What actually makes a comedian funny is usually left open for interpretation by the audience, everyone laughs at different things. What these comedians have in common though is the fact that at one point or another everyone has laughed at something they have said. From the old school to the new school(excluding Richard Pryor- we all know he’s a genius) these men embody character, jokes, and charisma. Their humor is unrated, raunchy, raw and humorous, they spare no victims and hit all topics.

If we threw one specific subject in the air and listened to what each comedian said about it, who would come out on top as the funniest?

Here’s the ratings:
LOL- Laughed out loud
LMAO- Laughed my a** off
LMFAO- Laughed my f*cking a** off 
ROTFLMAO-Rolled on the floor laughing my a** off

Here’s the lineup:

And the topic is…Women

10.Tracy Morgan- LOL

9. Kevin Hart-LOL

8. Mike Epps-LOL

7.Katt Williams-LMAO

6.Eddie Murphy-LMAO

5. Jamie Foxx-LMAO

4.Bernie Mac-LMAO

3.Chris Rock-LMFAO

2.Martin Lawrence-LMFAO

1.Dave Chappelle-ROTFLMAO

Martin and Dave Chappelle hit it on the head. Not only were their skits hilarious, they were true. Like the great Richard Pryor, they took personal experiences and put them on a platter for everyone to eat up. So there you have it, one topic, nine comedians, and one winner.

So, Mariah Carey’s album released yesterday. WTF?! Yeah I don’t even think she knew. That leads us to think about other slept on R&B albums. We all have them, the albums that we put on and let play from beginning to end. They make us cry, smile, reflect and sometimes, even horny. The LP’s are so good that you want to single-handily buy a million copies so they can go platinum. You may ask what are the requirements for being labeled a slept on album, so here they are:
1. The artist’s other albums outshined the one that made this list.
2.No one bought the album.
3.No one knew about it to buy the album. 

These following albums are at the top of my list, how about yours?

9.Dangerously In Love- Beyonce:

The BEST Beyonce album ever! Forget that gimmicky “Put A Ring On It.” Dangerously In Love was pure R&B without the raunchiness, and the scam. You could make love to these tracks all night, wake up in the morning and bump it while cleaning the house. Great Stuff!

8.Rated Next:- Next

If you don’t know about Next then you’ve been listening to mainstream radio too long. Next came out with “Hard For Me.” Still don’t remember? Well, download a little something called “Butta Love” and “Taste So Good.”

7.Pandemonium- B2K:

Ok, bear with me here. B2K may have been teeny-boppers, but lyrics, looks and voices transcend age groups. Listen to track number 8- ”Everything,” let it marinate, then let the entire CD play from beginning to end.

6.Unpredictable-Jamie Foxx:

Jamie Foxx is hilarious, handsome, a thespian and a father. How could he not he make a popping R&B album? He’s been singing and playing the piano since the Jamie Foxx Show. Unpredictable is the perfect title. He let loose some guaranteed panty-droppers. Listen to “Do What It Do…”

5.Lessons In Love-Lloyd

You would think after the hit “You” that Lloyd would be on his way to stardom, but the limelight shines dimly on him. Lessons In Love is a beautiful smooth album. He may not be the oldest, but his lessons were just as good as any old timer. Listen to “Year Of The Lover.”

4.Ashanti-Ashanti

Ashanti may not be the best singer, but she can write her a** off. And, that was enough to create an album older women and youngsters would love. With songs like “Foolish,” “Movies” and “Happy,” the album brought back a vibe that was missing at the time of its release.

3.One In A Million- Aaliyah

First and foremost, R.I.P Aaliyah, and thank you for such a lovely album. Her vocals were angelic and her style was unforgettable. In this transition album from tom-boy to sex symbol, Aaliyah set the standard high for R&B females. She could dance and make hits. Listen to “One In A Million.”

2.100% Ginuwine- Ginuwine

Ginufine, I mean Ginuwine is more than a sexy face. His voice is sensual, smooth, and strong. He isn’t flamboyant or prissy, he’s a manly man with the 6-pack to prove it. This is one of the greatest R&B albums of all time (Yeah I said it!). Play every song from beginning to end. Pay attention to “All Nite All Day.”

