Zach: “Does anyone ever tell you, you seem like the black Byron Allen?…”

I hadn’t watched any of Zach Galifianakis’s “Between Two Ferns” interview series on Funny or Die until I saw this clip today on EW’s PopWatch blog. How did I miss this all this time? I know how…because Zeus was waiting for this special day to rain absolute hilarity on my crappy mood. So  I’ve spent the past 30min. watching these clips, and now I’m fully ready to hit the streets again and be my normal moderate-to-very grouchy self! Sunshine!

But seriously, these are awesome. I posted a couple other favorites after the jump…including Zach with Natalie Portman, and Zach with Bradley Cooper (The Hangover), and Zach with John Hamm (”Mad Men”)
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Now this is amazing…well maybe it’d be less so if you weren’t an avid fan of The Wire, one of the most underappreciated unrewarded shows ever (along with Arrested Development, and maybe The Corner, and Deadwood….and Cheaters ; ). But as a fan, this totally makes me want to rewatch the series. Thanks to Illionaire/UHTN for sending over the link.

Note: I wish I had a combination Snoop x Buboy in my life.

Bonus: I noticed that the same youtube-er created a montages of great movie lines that weren’t included in the official AFI compilations….also endlessly entertaining. I might have picks different quotes, but still good stuff…after the jump…

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Be Like Luv Bugz from Ali Shaheed Muhammad on Vimeo.

A lil behind the scenes in Ali Shaheed Muhammad’s home studio as he puts some final touches on his collaboration with The Luv Bugz for his new solo LP.

Ok, it was inevitable…Taylor Swift hosting Saturday Night Live equals Kanye-punchline for the 1080’s time. Remember how corny those BET HipHop awards Kanye jokes were? Snore! But thankfully, SNL got it over with early and quickly during Taylor’s cute “Monologue Song.” (Kanye jab at around the 2:50 mark. Lightweight.) Meanwhile, the lanky Miss Apple Pie was way funnier with her jab at her ex- Joe Jonas at 2:59. And I was surprised at how often I laughed throughout the show…

This Twilight spoof was my favorite. Because even though I’m Edward-obsessed too, I know how ridiculous the whole movement is. Great job!

More of my favorite skits after the jump…
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Tonite’s game started out with Mary J. Blige owning that Nat’l Anthem, and from there on, it was a good night for NYC. I guess I picked the right week to try out this whole sports fan thing ; )….

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Alot of gamers and music fans are gonna be so happy someone took the time to put this together. Even if you don’t play DJ Hero (I haven’t gotten the time to fully perfect any songs….it took a while for me to get that Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Maps” just right on Rock Band : ), you’ll still appreciate the diverse blends on the game…created by DJ Jazzy Jeff, DJ AM (R.I.P), DJ Shadow, and more. We’re talkin’ 88 tracks here…mixing Rihanna into the Killers, Q-Tip into Billy Squier, Bobby Blue Bland into Tupac (!) and more.

DJ Hero soundtrack: Part 1

DJ Hero soundtrack: Part 2

(NOTE: if you’re having trouble downloading, I’m not sure what the issue is, but try going here to download it. Godfree said he was able to download the audio from both his site and from this post too…so it may be an individual issue)

(Previously: Eminem talks about battling DJ Jazzy Jeff)

(PS:….6 More Days Until Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2!)

Thanks to my friend Godfree at GamertagRadio for the link….check out the very extensive tracklisting after the jump…
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(spotted on Mr. X’s XclusivesZone)

UPDATE: here’s more footage from last night’s epic Red Bull Big Tune Battle of the Beats event at Opera in Atlanta. Jadakiss performed, and aspiring producers battled for the chance to collaborate with a major artist (last year’s winner, C-Sick, got his track laced by Nas)….then Alchemist and Just Blaze went beat for beat in a friendly “beat-off” (lol, ok, that didn’t sound right)

Look how happy the whole crowd is! Now this is one of those perfect hip hop moments. I remember how fun Swizz Beats vs. Kanye West was at Summerjam a couple years ago. This is even better.
I can’t wait for more footage of this to come out (hit me if you see any), looked amazing!

(read more about Red Bull Big Tune here, and on one of the finalists here)

UPDATE: More footage from the beat battle after the jump…

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There’s alot of aggro in the hip hop atmosphere, so just to lighten the mood a bit, I have to share this gem that I spotted over at Crunktastical. Snicker all you want, this video by Bangs the Great, “Take U to da Movies” is 369k views and growing, gull!

But seriously, I love this guy’s wide-eyed enthusiasm. As Fresh says, “Get you some, (bleep)!”

ooo. Rik Cordero/Three21Media and BoBo are doing a 3 part trailer series to promote the upcoming Wu-triumvirate Raekwon x Ghostface x Method Man project! Awesome!
And for Part 1, Rik takes cue from that scary David Fincher masterpiece, “Seven.”

Blood. Gore. Mood lighting. Yay!

omg. Dante is on par with Brett Ratner in terms of storytelling skill….and maybe even better, because I’ve been living thru Dante’s crazy tales for years! (Not to mention all the wild stories about Dante himself, lol) In this vignette, Dante remembers the time that a possible collaboration between Ol’ Dirty Bastard and LL Cool J, ended up in the pisser.

Damn, I just had Chris Lighty on the phone, I shoulda asked him if he remembered this too. ugh.