Download this!! I'm in love with it... It's got remixes of songs by MJ, Marvin Gaye, and Stevie Wonder. Favorites: Uptight, I'll Be There, My Cherie Amour, ABC, and What's Going On. Get on it! :)
Click this link: HERE!
9.26.2009
Marvin, Stevie, and Michael REMIXES ... <3
Download this!! I'm in love with it... It's got remixes of songs by MJ, Marvin Gaye, and Stevie Wonder. Favorites: Uptight, I'll Be There, My Cherie Amour, ABC, and What's Going On. Get on it! :)
Click this link: HERE!
9.25.2009
Video: Common Interview + my thoughts!
1. Love this man. *sigh* ... If only I was from Chicago.. I'd rep so hard. Lupe, Kanye, Common? Favorites. <333
2. Also, Jay-Z, Wale, J. Cole, and N.E.R.D. are gonna be up here on October 24th. I WISH I COULD GO!!!!! :( Only tickets I can find are mad expensive.. Wahhhh..
3. Lastly, good luck to the Brown football team tonight as they take on Harvard. Sad I can't go, but I'm gonna be trying to constantly be getting updates!
:)
Video: Murs on Why There Were No Female MCs @ RTB... + <3 Okayplayer
Hmmm..
Read comments on youtube and on okayplayer to see what other people think!
(+ leave what you think -- it's an interesting topic).
----
ALSO:
Setting okayplayer.com as my home page was one of the best moves I've made.
Tis the truth.
<3
new music - de la soul & pete rock ; smokey robinson
Read comments on youtube and on okayplayer to see what other people think!
(+ leave what you think -- it's an interesting topic).
----
ALSO:
Setting okayplayer.com as my home page was one of the best moves I've made.
Tis the truth.
<3
new music - de la soul & pete rock ; smokey robinson
9.22.2009
VIDEO: Forever - Drake, Kanye, Lil Wayne, Eminem
This is my song. I didn't actually watch the video though so I don't even know what it's like!
Also, I approve of The Blueprint 3 overall. My songs: Hate, Off That, A Star is Born, So Ambitious, Empire State of Mind, Venus vs. Mars. Def not my songs AT ALL: DOA & Run This Town...
Ha.
I still gotta listen to the Kid Cudi album though.
Mad busy & unmotivated. Stress stinks.
9.15.2009
He did it for THE GLORY
BREATHE IN, BREATHE OUT and get ready.
Here comes my official Kanye post.
I'm sure by now most of you have already heard about what happened with Kanye West at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday night. In case you haven't, let me recap it for you!
19 year old Taylor Swift is announced as the winner of the Best Female Video VMA and she's up on the stage giving her acceptance speech, talking about how she's always wanted to win VMA, when all of a sudden Kanye appears onstage, takes the mic from her, and basically says - I'm really happy for you, I'm gonna let you finish, but... Beyonce had one of the greatest videos of ALL TIME. Now, Taylor is standing there looking disoriented, the camera shows Beyonce looking embarrassed/stunned, and I guess Kanye is kicked out or something. Alright. Now let's address this.
A lot of people are surely thinking "Man, Kanye... how could you be so HEARTLESS?" Others are probably shaking their head and saying "He's got a big EGO... such a big EGOOOO..." Uh huh. I feel y'all, I really do. But I'm really not surprised. Here's why:
1) It's the VMA's. Something crazy always happens, or else no one will watch it. It's a horrible awards show in general, so junk like that gives it a lil hype. Now people will most certainly be tuning into the reruns.
2) It's Kanye. What the hell do you expect? He's one of the boldest dudes out there. He's confident/cocky/arrogant/self-assured/(whatever you wanna call it) enough to do stuff like this. I'm sure sometimes he truly thinks to himself "you CAN'T TELL ME NOTHING!" So clearly he was comfortable going up onstage (uninvited...) to state his mind instead of blogging it, making some official statement, or writing about it in a song like most people do.
3) I think he was kinda right (to an extent!!!!) ... LOL. Idk about one of the best videos of all time, but Single Ladies was a bangin/epic video.
4) He had been drinking all night (not an excuse/reason, but I'm just saying...) They say there's an open bar backstage or outside or some mess... and we all know he was all over that. He was shown on the red carpet with his chick Amber Rose & a pretty full bottle of Hennessy or something. Other pictures later show Amber inside with the bottle to her mouth (DRUNK AND HOT GIRLS, eh? Right.. lol), and even later showing Kanye handing a close-to-empty bottle to Joe Jackson (... sigh... that dude...). I guess he was in the partying/drinking mood. He probably rolled up to the show screaming "It's a CELEBRATION, bitches!!!! Grab a drink, grab a glass... after that I grab yo ass..." (there's actually a picture of him grabbing Amber's. Ha. Funny.)
