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Apologies for not posting last week. No excuse for it. Time to get back on track.

Shakira – She Wolf
Watching this video, I’m reminded of the belief that some hold about relating dancing to sex. If that’s the case, Shakira would be that girl that’s great in bed . . . until her finger goes somewhere you don’t expect it to. You may learn to like it, but for the love of God, warn us before you do it the first time!

Planet Asia & DJ Toure – Super Hero
Hip-hop, comics AND video games?! That’s fun for the whole family!

Maxwell – Bad Habit
. . . . . . Well dang, Maxwell. If this ain’t grown AND sexy, I don’t know what is. You can’t really go wrong when you’ve got Kerry Washington as your love interest, but dammit if they didn’t go for broke when the time came to make with the lovin’!

Milk and Honey – Goapele from goapele on Vimeo.

Goapele – Milk & Honey
Obviously, I’m gonna have to go back and check out Goapele’s earlier work, ’cause this song needs to be on my iPod yesterday. Just about everything in this vid is on point, especially the little bits of 80s throwback flavor. And for whatever reason, I’m even digging the gold fangs she’s sporting. Yeah, I know, I’m weird.

Mathpanda | Our Kinetics | 3GGB from D dot Films on Vimeo.

mathpanda – Our Kinetics
Speaking of weird . . . . Hailing from DC, mathpanda definitely take it back with this one, when hip-hop acts used to have some pretty trippy concepts for their videos. The whole silent movie look is a perfect fit for the manic rhymes, and things only get weirder from there; disembodied heads in picnic baskets, headless men aimlessly wandering about a forest, all kinds of . . . head. You’ve been warned.

Another week, another video round-up. Y’all know the drill!

Jadyn Maria ft. Flo Rida – Good Girls Like Bad Boys
This new kid on the block comes to us courtesy of Ne-Yo, and she certainly has some potential. I’m gonna have to see a live performance before I’m sold on her, but otherwise, she fits into a certain pop/R&B mold that will serve her well. And yeah, the whole Red Riding Hood motif for this video doesn’t hurt. But dammit, why is Flo Rida involved!??! WHY MUST YOU PUNISH ME, LORD!!!!

Raphael Saadiq – Let’s Take A Walk
While I wasn’t necessarily taken with The Way I See It, it doesn’t take away from my opinion of Raqhael Saddiq, who continues to make great music that can be appreciated by all types of music lovers. Of course this video would be a full-on 60s Motown throwback, like the brotha was performing on Ed Sullivan, or somethin’! And the back-up dancers are pretty damn groovy.

Vida Guerra ft. Prohoezak – Like That
It’s Vida. . . .and she’s rapping. . . . . .This is why God created the mute button, ’cause there’s really no other way to tolerate, much less enjoy this video.

Kid Cudi ft. Kanye West & Common – Make Her Say
Ya know, after all this time, I just can’t figure out what this song is supposed to be about! I feel like I have an idea, and it’s right on the tip of my head, I mean tongue. And this video doesn’t help me solve the mystery! It’s gonna drive me nuts if I don’t figure it out soon!

Tabi Bonney – Jet Setter
Tabi certainly is an odd character, but I think he’s made that one of his strengths. As someone who lives in the DC/Metro area, I was more than happy to see him performing at the Rock The Bells second stage a little over a week ago. And he’s always got the nicest ladies in his videos! Even on a lower budget that most rap vids, the “grown folks rooftop party” theme is a nice touch.

It’s about that time again! Let’s see what the video gods have seen fit to bestow upon us!

Beyonce – Sweet Dreams
I guess we should be grateful that she decided to add some color to her patented “Me flanked by two back-up dancers in a blank space” formula! And at least the song is a different kind of sound than we’re used to hearing from Sasha Fierce. I still think she needs to hire some new directors. How tripped out would a Beyonce video directed by Chris Cunningham be?!? THAT would give you some “beautiful nightmares”!

KRS-One & Buckshot – Robot
I went to the Rock The Bells concert last night, and after KRS-One’s impromptu performance while waiting for Nas, I can’t say I have any desire to see him perform ever again. Any show he’d do would be 40% rapping, and 60% history lesson, and I graduated college too long ago to sit through lectures when I pay for hip-hop music! As for this vid, I can’t say much about it. Another shot taken at auto-tune that’s far less clever than the artists responsible think it is. I find myself appreciating Jay-Z’s “D.O.A.” just a little bit more.

Chali 2NA ft. Talib Kweli – Lock Sh*t Down
I suppose it’ll do. I’ve never expected much from the members of Jurassic 5, but they do seem to have worked longer and harder than most, so I’ll give credit where credit’s due.

Flo Rida ft. Nelly Furtado – Jump
Just when I thought I couldn’t take Flo Rida any less seriously as a rap artist (much less an actual person), he gives us a song that apparently will be featured on the soundtrack to that Disney movie that’s coming out about talking gerbil spies, G-Force. Even Nelly “I’m like a promiscuous bird!” Furtado couldn’t be bothered to appear in this god-awful dreck, opting for a computer-generated stand-in that looks like it stepped out of a Playstation One game!