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I am usually not a fan of modern R&B. I feel like the singers don't really have great vocal ability and the concept of their songs are drab at best. In the past year R&B has taken a new twist with the emergence of artist like Frank Ocean, whom I'm a fan of. And the The Weeknd whom everyone makes a big deal over but is personally not my cup of tea. Then there's guys like The Dream. Although I have never heard a complete Dream album I'm always a fan of the singles that he releases as well as the countless songs he has written for other artists (um "Single Ladies" helloooo) Recently he released a free album under his given name Terius Nash titled "1977". His brand of R&B is less sweet, coy, and sensual and way more brash and vulgar. There are MANY expletives in every song. Mostly cause the dissolution of his short second marriage to "singer" Christina Milian that has been blog fodder this past year. All the tracks are dope the vocals go well over the tracks and all the songs are catch as hell. Download the album here. Here is a video to one of the standout tracks on the project "Long Gone"

Coming Soon...

Last year I've decided to make a mixtape by the name of BIU BBQ, Basically its like a kick off to the summer/cookout season. Even though I am a social hermit and never got to enjoy the mixtape in a public outing I hope some of you will partake. This year I've decided to do the same. BIU BBQ Mixtape Vol 2 coming soon, hopefully just in time for Memorial Day. What will I be doing this Memorial Day Holiday? 1. Pouring out some figurative Arbor Mist for our brothers and sisters in the Armed Forces and 2. Doing what all the cool kids do...work (womp, womp) for now check out BIU BBQ the original here

Bugz Blawg 2010 Highlights

The only difference between 2009 and 2010 is that nobody died on me, which is a good thing. Although nothing super fantastic has happened let's try to be optimistic here shall we? Anyways SOME cool stuff happened. This year has been a great year for music, my music purchases included: Kidz in the Hall Land of Make Believe, Gorillaz Plasic Beach, Deftones Diamond Eyes,M.I.A. Maya, Curren$y's Pilot Talk, Pilot Talk 2, Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (check out my review) and N*E*R*D Nothing (check out that review too). And there were a lot more music that I wanted to get like Kid Cudi's new one, Janelle Monae and others, but you know, I'm broke. With all the great music that came out there were good concerts:
-I celebrated my 25th birthday with Kidz in the Hall and all the 10 people that showed up :-/
-About a week later, I spent the night with my future husband Mayer Hawthorne
-And in septemeber I got to live out my own teenage dream by finally seeing the Deftones!
Also this year I finally found a pumpkin patch to go to. Oh Yeah Pumpkin Patch Yeah!
This year I started putting together these mini mixtapes, something I hope to do more elaborately in the future, I'm tryna get my Cool DJ Red Alert/Funkmaster Flex/ Kid Capri on, but Hoodmetal style.
-Download BIU BBQ for a summer time feel (here)
-Download Plaza Roller Rink Class of '98-99 for some nostalgic skating jammies (here)
***Also***
-Download Popjaye [my little brother Tyrone's] song "Popularity 4 You" (here)
-AND get a head start for the holiday next year by downloading "Hoodmetal's Anti Xmas Song" (here)
So that's my year in a blog post. I am steadily working on my optimism, its hard when you feel like you deserve more than what's being dealt to you, but hey that's life no? So here's to hoping that 2011 will be a breakthrough year. I hope so cause apparently the world is going to end in 2012 *kanye shrug*

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I dont know how I missed this news,maybe due to the fact that I didnt have internet for a couple of days. Man the things you miss without the interweb. I would like to preface this with a small rant about how much I love Cee-lo, here it goes. I LOVE CEE-LO! The end. Miss Info and her commenter's share the exact same sentiment. This man can really do no wrong. Of all the slop of sh!t we have on this planet. It's good to know that the big man up in the sky has graced us all with Cee-lo's presence. Seriously. So Cee-Lo Green is The Lady Killer is his upcoming album. It's continuing on his "Cee-Lo Green Is..." series. It will be his third solo album. (BTW I have both of his solo albums, just thought I'd share) I just downloaded this myself and am very anxious to get off work and have the audio frequencies dance in my ears. Although I have not heard it, I can guarantee it's the good sh!t. Download the Cee-Lo Green Stray Bullets Mixtape!
I leave you with a new Cee-Lo jammie which is a Band of Horses cover, I never heard the original, and now I don't really want to cause this cover does me just fine (but im quite sure the original is just as good, Band of Horses is pretty cool from what i've heard). This is "No One's Gonna Love You"

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*Check out my amazing outfit and Tyrone's awesome hightop*
My brother Tyrone aka "Popjaye" just released the first taste to long awaited upcoming mixtape Popularity! (he threatened me to say all of that) its called "Popularity 4 You". In the words of Popjaye "Hampton City Stand the F*** Up!"
And please dont forget about the summer BANGA BIU BBQ

BIU BBQ The "Mixtape"

So you know when you were younger and you made "mixtapes" for your friends? Well that's what i've decided to do. This is a compilation of songs that I'm currently into and hopefully you'll find something in there that you enjoy. I'm calling this little ditty BIU BBQ. Put it on during your hipster cookout and let the magic begin.
Tracklisting:
1) M.I.A.-"XXXO (Remix ft Jay-Z)"
2) Mark Ronson Ft Q. Tip and some other chick- "Bang, Bang, Bang"
3) Kid "Liquid Cocaine" Cudi okay that was harsh, I love you Cudi!-"Revofev"
4) Curren$y-"Racing Stripes"
5) Yelawolf-"Box Chevy Part 3"
6) Weekend Players-"Best Days of Our Lives"
7) Major Lazer x Le Roux x Gucci Mane-"I'm Not your Lemonade"
8) Theophilus London-"Accept the New"
9) Simian Mobile Disco-"I Believe"
So Preview the tracks and if you dig it you can get it here

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.

Spring/Summer Time Essentials

On days like these you feel like doing something. Even if its just driving around with your windows down bumping some tunage. I would like to possibly contribute to your spring and summertime soundtrack with some of my favorites for the sunshine season. Im going to start off with Top Ranking Mixtape by Diplo and Santigold. This came out last year and it has a lot of Santi remixes most with a reggae/dub twist. The whole mixtape thumps. It was for a time available for free but that link is now dead, but you can buy it here, its hot fiyah.