1. Where I Wanna Be- Donell Jones

If you you haven’t heard “Where I Wanna Be,” then you have been living under the ugliest rock ever. You can not call yourself an R&B lover if you haven’t heard this. Pull up a chair and just listen to the instruments of his soul and his unique voice, and the beats and lyrics. You’ll be shocked that artists even dare come out with the blasphemy they do now!

What do you think???

The CW network canceled series “The Game” in May after only 3 seasons. “The Game” let you in on being the wife or girlfriend of a pro-football player and all the drama that comes with it. (Just imagine the day-to-day life being Stabury’s wife!) Creator of the series Mara Brock Akil pitched CW an hour-long version of the show in April as a way of keeping it on the network. BET began talks with CBS Studios about taking on the show with new episodes and already running reruns of the show. Hopefully they can make it happen!

That got me to thinking, what if we could raise some other shows from the dead? How dope would that be. So, here’s our wishlist…

Martin

As rude and crazy as he was, we tuned in every damn week for a good laugh.

The Wayans Brothers

Even though half the show was at the news stand, the craziest things went on and you couldn’t help but to laugh.

The Jamie Foxx Show

Jamie was the worst person to get at the front desk, but one of the best people to watch on TV.

Girlfriends

We all either identified with one of the characters or had a friend like one, bringing this comedy closer to home than all the others.

Oz

This show was as real as it gets for prison, but maybe a little too real for tv. Yet we loved every inch of those jail cells, shady guards, and wild prisoners!

The Sopranos

Week after week we tuned in to see watch mob boss Tony get wrapped up in all kinds of drama with his family and make a killing doing business. Too bad HBO said Fuhgeddaboutit!

The Wire

By far, the best television show ever created. Period.

Jamie Foxx channels Denzel Washington in his latest film.

Remember back in the ’90s when Denzel Washington kept churning out a series of middling, mediocre thrillers like Virtuosity, Fallen and The Bone Collector?  Those movies always cast Washington as an upstanding public servant (usually a cop) who matches wits with a prolific serial killer.  Based on the trailer, Jamie Foxx’s new film Law Abiding Citizen looks like a flick that Denzel never got around to making at that point in his career.  The Oscar-winning actor plays a by-the-book prosecutor who takes on a high-profile case in which two burglars killed a little girl right in front of her father (300 star Gerard Butler).  Over the pleas of the grieving dad, Foxx strikes a deal that gives the crooks a lighter sentence.  Infuriated by this miscarriage of justice, Butler–who happens to be an ex-special ops agent–hatches an elaborate revenge plan that targets the bad guys…as well as Foxx.  Viola Davis and Leslie Bibb co-star and director F. Gary Gray (who has a few solid thrillers under his belt, including The Negotiator) orchestrates the action from behind the camera.  Look for Law Abiding Citizen in theaters on October 16.

These A-listers can’t keep themselves out of the public. Find out which celebs are making headlines and have made todays GIANT list…

1. Jamie Foxx: Who knew Jamie had a baby on the way? Will he blame this one on the alcohol? 

2. Ashanti: Giving back to the kids, Ashanti premiered her billboard in New York to promote her new Boys and Girls Club “Be Amazing” campaign. Atleast someone from Murder Inc. is doing big things… 

3. Fabolous: With Loso’s Way already platinum (the first of all of his albums) and a spread in Complex showing off his fashion sense, Fab is living what he sings about, “The Fabolous Life.” 

4. Jay-Z: For holding Rocawear down for 10 years and still finding time to dine with the wifey, Beyonce.

5. Sanaa Lathan: Sexy and comical, who needs more of a combination? This sexy single lady is also starring in the new “The Cleavland Show.” 

6. Oprah Winfrey: Although she won’t put any rappers on her show she’s still hood enough to dine in New York with her cynical and irate best friend Gayle King and homewrecker Alicia Keys. If she can kick it in Marcy Projects, we assume she can handle these two. 

