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Video: Big Sean “Supa Dupa”
We wanted to put “featuring some outlandishly hot woman being outlandishly hot” in the title but we’re not here to steal Sean’s shine. If you don’t know by now we have a thing for hot girls rapping. (Please see our Roman Zolanski obsession) Big Sean obviously shares in our belief of quality over quantity when it comes to video ladies and this one is five star. However, he does not apply that mantra to jewelry, specifically rings that look like candy or they came from that weird machine in the supermarket next to the jawbreakers. We love his pop art hand ornaments because a Jesus piece in neon green probably looks gawdy. This song also seems to be made up of #drakepunchlines straight off of our timelines. Not that we’re saying Big Sean should pay homage because we like it. Something about the absurd way he does it for the entire 3 minutes of this song is quite entertaining and it comes off kid-like and playful just like his choice in rings.
P.S. We realize this song is geriatric by interweb standards but chill out dudes, that woman is really good-looking.
Video: Phill’s Moment—Best Trey Songz Impersonation Ever!
We here at Suite903 have been waiting for all time to see something like this. Whatever baby Jesus we need to thank, he has our utmost gratitude. Never has there been such perfection in an impersonation. So much so that we’re willing to forgo pondering this young man’s shullet-flat-top-haircut-homage to all things a clipper can do wrong. While we go get tests performed to see if we didn’t actually split our sides open guffawing at this, you dudes watch and learn. We see your Trey tremble sir and we raise you one better: the Trey Songz cry. Photo on laptop for reference. Come holler at us anytime, we’ll be on yo side of the beh-ahd. Major thanks to Kid Fury for bringing this to our attention.
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Malene Younglao, “Miss America” MP3 Premiere
Oh America, she’s beautiful, from sea to shining sea. How do we know? All along while our country has sung the famous words of the other Star Spangled Banner, the true identity of the United States has been relatively racially ambiguous. In 2010, anyone as ethnically mixed up as Malene Younglao’s Chinese and Trinidadian roots can represent the stars and stripes too. Difference is: Younglao carries them on her back (and front), uh, isn’t that illegal in some states? Whatever, it’s like jaywalking, no one really cares. Rules like those don’t apply to a Brooklyn girl like Malene who sings and raps her own rules on “Miss America.” Meet the host of this party in the U.S.A.
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Video: Trey Songz f. Nicki Minaj, “Bottoms Up”
If you thought there would be any shortage of Nicki Minaj crazy faces in this Anthony Mandler close-up you were foolish because they would be nothing without the hella schizo voices to match. Onika needs to be in a movie or something. As for Mr. Yuuup we have half a mind to believe you really do live in a brothel house somewhere with proper dancers and booze. We will say this: if we were to ever find out that a Nicki Minaj peep show existed with hand straps we’d break a lot of things and demand entrance. Let’s just not even talk about it.
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Download: Mazzi & S.O.U.L. Purpose, The Inspection Album
Real New York, through the lens of a real New Yorker, that’s basically Mazzi in a nutshell. All the things that there is to love and hate about the Big Apple he embodies. The relentless struggle to make it in whatever it is that you do, Mazzi done did the damn thing the independent route showing and proving speaking on issues sissies are scared to touch. It’s not all nose to the grindstone though, because his compassion for his fellow city slickers (and tourists) comes through in all forms from his Walking Blog video series to his ode to females (”Swimmin’ In It”) using Biggie’s “tongue all down her throat” line from “One More Chance.” For his new album, The Inspection, he’s in an empire state of mind. Cue A. Keys.
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Between the Sheets: Miguel Atwood-Ferguson Ensemble f. Bilal, “Someday We’ll All Be Free” (Donny Hathaway Cover)
Artists respecting each other’s work is an on-going cycle of real recognize real. Catch weekly posts of new wrinkles added to original masterpieces. Today, Bilal covers “Someday We’ll All Be Free” by Donny Hathaway.
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Video: Bei Maejor, “She Was (A Broken Love Story)”
If this was a Motown musical version of a John Hughes movie this would be the epochal song in which the lead male character well—does exactly what Bei Maejor is doing. The sample of Barry White & the Love Unlimited Orchestra is pretty much perfect for that moment of emotional climax, with all the furious strings of “Love’s Theme” in the background. We tried to pay attention but we were so distracted by his outlandish jukebox chain made of Crayola colored diamonds. Does it come with matching quarter pendants for when he wants to get super flashy? We’re not sure if Bei’s production was added onto Barry’s original, but the kid is super-talented enough that we’d believe he did. This is pretty much a verbal screenplay for a teen romantic comedy. We hate to break it to you though Bei: in real life when you run into your high school crush, they’re usually overweight from college and it gets super-awkward. Then again YOUR high school crushes are probably stalking you now.
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Download: CFCF, Slow R&B For Zellers Locations Canada-Wide Mix
There’s no telling exactly what the staff looks like at the Zellers chain of department stores in Canada. Unlike its U.S. counterpart like Target, you could only hope that the shopper’s wet dream is true to the other one-stop-shops that were more popular in the ’80s—complete with cashiers who wear too much makeup, shiny French Tip manicures and guys with mullets and the occasional eye-makeup on Casual Fridays. That weirdness didn’t last long moving at the light-speed of the uptempo love songs that came out during this time. Why no one thought like Canadian producer CFCF to slow down those throwbacks is more boggling than solving a Rubix cube. On his recent mix of R&B throwbacks, he dirties them up dragging their pitch level through a muddy groove, which is completely the opposite of the glam sound of yesteryear, but just right for today’s screwed (and chopped) up times.
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Outasight, “Dear Heartache…” MP3
UPDATE: Outasight’s brand new mixtape just got serviced for the masses. Download it here.
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Cyriously: Should Cassie and Chris Brown Take You to the Peep Show?
Each week Cyrus Kyle Langhorne weighs-in on hot button topics with his sharp commentary. This week’s subjects: Cassie and Chris Brown.
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