So I've been gone for a minute... OK.. Maybe like 5 minutes.. dealing with some family stuff but now I'm back with the jump off... Cause ya know I had to kick off Twerkathon OH-14!
So first up... You know it! It's the 2 Chainz Song of the Day! I've been diggin on this song for a minute.. Not sure if I've included it in a previous blog.. but fuck it if I did cause it's hot enough to recycle. It's off the BOATS II: Me Time album and it's called Used 2...
Next up is a bonus 2 Chainz Song of the Day because I've neglected you for so long and I feel like you deserve it. This one is called Headbands by B.o.B featuring 2 Chainz...
Next up are some twerktorials. The first is a video my boy Hippie actually posted on my Facebook profile because he thought I would appreciate it.. I did. Now you can too. It's twerktorials choreography from the girls at the Fraules Dance Studio in Russia and definitely the best white girl twerk team videos I've seen...
I also found this from FraulesGirl aka Elena Ninja of her dancing alone after classes. Her fall into the split is pretty crucial...
More proof white girls can actually twerk...
Next up, some songs for you to practice in front of that mirror girrrrrrlllll....
Here is the song from the first video. It's called FM$ by New Boyz...
Here is the song from the 2nd instructional video. It's called Exercise Ya Body by Tropkillaz featuring JSTJR...
Next is new Kstylis off his mixtape he put out a few months ago called King of Twerk... I think was an answer to my call for new Kstylis twerk tracks since this blog is his biggest fan sooo You're Welcome!
This one is called Daisy Dukes Back featuring Drone Boyz....
This one is called Twerk Star... which you will hopefully be by now thanks to the twerktorials and the long break you've had to practice...
And finally... I've been going buck over this song lately. It's called FDB by Young Dro featuring the one and only 2 Chainz! So actually you get 3 2CSotD's!
Happy Tuesday My People! Pressed for time today so let's get in a quickie shall we?
First up, you know it! 2 CHAINZ Song of the Day! This is another one off the new album B.O.A.T.S. II: Me Time. It's actually a bonus track called Employee of the Month...
Next, I can't believe I'm about to say this... But I like this song. It's called 23 by your girl the Twerking Trainwreck herself, Miley Cyrus, featuring Juicy J and Wiz Khalifa...
Also found this song I'm diggin... Never heard a dude say he'd Yike in it.. But I'm pretty sure I can guess what it means...
If you're a fan of The Wobble then here is another song by V.I.C. that's pretty hot called Twerk It... Sort of reminds me of the original version of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory with the words running across the screen as the Oompa Loompas sang.... What do you get when you shake your booty? Hopefully you don't look wack like Miley... I don't like the look of it.
Sorry for having been MIA lately my people. It's been a rough few weeks to say the least. Unfortunately last week a friend of mine I've known for like half my life passed away. His name is Steve McGown. I guess I should say "was" but it honestly feels weird speaking of him in the past tense. I'd prefer to just think he's somewhere presently.
Anyway, we're breaking with the usual format today. No 2 CHAINZ or Twerkathon. Today's theme songs are dedicated in loving memory to Stephen M. McGown.
As you grow older, you lose touch with a lot of the people you grew up with. I seem to not just be losing touch, but actually just plain losing several people. I've been reeling honestly because death is becoming an all too commonplace thing in my life. This will be the 3rd funeral I'll have attended in the past year and like the 5th or 6th person who has passed in about the past year. Just sayin, NOBODY else is allowed to die for awhile.
Steve is unfortunately one of the people I lost touch with in the past several years. I met him when I was about 14 or 15 years old and he was part of the crew back in the day. He was a character and to know him was to love him. Steve had no filter. He was loud and obnoxious and supremely entertaining. He was also honest to a fault, loyal, and a good friend to the people lucky enough to be able to call him that.
I'm pretty sure he was there the day I lost my virginity looking over the wall of the pool equipment room with the other guys who were friends with the dude who deflowered me. He also is the person who made it possible for me to view something everyone should see at least once in their lives, the Tommy Lee and Pam Anderson sex tape.
I also remember he used to come pick me up from my parents' house and we'd go drive around. Limp Bizkit was bananas huge back then and Steve and I were fans. I actually think Steve was probably their biggest fan though. He got stuck on this song for months...
And this song was another fave. While preparing for this blog post earlier today, listening to it made me lose it at my desk and I had to take a minute. I remember yelling "GET THE FUCK UP!" with him countless times...
Our friend Hippie who was also part of the crew made some suggestions for the songs today so shout out and thanks to him. He and Steve for BFF's and I totally <3 him like no other.
Let's get into some Pantera... This one is my personal fave...
Also...
And...
Steve was also a Gwar fan...
I love that Gwar covered this song by Alice Cooper...
And also this one by Kansas...
