My god, this is so great

Note the similarities...

Rick Ross - Speedin'


Jay-Z - Big Pimpin

In which we contemplate the awesomeness of Will Smith's "Will 2K"

"And we gonna party like it's 199 ---Hold up, it is!"

This song's probably the happiest collection of sounds ever created. I spent like 10 minutes sliding around my house in my socks listening to this song today...

In my opinion 1999 was the peak of human civilization (The Matrix was permanently set to 1999, if you remember), everyone was like the people in this song, happy without a care in the wold. Bill Clinton was president, the economy was bumpin', and Y2k was the biggest worry on people's minds.

Will Smith - Will 2k (ft. K-Ci)

The Dream (ft. Young Jeezy) - I Luv Your Girl

Yeah, this song's like 4 months old... but it's never too late to jump on the The Dream bandwagon!

Dude's the guy who wrote "Umbrella," "Single Ladies," and a crap load of other songs... He kind of is R&B right now...

Jaco Pastorious: world's greatest bassist?

If www.jacopastorious.com is to be beleived, then Jaco Pastorious is the "world's greatest bass player." I can't claim to know anything about that. All I can say is that I love when an artist takes a single instrument (i.e. the bass) and experiments to it's musical limits.

At a highschool choir competition a few years ago, I got to see someone do a 10 minute long fretless bass solo. It kind of blew my mind...

Point being, this is a really beatiful song:

Jaco Pastorious - Portrait of Tracy

Jaco gettin' nasty onstage

Jonas Wood

Artist Jonas Wood, I really envy his style of painting. It's kind of what I'm trying to achieve with my drawing (not too concerned with realism, proportion, etc.)

Most of his work has to do with sports, especially basketball.

I was particularly moved by his painting of Portland's own gentle giant, Greg Oden

Anyways, really great stuff. Check out his exhibitions at the Anton Kern Gallery and his book of sports paintings "Sport Book".

Teriyaki Boyz - Serious Japanese

New album from the Teriyaki Boyz! In the past they've always kind of just gotten by on Nigo's celebrity connections (Kanye, Pharrell, Daft Punk, etc.) and this album is the same. The way they mix japanese and english can be kind of cheesy sometimes, but I really like it... it's obvious that they aren't taking themselves too seriously...

Their video for "Work That (ft. Pharrell & Chris Brown)"

Also:

Teriyaki Boyz - Teriya-Kings (ft. Kanye West & Big Sean)

WARNING: This beat is BANANAS!

Teriyaki Boyz - 5th Element (produced by Cornelious)