Katt Williams: Katt Box Art & Tracklist

Katt Williams - Katt Box [3 CD Box Set]

Katt Williams's Katt Box, a 3 CD Box Set of prior releases, is due November 17th.

Katt Box Tracklist:

It’s Pimpin’ Pimpin’

1. Your Star Player
2. Date A President
3. Ritalin and Steroids
4. Poor Little Tink Tink
5. Laugh First
6. Have Your Team Together
7. Franchise Player
8. Scared Of Rope
9. The Vaporizer
10. Finally Got My Motorcycle

The Pimp Chronicle pt. 1

1. Katt Takes The Stage
2. Self Esteem
3. Weed
4. Insurgents
5. Haters
6. Kids
7. Drinking With White People
8. Make Up Your Own Dance
9. Hollywood
10. Michael Jackson
11. My House

American Hustle

1. Hello Chicago
2. Biggest Gangstas
3. Orange Chicken
4. Too Many Guns
5. Quiet Haters
6. Raggedy B***es
7. Work To Do
8. B****-Ns

Related ProHipHop Coverage:
Katt Williams: It's Pimpin' Pimpin' Album Cover Art

Affion Crockett: Hunt Chris Brown [Run This Town Spoof]

Affion Crockett: Hunt Chris Brown [Run This Town Spoof]

I think Affion Crockett's parodies are hilarious though this hits a bit deeper. I'm partly running it because the comments on the Run This Town music video post indicate that people are all worked up about this "Satanic" video clearly inspired by Jay-Z's long term involvement with the "Illuminati".

If I thought that were true, I'd be worried too. But all I see are old guys with hired hands dressed in black trying to act tough.  I guess I prefer being cynical over being paranoid.

Related ProHipHop Coverage:
Jay-Z: Run This Town Official Video f/Rihanna & Kanye West

Over at Hip Hop Press:
AFFION DOES IT AGAIN! THIS TIME HE SPOOFS 'RUN THIS TOWN'
BY JAY-Z, KANYE, AND RIHANNA

Katt Williams: Pimpadelic DVD

Katt Williams - Pimpadelic

Katt William' Pimpadelic DVD is due October 13.

Related ProHipHop Coverage:
Katt Williams: It's Pimpin' Pimpin' Album Cover Art

Over at Hip Hop Press:
"KATT WILLIAMS: PIMPADELIC" COMES TO DVD ON OCTOBER 13, 2009
KATT WILLIAMS TO HOST CELEBRITY BASKETBALL GAME FOR CHARITY

Chris Rock: Good Hair Promo

"Good Hair" TV Promo

Notice how they're promoting Chris Rock's documentary Good Hair as a comedy. Comic documentary anyone?

Here's an interview with Chris Rock conducted in January after the premier at Sundance.

Video via Kiss My Black Ads.

Eminem "Thrilled" w/Bruno Stunt at MTV Movie Awards

Score another first hit for Rap Radar as Eminem fesses up and says it was a stunt and he was in on it:

"Sacha called me when we were in Europe and he had an idea to do something outrageous at the Movie Awards. I'm a big fan of his work so I agreed to get involved with the gag... I'm thrilled that we pulled this off better than we rehearsed it. It had so many people going "nuts" so to speak. Everyone was blowing me up about it... After the ceremony I went back to my hotel and laughed uncontrollably for about 3 hours. Especially after I saw it on air"

This revelation at Rap Radar sent commenters into a frenzy of homophobic and racist exchanges. I'm curious to see how that's handled but some comments do confirm my suspicions that this event will raise issues for Eminem's brand. But, then again, maybe it's just an excuse for those who already hate him to go off and those who love him to deepen that love.

On a less ambiguous note, being able to hit up celebrities on breaking news is going to make Rap Radar a major web player. It's a strong example of what can happen when people leave media outlets and start working their connections for their own projects.

Common is "Dow Jones" on Funny or Die

"Dow Jones" starring Common from Common

Mike Epps: Trying To Be A Gangsta Music Video

Mike Epps - Trying To Be A Gangsta

Not nearly as funny as I would have hoped.

Related ProHipHop Coverage:
Mike Epps: Funny Bidness DVD Art

Mike Epps: Funny Bidness DVD Art

Mike Epps - Funny Bidness

Mike Epps' DVD Funny Bidness is due April 7th on Koch Records.

