Who Else Could Make Kings Out of Bastards?

I've see this video posted on Facebook a few times and I finally watched it today while checking out a new blog.

The video is called "Ten Things I Want to Say to a Black Woman" and it is by a guy named Joshua Bennett. The delivery makes it just a little difficult to get everything but the women in the room were clearly moved and so was I. If you watch the video on the YouTube site there is a written list of these ten things if you can't get through the video. This guy is saying some real ish!

Song of the Day: H-Town "Knockin The Boots"

Knockin the Boots (n.) - Two boots coming together making tasteful lust.

I'm driving home last night after chillaxing with The Boo, and H-Town's "Knockin the Boots" comes on Mojo.

This song used to be my JAM. Please note that in the intro he says "kickin it in the 9-3"....in '93 I didn't even know what "knockin the boots" meant but I sure knew every word to this song...SMH. Check out the video below.


Anybody else have some song they loved as a kid that was totally inappropriate?

Run and Tell THAT...Homeboy

I swear Youtube has created a bit of a monster...they will remix ANYTHING. This fool even has t-shirts.

Has it even been a week since this story broke?

LOVE This

When I first heard this song I searched FOREVER for the video but it got removed from Youtube and because Solange is highly underrated, I never saw it on TV. I stumbled across this while catching up on the latest videos (I almost NEVER watch music vids nowadays).

At first I was like huh? Then I was like WTF to the toilet scene. But the end was just so cute. Kinda makes me wonder what if...? Check it out...

If You Ask Me I'm Ready

It took a while for me to come around but I absolutely love Alicia Keys' single "Un-thinkable (I'm Ready)" with Drake's ghostly vocals in the backgroud. I've lost a little bit of love for Alicia Keys with her latest album but this song and video remind me of why I'm a fan...



Thanks to MissAmazin for keeping me hip to the newest videos

Drake Is Forgiven

After the epic failure of Drake's "Best I Ever Had" video, he has finally redeemed himself with his "Find Your Love" video.

I'm loving the song and I'm feeling the little love story in the video. Check it out...

Softcore Porn

Just viewed the new Trey Songz video for "I Invented Sex" (thanks to MissAmazin for the heads up), one of my favorite songs o the latest album Ready.

And....

Well....

It's like softcore porn! One of the hottest videos I've seen in quite a while. I mean he is like having full on foreplay with the chick (although they seem to lack chemistry). I got a little warm just watching it! Trey Songz' sexy level just hit a new high with me!

Check it out....

Song of the Day: Lauryn Hill "Ex-Factor"

I love this song. It's one of those songs I can just relate and that touches me some kinda way. This was the song that really turne me into a Lauryn Hill fan too.

When me and The Boo were broken up and going through our ish, this song used to bring me to tears and it still kinda does. The lyrics just summed up everything and all that I was feeling during that rough year that we were broken up.The whole ex factor can really be a trip, the hurting, the confusion, the love and nobody captures it better than Ms. Hill. I want her to make a comeback!

Check out the video below. Have a great day!

All the talk in the world, Lost in the world, Till you finally let that thing go

Paranoia (n.): a thought process heavily influenced by excessive anxiety or fear, often to the point of irrationality and delusion.

Paranoia is a mofo. It can ruin things, it can turn you into a crazy person. When you suffer from it it overwhelms you, takes over, and consumes you.

I was never paranoid before. I always felt pretty good and secure about things/people in my life. But somewhere along the road of life, things happened and those things turned me into one of those paranoid people.

"You've got a f*cked up attitude, you're gonna be single forever." That's what this guy, I will refer to him as Herb-Man (because this most likely won't be the last time I refer to him in a post and that is also his Yahoo screen name), once told me. Mind you, Herb-Man had the nerve to say these things to me after it was revealed he had a girlfriend the entire time we were involved.

It seems like after I got duped by Herb-Man I was got duped a few more times even by those I never thought would do me that way. I became paranoid.

Paranoia can ruin things like relationships. Your heart tells you one thing but your paranoid mind tells you another and usually the paranoid mind wins.

My question is how do you get over paranoia? How do you let go of the things that made you paranoid in the first place? I really need to  know....

There's No Payback So There's No Lay Back...

In my opinion, for quite a few artist, the music industry is one that chews you up, savors the flavor and then spits you out. They gotta stay skinny and they only allow a few artists to pass through the esophogus and go through the digestive process (I'm doin the most right?)

I was watching MTV Cribs and the first dude up was T-Pain...SMH.

He's got a lovely crib, very pricey (several cars, elevator, classy stripper pole in the basement)...but he hasn't had a song out in a few months and if I've learned anything in this recession that pricey ish can really drain the bank. AND with Jay-Z calling for the Death of Autotune and everybody and they momma doing it...what's the man gonna do now?

The news has been filled with reports of "entertainers" and their current broke status. Does this mean the end of this ballin out of control, flashy trend? I sure hope so...

Check out this funny video from The Daily Show where Slim Thug discusses the impact of the recession on rap here.

It's Up To You, New York, New York!

I just peeped Jay-Z's new video for "Empire State of Mind" and while it wasn't quite what I was expecting it's still hot! I especially love Alicia Key's hair a big ol gold earrings. I've been wanting a pair like that for years now. This song always makes me wanna hop on the Chinese bus or the Megabus and go visit my sister...Check the video below!

Mr. Solo Dolo

I'm in the middle of a love affair with Kid Cudi.

I had to wait forever and a day to get his album but I haven't removed it from my CD player in about a week and half. There's something so real about him I mean the first line of his Myspace says he likes cheeseburgers and beer. He reminds me of Kanye West meets Bone Thugs meets like Jamiroquai (or somebody) but he's so original and different. Plus I love seeing a fellow Ohioan blow up.

