I recently had a revelation...
I will not allow the Faults of other men aid in the creation of my Own.
I was raised by one of the nicest women a person could meet. Its in my nature do what is asked of me. I think I'm a pretty a good friend on my good days and still a decent one on the bad one's. So why should I compromise how I was raised to be because other people may not do things the same way? If someone doesn't call me as often, I don't think I should have to lessen how much I want to talk to them. Whether they are a friend or more than that until you tell me otherwise I am going to treat you as such. I know what it feels like to go to sleep, wake up the next day and no longer be able to talk to someone you talked to almost everyday. I love people....I love talking to people and I will not lessen myself as a person b/c other people don't value the simple communications we have with one another. You never know who is having a terrible day and if that one random phone call from you could make them feel all the more better, then maybe people should start picking up the phone or dropping an email every now and again....just because you can. We're not all promised tomorrow so I'm gonna just say HI today, b/c that's just who I am and I'm not gonna change, but maybe you should?
Your Faults Will Not Be Mine
More..More..More
Society. I think society drives us all to want more in life. No matter what we have, the advertisements always tell us there is something out there that is faster, better, stronger....WHATEVER, its just MORE! I think this is one of the reasons why people cheat. People always think the grass is greener on the other side, and once they've crossed over the shit just ain't what they thought it would be. People are less and less satisfied nowadays. People will find the smallest reason to fault others and use that as incentive to feel that they need more, when in all actuality the "more" that they think they'll find isn't really out there or instead is really LESS. As long as you have the love of another person what more could you really need? I don't think you really need much "MORE."
Go Jump Off Of Something HIGH.....
A grown man taking time out of his own busy day to hate on another grown man is a prime example of PURE Bitchassness! So apparently 50cent is claiming that Jay-Z was a "Nobody" before he married Beyonce', which I find to be the complete opposite of how it really is. Before Beyonce' was Boo'd up, let alone married to Hov....she was still running around wearing one of a kind Tina Knowles creations(from hell) while rocking blonde micro braids, then you put a little H to tha izzo in her world and she instantly became the baddest bitch in the game(so says Jay). Chick had the flyest gear, them lace weaves were on point and she just looked all around better all thanks to Hov. Hov was an international star before Beyonce', he's been out longer and after the blueprint ol' boy was untouchable! So I don't know WHERE Curtis is getting his information from......but I'm sure its from the hater factory. I mean I understand why he's upset....I'd rather wear Roca Wear than G-Unit(uuggghhh) and I'd definitely rather listen to American Gangster than....Curtis? At least I think that was his last shit bomb of an album. 2Quaters also takes time out of his day(on more than one occassion) to sit around and hate on Kanye West. He most recently made fun of Kanye's new single "Love Lockdown" during one of his own shows claiming he had come out with a new single and then proceeded to lip sync to Love Lockdown. I have one question for 10Nickels.....how is the ride on Kanye's dick? I mean great goodness.......you wish you had as much talent in your whole body that this brother has in his pinky NAIL. Jealousy looks good on no one CURTIS, esp. a stiffed jawwed, muscle headed, homo thug ass nigga such as YOURSELF!
Go White Girl...Go White Girl!
Blue Eye'd Soul isn't gender specific if you ask me, so I've decided to do this post on those few females that fit in this category PERFECTLY. I know a lot of people have heard of Amy Winehouse and love her music, but there are plenty of other white female artists out there with extremely soulful voices. First up is Duffy, a welsh born big voice singer whose album "Rockferry" is Uh-Mazing. My favorite track on the album is "Stepping Stone" and I would suggest all to preview her material. Second is Adele, an english born singer who has more of a jazzy feel to her deep voice. Her album "19" is a smooth listen, that rainy day & a good book type of listen. I suggest giving her lead single "Chasing Pavements" a listen, to understand what I'm talking about. Third and lastly is SIA, an australian singer with a voice to be reckoned with! She has put out five albums, the last one being "Some People Have Real Problems." From that album I would suggest listening to "Day Too Soon" and "Soon We'll Be Found." She also has a live album entitled "Lady Croissant," which has her performance of a Zero 7 song she was featured on that displays the raw capabilities her voice has, so I would suggest listenting to "Distractions(live)." Well I think that about wraps up GoWhiteGirl 101......til' next time....class dismissed!
Its just NOT the SAME...
When I listen to a good R&B song, majority of the time I can relate to whatever the artist is saying and it makes me like the song. Like Beyonce's B'day album.....I'm sure there are many women out there that love that album because they can relate to what ol' girl was talkin about and it was catchy as hell at the same time. But let me tell you something.....ain't NOTHING like that good Neo-Soul! When you hear a good neo soul song you don't just relate, you feel like that person went through the saaaaame damn thing you went through. It's like they're living the same life....go through the same heartbreak, feel the same love, said the same thing to the last person that did you wrong or the one that came along and showed you the right way to feel! Damn that neo soul is some goooooood shit! Usher is good, but that brotha will NEVER be Bilal and Beyonce' is the cats meow, but she'll never be Jill Scott. It's just no comparison because no matter how good an R&B artist is they will never be on the same level of a good Neo Soul artist, its just two different levels of good. "Speechless" is one of Beyonce's most popular ballads but its nothing (in my opinion) compared to Jilly from Philly's "He Loves Me (Lyzel in E flat)." Another thing that probably has a great deal to do with the difference is that most neo soul artists are poets and they write their own music whereas most R&B artists have someone else write their material, someone like Ne-Yo or the American Dream. So it's no wonder why my favorite song off of Usher's latest album "Here I Stand" is "Love You Gently," which was co-written by Raheem Devaughn....hmmmm....makes since, don't it? I think you get what I'm trying to say....R&B just ain't Neo-Soul.....and that is just fine by ME.