 7. Naomi Campbell: Anger problems, catfights and all, she’s still a banger in a bathing suit. 

8. Gabrielle Union: Taking a break from the dating scene, Miss Union will produce as well as co-star in an upcoming Lifetime film. 

 9. Janet Jackson: After losing Michael, Janet is still on blazing track to success, dropping new promo pics for her upcoming album. 

10. Reggie Bush: After realizing his ex-flame, Kim Kardashian was damaged goods, Reggie cut all ties and even defriended Kim along with her sisters on Twitter. Ouch!

The transitions this man has made are incredible, he went from living in poverty to the oscars!

How deep is the bond between fellow actors you might ask? Well, last night during the Spike TV 2009 Guys Choice Awards it became very clear. After winning the “Decades of Hotness” award Oscar winning actress Halle Berry chose to express her sultry gratitude to presenter actor Jamie Foxx. This isn’t the first time the two have had “award show hook-ups” before. Back in 2003 at the Oscar-winning actor Adrien Brody laid a wet one on Berry and at the 2006 BET awards Fox and R&B singer Fantasia made it hot and steamy during a performance. But nothing can compare to the shocking stunt Jamie and Halle pulled. Clearly these pics take the cake and say a thousand words. 

-Jeremy Clayton

Reviews of Obsessed, The Soloist and Fighting

Obsessed
Directed by Steve Shill
Starring Idris Elba, Beyoncé Knowles, Ali Larter, Jerry O’Connell
**1/2

“I knew it would come to this,” Beyoncé Knowles tells homewrecker extraordinaire Ali Larter in the climactic scene of Obsessed, a loose remake of such cautionary adultery-themed dramas Fatal Attraction and Disclosure with a little War of the Roses-style property destruction thrown in for good measure.  She’s not the only one who knew this confrontation was coming.  All of the trailers for Obsessed have hyped the Knowles/Larter stand-off as if it here the second coming of Ali vs. Foreman.  And whenever I’ve seen the spot in theaters, those clips are the ones that generate the biggest applause, particularly the bit where Sasha Fierce hauls off and shoves her co-star (best known as “that blonde chick from Heroes“) like some kind of mixed-martial arts superstar.

As fans of exploitation cinema know, well-staged catfights are guaranteed crowd-pleasers, particularly when the fighters are as hot as Beyonce and Ali.  And director Steve Shill milks this sequence for all that its worth.  If we were still in ’70s-era New York, Obsessed is exactly the kind of film you’d want to see in a classic Times Square grindhouse surrounded by folks talking back to the screen, calling the characters idiots and offering their own sage advice.  (Come to think of it, there are still theaters in NYC where you can have this experience—try Brooklyn’s Court Street multiplex or the midnight showing at the Empire on 42nd Street).

Watching Obsessed with that kind of rowdy crowd would also help you get through the slower passages of this overlong and occasionally over-serious tale of a happily married businessman named Derek Charles (Idris Elba in a strong star turn) who strikes up an office flirtation with the knockout new temp Lisa (Larter).  At first flattered by the attention, the poor guy realizes the error of his ways when she starts coming on a bit too strong, grabbing his junk in the bathroom during the office Christmas party and turning up in his car clad only in a naughty-nurse negligee.  When he rejects her advances, she tries to kill herself, which exposes their relationship to the police and, worse still, Derek’s wife Sharon (Knowles), who remembers her hubby’s pre-marriage playa days all to well.

In an interesting twist on the Fatal Attraction formula, where it was up to the man to solve his own psycho bitch problem, Obsessed depicts its hero as something of a cuckold who can’t bring himself to confront Lisa—or his wife—head-on.  Instead, mama tiger Sharon ends up having to do his dirty work.  The movie never tries to address the thorny racial politics behind its premise—predatory white woman tries to break up a happily married, upwardly mobile black couple—but that’s probably a good thing.  Like the movies it’s imitating, Obsessed is best enjoyed as glossy, campy fantasy.