I found out he'll be in the DC area this month for the MTV Ulalume Festival along with A.F.I. (I freakin love A.F.I. by the way...it's my dirty little secret), Asher Roth and some others. Unfortunately I'll be slaving away for my internship/I don't have a ticket for the festival. Hopefully he'll be going on tour with somebody and I will make sure I'm there!

Besides Hyyer, which is one of my favorite tracks, I've been playing Pursuit of Hapiness on repeat lately. Check it out live on David Letterman...

He Almost Let the Black Slip Out

I wasn't planning on writing about the whole Joe Wilson "You Lie!" thing but I can't avoid it. Just look at Mr. O around the 1:24 mark...



The minute Wilson made that disrespectful statement you could see it flash right through him. He almost let the black slip out. Pelosi's reaction was pretty funny too.


I have to add first that NOBODY yelled out at Bush when he sat there and lied to EVERYONE about there being weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. During Clinton's hearings for the Lewinsky thing, nobody screamed at him, calling him a liar. What Joe Wilson did was disrespectful, wrong, racist, and stupid and I truly hope he will have to pay for what he did. I'm putting a call into my aunt who actually works for Pelosi on The Hill and I'm gonna tell her to tell Nancy to handle that fool....


So in the days after the incident I've read all sorts of things, heard all kinds of discussions, and thought a lot about it. I said it before in my post about President O's educational address: these folks have absolutely NO respect for Obama and I think Jimmy Carter summed it up best:

"I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man."

Of course today everyone is jumping on Carter, even The White House, in saying it's untrue that these things are coming from racism. Kudos to Carter for standing up there and spitting the truth, especially considering that he is a southerner and some are saying this disrespect and treatment towards Obama is stemming from racist southerners (like Joe Wilson who comes from the state that left The Union first to protect slavery!). But whether people are ready or not, racial issues in America are coming to a head and it's becoming clear nobody wants to deal with it.

Neither does Obama it seems, especially not after the situation with Henry Louis Gates. But I have to wonder what he's really thinking, especially after watching that flash of "blackness" go through him when Wilson made the outburst.

Even more, I wonder what he says to Michelle and what she says to him at night, when it's just the two of them and no kids, advisors, or anybody else around. I would think Michelle keeps it's 100 with her man. Here's what I imagine....

Barry: Man these fools are getting me down.

Michelle: C'mon on boo, they're just mad cause they can't handle seeing a black man doin the thing! I can't believe the nerve of that redneck Joe Wilson.

Barry: I almost cussed him out, baby! For one sec I almost jumped off that podium and broke that fool.

Okay it's probably nothing like that but I can imagine, right?

Song of the Day: Black Eyed Peas "Alive"

I've never really been into the Black Eyed Peas. Sure some of their songs are catchy and of course they usually can make you dance. But I've never listened to anything past what they play in the club/on the radio.

My friend conviced me to download their CD and I actually took the time to listen to it (well I popped it in on an 8-hour drive home and the dance/techno-like beats kept me awake). One song I really liked was "Alive". It's catchy and although it's a bit of a break-up song, it's also a get-back-together song plus it's fun!

Take Me Home

Every so often in the middle of BET's The Game marathon a Tide commercial comes on that I love. It's a father and his son who has just gotten out of a bath. The father as wrapped his son in a crisp white towel and you can see they are having a nice father/son moment together...peep the commercial:

Not only do I love it because it shows a positive, black father/son relationship, but I actually listened to the words of the woman singing "take me home...".

I couldn't help but think of my own personal "crisp white towel" that bring me warmth and comfort. And, crazy as it may sound, that place is Cincinnati....The Nasty Nati, Porkopolis, etc.

Cincinnati is my home, my safety blanket, my safe haven if you will. Just the thought of home evokes a sense of comfort. No matter how broke, sick, or hurt I am, the minute I see Kings Island on I-71 when I'm driving in I feel 10 times better. It's where my family is and most of my friends and that is where my real comfort zone is. These are a few of my favorite things:

• A Skyline Chili 3-way, 
• Walking around Eden Park or sitting on the benches looking over at Kentucky with The Boo or friends
  
• Riding bikes with my father
  
• A hefty scoop of Graeter's mocha chip ice cream or UDF Cookies and Cream
  
• Shopping at Kroger's at 2 a.m. or whenever the spirit moves me
  
• sitting on my Grandma Geneva's porch on Blair Ave. in the summers
• cruising in my old Ford Escort with my girls around Avondale
• Hitting the Avondale drive-thru just for a pop
• Hearing people refer to Coke, Sprite, etc. as pop
• Family dinners at my Grandma Katie's house and always wondering who would stroll in next
• The Taste of Cincinnati
• The Black Family Reunions (the way they used to be when folks were fighting every 5 secs)
  
• Bengals games (though I haven't been to one since before high school)

I could go on forever. But here are some pics instead...

Song of the Day

If you don't have that new Maxwell album BLACKsummers'night, please immediately go purchase it (especially if you're a fan). I've never bought a Maxwell cd before, I listened to his music before but I am thankful to be old enough to appreciate his music now that he's back (and sexier than ever if you ask me). I've been playing this song Stop the World nonstop but the whole CD goes hard! I just wish there were more songs. Check it out and Youtube some of the other songs if you're skeptical :-)

kanYe West : Blog : DRAKE VIDEO!

This is a joke right? A pointless video with a bunch of girls in low-cut tops jumping up and down in slow motion? The video has absolutely NOTHING to do with the song and I'm rather disappointed in you Kanye. I sure hope they don't come up with some deep explanation for this video like they did with Flashing Lights...