A Message To Yung Berg

Dear Yung Berg,

First, I would like to say that you spell your name wrong. I'm all for creative freedom, but it just makes you look stupid. Now, getting to the reason I'm writing this letter, Don't you think it's time to hire a bodyguard? You have been beaten and robbed more times than you've put out music. Doesn't that alarm you in any way? If it doesn't, you're dumber than I thought. Part of the reason you keep getting robbed and beat down is because you are the epitome of black people having money and not knowing what to do with it. A Megatron diamond chain?! Really, homie, have you not heard about investments and 401ks? Personally, I wouldn't steal from you because I know that the 'Sexy Can I' money isn't that long. Presently, I can't think of any other hits you may have had, so I presume you're probably just as broke as most of us are. It seems you do have some fans, why or how I don't know, but you do. For the three of them, keep doing what you're doing. As for the rest of the intelligent music listeners in the world, stop rapping. Then after that you should, think about another career plan, far from show business. Once that is complete, invest in a home security system because even if you can't afford a bodyguard, Brinks got you.

Thanks,
The World

I Felt It. She Did Too.

I'm not going to post about anything today. I'm putting up an old poem because I was at work all day. The topic of conversation was relationships. One of the girls at my job was feeling some type of way about the guy in her life. I went through what she is going through now. At that thime, I wrote this poem. No title. Just emotions. Maybe that should be the title. Ha!

i'm confessin my crimes
substituted your life for mine
ended my life to live for you
placed your "affection" on a pedastal
asked to borrow your heart
givin my soul as collateral
now we're dead and you're gone
so where does that leave me
blowin in the wind
prayin you can forgive whatever my sin
but then again
there wasn't a thing i did
us bein through is all on you
and here i am
alone and thinkin bout you
tryin to excuse all that you did and will do
pissed cuz i'm still your damn fool

My Friend Asked Me To..

I'm only writing this post because my best friend expected me to. So what the hell.

Tiger Woods is a complete asshole. This we all know. He cheated on his wife with mad women. Most of them weren't really atrractive, but that's just my taste. So with all this hoopla about his speech, here is my reaction. I DON'T GIVE A DAMN!!!!! I'm not married to him. He didn't do anything to me. So why should I care? Why do you care? His life has no direct consequence on mine, so he can do what he needs to to keep his home in order. I wish him luck, but if that was a sista he was with, it would be a totally different story. Headlines would've read: WOMAN GOES APE SHIT AFTER FINDING HER HUSBAND CHEATING WITH FOURTEEN WOMEN. Then, you would've heard about her going to jail for attempted murder. But Elin isn't black and that's not the case. Now that that's over, let's carry on with our lives and make sure if you're cheating, you doing it carefully and with protection. I mean that in all senses of the word.

Song I'm Obsessed With This Week

As soon as I thought I was out of my Erykah Badu haze, this song hit the airwaves.

Window Seat - Erykah Badu

This is the first official single from her high anticipated album, New Amerykah Part 2: Return of The Ankh. Being that it's so new, there isn't too much information about the song. This has a more organic soul vibe to it, instead of the digital feel her last album had. Window Seat is about losing yourself in all your responsibilities and just needing a break. We've all had those moments in our lives, Erykah is just putting it to a beautiful sound bed. The lyrics are simple and straight-forward. She sings about needing someone to miss her and to need her. She just needs a chance to be alone and cry. Sometimes that's all you really need to renew your spirit. So If you need a chance to be alone, bring this Erykah Badu joint with you.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u18LKZk-Yo (Copy and paste ino the address bar.)

Five Singers That Just Don't Get The Hint (Male)

Sorry you guys, yesterday's post was a cop out. I just couldn't focus on anything. But have no fear, I'm back with the second half to Tuesday's post. The bearer of bad and obvious news is back. This time it's all about the fellas. Check it out.

R.Kelly
Now don't get me wrong Kellz has written some of the greatest songs of our time, but not as of late. It weirds me out that most of his songs turn random objects into sex metaphors. 'Remote Control', 'Sex Weed', 'You Remind Me Of My Jeep', the list goes on and on. Even though, two out of the three of those are my jams, I can't take that. Why do I want to pick up a remote control and automatically think about sex? how does that even correlate together? Plus, R. Kelly has become such a bitch. Suing Jay-Z for getting "maced" during their ill fated tour. Did we forget about him kicking Neyo off of The Light It Up Tour? He did that because Neyo's set was better received by critics than his was. Then, the little known diss track to Neyo called 'Imma Beast'. Check you tube for that. It's so bad, it's funny. Kellz has to realize he is a 40+ year old man. Why is he still trying to compete with guys in their twenties? He doesn't need to remind us on every song that he is the "King Of R&B". Nobody really cares anymore.Sorry.

