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If you don't have anything else to do for the next eight minutes or so, check out this amusing Groundhog Day-ish video from the New York hip-hop sketch comedians It's The Real. Also, to preemptively answer your question, no, I didn't post the video for the Pete Wentz cameo, but for the guest rapper at the end. (Glad I could clear that up for you.) [It's The Real] More »

Anyone wondering why Today would bother to ask "what is Rolling Stone's fascination with Barack Obama?" discovers just how unfamiliar NBC News must be with the gritty street culture promoted by the magazine when a picture of rapper Joe "Pump It Up" Budden appears at 1:20, alongside a mention of former Def Jam CEO and 60 Minutes subject Jay-Z. Ironic, as you'd think it'd be much harder to find a photo of Joe Budden. The narrator seems to finds the tastes and opinions of this Obama fellow (he likes rap... but doesn't like the naughty lyrics!) perplexing throughout the piece, so maybe we should just be glad they didn't show John Legend when describing Obama's love for Steve Wonder. [TVNewservia Nah Right]

Welcome to the latest installment of the Cover-Song Showcase Showdown, in which we present you with several versions a well-known classic, and you decide which one you like best. Today's victim candidate: Mr. Mister's apparently-cooler-than-we-thought 1985 hit "Broken Wings," which appears on Clay Aiken's recent A Thousand Different Ways, and also serves as the background for freestyle rap track from Joe Budden (thanks to Nah Right for the Budden track). More »