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Who’s The Worst Rapper Video Blogger?

Back in the day™, if a rapper didn’t have an album (or at least a song on the radio), the only shine he might expect would be a few sentences in the back of The Source. But nowadays, every MC Tom, Dick and Harry with a MacBook—no matter how irrelevant or untalented—can make a name with a video blog. Quite simply, rapper video blogging is outta control.

Be clear: We are not talking about video blogs from dudes like Diddy, Weezy, and Soulja Boy—though they are no less asinine, you’re allowed a little slack when you’ve proven you have actual fans. For this poll, we’re aiming directly at the lames who put out more web videos than actual music, the ones that clog up worldstarhiphop.com with their mindless fuckery. So who’s the worst video blogger of the bunch?

Click here to see the candidates and cast your vote!

Joe Biden and Joe Budden: Separated at Birth?

Today marks the third of four days at the Democratic National Convention, and tonight is the much-anticipated speech by presumptive vice-presidental nominee Joe Budden Biden. Sure, our prediction was spot on, because we’re nice like that, but we couldn’t help thinking that the Delaware senator has more in common with Jersey Joe than just a homophonic name (ayo!). In fact, if you break it down to the very last compound, Joe Biden is the Joe Budden of politics.

Peep the similarities before Senator Jumpoff grabs the mic tonight…

Inside Joe Budden’s Padded Room

It’s not too hard to believe that the record industry drove Joe Budden a little crazy. Being forced by your favorite rapper to ride pine after your debut album spawned a top 10 single and went on to go Gold, would fuck anyone’s head up. And then there were the random beefs. First the war of words with label head Jay Z , then G-Unit and the Game and then most recently Incarcerated P. It seemed the only thing keeping homey sane was his critically acclaimed Mood Muzik mixtape series, where he was able to freely vent his frustrations.

His second full length on Amalgam Digial, Padded Room, picks up where Mood Musik 3 left off, once again allowing Joe to get crazy personal with his listeners and brining them into his world. Way ahead of it’s October 28th release, Joey let us in the studio to hear what he’s got in the chamber. Check out our track-by-track review of the new songs to get a taste of what’s coming from Jersey’s only relevant rapper…

Rap Sheet: Uncle Murda Dodges Death

Murda: Erstwhile Brooklyn mixtape rapper and Jay-Z protégé Uncle Murda nearly caught a bullet to the head on Tuesday night, but escaped only with a minor graze. Mere hours later, he told radio host Wendy Williams that, with the help of “Hennessey and Newports,” he was doing fine.

The Rock: Heltah Skeltah/Boot Camp Clik member Rock is off Rikers Island after posting bail relating to charges alleging Rock is both a pimp and the shooter in an incident that left another Brooklyn man paralyzed. The rapper’s lawyer released a statement saying: “Rock vehemently denies all charges and patiently awaits his day in court.”

Pump It Up: Long-shelved Jersey mixtape hero Joe Budden may have finally found someone to put out the follow-up to 2003’s Joe Budden. The record is to be called Padded Room and is forthcoming from some label called Amalgam Digital.

Hot Boys: Just in case Lil Wayne really goes down on those drug charges, we may have found a replacement: the indie-rock crooner Cat Power. Her “I Feel” Hot Boys cover hits the Internet just in time for those wondering how Wayne might be able to record at his usual pace of 15 songs a night while serving a maximum sentence.