J.Holiday
To me, since he came out, he has been a one trick pony. Make a sex jam with an '80s synth beat and you have a moderate hit. 'Bed' is the close relative of every Prince ballad on Purple Rain. 'Suffocate' is a song that makes me wish Tevin Campbell could still sing and hope he would put something new out. 'It's Yours' went right back to that '80s thing. Ok, I hope you get the point. If he's a true artist, he should be exploring different musical landscapes. I guess he's not a true artist. Moreover, he doesn't even write his own songs. That is a huge deal breaker for me. On an album of twelve songs, at least one or two the artist should write or co-write. But he doesn't, so he is super wack. Period. Mr. Holiday, it's time to put your career to bed..bed..bed.

Wyclef Jean
At first, I wasn't going to put him on this list. I've always loved his work. From The Fugees on down to his solo albums and his producing, I've been a fan. Such a fan that I bought his and Kanye's first album and didn't play Kanye's for a month because I was so into Wyclef's. So why is he on here, you ask. He gets a spot because of that damn 'We Are The World' remake performance. That was the most terrible thing I had heard in my life. That's up there with Paris Hilton attempting to sing and act. Yes, it was that bad. How can someone with so much talent be tone deaf and just all over the place with his "singing"? He really sounds like a wounded animal, not the kind to make you want to help it. But the kind you want to shoot just so it will shut the hell up. Wyclef, Im going to have to put you in singer jail and your sentence is life without parole.

Jagged Edge
As I type this, I'm saddened. Jagged Edge had so much promise - no pun intended- when they first dropped. They were the group with the slow jams on lock. 'I Gotta Be', 'Let's Get Married', ' Goodbye', those were some bangers. But right around 2005 or so, they forgot who they were. 'Stunnas' is a cool song, but it sounds like they aren't comfortable singing it. How does one go from "..I just wanna get married.." to "..Stunna shades on/fluid in my cup.."? Can someone explain why they're musically, regressing instead of progressing? Didn't think so. Which leads me to their new song. "She Stays On The Tip Of My Tongue", I don't know if you have heard it , but it sucks really really bad. They need to re-evaluate their lives and music in order to put out a good album.

Ray J
I don't even know why I consider this fool a singer. He's done more singing on his tv show than in a studio. I'll give him this, he's had maybe two or three hits. But none of them were hits in mainstream music. He's counted on Brandy's fans to suport him. You know you're riding someone's coattails when a parent sees you on tv and says, "What is Brandy's brother doing with a tv show? He's that famous?" My mom has wonderful comments about him. She can't stand him more than me and she doesn't even know his name. She doesn't know because he will only ever be Brandy's little brother, nothing more or less.

Random Thought

Sade sold 502k her first week after ten years of being in self imposed exile. That was expected. But Jaheim sold 11k of his new album?!?!?!?!WTF!!!!

The Five Singers That Just Don't Get The Hint (Female)

Call this post a rant or what you will, but there are a few singers I'm so sick of at this moment. I can't stand their new music. I say their new music because some of their old stuff is in heavy rotation at the KSP penthouse, but the new stuff is trash. They need to be told and being that nobody is telling them, I've elected myself to be the bearer of bad and obvious news. Read on people.

Nivea
In my opinion, this woman has two good songs. 'Don't Mess With My Man' and 'Okay' get spins from me eveery once in a blue moon. To be exact, that means once every four hundred years. Now, some will say that 'Laundrymat' with R.Kelly is hot, but that's false. Let's not even get on Kellz. This is about the women. Nivea sings flat and she tries too hard to have a swag. Needless to say, the swag thing is ridiculous. Having every color from the beauty supply store in your hair doesn't make you look cool. You look like a zebra dipped in rainbow dye. Her dancing is worse than some drunk white people I've seen. And I've seen some drunk white people doing some crazy things. Nivea needs to sit down somewhere, strip her hair, and take some singing lessons while she's at it.

Ashanti
This former Murder Inc. songstress hasn't had a real hit since her second album. Even that hit was dissed because of the lack of originality and substantial lyrics. That's her problem. How can she write J.lo's best songs and write crap for herself? Another problem is the fact that she's always late on trends. Let's start with examples more recent. She has three flat twist on oneside with the rest of her hair relaxed and down. Didn't Alicia Keys rock that in the 'If I Ain't Got You' video? Yes, she did. Ashanti started using rock guitars on her albums. Wasn't that cool when Lil Jon was the go to producer? Sure, it was. We don't even need to talk about her debut being chock full of beats from Bad Boy's '94 era. So Ashanti, write some material with substance and get beats without samples. If you can't do that, take another vacation from recording, an indefinite extended vacation.

