DJ Earworm is back for his annual United State of Pop mash-up of the hottest 25 songs from 2009 (or at least, according to Billboard). This year, its titled "Blame It On The Pop". It includes the likes of:

• The Black Eyed Peas - BOOM BOOM POW
• Lady Gaga - POKER FACE
• Lady Gaga Featuring Colby O’Donis - JUST DANCE
• The Black Eyed Peas - I GOTTA FEELING
• Taylor Swift - LOVE STORY
• Flo Rida - RIGHT ROUND
• Jason Mraz - I’M YOURS
• Beyonce - SINGLE LADIES (PUT A RING ON IT)
• Kanye West - HEARTLESS
• The All-American Rejects - GIVES YOU HELL
• Taylor Swift - YOU BELONG WITH ME
• T.I. Featuring Justin Timberlake - DEAD AND GONE
• The Fray - YOU FOUND ME
• Kings Of Leon - USE SOMEBODY
• Keri Hilson Featuring Kanye West & Ne-Yo - KNOCK YOU DOWN
• Jamie Foxx Featuring T-Pain - BLAME IT
• Pitbull - I KNOW YOU WANT ME (CALLE OCHO)
• T.I. Featuring Rihanna - LIVE YOUR LIFE
• Soulja Boy Tell ‘em Featuring Sammie - KISS ME THRU THE PHONE
• Jay Sean Featuring Lil Wayne - DOWN
• Miley Cyrus - THE CLIMB
• Drake - BEST I EVER HAD
• Kelly Clarkson - MY LIFE WOULD SUCK WITHOUT YOU
• Beyonce - HALO
• Katy Perry - HOT N COLD

Click HERE for the link to "United State of Pop "Blame It On The Pop'".
Click HERE for the track "Blame It On The Pop"!
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Sherk Forever After, the last chapter in the Shrek series, has released a trailer for the upcoming May 2010 release...



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DJ Chedo, whom I know personally, is a huge avid fan of all types of music and hosts The Come Up Show (which on its own is a sick hip-hop slot). He recently got the chance to interview J. Cole, an up-and-coming Rap artist signed under the Roc Nation imprint. Check out some flicks below and for the interview!




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New Robin Hood trailer. Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe team up once again for a remake of the classic story. Set to be released on May 14, 2010. Nice trailer (in HD too).



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WOW I can't believe that the 00's are coming to an end, as it only seems like yesterday we were worried about the Y2K crisis happening...

With it, as many music lovers know, so much has happened within the music industry that its baffling. You have mp3's, digital downloads, and of course online streaming as the new norm. People pirate and buy up goods that the RIAA and rest of the fat cat's can't get their money-grubbing hands on (and while we're at it, might as well throw the IFPI (damn French) under the train too) while the rest of the world has adapted to the new medium.

And of course, we have the very best of the decade in music... Hip-Hop has taken over as early as 2001, with Pop music finally letting go of its clutches as Justin Timberlake left to go solo, and how both Eminem's and 50 Cent's new albums in 2001 and 2003 showed how marketable the hip-hop image was. As well, Alternative Rock, which encompassed the likes of Emo and Post-Grunge, was a heavy influence within the decade as bands such as Jimmy Eat World, Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, Panic at the Disco, 3 Doors Down, and Theory of a Deadman. With a shift at the end of 2009 moving towards the Electro-genre and the revival of Synthpop (with hit makers such as Lady GaGa, Crookers, MSTRKRFT, Idle Warship and other notable acts moving towards that sound), it still stands that Hip-Hop has dominated the majority of the decade (at least according to Rolling Stone).

But, let's begin with the charts, starting with...

ONE HIT WONDERS of the 2000s:



#1 - Daniel Porter - Bad Day
#2 - Terror Squad - Lean Back
#3 - Crazy Town - Butterfly (remember this one???)
#4 - MIMS - This Is Why I'm Hot
#5 - D4L - Laffy Taffy

Read the rest on Billboard...

Top SONGS of the 2000s (based on Radio Play):



#1 - Mariah Carey - We Belong Together
#2 - Usher Ft. Ludacris & Lil' Jon - Yeah! (honestly I think this one should have been #1)
#3 - Flo Rida Ft. T-Pain - Low
#4 - Nickelback - How You Remind Me (seriously??)
#5 - Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling

Read the rest on Billboard...

Top SONGS of the 2000s:



#1 - Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
#2 - Jay-Z - 99 Problems
#3 - Beyonce - Crazy In Love
#4 - Outkast - Hey Ya!
#5 - M.I.A. - Paper Planes

Read the rest on Rolling Stone...

Top-selling ALBUMS of the 2000s:



#1 - 'N Sync - No Strings Attached
#2 - Usher - Confessions
#3 - Eminem - The Eminem Show
#4 - Norah Jones - Come Away With Me
#5 - Creed - Human Clay

Read the rest on Billboard...

Artists of the Decade:



#1 - Eminem (any surprise here? From releasing four major studio albums, going through drug rehab, marriages/divorces, and the death of his best friend, he's been through a lot this decade...)
#2 - Usher
#3 - Nelly
#4 - Beyonce
#5 - Alicia Keys

Read the rest on Billboard...

and finally, the best albums based on their impact, creativity, and standing in pop culture...

Best ALBUMS of the 2000s:



#1 - Kanye West - The College Dropout
#2 - Jay-Z - The Blueprint
#3 - Radiohead - Kid A
#4 - Outkast - Stankonia
#5 - Bob Dylan - Love and Theft

Read the rest of the top 10 on Entertainment Weekly...



