*ALbum Review*

Greetings Fly People! I have to say Mr. Legend has done it again! I recently went out and purchased John Legend's new album Evolver. I utterly am in love with the sound of his new album. It has been playing repeat in my cd player since I purchased it.

I have always been a dedicated fan and groove with John's melodies for a while. His first cd was your typical soulful sounds of R&B. The second album had a more vintage/romantic style of songs. I was a tadbit nervous for the third one because I thought either he was going to repeat one of his previous styles or just lose his personal style completely..I was clearly wrong. His third album is not only a perfect feel good cd but brings out a different emotion with each song that he belts out. Its up tempo beats with a splash of slow and sultry is a perfect mix. He hits topics from dealing with heartbreak to him preaching about the deep power of love. John Legend has a way of taking a serious issue and lightening the mood by the way he portrays it. JOHN legend also always puts his album out with the season. It reminds me of Fall and warm colors. Its a perfect cd to stay in your apartment with a cup of hot green tea while snuggling up with a good novel while his songs are filtering the air with good vibes.

He has creative collaborations with artist such as Kanye West, Estelle, Brandy and of course Andre 3000.

My favorites...

Quickly feat. Brandy- This ballad portrays the picture our world in such a bad state that when he finds his love ..The love has to be rushed because they don't know when there last days are going to be on this earth.

"The news said that the sky is falling, The globe is warming

My country's warring, Leaders are lying, Time is running, Lower and lower, baby

Nowhere to go

I know we just met baby could you love me Quickly, Quickly

I want you to love me like you know the world's about to end baby."

Satisfaction- He can start hinting the fact that his love is not as in love with him as he thought. And they're slowly losing they're relationship because his love is slipping out of love...

"You don’t love me like you say you do You don’t want me the way that I want you You don’t love me like you say you do (you do) you do Chorus (x2)

Can I get me some satisfaction (x3)

That’s all I’m asking you, you, of you Give me the magic back

that’s all I ask of you "

This Time- It is a plead asking for a retry on a failed relationship. He admits to the girl that he was not ready to sacrafice his full self to make it work ..Now once the relatinoship enede he realized what he missed out on....

"This time I want it all ,This time I want it all

Showing you all the cards

Giving you all my heart

This time Ill take the chance This time Ill be your man

I can be all you need This time its all of me "

Its a beautiful song...I absolutely ..Love it, deep breath.

all time favorite (probably because I feel like this most of the time)...

Take Me Away- Is a beautiful song that literally makes you forget about your everyday issues and indulging and running away with your secret love. It is calming, peaceful and paints an intimate image of you and your love.

"I could tell, she's been through pain I could only dream Nightmares live where you live Tears were in her eyes, but she wouldn't let them fall I get the world to know where her smile is..

I asked: Do you dance with me now? Let me try to figure out The fastest round out of town And she says: Take me away from here Take me somewhere, where love is like breathing I don't care where we go, long as I'm there with you, baby "

I Love it...Deep breath:

Aww..the whole album is fly:)This album will be playing in repeat for the next couple months...Please go get It ... Its album where you can play nonstop on repeat and you don't have to skip any songs..nowadays that is hard to come by...

God Bless...

Musiq Love

Greeetings Fly People ...I just ran across Musiq Soulchild feat. Mary J Blige IFULEAVE...I'm glad the Musiq soulchild that I've grown to like is back with his soulful sounds. I'm not sure if Radio was one of my favorites. I hope you enjoy..



God Bless

Definition of the Day

IMPORTANT - COMPLETING AN ACTIVITY THAT LEADS TO A GOAL OR ACCOMPLISHMENT.

Just let that definition marinate when you prioritize your day to day activities.. Weed out what is vital in your life and remove anything that is not going to help you reach any of your goals or dreams

God Bless...

He's Back.....

Greettings Fly People....Yes I love hearing real hip hop! honestly it keeps me going..Yes and pioneers in the game like Q-tip don't ever need to leave...So he's back with his MJ inspired video


Q- Tip -Move



Love It.

