HHS 2012 Year-In-Review: The 25 Best Music Videos

We pick our 25 favorite videos from 2012, across both major label and indie releases.

25. Waka Flocka Flame – “Rooster In My Rari”; Dir. Morocco Vaughn- So bad, it’s good.

24. Cypress Hill x Rusko – “Can’t Keep Me Down” (feat. Damian Marley); Dir: Kristofer Ström – It’s no secret that both Cypress Hill and Rusko have, uhhhh, tried drugs before, so this intense mushroom trip visual of the urban boom box is a perfect fit for their collaborative EP.

23. Nicki Minaj – “The Boys” (feat. Cassie); Dir. Colin Tilley – The song is whatever. The video? We can’t look away.

22. Phonte – “Eternally” (feat. Median); Dir. Kenneth Price – We think this might be the first time Mormon missionaries were parodied in a rap video. Except the difference here is that Phonte is trying to preach that good music.

21. Xzibit – “Napalm”; Dir. Matt Alonzo – All you rappers that talk tough have never been in a war zone. Xzibit shot his video in one.

20. Rick Ross – “Hold Me Back”; Dir. TAJ – As far as balls-out, hood snapshot videos go, this one took the cake, with a shirtless Rick Ross shaking his titties like the most well-endowed stripper. BET turned this down. We turnt it up.

19. Snoop Lion – “La La La”; Dir. Eli Roth – Not what were used to from either Snoop or Eli, but definitely one of the coolest videos of the year, Rushmore-style.

18. Lil Wayne – “My Homies Still” (feat. Big Sean); Dir. PARRIS – Surreal suburban yard-sale with style-to-spare. Purple elephants would make Kool Keith proud. Or angry, actually.

17. Tyga – “Faded” (feat. Lil Wayne); Dir. Colin Tilley – Another crazy Colin Tilley directed clip, highlighted by NBA Jam style big heads, hypnotic images, and skin tight gold pants.

16. Action Bronson – “The Symbol” – Dir. Rik Cordero – Not quite “Sabotage”, but equally awesome for different reasons. This is the cinematic equivalent of the Rare Chandeliers album cover.

15. Rick Ross – “3 Kings” (feat. Dr. Dre & Jay-Z); Dir. DRE Films – Billed as a “visual piece”, this brilliantly constructed cut-and-paste video references countless classic hip-hop moments in the careers of each Dr. Dre, Jay-Z, and Rick. Sensory overload for longtime fans of the game.

14. 2 Chainz – “No Lie” (feat. Drake); Dir. X – Super visual black and white video that takes an otherwise hood track and adds some clean, artistic flare to it.

13. Jean Grae – “Kill Screen”; Dir. Jean Grae- Ms. Grae’s murder-mystery / secret agent short film is filled with clues and subliminal messages, making it one of the most intriguing rap videos of 2012.

12. Jay-Z & Kanye West – “No Church In The Wild” (feat. Frank Ocean); Dir. Romain Gavras – Occupiers take on the cops in this clip. We haven’t seen this kind of stuff since
Public Enemy era. Power to the people and the beats.

11. Drake – “H.Y.F.R.”; Dir. X – Drake celebrates his “re-bar mitzvah”, as friends from both his Black and Jewish sides comes together to celebrate.

10. Steve Aoki – “Cudi The Kid” (feat. Kid Cudi & Travis Barker); Dir. Jam Sutton – Super fresh video featuring the track’s collaborators, each Steve Aoki, Kid Cudi, and Travis Barker as kids, dodging creepy clowns and angry nuns.

9. Murs – “Animal Style”; Dir. HOBOSTEWD – Murs takes on closeted homophobia on this track, where he plays a gay high-school student, complete with a “gay kissing scene”. Props for Murs for taking a bold risk and helping stamp out intolerance with this video.

8. Aloe Blacc – “You Make Me Smile”; Dir. Eric Coleman – Heart-warming clip of Aloe Blacc and his daughter at Breakfast. Anyone with a kid can relate to this song and this clip.

7. RZA + The Black Keys – “Baddest Man Alive”; Dir. Chris Marrs Piliero – RZA takes on The Black Keys in this homage to old school kung fu flicks. We liked this better than his movie.

