Jam of the Week

I used to get excited each week to find out what would be the new  "Jam of the Week" on MTVJams.  I used to think that the chosen video was the best video the MTVJams "committee" could feature.  Lately I've been thinking all one has to do to get their video as Jam of the Week is pay for it.  The Jam of the Week is one, sometimes two, video that is featured and played in extreme excess for the whole week.  When the video is good, I look forward to seeing it twice in an hour on Jams and probably two more times on U and Hits, during that same hour.  However, when the video/song is bad, it can be almost unbearable to watch these video channels.

For the past few weeks the Jam of the Week has been terrible! I can't quite remember when the bad videos began but I believe it was with Mavado's song "Im so special", about a month ago.  I do not know who authorized the making of this song/video and who decided it would be a good Jam of the Week but these people should have their music making privileges revoked!  It is one of the worst songs I've heard and no, Mavado, you are not so special.  That was a dark week for MTV, and since then the Jam of the Week has been in a rut.  The bad videos include Bow Wow and J.D "Roc the Mic", T.I. featuring Justin Timberlake "Dead and Gone", and this week's Solange "T.O.N.Y". 

It is really a shame that the Jam of the Week has been in the gutter lately because there are some really good new videos that should be featured and played more!  Some examples are Asher Roth "I Love College", The Dream " Rockin That Thang", and J Holiday "It's Yours".  Let's see more good videos as Jam of the Week!!!

Turning me on

I love Keri Hilson's song and video "Turning Me On" featuring Lil Wayne.  The beat is great, it makes me want to dance every time I hear it (and I do).  Hilson looks beautiful in the video throughout the whole video.  Even though I think she is too classy to pull of the "hoodfab" look, she still looks good.  Although my roommate thinks Hilson's wave is weird, I think she can pull off the hairstyle. I love her "On" an "Off" rings as well as the background girls' earrings. I want to know where I can find a pair.  

The choreography as a whole isn't very difficult but I do like a few parts, when she sings, "I gotta be feelin your energy", "checkin for this little mama...", and when she goes crazy with the hat over her eyes.  Another part of the video I love is when she is standing at the bar and a guy comes over and throws a stack of money on the counter then she throws an even bigger stack of money next to his and he picks his money up and walks away.  I like the message of the song, how it tells men to "recognize a real woman" as a strong independent woman who can buy her own clothes and drinks.  

For the most part I hate Lil Wayne.  I realize most people love him and think he is amazing, but I just don't get it.  I think he looks like The Predator, sounds like a raptor, and doesn't make sense half the time.  His rap in this song is pretty catchy for the most part.  I don't think he makes sense when he says, "You look baby mama type, I know that got you kinda hyped, MY ICE IS ALBINO WHITE, I hope your vagina tight!" I just don't understand why he throws in the color of his ice at that point in the song.  It just doesn't make sense.  I also think it's really funny when he says "Baby I'm the shit and thats the only thing you smell around me!" because it makes me wonder if he smells like shit all day.  It wouldn't surprise me.  I must say though my favorite of his part in the video is when he says "now you're in love with an alien" and moves his hands across his eyes and two red dots appear on his sunglasses making him look even more Predator-like.  

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