Jam of the Week: M.I.A. - "There's A Space For Ol Dat I See"

You may remember artist M.I.A. for her "Paper Planes" song, which was good on it's own and then got blown up with 600 remixes. She also shares a similar background and some phenotypic traits as our favorite Sri Lankan. This song doesn't have the requisite gun clack noises that makes for choice sampling, so don't expect to see snippets of this anywhere else. Mom always told me to savor the moment anyways.

More jams after the jump...

Runners up:

Diddy (Feat. Rick Ross) - "Dirty Money (Angels Remix)"

OK, yes this is Diddy, yes he's autotune singing and yes, he's replaced the irreplaceable B.I.G. with Rick "Boss" Ross. What can I say, it's been a slow few weeks. Still, the song is catchy enough and funny enough (watch the camera swoop up and then back in close to Diddy as he belts out the hook) to warrant a spot. Plus, it lets me lead in to the classic OSJOTW below. Just you wait.

Big Sean - "A Million Dollars"

Big Sean was a featured artist on the last JOTW and he's back this week as a runner up. I like that Sean seems to be getting bigger and bigger budgets for his videos, which means that when he does finally release a full album, it'll (hopefully) be strongly backed by his record label, GOOD Music (of Kanye West fame). This one doesn't knock my socks off but it does have old people in row boats, which might be a first for any rap video.

Old School Jam Of The Week:
The Notorious B.I.G. - "Big Poppa"

Told you it was worth it. Bonus jams here, here and here if you can't get your Biggy fill*.

*Yup, that's a fat joke. Too soon?