6. Evidence – “Falling Down”; Dir. Todd Angkasuwan – The video game “Limbo” was an obvious influence in this side-scrolling, black-and-white clip, as the Weatherman walks in the rain.

5. Macklemore – “Thrift Shop”; Dir. Jon Jon Augustavo, Ryan Lewis, Ben Haggerty – Mack’s ode to thrift store digging was not only a millennial re-imagining of Eminem-levels of visual silliness, but also the biggest indie video to hit in nearly two decades. That’s a cold-ass honkey.

4. Gangrene – “Vodka & Ayahuasca”; Directed by Jason Goldwatch – Decon’s Jason Goldwatch keenly sews together footage of an actual police chase, with his own scenes of Alchemist piloting the vehicle, and Oh No rhyming in the back. Simple, yet very effective.

3. Lupe Fiasco – “Bitch Bad”; Directed by Gil Green – Probably the most socially conscious video of the year, Lupe’s poignant song examines the long-term effects that irresponsible rap lyrics have on children’s minds.

2. El-P – “The Full Retard”; Dir. Timothy Saccenti – El’s evil alter ego comes to life as an uzi-welding, cocaine snorting, murderous puppet. Low budget special effects make this one extra fun to watch.

1. Nas – “Daughters”; Dir. Chris Robinson – Awesome video for Nas’ poignant track, as seen through the eyes of his daughter, Destiny Jones.

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HHS 2012 Year-In-Review: The 10 Best Indie Hip-Hop LP’s

With so many great albums on the indie circuit, it was hard to narrow it down to just 10 releases. But in retrospect, these were the releases that got repeated plays from us in the world of indie hip-hop in 2012. Note: Free albums were not included on this list, but will be included on the mixtape list.

10. Roc Marciano – Reloaded – Roc Marciano’s music is not for everyone; he’s like the Taster’s Choice of this rap shit. Reloaded began as a remix project for Marcburg, and then was scrapped for an entirely original album. Better that way, as Roc’s equally understated production and flow made this one of the most original sounding LP’s of the year.

9. Masta Ace + MF Doom – MA_Doom: Son Of Yvonne – First we heard that Masta Ace was recording an album with MF Doom (excitement!). Then we heard it was over the old Special Herbs instrumentals (disappointment!). But then we heard the single (excitement!). And then we saw the album cover (disappointment!). Then we heard the album… satisfaction.

Although Ace used a series of older Doom beats for this album, he executed it perfectly, taking us back to his early Crooklyn childhood, with a heartfelt LP dedicated to his recently passed mother. This was so well done, we wouldn’t mind seeing him do another album with Doom from the Special Herbs archives.

8. El-P – Cancer 4 Cure – This probably would have rated even higher on our list if we weren’t first spoiled by Killer Mike’s R.A.P. Music, also produced by El. Interestingly, El’s album had an almost entirely different sound – although still cut from the same cloth – suggesting he hasn’t missed a step, despite playing a more reclusive role in the post-Def Jux era.

7. Ab-Soul – Control System – Kendrick Lamar wasn’t the only one out of the Black Hippy camp to release an incredible album in 2012. Schoolboy Q’s Habits and Contridictions also satisfied, and Ab-Soul’s Control System delivered far beyond expectations. While rated @@@@1/2 here – the same rating given to Kendrick – this album still holds strong, despite now living in Kendrick’s shadow by comparison.

6. Oh No – Ohnomite – Concept albums are usually better in theory than in execution, but Oh No defeated that notion with OhNoMite, which found him with the full sampling rights to the catalog of Rudy Ray Moore. OhNoMite is an incredibly produced album with an amazing guest list, that keeps hitting you over and over again until you can’t help but succumb to it’s level of freshness.

5. O.C. & Apollo Brown – Trophies – Sometimes it just takes the right producer to bring out the fire of your favorite older rapper. Case in point is Trophies, the Apollo Brown produced O.C. album. It not only redefined O.C. for a new generation, as arguably his best LP since his classic debut, Word…Life, but also rose Apollo Brown’s name to fame in the underground.

4. Gangrene (Alchemist + Oh No) – Vodka and Ayahuaska – Like OhNoMite and Al’s mixtape with Action Bronson, Rare Chandeliers, we saw incredible consistency on just about every track on Gangrene’s sophomore release. Disturbing, psychedelic beats from both producers made this one of the most unique, enjoyable underground hip-hop LP’s of the year, hoping that they will next follow-up with a Greneburg LP, with Roc Marciano to complete the trio.

