Things That I Love: Awkward Black Girl.

This is quite possibly one of the best things to happen to Youtube! Well to me it is. This is a Youtube series titled "The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl". Follow "J" as she awkwardly goes through life, love and work. This show speaks to me.

Guilty Pleasure

:sigh: Waka Flocka Flame. Earlier this year there was talks of him "quitting rap and working at Walmart or something." Some people may have applauded. I myself was a little hesitant to join in the jubilee cause let's face it, is there a Waka song you DONT like? Sure he can't rap worth a damn, but we need Flocka. If we didn't have Flocka we wouldnt have jams to get ignant to and we wouldnt have jammies like this. This is Waka's current single ft Drake and produced by VA's own Lex Luger. Round of applause make that ass clap. Pure poetry

Get This.

One of my faves Yelawolf released his debut album Radioactive and boy Catfish Billy did not disappoint. Yelawolf and his team of producers including Will Power, J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, Diplo and even Eminem crafted an album that is radio friendly without abandoning the underground that Yela has been a part of for many years. The album has features from Fefe Dobson, Kid Rock, Pooh Bear, Gangsta Boo and of course Eminem as well as a few others. You can listen to this album from front to back without skipping. My personal faves are "Good Girl" "Animal", "Everything I Love The Most" and "Hardest Love Song In The World", but dude the whole album is really good. I'm proud of Yelawolf, I've been a fan for a little while and I hope that he has a lot of success. Word.

Weakness.

Late 80s/early 90s R&B is my absolute weakness. It really gives me chills, makes me smile and takes me way back to my early early childhood. I don't mean to sound like such an "old head" but they realllllly don't make them like this anymore. Its those songs that if you happen to hear it your like "Ohhhhhh" and then you get this ugly face like. All of these individuals and groups were so original and they're Swag was a hundred thousand billion, beat that! But granted after a while some of the songs were reminiscent of each other, but at least they were all good. Here are a few of my favorites from that Era. Enjoy :)

Life.

In my last Life post I stated that I was vying for a job in Northern Virginia. Well that job didn't work out womp womp. On tuesday I went for an interview for a job with the City of Hampton. Oddly enough I went on an interview for the same position almost exactly a year ago and obviously didn't get it. So now the waiting game continues and hopefully within the next week a call about something. Till then still trolling the interwebs for a miracle. Also the other day I realized that 2013 will be 10 years from when I graduated high school and I assume a 10 year reunion will be inevitable and that I need to get skinny and super successful really quick. The Mid to Late 20s crisis continues.

Birthday Gift Idea?

Ok so I was trolling on someone's tumblr account and I saw a gif from this video. It didnt say where the gif was from but I was determined to find it. After a few word combinations I finally found the video from which the gif was made. This video is all types of wrong and right put together, like why would you have this at your child's birthday? Did they find these people in a phonebook? How can I get in contact with them? That's all I can really say about this video.

Oh yeah the gif in question was created at the magical moment of @:51 your welcome.

Jammies

These are a couple of my current jammies. Up first is Machine Gun Kelly's first official music video for the song "Wild Boy" ft Waka Flocka Flame


Up next is a new project from the OFWGKTA camp. The Internet is the combo of sole lady of OF Syd the Kid, Matt Martians of the Super 3 and Left Brain of Mellowhype. This song is "Cocaine"

I Miss You Man: Hoodmetal

*oddly enough im wearing that sweatshirt right now*
All this talk about National Metal Day has me thinking about and missing my old college radio show "HoodMetal". It was this concoction I came up with when I finally earned my "Extensions" spot on WVRU. On the HoodMetal Show I just played all the things that I loved ranging from Hip Hop and R&B all the way to Metal and any and everything between. That show paved the way for the Urban Metal Music Festival and now I'm here, working at a corporate radio station bored, miserable, wasting my time and talent. But let's not talk about that. Let's talk about the days of innocence, when I really thought I could actually have a future in this business they call show. Here is the HoodMetal Soundclick page which is still alive, active, and full of awkwardness. If you ever get bored you should listen to it and laugh at me.