Olivia
This songbird has had more label drama than a gangster flipping from Bloods to Crips. After putting out a brick over at J Records, she was dropped. Now to be fair, Olivia isn't a bad singer, she has always been overshadowed. She and Alicia Keys were the first two acts to come out on J Records. They dropped both of their albums, one sank and the other swam. Guess which is which. After the J Records debacle, she signed to G-Unit. That was a good look at the time because that was the hottest rap label/crew. After a few singles she featured on, that relationship fizzled. Olivia needs to find a spot that will concentrate only on her. Being that the record industry is in a decline, she won't find that. Independent is the best way for her to make any money, if she's willing to put in the grind time. She gets a pass if she comes out with some explosively hot music. But only time will tell.

Cassie
I cannot stand this girl. She is cute enough to be a model, but doesn't have enough talent to be a singer. All the credit for her success should go to Ryan Leslie and Diddy. Ryan Leslie wrote her biggest and only hit, 'Me & U'. He featured her on the radio staple, 'Addiction'. Cassie would have to resort than doing more than shaving a side of her head to get publicity, if it weren't for him. I don't exactly know if there is any truth to the rumors about her being Diddy's jump, but if they are, that would explain a great deal. Think about it, Cassie doesn't sing. She whispers off key and calls it singing. She needs to take one of those career tests to see where she would be a good fit because singing isn't the look she should be going for.

Christina Milian
This saddens me to have to write. I, actually, like the songs that she's put out.Let me clarify, everything after 'Say I' is crap. There's no other way around it, her new music is wack. To add insult to injury, she is rumored to be a fuck-for-tracks kind of girl. Think back to when 'Say I' came out, she was engaged to one of the producers of the song. She is, now, married and having The-Dream's baby. Did you forget that he's writing and producing her new album? I'm not saying any of it's true because I don't know her personally, but shit is suspicious. Yet even if she doesn't have another hit, she can always act. She's really good at that. The movie was a box office flop, but I thought "Be Cool" was hilarious. Then again, that's just me. I hope she can make a hot album and not just hot flash in the pan singles.

United We Stand

The title of this post has nothing to do with the actual post, except it's the name of the place I go to. Today, I want to speak on a staple worldwide, but more focused toward my black people. The barbershop is the place to be.

Today, I went to the shop to I needed a cut. Trust me, I was looking like wolfman, for real. Stop laughing. Anyway, as soon as I got there, I realized why I love the shop so much. You learn a great deal from the sights and sounds. You hear the most interesting things coming out of people's mouths. Let me rephrase. You hear things come out of people's mouths that you wouldn't expect them to say or know about. My barber puts 'brother' or ' sister' in front of everyone's name, yet he was having a conversation about aeronautics and the connection to the weather. See what I'm saying? Now, I don't live in the hood by any means, but the only black people I've heard talk about things like that were in college. I was a tad shocked.

It's your regular shop, though. Bootlegs for sale. Talks about sports turning from light to heavy. Old cats schooling the young bloods about women. That was shop jargon. I don't really talk like that. Money issues and celebrity crushes get aired out. The shop is a man's man cave away from the man cave. Women who enter the shop are treated like the men, but the language is cleaned up out of respect. The shop is the only place where you can talk about strippers and relate it back to a religious experience and still be taken seriously. Basically, women, as much as men talk about women going to the hair salon and gossiping, the same goes on at a barbershop. Just, we're gossiping about different things besides the negroes trying to get at our women. Well, we talk about that too. but I just let you in on a secret. I could get ex-communicated from the shop if they knew I wrote this. So shhhhhhh, don't tell nobody!!!!

We Are Not The World!

As I type this, the remake of We Are The World is playing in another window. I cannot deal with this tom foolery. Absolutely not. As my dear friend Candy G. would say, " HELL to the NO NO!!!!"

You don't have Justin Beiber start it off. Dude can sing, but come on, that's not what it is. It's a good look for Justin, though. The different voices singing together is supposed to have contrast. It's not supposed to sound like they're fighting to be heard over each other. And who thought it was cool for Enrique Iglesias' wimpy ass to whine after Miley Cyrus sang? Speaking of Miley, this is the best we've ever heard her sound. Wyclef is a damn fool. Homie, you were asked to sing, not scream like a wild banshee. I can no longer tolerate your lack of actual vocal talent. Why wasn't auto-tune used on him too? Weezy, T-Pain, and Akon sounded great with it.

