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Monday, August 22nd, 2011
Back by popular demand, it’s Bangs Goes Rap. Enjoy.
Tags: bangs goes rap, videos
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Monday, July 11th, 2011
Back by popular demand, it’s me, making a fool of myself once again. This time, I put the lyrics of Lil Wayne under the microscope. Enjoy! Oh and there’s a fair amount of swearing – turn the volume down if you’re watching it in the library.
Tags: bangs goes rap, hip hop, lil wayne
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Monday, May 2nd, 2011
A little while ago, I decided to hang up by Bangs Goes Rap mic, figuring they just weren’t good anymore – but you people cried out for more! And so, like Jay-Z, I’ve come out of retirement, because the rap game needs me. I feel re-energized, renewed and ready for action. I can’t wait til I get a budget for this thing so I can go out all and finally get those giant chains and back up dancers I want.
Enjoy and let me know which song you’d like me to do next in the comments.
Tags: bangs goes rap, Black and Yellow, Wiz Khalifa
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Monday, January 31st, 2011
As my rap skills grow, I decided to go with one of my personal faves this week – a little nugget from the one and only Mystikal. I’m sure the word ‘epic’ is often thrown around in association with my rapping, but I may have just surpassed myself this time. Read that sentence back and it’s clear that if nothing else, I have the ego of a rapper down pat. Enjoy! Don’t forget to leave you comments letting me know which rap classic you want me to tackle next.
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Tuesday, January 11th, 2011
Here we go, kicking off the first Bangs Goes Rap of 2011 – I’m taking it in a new direction with this one. Let me know your thoughts in the comments. Do I stick with hardcore or smooth it out? Decisions, decisions.
Tags: bangs goes rap, R Kelly
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Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
Well, it’s been quite a year in Bangs World. I moved back to England at the end of ’09 after six years of galavanting in various cities around the world and wasn’t quite sure what lay ahead. Then 2010 started and my luck took a crazy turn. As the year rolled on, something more and more mind blowing would happen each month. I couldn’t quite take it all in myself. But I sure have had some great times and as always, documented them here on this blog.
Well the universe must have been listening, because in February, I won a competition to have Idris Elba call me on Valentine’s Day. It was a joyous, momentous occasion and I stand by my theory that Idris totally wants me. I made this video, which I was later told, he watched. Mortification!
On came March when I caused a bit of a hoo-ha by declaring that Europeans Dress Better Than Americans – that made for an interesting comments section. I also talked about how much I hate runners – oh how that came back to bite me in the ass later in the year.
In April, I got some Jimmy Choos and was oh so happy about it.
In May, I shared probably one of the more personal posts I’ve ever done on this here blog, where I talked about my struggle to come to terms with my looks. It sparked some great discussion and yes, reading the comments made me cry, multiple times. I still get emails about that post and am so moved that it touched other people the way it did.
In June, one of my readers questioned whether I hate women – how could I not respond to that one?! I flung maxi dresses into a category with Uggs boots and Crocs – an opinion which lead to someone who had been very keen to work with me refusing to do business with me at all. Seriously. So very professional. The Sex in the City 2 movie came out. I was unimpressed.
In July, I wrote an open letter to parents, letting them know that the sun does not actually shine out of their child’s ass. Surprisingly, parenting groups didn’t call for my beheading. A group of bloggers got together to write about the shambolic Mac/Rodarte collection which lead to the line being scrapped – blogger victory! Then I stirred up a bunch ‘o shit by writing a post called Woman Law: Being a Lady - behold the hate it garnered!
In August, I got fed up with people asking me to write for them for free. I got up on my soap box, wrote a post called Blogsploitation and it turned into a kind of protest march with bloggers from all corners coming out saying they felt the same – some really great comments that show how much of a solid community bloggers are.
I had quite a few requests from my American readers who thought it’d be funny to hear me rap and so, in September, I debuted Bangs Goes Rap with my pretty epic rendition of Jay Z’s 99 Problems. I am waiting to a) become a YouTube sensation and b) get a record contract. I was also nominated by my beautiful readers for a Cosmo Blog Award and came runner up in my category, which was totally amazeballs.
October was a landmark month for me. After being approached back in May to run a half marathon, D-Day arrived on 10th October when I actually ran 13 miles and didn’t die. Hands down one of the most amazing moments of my life. I then wrote about the drama I had going on behind the scenes with the PR company who’d asked me to do the half mara and caused a bit of an internet shit storm.
In November and totally stepped out of my comfort zone and wrote about my acne and my lovely commenters surrounded me with love and support like never before. I celebrated three years of the blog and wrote a Beginner’s Guide to Blogging to help out anyone who might be thinking of taking that step into the blogosphere. I also signed up for the Paris Half Marathon. I put a call out on Twitter to see if anyone wanted to do it with me and overnight, I had 19 girls signed up. Team Bangs on the Run was born!
Rounding the year out, in December, I gave you a guide to X Factor and warned you about Bitchy Boys all while making embarrassing videos of myself training for the Paris Half Mara.
It has been one helluva a year, but it would’ve been nothing without the support, encouragement and love I’ve received from you, my readers, my lovely blog family. Thank you so much for laughing with me, crying with me and sharing my joy. It really does mean the world to me.
I don’t know about you, but I can’t wait to see what 2011 has in store!
Tags: acne, bangs goes rap, beauty, blogging, idris elba, Mac/Rodarte, maxi dresses, running, Sex & the City, woman hater, x factor
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Wednesday, November 17th, 2010
It’s that time again, Bangs Goes Rap – and this time, I get HARDCORE!
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Monday, September 27th, 2010
Through illness, I have battled on to bring you another Bangs Goes Rap. I’m fully committed to becoming one of the greatest rappers of all time! (That’s a total lie. I’m not). Anyhoo, hope you enjoy it. As always, feel free to leave your requests in the comments.
Tags: bangs goes rap, don't hate on my skills
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Monday, September 20th, 2010
After the success of the first ‘Bangs Goes Rap’ where I recited Jay-Z’s 99 Problems, it became clear that you all have an insatiable appetite for seeing me embarrass myself. So, I listened to your requests, went away, brushed up on my rap skills and I’m sure you’ll all agree, I have surpassed myself with this second instalment.
Enjoy!
Tags: bangs goes rap, I've got mad skills
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