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.
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 Friday Eve everybody! We've almost survived the week so YAY for us! Today is one gigantic installment of Twerkathon OH-13 because that's what I'm feeling. So I've thoroughly twerked this MoFo out with tons of new and old jams I dug up just for you. So, let's make like this is a bubble and get it poppin...
First up, you know it.. The 2 CHAINZ Song of the Day! I'm still waiting for more leaks from the new album. But in the meantime, here is Trampoline by Tinie Tempah featuring 2 CHAINZ!
Now before we go any further, I have to tell you that today's theme songs were inspired by my bestie Jeannie and our Tuesday Night Twerkfest in her kitchen. The following videos are courtesy of her... All I have to say is your shopping excursions at Walmart will NEVER be the same...
Part One:
Wait! It gets better! Part 2:
If you follow me on My Twitter or you've "Liked" the Miss Slik's Guide Facebook Page then that should explain the posts from the other night. (Click those links if you don't FYI BTW because you should be following and "liking".)
Also, thanks to all the twerking videos we watched I found a couple more songs I'm diggin that are a little slower and great for practicing in front of that mirror gurrrrrlllll!!!
And also...
Now, Jeannie and I tore through Diplo's Sound Cloud Profile the other night because I was hellbent on finding the 2 tracks of his I liked that were playing in the background of the Instagram video submissions he posted. I did not find them. Somebody please let that man know he should post the names of the songs in the captions to make it easier because that should not be quite this difficult.
Also, while you're at it, tell him he needs to lay off the Perculator bubble pops because they are in a giant rack of his tracks... You just can't beat the original.
However, I did find the 2 CHAINZ Song of the Day and also these 2 songs I like...
The DMV's own Wale featuring Travis Porter - One Eyed Kitten
And also Travis Porter - Wobble
Just in case you haven't noticed yet, I have a minor obsession with Travis Porter. He doesn't know. If he did then the restraining order would be pending (just kidding).
Now, I would like to share something personal with y'all... My own story of how I became acquainted with booty bouncing...
For those who don't know, I'm originally from Tampa, Florida and lived there until I was almost 13. Down there they start school the 3rd week of August so they had a rule that you have to turn 5 by the end of August to start Kindergarten. Well, my birthday is September 5th so I missed that cut-off and my parents had to put me in a montessori school to get around it.
The student age range was Kindergarten up to like middle or high school and I always wanted to hang out with all the older kids. Every day they'd have the boom box blaring and they'd dance. I love to dance. So I tried to go dance with them and they told me I couldn't because I sucked. Well, never one to accept defeat, I went home and I practiced like it was my job. I even enlisted the help of the teenage girls who babysat me at the time.One day I came back and busted out my best Paula Abdul body roll and they were like "OH! Look at Niki!"
Hold up.. Gotta take it there...
I became their little mascot after that and I had never been so proud. That's the moment when you look over at the kids your own age who made fun of you for wearing hi-tops with twirly skirts and told you that you had to be Irma every time they played Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles just because you didn't have red hair and stick out your tongue and be all like "Suck it babies! Turtle Power THAT bitches!"
A few years later, I had to switch to public school because my parents couldn't afford to keep me in montessori school any longer. That's when I became a latchkey kid and I watched MTV like it was my job thanks to my babysitters getting me hooked on it. My parents never really censored me that much anyway so I pretty much watched whatever I wanted. One of my favorite shows was a dance show called The Grind. The Spring Break editions were how I got introduced to songs like this one...
One day I came home from school and turned on the TV. I must have ended up on The Box (cyber high five if you know about that). This video came on and shocked me...
Some of those chicks were wearing thongs and stuff and dancing in ways that they just did not show on the muh-F-ing Grind. It was over after that. I may have gotten in trouble for calling into The Box to request that song a few times.
Like I said I grew up in Florida so come Summertime all your old jeans become cut-off shorts. Mine became Daisy Dukes...
Also, of course I learned the Tootsee Roll...
And that's about when I got introduced to a man named Sir Mix-A-Lot and this song became my theme song. Bear in mind, while most girls were getting boobs, I was busy growing a booty... No lie... Here..
I've had this mofo since I was 10 years old. Just took me some years to make the connection from the rap songs to real life and figure out why all the boys kept staring at it. True story.
And of course that is around the time I discovered my love of Uncle Luke. Last one is for Jeannie...
Happy Monday My People! Good Lord! We have A LOT to get into so in the words of Kendrick Lamar, let's make like this is a swimming pool full of liquor and dive in...
First up is, as per the new usual, the 2 CHAINZ Song of the Day... I <3 me some super fresh 2 CHAINZ like no other and it really doesn't get any fresher than this song that was just released this morning. It's called Netflix featuring Fergie and it's crazy hot.
Next up is Twerkathon OH-13 and all I have to say is HOLY FREAKING GOD DID YOU SEE MILEY CYRUS ON THE MTV VMA's LAST NIGHT?!?!?! It was baaaaaaaadddddddd... not baaaaaadddd meaning good but like baaaaaddddd meaning a horrible hot mess trainwreck that will haunt my nightmares for months.
Just in case you missed it.. Hold up! Wait a minute! I got you! (WARNING: It's so disturbing that even the Smith family couldn't hide the looks of horror on their faces. Someone should've jumped on stage and been like "Stop it Miley! Can't you see you're scaring the children?!")
