Obsessions Are Healthy

My new obsession over the past week has been Machine Gun Kelly. I've been hearing his name here and there over the past year. This summer he signed to Bad Boy, yes Bad Boy. And while people express their opinions about that decision or MGK in general I think this kid has a lot of talent. Once you hear his story and see his personality shine through you can't help but really like the kid and just hope that he ends up winning. And yeah...sure...he's hot. He just released his current project Rage Pack(<---download) and its a pretty dope project. Here is some vids to introduce you to Kells.

I Miss You Man: Hot Channing

It's 7am monday morning, I just got in from work. There is nothing on television, I'm currently watching "Step Up 3" and I really don't know why. Here's my short summary on ALL the Step Up movies...horrible acting, atrocious story line, sick dance sequences, the end. But if there has to be a "best" movie in the series it would be the first one, and why is that? Two words. Channing. Tatum. This was Channing at the peak of his ridiculous hotness. His first blaze of hotness? "Coach Carter".

Seriously "Coach Carter" is like girl porn there was just so much hotness going on in that movie. There hasn't been that much hotness in a basketball movie since "Sunset Park"! (haaa what you know about sunset park!?)
Channing next portrayal of uber hotness "She's The Man"

Then in what I feel was his super hot swan song "Step Up"


Then after that I don't know what happened, I mean don't get me wrong, the man is still fine, but let's just marvel in the era of yesteryear, the era of Super, dumb, uber, ridiculously hot Channing Tatum. I miss you.

Download These

Well it is officially spring now and its time to break out some of those feel good the weather is getting nicer jammies. Right now these are a couple of my faves that you should give a listen too.

Up first is Kid Sister's Kiss Kiss Kiss Mixtape. This mixtape was released months ago but I finally got around to listening to it and man it is a perfect dance record. You can literally put this on at a party and let the whole thing ride. If you are not familiar with Kid Sister and how she reps the whole rap/dance/house movement, this will be a great intro. You can download it here
Here is one of the songs "Gucci Rag Top" ft Gucci Mane


Next is Childish Gambino. Childish Gambino is the brainchild of writer/comedian/actor Donald Glover who currently stars in NBC's "Community". I know you may groan at the fact of an actor or comedian making music, especially rap music, but Donald does this exceptionally well. Especially since he is simply being himself, he's a black nerd and he waves that flag proudly. And yes I am in love with him. You can download the Childish Gambino EP here
And here is the video for the single "Freaks and Geeks"

...Yeezy Taught Me...

**pixelated cover art FTW!**
Over the past two weeks I have intensely and repeatedly listened to Kanye's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and here is my take on it.
I have always had a love/hate with Kanye (as have a lot of people). I always respected his music and his vision but his attitude was always so off putting to me. My feelings changed for him however around the time 808s and Heartbreak came out. This had a lot to do with a change in his demeanor due to the tragic passing of his mother and him becoming more of a humble human being. Also the fact that I LOVED 808s because it was more than just rappity-rap. To clarify I am a hip hop head and always will be but I do love me some melodies. Anyways now getting to MBDTF. I do not get excited by music much these days but I was heavily anticipating this album. I have not been this excited about a record since Kid Cudi's Man On the Moon... album last year. And although more than half of the album have been floating around the internets for the better half of this year thanks to G.O.O.D. fridays and some good ol album leakage, this album did not disappoint. This album is the culmination of all Kanye's albums. It has the sped up sample straight hip hop vibe of College Dropout, the orchestration of Late Registration, the meticulous and grandiose production of Graduation, and the emotion of 808. All that packed into 13 songs with out sounding forced or getting boring. MBDTF (also known as my really obnoxiously long album title but i can get away with it cause this album is effing amazing) has the rare no skippage where you can start from "Dark Fantasy" and not stop until the last drum beat in "Who Will Survive In America". You can listen to individual album cuts but the record as a whole just melts from one track to another, the sequencing in my opinion is excellent. My favorite track has to be "Hell of A Life" and "Lost in the World" is seriously one of the best songs of all time. ALL TIME! It's emotional, its urgent but its also a bit jubilant. Conflicting emotions for the last song on the album which kind of feels like a cliffhanger or a deceptive cadence but it really is masterfully crafted song (although I have a bone to pick with the additional drums added to the final mix :-/) I guess what I'm trying to say is this album is quite the masterpiece and Kanye worked his tail off to make sure it was so. And for someone to truly put their all into something because they truly care for the music, how could you not love that!?

Hottie of the Day

Andrew Jenks. A young filmmaker who currently has a series on MTV titled "World of Jenks" obviously he's easy on the eyes but watching the show you can tell he's really caring and sweet. You know the type who would say hi to you everyday in class, look you straight in the eyes, laughs at your jokes, but you will never have a chance in hell of bagging him :sigh: He's still hot though.

