Saturday, September 26, 2009

i'll be fine once I get it...

"im on the pursuit of happiness and i know everything that shine aint always gonna be gold hey ill be fine once i get it yea ill be goooooood."

The semester can't go by quick enough for me.




man on the moon is my therapy these days..

Thursday, September 17, 2009

MAN ON THE MOON. Kid Cudi. Scott Mescudi. THE END OF THE DAY.

I'll be up up and away up up and away...cause in the end they'll judge me anyway, so whatever.

MAN ON THE MOON: THE END OF THE DAY.
I want to say so much about this album, but I feel like I can't get the words out on this one. I'm so excited that I have a new album to enjoy. This album takes me on a journey. Really. It's like a movie. It has scenes. The day in the life of Scott, narrated by Common. It makes me happy, it gets me motivated, it allows me to relate.
This album is up there as one of my favorite albums of the year along with UKNOWBIGSEAN & Gone Fishing. I think this album will either be a hit or miss with people. If you have an appreciation for melodies and good hooks vs heavy raps then I think you would appreciate this. If you liked 808s, you would like this. However, if you're big on Z-Ro, trae, etc and that style of music...you may not like this. I think people have to approach this with an open mind. Hiphop has SO MANY forms of itself.

There were a lot of songs that I heard on the album prior to its release such as Sky Might Fall, Mr. Solo Dolo, Make Her Say, and Pursuit of Happiness...I love all of those. However when I did my first listen through, my favorite track new to my ears is "Hyyerr." It's so...chill. It's one of those songs I'll just put on when I'm in a whatever mood. Like, nothing matters right now but my being and this song.
Sky Might Fall produced by Kanye. This song is for those bad days...where you really are thinking that the sky might fall, but it makes you realize..everything will be okay. Pursuit of Happiness man...heard this song on the David Letterman show I think when he performed. Who isn't in a pursuit of happiness? Whether you find your happiness in alcohol, drugs, people, success, money or love. Everyone is always in that route to be HAPPY. This song makes me feel like everything is going to be okay. He says..."I'll be fine once I get it. I'll be good.." Really though. You just gotta find that ONE thing that will make everything good in your world. Good luck in your route. :) and lastly...MY WORLD. "One day..this will be my world. (I told you so.)"



ciao

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Trey & Jay


NEW MUSIC REVIEW!
Trey Songz - Ready

Good CD. Not amazing, but it's pretty good. He has a lot of love songs, which all R&B singers need in my opinion. You gotta cater to the ladies! Intro...is great. "This one's a pantyy dropper..." he says. haha, something you can expect from him. I like; One Love, Does He Do It, Say Ah, Ready to Make Luv, Jupiter Love, Be Where You Are, Love Lost, and Yo Side of the Bed. The good outweighs the bad...so this one is a winner. I happy he decided to leave off the rapping and focus on his main talent. Too many people these days trying to do too much. But as I said, he definitely catered to the ladies with this one, all these love songs, ballads galore, and this ALBUM COVER?! He is a fine mine.

Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3...
Jay-Z needs to retire. Album is a disappointment. I think I like one song? I did one full listen of the album, and barely one song stood out to me. With all of this man's prestige, you have to produce bangers and release an album BETTER then the previous. I don't think he'll be able to do it, he did NOT do it with this album, and I'll say again...he needs to retire.
Ok, the first time I listened to it...I only half of me was there. Now listening to it again, its not HORRIBLE. Its...okay. Empire State of Mind, Real As It Gets, So Ambitious, and Forever Young are pretty good. I like Forever Young because I liked the original version of the song and the feel it gives. I don't really like Off That feat. Drake too much, and I wish he would have given Kid Cudi some bars on his Already Home track, he's not just a hook man people. Also, I'm not sure how I feel about J.Cole. I think I need to go give more of his stuff a listen. So there, I take back what I said. The Blueprint 3 isn't that much of a disappointment, but it will never touch Blueprints 1 & 2.


good day