The 2nd time around is always the best....

If it is not obvious by the kind of music that I write about and post on my blog, it can be assumed that I am NOT a fan of modern day music.....Which I am not. I am not into all of this pop stuff that people are going cookoo over....It is just not REAL MUSIC to me and does not penetrate my ears and soul like music should....So i pass on what these record companies call themselves giving to the people called music, its HOGWASH!

On a lighter note (lol)

Since I have been home for Thanksgiving Break I have been doing more research on music and I just learned that one of the greatest producer's ever, Timbaland, is working on his second independent album called Shock Value II. Now Shock Value I came out a couple years ago and feature hits like "The Way I Are" and "Apologize". Many of the songs on the album featured other artists such as Keri Hilson, Justin Timberlake, Nelly Furtado just to name a few while all of the beats were created by Mr. Mosley himself.

I saw his performance for "Morning After Dark" which is a single off of SVII on the American Music Awards on Sunday and loved it so much that I youtubed it and found a clearer version:



I just love Timbaland's intricate and outlandish beats, but I also love the wide range of artists that he puts on his albums. He does not allow people to box his music into any specific music genre, he brings all kinds of flavors to the table. This is something that I respect and can always appreciate from an artist.

Another song off of the album that I am loving is called "Say Something" which features Drake, whom is a modern day singjay which is a reggae music term used to describe a singer and rapper. I have never been a fan of Drake but this song has changed my mind. The beat lures me in along with his voice.



Shock Value 2 drops December 8, 2009 and I don't usually ever tell people to go and cop anything anymore but I guarantee that this will be an excellent album. And if you still aren't convinced, i'm sure the buzz will push you to do it.

P.S. Check out Lupe Fiasco's freestyle to Timbaland's "Say Something" beat...It is the illest rap I have heard in a while! Ya gotta save the best for last!
Peace and Love!

Keepin' It Real

Hello my faithful followers!
I hope that all is well and that you all are living life to your best ability. Well recently, school has been grabbing me by the ears and will not allow me to have time for anything else (how selfish school can be). Sometimes things get so overwhelming that I feel that I am not inspired creatively, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT I HATE because I then feel empty and slightly lost. But right when I thought things were getting a little slow, I wrote a poem/free write...Which I haven't done since this summer and I felt so much better. Just releasing your feelings in a positive way really helps you undertake stress and feel better about things in general. Just the general feeling of writing and being in the zone of what is going on with ME helps me become more aware of my surroundings when it comes to who I AM.

Today I was feeling again that I needed to release myself creatively, this time artistically, and I did another autoshop on one of my pictures. This is something that I started to do alot with pictures since MJ passed (you can see some of those in my tribute post to MJ), but now I guess I will be doing it with other pictures. As a couple people may know, Amy Winehouse is a great inspiration to me. Her story, who she is as a woman and her life struggle is all too familiar to me. So I saw this picture of her and felt a connection with it and how I am currently feeling at this time and just started posting words to it that I feel describes Amy, me and women as human beings that are often misunderstood. I hope that you all like it, because I know that I love it. It is so me.







Well I hope that everyone has a great weekend, stay blessed and keep God first!
Peace!
(Please click onto the picture for a full view)

Why I Live....

"I feel and just really realized that I live for music". - Me

I just came back from seeing one of the year's most anticipated films, "This Is It". I think we all know by now what happened to Michael Jackson (duh) and why this movie is even playing but seeing the movie tonight made me just re-live and think about what MJ's music did for me when I was younger and still does for me after he has passed.

His music was an escape for me in 7th grade when I was really trying to find out who I was as an individual. Dealing with school, cruel kids, puberty, society etc. was hard on that 12 year old girl. I vividly remember carrying about 4 of his CDs in my backpack and sitting on the yellow bus just looking out of the window just daydreaming about life, the future and being a singer that had as huge of an impact on the world as Mike's music did. I remember going home trying to rush through my homework just so I could watch the movie "The Wiz" because he was in it.....
These things made me very happy and still do.

Now as a 20 year old young woman (It has officially been a week and a day that I have been a non-teen) I am coming to terms with what I feel my calling is, or rather, my purpose. And I feel that I have just really realized that I live for music. I don't know what that incorporates or what will happen after this but the way I acted when MJ was singing all of his old tunes just gave me an adrenalin rush full of happiness, purpose and love....Three things that are rare to find in day to day life (especially in this world). And I feel and know that I need to follow what my heart is telling me and whatever I feel will help people and myself, and I have always felt that this anecdote was music.

MJ's contribution to our society through music ALONE (let's not even think about all of his donations of charity and love to people) has impacted the whole world in a way that NO ONE ever will. I just feel that if any way I can serve people through music like Mike did, then my mission on this Earth will be worth living for.

Seeing movies like that slightly scare me because they open up my eyes to so many things about myself that kind of startle me, but knowing is beautiful and I just thank MJ for everything he has done for music and the world...But most importantly, I thank God for putting him on this Earth.

I just feel so inspired right now so I had to write this to share with you all. I hope that one day all of you, if you already haven't, figure out why you live....

What do you love?
What makes you happy?
What would not make life worth living if something was taken from you?
WHAT DO YOU LIVE FOR?

I hope this inspires you to think like it has inspired me...
I LOVE MUSIC AND COULD NOT LIVE WITHOUT IT!!!
This is my proclamation to the world about what I believe...

You all should make one, too...
Thank you, MJ...God Bless you all!