A Small Slice of American Pie: Trump Turns Election Year 2016 Into Aother 3-Ring Circus

Let's talk a little politics shall we? Pretty sure the rest of the world sits back and gets ready for a good laugh when the United States starts gearing up for a new election year and 2016 will be no exception with Trump leading the Republication Nomination Polls it's looking like once again the Republicans are going to be trying to grab the chief officer's seat with yet another candidacy built on hate and exclusion. First you had 2012 with Mitt Romney who insults one of our country's oldest allies while in their country, gets caught making disparaging remarks about the "kind of people" who will be voting for Obama and now there's Trump a man who can dress a  building in gold but can't put a decent weave on his head, I can't get behind that y'all let alone tolerate his all out annihilation on the character of Latinos it's looking like another three ring circus to me. Every clown deserves a good parody, Trump is no exception, It is my job to review and recommend videos after all so I have two that I recommend and trust me when I tell you Trump is providing unlimited parody fodder with this campaign so there are many more where they came from...

 In response to what has grown into an anti-Latino/Immigration based platform by Trump, the VL Action Network in conjunction with the comedy group Room 28 made a video called "I Won't Vote for Trump" The track features E-40 Elmo DeFalco rappin over Big Sean's IDFWU instrumentals.

 

For a Second parody check out the nightly show's Mark Yard, who shares why he thinks Trump might have the black vote all tied up... he alludes to Trump's Hip Hop Ways and claims he's like 90's Hip Hop all day long. The correlations? Trump loves gold, he rolls deep, has his own vodka and cologne, tons o baby mamas,court appearances, bankruptcies and beef...

In truth the man has more beef than Biggie, Tupac, 50 cent, Lil Kim and Remy Ma over the entirety of their careers combined. He's beefing with Senator Lindsey Graham,  Jorge Ramos, Oreo, El Chapo, Neil Young, (for as Mark states, jackin his beat no less), Rick Perry, Mac Miller & nearly every city in the United States and that's just the tip of the iceberg. In short the man is douchey. That's right I said douchey not Gucci... he is clearly the epitome of how having money does not mean having class or social intelligence. Chill Ms Jackson for President in 2020 y'all!!!

321 Hip Hop 7/24/2015 Rump$tep Interview

Hey hey... missing my co-anchor Dave Majesty on this one due to some miscommunication but here's my first solo news flow on 321... I have to admit working with Mike Childs and Sal I was not as relaxed during my bit as I was on my own show cause I wanted it to be tight but hey... you can only go up from where you are!!! And Rump$tep... that boy is one dope producer!!!

321 hiphop radio July 24th 2015 -DjTes1 & Our Reality-Rump$tep Album Interview by 321hiphop on Mixcloud

How Do You Rap Your Beef? VMA Whiners er I Mean Contenders

Nothing gets a good Twitter beef going like annual award ceremonies and this year is no exception. The announcement of the nominees for the VMA music awards started a twitter shitstorm with Nicki Minaj's tweet: 

   NICKI MINAJ 

✔   @NICKIMINAJ

If I was a different "kind" of artist, Anaconda would be nominated for best choreo and vid of the year as well.

3:14 PM - 21 Jul 2015

Exactly "what" kind of artist was she implying? Apparently a thin one. The line that calls out Taylor:

      NICKI MINAJ 

✔      @NICKIMINAJ

If your video celebrates women with very slim bodies, you will be nominated for vid of the year

Nicki claims that she wasn't targeting Taylor but I think it's pretty clear as Taylor is a. slim and b. a Video of the Year Nominee. Unless of course she was including Ed Sheeran's bride in Thinking Out Loud or Beyonce in 7/11. We all know that Beyonce has a curvy womanly body so I think she's out of that debate though the women in her video are not necessarily curvy but well, physically fit and amazing.