On a better note, Toni Braxton and the guy from The Fray sound amazing together. Celine Dion did a great Cyndi Lauper impersonation. If you don't know what I'm talking about, check the original. Adam Levine has more soul than some of the soul singers on this joint. I was almost waiting for Kanye to stop the song and kick the illest verse about himself helping Haiti. But that's just me. The chick from Sugarland is great. J-Hud is J-Hud, so you already know. Her and the Pussycat Doll were harmonizing really well.

A note to Quincy Jones and Lionel Richie, I know you were doing this for Haiti, but you two both know you aren't proud of this version. Being that you are legends, we'll let you slide this once. DON'T DO THIS EVER AGAIN OR I MIGHT HAVE TO DELETE MYSELF AS A FAN OF YOUR WORK!!!!!!!!!!!

Top Five Sanaa Lathan Romance Movies

Sanaa Lathan is quietly one of today's best actresses. Whether it be
acting in dramtic roles on the big screen or doing voice over work for
animated cartoons, she shines. And tying this top five list in with
the month of love, we give you the top five romantic movies starring
Sanna Lathan.


Love And Basketball
If you can't quote at least one scene from this movie, please turn in
your black card. In the movie that put her on the map, she and Omar
Epps had tons of chemistry. So much so that life started to imitate
art after the movie was finished shooting. A story about two b-ball
players trying to find themselves in life, on the court, and in love.
Out of seven NAACP Image Award nominations, this is the only role
she's won for to date.

Something New
This film is about interracial relationships and the traditional
attitudes most African-Americans have about this subject. Dramatic and
comedic in at the same time. You can see Sanaa playing an uptight
woman very sensitive about her weave. You, also, see the seriousness
of coming to a crossroads in one's life and the daunting task of
making a decision. To fall in love with a white man or not to fall in
love with a white man, that is the Shakespearean question of this
film.

Disappearing Acts
Based on the Terry McMillan novel and starring opposite Wesley Snipes,
this drama is about two people not ready for love and unexpectedly
finding it. Once finding love, they must face the complications that
go along with the discovery of it. This is a great one because you can
see Lathan growing as an actress right before your eyes.

The Best Man
This ensemble cast features some of Black Hollywood's elite. In the
small role of Robin, Sanaa steals the scene in almost everyone she's
in. Best moment comes in the restaurant when she finds out her man,
played by Taye Diggs, almost slept with another woman. One thing to
ask, who dressed her in this because the costumes she wears are quite
hideous.

Catfish In Black Bean Sauce
Released in 1999, this comedy-drama is about two Vietnamese children
raised by an African-american couple. Lathan plays the girlfriend to
the Vietnamese son, Dwayne. Her acting was mediocre at best. But if
you'd like to gauge her growth as an actress, start here.

Song I'm Obsessed With This Week

For the past few days, I've been in this Erykah Badu phase. I mean absolutely no music unless it was hers. Which is awsome because nobody has that kind of talent and uses it like she does. Don't even try to say I'm crazy because you know that's the truth. Anyway, this week's song is one of the essential Erykah Badu songs, at least I think so.

Orange Moon - Erykah Badu

Featured on the Mama's Gun album, this song is an seven minute deeply devoted and passionate love song. It is a dreamy jazz ballad that makes her voice the center piece. There are maybe three or four lyrics, but you can feel each line came directly from her soul. Probably because she had started dating Common around this time. I'm not sure though, so don't quote me on it. First, she gives you a bit of an education singing, "I'm an orange moon/ I'm an orange moon/Reflecting the light of the sun.." In case you didn't know, that's why it's called an orange moon. She sings of a man who was alone for a while and once they saw each other, they knew it was love.

The best part for me is when she sings this one line repeatedly, "How good it is/ How god he is.." Ok, it does get a bit redundant, but for me, each time she sings that line, it's like discovering a new depth of emotion. Sometimes, she punctuates each word and sometimes she just lets the words flow. Each time is something different and special. If you're in love and can't express how you feel, pop this in. If you're single, this will make you want to fall in love just so you can tell them you love them like she does on this. "Orange Moon" personifies that emotion of many splendid things. Honestly, me describing it isn't doing it justice. So just check it out yourself. I promise, you won't be disappointed.

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Nominated Yet Shut Out

Every year as the Oscar nominations are being annouced, Annie
Leibowitz is photographing a group of Hollwood's young and most note
worthy actresses of the year. Among those on the cover, Best Actress
nominee, Carey Mulligan and Amanda Seyfried. These two women are shoe
ins for this because of their stellar bodies of work. Mulligan is
nominated for her star turn in 'An Education' and Seyfried held her
own against Meryl Streep in last year's hit, 'Mamma Mia!'. So with
that being said, why isn't Gabourey Sidibe sitting somewhere in that
photo?