Gurl this my JAM

A few days ago I decided on a whim to download Wale's current mixtape More About Nothing the sequel to Mixtape About Nothing and I'm glad I did. I mean I was never a super Wale fan, I appreciate his talent as an MC (and I think he's a cutie) but musically he didn't really hook me, until now. My jammie right now is his take on Sam Sparro's (who is like my new favorite person) "Black and Gold". But the mixtape as a whole is a really well put together project with dope tracks and Wale's fantastic wordsmithyness (yes that's a word) so here is Wale's "Black and Gold"

Obsessions are Healthy.

This weeks obsession is a hip hop artist from the south with east coast lyricism. His name is Curren$y. He has been through the corporate hip hop ringer being signed to New Orleans rap powerhouses No Limit and Cash Money/Young Money. It wasnt until he decided to leave all that behind and go at it on his own to make a mark on the game. His style is laid back its none of that oh i shot this dude, i sold this blah blah blah that's going in rap right now, he raps about clothes, kicks, weed and the women folk. He has a slew of mixtapes out but will be coming out with an album Pilot Talk through the revamped Roc-A-Fella imprint. Its a really cool movement he's a part of and I am looking forward to all that he does in the future. And in true Tylia fashion you already know I will smash that. The end. Oh here's a few videos.

Curren$y - King Kong from Creative Control on Vimeo.

P.S Download the "Smokee Robinson" mixtape. JETS Fool!

Obsessions Are Healthy

Every once in a while there is something that captures my heart and my ears. Currently my obsession is Yelawolf. First time I heard of Yelawolf was Complex Magazine's "Encyclopedia of White Rappers". When I first saw a picture of him he looked goth so I clicked the video cause I thought "this is going to be good, this cat is prolly garbage". Much to my surprise dude was NICE! A little while after that I saw the video for "Pop the Trunk" and this week I finally decided to download his latest project Trunk Muzik, which I feel is a must for this summer. It is a very well put together EP with the rare no skippage meaning the whole album engages you from the beginning. He recently signed to Interscope which could be a good and a bad thing, but I am looking forward to what Yela does in the future. Plus, he's hot, like really hot, and he replied to me on Twitter, so, I'm a fan for life. It doesnt take much to make me love you. Here are some of his videos and you can download ALL of his projects on his myspace page.

Dear Andrew Mayer "Hawthorne" Cohen. Marry Me.

Last night my brother and I ventured out in the wind and rain to the Oceanfront (virginia beach) to the Jewish Mother which is a restaurant/venue of sorts to see Mayer Hawthorne. This was a concert that I was VERY excited about. Those of you who dont know about Mayer Hawthorne, youtube him, I have no time for you. Just know that he is AMAZING. He is what Mark Ronson wishes he could be. He performed every song from his debut A Strange Arrangement except for the title track :( but its all good. He threw in a couple of goodies like NERD "Fly or Die"!!! When he played that my brother and I lost it. I have to say it was one of the best concerts I've been too (and im old and have been to a lot of shows) He puts on such a great show, great interaction with the crowd and a top notch backing band known as the "The County". I truly do think that him and I fell in love during the show, no one can convince me any differently! I have never wanted to throw an undergarment, or offer to pay someone's car note in my life. Mayer Hawthorne almost made me do both last night.

My 25th Burr! Day

Last Saturday I turnt (yes turnt) 25, go me. The celebration started the night before at Red Lobsters ( yes Lobsters) cause we classy like that. It was my Grandmother, mother, brother and myself. It was nice, I got me some Lobster tails honey!



Bright and early on my actual birfday I visited some Dominicans to get my scalp burned and Vietnamese to get hair ripped from my eyebrow region, then I brought me these babies:

I like to call them the "Mu Phi's" in honor of Mu Phi Epsilon, Purple and Black, yeah buddy.
So after all that saturday evening I prepared myself to go to Norfolk for the Crowd Control Tour feat. Donnis, Izza Kizza, 88Keys, and Kidz in the Hall. This was my birthday suit:

So we finally get to Norfolk to see the show. And this is the summary of the show in so many words: About 50 people showed up but every performer put on a show as if it was sold out, I was upset not many people showed, but I had a good time. The best part of the night was meeting Double 0, the producer, DJ and brains behind Kidz in the Hall. He was very cool, and very hot, lawd. So here are some pictures to wrap this post up.




All in all it was a cool birthday, yay.

...born in '88, how old is that? Old enough

HA! Best line in the song to me. So this is the new video for my boyfri---*ahem* Kid Cudi's new single "Make Her Say" ft Kanye and Common. Now this is not my favorite Kid Cudi song but it seems like it will get radio airplay as well as video play. I can't wait for the album Man on the Moon:The End of Day, it sounds like its going to be pretty epic. Originally slated for August 25th just last week it got pushed back to Sept 15th boooo, anyways check out the vid, it has a cool, breezy, monochromatic look, and Cudi looks tasty ;)

Kid Cudi - New Music - More Music Videos

Obsessions are Healthy

So I've always loved Zach Galifiankis so I not just jumping on the bandwagon. But I like many, many, other americans finally got to see Zach get his proper shine in "The Hangover" as fas as I am concerned there were no other actors but Zach in the movie. The dentist was cool though and obviously Bradley Cooper is a baaabe but this is Zach's movie. If you have not seen it yet what is your problem? And if your wondering yes I would smash. Wait until I get my money right.

