TAYLOR SWIFT ON THE VIEW

Moments later Kanye reportedly called the view to apologize to Taylor.

Admist rumors that this whole thing was a stunt etc, check out what HipHop rumors had to say:

Let's dissect the VMA:

1. Kanye did this at the beginning of the show during the first award nomination. MTV planned this to keep us glued to their network.

2. Right after the incident Rhapsody aired a commercial stating,"we listen to jay z, we listen to Pink but right now is Taylor's moment."

3. There are 3 winners at the VMA...Beyonce, T.Swift and Kanye.

Kanye is gaining so much publicity(bad publicity is good publicity) from this stunt. His fans doesn't care if he dissed a country singer, they will still buy his next album.

4. Beyonce saves the day and dedicates her award to the young singer. You think B really cares about a VMA at this point in her career...NO.

5.Taylors album sales will get a significant boost because people feel sorry for her.

6.If MTV really was embarrassed by the stunt, they would not have re-aired it on the rerun episode of the awards or posted it on their website.

I feel that this information is necessary because we can't allow the media to blind us and think we are stupid. And the sad thing is they are using our talented Hip Hop artists to do the dirty work. Corporations such as Viacom(own MTV, BET,VH1,Comedy Central-Dave Chapelle show) are exploiting our people and our music. Its sad that Kanye cosigned to do this spoof and he should apologize to Hip Hop not just Taylor. All MTV cares about is "Advertisment Dollars."

TOP 8 VIDEOS OF THE YEAR

1. BJORK 'WANDERLUST'.....
Bow down to this bish. Leave it to my girl to have you saying wtf and that was amazing after seeing a video. From the puppets to the landscapes to the crazy cartoonish deity....no one things a mile from the box like her. This ish had me trippin.... For me that's what an artist is.....creative, original and leaves me thinking. She's on some beyond futuristic ish. She's so in her own league she has no peers. You have to see it in 3d to get the full experience. Directed by Encyclopedia Pictura. WATCH HERE

2. SIA "SOON WE'LL BE FOUND"....
Leave it to the Australian native to make sign language interesting. Mixed with shadow puppets and fluorescent latex, Sia provides one of the most creative efforts this year. Directed by Claire Carre. WATCH HERE

3. GNARLS BARKLEY 'GOING ON' ....
I liked 'who's gonna save your soul,' which was critically acclaimed for them, but I felt like I could see that in any documentary. The video for "Going On" however took me somewhere....it led me on a journey and left it for interpretation. It had me thinking of issues involving african culture, cultural retention, etc. And then it led to this doorway....facing that trippin odyssey. You can interpret it how you want but what I took from it was people running away from their culture. Needless to say it hit home. Too often we want to be accepted, to follow the trend. The message "don't follow him." Directed by: Wendy Morgan
WATCH HERE

4. SANTAGOLD "LES ARTISTES"....
BK's own Santagold gives us a look at self-fashioned "artistes" with this effort. The originator of the 'fresh to def artist' look gave us a different look with a video filled with destruction, carnage, and violence in a colorful way and done with fake materials. Directed by Nima Nourizadeh
WATCH HERE

5. ERYKA BADU 'HONEY'......
Erica shouts out past hip hop cover art in this video. Talk about taking an okay song to the next level. The video is a shot of someone going thorough a music store and looking at old albums in which the covers include her in the remake. It helps to be a fan of hip hop to get the music and image references sprinkled throughout the video but she keeps it entertaining enough with her anticdotes and comedic appeal for anyone to enjoy. The idea is fresh, as you would expect from the hip hop hippie. Directed by Erykah Badu & Mr. Roboto WATCH HERE

6. KANYE 'LOVE LOCKDOWN'.....
Frankly, the song hits it out the park. The only way the video would not have been in the top 8 this year was if he made a homemade video of the ground. The song is infectious and the video imagery just puts you in the mindset and the mood of the song. The video doesn't match the lyrics but it gives you the appropriate vibe. That contrast from semi accapella to heavy hitting base goes with the soft white on white to the tribal references of the video. The drums also goes with a lot of african music, hence the reference. Directed by Simon Henwood.
WATCH HERE