Is the shade of her skin the problem? People come in all different
shades. As Vouge Italia proved with their Blackout Issue, the
different shades of African-American's skin is the best to photograph.
Sidibe's complexion is in stark contrast to the women on the Vanity
Fair cover. If variety is the spice of life, why aren't we celebrating
her for not being a cookie cutter image of American beauty? Does Vanity
Fair think Sidibe has too much of certain things? Too much melanin in
her skin or too much weight on her hips?

Sure, Sidibe isn't your average supermodel looking celebrity, but
isn't that part of her appeal? She turned in one of the best
perfomances of the year in 'Precious'. Some of the actresses on the
Vanity Fair cover aren't new to the public. Emma Stone has been
featured on this issue's cover twice, her most memorable role was in
'Superbad', after that we caught her in the very mediocre film known
as 'The House Bunny'. She hasn't progressed as an actress, so why no
shine for Gabourey?

Could it be putting Sidibe on the cover would be a giant step in the
direction towards broadening America's perception of beauty? Most
women don't wear a size below double digits. So, representing them
would be a rallying cry against an inacurate standard of beauty.
Middle America might not be ready for that yet.

We live in a society full of contridictions. In the land where thin is
always in, bigger is considered better. In today's climate being
lighter is considered being better, yet we say to darker skinned
people- the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice. America, let's
make up our minds because if Gabourey Sidibe keeps turning in
performances like the one in 'Precious', You're going to have to make
room on your magazine covers. We can only hope she won't have to pose
in a picnic scene sitting next to watermelon.

The Original vs. The Remake (Killing Me Softly)

In the middle of the night, I was on youtube checking out some old school jams. Then, I wanted to listen to the remakes, if there were any. I had a question. Which one do you prefer? Think about it, if it has a remake doesn't the original song have to speak to a person in some sort of way? But instead of speaking in broad statements, I'm just going to pick one song specifically and analyze. "Killing Me Softly With His Song" by Roberta Flack(original) and "Killing Me Softly" by The Fugees(remake), out of those two which is better?

In all actuality, Roberta Flack's version of "Killing Me Softly" is a remake. Little known artist, Lori Lieberman was the first to record it. Flack's version was recorded and released two years later, in 1973. Her version won three Grammys for Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best Female Pop Vocal. It dominated the charts for four weeks. The O'Jays' hit, "Love Train" knocked "Killing Me Softly" out of the top spot for one week. By the next week, "Killing Me Softly" was back on top. Roberta Flack's version has a coffee house vibe, I think. It's very mellow and relaxing. The style that Flack is singing the song sounds as if she were taken aback when she heard this stranger "singing her life with his words." This is going to get me in trouble with some of my older family, but I have to say, The Fugees version is better.

If we're talking about awards and such, Roberta Flack's version has won more awards, but I just feel Lauryn Hill's voice. It was like the stars aligned on their version. Lauryn's voice, the "Bonita Applebum" sample, Wyclef's "one time, two time" chant injects a bit more fun in this version. Plus, being that I'm an eighties baby and grew up with a music video accompying the song, the video is very creative. The three memebers go to a movie and watch a movie about themselves. While at he movies, you get the typical drama of going to a movie in the hood. Fights breaking out, people talking all loud, throwing popcorn at others. But I digress, this is about the song not the video. Lauryn Hill sings way down from her gut and I don't get that from Roberta Flack, even though she does have the ability. Think about it, when you think of Lauryn Hill, you think The Miseducation is a classic and She ripped it on "Killing Me Softly". Nothing else, oh wait, you might say it's a damn shame she went crazy. Furthermore, you know you did something when people are doing covers of your remake. Melanie Fiona performed The Fugees version at her concert last August at SOBs. I was there, and she said something to the effect of "I'm a fan of 90's R&B." Then, she dove into the song. So what does that tell you? In case you're wondering, The Fugees won Best R&B Performance By a Duo or Group for this.

I'm not saying everybody is going to agree with me, vut they are going to have to argue with me for a while for me to even consider Roberta Flack's version better than L-Boogie's. Leave you pick in the comment section.

The Best Show you're Not Watching

Friends and readers, if you know me personally, you know I love tv. My tastes are pretty extreme. Either it's a super intelligent drama/comedy or its a really crass and assinine reality show. Today you get to see the super intelligent drama side. The show I'm talking about is Mad Men.