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Here is the video on YouTube:
But the best place to go is directly to MTV's website and watch it there:
While she was grinding on Robin Thicke I seriously threw up in my mouth a little. I also don't understand what was up with her hair or those giant plush mouse bear things strapped to her fly girls. For real, the only good thing about that entire performance was when 2 CHAINZ and Kendrick Lamar came out. Thank God for them. I'm just not sure how they could keep straight faces while Miley was over in the cut humping that foam finger.
For real, somebody needs to let that chick know she's about as ratchet as a doily at a D.A.R. tea party and that one stripper booty wiggle move of hers does not count as "twerking". You need to bend yo knees bitch! Bend yo knees and pop yo booty! What's even more disturbing is the number of youngin white girls out there right now emulating her as we speak. Girls, please I beg of you, don't go out like that. It's not a good look and NOBODY will think you're hot or sexy except for drunk frat boys who will try to date rape you.
Let's draw a quick white girl comparison shall we?
Fergie - Fergalicious
Knows how to pop her booty properly.
She looks hot riding a stationary bike in leggings.
This video is how I learned to do a 3-point stand.
Miley Cyrus - We Can't Stop
Does NOT know how to shake her booty properly.
Does NOT look hot riding a stationary bike in leggings (Fergie biter!)
Should NOT be teaching young girls how to do any sort of stands period nor doing them herself because it just doesn't look right.
The reality is that even though Miley "can't stop" she should really try HARD to stop for the sake of all of us. This is an example of when keeping it real goes way wrong. Even Twerkaholics Anonymous couldn't help poor Miley. I believe she needs an exorcist... and also needs to go back home and practice in front of that mirror gurrrrlll! Practice until the ghost of Ludacris pops out of that mirror...
Now for those of you who are not as severely twerk-challenged as poor Miley, here are your songs to practice in front of your own mirrors at home. Let that girl be your measuring stick of how far you've probably come in the past week from a hot mess toward actually being able to drop it like its hot thanks to all these instructional videos and continued practice.
Now he posted the original of Finatticz - Don't Drop That Thun Thun Thun which is good... But I found the remix with Tyga that is better.
And now for the more serious stuff... A mini-tribute to Wiz Khalifa. My boy Quincy whom you might know as Uncle Jesse got me to get back on Twitter the other day. I started following Wiz Khalifa and I like his vibe. He seems humble and I like that he's about his fans. Look...
This is my boy E-Dub's fave because he's a Steelers fan...
This one featuring The Weekend is my personal fave...
This song is my mantra...
I stumbled across this one today featuring Smoke DZA. My favorite line is "Put that iPhone down fool. Don't try to Instagram me. That's ho shit."
And finally, this song featuring Bow Wow and RoZe called Run (Tell 'Em Dat) is like the new theme song for my life. The hook goes:
"Looking in the mirror talking to myself.
You have control over you and not nobody else.
Look I got plenty haters. They talk behind my back.
But I just do this shit. Y'all run and tell em that."
It's FRIDAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY!!!!! I don't know about you but I'm ready for the weekend and am counting down the hours, minutes, and seconds until it begins. I think this may be the only week I've ever done a straight 5 days of theme songs so I hope y'all are enjoying the music I've been digging up.
I'm not sure if you've noticed yet, but I've been trying to make this series of posts a little more in-depth in the hopes it becomes a source for my readers to discover both new and old songs that are different, obscure, and noteworthy and appreciate the artists who make them.
Anyway, I've got TONS of good stuff for y'all today to get you in the mood so let's get to it...
First up, you know it.. The 2 CHAINZ Song of the Day. This song is brand spankin' new and won't be officially released until September 16th. It's called "Talk Dirty" by Jason Derulo featuring 2 CHAINZ!
Also, it's time for today's installment of Twerkathon OH-13... Yesterday in my post Happy Thursday Theme Songs YaY! I highlighted a crucial issue that needs to be brought out of the closet and into the light... Twerking Addiction.
Ask yourself these questions... Do you dry hump everything and everyone around you? Do you suffer from lower back pain due to constant arching? Are there footprints on every wall of your home? If the answers to those questions are "Yes" then you may have a problem with twerking.
I found this video showing just how detrimental twerkaholism can be to yourself and your loved ones. Remember, it's a serious disease and there is no cure. (Side note: Totally want that Ratchet beanie so make it happen please and thank you!)...
You probably know what song is coming next...
And this classic twerking anthem by Uncle Luke because Miami Bass is the super shit. Don't stop get it get it...
Also, here is another video with a twerking tutorial. This one is for the fellas because, yes, you too can learn how to twerk...
And thanks to this iSekC dude and his video I discovered my new super jam of the century by Kstylis called Booty Me Down...
I also discovered this gem yesterday by DIPLO featuring Nicky Da B and it is off the freaking chain...
For those of you who don't know about DIPLO he is an American DJ and producer named Wesley Pentz originally from Mississippi. He is the man behind that disgustingly sick, wicked, AMAZING curtain we call MAJOR LAZER. Now y'all know from my post back in June called OH MAH GOD! I Fucking Love Major Lazer! that I fucking LOVE me some Major Lazer.
His music is super crucial and he's also ridiculously hot... like I mean RIDICULOUSLY HOT...
Ummmm yeah, for real, I would definitely be a raging CSW for that and turn every wall in my house into a twerk wall. DIPLO if you're out there somewhere reading this and you're single, holler at your girl.
Here is another track I'm diggin on by DIPLO and Dillon Francis featuring Maluca called Que Que...
And finally, this song called Set It Off by DIPLO featuring Laserdisk Party Sex is proper too... WARNING: The video is for mature audiences only and should not be viewed at work, around children, the elderly or those with high blood pressure as it may cause heart attack or stroke.
