It Aint For Everybody! :Single Ladies Remixed

I'm telling you now this next song is mad different. My friend pointed me in the direction of this duo who re-did (the only person I Stan for) Bey's, Single Ladies. No, they unfortunately did not rock leotards but did a mad cool re-make. They remind me so much of one of my favorite bands, The Bird and the Bee. Check the video below. So frickin' cool... But I must warn... It aint for everybody!

Remember... Claudette??

Yes, Claudette! Claudette was the chick in the group City High which also had our friend from Sister Act in it as well. Remember? City High was dropping tracks like What Would You Do? and Carmel during the early 2k's (about 2001). They had a respectable amount of buzz with those two tracks. In fact, their album went double platinum! That does not happen that often these days. But anyway, back to Claudette. Claudette did a track with Wyclef in about 2002 and it was my absolute favorite track back then! I was listening to it this morning and I couldn't help but think about City High and Claudette when they were on top. Claudette was spotted in early 2009 doing a joint concert with Mya and I have not heard anymore from her since. Check my fave song.

Two Wrongs - Wyclef Jean featuring Claudette Ortiz of City High


Good day my loves!

A Love Affair: The Threesome

Hey! I am currently in the process of this crazy crazy threesome... with these three artist! Who? Solange, Res and Sia! A strange trio, right? I have been listening to all of their music and it's being coming together in my head in this weird mixture of wonderfulness! All of their music seems to come from a depth of an intense love of music that I feel a lot of artists these days are missing. I just dont know how to explain but it I am vibing so hard with these three right now! Now THAT would be an awesome super group!! Join the fun..below!

Check The Res here 

Check Sia here 

Check Solange here

Oh Shiz...

6 Months after the fact... I realized... oh shiz, I graduated. wth? Hilarity.

Today I was watching this documentary that won an award at the 2008 Sundance Musical Festival. The doc is called "American Teen" (you can watch that here ) and it essentially follows five seniors through their last year of high school. It was that final scene when they all graduate and they played that classic graduation song that made me say to myself "Oh shiz, I graduated". Strange but not uncommon. Anyway, the closing credits has one of my fave songs in the background, MGMT-Kids. Check it below.



Toodles... Now I gotta go think and ish. :)

IDK. Last Thoughts.

I have a "Last Song" every night but tonight I had a  mixture of last song/last thoughts.

I posted on my friend's wall like 5 seconds ago:

"2 things.

1.) Saw John Mayer interviewing today and like fell in love. (I never wanted to like him as much as I love his music but he got me today)
2.) That Rih album is siiiick musically. wow.

and a bonus- Bey had a special on ABC last night (clips from her new DVD)... Every time I see her, I'm reminded why I love her.... Nobody's checking her right now. (GaGa's is the closest but does Ga have longevity? I'm not sure yet.)

oh yeah, second bonus- Talib and Mos def were on Fallon the other night w/ Dirty Projectors backing them up. Hottness. Blackstar Reunites!"

that sums up my thoughts. Not that exciting, I know.(this blog is mostly a memory journal. my memory sux.)

ObXession: Paper Heart

So, when I have an abundance of free time (as in 2 or more hours) I like to watch a good movie. I can't really describe what kind of movies I like these days but my current favorite movies include "Away We Go", "Once" and "The Reader". Kinda makes sense. Kinda doesn't. But anyway, my friend mentioned "Paper Heart" to me in passing and I decided to watch it last week. Loved it! It's like a documentary/real-life/scripted... yeah, all of that. It's essentially about this girl who goes around the country looking to discover what love is. She does this through interviewing mostly (white) couples across the United States. It's amazing to see and hear what people from different walks of life define as love. Does she ever discover what love is? It's up to the viewer. For a great copy of the movie online check here.

picture courtesy of The Warren Report

Rihanna: Rated R

Well, well, well.... Rih has done it! (or shall I say her producers have done it.) The new Rih album is hooooot. As much as her voice reminds me of something.... different (think: slow dying cats/ a person with severe congestion), to deny the beauty of the album would be ridiculous. It is indeed her best album yet.. I think... or so people say. In all honesty I have never listened to a Rihanna album in its entirety so I do not have a complete view on that. But anyway, the new album is definitely worth a listen. My favorite track off of the album is "Cold Case Love" (below) and ."Fire Bomb". I must also add that Rih's voice is well mastered on the tracks and she sounds her best. Will we be able to say the same about her live? Ummm.. Probs Not. No shade and such.

Check the entire album below

Good day my loves!




 

Priscilla Renea: Jukebox!

 Prisiclla Renea came on the scene via youtube a couple years ago. She started by posting videos of her singing her original songs and covering songs fans requested. Some of my favorites include 22 and Hello My Apple (which was on her EP that dropped earlier this year).

Today I listened to her new album and I have to say I Love LOVE the vibe of the album!  She does an amazing job of amalgamating pop and r&b with catchy lyrics and complex musical backdrops. She covers everything from teenage love and insecurity to infidelity and the death of a lover. My favorite songs on the album would have to be "Lovesick", "Pretty Girl" and "Fixing My Hair". She can sing well, which makes me beyond happy and proud to have found her some months and months ago before her EP and LP even dropped. She's has also wrote all but one of the songs on her album. It is records like this that make you wonder how it is even possible for sub par artists to make it as big as they do. Love the album. It drops December 1st!

