Valentine's Day..I Guess

Happy Valentines Day!

Gnarls Barkley - Who's Gonna Save My SOul

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I couldn't resist posting this vid on V-Day:0 I guess I'm pretty far from being love at this moment in life:

Miracles & Blessings

God Bless

Kidz In The Hall

Whats going on? everyone. Quick music post. my sis put me on this group. It'sa dope group called Kidz in the Hall that's made up of Naledge and Double O. Its a fresh sound that takes you back to the days when hip hop was fun:0

Love Hangover- Kidz in the Hall feat. Estelle

For more info....http://www.myspace.com/kizindahall



Mracales ande Blessings!

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

Fly Music ..Update 2

Greetings...Fly people..I usually try not to post a certain topic back to back but I was flipping the channels and saw the music video to "Greenlight" and of course I had to post it....

Andre 3000 feat John Legend .."Greenlight"

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Hmm I want Andre's brimmed hat and the young lady's fedora at the beginning of the video..hmmm just a sidenote...God Bless

Fly Music

Greetings Fly ONes!I'm obsessed with this track and when I saw the video I was sooooooooo pleased that the Beauty of Brown Skin Women were being represented! It's tasteful and smooth track to groove with...check it out

Ryan Leslie Feat. Cassie- Addiction



More Posts Coming...God Bless;)

*Nas & Kweli*

Greetings Fly Ones!! Its September!!! eeeek..thats craziness and foolery! This is not going to be a long post just want to give you an update on the Nassir Jones concert at The House of Blues in Chicago!



Talib Kweli Opening act





It was wonderful! I actually got to the concert late and was heated when I saw the line wrapped around the building! Soooo of course i played the role of telling every one that my friend was in the front and I finally pushed my way to the front!! And Im glad I did!!Because this show was on point of course! Kweli was the opening act and ripped it for about 5 songs and than Nas came out and did his thing...I was geeked the whole concert. Here are some pics I took..

More posts coming sooon...God Bless!

*Belize Fest*

Greetings Fly People! So yesterday after receiving an inspirational message from church I met up with my lovely friend Shani to attend the Belizian Fest In Washington Park Yesterday. It was a perfect day for a festival since it was not scorching hot, the summer breeze made everyone feel relaxed and comfortable. I absolutely love festivals of all kind and am disappointed that this was my first on of the summer! Since I met up with shani I was there earlier and decided to do some browsing around to occupy my time. The first item that caught my eye was a tub full of "yellow gloriousness"!!Raw Shea ButtER!!! That is one of the main reasons I love attending festivals and expos so I can get raw shea butter since it so difficult for them to find in a typical store.

Shea Nut

Next Item that caught my eye were these Hand dipped incense.The smell of these were so rich..




Of course these glorious locs snagged my attention ..these were the best locs I've seen on a male....

Love this wrap...

Fly Art Is a must at a festival

Live Performances...

Of Course you have to treat yourself to some Jerk Chicken..

What I eventually left with... You gotta Love the African Earrings..Eeeek..Im a sucker for huge accesories... Fun Times...

God Bless!!

SoulfuL SounDs

Greetings Fly Ones.. I just wanted to grace you with a couple of songs that has been in heavy rotaion in my life right now. The first vid I decided to post was "The World Should Revolve Around Me" by Little Jackie. I absolutley went head over heel when I heard this song and its now my ringtone!! I was first introduced to Little Jackie as the VH1 star of people "you oughta know" segment.I love the message behind the carefree message that she reveals to the audience. ..

Little Jackie

The World should Revolve Around Me

Chorus

"i've had a lot of failed relationships,
i don't get far cause i'm not equipped
i believe that the world should revolve around me,
i don't see the point of a partnership
it wont be long till i start to trip,
yes sirr-e the whole world should revolve around me,





My second choice is Nicole Willis And the Soul Investigators with "If this Ain't Love I dont Know what is." I know this is an older song..clearly I was missing out!!! My friend Sharon text me about this group last week so I finally found it and fell in love with it. Even though I cannot fully relate to the pure joy of indulging yourself in true love it still leaves such a content feeling in me once I play it. ...Listen And Watch..





God Bless!!