The merits of the Anaconda video that Nicki's placing her belief that she should be getting the nomi for best choreo and Video of the Year on:

     NICKI MINAJ 

✔     @NICKIMINAJ

Ellen did her own anaconda video and did the #choreo lol. Remember her doing that kick . Even mtv did a post on the choreo @MTV remember?

3:16 PM - 21 Jul 2015

Does anyone even watch Ellen anymore? (JK! Sorry Ellen! Many people watch and love you. I am just not a big daytime television viewer.) And yes the choreo was bangin but maybe some of the other videos just topped it. No that couldn't be.

      NICKI MINAJ 

✔      @NICKIMINAJ

U couldn't go on social media w/o seeing ppl doing the cover art, choreo, outfits for Halloween...an impact like that & no VOTY nomination?

5:39 PM - 21 Jul 2015

Yes Nicki's video did have quite an impact on social media and Halloween but... 

Technically, artistically, conceptually, Anaconda does not belong in the category of Video of the Year  and 7/11 by Beyonce is a no for me too along with Uptown Funk, Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran... snore. For me the top contenders are Kendrick Lamar's Alright, a stark, poignant portrayal of the social inequalities faced by black Americans, in particular with law enforcement and Taylor Swift's Bad Blood which happens to feature Kendrick Lamar.  Kendrick's Alright is an epic video and there is just so much more substance to Taylor's Bad Blood video than the hott twerking bodies of Anaconda. Of course the VMAs Video of the Year is based upon fan participation and some would say a mysterious internal body of voters yet to materialize so at the end of the day what does my opinion matter anyway? And who is Nicki arguing with - the fans - because again these nominations are primarily fan based? What the fans want, the fans get.

Suddenly Nicki's rant has brought out arguments of social inequality. Nickie fans raced to her defense, claiming that she is being shunned as she is trying to celebrate fuller-figured woman of color's bodies.  Let's face it there have been many times in history when an awards organization has taken the politically safe way out and overlooked deserving black artists in key award categories or for consideration at all, and that is an argument worthy of diversion, but um, meow, Nicki, I hate to be the one to say it, because I'm sure I'll hear some backlash, but this isn't one an example of social inequality.  I see nothing but love in my Facebook and Twitter feed for those body types but could it be, as far as Video of the Year awards go that Anaconda was simply just a flash in the pan? I love a lot of Nicki's material but Anaconda was not her best in my opinion. Am I jealous of Nicki's beauty and sexual prowess as I'm sure I'd stand accused if she were to even know who I am? No. I am a twerking beast on the dance floor. Just give me some room.

This Twitter beef being turned into a social commentary draws our attention away from the real social issues at hand. People's time would be better spent taking part in a peace rally, organizing a special interest lobby, or running for a spot on the town council if they want to throw in an argument for social inequality and hope for some real impact. For me Kendrick's Alright is the only video that warrants a social debate and Taylor and Kendrick coming together on Bad Blood could have done so much more to close the widening divide between whites and blacks in our current social environment than it did, but that's just me wishing to see some social responsibility from performing artists, something that Kendrick has clearly not shrunken away from at any point in his career.

Peace. 

~Chill Ms. Jackson

RED ALERT: Irealz Heats Up July for Upstate New York

RED ALERT... Somebody's career is on fiyaaaahhhh!!! At least one thing is hot this July in upstate New York! Syracuse-based emcee Irealz received a shout out in this month's issue of XXL as well as having a feature on Cannibal Ox's Blade of the Ronin which made XXL's list of Top 30 Hip Hop Albums of 2015 {So Far). Haven't had a taste of Irealz yet? You're in luck. He just dropped a dope coompilation on bandcamp this month. Irealz delivers a digital anthology of his collabs to fans with Killerr Killabos.  if you really want to get the dealio on Realio check out his interview with The Hip Hop Foundation.


Discography

kILLER kILLABOS     July 2015

Everybody Hates Realz     February 2014

SOLAR FLAREZ     November 2012

Code of Omerta     November 2011

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Code of Omerta Prelude Mixtape  October 2011