Cudi gets down...

Funny shiz... One question though - Why homeboy gotta come outta no where with the peanut butter?! He was feelin' it just a little too much. Ahaha! Enjoy!



For more Kid Cudi...

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

XO

Amanda Blank - I Love You

Ok so thru previous posts I'm sure you can already tell that I'm a Hip Hopper by heart. But every so often artists like Amanda Blank come along and I become intrigued. Having no previous word of her, I gracefully found her via MySpace as I was looking for a Santogold song to put on my profile. Yes, Santogold. As well as the likes of M.I.A. & Spank Rock, I do delve into the hip pop/electronica world from time to time. Pick-me-up dance songs. They make you feel good & pumped, ready to take on your day. So as I was on Amanda's MySpace page sometime last year and listened to "Take It Easy" ft M.I.A. I instantly became a fan. It's rare to hear artists that can sing, rap & write and she's a female!? Say that then.

Listen to Amanda Blank's album before it comes out!
Available for purchase August 4th.


Amanda Blank almost delivers LL Cool J's timeless verse from 'I Need Love' better than him*. Sorry LL... And then there's a quick excerpt from Sir Mix-A-Lot's 'My Posse's On Broadway'. You go Diplo!

*Full version contained in Amanda Blank's 'A Love Song'

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

XO

Jay-Z ft Rihanna & Kanye West - Run This Town

Hova's latest single from his upcoming album, Blueprint 3 (click here for more about the album). Now maybe it's just me but do you ever find yourself having to 'put up with' Rihanna's voice? It's just a little too melancholy/slightly nasal/frog in the throat for me. Now it would've been such a given if Jay put wifey on the record but I may have been able to listen to it with a little less cringing. Or even someone like... Cassie?! LOL! J/K! Or perhaps he put Rihanna on because he wanted that monotonous sound that she produces so well... Who knows? It's times like this that I wish I can just call a nicca up and be like, "Wassup Jay? So just peeped your latest single. Wassup with puttin' Ri-Ri up on there?! Prove me right, you were going for that Zoloft sound weren't you?" Overall I thought the song was a typical Jay-Z joint with a mainstream minx and a headliner added in - (A touch of Kanye is always nice). I will most likely download his album when it comes out because afterall, Jay-z's that Jigga...



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

XO

The Roots are...

Common Dust (to) Distortion To Static. It Just Don't Stop/What They Do. The Next Movement (is) Without A Doubt (here and) You Got Me. (I) Sacrifice/The Seed (only so I can) Break You Off. Don't Say Nuthin'/Stay Cool. (It's all) In The Music, (while we're) Living In A New World (and you just) Can't Stop This. (So) Get Busy/Rising Down (while I'm) Rising Up (because) I Will Not Apologize (for). How I Got Over...

The Roots

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

XO

Kanye West - Paranoid

*I dedicate this post to Jeannie*

Am I the only one that thinks it's kinda ironic and amusing that Kanye has Rihanna starring in his Paranoid video? Am I? Ahaha! Do you not see the irony? "All the time you be up in mine/Checkin' thru my cell phone, baby no/You wanna kill the vibe on another night/Here's another fight, oh here we go..." No? Especially right before Chris Brown's trial was to take place? I'm just sayin'...

Ok so the video concept is ill. Scary, dark and well... full of paranoia. And Rihanna looks absolutely sinister. Kudos to Kanye and Nabil (director: Nabil Elderkin) for doing a bangin' job on the video. Enjoy as I've enjoyed...



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

XO

Cassie ft Diddy - Must Be Love

Can someone tell me why Cassie thinks she can sing? And why the industry tells her she can? And why they keep putting her in the studio to record these bunk ass songs?! Like 'Me and You', 'Official Girl' and lastly, 'Must Be Love'. I say "Must Be... 'needing a vocal coach'". I think her face is cute and she's got a lil hot bod (which is probably what's holding her a part of the music world) and she's part Filipino right? Rep! But then again she currently looks like an extra straight outta Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome and she was originally discovered off of MySpace right? Yeah... 'nuff said.



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

XO

Mario ft Gucci Mane & Sean Garrett - Break Up

Only one word comes to mind... Horrible.

What is this sorry excuse for a song? The beat is wack, the lyrics don't make sense, the autotune is unneccessary... And for the life of me I can't figure out what other song this is pitifully trying to replicate. The chorus is reminding me of something else that someone else already did. I Googled and a couple posts came up with it sounding like Beyonce's Diva and Lil Wayne's A Milli. No... no... that's not it, I mean the beat, yes. But the part where he says, "Why would you wanna break up..." What other song does that sound like?! Somebody, anybody, comment and let me know. It's bothering me that I can't figure it out. 'Bout ready to have me going thru every song on my iPod...

Anyways, I've never really been a Mario fan - although I admit I did like "Music For Love" from his album Go - but this song does Mario no justice. And the video makes it fall even lower on my musical scale. Gucci Mane is simply horrid to look at and Sean Garrett is... aight. Ahaha! AND in regards to my fellow author, Talkin' Shit's latest post and that link of J Smoov softcore porn for teenagers - in Mario's video, why does Mario dancing with ol' girl remind me of J Smoov's moves?! Aaaaaahahahaha! It's like Mario was on YouTube checkin' for concepts! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahaha! Let me know something!



P.S. Talkin' Shit - did you peep Mario's necklace hanging down towards ol' girl when they're in bed... Ahahaha!

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

XO

I can't wait until I have a personal assistant. I get so frustrated with computers, typing, this copying and pasting bull shit. I know I get on my best friends nerves because I always say, "How do? Can you do for me? I don't know..." But she does it anyway. So between me and her two sister's she has her hands full and tied. Anywho, the real reason why got on this blog is to talk about this dang video. I was like, "How many times did they rehearse this?" It looks like a soft porn for teenagers. I couldn't copy and paste the embed thing or what ever that mess is called. I'll text my BFF and have her do. In the mean time, here you go!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g7f-HYLUn0

Is Plies for real?

I want to know is this for real? I think somebody posted this as a joke just to make me and I Don't Give a Shit laugh. I'm starting to think, "Is this Plies older sister?" Plies had the pleasure to meet me in person a few years ago when I was at the "Dirty Awards" in Atlanta. I promise my 11yr. old son is taller than him. I think I'm short for a woman, well I know I'm the shortest woman in my family. Without further ado, turn your speakers up. Make sure you don't have to pee and get the sleep out of your eye. Here goes nothing.

Chico Debarge - Addiction

Yay! One of my fellow authors finally was able to post something... LOL!

Ok, so where all my Chico Debarge fans at?! He's back =) I've been a fan of Chico's since his debut album - Long Time, No See. Now it's been a minute but I'm feelin' his latest album like the first time I heard "Any Other Night" off of the Hav Plenty Soundtrack (if ya don't know what song I'm talkin' about wake the F up and click here --> Any Other Night)

This album got the reminiscent soul from Long Time, No See and the power of panty removal like Any Other Night. It's perfect background music for the latest Seattle muggy nights causing sweat-induced, ice cube foreplay enticed fornication. Try it. Bring it back to them teenage years when playing music during penetration was sexy. If moving to the rhythm of Addiction doesn't give you multiple orgasms, I apologize... I must be the only one ;)

Purchase 'Addiction' on iTunes



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

XO