This man is my latest muse. Reggie Watts is a comedian/ musician who improvises monster smash mega groovy tasty jams on the spot. This man is a genius. Me and LEY had to have watched this video 10 times last weekend. Im so jealous of this man's awesomness.
Skylar Grey. You don't know the face. You probably know the name. You've definitely heard the voice. Over the past couple of years she has sang on and penned some mega hits for Eminem, Dr. Dre, Diddy and Lupe Fiasco. Now its her time to come out of the shadows. Her song "Dance Without You" is giving me mid 90s post grunge fever! Im talking Shirley Manson, Sneaker Pimps, Nine Inch Nails Downward Spiral era, Marilyn Manson Anti Christ Superstar vibe, but way more poppier. In other words im loving this song right now. If this is what her whole project is going to sound like, count me in!
I would offer prositutional acts for a dozen of fresh glazed Krispie Kreme right now. Actually make that two dozens, why only go for one, really whatever you see fit.I should put that on Craigslist.
In recent weeks it has been revealed that Missy Misdemeanor Elliot has been suffering with Graves Disease since 2008. Its an incurable autoimmune disease that effects the thyroid. This is unfortunate news and got me to thinking about all the amazing things Missy has done since her breakout in the mid 90s, and the profound effect she had on me as 'tween'. I remember not too along after my family moved to Hampton in the summer of 1997 Missy's Supa Dupa Fly was released. I remember going to Sam Goody and picking up the cassette (r.i.p.to Sam Goody's and cassettes ha) and listening to it incessantly. That album alone inspired me to want to become a producer cause I thought it was so cool that a woman was doing that and if Missy can do it, I can do it too! She was a chubby chick from Virginia who was a bit strange and I related to that fully. Ever since then Missy has always been ahead of the curve, so ahead that I don't think people has really caught up yet. Her "Behind The Music" episode comes on this week and I am really looking forward to it. There's also word that she is in the studio working on new music. Although I am positive that whatever Missy drop is going to be bonkers, I will always remember that feeling I got when listening to Supa Dupa Fly.
The other day I was driving around listening to the radio and DMX's "How's it Going Down" came on. I friggin lost my mind! That was the JAMMMMMMIIIIIEE. Then it got me to thinking how much I miss DMX. When DMX first popped on the scene he came with a vengeance, and I 12 year old Tylia was legit in love with him, like fully. Looking back it's kind of weird, but I was all about DMX. My middle school bestie Shawquana even made me a DMX key chain LOL LOL! But really though his passion his energy his flow his delivery his mania! To me DMX was the perfect rapper.Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood is still one of my favorite albums of all time. He could do a song for the ladies, he can do a song for the thugs, he can do a party anthem/ catch phrase for slightly out of touch older white people, he can do a song with Marilyn Manson! DMX could do it all, he was, for a while, untouchable. Now we all know that isnt true due to his ongoing drug abuse and jail stints DMX seems to be out of the game for good. But for a good solid streak DMX was THAT DUDE. Thats why I Miss You Man!
Ok so tonight on MTV there are presenting "Lil Wayne Unplugged". Now when I first heard that Lil Wayne was doing an "Unplugged" performance I was thinking that it would be interesting to see his songs interpreted in a acoustic fashion, I mean that is what "Unplugged" means right? So when the promos started rolling for this show I was surprised and annoyed to see that Wayne was using a full backup band with electric guitars and all. Wait what happened to the "Unplugged" aspect of the "Unplugged" series? Grant that I am currently at work and not at home watching the performance, so maybe there is an acoustic set in there. Even if there was one it defeats the whole purpose of naming this special "Lil Wayne Unplugged". If anything they should name it "Lil Wayne Unhinged" or something. What really irks me is what makes Lil Wayne so special that he does not follow the vein of this pretty iconic 20 yr old series. What makes him better than LL Cool J, Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Lauryn Hill, Alicia Keys and Jay-Z (just to name a few) that he couldn't continue with tradition. What gives him the right to against tradition? I think its rather WHO at MTV gave him that right? I've never been a Lil Wayne fan, sure I find some of his material entertaining but I just don't get what is so great about him. Lyrically, Little Lil Wayne was sooo much better than this thing he is now. But hey he's rich people love him and I'm the broke blogger bitchin about it. So who's winning? Here are some memorable "Unplugged" moments from Hip Hop greats, this is how its REALLY done Wayne!
A part of me feels like I'm too old to be into Odd Future but I can't help it I really dig these kids. This video came out last week and it was directed by Tyler the Creator and while the story line is pretty run of the mill (but with somewhat of a surprise ending?) the execution and cinematography is on point. Funny story the morning that my hard drive crashed *see previous post 2 stories down* I was actually about to download Tyler's Goblin from Amazon. Needless to say I didn't download it and needless to say I still don't have the album cause even if I got a hard copy I'd have no way to put on my iPod *womp womp* Anyways enjoy Tyler, The Creator ft Frank Ocean with "She"
