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Lola Monroe “Overtime”

Happy Monday crabzinabarrel.com world!!!!!! It’s your girl ReneeWoods and I have been cranking Lola Monroe’s song “Overtime” which features Trina ever since I first heard it. Honestly before hearing this track I was not a fan of Lola Monroe as a rapper but after hearing “Overtime” I am slowly becoming a Lola Monroe fan. Please check it out if you haven’t heard it already. Have a good rest of the week everyone and keep them claws from them hatin azz crabz away from ya!!!!!!!

Kid Cudi Goes In On (What Was He Thinking?)

By The Realness

What’s up y’all I’m just going to warn you now.  This is a rant.  But sometimes you read things that don’t make no damn sense and well me being me I gotta keep it real.  This whole Kid Cudi taking shots at Wale in an interview thing came out yesterday and I just have to point some things out cause Cudi seems to have a bad case of big head syndrome from Kanye.  Who knew it was contagious?

Now let me start off by saying both these dudes are average ass rappers.  I like their music but I aint even gonna front like they be on some ground breaking amazing s***.  Wale got a nice flow and talks about real stuff and Cudi likes to be all spaced out and doing things that are unconventional.  Like I said I like both these dudes but I can’t let these comments slide cause dude done went all “Kanye” on us. Lets examine what Cudi had to say in complex magazine about Wale just in case you live under the proverbial rock and missed them yesterday.

“You’re big on not having your music compared to anyone else’s.

Kid Cudi: Did you see that Wale interview that he just did, comparing us to sports? Let me clear this up: I’m incomparable to anybody. I don’t care how people take that. No one can compete with me. I’m unfuckwittable; no one can knock me off my shit. I’m an unstoppable force, I’m a bullet. My trajectory is to the sky. Niggas got to do something really spectacular to fuck with me and my realm, and niggas be so bitter that you hear it in their voice.

Ok he might have been on E when he said this cause he is feeling himself a little too much.   He’s a good artist but not that good.  Dude thinks he is on Kanye’s level but people aint seeing that. Thing is that aint even what got me bugging he sticks his foot in his mouth more.

“Speaking of Wale, when you hit that fan at your show last December, he came out with a line about it [“Throwin’ ’round wallets like the dude that Kid Cudi hit,” from “Thank You Freestyle”].

Kid Cudi: It wasn’t a shot, it’s just a simple-ass rhyme by a simple-ass rapper. You can’t let that shit faze you. That’s one of those raps that just shows the world that you wack. Why would you even use that as a metaphor? Everybody think they Hov. Niggas ain’t got the magic like they think they do; there’s only a couple of wizards in this game. I’m a wizard and I know it.”


Pot calling the kettle black much?  Kid Cudi is in no position to call anyone a simple rapper.  That’s like Rick Ross calling Fat Joe fat. Or Diddy going at Dr. Dre for having a ghost writer.  The s*** don’t make sense.  Half the time Cudi don’t even rhyme when he raps (ironically enough neither does Wale) so for him to come out his mouth calling another rapper “simple” almost made me spit out my koolaid when I read that.  And the whole “wizard” in the game thing is comical.  Come on dude, you yourself fall into the category of “niggas who ain’t got the magic like they think they do.” Heed your own advice.  You would think that after these comments he would realize he is making a fool of himself but he continues…

“Are your peers not seeing that?

Kid Cudi: The last album, I let people dis me, throw out those jabs in their verses and have their little slick remarks. This time around, I’m not fucking around. I have no time to think about other niggas. These other motherfuckers like feeding off another nigga’s energy, so they mention their name. You hear me talk about niggas? I don’t even talk about Kanye, and that’s my homeboy! They talk about Kanye like they’re bosom buddies with this nigga. Talking about “I be in Hawaii”—man, shut the fuck up, why you got to tell everybody everything? Then people like Wale get mad that ‘Ye ain’t give him no beats—’Ye ain’t give you no beats because we ain’t fucking with your raps. It’s not a conspiracy theory. We don’t fuck with you musically, so we’re not going to provide music for you. The shit is a service, it’s a quality of a certain standard. Niggas are just so thirsty it’s ridiculous. I’ve been eating humble pie forever, and people still call me an asshole. These people don’t know my fucking life—now I’m going to give them something to talk about

Hold up son you don’t “talk about niggas” but the first thing out your mouth is “Did you see that Wale interview?”  You say you don’t talk about Kanye like you bosom buddies but you saying “we” to validate your opinion about Wale being wack.  Think before you speak.  The time Kid Cudi has been spending with Kanye sure has gotten to his head.   Not even Drake sounds this cocky when he is talking about Young Money and he done accomplished ten times more than Cudi and his one hit song has.   I’m going to be real.  Besides his fans I don’t know anyone who even has Kid Cudi on their radar.  No one is really checking for this dude like that.  His hype died down after “Day and Nite”  But I guess what better way to create a buzz for yourself again than to get into a rap beef right?  But he is right though.  We are talking now.   Talking about how dumb he sounds.

