Left To Right: Big Boi, OJ Da Juiceman, Fool’s Gold, Melanie Fiona, Fat Joe
Each day Complex scours the music blogs for 5 fresh songs that you should listen to in our 5 O’Clock Shuffle post. Instead of going crazy trying to keep up with your RSS feeds everyday, just head over to Complex.com to stay up-to-date on important leaks and releases.
Most of us have been around long enough to experience at least a thousand Friday’s and for some reason, they’re just as good every time. With that said, you might as well download some new songs to give your weekend that extra boost. And if you’re not doing anything, please text some friends and/or jumpoffs for the sake of your social life, but listen to our Shuffle playlist while you’re doing it. Listening session starts after the jump…
If there’s one thing Fat Joe believes in, it’s consistency. Which is why you may often hear him and his brother-from-another DJ Khaled constantly boast “We Make Hit Recorddss.” That being said, it’s about that time of year when Joey Crack is ready to drop another album, this time a sequel to a sequel titled J.O.S.E. 2 which drops May 19th.
Around the time Joey held his listening session in NYC for the album, we got the TS head-honcho on the phone to speak on a number of topics. Yup, we’ve been sitting on it, and now we’ve decided it’s time you hear his thoughts on his now-pushed-back album, DJ Khaled the executive, 50’s first album (and why he refuses to call it a classic) and how he feels about Big Pun’s wife Liza Rios criticizing him for not keeping Pun’s memory alive. It’s coca, bitch. [ed note: again this was before Joey blacked out on the "Mafia Music" remix, or we would’ve obviously asked him about it]
For our upcoming Feb/March 2009 cover story (dropping on February 10) we put the spotlight on Canadian actress, Elisha Cuthbert of The Girl Next Door fame. Read through our interview to see her thoughts about her home-country, her sensitive role in Captivity, and her liking for hockey. [LINK]
Even before the NBA, Kobe Bryant was hated by many, and loved by few. Check out this exclusive interview conducted by Marc Ecko, where Bryant poignantly breaks down his legacy in the league, the technology used for his upcoming shoes with Nike, and reasons behind his competitive nature. [LINK]
We were a little worried when we heard Toccara Jones recently devoting herself to her fitness DVD. So just in case she works those twos out of shape, we take you back in the memory lane of Jones' voluptuous twos. [LINK]
If you thought Sa-Ra front man Taz Arnold rocking a pair of animal skin pants is crazy, check out some of these other shits he was rocking. [LINK]
Kate Winslet has devoted herself to a respectable career as an actress. But nobody's perfect. In celebration of her recent winning streaks at the award shows, Kate Winslet gets the proper Wifey or Trifey showdown treatment. [LINK]
And From The Complex Network KicksOnFire.com:This A.P.C. x Nike collaboration might be the sneaker for the spring season. Two words, simply classic. [LINK]
NiceKicks.com: Seems like Nike will be releasing many more classics from the past in 2009. First at bat will be these Griffey’s. [LINK]
Nah Right: Fat Joe and Akon get together for another hit called “One”. [LINK]
OnSmash: Kanye West kicks off this new Teriyaki Boyz track called “Teriya-King”. [LINK]
Bastardly: Former Playboy Pinup Shauna Sand shows off her Jet Skiing skills. [LINK]
Slamxhype: Check out Common Projects Spring collection for 2009 [LINK]
In the nearly three years since EA’s Fight Night Round 3 revolutionized boxing video games, we’ve been starving for another console puncher to hold us down until Round 4 drops in ‘09 (sorry, 2K, but Prizefighter was trash). This week, Facebreaker (360, PS3, Wii) steps into the ring, and unlike the Fight Night series, it’s a simple button-mashing cartoon brawler, not a boxing sim. That’s good news for all of us who heavily fucked with Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! and Ring King back in the day.
Like in Punch-Out!!, the comical characters in Facebreaker play on stereotypes (the brute Russian, the Latin lover, etc.). What’s especially cool is the Photo GameFace feature, which allows you to upload real-life photos to create new characters and share them online. Looks like it’s finally time for that 50 Cent vs. Joey Crack fight to pop off. Check out the brand-new Kimbo SliceFacebreaker commercial below…
Middle-aged white guys buy snazzy sports cars and flaunt them as if they’re chrome, fuel-injected, super-charged effigies of their now flaccid cocks. Rappers, on the other hand, buy gaudy medallions attached to equally gaudy links and rock them as if they’re platinum-and-gold-plated, diamond-encrusted effigies of their now flaccid cocks. So you can imagine how emasculated your favorite rapper feels when another rapper, or local stick-up kid, comes along, takes their shine, and leaks a picture or youtube video. It’s like they’re holding their penises (¡NH!) fully exposed for the world to see! Ay Carumba!
In any case, the latest incident of manhood snatching befell poor widdle Yung Berg while the diddy-bopper cruised the mean streets of Detroit (what he was doing wearing jewelry in the D, we don’t know either). Needless to say, Berg is probably somewhere licking his wounds. But cheer up, lil’ buddy! You just entered a club whose members include hip hop’s elite.
To boost Berg’s gloomy disposition, Complex combed the annals (ayo!) of hip hop history (along with rumors and allegations as well) to compile an authoritative list of the most notorious chain snatchings ever. To be fair to the victims and the vickers, we rated each incident by how emasculating it was to their careers, as well as the probability that the snatching actually happened (since almost none of the incidents can be verified by police reports) . If you don’t read this blog, you’re just robbing yourself.
“Memph Bleek is…Reinforced Active Fruit Concentrate.”
Perhaps it’s a sign of web video overload that the release of last week’s hilariously awful Garner Fructis shampoo ad with Memphis Bleek went largely unnoticed'either that, or Bleek really is that irrelevant these days.
But in his defense, you can’t really eat off the rap game any more. And besides, Memph man is far from the first rapper to embarrass himself while endorsing a product (he is the first MC to shill for women’s shampoo, so throw up the Roc for that). We went deep into the archives to dig up the worst-ever ads featuring rappers. See our cringe-inducing collection, as well as Bleek’s awesome ad, below
Curtis continues his assault on rival rapper Fat Joe via Thisis50.com. The most recent jab from Fiddy’s camp comes in this new video where it’s revealed G-Unit will drop a mixtape March 11 (the same day Fat Joe’s forthcoming “Elephant In The Room” drops) entitled “Elephant In The Sand.” Watch the video after the jump to see a preview of what looks like a hilarious mixtape cover, as well as Fat Joe’s response to E-Unit’s sub-par Photoshoping skills.
Although Chelsea Handler is usually too obnoxious to even try and stomach watching, this interview she did with Fat Joe is pretty entertaining. Joey CRACK briefly talks about how he never wins a Grammy because of the “backpack mafia” and his ongoing beef with 50-Cent, claiming “this guy’s as real as the WWF.” Good stuff.
Middle-aged white guys buy snazzy sports cars and flaunt them as if they’re chrome, fuel-injected, super-charged effigies of their now flaccid cocks. Rappers, on the other hand, buy gaudy medallions attached to equally gaudy links and rock them as if they’re platinum-and-gold-plated, diamond-encrusted effigies of their now flaccid cocks. So you can imagine how emasculated your favorite rapper feels when another rapper, or local stick-up kid, comes along, takes their shine, and leaks a picture or youtube video. It’s like they’re holding their penises (¡NH!) fully exposed for the world to see! Ay Carumba!
Curtis continues his assault on rival rapper Fat Joe via 
