A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago

OH BOY, HER THIRST: While American Brandstand has been dutifully cataloging product placement in hip hop music over the past few months, one song airing frequently on MTV and its sister stations lately deserves true recognition for being the kind of product shout-out a company doesn't want -- a fool's gold star, as it were.

I refer you to "The Jump Off", by Lil' Kim, on her new La Bella Mafia CD. Lil' Kim has new breasts, new nose and a big . . .

I got my eye on the guy in the Woolrich coat
Don't he know Queen Bee got the ill deep throat?
Uh! Let me show you what I'm all about
How I make a Sprite can disappear in my mouth

Lil' Kim: she likes the Sprite in you. A lot, apparently.