Verdict: Rent It

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The Soloist
Directed by Joe Wright
Starring Robert Downey Jr., Jamie Foxx, Catherine Keener
**

Try though they might, it’s difficult for any A-list movie star to resist the lure of playing a character with a physical disability or mental illness.  How can they when they’ve watched so many of their bretheren win critical acclaim and golden statues for playing deaf mutes, autistic blackjack players and one-legged skydivers with terminal elbow cancer.  (Okay, that last one hasn’t happened…yet.)  But for every My Left Foot or Rain Man, there’s a film like I Am Sam, Radio and now The Soloist, where a respected actor (in this case Jamie Foxx) delivers a performance that’s the equivalent of cutting one on the first date—completely embarrassing.

Adapted from a memoir by journalist Steve Lopez (who is portrayed in the movie, funnily enough, by Downey Jr.), The Soloist casts Foxx as Nathaniel Ayers, a homeless schizophrenic living amongst the other lost souls in Los Angeles’ infamous Skid Row.  As a young man, Nathaniel possessed a singular skill for music that won him admission to Julliard.  During his junior year, however, his illness led to a breakdown that he never recovered from.  When Lopez first discovers him on the L.A. streets, he’s playing a two-string violin, while rambling disjointedly about Beethoven, God and the Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Ironically, it’s Foxx’s gift for mimicry—the same skill that made him a perfect Ray Charles—that defeats him here.  He focuses the brunt of his energy on recreating Nathaniel’s physical tics and rapid speaking style, but never gets at the emotional core of this man.  As a result, it often feels like he’s delivering a stand-up routine rather than a dramatic performance.  The Soloist also suffers from a pronounced case of split-personality disorder, repeatedly cutting between Nathaniel’s genuinely tragic story and the cynical Lopez’s self-pitying quest for something or someone to believe in.  Usually a live-wire screen presence, Downey Jr. sleepwalks through the film, barely bothering to generate any chemistry with his co-star.  Or maybe he’s just pissed at Foxx for not taking his sage advice from Tropic Thunder: “Never go full retard.”

Verdict: Skip It

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Fighting
Directed by Dito Montiel
Starring Channing Tatum, Terrence Howard, Zulay Henao, Luis Guzman
**1/2

It’s safe to say that most moviegoers are going to go into a movie called Fighting expecting to see some good…well, fighting.  And I’m happy to report that the movie delivers on that level.  Director Dito Montiel eschews the overly choreographed rumbles of street-fighting flicks like Lionheart and Never Back Down for rough and tumble brawls filled with cheap shots, wild punches and narrow escapes.  The fights also remain honest to the skill sets of the participants.  For example, our hero Shawn (Channing Tatum) is an ex-high school wrestler, which means he’s forced to combat his opponents—who range from a flyweight boxer to a skilled martial artist—with ordinary choke holds and ankle picks.  It’s refreshing to see a movie pay attention to those kinds of details and it makes the actual battles that much more exciting than if Sean suddenly morphed into a young Muhammad Ali or Jet Li during each bout.

Too bad the rest of the movie is such a bore.  As penned by Montiel and his co-writer Robert Munic, Fighting is basically a modern-day twist on Oliver Twist, with Tatum playing a lonely orphan from the boonies (technically his parents are still alive but he’s been on the outs with them for years) who moves to the big, bad city—in this case New York—and is recruited into a gang of ruffians run by a strange older gentleman named Harvey (played by Terrence Howard), who has connections in the Big Apple’s secret underground street-fighting scene.  (Clearly I need to get invited to better parties—I’ve never had the pleasure of watching two dudes purposely beat the crap out of each other on the balcony of a lavish penthouse.)  He also finds love in the form of the lovely Zulay (Zulay Henao), a nightclub employee with a young daughter at home.  (Unlike Oliver, Shawn is actually old enough to woo and bed the woman he falls for.)  Various complications arise on the way to the movie’s contrived finale, but none of them are particularly surprising or interesting.

