They tried to make me go to rehab and I said...

I'm gonna start a record label instead.

(In my most swanky English accent) "Yeah, so I woke up one morning and I thought 'To hell with this bloody alcohol and crack-cocaine! My goddaughter can sing almost as good as me so why don't I help her?!' So I hit the little bugger up and told her to meet me in a dash and then I sought to see what money I had left from selling the 10 million albums that I did of Back To Black. And despite the rubbish, by george I had the money!"

Ahaha! Ok, I wish y'all can hear me reading that aloud! My accent is to die! Anyway, not really here to poke fun at the Winehouser as I, indeed, am I fan. Only here to let you know about her new record label, Lioness Records and the first artist to sign; her goddaughter, Dionne Bromfield. She's only 13 but obviously carries an old voice straight outta the 60's and well... reminiscent of Amy herself. Her debut album is scheduled for release on Oct. 12th and will only showcase covers from popular songs from the 60's & 70's, thus it may cause her fanbase to stem from those in their 50's rather than in their teens. Kids these days are too busy Jerkin' and fiddling with their iPhones to pay attention to someone like Dionne Bromfield. Or perhaps they will catch on but not know shit from spit that the songs she's singing are classics.

So those older and wiser and that know what real music sounds like, take a listen to Dionne Bromfield. And only listen. No looking. She's not legal yet ;)

Introducing Dionne Bromfield


Listen well
Be swell
And remember half the time I really 'Don't Give a Shit'

XO

Leaving You Behind...

This stays playing in my car as well. Or on my iPod or when I'm gettin' ready, etc. I can relate. This song is in my head... like really in my head. If this song dropped in 2006 I think I woulda broke something playing this song over and over and over... and over. Touched.





Listen well
Be swell
And remember half the time I really 'Don't Give a Shit'

XO

His world...

So upon hearing the unexpected of 'Man On The Moon: The End Of Day' in comparison to the very liked mixtape 'A Kid Named Cudi', I told y'all to keep listening to it and that you'd grow to love it. Well?

I can still listen to the whole thing, respectively. I don't skip tracks (well, sometimes I skip Day 'N' Nite, The Sky Might Fall & Make Her Say. Only because they've been well in rotation before the album dropped) and as any album that I listen to frequently I discover my faves. (Not to mention that I'm extremely loving that Common appears courteous thru spoken word.) This is what repeats when I'm rollin' thru Des Moines...













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Be swell
And remember half the time I really 'Don't Give a Shit'

XO

The Blueprint 3

S.Carter - might I give you a word of advice... The only time you should (attempt. again.) to retire is when you (literally) look like you should be retiring. Ok pumpkin? You know you're heat and your fans will miss you way too much.

The Blueprint 3 is, indeed, one of HOV's greater albums. Not like, untouched Reasonable Doubt, but well along side the likes of some of his other previous albums, such as: In My Lifetime, Vol. 1, The Black Album and American Gangster. I will enjoy The Blueprint 3, however. I will bump it in my bumped up ride, on a crisp Seattle morning, rhyming along with Jay as if no one can see me.

Thank you, again, for blessing us with your admirable lyricism and opulent beats. Mr. Carter.





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Be swell
And remember half the time I really 'Don't Give a Shit'

XO

Kid Cudi | Man On The Moon - The End Of Day

Released today. Get yours --> Cudi via iTunes

Some folk are feeling the need to get used to this album... Not I. Ok, so it's his first official album release and the only thing we have to compare it to is his mixtape 'A Kid Named Cudi'. Perhaps folk was expecting the same thing or rather yet, the same songs?! I mean, I do think some songs shoulda been included. Such as: Embrace The Martian, Daps And Pounds and Dat New New - but I also expected some new - new new - shit. Perhaps not so "boo hoo"... but then that wouldn't make him the alien that he is now would it? Keep playin' it, you'll grow to love it. I promise ;)

Title track that's only available as a bonus track (along w/TGIF & Is There Any Love)


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Be swell
And remember half the time I really 'Don't Give a Shit'

XO

Control Alt Delete --> Task: Ft Drake - Digital Girl Remix | Status: running --> End Task