3. Brother Ali – Mourning In America, Dreaming In Color – Both Brother Ali and Jake One are in top form here, and arguably created the best work of their respective careers with Mourning In America, Dreaming In Color. The seamless combination of substance heavy lyrics and sonically pleasing production makes this one of the most important hip-hop albums of the year.

2. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – “The Heist” – The runaway smash of the year, Macklemore reeled in radio with his catchy “Thrift Shop” tune, only to deliver a heavy, musical album that dealt with hot-button topics like gay marriage, alcoholism, addiction, religion, and the major label system. Mack is easily hip-hop’s breakout star of 2012, and the wall-to-wall production from Ryan Lewis didn’t hurt either.

1. Killer Mike – R.A.P. (Rebellious African People’s) Music – How good was this album? Mike showed signs of greatness throughout his Pledge mixtape series, but crafted easily the best indie album of the year after teaming with El-P on R.A.P. Music. It’s been said ad naseum, but this is the millennial Ice Cube + Bomb Squad.

Stay tuned for our 2012′s Best Major Label albums and Best Mixtapes lists coming up soon…..

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HHS 2012 Year-In-Review: Best Album Art

10. 1982 (Statik Selektah & Termanology) – “2012″ – Sheer brilliance as Stat and Term neglected employing the overused Busta Rhymes’ “end-of-the-world” concept for their 2012 LP, and instead based it around the presidential election. A commemorative plate, with Term for president with Statik Selektah as his running mate (or the other way around), as Obama looks on, slightly out of frame. Nice job, gentlemen.

9. Ryan Leslie – “Les Is More” – In an age where most can hardly afford to press up physical copies of their albums, Ryan Leslie took things much further with his Les Is More cover. The all-black-everything, stitched in fabric cover, embroidered by The Royal School of Needlework at Hampton Court Palace is a reflection of Leslie’s appreciation for the finer things. Lupe got it wrong, Leslie got it right.

8. Game – “Jesus Piece” – Jesus rocking the Jesus piece? Game’s controversial stained-glass cover didn’t quite make it to retail, and was saved for the special edition, but was definitely one of the most talked about covers of the year.

7. T.I. – “Trouble Man: Heavy Is The Head” – For a while, it looked as if this album would never see the light of day, with numerous push-backs and delays. Not only did it drop – it was good – and it was wrapped in a gorgeous 70′s, Black western-style painted cover to boot. Hook, line, and sinker.

6. Lord Finesse & Mike Smooth – “Funky Technician” Instrumentals – Slice Of Spice pulled this trick on their 2011 unearthing of LL Cool J’s “Year Of The Hip-Hop” single, but used it to even greater effect on this Joe Buck re-imagining of Lord Finesse and Mike Smooth’s Funky Technician LP. This seminal 1990 Wild Pitch album looks cooler than ever before, with notable names, songs, and quotes scribbled all over the cover.

5. Freddie Gibbs – “Baby Face Killa” – Gangster Gibbs as interpreted as a faux-Leroy Neiman. Fine art rap.

4. Brother Ali – “Mourning In America, Dreaming In Color” - Another highly controversial cover, and easily the most thought provoking of the year. Brother Ali is a white Muslim living in America, with this cover portraying his sometimes conflicting points of view. It is designed to draw a reaction, as traditionally the American flag is not supposed to touch the ground, much less be used as a Muslim prayer rug. Ali means no disrespect, as he sums it up on the first line of the album’s opening track, “Letter To My Country Men”: “I used to think I hated this place / couldn’t wait to tell the prez straight to his face / but lately I changed, nowadays I embrace it all / beautiful ideals and amazing flaws.”

3. Action Bronson & Alchemist – “Rare Chandeliers” – This album cover pretty much sums up Al and Bronson’s sense of humor in a nutshell, presenting their collaborative album as a sort of Cannonball Run-esque, 80′s action movie. The fact that it was released as an animated gif makes it even more ridiculous. Non stop excitement, which includes police chases, shotgun blasts, wizardry, and jiggling booty.

2. Nas – “Life Is Good” – After reports of Nas’ ex-wife, Kelis, making his life a living hell by demading exorbitant child support sums, Nas got the last laugh with his Life Is Good album cover, which features him holding a piece of her wedding dress. Bye bye, baby.

