Jigga - hot or not?!?!

since Jigga's mighty performance at Glasto on Saturday - the MTV BASE team have been debating whether his performance was truly as sick as the critics said or just average for all us hip hop heads.

Yes he silenced the critics (in particluar Noel Gallagher - love the way Jay Z pronounces his name as "NO- EL" - LOL) with a 2 finger salute in the form of his very own rendition of Wonderwall - but was that enough to say this was truly Jigga at his best???

hmmmm.....

what do you guys think?

I think I have seen Jay Z put in a better performance than what I saw on Saturday - e.g. his stonking appearance at the Prince's Trust with Beyonce years ago....

but yes - he did rep fully for our hip hop culture - that cannot be denied!

whether it was his best performace to date is another thing...?

New Year in ATL.....

Happy new year everyone! I hope you had a fab Christmas & brought in the New year in style with your family or loved ones. May 2008 be the year that you fulfill your dreams and aspirations.

Christmas for me was a family affair - I ate the usual – goose (The family hates turkey!!),

sprouts, carrots, roast potatoes, Christmas pud and drank lots and lots of sherry a-la- Dot Cotton. If you haven't tried it, you best get to know....sherry is a serious tipple and should be sipped with your little finger in the air - GANGSTA!!

With a full and super fat belly it was time to prepare for my New Year in Atlanta - the home of Dr. Martin Luther King JR (R.I.P.) , chicken & waffles (the pancake type - not potato) and of course the creme de la creme of hip hop & RnB - Usher, Ludacris, TLC, Outkast, Jermaine Dupri ...
I've lived in L.A before so was quite accustomed to the U.S. way of life, but ATL still managed to surprise me with its rather erm… "unique" culture....So here is my guide / observations of A – Town for those of you who haven't been:


ATL Airport
Ok, so I flew out on New Year's eve and was in a rush to go pick my girl Cathy up, as we of course were partying for New Years. After arriving at ATL Airport, collecting my luggage and preparing to go pick up our hire car - I was stopped by some dude who asked me to check my luggage back in??!?!

Thinking that he was joking I smile and walk off, but he was serious?! Apparently you MUST get re- searched with all your belongings when you LEAVE the airport - as in all liquids, creams and anything else you bought in the airport (once you have already been searched in London before you get on the plane) are confiscated AGAIN! Do you know how vex I was? Especially as I bought some expensive cream at Heathrow - apparently they don't want you bringing in any of these potentially hazardous materials into the State. I just wish I was told that before...So, an hour after initially picking up my luggage I finally pick up my car! Sorry Cathy!!

"Making it rain"
- now call me naive but i thought the term "make it rain" was strictly reserved for a Fat Joe song



but after going to a Floyd Mayweather party in ATL and actually seeing the man himself "making it rain" by dashing $10,000 in $1 bills into the crowd, I realized that this was not just an urban myth! People actually DO carry on like that and women over there seem to love it! I couldn't believe it! Call me a feminist, but I personally find the whole concept incredibly patronizing & totally disrespectful to us females. I don't need some overpaid athelete with a super size ego throwing money at me like I'm begging – ya get me??!?! I think I take particular offense to this act, because the tradition actually originates in Nigeria, where money is given at weddings as a gift and showered at the married coupling while dancing. To adopt this tradition is one thing, but to turn it completely on it's head in such a disrespectful manner is another….


"Southern Hospitality"
Don't get me wrong, the people of ATL are super friendly, they always smile and greet you in passing. Thanks to all of you who looked after us while we were there...you know who you are....They are genuinely interested in you and your foreign background and none of the clubs we went to had any bad vibes or attitude. Even the guy who told me that I spoke good English was very polite ?!?! (yep - you read correctly - he didn't clock that London was in England or where the language came from!).
Luda was right when he spat about "Southern Hospitality"


Luda - Southern Hospitality



At Club Compound – I actually saw a guy rocking a pimp cup – I swear that was just a Lil Jon ting?!?!?




Anyways - some dude rocked up to the bar in some stunners, a fur coat and a diamond encrusted pimp cup and asked the bar guy to put some lemonade in it….! Easy!!?!?!?

This is me with my fake pimp cup – you like?


Dirrrty South Hip Hop
Now these are the club bangers that are being rinsed out there at the moment – if you don't know then you better get to know some of these babies….
Flo Rida Feat. T Pain – Get Low



-Playaz Circle Feat. Lil Wayne - Duffle Bag Boy


-DJ Khaled - I'm so hood remix ( feat . Young Jeezy, Luda, Lil Wayne, Big Boi, Fat Joe etc...)



-Snoop - Sensual Seduction



-The Dream - Falsetto


-Keyshia Cole - Shoulda Let you go



- Missy Elliot - Ching -A-Ling




That's it for now - ATL was seriously an amazing experience - If you haven't been then you gots to go....


Happy 2008 people!

i can't wait for this to come out...."AMERICAN GANGSTER"!

my future husband - Denzel stars in this much hyped film - along with T.I. & Russell (anger management) Crowe. It looks like it's gonna be one of the big movies of 2007!

viccy b @ the MTV Movie Awards

is it just me - or does Viccy B look a little "mutton dressed as lamb"? I mean - we all know what a "style icon" she is - but c'mon on - how can she approve this cheap ho monstrosity of a garment that she debuted at THE 2007 MTV Movie Awards! She looks like a cheap Essex wife who spends all year on the Costa del Sol, chatting up waiters called Stavros.....

we all know she loves press attention - and maybe - and I hope for her sake- this dress was just a PR stunt? in the words of tennis legend, John McEnroy - she "can't be serious...".

Akon has gone and lost his damn mind....

you would think that after dry humping a 14 year old - preacher's daughter in Trinidad - Akon would be a little careful at his next live show......but no! he basically doesn't give a flying poopoo what people think anymore as this latest faux pas shows....

word reaches us at MTV Base HQ that he may get charged with attempted murded for this latest "stunt". what do you think?

Was it simply "moshing" and some light-hearted fun? Or has Akon gone too far this time by throwing some fan off the stage.....

Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes last minutes....

This video is truly shocking! It is an excerpt from a VH1 show that was broadcast in America last night called "The Last Days of Lisa LEFT EYE Lopes". I guess she was shooting a documentary during her spritiual trip in Honduras - if you watch till the end - you will see a few seconds of the fatal crash!

Really quite shocking stuff!

RIP Miss. Lopes

lady sov - has lost the plot!

what has happened to Lady Sov? This video was taken at recent American gig - where she literally has a breakdown on stage. She calls off the show whilst on stage and starts talking about her depression, her self-inflicted cuts, and how broke she is that she can't even afford to pay the rent!

When she came into BASE last year - she didn't seem quite right then - I assumed it was down to her age, and maybe it was just immaturity that made it difficult for her to get used to her sudden fame Stateside.

Maybe I was a little harsh to judge her at the time - but it really looks like she's got some issues....let's hope she gets them sorted!