7. FIEST ' I FEEL IT ALL'....
The video was done in one take. The underrated artist combines pyrotechnics with her sheep like vocals, and manages to paint the images of her lyrics. Directed by Patrick Daughters. WATCH HERE

8. ASHANTI "THE WAY THAT I LOVE YOU"...
CSI or Cops made as a music video is the best way to describe it. I enjoyed the storyline and the unique take on the murder scene as if you're watching it on one of those tv shoes. The most innovative effort (in video) from an RnB artist this year.
Directed by Kevin Bray
WATCH HERE

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Go Girl-Ciara Feat T-Pain
This would definitely make my top 10 for the cinematography, dancing, style and theme. The transformation from a regular girl to a fictitious character known as 'super c.' This was a clever way for Ciara to introduce this character of her Fantasy Ride of an album to come spring 2009. And needless to say her moves are unmatched. Directed by Melina
WATCH HERE

Solange "Tony"
Short and sweet, but to the point. It develops the story of discovering the fella you had a one night stand with is your baby fatha. Reminds me of Amy Whinehouse's "Rehab" but it has it's own tic. Her best effort from her album currently in stores. Directed by Vashtie.
WATCH HERE

Beyonce "Single Ladies"
This video has been the craz in the past month because Beyonce puts it down as only she can in this over sexual gyrating with heels spectacle. Despite the Fosse rip off, it's certainly entertaining to watch. Directed by Jake Nova.
WATCH HERE

TOP 8 ALBUMS OF 2008

1) Sia - "People Have Real Problems." This Australian serves up a saving grace for this year's lackluster collection of albums. A soulful voice, meaningful lyrics, a believable image as oppose to a gimmick, and brilliant songs. The workings of a masterpeice. Just as I crowned Amy Whinehouse the year before her album actually tookoff, I crown this jewel as not only having the best album I've heard this year but the next 'big thing.'

2) Taylor Swift: Fearless...a blond, blue-eyed, amazonian starlet who makes real music. The album screams of a high school girl's diary. Yet her lyrics appeals to the mature in how she conveys. This singer songwriter proved in this album that she's more than just a country singer. As her album proclaims, she's Fearless. She exposes her life and named names. Who can forget her public battle with one of the Jonas Bros. In the lyrics and her ability to 'go there'....there lies the phenom that is the best selling female artist of 2008.

3) Neyo "Year Of The Gentleman"...more like the year of the songwriter. Simply put, this album is the clear alternative to what is lacking in male pop and rnb. He fills this void in Usher's lack of maturity...he provides a how a real man turns on a lady as a contrast to Chris Brown's silly come-ons....and he cleans up the nastiness that is filled in R Kelly's current list of filty music. Basically he's the only option when it comes to music of this genre for those over the age of 25.

4) Coldplay: Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends. You should know that I'm not a big fan of the group, but the album is dope.

5) Santogold: Santogold. While most are still jaming to MIA's recent single I submit you listen to Satogold instead. Not only does she have the single worthy material, unlike her brit counterpart, she has the talent to match. I like MIA, but just as in the case of Kanye West when you strip down the bull she's kicking garbage and calling it musical art. Santogold on the other had mixes culture with a unique (although not spectacular) voice, insightful lyrics and imagery that is out of this globe.

6) Erica Badu - "Ney Amerykah Part I -So far, this is the year's most certifiably batsh-- record, a labyrinthine mix of chittering beats, rattling bass and gauzy, hazy vibes, and one that jumps through time like Desmond from "Lost" — from the past to the future and back to the present — only to remind us that things have always been as messed up as they are right now. So we get somber '70s soul rolled up into harrowing postmillennial doomsday proclamations, with Badu — part priestess, part transistor radio — hovering above the din, holding the world in the palm of her hand and spinning it faster and faster on its axis. A positively vital record — probably the most important of the year — full of social commentary and smoky quests for spirituality in these troubled times, one full of hope yet also realistic enough to point out that we're probably teetering on the brink of something very bad. Also, proof that you probably don't want to spend the night alone in Badu's head."


7) TV on the Radio: Dear Science..."New Wave hooks and funky dance beats — albeit amid bleak lyrical visions, Afrobeat rhythmic arrangements and densely layered, terabyte-era production."

