The '08 Video review

Well, no better time than New Years Day to review the year that was. This is the internet video highlights of 2008, according to me. It's by no means complete, just a lot of my favourite moments from throughout the year.

Classically Trained Hip Hop

'08 was the year that "musicians" i.e. People trained in playing an instrument other than the turntables (yes, I know about all the great Hip Hop bands out there, i'm talking about musicians from other backgrounds who have never rocked beats before) discovered hip hop. There was a slew of great collaborations between MC's, DJ's and orchestras, as well as an increase in touring artists incorporating featuring live instrumentation in their stage show. The resulting music is off the chain.
My personal favourites are listed below.

Ryan Leslie - Lollipop


Ryan Leslie is a hugely underrated R&B artist, and this little gem was recorded for Green Lantern's Sirius Radio show about a week after Lollipop was released. Ryan learns the chords on the spot, and proceeds to massacre the beat, totally freestyled. Killer work, dude is legit. If Wayne re-released Lollipop with Ryan ripping solo's throughout, i'd listen to it.



Ronald Jenkees

Ronald Jenkees is exactly what he appears to be, a nerdy white boy who made deal with the devil, Robert Johnson style, to be infused with Ray Charles' AND Jam Master Jay's spirits. The results?
Mmm...... yummy.

Jay Z Live at Glastonbury

'Nuff said, really. Doesn't come much hyper.



Viral Video
Viral video was everywhere in '08, hence the name. Youtube became the requisite source for water cooler talk, and I would wager 30% of inter-office emails were nothing at all to do with work, but contained random Youtube clips of bears falling onto trampolines and cats being slammed into walls from ceiling fans. World Star Hip Hop has rightfully claimed the title of "The CNN of Hip Hop", which is quite a strange title, considering KRS-ONE called hip hop itself "CNN for black people", but now any rapper with a camera phone can start beef with anyone (Souljah Boy Vs Ice T, Charles Hamilton etc..), and probably will. I'd like to think that CNN will pick up on WSHH's popularity, and start calling themselves the WSHH of world affairs. Probably not though.
Jacked from ByronCrawford.com, the following is a montage of some of the most memorable moments from the internets last year, and i've included a few gems I think were overlooked.



Indian game show host slapped on live television

This guys gets stomped. Well deserved though.

Best of SNL 2008 Election coverage

There was so much great gear from SNL this election, here's a montage of the best bits. Tina Fey's Sarah Palin was pretty dead on, and funny as hell.

Bachelor Cooking with Aria Giovanni

If you're not up on Bachelor Cooking, it's a cooking show starring porn star Aria Giovanni which is informative and pleasing to the eye. If you've just moved out of home and never cooked for yourself before, I recommend getting onto these lessons so you don't end up surviving on Mi Goreng and frozen pizza.

Eli Porter: Rap legend

Eli porter set the rap world on fire with his razor sharp lyrics. My personal favourite? "Like Rosie O'Donnell at a Bi-sexual bridal shower". What does that mean? Would it be the coup de gras of Bi-sexual bridal showers to have Rosie O'Donnell roll out, dildo's akimbo?
This Video has been dissected and discussed for months, but doesn't lose any potency the more I watch it.


Well, that's it for the time being. I'll be back with a wrap up of Movies and music at some point, as well as a look to the year ahead.
Peace,
~Broke