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8hands Featured TV Show: The Best of MTV Cribs Part 2

Dania — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:21:40 -0500

My turn! My turn! Yes, it's time for my top 5 best of MTV Cribs. Let me tell you, it's easier said than done. What with Alon taking all the good ones yesterday ;) , and the lack of classic Cribs online (I seem to remember an episode with Carl Lewis showing off his nude portrait lying amongst cheetahs, but maybe my mind is playing tricks on me) - it was definitely no simple feat.

However, after scouring hours of videos online, i have come up with some gems. So, without further ado, I bring you my top 5 Cribs of all time.

Chris Pontius

Dude, his crib is his car. It can't get any more OG than that. I have to be honest, this is one of my all time favorite cribs. My favorite Jackass gives us a total tour on this one – the trunk/bedroom/costume box, the g-string collection (party boy USA!), the gym (and inspiration), and the backyard, aka the place Chris goes to write all his songs. Classic.

Xzibit

Xzibit lives in the suburbs! This is so not full out blingy cribs style and that's just what I like about it. Xzibit keeps it real here – you really believe he lives in this house. And you gotta love Xzibit – teaches his kid how to read, has his mother's diplomas on the fireplace, loves his ben and jerrys, and rides a tricycle. I have a feeling this Cribs got him his Pimp My Ride gig, and rightfully so.

Snoop Dogg

Another of my all time faves. Snoop does not let us down on this one. You would think the man would live in a mansion covered in gold. Not Snoop. He keeps it real in Claremont, has to deal with complaining neighbors, and even has rules posted all over the house ("This is not a kick it spot. If you do not have any business in here, get out!") . We learn a lot about Snoop on this episode, that he's just like us and takes family portraits at the mall, loves Dick Clark and Anita Baker, has a dog named white boy, and owns a '52 pontiac. Oh, and did we mention that he put out one of THE videos of 2007, Sensual Seduction. Yes, we ♥ snoop.

Redman

Ok, I think I have a theme going here. These are actually the top 5 skanky nasty real cribs. And Redman's De La Casa takes the prize on this one. Dude's house is a mess, and he's not hiding his lotion or his pornos. The man himself said he's looking for the ultimate bachelors crib vibe in the hood cause it "gives me the sense that I can move up and get something bigger, way bigger than this." There's a bit cut off on the end, but my brother assures me there's a part where we see Redman's cousin Sugar Bear sleeping on his floor.

Louis XVI

"Yo, what's up MTV, it's Louis Ses!" We need to have a full out blingin pad on the list, and what better place than the original big pimpin crib, Versaille. Yeah, it's Jason Schwartzman in the Marie Antoinette days, giving us a tour of his palace as Louis XIV. Well, ok, this technically is not a real MTV Cribs, but after sifting through 100s of episodes, I can say that this is one of the best (it actually kind of reminds of me of Mariah Carey's crib, but I digress…). There are too many great parts here, like the bedroom "where it all happens" with a clock "so I'll know what time it is" and then the tour of the 100% red velvet room where he can look at "100% real paintings through 100% real crystal." Oh, and it's shot by a Coppola. Now what's more gangsta than that?!?

8hands Featured TV Show: The Best of MTV Cribs Part 1

alon — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 09:01:19 -0500

When it comes to music, us 8hands people may seem a bit snobby and all stuck up in our little indie world. But those of you who follow us closely have probably notice that we enjoy the occasional flirt with the mainstream. Actually, if you read the posts we wrote about Michael Jackson & Snoop Dogg, you may have realized that we are celebrity suckers in disguise. We really are.

That's why we have decided to bring you the best parts of one of our favorites TV shows ever, MTV Cribs. The show has been aired since year 2000, it featured the houses, mansions, flats and estates of the rich and famous, it made us laugh, cry, yell & get jealous.

There were so many episodes during these years and we didn't want you to spend all of your precious life finding them sweet sweet Cribs moments – se we went trough them all. We got bored with Carmen Electra's house & were touched by Moby's Apartment. Now, we are older and wiser, and we are bringing you the best of MTV Cribs (Part 1, click here for Part 2!).

Steve-O's Crib

"Dude, you need to clean your life around" was never such a right-on-the-money liner. Steve-O is totally living the jackass life, with his thousand skater friends around, the million beer bottles on the floor (thanks to the charming policy of "what lands on the floor stays on the floor") and the billion germs in the bathroom. By the way, Steve-O flate-mate's name is also Steve. That's just dumb.

