Swag Award January 18-24

As we draw to the close of the first month of a new year, renowned ghost-writer and Virginia representative Skillz has released his annual “Rap-Up.” For those of you unfamiliar with Skillz or his rap-ups, take this time to familiarize yourself. For as far back as I can remember, Skillz has been releasing these songs every January recapping all the major events of the previous year. Skillz cleverly touches on everything from the music world, to politics, to pop culture. By now, we’ve all seen retrospectives on the events of last year, but no one does it quite like this guy. I’ve always enjoyed these and I’m sure you will too.

Click on the video below and let Skillz take you back through 2009 and the year that was…

Swag Award of the Week December 14-20

There’s not much to say about this week’s winner. I don’t know his name, but this little guy from China impressed the hell out of me. With moves like that, this kid will be on ‘So you Think You Can Dance?’ in no time. I’m sure he has no idea what Swag is yet, but he already has tons of it.

Watch this little guy move:

Blast from the past: M.Jackson vs. M. Jordan

Only a few days removed from the shocking news of Michael Jackson's death, radio station playlists and TV coverage are still devoting a great deal of time and attention to the pop icons music. 

Remember the song Jam from Jackson's 1991 album "Dangerous" ? The song had cameos from Kriss Kross, a verse from Heavy D, and more importantly Michael "His Airness" Jordan was featured alongside Jackson shooting hoops and dancing.

Never before had two powerhouses of sports and entertainment been featured together in a music video..

Here is some footage of Jackson talking about playing ball with Jordan & showing him some of his patented dance moves.

Nowadays, cameos such as the one Michael Jordan made are commonplace. Athletes frequently appear in music videos, and musicians frequently support athletes in the arenas (i.e. Jay-Z & LeBron James).

LeBron actually has a similar cameo to Michael Jordan in Jay-Z's new video for his single 'Death of Autotune.' People always say nothing is new under the sun. Michael Jackson was the first to feature a prominent athlete in his video over 15 years ago...The man truly was a pioneer.

Jay-Z: 'Death of Autotune' video (LeBron cameo @ 3:55)

Puke in my mouth: Ladies offer response to SNL Digital Short

The ladies have come up with a response to SNL's 'Jizz in My Pants' Digital Short. It's called 'Puke in my mouth.' Enjoy.

Quality Beats: 808 Experiment

Atlanta has been a hotbed for up and coming musicians for quite a while now. Outkast & Jermaine Dupri were among the first wave of musicians to garner national attention for Atlanta's music scene. Artists like T.I., Ludacris, & Young Jeezy have elevated the A to bonafide music mecca status. 

The 808 Experiment is an undertaking started by a few of my friends Blake '808 Blake' German & Kyle '7King' King. The duo together goes by the name of SMKA, and they teamed up with some of Atlanta's hottest independent, up and coming artists to give the streets 'The 808 Experiment.' An eclectic mix of beats, vocals, and rhymes, The 808 Experiment (download album here) is a great listening experience for anyone who appreciates good music, southern rap, and quality production.

The video for the first single was just completed and I wanted to share it with you. The single called 'Caddy's' features A-Town rappers Gripplyaz, Young Trimm & A. Leon Craft. I would have been at the video shoot if I still lived in Atlanta. Shouts out to Motion Family and my boy David KA as well. The Motion fam did a fantastic job with the video. 

Click the 'HQ' button for the Hi-res version:

BK brings back 90's jam to market kids meals

Burger King has some really funny people working on its TV ads. 

I'm sure by now, you all have seen at least one BK video featuring the King rapping, dancing, and/or singing about the tasty flame-broiled goodness that is Burger King. 

Not sure if you caught the most recent on-air campaign. BK is doing a spoof of Sir Mix-a-Lot's 'Baby Got Back' song to market its Spongebob Squarepants themed kids meals. One of the most classic booty appreciation jams from the 90's is making a comeback to appeal to young children who watch Spongebob and love BK's kids meals.

Now I don't know how effective this will be, seeing as how anyone watching Spongebob these days probably is too young to remember Baby Got Back, but damn it's funny. If only the food were as tasty as the commercials are funny.

There are :30 versions on air, but at BDumasonline.com we bring the heat....The full 2 minute music video is below. Enjoy! As usual click the 'HQ' button in the lower right corner for the Hi-res version. Remember, this is a commercial for the BK kid's meal...

Another hilarious short from the boys at SNL..

Andy Samberg and his boys at Lonely Island are back with another SNL digital short.  You may not know these guys by name, but I'm sure you have seen their work... 

The guys who brought 'Lazy Sunday,' and more recently 'Jizz in my pants' are back with another short. This new release 'I'm on a boat' features T.Pain, and can be best summarized simply by saying that this is what happens when Big Pimpin' meets SNL meets T-Pain...pretty hilarious stuff.

ENJOY!