Young Jeezy : The Recession
I love Young Jeezy....but this will NOT be a biased review. It took me a while to get around to actually listening to all of The Recession, but I finally did it! It starts out pretty good with the intro and the track "Welcome Back". Welcome Back screams "WE UP IN THIS BITCH!" every time I here it....I just LOVE IT! But then it immediately goes DOWN HILL with the third track "By The Way." This shit is just too repetitive....to the point of blinding annoyance! But it gets better...."Circulate" is a song with a very unique but not well known sample about the power of the DOLLA DOLLA BILL YA'LL! "Circulate" is actually my current ring tone, I downloaded it as sooooon as I heard the joint on a mixtape....FIRE! And then of course there is a joint up here for the LADIES.....w/the very talented Trey Songz entitled "Take It There." This track is really good which isn't a surprise seeing as how Songz is on it, he's no T-Pain but he does make a hot track every now and again. Overall I would rate the whole album about a 3.5 STARS on a scale of 5. I understand we're going through a recession and he's trying to relate, but I have a hard time believe that Jeezy is REALLY STRUGGLING out here in the streets, I'm just SAYIN'!
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Back in '83...
I feel that this post is a good follow up to my little section on SHAWTY LO.
What happened to the good ol' days when rappers had to be FLY to be in the game? Rakim was SEXY! LL Cool J.....I mean...dudes name means "Ladies Love Cool J!" How straightforward was that? I mean girls had legitimate crushes on rappers back in the day. Like if your home girl was like "Oooo yeah girl....I love me some Silk the Shocker!" you're response was probably "Yesss...Silk is FINE, he was lookin' especially good in that Mya video!" Now I hear foolishness like "Ooo girl I love me some Lil' Wayne, he is so fine!" and to that my response would be "Ugghh, wait WHAT? Who? Uh uh...no, no he's NOT!" Like is it not a requirement to be fly anymore? And if so WHY NOT? I don't care how much money you have.....Rick "JELLY ROLL" Ross will never be attractive to me! I just don't think it's fair that we, the female hip-hop fans, have to settle for whatever comes out....whereas new female artists, rappers or singers are groomed to be damn near BEAUTY QUEENS. Daahhh WELL....tis' the world we live in. Thanks God for the Nas', Method Man's, and Loons( no he can't rap but he is FINE) of the world. My new hope for a more attractive hip hop is Dolla....he can get it, just to put that out there! So I'm gonna keep hope alive.....I know that hip hop's face lift is right around the corner (Oh how I hope I'm right!)
F%#k You...I'm SNITCHIN'!
I feel that this post is an appropriate follow up to the last one. So apparently there was a lot of speculation after T.I. got caught with Hitler's old guns and barely did any time. I mean the nigga is about to drop a hot album, so he clearly had free time out here! With that being the case many were starting to say that he snitched on some people higher up in the gun chain to get a lesser punishment. And who would have guessed that one of the main BAN's (Bitch Ass Nigga) to pop off would be Shawty Lo?!?!
Dear Shawty LO,
I hate your FACE. That's not an exaggeration...I literally hate your face b/c that thin ass beard shit you've got wrapped around your chin makes me want to find you and shave it off in your sleep. You're just mad b/c Clifford is hot and you're not.....the definition of a hater! Ain't U the same nigga that was with them other dudes talkin' bout shakin laffy taffy and what not? CB4? No...no it was D4L......and that alone lost you all street cred...OFF JUMP! This nigga needs a glass of Hoe Sit DOWN!
Back to Snitchin.....Fuck You....I'm Snitchin! If I got caught b/c some other BAN snitched....and I can't see my companion, kids, live the life I'm used to livin? No sirrrr....I'm tattlin! Cam'rons retarded ass said if a serial killer was living next door that he wouldn't "Snitch." Now that is a dumb nigga for ya, b/c if the killer comes to his house I bet he'll call One Time then! He ain't ROD(ride or die) for REAL! Bottom line is....if you don't wanna get snitched on don't do snitchable( I just made that up) shit in front of people, and if you don't wanna have to snitch then you should probably steer clear of people that look like they'll do some DUMB SHIT w/o thinking about the repercussions for themselves and YO ASS!
A Militia Size Arsenal
According to an often scrutinized old government document.....all American citizens have the right to bare arms. The fine print most people miss states: except for BLACKS! So what the fuck was T.I. thinking? So he recently explained, in some shit I read, why he had all those weapons. Apparently he was really affected by the death of one of his pOtna's and became extremely paranoid and felt the need the buy ancient WWII weaponry. I mean did Clifford think he was in the UNTOUCHABLES, b/c this nigga had like Tommy Guns and shit! Anyways....I don't think a case of paranoia is reason enough to buy a HEAP load of illegal guns. TRY AGAIN Boo Boo!
Sidenote: I think his upcoming album (Paper Trail) is gonna ROCK tho!