Listen to the entire album here for free-zies!!

Check her doing tracks live from the new album and other wonderfulness on her you tube page here.


My favorite cover she has done to date:





LOOOOVE this chick! Will definitely be copping the new album.

Rih Rih Does GMA

Today as I laid in bed recovering (someone on)Twitter reported to me that Rihanna had performed on GMA and "sounded a mess as expected". I went to go check it out for myself and well, I really liked her jacket! It was cute! But yeah, she sounded a mess. sad face. I promise I'm rooting for Rih. I want her to be great..her voice doesn't. Check the video below. She was also on Angie Martinez today and gave a great interview! She has sooo much  personality these days. Check that here !




nice jacket, right?

Good day my loves!

Sooo..

Typically, I like to post everyday but I was sicky today.. sad face. Stayed home. Slept for hours. Dreamed about Bey's I AM.....Yours DVD. Wondered if I could make it to the store and back in one piece. Knew that was impossible. I'm definitely going to get that DVD tomorrow and I know I will feel 100% better.

1.Listening to Priscilla Renea's album dropping next week. Will review soon after.
2. Rihanna was on GMA today and tried very hard. May review that.
3. Alicia Keys was on The Today Show and she also tried very very hard.

Ok, Laters!!

I Spit Hot Fire! : Dylan Returns

Please tell me you remember this foolish ole self-destructive ninja from "Making The Band". OMG!
Who Is The Best 5 Rappers alive? (according to Dylan)
1. Dylan
2. Dylan
3. Dylan
4. Dylan
5. Dylan

A Mess! Check the vid below!

Soooo... The AMA's. Deep Sigh.

So basically I wasted 3 hours of my life yesterday. I was pretty geeked about the AMA's as I always am... I mean where else can you see the best acts across a wide range of genre's? (Besides the Grammy's of course). I was all prepared to sit in front of a TV Screen for 3 hours because I knew that I was about to be visually and acoustically wow'd ... or so I thought. (I'll only post the ones worth watching)I'm just going to bullet point my thoughts. It's easier to break down that way.

1. First of all...I love Janet but please explain to me why she was rocking those ultimate harem pants. Um... no. And why I know it's not fair to want to see her perform like she use to, I still wished she had of. Wasn't impressed.

2. Rih Rih had on nice shoulder pads. That's all.

3. Please explain to me why Paula (Abdul) decided it was appropriate to pop some pills before she took the stage. Soo confused about that.

4. J. Lo never could really sing so I was not expecting anything from her. And even though she did pull a Michelle Williams (think BET, eating dust and Kelly giving her the side eye) she played it off well. She was kinda exciting. I guess.

5. Alicia ...idk... A for effort. Her doing the tootsie roll on the brick wall was wack but she tries. She is not Beyonce and she should accept that she should just continue doing her whole sitting at the piano thing. The piano flying in the air was kinda hott though. AND THAT JACKET SHE WAS ROCKING WAS HOTT!

6. Whitney Houston. Because I respect her so much as a legend and her past vocal prowess I will abstain from talking about how utterly disappointed I am in her. (Crack not only kills people, it can kill your gift. Saddens me. No shade)

7. GaGa was just about as crazy as you would expect. Her playing and singing with the burning piano was hott so she gets best performance of the night for me.



8. Timbo looked like he was about to explode at any moment and splatter little bits of leather and sausage all over the screen. Just saying.

9. Black Eyed Peas. Music was way too low. Fergie gets on my nerves with how she usually just screams when the performance needs a little boost. If she did her lil sing-scream in the correct key, we might be okay.

10. Jay and AK were of course wonderful! Second best performance of the night.




11. Mary J. She never did really do it for me so I'll refrain from commenting too much but she was decent.

Conclusions- They needed Bey to come on stage and give that whole show life and Kanye needed to be on standby in London to interrupt Tay's ridiculous amount of wins.

Deeply Disappointing!

Good days my love!

It Aint For Everybody!

I was listening to Gloriana today and I must say... They're pretty epic for a country quartet. They remind me of a mix between Carolina Liar, The Script and something else I can't quite put my finger on. I dig them. If you're ever in the mood for big, full, lively music.. they're a winner! It aint for everybody though! I'm a strange musical creature.

Gloriana- Playlist

Good day my loves!

Last Song: Samson

Heading to dreamland and closing out the night with a Regina Spektor classic, Samson.

Regina Spektor- Samson

The Bathroom Chronicles: Brandy

If you do not know..people (or singers) if not near a studio or mic will sing in the bathroom because it pretty much has the best and cheapest acoustics. Brandy decided to do a couple bathroom selections and straight KILLED it! She posted a video singing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" a couple months ago and people and other celebrity singers were raving about it. She recently posted another video which set my soul free...again. You hear stuff like this and you wonder why she's not selling out arenas and Rih is. No shade. Just saying.







Killed!