Strong performances may have helped the non-fighting parts of Fighting go down more smoothly, but this ensemble all appear to be acting in different movies.  Although Tatum has shown promise in movies like Stop-Loss and Montiel’s debut feature A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, he’s only believable here when he’s punching someone in the face.  Howard, meanwhile, delivers one of the most bizarrely tone-deaf performances I’ve seen since Matthew McConaughey shouted his way through We Are Marshall.  Still, those fight sequences are so creative, so well-executed, so much fun to watch, it’s hard to dismiss the movie entirely.  Wait for DVD or, better yet, cable television, where you can change the channel every time Tatum stops fighting and starts talking.

Verdict: Rent It

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Also in Theaters

Tyson
Directed by James Toback
**
Most retired athletes write memoirs about their years in the spotlight; Mike Tyson tells the story of his rise and fall in a 90-minute monologue.  The tale he spins involves a juvenile delinquent who grows up to become the heavyweight champion of the world, but always remained a scared little boy inside.  Compelling stuff, but director James Toback errs by not talking to anyone who might challenge Tyson’s version of events, particularly his 1992 rape conviction, which is glossed over here.  While it’s understandable that the controversial boxer would want to set the record straight, this one-sided account does his legacy little favor.
Verdict: Skip It

Earth
Directed by Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield
***
A condensed version of the multi-part BBC series Planet Earth (which remains a best-seller on DVD), Earth offers up some extraordinary images of this big blue ball we call home.  No matter how jaded and cynical you might be, it’s hard not to feel a thrill at the sight of polar bear cups scrambling through the Arctic wilderness or a leopard stalking and then pouncing on its prey.  While the film’s supporting cast of animals is extensive, it primarily follows a year in the life of three specific “families”—polar bears, elephants and humpback whales.  As stunning as Earth is to watch, James Earl Jones’ intrusive, overly cutesy narration threatens to detract from the experience.  Here’s hoping that Disney includes a “music only” track on the DVD so you can appreciate our planet’s natural beauty without someone talking your ear off.
Verdict: See It

The Informers
Directed by Gregor Jordan
Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Jon Foster, Mickey Rourke and Amber Heard
**1/2
The novels of Bret Easton Ellis have been notoriously difficult to bring to the screen.  And even when they do result in good movies (like Mary Harron’s clever adaptation of American Psycho) they remain cult curiosities instead of mainstream hits.  The same fate will no doubt befall The Informers, Gregor Jordan’s adaptation of Ellis’ 1994 short-story anthology.  Co-written by the novelist (the first time he’s been directly involved in an adaptation of his work) the film chronicles the exploits of a group of wealthy L.A. power players living it up, getting it on and, in general doing horrible things to each other at the height of the City of Angels’ cocaine-fueled hedonism in the mid-’80s.  Despite—or perhaps because of—the fact that every character in the film is an unlikable asshole, The Informers is strangely compelling viewing, filled with bizarre bits of deadpan comedy and moments of “I-can’t-believe-he/she-did-that!” shock and awe.  The film wears out its welcome well before the final credits roll, but as Ellis adaptations go, this is one of the few to capture the dark, diseased spirit of the author’s words.
Verdict: Rent It

Forbidden Lie$
Directed by Anna Broinowski
***
In 2003, a little-known Jordan-born author named Norma Khouri published a book entitled Forbidden Love (entitled Honor Lost here in the U.S.), which purported to tell the true story of her best friend Dalia, who was killed by her family for daring to carry on a romance that they didn’t approve of.  Hitting stores at the same time the subject of Islamic “honor killings” was a hot topic in the media, Forbidden Love became an overnight bestseller and its author a fixture on the talk show circuit.  But cracks appeared in her fairy tale rise to fame when journalists in Jordan and Australia started picking apart her story fact by fact, eventually exposing her actual identity as Norma Touliopoulos, a real-estate agent/alleged con artist from Chicago.  Director Anna Broinowski continues the story from there, with unprecedented access to both Norma and her critics.  The result is a fascinating, if at times, overly self-conscious documentary (the film’s numerous re-enactments may have been a good idea on paper, but didn’t work out so well in execution) that explores the line that separates truth and fiction.
Verdict: See It

