Is this Biz Markie’s pet parrot?

MySpace is not one to rest on its laurels, and as proof I present to you MySpace’s A Place for Hip-Hop profile. The integration in this profile is really top-notch and it touches on virtually all aspects of the hip-hop scene from the most mainstream to the independents as well. You’ve got exclusive video interviews with Kanye West and Method Man, links to event profiles like The Power 106 Summer Splash concert, featured DJs, and a very active integrated forum. To provide daily news, MySpace smartly partnered with the most popular hip-hop website in the world, SOHH.com.

The fancy layout and graphics definately draw people in, but it’s the exclusive interviews that really lend an authentic flavor to A Place for Hip-Hop. Well done, MySpace. Check out Method Man’s interview below….

There’s a guy on MySpace who goes by the name Spanky McEnstein and challenges random strangers to ping pong matches on his portable mini ping pong table. It’s an interesting concept but I kind of fail to see the point. All of his challenges are recorded on video and songs like ‘Eye of the Tiger’ are dubbed in as the soundtrack. With no vocals or commentary from anyone in the videos, it gets pretty boring watching Spanky hawk his sub-par ping pong game. Does anyone know what the point of his gig is? Spanky comes across looking like a really bad imitation of Will Ferrell at best.

Following up on the success of their hugely successful Phase 1 - Celebrity Takedown DVD, the Gorillaz have just blogged about their next installment, Phase 2 - Slowboat to Hades. The disc will be released on October 30, 2006, and will contain all the Demon Days music videos, animated shorts, acceptance speeches, and more. A bonus CD will also be included and comes with 16 addictive games, tons of wallpapers, and screensavers as well.

Gorrilaz MySpace Profile

Check out this dope video special on Shepard Fairey, founder of the Obey Giant campaign/company/phenomenon. The video is for the G4 TV Networks show ICONS, and is the first part of a multi-installment series on Shep. Content and footage-wise this is much better than the interview Shep did with Perry Farrell that I posted a few weeks ago.

This guy Supernat broke the Guinness Book of World Records for the Longest Freestyle Rap with a time of 9 hours and 10 minutes. It went down at the Rock the Bells 2006 Festival in San Bernadino, CA. Crazy.

Here’s an oldie but goodie… The Crossroads by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. Probably the dopest song that no one could ever be 100% sure they knew the words to.

Due out in 2007 for the Nintendo Wii, Super Smash Bros. Brawl looks to be quite the video game. More details on Brawl can be found in this IGN.com article. See the teaser video below.

Who knew it to be true? Darth Vader has a less-talented and less-charismatic younger brother named Chad Vader who works in a grocery store as a day shift manager. There’s nothing fancy about this video, but it’s shot clean, and the dialogue is funny as hell. Definately a must see.

With Borat’s movie on the horizon, it should come as no surprise that a MySpace page has been set up for him. You can check that out by clicking the link here and I’ve posted his first MySpace video blog entry here as well. Izzz niiiice!!