It really was a messed up thing to do, and I do feel really bad for Taylor Swift. Her video was really cute & it's nice to see someone so young doing so well. Kanye was in the wrong...
But that being said, I'm still not surprised / I understand. Maybe the fame and all that catches up with people sometimes and they mess up. Actually, EVERYONE messes up. I mean, constantly living the GOOD LIFE and being blinded by all those FLASHING LIGHTS must make you a little crazy sometimes right?
He summed it up pretty well himself in "Can't Tell Me Nothing":
I'm also sure y'all have heard that Obama called him a jackass (was supposed to be off the record or something). I'm sure people will get riled up about that. Whatever.
At least he apologized/talked about it immediately instead of going into hiding for a few days before someone could make up some super BS statement to put out.
Here's his apology on Jay Leno. (There's also one on his blog, but I haven't read it yet)
I think he really should've taken time after his mother passed away. Everything going on in his life is messing with his head... and making his life worse. I'm praying for you Kanye!
And a final congrats to Taylor for winning. I do actually like the song & video.
Lastly, RIP Patrick Swayze. Sorry I couldn't speak more on that topic, but it truly is very sad.
Leave your thoughts/comments/disagreements/whatevers!
Here comes my official Kanye post.
I'm sure by now most of you have already heard about what happened with Kanye West at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday night. In case you haven't, let me recap it for you!
19 year old Taylor Swift is announced as the winner of the Best Female Video VMA and she's up on the stage giving her acceptance speech, talking about how she's always wanted to win VMA, when all of a sudden Kanye appears onstage, takes the mic from her, and basically says - I'm really happy for you, I'm gonna let you finish, but... Beyonce had one of the greatest videos of ALL TIME. Now, Taylor is standing there looking disoriented, the camera shows Beyonce looking embarrassed/stunned, and I guess Kanye is kicked out or something. Alright. Now let's address this.
A lot of people are surely thinking "Man, Kanye... how could you be so HEARTLESS?" Others are probably shaking their head and saying "He's got a big EGO... such a big EGOOOO..." Uh huh. I feel y'all, I really do. But I'm really not surprised. Here's why:
1) It's the VMA's. Something crazy always happens, or else no one will watch it. It's a horrible awards show in general, so junk like that gives it a lil hype. Now people will most certainly be tuning into the reruns.
2) It's Kanye. What the hell do you expect? He's one of the boldest dudes out there. He's confident/cocky/arrogant/self-assured/(whatever you wanna call it) enough to do stuff like this. I'm sure sometimes he truly thinks to himself "you CAN'T TELL ME NOTHING!" So clearly he was comfortable going up onstage (uninvited...) to state his mind instead of blogging it, making some official statement, or writing about it in a song like most people do.
3) I think he was kinda right (to an extent!!!!) ... LOL. Idk about one of the best videos of all time, but Single Ladies was a bangin/epic video.
4) He had been drinking all night (not an excuse/reason, but I'm just saying...) They say there's an open bar backstage or outside or some mess... and we all know he was all over that. He was shown on the red carpet with his chick Amber Rose & a pretty full bottle of Hennessy or something. Other pictures later show Amber inside with the bottle to her mouth (DRUNK AND HOT GIRLS, eh? Right.. lol), and even later showing Kanye handing a close-to-empty bottle to Joe Jackson (... sigh... that dude...). I guess he was in the partying/drinking mood. He probably rolled up to the show screaming "It's a CELEBRATION, bitches!!!! Grab a drink, grab a glass... after that I grab yo ass..." (there's actually a picture of him grabbing Amber's. Ha. Funny.)
It really was a messed up thing to do, and I do feel really bad for Taylor Swift. Her video was really cute & it's nice to see someone so young doing so well. Kanye was in the wrong...
But that being said, I'm still not surprised / I understand. Maybe the fame and all that catches up with people sometimes and they mess up. Actually, EVERYONE messes up. I mean, constantly living the GOOD LIFE and being blinded by all those FLASHING LIGHTS must make you a little crazy sometimes right?
He summed it up pretty well himself in "Can't Tell Me Nothing":
"... I feel the pressure, under more scrutiny
And what I do? Act more stupidly.
Bought more jewelry, more Louis V.
My momma couldn't get through to me.
The drama, people suing me.
I'm on TV talking like it's just you & me
I'm just saying how I feel, man.
