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Monday, June 01, 2009

Cool Guys Don't Look at Explosions Video Lyrics - Andy Samberg & Will Ferrell




It's the truth. How many cool guys in action movies can you recall who look back at the explosion they've just left? They just walk straight forward for the slow mo camera shot. This music video/digital short by Andy Samberg (playing Bruce Springsteen) features Will Ferrell at Neil Diamond, and JJ Abrams as well playing along. Video clips from various movies are mixed in to show just what they're talking about. Great stuff from Samberg, et al.

Here's the lyrics for "Cool Guys Don't Look at Explosions" song (no mp3 available yet), by Andy Samberg and Will Ferrell featuring JJ Abrams...

Intro (Samberg):
It seems like these days the whole world's on fire.
Things keep blowin' the hell up,...
And while all those rubberneckers and looky loos stand slackjawed starin,
The real men have the nuts to walk away.


Song:
Cool guys don't look at explosions
They blow things up and then walk away
Who's got time to watch an explosion?
Because cool guys have errands that they have to walk to..
Keep walkin', keep shinin'
Don't look back keep on walkin'
Keep struttin' slow motion
The more you ignore it, the cooler you look

Samberg: Ladies & gentlemen, please join me in welcoming..
Mr. Neil Diamond!

Will Ferrell: ha ha ha....Where are we?!

Cool guys don't look at explosions
They stride for it in their diamond covered boots
They wear jumpsuits with glitter and rhinestones
And walk away in slow motion..
Keep walkin, you're cruisin..
Cherry Cherry...Sweet Caroline..
Denzel walks...
Will Smith walks...
Mark Wahlberg is wearin a hat!

Samberg: Going solo....JJ Abrams!

JJ Abrams solo
Yeah!
Okay.

Because,
Cool guys don't look at explosions,
Walk fast from the roaring explosion,
And don't think about the people you killed

2...3...4!
JJ Abrams outro


Check out more of Andy Samberg's comedic songs on his project The Lonely Island at Amazon.com which includes the smash hits "Jiz in My Pants" and "I'm on a Boat" featuring T-Pain.

See more stories and coverage on the 2009 MTV Movie Awards here, which included an and see what happens when Borat/Bruno lands on Rapper Eminem.

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Saturday, March 22, 2008

I Am Legend Movie Review


Will Smith I Am Legend Movie Review So what would you do if you were the last person alive on Earth after a virus wiped out most of the population? That's the role Will Smith has, or thinks he has in the new movie DVD release called I Am Legend (Widescreen Single-Disc Edition). It's a sci-fi/suspense/thriller starring Smith, a German shepherd, some well-trained mannequins and a lot of CGI.

The movie is set in New York City and comes just 3 years after scientists have finally discovered a cure for Cancer. However, the cure also sets forth a deadly virus which becomes airborne. It kills off most of the world's population and contaminates the rest, turning them into blood-thirsty zombies. Will Smith is the sole survivor, and survival is his daily chore as is finding a cure to the virus. He goes out into the city by daylight and returns home at night to hide out from the "other survivors".

That's the basis of I Am Legend's plot. Some may find it to be too short a movie, since it runs just 1 1/2 hours, but it's got enough action, surprises and jump-out-of-your-chair scenes to keep viewers into it. Many fans of the original movie and book by Richard Matheson have already criticized the remake, but it's worth watching for the hour and a half as Will Smith always turns in good performances in Sci-Fi movies (Independence Day, MIB). Add in a well-trained dog/sidekick and blood hungry zombies for Will Smith to run from and blast away at, and you have yourself a great action DVD rental from Netflix or Blockbuster.

I Am Legend (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition with Digital Copy)

I Am Legend (Widescreen Single-Disc Edition)

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Tuesday, February 05, 2008

Hip Hop Honeys - Tatyana Ali


tatyana ali bikini

There tends to be way too much talk these days about High School Musical star, Ashley Tisdale, so it's time to discuss yet another famous Ashley, Tatyana Ali from The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. Ashley was the daughter of the wealthy Phillip and Vivian Banks, and was always getting in and out of trouble thanks to her good buddy Will. Tatyana easily qualifies as one of the Hip Hop Honeys.

Tatyana has come a long way since her birth in New York. She starred on the Fresh Prince show at the very young age of 11. The show had a run of 5 seasons and Tatyana enjoyed great success on the hit show.

Here's a montage video of everyone's favorite diva from the show, Ashley Banks. You'll also hear a full length version of the theme song for the show with lyrics you may never have heard before.

You may also recall Ashley had an episode on the Fresh Prince show where she launched a singing career despite her father, Phillip Banks protesting.

And then in real life, Tatyana Ali launched her real singing career. Her debut song was called "Boy You Knock Me Out" and featured Will Smith on the rap vocals, "now she all grown up, not Ashley". The song was catchy, but according to a YouTube commentor, "this video look like they were on a budget". Ashley spoke about being signed to Michael Jackson's record label with Donny & Marie back in the day.