A drama set in the 1960's, follows an advertising agency's triumphs and pitfalls during that turbulent decade. Speaking of which, part the reason the show is great is because you can witness historic natonal events through the eyes of these characters. In the last season, there was a wedding on the day of the Kennedy Assaination. Yeah, imagine how that went. Most of the male characters are womanizers and cheat with everything that has a pulse. Mad Men deals with topics such as homosexuality in the 60's and divorce too. Obviously, back then, both of those subjects were super super taboo.

The writing on the show is excellent. It's about what they're saying in one scene and then what they're not saying in another. Here, everything means something. Silence actually does speak volumes on this show. The style is great. You can see where the inspiration for today's fashion trends came from. Men really have been rocking skinny ties and slim fit pants for the longest.

The only gripes some people may have about the how are the way women are treated. But we're going to have to get over that because back then women were disrespected on the regular and they just had to deal with it. It's a hard truth a lot of modern women can't handle. Also, there are no black people on the show except for a maid. In response, most upper class white people only associated with black people if the black person was working for them. Even though, those sterotypes are portrayed, let's not let those things keep us from enjoying an intelligent show. You guys get a pass for now being that it's on hiatus. But when it comes back on, please believe I will post about it. Sometimes I'll tweet about it. Either way, you're going to know about it.

For Your Valentine's Day Pleasure

The holiday that half of the world is bitter towards and the other half can't wait for is rapidly approaching. So today, I give you a sample of the soundtrack to your after dessert dessert. You feel where I'm trying to go with this? I'm going to share the song and artist and the sexiest line of the song. Dig this.

Prince - Adore
How can you even talk about a sexy soundtrack and not include Prince? He's more feminine than most women, yet he's pulled most of the women that you'll only dream about. (Vanity, Apollonia, and Carmen Electra anyone?) And he's done it in three inch heels. Here's why he bagged them.
"..When we be makin love/I only hear the sounds/Heavenly angels cryin above/Tears of joy pourin down on us.."

D'Angelo - Untitled (How Does It Feel)
Most people only remember the racy video that accompanied this racy song. He wasn't standing there naked without a reason. My dear friends, the lyrics are ten times racier. You just haven't been paying attention.
"..I'd love you make you wet/In between your thighs cause/I love when it comes inside you.."

TLC - Red Light Special
Women taking control and just letting a man know what it is can be the sexiest thing ever. It's even sexier when the woman tells you in a breathy and sultry alto like the kind T-Boz has. That song is Campbell's soup, it's MMM good.
"..I need someone a real man/I need someone who understands/I'm a woman a real woman/I know just what I want/I know just who I am.."

Dave Matthews Band - Crash Into Me
Now, I can feel some of you scratching your head. This song is dirty talk from one of those emotional, artsy type guys. You might think they're not freaky lyrics, but they are freaky.
"..Hike up your skirt a little more/Show your world to me.."

Joe - Love Scene
Joe is an underrated singer and songwriter. But one thing he known for are his sex jams. "All The Things Your Man Won't Do" could have easily been put on this list, but I like this song better. He lets a woman know what the deal is by the time he finishes the first bar of the song.
"..Girl I'm down to take a sip from your cup/If you drink from my fountain of love.."

Janet Jackson - That's The Way Love Goes
This song makes the cut because this is when Janet really started showcasing her sexuality. Who can forget the album cover? I remember seeing it at Wal-Mart when I was five and getting in trouble for looking at it. Topless, except hands covering her breasts. That was a staunch statement to let the world she was a woman with needs.
"..Reach out and feel my body/I'm gonna give you all my love/Oh sugar don't you hurry/Just close your eyes and hold on tight.."

R.Kelly - Strip For You
The whole fantasy of having a woman stripping for her man is turned on its ear. In this sexy ballad, Robert Kelly shows us the lengths he's willing to go to please his woman.
"..I'm everything you ever wanted/I'ma strip to the bone/And let you get on it girl.."

Mtume - Juicy Fruit
While most of my peers might recognize this as the song Biggie sampled for "Juicy", this song is pure, unadulterated sex. Nothing more. Nothing less. The metaphors and similes used to describe the act of making love is incredible.
"..Cherry blossom kiss is what you givin/Makes my body rock/Keeps me sizzlin.."

Teddy Pendergrass - Turn Off The Lights
Ask yourselves, how many of us would not be alive had this song not been made. That's all that really needs to be said. Without Teddy Pendergrass, I wouldn't be blogging right now. Thanks brother. Rest In Peace.
"..Just turn off the lights come to me/Girl I wanna give you a special treat.."

