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Reader Best of 2008: Ian of Different Kitchen

Stone — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:11:34 +0000

This year, instead of just having me yap on about my Best of lists, I reached out to several of our readers to give their Top 5 of the best releases of the year. I’ll be profiling a new reader each day until the end of the 2008. Today we have Ian from the Hip-Hop site, Notes from a Different Kitchen.

Name: Ian

Location: Do or Die Bed Stuy, BK NYC!

Blog: http://differentkitchen.blogspot.com/

Your Top 5:

Santogold - Santogold album
Q-tip – The Renaissance album
The Game – LAX album
Jazmine Sullivan – “Need You Bad”
Lil Wayne – “A Milli”

Video: Adidas Originals – Celebrate Originality.

Stone — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:46:58 +0000

This Adidas spot is a perfect reason why I shouldn’t fast forward through commercials on my DVR. I don’t know why this commercial is so dope, but probably because this is the party that I’ve always had in my dreams. So far, I’ve counted cameos by David Beckham, Russell Simmons, Young Jeezy, Estelle, Kevin Garnett, Missy, RUN DMC, The Game, your momma, and probably more people than I can count. The track featured is “Beggin,” by Norwegian hip-hop duo Madcon, which uses a Frankie Valle sample, and is a nice song in its own right. Video for that song posted below. (Spotted at VK)