8) Wayne - Carter III Hey, 1 million Wayne fans can't be wrong, can they? Truth be told, III is really only part of the Weezy phenomenon, one that stretches across mixtapes and message boards and "no he didn't" proclamations and guest spots too numerous to mention, which goes a long way toward explaining just how scattershot it is. But it's also biting, bruising, hilarious and completely confounding, by far the most interesting and compelling hip-hop album released to this point, and probably the only album in history that makes Robin Thicke (who sings on the haunting post-Katrina tune "Tie My Hands

HONORABLE MENTIONS
Duffy: Rockferry
Nas: Untitled
Raphael Saadiq: The Way I See It

BAMA/DONKEY OF THE YEAR

1. Shaniqua Tomkins...Rapper 50 cent's baby mama, Shaniqua, takes him to court which results in her getting less than what 50 was giving her w/o a cout order.



2. OJ Simpson....American football legend is found not guilty of murder of his ex wife years ago. With backlash from the public, he dares to threaten somone over items that were stolen from him which resulted in jail time.


3. Governor Blagovich of Illinois....Openly tries to sell Senate seat after it became vacant.


4. Plaxico Burress....American football player proves that there is a percentage of prof. players who get college degrees merely because they can play ball. This year Plaxico Burress turned himself in to police Monday after accidentally shooting himself.


5. Sarah Palin....Was on the losing team to become VP of the US, but she makes our list for becoming the country's joke after interviews showcasing her lack of any knowledge that would qualify her for such an office.


6. George Bush...Where should we start....They threw shoes at him for chirst sake.

TOP 8 SINGLES OF THE YEAR

1. I Kissed A Girl - Katy Perry

2. Paper planes - MIA

3. A millie - Lil Wayne

4. Touch My Body - Mariah Carey

5. Viva La Vida - Coldplay

6. Whatever You Like - T.I.

7. Love Lockdown - Kanye

8. American Boy - Estelle


HONORABLE MENTIONS
Love In This Club - Usher
Take A Bow - Rihanna
Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) - Beyonce
So What - Pink

BEST SHOWS ON TV 2008

1. Damages....Damages is a legal thriller set in the world of New York City high-stakes litigation.

2. Weeds....This series is a single-camera comedy about a single mother who makes ends meet by selling marijuana in the fictional suburb of Agrestic, California.

3. Desparate Housewives...This series gives an exaggerated look at housewives in the fictional suburb of Westoria Lane.

4. Lipstick Jungle....a dramedy about the ups and downs in the lives of three successful women in NYC

5. Gossip Girls....based off of a series of novels for teenagers created by Cecily von Ziegesar, this is a drama about gossip and scandal among privileged prep school teens on Manhattan's Upper East Side

6. The Office...an American adaptation of the BBC series with the same name and depicts the everyday lives of office employees

7. House...medical drama about a diagnostician who plays detective with patients while arrogantly touting his brilliance

8. Survivor...is a popular reality television game show format in which contestants are isolated in the wilderness and compete for cash and other prizes.

TOP 8 EVENTS/SCANDALS OF 2008

1. America Elects It's First Multiraced President

2. JHud Family Murders

3. Britney's Bad Luck
The pop princess had one of the most scandalous years of all, and it all started on Jan. 3, when the singer was taken to L.A.'s Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and held for psychiatric evaluation. Soon after, she lost visitation rights with her sons and was put under the watchful eye of her father, Jamie, who became her conservator.

4. John Edwards Comes Clean
The former Democratic presidential hopeful admitted in August to a long-rumored affair with filmmaker Rielle Hunter. Edwards -- who has been married to wife Elizabeth since 1977 -- said the affair began in 2006 when Elizabeth's now-incurable cancer was in remission. He denied that he was the father of Hunter's baby daughter.

5. Mary-Kate Linked to Ledger's Death
When a masseuse discovered Heath Ledger's body on Jan. 22, she spent nearly 10 minutes making phone calls to Mary-Kate Olsen -- before ever dialing 911. The Olsen twin refused to speak about her involvement, and rumors circulated that she requested immunity. Federal prosecutors decided not to issue a subpoena for her to testify.