Her other hot song "Day Dreaming" had a beat similar to the hit Lorid Tariq & Peter Gunz song that came out quite some time ago. The duo appears in the song to guest rap for Tatyana. She had another song Everytime which features concert footage in the video.

Not only has Tatyana starred in TV and made her own music, she's been on Seasame Street with Herbie Hancock and starred in the music video for Nick Cannon and Anthony Hamilton's "Can I Live?" as Cannon's mother. So it's still nothin but love for Tatyana Ali!

So the 29 year old Tatyana hasn't quite disappeared and judging by the above pic she's looking amazing. She was on the red carpet at the 07 BET Awards She also makes a cameo in the recent all-star studded "Yes We Can" song to endorse democratic presidential hopeful, Barack Obama. Tatyana is part of the campaign trail as well, making recent appearances at a college campus and elsewhere.

View Official Website for Tatyana Ali

See lyrics for Fresh Prince of Bel Air Theme.

See Tatyana's album, Everytime.

See Fresh Prince of Bel Air DVD's at Amazon.com!

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Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Rap Music Lyrics - Parents Just Don't Understand


Here's the rap music lyrics for Parents Just Don't Understand by DJ jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. This song comes from the duo's classic album, He's the DJ I'm the Rapper and is one of the early mainstream hip hop songs. The duo also won a Grammy for their work, becoming the first rap group to do so.

Parent's Just Don't Understand
by Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince
(He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper)


Verse 1:
You know parents are the same
No matter time nor place
They don't understand that us kids
Are going to make some mistakes
So to you, all the kids all across the land
There's no need to argue
Parents just don't understand
I remember one year
My mom took me school shopping
It was me, my brother, my mom, oh, my pop, and my little sister
All hopped in the car
We headed downtown to the Gallery Mall
My mom started bugging with the clothes she chose
I didn't say nothing at first
I just turned up my nose
She said, "What's wrong? This shirt cost $20"
I said, "Mom, this shirt is plaid with a butterfly collar!"
The next half hour was the same old thing
My mother buying me clothes from 1963
And then she lost her mind and did the ultimate
I asked her for Adidas and she bought me Zips!
I said, "Mom, what are you doing, you're ruining my rep"
She said, "You're only sixteen, you don't have a rep yet"
I said, "Mom, let's put these clothes back, please"
She said "no, you go to school to learn not for a fashion show"
I said, "This isn't Sha Na Na, come on Mom, I'm not Bowzer
Mom, please put back the bell-bottom Brady Bunch trousers
But if you don't want to I can live with that but
You gotta put back the double-knit reversible slacks"
She wasn't moved - everything stayed the same
Inevitably the first day of school came
I thought I could get over, I tried to play sick
But my mom said, "No, no way, uh-uh, forget it"
There was nothing I could do, I tried to relax
I got dressed up in those ancient artifacts
And when I walked into school, it was just as I thought
The kids were cracking up laughing at the clothes Mom bought
And those who weren't laughing still had a ball
Because they were pointing and whispering
As I walked down the hall
I got home and told my Mom how my day went
She said, "If they were laughing you don't need the,
"Cause they're not good friends"
For the next six hours I tried to explain to my Mom
That I was gonna have to go through this about 200 more times
So to you all the kids all across the land
There's no need to argue
Parents just don't understand

Verse 2:
O-K, here's the situation
My parents went away on a week's vacation and
They left the keys to the brand new Porsche
Would they mind?
Umm, well, of course not
I'll just take it for a little spin
And maybe show it off to a couple of friends
I'll just cruise it around the neighborhood
Well, maybe I shouldn't
Yeah, of course I should
Pay attention, here's the thick of the plot
I pulled up to the corner at the end of my block
That's when I saw this beautiful girlie girl walking
I picked up my car phone to perpetrate like I was talking
You should've seen this girl's bodily dimensions
I honked my horn just to get her attention
She said, "Was that for me?"
I said, "Yeah"
She said, "Why?"
I said, "Come on and take a ride with a helluva guy"
She said, "How do I know you're not sick?
You could be some deranged lunatic"
I said, "C'mon toots - my name is the Prince =
Beside, would a lunatic have a Porsche like this?"
She agreed and we were on our way
She was looking very good and so was I, I must say - word
We hit McDonald's, pulled into the drive
We ordered two Big Macs and two large fries with Cokes
She kicked her shoes off onto the floor
She said, "Drive fast, speed turns me on"
She put her hand on my knee, I put my foot on the gas
We almost got whiplash, I took off so fast
The sun roof was open , the music was high
And this girl's hand was steadily moving up my thigh
She had opened up three buttons on her shirt so far
I guess that's why I didn't notice that police car
We're doing ninety in my Mom's new Porsche
And to make this long story short - short
When the cop pulled me over I was scared as hell
I said, "I don't have a license but I drive very well, officer"
I almost had a heart attack that day
Come to find out the girl was a twelve-year-old runaway
I was arrested, the car was impounded
There was no way for me to avoid being grounded
My parents had to come off from vacation to get me
I'd rather be in jail than to have my father hit me
My parents walked in
I got my grip, I said, "Ah, Mom, Dad, how was your trip?"
They didn't speak
I said, "I want to plead my case"
But my father just shoved me in the car by my face
That was a hard ride home, I don't know how I survived
They took turns -
One would beat me while the other one was driving
I can't believe it, I just made a mistake
Well parents are the same no matter time nor place
So to you all the kids all across the land
Take it from me
Parents just don't understand...

