Oh God, why? I’m not against all rehashing of the past to lure both grownup dollars and youngun dollars…but can the vintage Larry, Curly, Moe slapstick of the original Three Stooges franchise translate to 2012? Ehh…Watch the first trailer for the Farrelly Brothers’ The Three Stooges film and judge for yourself. (via ComingSoon)

Sean Hayes (Will and Grace), Chris Diamantopoulos (um…24?) and Will Sasso (MAD TV) definitely look the part, but there’s a veneer of cheese that makes this trailer look like it should just be left as a MAD TV skit, or a Funny or Die webisode. I think it makes sense that the Farrelly Brothers are directing, since they’ve carried the torch for slapstick comedy. And I loved The Farrelly’s Something About Mary, and Me Myself and Irene…but they’ve since then it’s been bombs like Shallow Hal, The Ringer and that awful awful Hall Pass. I’m sure this new Stooge will be chock full of celebrity cameos when it drops in April 2012, in fact the last part of the trailer with Jersey Shore’s J-Woww, Snooki and Sammi is the only funny bit, but did this need to be a full movie? Can’t the universe (aka Hollywood) just focus all it’s Scientology prayers on Zoolander 2?

Oh, speaking of Snooki and Company….the new trailer for MTV’s Jersey Shore Season 5 just dropped as well. It is surprisingly trauma free. That’s odd. Shouldn’t there be an unplanned pregnancy, a drug overdose, and a hilarious Situation vs. His Dad fistfight?

Watch the Jersey Shore Season 5 trailer…
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I’ve known Dame for so many years and it’s always interesting to hear what he’s cooking up. Over the years, there have been fashion projects and watch companies and film productions and clubs. His demeanor may have softened a bit, like anything you put in a tumbler for long enough. But I appreciate that he is ever active and sends over updates on his latest. Sometimes it’s a link to a female singer that he’s working with, Mckenzie Eddy. Other times, it’s the announcement of a sequel to his acclaimed BlackRoc rock x rap project with one of my favorite rock groups, The Black Keys. And last night, he sent over this short trailer for something called Assassin. Is it a film? Or a music video? Not sure, but I see it’s directed by DD172’s Jonah Schwartz, and features Stalley and Citizen Cope…with sniper rifles.

Who’s more confused than Lloyd’s scalp? Nobody.
Within the past 8 months, Lloyd’s scalp has flown free with long frizzy fabio curls. It has been bound and stretched with tiny braids. It has been trimmed down to a cushy carpet. And now…it’s been partially shaved down and injected with ink. Lots of it!

In promotion of his new King of Hearts album (iTunes link), Lloyd tattooed and enormous guns and roses motif on his head down in New Orleans. To be fair…in comparison to most of the head and face tattoos that we’ve seen in hip hop circles, Lloyd’s is actually not that horrible.
But are we getting to the point where above the neck tattoos will actual get mainstream? I used to think neck tatts were extreme, but now…not so much. Every barista at the local espresso bar has one. (male and female) Maybe soon, a face tatt will no longer represent: ‘hello, I am either an ax murderers, boardwalk entertainer, or a runway fashion model.’

UPDATE: Miguel tweeted “Imitation is the Highest form of Flattery. Shout to LLoyd.” rawr! cat scratch!

The Journey of Lloyd’s Scalp:

Watch Lloyd show off his new head tattoo on 106 and Park on Tuesday….
Plus more photos from his head-tattooing session….
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Jeezy and Weezy’s “Ballin’” video from Young Jeezy x DJ Drama’s “The Real Is Back” mixtape features not so much wild spending, but more actual running around with a round ball.
Jeezy plays a shady character who frequents basketball games under highway overpasses, parties in abandoned buildings, and raps in a smoky room of paper mache cones. Huh?
The lighting is reminiscent of Belly. (which is to say, it is very hard to see anything). And the female extras did not call each other to coordinate whether they would be dressed for a Pussycat Dolls audition or for a Deep Cover reinactment.
At the end there’s half a hint of streetball violence a la Fresh meets Above The Rim. But overall, this is the oddest non-linear video I’ve seen in a long time.

Related:
Behind The Scenes: Young Jeezy feat. Lil’ Wayne “Ballin”
Is Rick Ross’ New MMG Song “Finals” A Message To Young Jeezy?
New Mixtape: Young Jeezy & DJ Drama The Real Is Back
Was It Weird For Lil Wayne to Party With the Dallas Mavericks After Miami’s Bad Beat?

Tyler channels some sort of country club alter-ego in this “Thurnis Haley” video. It promotes his Goblin album, how? Something about that bushy upperlip bang reminds me of…

Related:
Lil’ B Announces New Album I’m Gay & Performs With Odd Future At Coachella
Odd Future Surprises Fans With Special Guest Pharrell At Coachella
Tyler, The Creator: “I’m Hungry For Greatness, I Wanna Be Great, I Wanna Be A Icon”
Tyler, The Creator Gets Dissed By B.o.B. But Doesn’t Diss Back (plus Goblin Tracklisting)

it’s still all about Puffy Woods and Mase Gumbel though ; )
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On NYE, Lil’ Kim performed at the Hippodrome in Springfield, Massachusetts where in the video above she takes a moment to get some things off her chest. During the set Lil’ Kim stops at the 1:06 mark, expressing her feelings that the Keyshia Cole x Nicki Minaj single “I Ain’t Thru” could be a shot at her and close friend Mary J. Blige. What happened to Kim being on one of Keyshia’s most successful singles in her career?

