Record company people are shaaaaaaaaaaady...
I don't want the t-shirt.
But I do want this man. Thanks for sharing Jess.

How did I know you would be the first person to get the reference?

And yes, WANT.

THANK YOU.

it pisses me off the way the music industry throws gobs of money at "artists" with nothing original to say, who do little more than brag about killing, dealing drugs, and objectifying women. let me use this opportunity to say - FUCK THE MAJORS. if you want music from a major label, buy it second hand or steal it!

and at the risk of engaging in a little objectifying myself - daaaamn - he's cute! [although nowhere near as cute as monty]

Oh wow. Calling psuedo-puritanical media/music biz on their hypocrisy and slut-shaming plus kittens=best.vlog.ever.

Tribe Called Quest, yo.

Long time reader, first time commenter. ;)

Tribe Called Quest, yo.

Long time reader, first time commenter. ;)

Aww man, not only do I lose noobie points for double-posting my first comment, but for not reading closely enough to notice I was supposed to email you. FAIL AT LIFE. head/desk.

Ha, no problem Delilah - I'm glad you've started commenting!

Thanks for posting this. I've been going through his old posts. This guy is awesome.

I just checked out this guy site and I have to say that I'm a little bit in love. He's witty and has really interesting things to say about politics and music (and he's more than a little cute). Thanks for posting this!

I think he wins a "Feminist Chicks Dig Me" shirt! :P

"it pisses me off the way the music industry throws gobs of money at 'artists' with nothing original to say, who do little more than brag about killing, dealing drugs, and objectifying women."

Speaking of musicians with nothing original to say, I actually prefer those to the ones with slightly-original things to say glorifying violence. Then again, I listen to music for how it sounds. Yay techno and classical!

What Cory said. Yay super-awesome message, a healthy serving of sarcasm AND a smoochy kitty. Heaven!

Is it bad that in an eloquent and intelligent vlog post, addressing important issues like hypocritical and puritanical value systems like this, that my favourite part is the kitty licking him?

Yah, Jay Smooth is awesome. He has a great hip-hop show on WBAI here in NYC

Shit, I want to go drinking with this guy.

Sounds like he would make an awesome drinking buddy...

I'm a little bit in love with that guy. That darn Atlantic ocean gets between me and all the best men.

"Is it bad that in an eloquent and intelligent vlog post, addressing important issues like hypocritical and puritanical value systems like this, that my favourite part is the kitty licking him?"

Aww, random kitty. :)

I'm a fan of Tribe, and they're one of the best ever, but I don't get the line in the song about "I keep my hos in check." I tried to figure it out in context to see if he was referring to other artists that say horrible stupid shit like that, but i can't tell if that's what he's doing or if he's just doing the same thing. Can someone look at the song and tell me, cause I was excited to read a song by someone intelligent, and then just got bummed out instead.

I am in love with this man at the moment. I am so thrilled at how he exposes the hypocrisies of the music industry. It reminds me of a presentation one of my fellow classmates gave in my Women's Studies class. She showed a video of the Pussycat Dolls' song "I don't need a man". The first ten seconds showed them in scantily clad outfits gyrating rather provocatively. Because of course, since they don't need a man, they still need to live up to a man's unrealistic expectations of what a real woman should be. Yeah. I call bullshit.