Jam of the Week: Rihanna feat. Young Jeezy - "Hard"

Rihanna's gotten increasingly more violent with her public image and who could blame her? Getting your ass kicked by a tight-jeans wearing Michael Jackson wannabee would drive anyone to want to shoot automatic weapons and wear knives on her shoulders. To be honest, I'm still surprised he hasn't been beat up in the back of an alley - I guess if you want to side with guys like Jay Z and Kanye West and not 50 Cent and Wu Tang Clan, that's the results you'd expect. Still, not a bad video result.
(Note the video is on Vevo, a new website that, while not yet perfect, looks like it could soon be the Hulu of music videos.)

Runners up:

Nike's MVPuppets - "Dunkin' On Reindeer"

With KRS-One as Santa and Lupe Fiasco as Blitzen, you can't go wrong with this already funny line of commercials. Look out for all the shout-outs to videos / songs of the past. Bonus video inciting the basketball showdown here.

Jay Z feat. Mr. Hudson - "Young Forever"

Here's hoping this song doesn't get massively overplayed like my once-favorite BP3 song, "Empire State of Mind." The video isn't bad but if I wanted to reminisce about high school I'd think about being turned down by potential prom dates and being stuffed in lockers.

Beat Assailant - "SPY"

Can't go wrong with a combo of spy movie intros (arguably the coolest part of any Bond movie) and a rap video.

Bonus Jam: Kid Cudi Live feat. Special Guest - "Make Her Say"

JOTW isn't complete without a Kid Cudi video. Hopefully he comes to SF.

Old School Jam Of The Week

RUN-DMC - "Christmas In Hollis"

Merry Christmas AMDALers, from the greatest Adidas and gold-rope chain wearing trio to grace these pages.