He was also into Guns N Roses... But then again who isn't?! This song is epic...
And this one is also epic...
This one is actually my favorite GnR song. Slash is the man...
Happy Friday the 13th My People! I don't know about you but I'm never phased or superstitious about Fridays that fall on the 13th because they tend to be lucky days for me. For real, it would take a lot for today to be worse than yesterday anyway... but we'll get into that later. Now time for theme songs..
So, I had a birthday about a week ago. I turned the dreaded dirty 30. I meant to do a post that day but I was way too depressed and also way too busy to write anything. Plus I've been dealing with some mad crazy drama drama drama which we will also get into later.
Anyway, to celebrate my belated birthday here is the 2 CHAINZ Song of the Day with Kanye West called Birthday Song... When I die bury me inside the jewelry store. All I want for my birthday is a well-endowed man who isn't a walking douchebag.
And OH SCHNAP! Just cause I can... BONUS 2 CHAINZ Song of the Day! The new album B.O.A.T.S II: Me Time dropped on Tuesday, 9/10/13, so now all the tracks on it have hit the streets... and by streets I mean interwebz... and by interwebz I mean YouTube. Anyway, I've been DYING to hear this one song called Mainstream Ratchet and finally did this morning. I gotta say that I was disappointed. I don't like the beat for it at all. 2 CHAINZ where ever you are will you please let me remix this song and make it better?!?! I refuse to let it be wack. Here, you can listen to it for yourself and see what I'm talking about...
Next, it's time for today's installment of Twerkathon OH-13... I found this tutorial for all my Booty Bounce Beginners that I think is extremely helpful. This chick is Keaira LaShae and her dance series is pretty good if you're trying to learn not only how to twerk, wind up, body roll.. even dance in a club in a dress.
Here I got you yo.. Cause I just realized some of you might be going out tonight trying to dance in dresses and doing it improperly...
Now time to practice in front of that mirror gurrrrrlllll... Also in celebration of my belated birthday ya know I gotta get in some Uncle Luke...
Also some Kstylis...
Next I've been getting into more EDM based Trap pretty heavily lately. I actually opened my set at Transit with the other night and apparently people were really diggin it. Real quick shoutout to the Give Crew. Thanks again for having me through to play guys! It was good times and I can't wait to do it again!
Anyway, if you don't know much about Trap then you're living under a rock because it's EVERYWHERE right now. If you're a DJ then it's advisable to learn how to play it or you will cease to be relevant to a rack of kids. Here are some of the tracks I'm feelin at the moment to help you get acquainted...
This one is by Baauer's Remix of Rollup by Flosstradamus...
Also still kicking myself because I totally should've played Harlem Shake. Freaking LOVE this song... Totally lied in my post OH MAH GOD! I Fucking LOVE Major Lazer!!! because Harlem Shake is still totally my ringtone.
Also really diggin on some Bro Safari... This one is good. It's called Burn the Block...
And this one called The Drop...
Plus this RL Grime Salva of Mercy...
And this one too...
And finally this Flosstradamus remix of Major Lazer's remix of Original Don which I'm like 99.9% is a remix of a sample from an Old School UK Hardcore Breaks track from way back in the day...
Happy Friday My People! I don't know about you but I'm already in 3 Day Holiday Weekend Mode like whoa. It's hard to believe we've reached the end of Summer because I'm not ready to let it go yet. Anyway, we've got loads of stuff to get to today so let's make a dog burying a bone and dig in...
First up, the 2 CHAINZ Song of the Day! This is another track off the upcoming new album B.O.A.T.S. II: Me Time featuring Rick Ross and Future called My Cocaina...
Anyway, this photo is courtesy of my Facebook friend Shaun and his status update this morning about a photo from an article in the New York Post. All I can say is WooOooOoooOoooW! GOOD LORD! I sincerely hope nobody takes this seriously because that is definitely NOT how to twerk like a pro.
New York Post
If you've been following along with our twerking tutorials at home or you are already a Twerking Veteran then you know just how wrong that is. The only step that's correct in there is Step 1 about the wide stance with your feet angled out... and half of Step 2 because, like I said the other day... You need to bend yo knees bitch! Bend yo knees and pop yo booty!
And BTW, clearly this Gregory E. Miller dude is misinformed because popping your booty is not "old-fashioned". It is the foundation of booty bounce basics. If you can't do the plain booty pop then you'll never get the fancy, advanced shit down because all they are are variations of the original basic booty pop.
Today though, we're going to take a slightly different approach on the tutorials and get into some serious cultural dancing. Last week I mentioned in my post Happy HumP Day Theme Songs: 2 CHAINZ, Twerkathon OH-13, and More Fresh DnB that Nicki Minaj was rated by Fuse as the #1 celebrity twerker (NOT Miley Cyrus). If you're trying to learn some of Miss Minaj's dance moves then you have to understand the foundation for them.