I ain't one of the Cosbys, I ain't go to Hillman..."
I'm also sure y'all have heard that Obama called him a jackass (was supposed to be off the record or something). I'm sure people will get riled up about that. Whatever.
At least he apologized/talked about it immediately instead of going into hiding for a few days before someone could make up some super BS statement to put out.
Here's his apology on Jay Leno. (There's also one on his blog, but I haven't read it yet)
I think he really should've taken time after his mother passed away. Everything going on in his life is messing with his head... and making his life worse. I'm praying for you Kanye!
And a final congrats to Taylor for winning. I do actually like the song & video.
Lastly, RIP Patrick Swayze. Sorry I couldn't speak more on that topic, but it truly is very sad.
Leave your thoughts/comments/disagreements/whatevers!
9.10.2009
"It don't take a whole day to recognize sunshine..."
Hello there!
So after almost a month (dang, that's mad long...), I'm back. Right now I should probably be reading or sleeping but I'm still somewhat on summer-mode, so I'm gonna get this done.
The second to last week of summer I was bumming real hard & couldn't even bring myself to write about anything. The last week I had to work a lot (unfortunately) so by the time I got home, I was exhausted. If you've never done it before, let me tell you: retail can really wear you out. Womp womp. Never again (I hope)! Anyway, I got back up here on August 26 to start training because I'm in an RA-type position. Training was exhausting & all day, so of course I had no time to be writing about random things. I didn't even have time to download music until a few days ago. It was actually really sad :(
ANYWAY: Here's a quick summary of my summer (basically what I say whenever I get that oh-so-popular/necessary question "How was your summer?!?!?") - It was boring. Mad boring. I did one big fun thing (Rock the Bells) and that was it. No beach. No amusement park. No funnel cake. No parties. In comparison to a fun, exciting, and/or enlightening summer, one could possibly call my summer "gray" or maybe even "colorless." Yes... that's the ultimate 'womp womp' situation. But it's all good! Because now I'm back at school where I love everyone & everything :)
Today was the first day of classes, so that's probably why I should be reading or something, but since it's the first week, nothing is really that crucial. But I should probably start the year off strong, eh? I guess I am if you count not reading + planning to go out as "strong." LOL sigh.. Oh well. My goals for this semester are to do well in my classes, read most of the books/articles I'm given, participate in class, go to office hours, find a group to volunteer with, and just be focused (aka on my grind). Someone pray for me please! I hope I can stay positive & keep up this habit of smiling at everyone (hopefully people don't think I'm creepy though...) & keeping a good attitude. I mean, I've only been back 2 weeks and I'm already exhausted :(
Some good news:
We have this class here in the Africana department about hip hop & it's taught by one of the best professors here. It's really popular and I think it's only offered every other year (I could be wrong though). So in April or May we were all pre-registering for classes & I was like "Ehhh whatever, I'm not gonna take hip hop, I'm not gonna mess with any more Africana classes" (after having taken 2 & discovering my mind isn't very well-suited for them!). So I didn't sign up for it & thought nothing more of it. Flashforward to September and I'm back at school, my friends are telling me they're taking it, I'm listening to music again & talking about it, feeling disgusted/sad because of the hot mess that is all over the radio & youtube... and I decide: "Okay, I think I wanna take hip hop! I can make myself do it!" BUT I wake up this morning to register for it and they're NO ROOM. So I'm all sad, planning to go to the class just to see what's up, hoping/praying I can get in, trying to register all day randomly with no success. 10pm-ish I'm on my friend's computer & I log in & just try it one more time -- and I GET IN!!!
I am SO EXCITED. I just hope I can do well and that it doesn't make me hate music. Or question my own opinions & evaluations of music... I guess we'll see!
Random mix of songs I've been repeating recently:
* Pretty Girls - Wale ft. Gucci Mane (only song with Gucci Mane that I listen to... for real. I don't mess with him. No good) (best to listen to in your room)
* Dirty It Up - Robin Thicke (best to listen to when driving)
* Punch Drunk Love (Remix) - Common ft. Pharrell (best to listen to anytime, any place)
* Loser - Charles Hamilton
* Digital Girl (Remix) - Jamie Foxx ft. The-Dream, Kanye West, & Drake
* Nasty Girl - Jagged Edge ft. Notorious BIG
* Kissin' Ears - Gym Class Heroes ft. The-Dream
* Change Gonna Come - B.o.B., Charles Hamilton, Asher Roth
* Guess Who Loves You More - Raheem Devaughn
The song of the day from my facebook page is a great one that deserves to be up here!
