It's been a while...

Some things I've been feeling over the past few hours,days,weeks,months

Fashawn's homage to Nas' clasic Illmatic album:



http://usershare.net/XclusivesZone/kcud82gn36gi <- Copy and paste to get album (don't have time to figure out how the fancy blogs do this, sorry). It's been on repeat for the past two week.

I haven't heard ANYONE talk about the Cee-lo mixtape that dropped a few weeks back. But, with the songs I heard on it plus the "Georgia" single (my song of the year so far), I'm excited for the album to drop.



Hmm, pretty good...


Another good song...


Are you serious?!


Speaking of good music, it goes without question that the Roots' How I Got Over is a sick album:



It's too much strain, phenomenal gain
I'm goin thru thangs, headaches, abdominal pain
Tryina numb it with that kettle like I'm from the Ukraine
Check the blue flame, lighter runnin' out of bhutane

Drake - Overrated? Yes (and yes, I was listening to his stuff way before the So Far Gone mixtape when he was "underground")
Disappointing album? Not really. He can't spit like Nas and can't sing that great. What'd you expect?
Great album? Not even close.
A few songs that can be played over and over again? Absolutely
My favorite: "Show Me a Good Time" ("The Resistance" a close, close second)

Songs of the week

Song of the week: Jay Ghartey - My Lady
(Note - I have no idea how I found out about this song. It was completely random typing into youtube)




Pillow song of the week: Jamiroquai - Blow Your Mind
(One of the few songs that NEVER gets old!)

Can a man still dream?

At first glance, $3500 might seem a bit pricey for a television. But a 72-inch 3-D television?



By last count, I have 520 "friends" on Facebook (with a couple awaiting confirmation). If each person, I mean friend, were to donate $7.00, the television could be all mine (and, well, partly yours).



Here's my jingle to promote the fundraising: New TV, y'all be the tree!

This could grow in popularity and be a big chant across the Facebook kingdom. Think about it. It might sound a bit like this:
'New TV, y'all be the tree, What! (DMX-esque bark) New TV, y'all be the tree, What!
Listennnnn (DJ Khaled-esque plea)

Let's get it! (Jeezy-esque voiceover)

Two films I must see in the next week...

Ajami




A Prophet

YES I'm a Discovery nerd!

I cannot wait until this Sunday! The Discovery Channel is beginning the first in an 11-part series: the LIFE series. For those of you not up on your discovery, we all remember Discovery EARTH many years ago. If you went to a school with bad science teachers, you probably watched it three times a year.

**Side note - I did had an AP History teacher named Dr. Miller in high school that, not only was not a doctor, but she did not have a degree. We watched Braveheart at least four times within a year.

There's a connection there somewhere, I'm sure.

Anyways, be sure to tune into Discovery this Sunday night. I hope it lives up to the hype.



**Side note #2 - Not sure what the point of including this either, but Oprah Winfrey is the narrator.

Pillow [Slept-on] Song of the Week

A pretty forgettable album besides "Let's get this Paper" and, of course, "Throw Some D's", this song was the best of them all and deserved a video.

Luda's "Runaway Love" had NOTHING on this song.

Judge for yourself.

Song of the week

A video for my song of the week: perfect.

David Banner - Strange