Here is her video for Beez in the Trap featuring 2 CHAINZ. Pay especially close attention to her dancing during 2 CHAINZ part...
OK Class, today we are going to learn 2 of the moves she does: The Shimmy and The Vertical Figure 8. Believe it or not, those are belly dancing moves. Middle Eastern and African cultures have some overlap, particularly with styles of dance. They carried over into Dancehall Reggae as well because part of the "Wind-Up" are Figure 8's and isolations. Bet up until this moment you just thought "twerking" was nothing but some random shaking that required very little technique and had no foundation in legitimate dance huh? *Mind blown*
As some of you know I'm a Euro-Arab mutt so belly dancing is a part of my Lebanese culture. I actually started learning how to do it last year as a fun workout. The series I learned from is also on YouTube by Belly Dance Boulevard. The username is BellyDanceB. Start with Lesson #1 because you definitely need a foundation. It is the basic movement from which all others follow and will teach you how to isolate your hips and booty from the rest of your body. ***THIS IS ESSENTIAL IF YOU WANT TO BE A GOOD TWERKER!!!
Hopefully you'll continue to Lesson #2 before continuing to Lesson #3 - The Shimmy. This folks, is where Miley went wrong. Unless you have a booty like the chicks in the rap videos, you can't afford to lock your knees because you can't sustain the amount of torque you need to wiggle your butt in a stance like that and make it look the way it's supposed to look. If you don't have a big booty or you just want to get more torque on your wiggles and wobbles, the best way to do that is "The Shimmy". I like this lady's approach about "waiting for the bus".
Continue to Lesson #4 to learn Horizontal Figure 8's. Then Lesson #5 is Vertical Figure 8's...
It feels funny at first because you are going to move parts of your body you didn't even know you could move... But keep at it and you'll get it.
Now here are your songs to practice in front of that mirror gurrrrrllllll!! First one up is by OHBOYPRINCE....
I actually found it thanks to this video of a white girl twerking who puts Miley to shame...
And ya know we had to get some K-Stylis in...
And also NEW stuff... This is the latest single from Nelly featuring Nicki Minaj and Pharell and it is HOT...
And because you should practice your wind-up... This is Freaks by French Montana also featuring Nicki Minaj...
And even more brand spankin NEW stuff... Found out the other day that the new Drake album Nothing Was The Same is set to be released on September 24th, 2013. Obviously I'm a HUGE fan of Young Money so I <3 me some Drake and I'm crazy excited about this album because I think the whole thing is going to be disgustingly sick and awesome.
Here are few tracks off of it...
This is my personal fave.. It's The Motion featuring Sampha
Next was the first single off the album that was released back in January when Drake announced he was working on this album... It's called Started From the Bottom and you've probably heard it a gazillion times...
Finally this song is called All Me and features Big Sean and 2 CHAINZ!
Hope this all got you in the mood to go buck for the next few days.... BOOM!
Happy Tuesday My People! LOTS to get into today so let's do this! I can barely contain myself because there is so much new stuff out today or about to come out over the next few weeks... That's right folks, it seems it's Fall release time!
First up... I'm freaking DYING right now because the new 2 CHAINZ album B.O.A.T.S. II: Me Time which is set to be released officially on September 10th is being leaked bit by bit. That means we're about to get a rack of new 2 CHAINZ songs of the day!
Here is another new one from the album that I'm feeling called Where U Been? featuring Cap 1...
Next up, don't act like you don't know it's time for today's installment of Twerkathon OH-13...
OK, so one of my proudest accomplishments recently was FINALLY learning how to make it clap. Here is the tutorial that I learned from because I think it's super helpful. What better way to learn how to clap your booty than from strippers since I'm pretty sure they invented that move? For real, you'll know you're doing it right because you will hear a clap sound.
Now let's get into something that I find super funny whilst we practice our new-found booty clapping skills... Who the F is the REAL "King of Twerk"?!?!? Currently Diplo is out declaring himself as the King of Twerk. Between his outright productions and those under his Major Lazer project he's got all kinds of girls all around the world "expressing themselves" all over walls and furniture. He's also currently running a little instagram video submission contest where ladies are sending 15 second videos demonstrating their twerking skills.
(Ladies, before you get excited and make videos to start showing off your twerking skills that may be newly acquired due to this blog, bear in mind that if you do that then your bare booty will be on the internet for the entire world to see and hundreds of thousands of his followers to comment on. I've been reading the comments and some of them are pretty vicious.)
