an awesome, talented guy. Please check this out, it's a guaranteed chuckle.

Random trivia: Joey was in Ferris Bueller's Day Off. He was the kid who was wearing a Birmingham Grove's varsity jacket that said something like "Man, I hope Ferris doesn't die. He was supposed to get me out of summer school." Can you imagine being in that film? Stuff of legend, Joey. Oh, and Joey was either the octopus or the robot (I can't remember which) in the Beastie Boy's "Intergalactic" video. Yup, for real.

Classic Hip-Hop Lego Covers

Check out this link to see more of the above... classic rap albums created in Lego form. Most of these are really great. Some of them are hilarious. Some of them honestly look a little, well... funny. I don't know why, but the Epmd Back In Business cover is my favorite. Props to Teddy2Shoes for the link.

Jamal from East Boston

I don't know if it's the kid's voice, the way he tells the story, the punchline or what but this voicemail left on the system at Shade45 really cracks me up. It could be an adult with a fake children's voice or something but I don't care it's still hilarious. Props to you Jamal and Angela Yee and the whole Shade45 Morning Show.

B.o.B "Created A Monster" Nintendo DS Commercial

The omnipresent B.o.B's song "Created A Monster" from his now available 5th Dimension EP was cleverly used in the Nintendo DS commercial below. We wish B.o.B's chorus was in there, but he's chillin' with Mario and Them so it's a good look regardless.

This Is How We're Jewish

From Jon Shecter and the Game Las Vegas peoples comes this video by Keith From Up Da Block, just in time for Hanukkah Be sure to check out this song and more on Sirius XM's Shade45 next Friday for the 2008 installment of Hanukkah Radio featuring yours truly.

The Knux- Daddy's Little Girl, R.S.

The Knux song "Daddy's Little Girl" is the title track for the new Run's House spin-off, Daddy'a Girls. (It's not until the end of the clip... sorry).

Run's House (Season 4) - MTV Shows

Also, The Knux album Remind Me In 3 Days... was listed as the 28th best album of the year by Rolling Stone magazine. Nice.

The Way I Am AJ2 Video Teaser

Em and the design team discuss the genesis of their collaboration on their Way I Am Air Jordan 2 Retro. Full interview coming soon.

The Way I Am Air Jordan 2 Release

As previously shown here, in conjunction with the release of Eminem's “The Way I Am,” Jordan Brand is releasing a one-of-a-kind Air Jordan 2 (shown above).

Starting on December 18th at 7PM EST/4PM PST there will be ONLY 313 (signifying the area code for Detroit, MI) pairs available for purchase at the official Jordan Brand “Flight Club”: www.airjordanflightclub.com. The shoes are currently planned for a $110 retail price.
(Also included is a limited-edition Air Jordan T-shirt.)
A donation from the Jordan Brand will be made to Eminem’s Marshall Mathers Foundation, an organization dedicated to helping disadvantaged youth.
These will go very quickly, so don't wait.

Intervention Banned Episode

Check out this episode of A&E's Intervention which was too hot for TV.

B.o.B.- AutoTune

B.o.B riffs on the popular studio shortcut- currently used, abused and hopefully soon dead.

Bacon & Avacado Burgers & McWhat?!?

I passed this place in LA and I was perplexed. I've never even heard of a bacon & avocado burger, let alone knew that there was a whole establishment dedicated to this sandwich. Way to keep it niche, Howard. My man.

In other burger musings, this real-life Coming to America scenario reported in the Detroit Free Press that some dude opened up a restaurant across the street from a real McDonald's restaurant called "Nicky's D's". Click here to see their ridiculous trademark infringing sign and logos... Takes chutzpah for sure.

MC Breed & Big Proof

I was saddened to hear about the very untimely passing of Flint MI's own MC Breed. In 1990 his "Ain't No Future In Yo' Frontin'" was THE song in The D (and a lot of other places too). Breed was a local hero and a nation wide celebrity early on in the rap game working with the likes of 2Pac and our friend Proof. I've always liked their collaboration from Proof's Searching for Jerry Garcia, so check it out below.