Archive for the 'Videos' Category

Christianity + cocaine rap = dope results

Monday, October 26th, 2009

By now, you’ve probably seen Mary Mary make their gospel music crossover to urban radio and somehow seep into clubs. Most recently, (like all summer) their track, “God In Me,” has permeated nightlife spots and unlike hearing Marvin Sapp’s “Never Would Have Made It” when the lights turn on at the end of the night, you can still kinda get it poppin’ to this track, until Christian guilt overcomes you for having someone grind on you to this song.

Insert Malice from the hip-hop duo Clipse, who’s notorious for their cocaine-themed flow, to make this just secular enough to not feel bad. Once again, polar opposites can create great results. Gonna miss having this song stuck in my head when Power 98 stops playing it at 6 a.m. every morning. Haha, what if God spoke in auto-tune?

CL blogger losing in DJ Hero

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

As promised, here’s video from CL blogger Mike McCray losing to NASCAR driver Martin Truex Jr. in DJ Hero before Saturday’s Bank of America 500. How does someone who’s actually touched real turntables lose to a guy who’s favorite group is Rage Against The Machine? The world may never know.

Interview with DJ Hero NASCAR Driver Martin Truex Jr.

Monday, October 19th, 2009

Martin Truex Jr.'s Chevy gets wrapped with DJ Hero decals before last Saturday's race in Charlotte.

CL music contributor Mike McCray sat down with NASCAR driver Martin Truex Jr. before he jumped in the DJ Hero Chevy for the Bank of America 500 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway on Saturday. There was a free demo of the game, which drops Oct. 27, for fans as well as a DJ Hero showdown between Martin + Mike after their interview (Video tomorrow).

Kiss on Letterman

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

Kiss performed on the Late Show with David Letterman last night… Pretty impressive that they could basically get their regular stage show into the Ed Sullivan Theatre.

Lady Gaga vs. Madonna… on SNL

Monday, October 5th, 2009

Lady Gaga took on Madonna in a Saturday Night Live skit over the weekend…

Best line was by Madonna, “What kind of name is Lady Gaga? It sounds like baby food.”

Verse “Buy You a Round” Simmonds in Charlotte

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

Interscope artist Verse Simmonds talks with CL music blogger Mike McCray about his upcoming album, charting single (”Buy You a Round”) and mixtape during his visit to Apostrophe Lounge in Charlotte on Wednesday night.

Homebrew preview

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

CL Music Editor Jeff Hahne chats with a couple members of the local band Heywire, who will be a part of a FREE event dubbed so cooly Project: Homebrew. This FREE event, to be held at Neighborhood Theatre on Oct. 1, is comprised of a panel discussing local music in Charlotte, as well as a concert of select artists from Jeff Hahne’s Homebrew Volume 3, a CD compilation of local music. And did we mention it’s FREE?

Avetts on Letterman

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

The Avett Brothers were on the Late Show with David Letterman last night. Well done, guys!

“I and Love and You” video released

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

The Avett Brothers video for “I and Love and You” is finally up over at MySpace. Check it out!

Video: Everything Doesn’t Suck Party

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

I checked out last week’s Everything Doesn’t Suck Party in NoDa and came back with this nifty-ass report: