This blog is just a documentation of my life as it stands. The commentary that I always have about goings on that I feel should be shared. If you like it, you're cool! If not, find a rock to kick
...and I'll say now [with new album **Never Better** blasting from the iPod] exactly what I said then [circa **Audition**Bleeding Hearts Club*]::
...just because he was angry at a GCH concert DOES NOT take away from the undeniable talent he has as an artist!! If I was him, I'da been angry too...all those teenie boppers in the audience just bouncing so that he would leave the stage and GCH would come out. I'da been pissed! But his music is so damn good!
Ahhh, Musiq Soulchild, how I love thee. One of the few artist whose whole discography is in my collection [and never leaves my Poddy Pod]....and one of the very few artists that can bring tears to my eyes as soon as the first sung note leaves their body[weird, i know, but music is like that for me]
So peep the new video for *So Beautiful*. Not my 1st pick for the next single, but I'm not disappointed in the slighest.
B.o.B caught me by surprise...forreal...I was not feeling him when I first heard him. But the more he kept appearing on mixtapes along with some of my favorite artists, the more he grew on me. Then I heard this single.
I.LOVE.IT
My friend captured exactly what I was thinking about B.o.B today when he said, "he reminds me of andre3000 but not to the point where he's trying to be andre." Wow...couldn't have said it better myself.
Just peep the video, check his myspace, then download his free mixtape:
sitting here.surrounded by music notes.i can't stop smiling.woke up this morning with a smile on my face and not a knot in my throat and it feels oh so nice.
I just watch Ne-Yo's video, She Got Her Own, EXCELLENT. Go Watch it! It's nice that male artists are starting to create songs that appreciate a woman who wants to be with a man because she wants to be with him, not because she needs a one way ticket from the ghetto to the baller life.
okay.i'm saying it now.it will never be mentioned again *i hope..* Solange's new album is that hot shit!! I gives that girl her props. Her singing abilities have improved. She grew up and her music reflects that. It's like 60s/70s soul with a modern twist...I love it...and those of you who know me well KNOW I would never say that shit!
The F.A.T. Boyz are at it again! Okay, so this song has been out for a minute, but the video just came out and I love it! Maybe I'm being biased...no, wait....I am...
Enjoy the video then skate on over to their Myspace page and get you another 'taste'!
Today, lovely peeps, I present to you Zo! and Tigallo. This dynamic duo:
Zo! :: a producer/musician from Silver Spring, MD
and Tigallo :: our favorite rapper, Phonte, from Little Brother
Their album, *Zo! & Tigallo Love the 80s*, is a modern update to some 80s hits. As crazy as they look on the cover [and they do look funny as all hell], you would think that the album is going to be straight shit....tricky lil artist they are!! This album has played at least 5 times everyday on the Touch! They took songs I've listened to as a kid and almost made me forget what the original sounded like. And they weren't your old school soul and r&b songs [your rick james', your stevies, your chakas...], they were all the 2520 songs [with the exception of The Rude Boys]!!! Okay so I'ma run through all the tracks on the album and give the original videos by the original artists:
**1** AFRICA :: originally by ToTo
THIS IS MY FAVORITEST SONG ON THE ALBUM RIGHT NOW!! ToTo, an American rock band, originally released this song in 1982 on their *Toto IV* album.
**2** TAKE ON ME :: originally by A-ha
A-ha, a new wave synthrock band from Norway, originally released this song on their album *Hunting High and Low* in 1986. I love this video cause it's a cool mix of drawing and real life.
**3** STEPPIN' OUT 2008 :: originally by Joe Jackson
Joe Jackson [not "no, daddy, no" Joe], and English pop artist, released this song on his *Night and Day* album back in 1982. I always heard this song and I recognized it immediately when I heard it on the album, but when I looked up who the song artist was, I was caught a bit off guard. I actually thought it was "no, daddy, no" Joe! I was about to be like, "Lemme find out Joe was an artist in his spare time!"
**4** SOMETHING ABOUT YOU :: Level 42
Level 42, English new wave band, originally released this song on their 1985 album, *World Machine*. The guy who sings the hook is a bit scary, especially when he pops out in that loud ass suit!
**5** I'M ONLY HUMAN :: originally by Human League
Human League, English synthpop band, released this on their *Crash* album back in 1986. The words to this song are exactly how I feel around 2pm everyday...lol
POP QUIZ: Guess which one is the man???
**6** WRITTEN ALL OVER YOUR FACE :: originally by The Rude Boys
Okay, so this single dropped in 1990....but so what! Close enough to the 80s. The Rude Boys are a Cleveland R&B band that was discovered by Gerald Levert, who happens to make an appearance in the video. They are the only black group to be covered on this album. If you're Black, and you don't know this song, YOU'RE an official loser!! I'll let yall slide on all the other songs, but this one get's no excuse!!
AND UMM.....Why is Gerald wearing a TOPHAT??? ...T-Pain before his time....
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