This whole “beef” screams Soulja Boy vs Bow Bow?  You know the type of beef where you tell both sides to just sit down and shut the f*** up cause you ain’t really trying to hear from either of them?  Cudi needs to be eating that humble pie he claims he has been eating cause his head is getting a little too big.

You can read the full interview from Complex magazine here.  Asides from the I’m the king of the world foolishness it was an interesting read. http://www.complex.com/CELEBRITIES/Cover-Story/Kid-Cudi-2010

Childish Gambino

By Urbansocialight

So, I’ve been following Childish Gambino for a while now, but I’ve been too scared to do a post about him for risk that I’ll sound like a stalker.  While I haven’t reached stalker status quite yet, I do want him to father at least one of my children (if not all of them).  If you don’t know, Childish Gambino is the stage name of the multi-talented Donald Glover.  Most people know him as Troy, the token black guy on the NBC hit show Community.  Everyone knows I’m obsessed with music, which would be reason enough to love this guy but and this to the fact that he is cute, funny, and smart (he’s NYU alum) means I’m down for the count!

He bares similarities to the champ of the mainstream rap game right now Drake, but I’d venture to say that Childish Gambino is better.  Both young MC’s switch from rapping to singing but unlike Drake but Childish has a flawless execution and a much better singing voice.  Both are actors, in addition to being rappers and singers, but Childish actually has a current show on TV.  On top of that, he’s a comic and a writer for the hit show 30 Rock.  I mean when does this kid sleep?!   He’s not gangsta but he’s cocky with it declaring on the track Untouchable, “Online dudes shout that they’re better than me.  I’m doing three other jobs, b*tch you better be! Cause if you’re trying really hard, that’s embarrassing.  I won’t stop until I’m f*cking running everything!”  Well, damn.

If you’re into cool kid rappers, he’s it. Get. Hip. Quick.

Follow Donald Glover aka Childish Gambino on Twitter @MrDonaldGlover

Visit his website: www.iamdonald.com

Download Culdesac here

Download the new single Untouchable here

Check out Childish Gambino- Got This Money…I like it better than the album version.

Hail To The Redskins!

My original plan for this post was to shoot a little video talking about how great the Skins are and how much Dallas sucks herpes balls.  But, when I woke up this morning one of the proud members of Redskins Nation sent me this video  capturing the pain and suffering we inflicted on Dallas and their bum ass fans last night.  There is nothing funnier than laughing at someone else misery.  So with that said, when you see a Cowboys fan this week do me a favor.  Point and laugh cause you know they mad.

The Realness

DC Black Family Reunion 2010

Happy Monday crabzinabarrel.com world!!! It’s your girl ReneeWoods (@reneewoods) and this weekend I went to the 2010 Black Family Reunion on the National Mall. Now of course I was late but I showed up right on time because Chrisette Michelle was on stage sanging. Now let me just say she actually sounds just as good live as she does on the CD. Please peep video of her singing below :). Now in between Chrisette Michelle’s performance and Musiq Soulchild’s performance there was a fourteen year old DJ playing all the hits from the 70’s, 80’s, and early 90’s. During the DJ’s jam session there was an older lady in front of me getting it in and digging in the ground doing the old lady “I still got it” dance. After the jam session was over Musiq Soulchild came out and it was no surprise that his performance was good. Please peep video of his performance above!!!!!!! And once again the pic is courtesy of MWSr.Photography. Have a good rest of the week everyone and keep them claws from them hating azz crabz away from ya:)

VMA Fashion Recap

By Urbansocialight

This year the VMA’s were extra classy swapping out the red carpet for a white one.  Katy Perry wore more clothes than usual sporting a cute little nude, black lace, and white tutu like skirt.  Loved.

Next was a performance by the clown also known as Nicki Minaj. The tacky homegirls from outer space outfit, ugly pink beehive, bad lip syncing and 80’s aerobics “dance” moves were all down right pathetic.  Please go away.  What was worse than Nicki was Will.i.Am who popped out in black-face!  Is this a minstrel show?!  Dude, I know you’re into being unique but being in black-face is just absurd!  Together they looked the hoodrat Power Rangers from Planet Sellout.

SMDH!

Let’s move on from the coonery to costuming done right in the form of Ms. Gaga who was head to toe she was in Alexander McQueen from his last collection.  Lady Gaga looked brilliant in his last creation.  He was a true visionary.   Another beauty was Ciara in Givenchy; sexy but not skanky.  Love.  More pics after the jump…

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