Throw Down Your Heart
Directed by Sascha Paladino
***
When renowned banjo player Bela Fleck decided that he wanted to record his next album in Africa–the birthplace of his signature instrument–he invited along a camera crew along to film his travels, as well as his numerous impromptu jam sessions with local musicians.  The resulting documentary is a sweet and heartfelt portrait of how music can build a bridge across even the widest cultural divides.  At 97 minutes, the film is a little long in the tooth, particularly since the story doesn’t have a lot of–or indeed any–conflict.  But music lovers will get a kick out of hearing Fleck’s traditional banjo picking intermingle with the unique sounds made by the African musicians.
Verdict: Rent It

We’ve all been there… I know I have. I just didn’t have the good sense to write a song about it. Well, leave it to Jamie Foxx to turn a night of regret into a hot song — and a Hype Williams-directed video. Watch the Academy Award-winning singer’s new video “Blame It (On The Alcohol)” featuring T-Pain, Samuel L. Jackson, Forest Whitaker, Jake Gyllenhaal and Ron Howard (yes, that Ron Howard aka Opie) below:

We pick some of the folks who should serve in President Obama’s Hollywood cabinet.

Presidential Herald
Denzel Washington
The Malcolm X star has been all over the place introducing Obama to various crowds this past week, including the cheering throngs at the “We Are One” concert on Sunday and the star-studded room at ABC’s “Neighborhood Ball” shindig last night.  Imagine how much respect the new Prez would earn from foreign dignitaries if he entered the room after being introduced by an Oscar winning actor?

Head of Clowning
Jamie Foxx
Foxx cracked Obama up at the “We are One” concert, doing a pitch-perfect impression of the President’s soaring oratory.  Can’t wait to see what Foxx’s Joe Biden voice sounds like.

Special Ambassador to Hip Hop Nation
Chris “Ludacris” Bridges
President Obama can prove there are no hard feelings over that whole “Politics as Usual” flap by dispatching Luda to settle crucial hip hop disputes.

Special Ambassador to Fanboy Nation
Jon Favreau
The Iron Man director isn’t just a talented filmmaker–he’s also a raging comic-book geek, just like Obama.  Of course, the President already has one Jon Favreau on his staff (his speechwriter shares the same name), so they might have to wear signs identifying themselves as “Iron Jon” and “Speech Jon.”

Rapper Laureate
Jay-Z
Obama’s favorite rapper can compose rhymes for all the major state functions.

President and First Lady of Hollywood
Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith
Let’s face it, this power couple already runs that town anyway.  Time for Obama to make it official.

Head of Teen Affairs
Miley Cyrus
The First Daughters are such big fans of the actres/singer/songwriter, they almost made a cameo on her show.  Now they can have slumber party cabinet meetings instead.

The Soloist

Based on the trailer for this scuttled Oscar-bait flick (which was bumped from November to next April) Jamie Foxx should have taken a lesson from his co-star Robert Downey Jr.’s character in Tropic Thunder: “Never do the full retard.”  Foxx plays a brilliant cellist-turned-schizophrenic homeless man discovered by Downey Jr.’s journalist on Skid Row.  The rest appears to be standard-issue inspirational drama, punctuated by lots of shots of Foxx stuttering, yelling and letting single tears roll down his face.  Is it too soon to mount a “Take Back his Oscar” campaign for the former Ray Charles?

Want to know what the 7th worst movie trailer of 2008 is? Then click here!

Jamie Foxx celebrated his 41st Birthday today! December 13th is Jamie Foxx’s birthday. Foxx was in Chicago promoting his new album “Intuition” (in stores on December 16th) and listeners surprised the Oscar winning, R&B singer with a red velvet cake. Yum!!! Radio personality Lisa E got in on the action. Happy Birthday Jamie!!!

At the 2008 American Music Awards, the men took center stage and dressed to impress. Justin Timberlake, Akon, Chris Brown, the Jonas Brothers, Jamie Foxx and Ne-Yo lead the trend in men’s style proving that tailored clothing is what’s hot! As President Elect Obama said: “Brothers pull your pants up.” These celebs took note. What do you think?