Happy National Metal Day!

Today is a day of many things and myths. It's 11-11-11, whats going to happen? Is the rapture finally coming? If you make a wish at exactly 11:11 on 11-11-11 will your wish finally come true? These things I do not know. But here's what I do know. Today is National Metal Day. Now apparently the source for the National Metal Day is VH1 Classic of all things, but you know what? I'm down. There are so many kinds of Metal; Nu-Metal, Hardcore, Grindcore, Black Metal and my personal favorite HoodMetal ::wink wink:: but those are a few from the top of my head. Back in college I was way more of a Metal head than I am now. I am pretty set in my ways in the kind of music I listen to, but I will always be a Metal head in my heart. So I guess, I'm a Metal Heart? Anyways I was sitting here trying to think of which video I should put up here to honor National Metal Day. Do I go back in time and do some Black Sabbath or some freaking Dio or do I take it back to what I was listening to High School, or move up a little further and put up something I loved in College. But then, it hit me. I should put up the one song that really changed my life, that expanded my musical mind and introduced me to the rock/metal world. It all started one day back when I lived in The Bronx I was prolly 10 years old and I was watching MTV. Then all of a sudden this song came on and it was like, time frozen, and I would never be the same. Now this song is not their heaviest song, but it's from one of the heaviest and greatest bands ever. So I leave you with contribution to National Metal Day. Here is Metallica with "Until It Sleeps". Rock On.

Kid Fury Explains It All.

Kid Fury is someone I wish I knew in my personal life, he's like a cousin in my head. He is primarily a blogger, although he doesn't blog as much as others (who am I to talk?) but his videos on current happenings in pop culture are everything to me. The world will forever remember Halloween of 2011 as the day we all were dealt the shock of a lifetime. The divorce of soulmates and kindred spirits Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries. I was rooting for those kids. Actually let's be real we all saw this coming. However I do lose in the divorce pool, I thought they were at least going to make it a year and a baby. Doh well. Whatever I have to say on this tragedy will pale in comparison to the science Kid Fury just served to the children. Oh yeah the description he wrote for this video said "Kim Kardashian is divorced. Water is wet." iLive!!!!

Finally

After months of waiting and anticipation A$AP Rocky has released Live Love ASAP. I just downloaded this myself so I am looking forward to what this Harlem boy has to offer. From what I've heard leading up to this I'm pretty excited. Complex posted this interview with Rocky today and it definitely gives you insight to what he's all about. Sounds like a cool guy. Download his mixtape here

Update: After listening to this album constantly I have to say that I am in love. This project is Trillwave to the fullest. Every beat on here is superb and while Rocky isnt the illest lyricist alive, he definitely has an ear for music and what best accompanies it. I think that ASAP Rocky is going to have a pretty big year in 2012.

Maniac

After months of waiting Kid Cudi let loose the short film "Maniac" featuring Cage aka Cage Kennelz aka Chris Palko directed by my ex boyfriend Shia Labeouf. The short film is pretty cool and gory just right for halloween which has come and gone. My only gripe with it is it did not feature the actual song "Maniac" at all which I think at some point would have been great soundtrack for all the maniac-ness that takes place. Doh well.

Damn You Coldplay!

Here's the thing about Coldplay. I don't want to like Coldplay. I would like to deem them as elevated muzak. Some people would deem it "uncool" to like them. But I may or may not have 5 or 6 Coldplay songs on my iPod. I mean these guys are undeniable. They are one of the most consistent acts in music today. And just when you try to write them off they come out with a song that takes you to a magical place. A song that makes you want to go to a beach at sunset in white linen clothing let the wind blow through your hair fling your arms out Scott Stapp style and sing then afterwards eat something organic and smoke a hookah. Or maybe that's just me. Damn you Coldplay, you win again.