One for the voyeurs although it looks like this could give us an insight into the complex mind of Dirt McGirt. For those who wouldn’t be able to sit through the feature length, here’s a snippet.

Another dope download from J-Zone, get it here.

Michelle B’s backnaffek sporting a rather lovely vintage Rah Digga promotional ‘Tight’ jump off. And Tight is the word as Michelle fills out this XXL Hanes Beefy Tee leaving little to the imagination. If you get time, revisit her ‘99 ‘Dirty Harriet’ album, Rah not Michelle. Once you’ve checked out this Flipmode Floozy’s debut set, scroll down and check out Michelle’s boobs. We’ve got the uncut photos where you can see her shaven vag*na, ha, but if you’re that desperate peep more from Michelle here. Or here. Have a nice weekend Fat Lace friends and foes.

Rah Digga - Tight

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Dope new video from Justice but we can’t see it running on MTV any time soon. It’s official though, nobody can touch French thugs. Try and avoid the Gare du Nord where this shit happens on the daily we understand. Anthony Burgess would be proud. Now go hug a hoodie. We dare you.

F**k those nerds, check out shorty…(a senior lecturer in American Literature at the University of Pennsylvania, so we’re told)

Let’s start a caption competition…

Kidz In The Hall - Driving Down The Block Remix feat Pusha T, Bun B and Cool Kids

Join the dots…

Masta Ace - Born To Roll

Masta Ace - Sextrumental

Original Concept - Knowledge Me

We’re not surprised that Mac Mall, a rapper who in 1999 released an album called ‘Mallenium’ (how prescient is that?) is on his grizzly when it comes to the papers. As everyone in Vallejo knows, Mac has been repping the bay since the early 90’s, coming up under the late Mac Dre (now literally ghostriding the whip) and releasing a whole stackola of albums with pun titles. However, whilst we can forgive ‘The Macuscripts’, we think he’s pushing his luck with the generally dope ‘Thizziana Stoned and the Temple of Shrooms’. Still, spitting a hot 16 is just his hobby, as he makes his real scrill running the No. 1 Apple Direct Reseller. Need to flip that Mac OS X Leopard? Mac’s your man. Want the pointlessly thin Macbook Air to play a game of technological oneupmanship? It’s the return of the Mac. Need a Mac Mini? Actually, that could be confusing as it’s both an Apple product and the name of his son. Best to stick to ordering one of his wide range of iPod accessories.

From all of the magazine focus and internet blah, you’d think the only thing The Kidz In The Hall have going for them is that they are highly edumacated. That focus on them being ‘intellectuals’ – a focus that is somewhat patronising to say the least, to them and to African Americans full stop – overshadows their ability to craft hip-hop that hits you in the soul as well as the cranium. Which might be why ‘The In Crowd’ doesn’t so much dumb down as hit you with the music first, and let the lyrics get you later.
It opens with ‘The Black Out’ where ‘Know the Ledge’ type bass meets slithery scratching for a surefire starter. ‘Paper Trail’ is effortlessly smooth, with guest Phon-tigga sprinkling some goodness in his verse. ‘Snob Hop’ fires with perfect horns and more smooth momentum, a track reminiscent enough of ATCQ to make you forget that Camp Lo are supposed to be on it and barely are. Other highs include Skyzoo joining the Kidz to talk about relationships on ‘Let Your Hair Down’ and the title track itself, a story-telling song with real modern resonance. And for those who can’t be bothered to delve into subject matter on first listen, the Duck Down posse cut of ‘The Pledge’ sees Sean Price in inimitable form, firing off Nickelback puns.
But there are a few disquieting moments among the otherwise flawless mastery of form and content. A couple of issues are minor: ‘Lucifer’s Joy Ride’ is merely disposable filler, while ‘Love Hangover’, with its Estelle chorus and rhyme structure, sounds uncannily like a Kanye offcut. But whilst many will seize on to ‘Drivin’ Down The Block’ as a banger, to these ears it doesn’t fit. Interpolating Masta Ace’s back catalogue, it adds a modishly tedious chopped chorus to its braggadocio. If it’s sincere, then it’s simply silly. If they’re being bookishly ironic (something it’s easy to believe - whether rightly or wrongly - referring back to their public image issues) about modern hip-hop, then it’s a tad grating. Ace himself mocked the prevailing winds in hip-hop a lot better on ‘Slaughtahouse’. The end-of-album remix is seemingly computer-designed to make the internet go macadamias, with guest verses from Bun B, The Cool Kids and The Clipse.
The album would be much better ending with ‘Inner Me’ - downbeat introspection always works well as the last track on an LP, and this is a gem of the genre. As a matter of fact, it sums up what is generally true about this album. Beyond the shallow image of them as being clever because they finished a college course and the minor issue of why they jumped ship to Duck Down, what this LP proves is that there’s a lot of facets to the music of Kidz In The Hall. They’re not just a throwback ‘mic and a DJ’ group and nor are they rushing breakneck into modernity. Instead, they’re banging out solid LP’s with lots of good stuff and a couple of skippers. And that’s as good as hip-hop gets in 2000 and now.

Kidz In The Hall - The Blackout

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Who invented the Tran$former $cratch? Who the fuck care$. What we care about i$ what are Ca$h Money’$ top five Philly rap joint$. $o we a$ked him and recorded it on a video camera. We could have talked about Philly rap for ever but he $tarted to get annoyed $o we left him alone. $orry for di$turbing your lunch Ca$h.

Coming soon DJ Mighty Mi regales us with some of his stories about obscure Philly rap. Right Mi? Get writing.

1) Cash Money & Marvelous - The Mighty Hard Rocker

2) Schoolly D - P.S.K.

3) Tuff Crew - My Part Of Town

4) Freeway - What We Do

5) The Roots - Proceed Part 1

Bonus: Doctor Funkenstein a.k.a. Ca$h Money - Scratchin’ To The Funk

Double Bonus: Ca$h and Marv on Westwood’s N Sign Radio in ‘88

If you’re new to Fat Lace and haven’t come across our Freaky Fridays before, first up, get familiar with the cat-alogue. We’ve got a tag team for you this week. The lovely Michelle B (star of ‘Face Blasters 3′ and ‘School of Cock’) has of course graced us with her assets once before, we also invited the luscious Lolly Badcock (basically the most popular UK-only porn star going - she ain’t giving you Yanks nathin’) to keep her company. Paul Raymond may have recently kicked the proverbial bucket but his spirit lives on through the Carl Zeiss lens of Fat Lace snapper Matt Sanders. So we see Michelle rocking a vintage Lyricist Lounge promo tee courtesy of legendary Rawkus A&R man Blak Shawn from when we used to regularly pillage their Broadway offices back in the day. Now that shirt is definitely next level but Lolly is rocking a classic Large Professor tee promoting his ‘1st Class’ release with the immortal words ‘Buy the album when I drop it’, obviously taken from his verse on ‘Keep It Rollin’ off A Tribe Called Quest’s ‘Midnight Marauders’. Two killer shirts, two killer girls. Fat Lace did it again. We’ve even given you a bonus set of lady lumps to brighten up your otherwise dull weekend. It may be Freaky Friday the 13th but these chicks ain’t taking an L so enjoy and don’t forget to leave the ladies and Fat Lace some kind words you god damn ingrates. Also, after you stopped looking, they started licking each other’s bum out.

It goes without saying, if your gaffer is watching, proceed with caution.

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