God Bless

Want to Be A Tourist?

Greetings Fly People..Praise God its Sunday..I feel rejuvenated from this past week.I was actually early for Sunday service! That was a first! I honestly collapsed with my clothes on after being at my internship all day, yesterday. Everything turned out well so I can't complain:0

I have been meaning to post this about a month ago and of course I got sidetracked. I was reading Oyster magazine about a month ago and loved the concept of this jewelry line. It's called "Tourism" collection which was created by Kali Arulpragasm (MIA's older sister). It is currently based in London. It was inspired by her not being to able to travel to over half the world due to terrorism. She was discouraged when certain people would think of particular countries and would have a negative depiction of its culture. In the "Tourism Collection" she uses her designs as a poster for each country. The collection focuses on positive images that enrich the country instead of perpetuating stereotypes. Here are some pieces....

Love the idea. Love the positivity. Love the boldness of the jewelry.

Checkout http://www.superfertile.com/

God Bless..

Coffee Talk

Greetings.. I hope all is well with everyone...I have been tossing, turning and picking my brain to figure out the stupidity of males actions. Well I have News i'm definitely done trying. I could frankly careless. It's that simple. They don't make sense. This past week, not only me but numerous of my homegirls, including my sister have been going through hurtful situations when it comes to males. We have had chats over Vanilla Lattes at Starbucks, Girls Night(which I prepared an on point stir fry;), and of course long discussion on that good telephone. And at the end of the day we came to the conclusion of....umm nothing. It's quite sad how us as females will sit over analyze a situation, flip it, toss it up, throw it in the sky, catch it and try to figure the problem all over again. While the "oh so concerned males" is doing his day to day activities not giving a damn about you or your feelings. Not saying that the situation won't eventually deal with them but they avoid it until they wake up and realize how idiotic they are. One point I realized is the major difference when it comes to males and females and dealing with personal problems. If a female is going through numerous personal problems that is the time they want someone to lean on and want a male companion they can confide in. Males do the opposite. They tend to push everyone away and pretend their superman while they deal with a worsening situation. Okay and we all deal with life situations differently. Fine. My problem comes to play with something call ..A lack of Communication. Once again if a female is having personal issues she tends to be open with her problem and is open to advice. Males do the most disrespectful, spiteful and just plain rude actions to push females away so they don't have to deal with them or the situation. Okay let me give a helpful hint to all my males..open your mouth. We as women would rather hear " You know what, I'm going through alot right now and just need some personal time" rather than avoiding phone calls, acting out of your character, or just being a plain disrespectful. It comes down to maturity. Too bad these actions seem not to have an age limit.

Since I'm on a roll..another point is Intimidation. One of my homegirls def. was in a relationship with a male a couple years older than her. She is constantly making moves and bettering herself. I guess he felt as if he should be making most the moves in the relationship..and told her some sorry line of .."You know what I see how successful you are and you're doing soo much and I don't feel like I'm at the level I need to be in life. Maybe I'm getting babied a little too much from you and I don't know how to handle it." and yep it ended with.."I think we should take a break." Seriously? Every male who feels like this honestly need to find a life better yet create one. Umm two words...Personal Problem. Just because you feel intimidated and are getting upset with your females success that gives you a greenlight to act like you have no sense. Oh wow. We are all trying to better ourselves each day so do not blame your lack of success on me..blame it on your lack of discipline, lack of focus , and the lack of God in your life. Yep work on that.