1. 2 Chainz – “Based On A T.R.U. Story” – For the record, we hated this album. As a matter of fact, we even voted 2 Chainz’ T.R.U. Religion mixtape as one of our worst album covers of 2011 (which features him taking a piss and texting at the same damn time). But, there wasn’t a sleeker, more eye-catching cover than this one, as designed by Kanye West’s DONDA firm, which bucked the major label trend of “photo + fonts” for an album cover. Tity Boy didn’t need to appear on the cover, the extra-sleek imagery speaks for itself.

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HHS 2012 Year-In-Review: The 10 Worst Album Covers

We know we made you wait, but we’re kicking off our 2012 Year-In-Review with a bang, starting with the Worst Album Covers of 2012. Don’t be mad ya’ll……

10. Masta Ace – “MA Doom: Son of Yvonne” – We’re not going to dis this album, it’s one of the best records of the year, in fact. But unfortunately people judge books by their covers all the time, and this is a false representation of what lies inside. Ace deserves better!

9. Brianna – “Face Off” – The Pen & Pixel era is long gone, but that doesn’t stop rappers from pulling this kind of shit. Here, Brianna confirms our long standing theory that the music industry makes music for robots, by robots.

8. Dominic Lord – “Fashion Show” - We’re not sure if ex-ASAP member Dominic Lord is the gay rapper, and frankly we don’t care. However calling your album Fashion Show and posing like you’re in mid-spin on the runway for your album cover…. well, the jokes just write themselves.

7. Schoolboy Q – “Habits and Contradictions” – Here’s another good album that deserves better cover art. A ski-masked serial-licker, while Q stands by idly? Perhaps concepts cannot explain.

6. Keyshia Cole – “Woman To Woman” - Hmm, maybe her and Brianna can have a woman-to-woman about starring in John Woo’s Face Off 2.

5. 50 Cent – “5: Murder By Numbers” – The original cover to this album looked way better, except that it was a shameless jacking of The Expendables 2 promo poster. This album was troubled from the start, as Fif tried to side-step Interscope and release it himself, instead opting for a last minute mixtape release, with an obviously last minute cover done in MS Paint.

4. Beanie Sigel – “This Time” – Watch out Philly traffic, ol’ Jazz Hands Sigel is on the case. Running the streets……with dance.

3. Tyga – “Well Done 3″ – Tyga’s last album had him sitting on the throne, and this one does too, so to speak. We’re not sure if he’s taking a shit, or simply hanging out in a sauna shirtless with Drake, Lil Wayne, and Lil Chuckie. Either way, his “187″ mixtape cover made up for it, with simplicity and style to spare.

2. DB Tha General – “I Invented Gas” – Yeah, try your best not to get in an elevator or go on a long road trip with this stinky bastard.

1. Too $hort – “No Trespassing” – Street signs is watching. Rap legends deserve better.

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Top 40 albums of 2012: Nos 40-21

Heart: Sound of the year

How many rock albums were released in 2012? We stopped counting around 6000. How many good rock albums were released in 2012? Well, that’s subjective… but we stopped counting around 5900. However, if we had to pick 40 (and the boss made sure we did) here’s numbers 40 to 21, as listed in Classic Rock No179, on sale now. As you might expect, numbers 20 to 1 will appear here tomorrow. Happy new year!

40. Tremonti: All I was
Loosed from the alt-metal shackles of his day jobs, Creed/Alter Bridge guitar hero Mark Tremonti unleashed his inner Dimebag on a bracing metal beatdown on which he sings, shreds and lifts
a middle finger to the haters.

39. Storm Corrosion: Storm Corrosion
This collaboration between Opeth’s Mikael Akerfeldt and Porcupine Tree’s Steven Wilson yielded a trippy panoply of psychedelic folk that bore scant resemblance to their respective prog catalogues. The ethereal soundscapes lost some, but most hailed their commitment to disregarding expectations.

38. Leonard Cohen: Old Ideas
The voice is now a subterranean rumble, the negligible music just a backdrop, but venerable Len’s every utterance has such charisma that few records matched this for sheer presence.