Bjork's Crib

We adore Bjork. How could we not? But as if we didn't think she was weird enough, she had to show us her freaky house and her as-strange-as-a-leprechaun-in-alabama home wear. She also speaks with her weird voice about strange stuff with her Icelandic attitude. What a woman!

Lil' Romeo's Crib

This is what happens to the American dream when it's out of control. Lil' Romeo is 12 years old here and he is definitely a kid with too much money. He's got that bling bling mentality from his mentor, the one and only Master P, and his house is basically every child's dream. But don't get it twisted – he acts gangsta 24/7 – when he calls for his tinny cuddly white dog ("Where my dogg at?!") or explains the life of his sweet fishes ("They watch each other back!"). When he needs to get away from it all, Lil' Romeo goes outside and sits on the lake. You know, to think. After all, he's got a lot on his young mind.

Master P's Crib

Master P loves these greens, and boy, doesn't he enjoy saying "14 carts gold"! During his cribs session he says "14 carats gold" about everything – the tank in his living room, his walls, and his hot tub. It's like shrine of bad taste! Oh yeah, he also got a lake, and guess what? He goes there often to think and get away from it all.

Devendra Banhart's Crib

How Devendra Banhart got MTV to put him on Cribs we will never understand, but hey, you goota hand it to the godfather of freak folk, he is sticking it to the man! Devendra gives us a pick into his little hippie wooden cabin, in which he lays his head at night and do all of his many arts and crafts. He's got Jim Morrison's old couch, loads of junk, tons of charisma and an old rap album made by one of WWF's biggest stars, "Macho Man" Randy Savage. That's priceless!

8hands Featured Warning: Michael Jackson Is (trying to get) Back!

alon — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 09:30:17 -0400

I was never a Michael Jackson fan. That's not to say my moon walk isn't ill – I can break it down with no shame to it, but still, I never digged his music. To be accurate, I despise 90 percents of his songs.

But like everyone else that’s addicted to trash, I followed his trials. All of them. I was angry at him for a minute and felt sorry for him for a moment. As we all know, while he was still in the headlines he did some pretty messed up things – it was intriguing yet disturbing. We followed it for a while, and then it kind of faded out. I didn't think he'll be back to the studio to record new material and I was relived.

I was wrong. A new unfinished album is floating around the illegal parts of the net – it could be a bootleg or a prank, but as I understood, it's the real deal. So, being the curious little creature that I am, I looked for it and got it, just to know what's this crazy person is plotting.

I only managed to listen to snippets and it's quite shocking – Jackson is into hip-hop these days, sort of. The first track features non others than the Fugees, but don't get your hopes up, it's really weak. The others seem to have Michael singing like he used to back then only that this time he bought himself some up-to-date beats that sound like a cheap Timbaland rip off.

Basically it made me sick to my bone and all I wanted to do is send out this warning – sleep with one eye open because Jackson is out there. You know what? I'll let Chris Rock do the talking, he is much better in dissing Michael than me.

8hands Featured Story: Blur's "Reunion"

Alice — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 06:30:37 -0400

I've always loved Blur. To be exact, I've always had a thing for Damon Albarn. I think he's so cute, that I immediately liked The Good, the Bad & the Queen. Hell, I even like the Gorillaz. I love Damon Albarn so much that sometimes I think Damon is Blur and Blur is Damon. I know, tons of you out there will wish for my death after stating so, but it's simply how I feel.

I guess my true love for Damon was the reason I got irritated when I read the headlines all over the web. Sayings like "Blur's comeback!", "Blur will reunite next month!" and others with the same manner made me pissed of the inaccuracy bloggers tend to use in order to attract readers. How could blur reunite if they never broke up? Albarn never left the band! Hey, has anybody said yet that blogging is the new journalism?

Damon Albarn. You gotta love him.

But maybe the bloggers meant no harm; maybe these headlines are referring to the return of Graham Coxon, blur's known and talented guitarist. Coxon left the band in 2002 and didn't take part in Think Tank, blur's most notoriously known album. When Think Tank came out, back in 2003, music critics trashed it and didn't settle for talking down on Albarn- they also kept emphasizing just how Coxon's absence is noticeable and conspicuous. I remember I felt bad for Damon, and that I actually liked Think Tank. Out of time is still one of my blur's favorite songs.

Anyhow, it seems Graham Coxon, the guy who once declared that "a lot of his songs are better than blur" is back, so everybody's talking about a reunion. You know what? I don't really care. Reunion or not, I'm just happy to know that a new blur is coming up pretty soon.