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Monday, December 10, 2007

Rap Music Lyrics - Fresh Prince of Bel Air Theme


Here's rap music lyrics for the theme song from the hit television show, Fresh Prince of Bel Air. The show starred Will Smith as Fresh Prince and featured his hilarious antics as he moved from Philadelphia to live with his family in upscale Bel Air, California.

Fresh Prince of Bel Air Theme

Now this is a story all about how my life got flipped turned upside down
And I'd like to take a minute just sit right there
I'll tell you how I become the prince of a town called Bel-Air
In West Philadelphia born and raised
On the playground is where I spent most of my days
Chillin' out maxin' relaxin' all cool and all shootin' some b-ball outside of the school
when a couple of guys who were up to no good
started makin' trouble in my neighborhood
I got in one little fight and my mom scared and said you're movin' with your auntie and uncle in Bel-Air
I begged and pleaded with her day after day but she packed my suitcase and sent me on my way
She give me a kiss and then she gave me my ticket put my walkman on and said I might as well kick it
First class yo this is bad drinkin' orange juice out of a champagne glass
Is this what the people of Bel-Air live like hmmm this might be all right
but wait I hear they're prissy and all that
is this the type of place that they should send this cool cat
I don't think so I'll see when I get there I hope they're prepared for the prince of Bel-Air
Well uh the plane landed and when I came out
There was a dude looked like a cop standin' there with my name out
I ain't tryin' to get arrested yet I just got here
I sprang with the quickness like lightening disappeared
I whistled for a cab and when it came near the license plate said fresh and it had dice in the mirror
if anything I could say that this cab was rare but I thought man forget it yo homes to Bel-Air
I pulled up to the house about 7 or 8 and I yelled to the cabbie yo homes smell ya later
Looked at my kingdom I was finally there to sit on my throne as the Prince of Bel-Air

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Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Top 5 Rapper Turned Actors?




Seeing that Will Smith has a new movie coming out, "The Pursuit of Happyness", it's a good time to examine some rapper turned actor roles floating around...

1)Will Smith as Ali - Top actor easily, he was even nominated for the best actor grammy award, showing that Smith has great acting range. He's done other successful roles including "Men in Black" (1 and 2), "Independence Day" and "I, Robot". He got his start as himself on the hit TV show "Fresh Prince of Bel Air", which still airs on reruns on TV Land now and is still one of the funnier sitcoms around.


2)Ludacris in "Hustle N Flow" & "Crash" - Ludacris is showing that he can be a very promising actor. His performances in the aforementioned movies were both solid. He hasn't had many roles above the gangsta, hustler or criminal type character yet, so we aren't too sure what he's got. He also hosted SNL recently. Despite the show's recent downhill sketches, Luda held his own.

3)Ice T as Detective Tutuolo on Law and Order: SVU - Ice plays a rather straight role here; the tough-guy detective with street sense. He doesnt really show a ton of dynamic range, but he's been successful for many seasons now in this role and hasn't been "kicked off", so he can't be all that bad. Many love Ice as the hard-nosed street style cop in "New Jack City" as well. Ice has been mostly doing episodes of SVU lately, aside from his "reality project" on VH1.

4)2PAC - Would probably be up at the 2 spot if his life hadn't been cut so short. He's been in great roles in Poetic Justice, Above the Rim, Grid Lock'd and several others. RIP to a true legend in rap and entertainment.

5)Ice Cube & Eminem - tie - Cube hasn't exactly had a hugely successful role yet. "XXX" was a letdown in terms of cheesy, unbelievable special efx and the overall plot and revenue made. "Are We There Yet?" I have not seen and don't plan to, so I won't comment. Cube was in the hugely successful movie "Barbershop" so he does show promise as an actor, so keep an eye out for better roles in the future.

Slim Shady
received rave reviews off this performance, his only one so far. It should be interesting to see if he gives more in the future, or if this was his "1 shot". I wouldn't be surprised to see him doing more acting and even directing/producing in the future.

So can Will Smith turns in another solid performance in his latest film, opening, December 15, 2006 in theaters. He is also the most mainstream rapper of the list (in terms of household name/popularity, etc), but to leave him out of a valid discussion of the roots of hip-hop and especially its comedic side would be to ignore one part of hip-hop completely.

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