I'll be back with a more sensible/organized/thoughtful post sometime soon :)
*Random sidenote - why is it that whenever I'm at school, I feel like I have to rep VA / the DMV all the time? I swear, everyone's always repping DC, Brooklyn, Chicago, Atlanta, etc. I'm like.. "Shoot, can we get some love where I'm from? Dang!" I'm about to buy a VA is for lovers shirt just so everyone knows. Haha!
So after almost a month (dang, that's mad long...), I'm back. Right now I should probably be reading or sleeping but I'm still somewhat on summer-mode, so I'm gonna get this done.
The second to last week of summer I was bumming real hard & couldn't even bring myself to write about anything. The last week I had to work a lot (unfortunately) so by the time I got home, I was exhausted. If you've never done it before, let me tell you: retail can really wear you out. Womp womp. Never again (I hope)! Anyway, I got back up here on August 26 to start training because I'm in an RA-type position. Training was exhausting & all day, so of course I had no time to be writing about random things. I didn't even have time to download music until a few days ago. It was actually really sad :(
ANYWAY: Here's a quick summary of my summer (basically what I say whenever I get that oh-so-popular/necessary question "How was your summer?!?!?") - It was boring. Mad boring. I did one big fun thing (Rock the Bells) and that was it. No beach. No amusement park. No funnel cake. No parties. In comparison to a fun, exciting, and/or enlightening summer, one could possibly call my summer "gray" or maybe even "colorless." Yes... that's the ultimate 'womp womp' situation. But it's all good! Because now I'm back at school where I love everyone & everything :)
Today was the first day of classes, so that's probably why I should be reading or something, but since it's the first week, nothing is really that crucial. But I should probably start the year off strong, eh? I guess I am if you count not reading + planning to go out as "strong." LOL sigh.. Oh well. My goals for this semester are to do well in my classes, read most of the books/articles I'm given, participate in class, go to office hours, find a group to volunteer with, and just be focused (aka on my grind). Someone pray for me please! I hope I can stay positive & keep up this habit of smiling at everyone (hopefully people don't think I'm creepy though...) & keeping a good attitude. I mean, I've only been back 2 weeks and I'm already exhausted :(
Some good news:
We have this class here in the Africana department about hip hop & it's taught by one of the best professors here. It's really popular and I think it's only offered every other year (I could be wrong though). So in April or May we were all pre-registering for classes & I was like "Ehhh whatever, I'm not gonna take hip hop, I'm not gonna mess with any more Africana classes" (after having taken 2 & discovering my mind isn't very well-suited for them!). So I didn't sign up for it & thought nothing more of it. Flashforward to September and I'm back at school, my friends are telling me they're taking it, I'm listening to music again & talking about it, feeling disgusted/sad because of the hot mess that is all over the radio & youtube... and I decide: "Okay, I think I wanna take hip hop! I can make myself do it!" BUT I wake up this morning to register for it and they're NO ROOM. So I'm all sad, planning to go to the class just to see what's up, hoping/praying I can get in, trying to register all day randomly with no success. 10pm-ish I'm on my friend's computer & I log in & just try it one more time -- and I GET IN!!!
I am SO EXCITED. I just hope I can do well and that it doesn't make me hate music. Or question my own opinions & evaluations of music... I guess we'll see!
Random mix of songs I've been repeating recently:
* Pretty Girls - Wale ft. Gucci Mane (only song with Gucci Mane that I listen to... for real. I don't mess with him. No good) (best to listen to in your room)
* Dirty It Up - Robin Thicke (best to listen to when driving)
* Punch Drunk Love (Remix) - Common ft. Pharrell (best to listen to anytime, any place)
* Loser - Charles Hamilton
* Digital Girl (Remix) - Jamie Foxx ft. The-Dream, Kanye West, & Drake
* Nasty Girl - Jagged Edge ft. Notorious BIG
* Kissin' Ears - Gym Class Heroes ft. The-Dream
* Change Gonna Come - B.o.B., Charles Hamilton, Asher Roth
* Guess Who Loves You More - Raheem Devaughn
The song of the day from my facebook page is a great one that deserves to be up here!
I'll be back with a more sensible/organized/thoughtful post sometime soon :)
*Random sidenote - why is it that whenever I'm at school, I feel like I have to rep VA / the DMV all the time? I swear, everyone's always repping DC, Brooklyn, Chicago, Atlanta, etc. I'm like.. "Shoot, can we get some love where I'm from? Dang!" I'm about to buy a VA is for lovers shirt just so everyone knows. Haha!
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