Just when I thought I couldnt Love this man any more...

...I saw this interview. Kid Cudi sat down with some folks over at MTV and shared 5 things you dont know about him. He's so cute, I just wanna squeeze his cheeks, on his face, get your mind out of the gutter (im talking to myself) oh and his number 5 just made me melt, we should totally get together and have co-co babies together.

Kid Cudi - MTV Shows

Oh just found out the other day that Cudi and Asher Roth will be at the Norva (norfolk, va) August 3rd, you know I'm down!

Obsession are healthy.

So every week I seemed to be obsessed with some one, this week is no different, so read on.

This week's obsession is Kid Cudi, originally from Cleveland, OH (the home of my favorite rapper and human being of all time Bizzy Bone!!) whom transplanted to Brooklyn some years ago. The best way that I can describe his style is like 'hood hipster'. Its non thretning, its danceable, its trendy, and I thoroughly enjoy it. Ive been digging his stuff for a while, but I was just in obsessed mode this week.
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Obsessions are healthy

So this weekend I rented some movies cause since I have like this membership thing at Hollywood video I can take out up to 3 movies at a time for as long as I want for $25 a month, I figure, not too bad. So last week I rented Milk and Zack and Miri Make A Porno, I thoroughly enjoyed them both. This week I rented Pinapple Express (which ive seen before) and The Wackness which ive heard a lot about. Which brings me to this week's obsession...

Yeah Josh Peck, yeah the "chubby kid" from Drake and Josh. I mean all the girlies were gawking over Drake, I've always been a Josh girl. Also he's grown up to be frigin hawt. And in The Wackness he is too cute. The movie takes place in the summer of '94 the year that hip-hop was at its absolute finest, like hip-hop climaxed in '94. Josh plays the character Luke Shapiro and recent high school graduate who smokes and sells pot to help his family from getting evicted, befriends his client whom is a psychiatrist but whacked out of his own mind and falls for the psychiatrist's step-daughter. Its a cool movie, you should check it out. Anyways yeah Josh it too cute. The end.

Obsession of the Week.

It seems like every week I am obsessed with something. Just a bit ago I was obsessed with Joell Ortiz, I still am but it went from like a 10 to 5. My obsession this week...

Chester French. As I think I have said before I have tried to write these kids off as just another one of those bands that you are supposed to think is cool ya know? But with the release of their mixtape Jacques Jams Vol 1:Endurance I decided to give them a try because they are on the Startrak roster. I was won over plain and simple, they converted me. Their album Love the Future is coming out next week April 21 and I will be purchasing it, in a record store, you those things, ummm, oh yeah CD's. So go to chesterfrench.com/mixtape and sign up for the FREE mixtape,as well as its VIP concierge service thingy, its some hot stuff.
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Movie Review

On friday Beth and I went to go see "Observe and Report". I wanted to see it cause I am a Seth Rogen fan and I try to see all the stuff he's in cause he's awesome. Yes I would smash, moving on. So going in to it I thought it was just going to be a funny movie about a mall cop.Like Paul Blart but waaay funnier cause it is Seth. Well it was way more than I expected it to be. I dont want to give it away but it turned out to be a dark comedy which I had no idea it was a dark comedy. The way it was promoted on tv was like this bumbling mall cop is in love with this 'hot girl' and all the mischief he gets into to win her heart. That's not what the movie is about at all. Later on this week im going to go see is again. I enjoyed it that much, I suggest you do the same.
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If it aint broke dont fix it.

Eminem - New Music - More Music Videos

So its actually happening kids, the return of Marshall Mathers, Eminem, Slim Shady. This is his new single by the name of "We Made You" or is it "Without Me" or is it "The Real Slim Shady"? Hopefully you can figure out where im getting at. Eminem follows the same formula everytime he comes out with an album. Every first single he has ever had has been the borderline cheesy, easy accesible, pop culture bullying song. Then the second single is like the serious confessional single, and the third single is more than likely political or social in some way, like stop the violence or open your eyes type deal. But as I said in the title if it aint broke dont fix it. This same exact formula has sold millions of albums worldwide, no bump that, I know my cousin on Mars still bumping the Marshal Mathers LP, real talk. Ok so getting to this new single. While I was driving home from work yesterday the top 40 station was premiering the song and they gave their opinions on it and the listeners did as well and the general vote was 'eh'. The video is entertaining of course cause that's what Em does and he is looking GOOD. Thank goodness he's off the bleach blonde stuff and he is just, he looks GOOD. That is the only thing that makes this video tolerable.

RAHM!

The man who is number 2 in the white house but number 1 under the covers Rahm Emanuel has popped up yesterday during Obama's speech about something. This is only 5 seconds but it is 5 seconds of absolute bliss.

BKBS Jammie

This is "Brooklyn Bullsh!t" by Joell Ortiz.So funny everything this dude says I know someone just like that. This dude is the truth, he's a free agent, someone put him on! Hip-hop needs this cat.