New Boyz – “You’re A Jerk”

Still chasing the jerkin meme, still hating Yahoo video.

Various Artists – Jerkin With Jhawk (Internet, 2009)

A quick addendum for those of you that need some mp3s to go with your jerk fix (I’m never going to discuss this trend in an unpausable manner, am I?) Producer JHawk has a nice little compilation available for download on his myspace featuring New Boyz, Pink Dollaz, Tay and more. Hawk might be the most refined producer on the scene right now. If were an A&R I’d have signed Pink Dollaz already. I hate to say they rap well for girls, but really they rap well for girls. And at least one of them listens to Suga Free, which means she has better taste than just about every rapper with a deal.

Tracklisting after the jump. (more…)

The latest trend is trendwatching with no binoculars. While all of us were fighting about Charles Hamilton, Los Angeles and other bubbling parts of California^[1] have been blowing up a dance/fashion/music meme known as Jerkin’^[2] in recent months. The dance speaks for itself,^[3] let’s talk music. I wanted to put together a proper zip file for a second, but finding CDQs on this sort of stuff is a particularly difficult undertaking. Fortunately I can just let some sixteen year old on Imeem do my job for me. (more…)