Plaza Roller Rink: Class of '98-'99 (finally)

Ok so a while ago I was inspired to make a lil mix of songs that reminded me of my time at Plaza Roller Rink in the years of '98 and 99. (You can read about my journey at Plaza here) Now after a few weeks of procrastination and a quickie no budget photo shoot with my brother Tyrone, I now present to you Plaza Roller Rink: Class of '98-99! I wanted there to be a lot more songs on the mixtape but its just a nice little collection of nostalgia. I really hope you guys enjoy it!
Cover photo and tracklisting:

1) Perculator
2) "How's it goin down" DMX
3) "Make Em Say Ugh" Master P/ No Limit Soilders
4) "Shorty Swing My Way"
5) "So Anxious" Ginuwine (this is the couple skate song, I never got asked to couple skate, how sad)
6) "Moving On" Mya ft Silkk the Shocker
7) "Money, Cash, Hoes" Jay-Z ft DMX
So there you have it just a little taste of the Plaza life on friday nights. Download the mixtape here Shout out to Lindsay, Eaton, Spratley, Jones, Davis and Syms middle schools. Also shout out to my cousin Shanee and my homegirl Shawquana who were my rolling patnas.

Runaway with me Baybah

After much anticipation Kanye West's short film Runaway debuted last night. I have to say I rather enjoyed it, although on television it annoyed me because of the commercials made it so disjointed. So upon 2nd viewing I appreciated it more. I thought Selita Ebanks who played the Phoenix was stunning. The cinematography was awesmazing. The musical placement was spot on and I think I have a crush on Kanye, he was like adorable in this. The only bone I had to pick was for the "Runaway" clip it was ballerina overkill. I get what he was trying to do. There were so many visuals up to this point and this song is supposed to be the climax of the film and I just wish there was more to look at. Then again he probably meant for it to come out that way. All in all this was very impressive not only visually but it made me excited for the album. Well played Kanye.

Your Getting On My Nerves.

When I first heard about facebook it was through a friend of mine who was talking about this dude she had a crush on and the fact that he had a facebook. Of course I ask what is facebook? I should have never asked. When I first got my facebook account is was open to college students only which I found pretty cool cause it seemed there was some sort of exclusivity. Then it opened to everyone and well, you know the rest. Facebook is really getting on my nerves. There's too many people on it. You really can't say exactly what you want cause you dont want your family members to see how much of a drunk or in most people's cases how much of a slut you are. And you can't complain about your job cause guess what your boss is on facebook and they can see you. The magic is gone. Ok so the magic was never really there. So I know what your thinking. "Then why are you still on facebook?" That's a good question. I don't know.

Promises, Promises

Ok so a few weeks ago I announced a new 'mixtape project' tentatively titled Plaza Roller Rink: Class of '98-99. Well this week I promise to finish that and post it. "Cover art" and all. Get ready for nostalgia.

My New Favorite Song

"Sunshine" by Rye Rye ft M.I.A. Rye is a 19 year old rapper from Baltimore. I like her a lot. Being a fan of M.I.A I have heard of Rye for a while now. Last year she released "Bang" but shortly after she found out she was pregnant. So now she is starting over again and her album Go! Pop! Bang! will be dropping soon.

Oh Yeah! Pumpkin Patch Yeah!

I remember as a small child taking class trips to the pumpkin patch and going on the hayrides and such. It was such fun. After a certain age you tend to stop doing that stuff cause you figure your too old. Or like all teenagers think they're just sooo grown up to do anything that juvenile. Then you hit your 20s and you start to feel a bit nostalgic. You want to feel those feeling you felt as a child being carefree and elated about the smallest things. Back in school Mu Phi Epsilon started going to this pumpkin patch every year, it has become a tradition, a tradition I missed after graduating. I could never find anyone who was really down with going with me to do these things. Luckily my cousin Alexis is down here for a while and she was totally down to go with me, we were both really excited, really. You would think it would be easy to find a legit place to go for the full pumpkin patch experience. Well it wasnt that easy. We found a place in Toano which right outside of Williamsburg, appox 45 minutes away from Hampton. The day started out like a perfect autumn day, but the further up north we drove the darker it got. By the time we (Alexis, my brother and myself) got there it started raining booo. But we went to eat and drove back and the rain let up enough for us to browse and be giddy. It turned out to be a really fun day.



And here is a quick little video we did:

When Things Get Old, Spray Febreeze On It

So I know at this point you've all heard the "Bed Intruder" song and at this point its getting pretty played out. Brilliant, yes. Getting old, for sure. But I know best to keep something stinky semi-fresh, you spray febreeze on it. Consider this musical febreeze.