Can someone please explain the annoying and current 'Drake' hype?! I don't get it... I like this song though - The original! And well, I like the remix too, sans Drake on it. Could definitely lack the Drake-affect - it's not needed! Rather of had Kanye doing 2 verses than adding a bout of wackness up front. I wish I didn't see this video this morning on MTV2, now all I'm picturing in my head is Drake via DeGrassi in his wheelchair... Come on Jamie, next time step outside the box. Nonetheless, great song though, with my minor recommendation to skip to 1 minute into the video... Enjoy =)



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Be swell
And remember half the time I really 'Don't Give a Shit'

XO

Clipse ft Pharrell - I'm Good

Big fan of the Clipse and an even bigger fan whenever Pharrell is involved. And nothing like sending a message to their fans (and non-fans) that wonder how they're doing from time to time. You're good? Me too. (<-- pun not intended ;)



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Be swell
And remember half the time I really 'Don't Give a Shit'

XO

Musical nostalgia

My cousin recently emailed me about Slaughterhouse, which led to talking about Royce Da 5'9", which led me to remembering some Royce joints from '01, which led me to going back just a tad bit further and remembering music I used to listen to while in high school. Just a little trip down musical memory lane... Here's some of the joints I used to bump in my 'MPS on the HHP G-Ride' Sentra!





























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Be swell
And remember half the time I really 'Don't Give a Shit'

XO

It's ok to be tardy for THIS party...

Do you watch The Real Housewives of Atlanta? Ok, so you know they're into their 2nd season now and I'm sure, quite familiar with all the housewives. One housewife in particular, Kim Zolciak.

As you know she tried to jump-start a music career in season 1, but if you remember the episode where Dallas Austin calls her and lets her know what's really real (without a sprinkling of sugar) you also remember that you may have seemingly thought that her dream would be put on the back burner. Let's think again shall we?! In season 2 they took out Deshawn Snow and introduced Kandi Burruss (formerly of the 90's music group, Xscape). In a recent episode aired on 8/27 it looked like Miss Kandi & Miss Kim were becoming best buds and who better for Kim to befriend on the show? Someone who actually likes her and who has the right connections. Thus a song was (disgustingly) born. The auto-tune was extremely necessary as watching the show, we've all heard Kim singing sans the auto-tune and she has a terrible voice. However, this single shows that anyone else out there that longs for a music career can very well have one. As long as you network with the right people and of course, can't forget the auto-tune. Oh where's our music going these days?! Doesn't anyone know how to naturally sing anymore?! Auto-tune is like plastic surgery for songs and this song just paid a good 50 grand to get it's breasts augmented...





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Be swell
And remember half the time I really 'Don't Give a Shit'

XO

Slaughterhouse

So my older sister had this promo music thing where she had 25 free downloads. It was about to expire so she asked me if I'd like to use it. Um, of course! However, when I went on the site they had music that was like, not this year... ahaha! I mean they had recent shit, a bunch of old shit but no (good?) new shit! But I went ahead and browsed to see what I could possibly download. I came across Slaughterhouse. Album released 8/11/09 - I thought, who are these people? Thinking they were a new rock/hip hop kinda group. I didn't even sample the music, I just went ahead and downloaded. Then I did a little research and am listening to it as I write... Slaughterhouse consists of Crooked I, Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz & Royce Da 5'9". Not bad and a little grimey. Grimey, in this case, is a good thing. The first 4 tracks obviously reflect each other; go hard like underground rap battles on 8 mile. Then I get to 'The One' and it follows up it's title as I think this track is indeed "the one" of the album. I can always do without skits on an album because I think they serve as useless 'intro/track fillers' (there are 3 skits on this album, go ahead and skip thru 'em). Onslaught 2 made me wanna get up and put my hands in the air. Fatman Scoop makes me do that. I enjoyed Salute. Reminded me of something like Nappy Roots in Long Beach... Cut You Loose took me there like The One - always partial to hip hop tracks when the artist(s) are talking about their 'relationship', love & hate, w/Hip Hop...

Overall the album was worth the (blind) free download. Although I would suggest to just go thru iTunes and purchase the songs you prefer from this album and maybe not the whole thing --> Slaughterhouse on iTunes



Listen well
Be swell
And remember half the time I really 'Don't Give a Shit'

XO