So you think you can dance Top 20!

The Top 20 strutted their stuff last night for the first time in front of the live crowd. Here's a taste of what you missed if you didn't catch it.

M.I.A. hasn't been seen much on the scene lately (besides the Grammy performance below with the Rap Rat Pack), and that's because she was pregnant with her first child. Well, the bubba is now here and M.I.A. announced it first on her Myspace!

Maya Arulpragasam,
aka M.I.A., and her fiancee, Exit frontman/Green Owl Records founder Benjamin Bronfman (formerly known as Benjamin Brewer), who welcomed their first child, a boy, into the world on Wednesday, February 11, 2009. Naturally, M.I.A. announced the birth via MySpace:

T O F A N S F R I E N D S O N F A M I L Y . M Y B A B Y I S H E R E
HAPPY VALENTINES!

SUNDAY NITE I CA M E HOME FROM THE GRAMMY'S STILL IN THE MOOD TO PARTY , I COUDA EASILY GONE OUT BUT I WENT HOME INSEAD , LUCKY I DID!! COZ MY EARLY STAGE LABOUR KICKED IN AROUND 2 AM .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vfndz8pW9WY

MY BABY WAS BORN WEDNESDAY , HE IS HEALTHY , FINE , BEAUTIFUL AND THE MOST AMZING THING EVER ON THIS PLANET, OF COURSE IM HIS MUM!!!

ME AND BABY ARE PUTTING OUR TOUR DATES FOR 2010 TOGETHER
AND MAKING MIX TAPES
AND FIGURING OUT A WAY TO BREAK OUT OF THE HOSPITAL !

HOPEFULLY THE WORLD IS BEEN TICKING ALONG AND I AINT MISSED MUCH!

C U SOON ,

AND MY BABY BOY SAYZ HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Video: The Presets: "If I Know You"

The Presets were big last year here in Australia. They also spread their new wave wings across the seas and influenced the overseas markets from LA to London. This video (courtesy of Pitchforktv) is directed by Eva Husson and is set in LA.

Video: Capone and Noreaga - Rotate (feat. Ron Browz & Busta Rhymes)

The SuperThug is back! Noreaga, onetime Superthug and sometime vegan, is back in the game with his old friend Capone. The two buzzed in the mid 90's as CNN, before Capone went behind bars for a few years.
Nore went on to release Superthug with the up and coming Neptunes, and the rest is history. Now, after a bit of a hiatus, and some odd youtube video's, Nore is back with the help of producer-of-te-moment Ron Browz (he of Pop Champagne and Arab Money).

Rihanna, Chris Brown and Charles Hamilton??

(via theFader) Hey dudes, its been a depressing week in terms of bushfires and the like, and then Chris Brown goes all domestic on Rihanna. WTF bro? Everybody is kinda shocked about this, especially up-and-coming rapper Charles Hamilton, who had this to say on his blog.

But f*ck that. It's my GIRL we talkin about... to quote Ne-Yo, "Ehbahdy knoe dah maahne!!!!". I was in the studio, FUMING mad. And that's before the Hennessey kicked in. Rihanna, wherever you are, my prayers are with you, and my skinny, short ass is gon hold you down if need be. Chris, your mother. February 13th, Rihanna. I will say all that I couldn't say at that Gucci event... holla back...

Is Hamilton gonna make a play for the Girl gone bad, or will Miss Umbrella run back into the arms of her abusing beau? Time will tell.

XOXO Gossip Girl

Video: The Dream - Rockin that thang

Yes he is.

Video: T.I. and Justin Timberlake - Dead and Gone

Here is T.I. and some dude name Justin Timberlakes at the Grammy's. It was another depressing year for anybody that loves music enough to know that Jennifer Hudson shouldn't be winning music awards. This is far from my favourite song on 'Paper Trail', and it packs less punch than Chris Brown, but it's still a welcome distraction from the actual awards.

Video: Q-Tip on Ellen

Q-Tip was 'gettin' up' on Ellen.

Full interview with Lil Wayne

Love him or hate him, Lil Wayne makes great copy. Here is the FULL interview of Weezy with Katie Couric (whom he politely calls 'Miss K'). He is one of a kind, even if we're not sure what kind! Phone home!

Video: Peter Bjorn and John, "Nothing To Worry About"

I am posting this because a) Peter, Bjorn and John don't get enough press these days and b) the video is freakin awesome. Straight out of Harajuku in Tokyo rather than Compton, these leather bound greasers show you how it's done, rockabilly styley.

Peter Bjorn and John "Nothing To Worry About"

Download: Simian Mobile Disco - Upside Down

Simian Mobile Disco had a hit in 2005 with We Are Your Friends, it was great. Then they had a hit album in 2007 called Attack Sustain Decay Release, it too was great. They played the Adelaide Big Day Out last Friday, and lo and behold, it was great. Pulsing, throbbing dance music that forced you to dance or move out the way. Now we have this track, it is great.

Download: Simian Mobile Disco - Upside Down

Video: Camron - I Hate my Job

I tried to post this yesterday, but couldn't find an embeddable clip! Never mind. So, here we have Camron. He was big a couple years back. I mean like Ja Rule big, uh, on second thoughts, he was T.I. big. He rocked Pink polo's and massive diamond earrings and nobody said anything. He dropped Purple Haze, his Rocafella opus that should have put him on the gravy train. Fast track to 2009 and like most of his peers, Cam is feeling the pinch, and hatin his job. He's spent the last year beefing with former squad members, and embarrassingly seen them go on to bigger things. This is a good track, and if Cam keeps pointing himself in the right direction, maybe he can return to the top where he belongs. Or at least in Kanye Wests Top 25 Myspace Friends.

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Download: New Raekwon and Busta tracks

Raekwon and Ghost and Busta. Some hot new tracks for y'all.

Download: Raekwon feat Ghostface Killah - Wu Ooh

Download: Busta Rhymes - Wack

So you think you can dance Australia - Episode 1

Episode 1 of Season 2 aired last night, with the judges introducing themselves, followed by a rundown of the Sydney auditions. There were some great and entertaining dancers, and they were accompanied by the usual OTT histrionics from the producers. Does every great performance have to be followed by leading questions, then tears, then a three piece orchestra for more emotion? No, SYTYCD is the only reality tv show I watch, and that is because the dancers don't really have much to dance for, except the chance the learn and become better dancers, and you have to appreciate that.



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