Trapped In The Cave

MC Osama is going to drop his hot new viddie in the next few days, a return to form that will see him ruling the hop-hop world like he did in '04, according to BET.

That, or al-Qaida is promoting the upcoming Osama bin Laden video coming on the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. A bin Laden appearance would be significant since he has not appeared in new video footage since October 2004, and he has not put out a new audiotape (or mixtape as they say on the street) in more than a year, his longest period without a message (single).

Drawing interest is Osama's new look. The announcement (press release) had a still (promotional) photo from the coming video, showing bin Laden with his beard fully black. In his past videos, bin Laden's beard was almost entirely gray with dark streaks (Funkadelic). The dyed beard is a popular practice among Arab leaders (rap moguls), to make them look young and healthy (fly).

The new video would also end the longest period bin Laden has gone without releasing a message (busting some tight flow). His last audiotape was on July 1, 2006, in which he welcomed new leader of al-Qaida (posse) in Iraq succeeding the slain Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (dead hommie). Bin Laden went silent (dealing with legal matters) for a similar long stretch before — from Dec. 28, 2004 to Jan. 19, 2006. That absence sparked widespread speculation he was ill (looking for a producer), wounded (shot in a drive by) or possibly dead (cut from his record label).

For me, Osama is like R. Kelly, and every one of these new chapters in his crazy video is just as good as "Trapped In The Closet". They're like two sides of a coin. I bet there's footage somewhere of Osama pissing on a girl.