My favourite song and collaboration of 2008. Due to lack of good films on television over the holiday break, I watched music videos on The Box and various MTV channels. Flicking past the MTV dance channel I began to notice the current trend in euro-dance videos of 'empowered' females dancing in their underwear whilst tormenting an 'idiot' male - usually tied up or in some kind of dilemma. Similarly in the Guru Josh Project video Infinity (2008) the female protagonist hits a brick wall with a sledge hammer - in her underwear of course. I find this depiction of women unsettling and unnecessary. I also am dubious of the Kid Cudi's Vs Crookers video of Day 'n' Night.

Cudi said the following on his website on Dec 5th:

'SEE, THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS I HATE THIS INDUSTRY….MUTHAFUCKAS GET CONTROL OVER YA MUSIC AND YA IMAGE AND DO WUTEVER THE FUCK THEY WANT TO DO WIT IT….THIS CROOKERS VIDEO WAS NOT APPROVED BY ANYONE ON MY TEAM….WE JUS EXPRESSED TO THE PEOPLE WHO SHOT THE VIDEO AND TOL THEM WE DIDNT LIKE IT AND WANTED TO TRY SUTTIN DIFF, NEXT THING U KNO WITHIN HOURS ITS ALLLLLLL OVER THE FUCKIN INTERNET….NOW, SUTTIN SEEMS FISHY HERE…..ID B WRONG TO START PUNCHIN MUTHAFUCKAS IN THE JAW BONE (AND IM REALLLLY NOT A VIOLENT PERSON, I HATE VIOLENCE ACTUALLY) BUT DATS HONESTLY HOW I FEEL RITE NOW….PEOPLE R TAKIN SUTTIN I CREATED, SUTTIN DATS SPECIAL TO ME AND PUTTIN IT OUT CUZ THEY WANT TO…'

and on Dec 30th Cudi said this:

'I WASNT SAYIN I DIDNT LIKE THE CROOKERS REMIX OF MY SONG (I LOVE DAT SHIT ACTUALLY), I WAS ONLY MAKIN REFERENCE TO THE MUSIC VIDEO…

AND ALSO, AFTER SEEIN PEOPLE EMBRACE THE VIDEO IM NOT MAD ANYMORE…JUS A LIL DISAPPOINTED THAT SHIT WAS HANDLED WITOUT MY CONSENT….BUT WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE I GUESS'...

CUDI - HOLD MY JAR - I'M GONNA DANCE WIV DIZZEE.

Here is the new Nic James mix-tape recorded for his Saturday night residency at POGO. Download it here (YSI) it's cool.

Tittsworth feat Kid Sister and Pase Rock – WTF

Fully Fitted/xxxchange – 100 million

Wiley – Wearing My Rolex

Santogold – Shove It (Switch mix)

Steve Angelo & Laidback Luke - be (dj Sega remix)

Evil nine – All the cash (Mumdance Remix)

A-Trak – Say Woah

South Rakkas Crew – Get Mad Again (dj Sega remix)

Elephant Man – We Ketch Dem

Fambo – Pon Di Pole

Mr. Evil – She Waaah

Sean Paul – Don’ tease me

Thunderheist – Jerk it

Say Wut – Go Part 2

Top Billin – Starlyte

Treasure Fingers – Cross the Dancefloor

Treasure Fingers – Cross the Dancefloor (Curses remix)

The Count and Sinden – Beeper (Fake Blood Mix)

The Count and Sinden – Beeper (A-Track Mix)

Sunship feat Warrior Queen – Quits (Sinden mix)

Lil’ Wayne – A Milli (Scottie B)

Skream – Midnight Request Line

Benga & Coki – Night

Dizzee Rascal feat Bun B & Pimp C – Where’s da G’s

Dude & Nem feat Twista– Watch My Feet (remix)

Jay-Z feat Bun B & Pimp C – Big Pimpin

Coco Tea – Barak Obahma

Anthony B – God Above Eveything

MIA feat Bun B & Rich Boy – Paper Planes (remix) 

Inspired by a long conversation about misogyny in hip-hop with the artist Declan Clarke, I decided to make this mix. It combines what is fresh in hip-hop and other genres such as funky/niche and baltimore club. Boys and girls discuss widely differing topics, from beating with a branch the girl that slept with your boyfriend, through to immigration difficulties, but many of the songs contain what could be construed as misogynous lyrics (even if they are delivered by women).

The Guardian has an influx of letters regarding Jay-Z headlining at Glastonbury - one journalist is delighted to have the chance to sing along to Jay-Z hits in the rain, and believes the criticism of Jay Z's headline slot reflects an underlying racism from the critics of the festival line up, whilst a reader suggests that the journalist must have no problems with misogyny as the song contains the pithy couplet: "If you having girl problems I feel bad for you son, I got 99 problems but a bitch ain't one". Im not a fan of Jay-Z but I am a fan of Dr. Dre's Chronic 2001 which does contain misogynous lyrics. What is that saying about me? Am I a bad woman?

MissOgnUs Mega Mix (mixed by A.M.)

Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa (Black Dominoes Remix)
Rye Rye - Shake It To The Ground (Air Jahed Remix)
Spank Rock - Loose (DJ Ayres Remix)
Afrikan Boy - Lidl
Spank Rock - Bootay
Wiley - Wearing My Rolex
Dizee Rascal - Pussyole (DJ Beware Remix)
M.I.A. - Big Branch
Fannypack - Theme from Fannypack
Pase Rock - Lindsey Lohan's Revenge
Ciara featuring M.I.A. - My Goodies (Richard X Remix)
The Gossip - Yr Mangled Heart (Tiga's Congobreak)
Team Shadetek - Brooklyn Anthem (Ghislain Porier Remix)
Ghostface Killah - Charlie Brown (DJ Mehdi Remix feat. Mapei)