However, the number of actual twerking songs he's produced is quite lacking and the ones that exist are super hard to find... Believe me, I had to do some digging just to find this one for today. It's a track off the Kick Ass 2 movie soundtrack and it's called Earthquake. He co-produced it with DJ Fresh.. Real quick by the way, LOVE DJ FRESH! LOVE HIM LIKE IT'S MY FREAKING JOB! HAVE LOVED HIM SINCE BUZZ DAYS! VIRAM FOREVER!)
Anyway, between Earthquake, Express Yourself, like 2 others I can't find on YouTube, and some Major Lazer joints, which bear in mind are co-produced so Twerk King credit must be shared, the number of actual twerking tracks is pretty limited. He's pretty much coasting on current fan volume. So does this qualify him?
Fans can be fickle and their attention spans are short. If you don't continue to stay relevant enough then they're gone like the wind... and lemmetellyasomething, Diplo is 34 years old. Do you know how hard it is to be in your 30's and stay relevant to teenagers and people in their early 20's? Basically, I think if another newer, hotter, younger guy comes along and puts out a better song girls like "expressing themselves" to more then, unfortunately, it's Bye Bye Diplo. (Sidenote: When that happens, because it WILL happen, I would like to see a 2 stage twerk-off.. Kind of like Scott Pilgrim when the gorilla comes out and kills the dragon. Make it happen. Make it happen now.)
Now, there is another man out there who identifies himself as the King of Twerk and his name is K-Stylis. This man has a rack of twerk songs that call out specific booty bouncing instructions like it's a stripper square dance. I dare you. I triple.. NO.. I quadruple dog dare you to keep up with how fast he calls them out. Best Workout EVER!
So K-Stylis has the volume and if you search him on YouTube he definitely has the following too. The only problem with his claim though is that he is still lost in obscurity and has not put out anything new in about a year. I personally have become all about some K-Stylis so somebody please let that man know he needs to put out a new album. I will take it to the streets and promote it myself because that's how much I want that to happen. Maybe he and Diplo need to team up on something. (If that actually happens then somebody owes me a rack of money for suggesting it.)
However, I was always under the impression that the real Kings of Twerk were the Ying Yang Twins. By sheer volume and following they definitely had that crown for years...
Unfortunately though, they haven't put anything new out in awhile either... So alas, they lost their crown.
For me though, there is only one man I believe is the real King of Twerk. He's got the volume. He's got the following. And for real, I don't give a crap how old he is, he will ALWAYS be relevant... So relevant he still comes out with new stuff that just stays hot. This is hotness which has spanned 3 decades. That man's name is Mannie Fresh.
Rumor has it that he has reconciled with Birdman and they are supposed to be getting back into the studio. Puhhhhleeeeeezzzzz let this rumor be true! Before I die, I just want Mannie Fresh, Juvenile, Birdman, and Lil Wayne to do a Cash Money Millionaires Hot Boyz Reunion.
That's not just good ish right there... That is the BEST ish right there. If you don't know, act like you know because you should.
Next, I promised you some more brand spankin NEW stuff so here goes... Thanks to the all-knowing 2 CHAINZ on Twitter, I found out that 3 albums dropped today: 1) Big Sean's Hall of Fame, 2) Juicy J's Stay Trippy, and 3) Goodie Mob's Age Against the Machine. Big day for hip hop for real...
So first, Big Sean's Hall of Fame... Hated it! Well, not entirely... I just couldn't really get down to the songs I listened to because Big Sean basically gets out-rapped on every track I heard including this one featuring Juicy J and Nicki Minaj. Frankly Nicki Minaj is a beast and dudes who aren't Lil Wayne, 2 CHAINZ, and Drake need to either step up their game or stop letting her be on their tracks because she shuts them down. Get 'em gurrrrrlllll...
Next is Juicy J's Stay Trippy... Hated it! Yeah, I mean that one... which is sad because I freaking love me some Academy Award Winning Three Six Mafia like you don't even know. It's basically a collection of boring, tired stripper anthems that took WAY too long to release as an entire album. And when I say stripper anthems, I mean every song I've heard off this album is about strippers, strippers, strip clubs, and more strippers. Maybe the album took a year to release because Juicy J was too busy making it rain.
The first single Bandz A Make Her Dance was released nearly a year ago on 9/11/2012. Seriously, I can't stand this song...
Also, Bounce It featuring the DMV's own Wale and the R. Kelly of our generation, Trey Songz, sounds exactly like Bandz which makes it boring...
And he gets out-rapped by A$ap Rocky on Scholarship... which also sounds way too similar to the other songs...
Finally, Goodie Mob has reunited after 14 years and released Age Against the Machine... All I can say is, who the F doesn't like Goodie Mob?!?! Cee-Lo is bananas dude. This song called Special Education featuring Janelle Monae is the jam and it has such a positive message. It's on the same page that I've been preaching from about how you should celebrate being a unique individual and not dim your shine for anybody and be "normal" just to gain acceptance.