#1 - Radiohead - Kid A
#2 - The Strokes - This Is It
#3 - Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
#4 - Jay-Z - The Blueprint
#5 - The White Stripes - Elephant

Read the rest of the top 100 on Rolling Stone...

Finally, my top 5 albums:



#1 - Jay-Z - The Blueprint
#2 - Kanye West - Graduation
#3 - Eminem - Marshall Mathers LP
#4 - Daft Punk - Discovery
#5 - Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head

And so as we close off this decade, we look forward to the next as we embark on a new journey of discoveries as we hear the latest music and sounds the world has to offer us. Look for the trend to hit even more one-hit wonders as the digital age embraces Singles and gets rid of Albums, and for the music to have a heavy electro-influence in the years to come!

- EH

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Another new Nike promo, this time a mystery befalls our MVPuppets as someone has taken LeBorn's new kicks, the Lebron VII.



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After news that Tiger's taking an "indefinite" leave of absense from golf, I found this clip...lol. Skip to 4:17 though to get over the boring crap I had to sit through before I got to the juicy stuff. "Tiger need to quit eatin' out!"



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Kobe Bryant. 12-25, 2-3 3 Pointers, 7-8 free throws made, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals, 33 points. Versus Miami Heat. 108-107. Normally sounds like a great game, except...

Game winner 3 point shot made. Wait, what??? With 3.2 seconds left and Artest giving him a loose ball from the sideline. And a fade-away banked 3-pointer. Seriously, did you ever doubt that he isn't THE greatest player playing right now? LeBron can wait his turn, Kobe's got the crown now. Lakers are now 15-3, with the best record in the league. Noice!



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Flairs - "Truckers Delight" crazy 16-bit styled video (8-bit maybe?) by Jérémie Perin, however there is a warning catch with it - FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY. From Kanye's Blog.



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Drake & Lil' Wayne in concert - with Drake fallin' down. Not Kanye-style where all falls down, but like, really fallin' down. Apparently its an ACL injury...



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Entourage season 6, episode 4 titled "Running On E" came out today via HBO/Showtime - and is available for viewing now! Check out the synopsis, and the link below for the clip.



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It finally leaks - LeBron James getting dunked on (its not as epic as we imagined but still funny how it all went down afterwards...)


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Well, a couple clips about the Lakers - first up, ex-Laker Trevor Ariza showing up to Kobe's academy to see what's up with Kobe Bryant - and shows that Kobe ain't got no beef with Ariza, and that David Lee should go fall into a ditch somewhere and die.


Click HERE for the YT video of Ariza and Kobe still got love for each other.

Next, Kobe addresses LeBron James's Slam-gate scandal with the simple phrase: "You ain't dunking on me at my camp!"


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50 Cent dropped his 2nd mixtape prior to his major-label release, Before I Self Destruct in September, 2009. Titled Forever King, it features 12 all-new tracks from Fiddy, and is available via thisis50 x AllHipHop. Check it!



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Ne-Yo has another new track out titled "Hello My Name Is Revenge". It features piano, drums, and a shaker (?) and is about all the drama of being caught. Shout outs to GreenHitz for the track.



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Trey Songz released his latest effort in mixtape format, titled Anticipation - in "anticipation" of his new album coming out Aug. 4.


From his blog:



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“If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with.”

Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American recording artist, entertainer and businessman. The seventh child of the Jackson family, he debuted on the professional music scene at the age of 11 as a member of The Jackson 5 in 1969, and began
(1987), a solo career in 1971 while still a member of the group. Referred to as the "King of Pop" in subsequent years, his 1982 Thriller is the world's best-selling record of all time and four other solo studio albums are also among the world's best-selling records: Off the Wall (1979), BadDangerous (1991) and HIStory (1995).



In the early 1980s, he became a dominant figure in popular music and the first African-American entertainer to amass a strong crossover following on MTV. The popularity of his music videos airing on MTV, such as "Beat It", "Billie Jean" and Thriller—widely credited with transforming the music video from a promotional tool into an art form—helped bring the relatively new channel to fame. Videos such as "Black or White" and "Scream" made Jackson an enduring staple on MTV in the 1990s. With stage performances and music videos, Jackson popularized a number of physically complicated dance techniques, such as the robot and the moonwalk. His distinctive musical sound and vocal style influenced many hip hop, pop and contemporary R&B artists. (Wikipedia)

It is sad to see such a legendary pop icon pass away, especially given the circumstances and his plan for a comeback (as the New King of Pop). Despite his shortcomings and problems with the law (from his child molestation trial, which he was later aquitted) and money, he was a one-of-a-kind (in more ways than one) superstar, who never quite wanted to grow up. With instant recognizability through his style, sound, and dance moves that transcended different generations and cultures, he will be sorely missed not only here, but throughout the world. Some of #1 hits include "Billie Jean", "Beat It", "Black or White", "Rock With You" and "Man In The Mirror" - check out below his greatest songs and videos, as we pay our respects to the greatest pop star that has graced the stages. Click HERE to see the quotes that are being said about Michael Jackson.







- EH

Check out this Kanye West - Champion video done by NEON:

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NIKE Basketball has brought a part 2 of the puppet skits which first celebrated LeBron's selection as the NBA's 2009 MVP. This time around, Kobe harasses LeBron about his 3 rings... and cookies?

Check it out below!



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I thought this video was hilarious - showing the more older (and wiser?) Kobe staying calm and collected as usual and LeBron harassing the sh*t outta him.

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