37. Heart: Fanatic
Ann and Nancy Wilson refuse to mellow, and four decades on they’re grinding out timeless trashy riffs with garage-band abandon. They’re too smart not to wink at times, but this is mostly unadulterated rock riffery, any way you slice it.

36. Chris Robinson Brotherhood: Big Moon Ritual
An immersive mix of stoned soul and chooglin’ country rock, marked by a wild adventurism that recalled the freeform jams of The Grateful Dead.

35. Crippled Black Phoenix: (Mankind) The Crafty Ape
Ever more atmospheric, the brainchild of Iron Monkey man Justin Greaves went homo simian as it shook down the failings of austerity Britain in a three-part concept work. Floyd blues, crime jazz, Tangs electronica and post-rock stealth collided in a flurry of agit-prog rage.

34. Flying Colours: Flying Colours
This prog-pop supergroup delivered one of the catchiest and most confounding rock records of 2012, ostensibly just for shits and giggles.

33. The Heavy: The Glorious Dead
The band that crawled from the south (of England) continued their seamless mash-up of Stax horns, Waits raucousness, gospel choirs and monster riffs with their third album.

32. Brad: United We Stand
Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard delivered one of the year’s under-the-radar gems with this, the quietly majestic fifth album from his long-running side act. The grooves were fluid, the vibes were light, and if there’s a better singer than velvet-voiced Prince fan Shawn Smith, then they’re keeping quiet.

31. The Jim Jones Revue: The Savage Heart
If one band remain capable of bottling the pure white lightning of rock’n’roll, it’s these Hackney boys. JJR meted out furious vocals, loud guitars and yammering piano, making this one of the year’s most intense experiences.

30. Marillion: Sounds That Can’t Be Made
It takes balls to begin an album with a 17-minute song: even more so when that song addresses the conflict between Israel and Palestine. But with this 17th studio album, Marillion continued to push the boundaries, both musically and lyrically.

29. Shooter Jennings: Family Man
The son of country legend Waylon Jennings both amuses and confounds. This slice of white-trash life is comedic and instructive. The mix of slick licks and hard guitars are a given but it’s the verbals that stand out.

28. Band of Skulls: Sweet Sour
The Southampton trio offset their awesome blues-rock bludgeon with sparser creations, highlighting guitarist Russell Marsden and bassist Emma Richardson’s exquisite vocal harmonising.

27. The Cult: Choice of Weapon
Choice Of Weapon is the band’s best work since 1989’s Sonic Temple, with Ian Astbury’s shamanistic shtick bolstered by guitarist Billy Duffy’s more earthbound rock’n’roll sensibilities.

26. Squackett: Life Within A Day
Steve Hackett and Chris Squire drew on Genesis past and Yes present but came up with a third way, which had a fresh, contemporary twinkle in its eye. Pristine, pulsating prog.

25. Aerosmith: Music From Another Dimension
It was too long, it was over- stuffed with ballads, and it wasn’t quite the return to their classic 70s sound as they promised. But The ’Smith’s 15th album was fleet-footed and lippy enough to banish memories of ‘Brand Tyler’ hell.

24. Black Country Communion: Afterglow
If this is BCC’s parting shot, the band depart with heads held high. Darker and more demanding, repeated spins yield rewards.

23. UFO: Seven Deadly
The band’s 20th studio album plays to their strengths, Phil Mogg narrating the latest adventures of a bunch of 60-somethings that really should know better.

22. Tame Impala: Lonerism
The Aussies remapped the outer limits of psychedelia, fusing fat melodies and FX with the hallucinatory rush of Flaming Lips, and vocals summoning the trippy lassitude of 60s Lennon.

21. Phantom Limb: The Pines
The Bristol sextet served up the glorious sound of Americana, country rock and spiritual blues. Helmed by ex-Black Crowe Marc Ford and with Jay Buchanan from Rival Sons on backing vocals, the album was a soul- stirring tonic.

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Top 30 Videos Of 2012: Nos. 5-1

Hang 'em high: a still from our No.1 video by Primus

Here’s the sixth and final part of our Top 30 Videos Of 2012. Featuring Dinosaur Jr, Diemonds, Alcest, Black Drawing Chalks… and Primus at No.1!
 