The Isley Brothers - Between The Sheets
This is arguably the best sex jam ever. As soon as you hear the opening, your body is going to react. Even if you're trying to act like its not, it will.
"..Hey girl aint no mystery/At least as far as I can see/I wanna keep you her layin next to me/sharin our love between the sheets.."

Alright kids, there you go.Have a good V-Day. Remember to keep it sexy and SAFE. If you got this music on and still can't get any, you might want to work on your game. Hey, the soundtrack can't do all of the work.

The Most Underrated Male Singer

You guys know how i like to write. I have to have some tunes blasting. It sets the atomspere and ambiance for me. Sometimes, whatever I put in helps me think of a topic for this blog. Which is the case today.

Mario (Barrett) is the most underrated male singer of our generation. I don't know why at all. It's not like the man can't sing. When he burst on to the scene in 2002, all the freshman girls in my high school played "Just A Friend 2002" until nobody cared for his version or the Biz Markie version anymore. Still, that album has yet to be certified platinum. There were hits on that album. Have you forgotten joints like "Braid My Hair" and "C'mon"? If you have, dust off those old compact discs. If that album didn't sell you on his talent, he hit us with 'Turning Point'.

'Turning Point' was Mario's attempt at a more mature sound. With that album, Mario found his biggest hit to date with "Let Me Love You". That song gave him some mainstream success. It put Mario on top of the Hot 100 singles chart for nine consecutive weeks. The album went platinum and "Let Me Love You" was a double platinum single. Still, the success he deserves eluded him.

In 2007, Mario bounced back with the album 'Go!'. With this effort, Mario started to see a huge decline in record sales, in lieu of strong singles. Even though songs like "Crying Out For Me" were hits on urban radio, this album only sold 331,540 copies in the U.S. He claims that internal strife with the record company caused the album to lose steam and fall off the charts quickly. Once again, the adoration he so richly deserves slipped away from him.

Now here we are in 2010, Mario has a new album out out. 'D.N.A.' is his lowest selling album ever. Selling a paltry 93,385 copies in the States. Why can't this brother catch a break. You know you have his songs on your ipod. So why can't we support his music. This is real music. It's everything we look for in songs. It's sexy, fun, mature - - need I go on? Bottomline, we can spend money and make T-Pain's auto-tuned out albums platinum, why can't we do the same for a man with a real voice. Go out and cop those discs. At least, buy them off of iTunes. Support real music.

Song I'm Obsessed With This Week

Today, I start a new series on my new blog. The title is says it all. The song I'm obsessed with. The songs won't always be new, it really depends on how I'm feeling that week. Get it? Got it? Good.

Harold Melvin and The Bluenotes - Wake Up Everybody

"Wake Up Everybody" is a R&B song written by the legendary song writing team of McFadden and Whitehead. They are the guys who sing "Aint No Stoppin Us Now". Being released at the end of 1975, this song was considered to have an unconventional structure due to the subdued beginning and it cresendoing into the climax by the end. It spent two weeks atop the Hot Soul singles chart in 1976. "Wake Up Everybody", also, received mainstream radio play.It peaked at number 12 on the Hot 100 singles chart. Some theorists believe this was either a diss record or a response for black people to The Beatles "Let It Be". The only reason to even assume that would be the line in the chorus, "..The world won't get no better if we just let it be..". You be the judge.

The reason I'm obsessed with this song is because the lyrics and the sound of Teddy Pendergrass' voice. The lyrics grab my attention from the first line, which is the title. The first time I heard this, I asked myself am I sleeping? The words are simple, yet poignant. Moreover, I dig the fact that this is traditional poetry. The last word in each bar rhymes. I know, that may sound dumb to some people. I like when you can get a serious message across, while still keeping a pattern. I look for things like that in today's music. Teddy Pendergrass' voice is so incredible on this track. you can tell he was singing from a place he couldn't even fathom because as the tempo picks up, the intensity and urgency in his voice does too. He adlibs something serious nearing the end. Any person who hears this song can feel where he's coming from. Plus, this song is timeless. It's still relevant in today's economic crisis. My suggestion is whenever you're feeling stagnant, or like you need to be motivated, look this classic up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnjV8IKe66g <-Listen here

Lessons Learned From Watching The Grammys

The Grammys were on last night.For once, I wasn't bored half to death waitng for the performances I wanted to see.But the telecast was an emotional experience for me because I was yelling at the tv screen every three to four minutes.Yes, I get that into this show.I learned some things from the telecast, so that's how the review is going to go.