I think this other bitch got a song with Keyshia Cole, right? Coming at me and the mothafuckin’ other queen, Mary J. Blige. Me and my girl Mary J. Blige about to eat these bitches alive where they won’t even fucking exist no more and erase their fucking social security number! We gon’ remind them who the fuck we are! I’m not playing with this bitch for 2011. I’m saying, we can rock together but bitch you ain’t taking nothing from me! – Lil’ Kim. (quote transcribed from KC)

UPDATE: Seems as though the new track from Kim & MJB won’t be a diss record.

Props to Mr.X

Previously: Lil’ Kim talks working with Dr. Dre & 50 Cent on The Funkmaster Flex Show

I love Antoine’s hustle, and I kind of admire the fact that he has absolutely no inhibition (or arguably self-restraint). But where the original “Bedroom Intruder” song was great…this is not funny, and not even melodic. Which is the point of autotune, right? Also….judging from Antoine’s original moment of news-making glory, he has a fantastic complexion. So what’s with the clay-colored pancake makeup all over his face here? Blech!

Moving on….those hipster media darlings Odd Future (read analysis at Complex and the Village Voice) put out a Christmas song as well. An rational friend described it as: “Good. If you hate your Dad and don’t think there’s anything corny or emasculating about complaining about it publicly.” Meanwhile, a less rational person reacted with, “this sounds like a retarded person in therapy.” I can appreciate that these guys are making it their mission to be contrary. That’s kind of Sex Pistol-y. People who say they like this, also want to be contrary. Which is less cool on the receiving end as it is on the creative end.

New Music: Odd Future “F–k This Christmas” (Download here)

On the plus side…this grandma is so adorable, she makes gender and racial slurs sound less offensive!

Grandma reads 50 Cent’s tweets.

After the jump…..
-My favorite Chicago Tribune Christmas tradition….”Scared of Santa”
-Snoop’s Christmas video….(aka someone paid Snoop a lot of money to use his familiar and likeable personality for viral content that they hope people will subliminally associate with their brand. Like this random and failed gem.
-Dipset Christmas Rock
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Earlier today Atlanta police received a phone call from a man located at the V103 radio station building, home to host Ryan Cameron. TMZ reports T.I. overheard the ordeal on air and offered his assistance, which ended up in the rapper arriving at the radio station and delivering a video message that said “Nothing is that bad, Nothing in life is worth taking your life. I’m here to help you, Please come down to talk to me”. That lead to the suicidal jumper to peacefully come down and eventually meeting the star.

No charges have been pressed but this comes two days before T.I. is scheduled to face a federal judge for a probation revocation hearing, for his arrest on felony drug possession in LA last month.

Update: T.I. speaks on his role in the situation (via Exclusive Access )

After the jump the full details of today’s incident…….

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Well, I don’t think many of us saw this one coming. Music industry blogger Bob Lefsetz , has released an alleged email that Nas sent to Def Jam execs over their mishandling of his Lost Tapes 2 project. In the email, Nas (supposedly) claims that Def Jam will not count the album of unreleased material in his multi-album recording contract, offered him a mere $200k to promote the album, and trashes their abilities. Nas has not yet confirmed that he wrote the email. (Props to Nation)

“From: Nas
To: LA Reid, Steve Bartels, Steve Gawley, Michael Seltzer, Joseph Borrino, Chris Hicks
Subject: PUT MY SHIT OUT!

Peace to all,

With all do respect to you all, Nas is NOBODY’s slave. This is not the 1800′s, respect me and I will respect you.

I won’t even tap dance around in an email, I will get right into it. People connect to the Artist @ the end of the day, they don’t connect with the executives. Honestly, nobody even cares what label puts out a great record, they care about who recorded it. Yet time and time again its the executives who always stand in the way of a creative artist’s dream and aspirations. You don’t help draw the truth from my deepest and most inner soul, you don’t even do a great job @ selling it. The #1 problem with DEF JAM is pretty simple and obvious, the executives think they are the stars. You aren’t…. not even close. As a matter of fact, you wish you were, but it didn’t work out so you took a desk job. To the consumer, I COME FIRST. Stop trying to deprive them! I have a fan base that dies for my music and a RAP label that doesn’t understand RAP. Pretty fucked up situation”

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A movie project starring Eric from True Blood (Alexander Skarsgard)! *nom nom*…AND that sulky hunky football washup Tim Riggins from my favorite melodrama Friday Night Lights (Taylor Kitsch)?! *nom nom nom!*
Also….lovely fashionista singer Rihanna will make her acting debut on the film too. Ok. Feeling a lil’ trepidation…but still excited.
But wait, the movie is called Battleship? Please not a dumbed down version of Battlestar Gallactica! No? Phew…..um, it’s actually a movie based on the old Hasbro boardgame, Battleship.

Ugh.

There’s some hope because Peter Berg is directing. He’s that actor who was awesome in The Last Seduction, and since then has done a great job directing/producing Friday Night Lights, and a not so great job directing Hancock. (blech) But also interesting….it seems he’s also working on a “Cocaine Cowboys” feature film. Hmm.

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