Personally my situation I was dealing was just foolishness. You know your usual..males not keeping their word, acting extremely nonchalant about his actions and just overnight the person that I got to know over a year's time has completely disappeared and the typical negro has appeared. So on that note I'm turning over a new leaf- no more tears, no more examining the situation, no more girl talks or coffee chats. I frankly don't give a damn. It's that simple. Women have to stop going through the motions of playing the victim and try to justify males actions. Never Settle. I will never settle again. If you have your 10 requirements for a male to meet, stick with them. Do not try to bend rule #3 and because he meet # 7 & 8. If he does not meet every standard..keep it trucking. As soon as you find out he is not up to par...leave. We as women always have high hopes we can change or "better" a male with our influence. Let that go. Growth should be mutual. Not a mother dealing with a child( although that's what it seems like the majority of the time). It really hit me these past weeks when I was hurt, overly emotional and blasse blasse..that males are not taking time and having Boys Night where they try to figure out and depict the female they just hurt. They are off to the next female who they will try to replace you with but the sad thing that they will figure out soon is that ..yep ..sweetie I'm irreplaceable So good luck on that.

You know hat, I'll admit I have not have the most Godly thoughts when it comes on revenge when it comes to a male. I have been playing Bust you Windows by Jazmine Sullivan all week. At first I was hurt and clearly confused and all of a sudden I was irate beyond belief. I always tend to make it to church on Sundays but this particular Sunday I was 15minutes early.I def. needed God to work on my heart. And I left feeling renewed. It hit me while I was leaving what my father told me. God will continue to harden that hearts of others to push you away on purpose. It's God telling you that person does not need to be in your life. We always try to make people fit and allow people in our life past their expiration date. The more you try to push it God will continue to try to harden the persons heart more and more. Soo wit that in mind, I was completely content. He's just not for me. It's that simple. No more aggression, anger, or revenge. Time to refocus and put all the energy back into my life. You will reap what you sow. soo keep on...I digress.... God Bless;)

Fashion Show Fresh

Greetings Fly People...Soo I was going to post something related to how emotional distraught I am and how I feel as if my emotions are in complete shambles. Just warning to all I'm not in stable point in my life when it comes dealing with unwanted emotions. Example- After my morning run yesterday during my cool down stretch,Umm I randomly started balling! Yep.Yep! It's official ...I've lost my mind and hit rock bottom when it comes with males,relationships ,love and all of that good stuff.Hmm I'll eventually get my words together to express some type feeling towards it But anyway what Is a better way to make one feel better....FAshion Show! Yep so Krystle and I went to the last Fashion Show of Chicago Fashion Focus. This Fashion show focuse on up and coming designers in the Chicago area.

The show presented eleven different designers. I have to say I enjoyed the different designs for the most part.


Me & Krystle got a tad bit bored waiting for the show to start;)

Finally It began I just snapped a couple of pics of the designs that I was intrigued by..

Love the Hairpiece..(I'm a sucker for accessories;This was from Horacio Nieto...www.horacionieto.com

I wish I could have snapped a better picture! But I LOVED the cut of this Red Doupioini silk wrapdress..Th high collar set it off....;0 This was by Tenille White http://www.chicagoresource.com/

I have to say my favorite collection of the night was Organik Revolution...

http://www.organikrevolution.com/

Iwould rock this down the street and dare someone to say something...hairpiece and all;) Of course everyone who knows me is shaking their head because I live in neutral and earthtones.

*Mustard soy jersey mini dress w/ olive organic twill jacket*

This was the last dress of the night..

Organic Evening Gown..

The night was fun and it got my mind off my issues for the rest of the night...soo I can't complain..

Fun night ...more posts coming sooooon:) God Bless:)

PhoToSHoOt

Greetings Fly people...Before I left on my break I had a photoshoot taken by photographer M.Spencer ..Here are some samples I took... just sharing a couple...

God Bless..

Poetry Pause

Greetings beautiful People... I apologize my posts had taken a slight pause. I am still alive and doing well! It was my school's break so I pretty much attempted to take a break from everything;). Once I can get my thoughts together I will allow my thoughts to take you on a journey but until then allow Dana's Gilmore take you on one....


"Wife..Woman..Friend"






"Never Put Your Heart in Your Mind Position"

Love It... More Posts coming soon..God Bless