First thing I learned, CBS should stand for Censoring Black Shit.CBS doesn't care about rap people.This is in regards to Drake's performance.Drake has to be rap's Rookie Of The Year.Two Grammy noms with no official album out.That's a feat in itself.But why would you invite the guy to perform if you were going to mute half of the damn performance?Lil Wayne's first segment, ok, you can mute that because him making "rock" music is blasphemus.Once Weezy, Drake, and Em start performing "Forever", CBS turned into some punks and wouldn't let any verse get any shine.WTF?!Drake curses in, maybe, three parts of the song.Weezy says 'shit' a few times in his verse and CBS muted the whole bar if it had a curse in it.Once again, WTF!?Em doesn't even curse on his absolutely brillant verse and he was muted at the best part.You know, once he starts rhyming in compound syllables.Yes, that's the official name for it.But I felt disrespected as a fan to have the music chopped up like that.Its further evident that CBS doesn't care about rap people because they put the Best Comedy Album on the telecast, but left off every single R&B or Rap catagory off, except for Rap/Sung Collaboration.The only reason that was on the show is because it was going to Jay anyway.

Second thing I learned, America still has a slave complex.We can, also, call it The Rosewood Syndrome.Remember the movie Rosewood?In it, a black man is being hunted because a white woman lies, saying he disrespected her.Well, this relates to the Grammys because Taylor Swift won Album Of The Year?!Yes, you read correctly.The only reason Taylor Swift won that award is because Kanye grabbed the mic from her.This is not to negate the talent of Taylor Swift, but come on.If anybody deserved that one, it was Lady Gaga.She had five back-to-back number one singles off of her first album.HER FIRST ALBUM.Now, some may say I didn't check out Taylor's album, but I did.It was good,but not the best of the year.Hell, Beyonce had a good album, but she didn't deserve that nod either.Which brings me to my next point.

In the Grammy voters eyes, Beyonce can do no wrong.Congrats are in order to her because she set the female record for the amount of wins in one night with six wins.The record was five set by Lauryn Hill.It was later tied by Alicia Keys and Beyonce in 2001 and 2003, respectively.Her performance started out good, but progressively got worse.You can't be nominated for "Single Ladies" in five of the ten catagories you're nominated in and don't perform it.On top of that, you don't segue into "You Oughta Know" at the Grammys, when the person who originally sang the song did it better than you at the same place fourteen years earlier.That's like two women wearing the same exact dress to the same party.It's a huge faux pa.Sidebar, Alanis Morissette came out fourteen years ago?I'm getting old.Ha!

The Grammys are victims of their own hype.Since MJ died, everyone knew he was going to be honored at the award show.Nobody could wait to see how they were going to pay tribute to the legend that is Michael Jackson.We learned Usher, Jennifer Hudson, Celine Dion, Carrie Underwood, and Smokey Robinson would be doing the tribute in 3D, no less.CBS and the Grammys hyped this performance up like crazy.I know because I follow the Grammys on twitter. Well, when it comes down to it, that perfomance wasn't all that.You see Usher and Smokey trying to take the performance to the level it was supposed to be.Overall, it didn't work.It turned out to be a tad better than the BET tribute.Yes, I thought it was that ok.Plus, Michael Jackson had the best vocals during that performance.His kids flubbed their speech, but they're kids.They get a pass.Did anybody see 3T standing on stage?If those are Tito's kids, why are they looking more like Jermaine?The processed hair and the nose jobs were a bit much for me.

All the performances ranged from ok to great.Lady Gaga and Elton John got the party started.They did their thing.I felt like he was passing the torch to her because he used to give his audiences the same theatrics that Gaga is giving us.Pink's spot was nice.It wasn't anything special, but it was good.Mary J. Blige brought me to Jesus.Her and Andrea Bocelli sang the hell out of "Bridge Over Troubled Water".It was the epitome of the hood mixing and mingling with the upper class, if you will.Bon Jovi finally got their Grammy moment.Thank the heavens because if you're from the Jersey area and haven't bumped "Living On A Prayer" at least once, you're not really Jersey.Oh and before I forget, Jamie Foxx is a damn fool.I mean that in a good, semi- sarcastic way.He thought he was performing on a pirate ship or something.He had a lot of fun and I did enjoy that.Plus, I love that fact he had his Down Syndrome sister come on stage and shake what her momma gave her.Go 'head girl, do your thing.We watched Maxwell grind up on Roberta Flack.That was great to see.She can still sing her ass off too.Why wasn't Teddy Pendergrass given more than a two second tribute? "Wake Up Everybody" sounded better than some of the performances.

All in all, it was an ok show.the winners were a tad predictable.Then again, when have the Grammys been unpredictable?Now, I'm going to run to the store to get my 3D glasses and watch them again.