6. The Miley Cyrus Shoot
The Disney star caused a media frenzy when she appeared semi-topless in the June 2008issue of Vanity Fair. She even told Us that she was "so embarrassed" by Annie Leibovitz's photos. The news came shortly after Cyrus was criticized by parenting groups after photos showing her in a green bra surfaced online.

7. Madonna Becomes a Yankees Fan
In July, Madonna hosted late-night visits from Yankee player Alex Rodriguez at her apartment in New York City. A-Rod attended the singer's concert, and Madge went to a Yankees game and dressed her son Rocco in the team's shirt. The new relationship preceded the end of Madonna's seven-year marriage to director Guy Ritchie.

8. Jamie Lynn Spears Gives Birth
The teenage sister of Britney gave birth on June 19 to daughter Maddie. Jamie Lynn announced she was expecting a baby when she was only 16 years old. She and her boyfriend, Casey Aldridge, got engaged a few months later.

HONORABLE MENTIONS

The Divorce Heard Round the World
Christie Brinkley and ex-husband Peter Cook. On the very first day of the bitter public trial, Cook and his former assistant, Diana Bianchi, detailed their affair. He recalled how he frequently had sex with Bianchi, then 18, paid her to presumably keep quiet and spent $3,000 monthly on web porn.

A Topless Tryst
Sienna Miller and the still-married Balthazar Getty got cozy on a boat in Positano, Italy, on July 12. When the photos leaked of a topless Miller kissing Getty, he announced he and his wife -- with whom he has four children -- had separated. Miller also took action, by suing the photo agencies for violating her privacy.

Anne Hathaway's Bad Boyfriend
Anne Hathaway's longtime boyfriend, Raffaello Follieri, was taken into police custody in early April after allegedly bouncing a $215,000 check. The star split with the Italian real estate developer, whom she said was "the love of my life," just hours before his arrest on charges of wire fraud and money laundering.

To Drink or to Drive
Before the Transformers star was arrested for suspicion of DUI after a car crash on July 27, LaBeouf spoke out against drunk driving and opened up about his struggles with alcohol in Details. "I don't know how to have one drink," he said. LaBeouf -- who injured his hand in the accident -- was never charged.

8 THINGS WE LOVE ABOUT 'SEX IN THE CITY'

1. Name Branding
From the shoes: the gals have made Monolo's a household name as they flaunt up and down the streets on NY in them. It's not a good look when chickenheads do it and bust their azzzes though.

To Cosmos: It has become the drink of the city girl. Plus it has a cool name and can also be referenced to the magazine.

To Phrases: "He's Just Not That Into You" went from being a catch phrase to the title of a best selling book. The book's 'genius' theory was that if a guy doesn't seem interested, he isn't. Continuing the notion that women will fall for anything when it comes to finding a man. After all that, Carrie ends up with Mr. Big....the man who cheated on her, then married another woman, and continued to string her along. That's what I call inspiring the youth.

The Brazillian: come on, who really thought of going through that torture before Samantha did it?

2. The Brunching
Where all the gossip goes down. The girls get together and let it all hang out. And then gossip behind each other's back later.

3. The Nicknames
The most infamous being "Mr. Big." It inspires all gals to sum up our dates by characteristics. Do we even know Mr. Big's real name?

4. Label whorishness
It's nothing like buying designer items you can't afford. Yes they still live in apartments while in their late 30s/ early 40s and wear clothes that cost a year's rent.....we love it though.

5. Theme of Singledom Power
The show inspires girlfriends to cherish their pact. Be proud of being single. While the girls main quest in life is finding a man. And after 30 minutes you're in your bed.....alone.

6. A Profession Multiplied
Candace Bushnell, the auther of "Sex In The City" now has every jobless middleaged woman thinking they can find a profession in writing columns.

7. Snobbishness

Who can forget Miranda totally dogging Brooklyn when she had to move there. And how come the girls never took the subway. And don't mention going outside of NYC....Even though thier audience probably live in all those places, we love them anyway.

8. Your Real Friends

The hidden lesson in the show is that at the end of the day, your girlfriends abandon you when they get married, like Charlotte; they lose touch with reality when they have kids like Miranda; they get so man crazy that they really don't care about WTF you're saying like Samantha; and they judge and think they are any better like Carrie. But your true friends....are the gays. For instance.....Stanford: gay. Anthony: gayer.