I Miss You Man: Staind

Some folks these days like to poop on the whole "Nu-Metal" movement of the late 90's early 00's. Even the bands themselves who were grouped into this sub genre like to mock it. Point of it being is this time in (rock)music was the musical highlight of my life as a teenager. The other day while having my iPod on shuffle a Staind song came on and I started thinking back to how dope Staind was. Yes to me, Staind was dope. Come on man have you heard Break The Cycle? Have you heard the FIRST SONG on Break The Cycle? If that wasn't a sonic slap in the face and a roaring opening to an album than I don't know what is. Yeah sure after a while Aaron Lewis got real whiny and stuff but for a moment Staind, to me at least, was THAT band.

Where Has This Song Been All My Life (This Year)!?

So I've been on this ASAP Rocky kick for a while and ASAP Rocky is not only his name, but the name of his crew, ASAP is a bunch of dudes which includes rappers, producers, visionaries homies, weed carriers etc. One of the dudes down with the crew is Miami rapper SpaceGhostPurrp. Number 1 he get's brownie points for naming himself after Space Ghost. Brownie points number 2 he gets for making this song I'm about to post. Sure this song came out way earlier this year but I'm quite Tardy for the Party when it come to certain things so I'm now just discovering this song. Just a warning I'm playing this all day on New Year's Eve to make up for lost time. This is simply poetry in motion. Since I don't like to use such vulgar language on this blog we'll just call this song "Please Perform Fellatio On a Black Male for 2011"

Get Into The Holladay Spurit.

This is our Xmas tree, we keeps it real.
So yeah we know that it is either the most wonderful, dreadful, annoying or toughest part of the year for everyone. This year is the first in a while since we've had a little bit of a xmas and I have to admit, I'm kind of excited. I'm just happy that I was able to buy my mom and my brother some things to open on Christmas morning. But for now let's continue an Xmas tradition that I started a few years ago. Hoodmetal's Anti Xmas songs, available for download for you cause I like you, a lot.

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 :)