MySpace: Mike Epps

Katt Williams: It's Pimpin' Pimpin' Album Cover Art

Katt Williams - It's Pimpin' Pimpin'

Katt Williams' It's Pimpin' Pimpin', the audio soundtrack to the live show at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., is due January 27th on WEA/Reprise.

Over at Urban Arts & Fashion Press:
Comedian Katt Williams Releases Audio Version of It's Pimpin', Pimpin'
On Warner Bros. Records January 27

Killer Mike: How To Open A Record

How To Open A Record

Killer Mike makes some funny points about the cd as a product, though it's framed in terms of consumer behavior.

Nah Right Hits Big Time: Parodied in Satchel of Gravel

Satchel of Gravel shares the concept of the Nah Right Signature Blogging Shoe, a fictitious release designed to pre-empt a wide variety of possible future announcements as Eskay builds on his old media cosigned trendsetting/tastemaking status:

"The NR-E1 Signature Blogging shoe will feature all of the attributes of a traditional sneaker, but will enable the wearer to single handedly decide the fate of both aspiring mixtape rappers and washed up veterans looking to become relevant again."

We Need Humor: Get Corporate Whites Talking About Rap!

Living Room DipSet from jeff on Vimeo.

As The Real work their way back to humor they take advantage of the fact that corporate white people talking about hip hop is funny by definition.

Unless you're a black man who's actually in that situation as Hadji J. Williams can attest.

Or, worse, if it leads to white people talking about your hat!  Directly to you!!  Even though you may someday be a rap superstar!!!

Pauly Shore's Hip Hop Marketing Strategy

Pauly Shore on Racial Politics in the World of Comedy

Folks weren't sure how to take Pauly Shore's race talk in the above video, especially in the wake of Geraldine Ferraro, but he broke down the hip hop marketing angle for AllHipHop.

The short and popular video was basically a promo for Pauly's Natural Born Komics Sketch Comedy Movie: Miami that includes appearances by Vivica A. Fox, Charlie Murphy and T-Pain, at least one of whom, Charlie Murphy, he insults in the video.

Pauly told AllHipHop regarding the short video:

"I wanted to create a response, and these days for people to buy things you gotta create some type of awareness. Everyone in my movie - you've got Vivica [Fox], T-Pain, Charlie [Murphy] - I had to get to the Hip-Hop community because they're all fans of those people. Hip-Hop people aren't my fans. I get approached all the time on the street from Black people that love me, they give me hugs and I've been in the game for a long time. But as far as them purchasing a Pauly Shore DVD, it's not gonna happen."

Pauly Shore's Natural Born Komics Sketch Comedy Movie: Miami

Pauly says the idea came from Shawn Prez of Element Nine:

"The funny thing behind this [Black comedian rant video] is, I didn't even come up with this whole thing. It came from a place called Element Nine which is a Hip-Hop marketing company."

Shawn Prez suggested the tried and true tactic of marketing by creating beef:

"'You know rappers go after each other to sell DVDs or CDs, why don't you go after Black comedians?' He says, 'Why don't you rap?' I said, 'I don't f**king rap', and he says, 'Well let's do a video.' It wasn't even my idea. So he's the mastermind behind this whole thing."

I'm not the biggest fan of Pauly Shore but big ups to Pauly for not rapping!

Def Jam's Secrets To Success!

The Real: Def Jam's Secrets To Success!

From The Real.

Russell Simmons, Jenny McCarthy, Barack Obama & ProHipHop Want You to BUY THIS BOOK NOW!!!

Eckhart Tolle - A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose

Russell Simmons says:
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ProHipHop Recognizes the Hidden Message:

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Jenny McCarthy says:
"What happened to me as I was reading 'A New Earth,' I can best describe it as someone came and woke me up out of a dream and the dream just happened to be my entire life. It definitely made me realize that I was playing a role."

ProHipHop Reveals the Hidden Message:

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Oprah added it to her Book Club!

Obama wishes he had time to read it [but can't say that out loud cause he's running for President!]!!!

ProHipHop Sides With Oprah & Says What Obama Can't:

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[Note: I've moved this post to the Comedy category to emphasize its satirical nature.]