I have nothing to do with my life at the moment and when you don’t have anything to do with your life, do you know what you do?…………….you read.
I go on reading spurts. And the stuff that I read isn’t exactly what you’d find in a book club….But I’ll get there one day. For now, I’ll simply read what interests me. Even if that means books about black women and their problems, magical tales, and the hardships of celebrities before fame. But I realized that one of the top things that reach me the most just through words would be lyrics.
I LOVE music! Why not read about it? I’ve owned Jay-Z’s Decoded for HELLAS now and am just now getting my hands on it and going through the pages. I’ve been a follower of Jay-z the longest out of ANYONE in the industry. After freshening up my memory to the lyrics of his songs, it’s almost refreshing to find out the underlying tones to most of his lyrics. What you thought meant one thing, meant another.
I am far from being done with the book. But there are a few things that touched me through his music…
In Jay-Z’s “Public Service Announcement”, the lyric says:
“Hope you don’t think users are the only abusers. Niggas gettin high with the game”.
Jay-Z expands on this by saying:
You start getting addicted to the thrill of it….you represent something successful and free and dangerous, all at once…..You taste a strange kind of fame. It’s as addictive as the shit you’re selling, and just as deadly.
All the time I wonder why fools stay in the drug business when it has the most repetitive negative consequences ever. Not to mention, it’s got our people out here with loose ends. But just like an addict, even though you know those consequences, it doesn’t matter. The feeling at that moment amounts the most and wins over everything. Drug Dealers and Druggies live for the moment.
Oh! And in “99 Problems”, I never focused on how at the end of each verse, he uses the word “bitch” differently. For instance at the end of the second verse:
“We’ll see how smart you are when the K-9’s come/ I got 99 problems but a bitch ain’t one”
K-9 unit………..CANINE unit…………..DOGS…………..BITCHES!!! DUH! How did I not get that?!
And Jay-Z’s “Can I Live”….
“My mind is infested with sick thoughts that circle”
Jay-Z explains:
…[it’s] about the interior of my mind….Before I learned the Law of Attraction I was aware of the power of my thoughts, staying focused, weeding out thoughts that sabotage.
The mind is crazy when you think about it. All of these thoughts are going haywire in this circle of a head, but yet you still have to pull out the correct choices in order to make corresponding decisions.
You guys still eff with the Epic Meal Time guys???………………………..I DO!! And this joint was funnnnnnyyyyy!
“Slice that bitch up…..get some salmonella (like a bawse)……….get some more salmonella (like a bawwwsseee)…….get drunk (like a sawwwsseee baawwwsseee)”
Man I saw this on Tumblr, watched it a trillion times, and ’bout teared up every time. This young dude from Australia’s Got Talent got up there and straight did his thing in a major way to Whitney Houston’s song “I Have Nothing”.
They’ve been out foreverrrrrr but this is like my new favorite group. This joint AND this video is killer all at once!
When you’re done with this, check out their song “This Love” as well. The song is super ill!
I laughed internally on a few of these. Especially
“Where is Ball Park village?” and “You paid $20?
and “You wanna go on the boat?” lol
Santigold has been gone for quite a while and I’ve been waiting on her return. But i am NOT satisfied with this comeback. le sigh. The song is “ehh”. The video itself is better.
Check it out for yourself:
My dream is still to be a Santigold backup dancer though….
So the newest sensation is that “Stuff *enter race here* people says* (Nesbitt posted the black people one on this very site). It’s all over the place and they’re oooooook. But THIS one had me rrrrrrOLLIN!!
Pharrell is a musical genius in my opinion. This short clip is not enough but was still powerful enough for me to feel what was going on in that room. Music is what you hear. Even if Pharrell doesn’t rap/sing on this I’m sure it will be just as great. “Emotional” was a perfect description.
If your music has a feeling to it, its an automatic win.
I don’t really care for the classes or most of the generic professors at my Alma Mater but I appreciated the events sooo much! I dug up some old video footage of our last homecoming dance together. . . check it out:
Something y’all should know about me is that if a hear a piece of music that I really like, I will do whatever I have to to find that music. I also get overly excited when I hear new music. I’m a Class ‘A’ music geek and proud of it!
So last night I went to Red Box and rented the movie “Moneyball” to see what all the fuss was about and if it was worth a Golden Globe. It was a solid movie but Golden Globe worthy? Naw. During the movie, there is a part when the daughter of the main character Bill Beane, played by Brad Pitt, sings him a song and once I heard it I had to find out where that shit came from.
After a few minutes of searching I came across an Australian artist by the name of Lenka. Her name puzzles me but her music is undeniable. I downloaded and listened to her self-titled debut, which dropped in 2008, and I was thoroughly impressed. She reminds me of Sara Bareilles and has talent out the ass. I encourage everyone who sees this to look her up. Good music is still alive!!!
I watch a lot of interviews with Lady Gaga, Please don’t think because she wears horns on her face or hats made of cheese means that she does not know why the fuck she does what she does.
She is deep in her music, craft and position on music. I never thought about the meaning of what Kanye and Jay did in the Otis video. I feel like she broke that imagery down like a professor.
I hope Steve continues to bring these amazing conversations up.
You would think being out of school would give us more time to grow MM but it’s almost like the opposite. People are working, planning on moving..etc. So we needed some help. If you remember we had a team of people helping us out last year and it went well and we decided to bring on a few people this year to make ish happen!
Ade- Graphic Design | Dewarren – Marketing/Concerts | Marcel – Comm./Planning | Roach – Photography/Blogging | Adrienne – Web Design/Blogging
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