Note: The Top 30 was compiled by Geoff Barton, who comments: “When the Classic Rock website was relaunched this past May, we made a conscious effort to crank up the music content and regularly post the best new rock videos around. This end-of-year list is comprised of clips that made the greatest impression on me, personally, during 2012. Some are big-budget affairs; others may have been filmed on a shoestring. Some feature major bands; others focus on relatively unknown artists. But all, in their own ways, are vicarious visual treats. It goes without saying that the music is damn fine in each of ‘em too.”

5. Dinosaur Jr – Watch The Corners
Watch The Corners starts out with chugging riffs that ease into J Mascis’ vocals, and properly closes with a shredding solo. Wedged in the middle of the tune is an atypical breakdown with a brief flash of acoustic guitar. “I always liked that since I was a kid, from like, Black Sabbath,” Mascis says. “Suddenly they go into acoustic, back into electric – I guess I’ve always been into that.” As for this excellent video… well, the moral of the story seems to be: don’t snog a weirdo with a strange pixelated face.

4. Diemonds – Get The F&$k Outta Here
This clip from Canada’s Diemonds features a guest appearance from an unremittingly evil character called Gas Mask Gary. He’s a theatre janitor who lost his face after a gas leak exploded, he’s just broken out of an insane asylum and he’s currently wreaking havoc among the geeky teenage populace of Toronto…

3. Alcest – Autre Temps
Autre Temps is a track from French band Alcest’s third album Les Voyages De L’Âme. Don’t be put off by the foreign-language lyrics and just enjoy this giant-sounding, hypnotic piece of work. The video is sensational, too. The song’s (translated) lyrics reflect on the sadness of growing older: ‘The golden leaves dying on the ground/Will be reborn under bright skies/As this weatherworn world remains the same/And tomorrow, you and I will be gone.’ The clip interprets those words perfectly.

2. Black Drawing Chalks – Cut Myself In 2
Black Drawing Chalks formed in the Brazilian state of Goiás in 2005. Cut Myself In 2, a jagged, edgy, stoner-y, minor masterwork of a song, comes from the band’s just-released third album, No Dust Stuck On You. The accompanying video is one of the best we’ve seen in a long time, containing a bit of simulated girl-on-girl action, some sensual skinny-dipping (almost) and culminating in scenes that could’ve been nicked from the opening credits of a James Bond movie. To sum up, it’s a like a wet Cadbury’s Flake advert (without the flake).

1. Primus – Lee Van Cleef
Primus are this year’s winners! Deceased movie star Lee Van Cleef gained notoriety by starring in Spaghetti Westerns alongside Clint Eastwood (ie. The Good, The Bad And The Ugly). Primus clearly prefer Van Cleef’s acting talents to Eastwood’s, as the song’s lyrics go like this: ‘On the big screen they wanna see ol’ Clint… they all wanna see ol’ Clint… but I wanna see Lee Van Cleef.’ Primus might have a point, but we always preferred Bob ‘Tumbleweed’ Baker (aka ‘The Singing Outlaw’) ourselves. It’s worth watching the video to the end, when a crumbling and zombified cartoon version of Van Cleef finally wreaks his revenge on The Man With No Name…

 That’s our Top 30 completed. Happy New Year – and see you for more great videos in 2013.

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2012 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show Performances

From now on I don’t want to watch any award shows, just give some beautiful Victoria’s Secret models, a few performances and I’m satisfied.

Apart from all the beautiful models at the 2012 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, Rihanna, Bruno Mars and Justin Bieber also performed.

Rihanna performed her Unapologetic first single “Diamonds,” while the Biebs took the stage to do “Beauty & The Beat” and “As Long As You Love Me.” Bruno Mars was also enlisted as a guest performer, giving the crowd Unorthodox Jukebox selections like “Locked Out Of Heaven” and “Young Girls.”

Enjoyed watching this.

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Rick Ross and MMG Cover Vibe Magazine’s August / September 2012 Issue

Rick Ross, Wale and Meek Mill grace the cover of Vibe Magazine for the August / September 2012 Issue, as they discuss the future of rap crews.

Full cover story can be found at VIBE.
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Review: Rocklahoma Music Festival 2012

Photos and Story by Scott Smith Van Halen seemingly are stuck in a ditch with their recent tour derailment, but Chickenfoot is strutting and kicking. Former Van Halen members Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony couldn’t have looked happier – or healthier – than they did during Chickenfoot’s headlining, unbelievably great set on May 27th at [...]

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