Just Words

Anthony David feat. India Arie

Chorus

"Can't tell you nothin you aint already heard
No matter what I say it's nothin but words
Just let me prove to you what I know is real
Let me express to you the way that I feel

Fairy tales can be
Real if you just believe
Got my mind made
I don't plan to leave
Cuz you were meant for me
Simple that may be
Why be complex
Loving you is so easy "


I Love the simplicity of both the message and the video. It gives me hope for the future;)

God Bless..

*SOnG Of ThE MomeNT*

Soo All thIs Morning I have Been blasting the Sex And The City SoundtracK..I know, I know the movie has been out for a moment now but still love it.So until it comes out on DVD(which might get the same rotaion as Brown Sugar) i'll just bump the Soundtrack;) As you know Miss. Jennifer Hudson brought some color to the Movie as playing Carrie Bradshaw's assistant. \

As I was watching the BET awards a couple of nights ago they premiered Jennifer's Hudson new single Spotlight which is my favorite song of the moment> Not only does she sound amazing she looks beautiful in the video. All of her outfits she chose are very form flattering for her and her choppy bob fits her well! Oh it also is my fav video now because ...Pause at the sexy chocolate locmate who plays the roll of her possessive man! Jen, you did a wonderful casting:0 Her new single is called Spotlight which I love for more reasons than one.. Check It OuT...


God Bless!

Defeat your Enemies With Success

"We Made It" Busta Rhymes feat. LinkinPark
Powerful Lyrics, Powerful Video......




Chorus

">Together we made it
We made it even though
weHad our backs up against the wallForever we waited,
And they told us we were never going to get it
But we took it on the road,To the riches,On the road, to the ghetto, on the road, to the projects on the road, ride with meOn the road, we come and get it on the road yeah yeah yeah yeah!"


..Gotta Love it

God Bles...

When Props Are Due..

"Cause I got summer hatin on me Cause I’m hotter than the sun

Got Spring hatin on me Cuase I never sprung

Winter Hatin on me Cause I’m colder than y’all

But I will NEVER I will NEVER I will NEVER fall!"



Okay so me and my bestie were out yesterday and I blame her for me being past obsessed with this song and especially the Lyrics I just posted. Now if you know me, I have never been a huge Wayne fan. When I listen to music Im all about what message is being portrayed from the artist tto the audience. Numerous times I have listened to Wayne and I'll admit the way he puts his words together is slick genius. The problem comes in is when a full messaged is not being portrayed. But I'm not knocking wayne because I jam out to him hard when trying to stay on my grind. I still play out "The Sky is The Limit!" I can't be mad because he came up and clearly is shutting the game down..especially since he has already sold a million units in the 1st week!



The idea of this song was a powerful combination of bringing both The Carters together. I loved the Collabo and I love the smoothness that Mr. Jay- Z brings to the track. I have ridiculous amount of respect for him. He has grown so much since he started in the hip hop game. He's literally a business man! I love It ...So right now my song of the week Is " Mr. Carter." I love it because its a reminder of no matter whats going on around you, you have to stay focus. It also allows you to take all your enemies negative energy towards you and use it to empower yourself. Because regardless of what others may think if you stay focus and have determination everything will fall into place! You have to be your biggest fan or no one will ever support you! Don't let other determine your destiny!Stay Focus and of course everyone will begin to ask about you. "I Will Never, I will Never, I will Never fall!!" Aah You got to Love It!!! God Bless!!!!

WaLE!!

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"Summer-summertime, summertime" As the Fresh Prince would state! I love getting my hands on new summertime music! So this summer I see myself jammin out to many up and coming east hip hop masters. Go Go Music style of music coming from the D.C. and east Coast area is on a steady rise with props to new artists as Tabi Booney and Wale. I'll admit I just noticed Wale when he was recently featured on The Roots Rising Up joint. I was intrigued by his laid back demeanor and his conscious lyrics. I did a tad bit of research on 23 year old lyricists Wale Folarin. He has already been in top press as the New York Times, The Fader, The Washington Post, Vibe...and the lists goes on. I actually was extremely excited when I heard he was on the 'Rock The Bell" Tour with Nas, Mos Def, Q-tip , Method Man, Dead Prez, De La Soul, Raekwon, The Cool Kids. I was even more hype when I heard the tour is hitting the Chi July 19..And Yes I'm working on tickets as I type! That tour hands down is true hip hop, no gimmicks, just taking hip hop back to its roots. It has clearly strayed away and has become ridiculously too commercial! But that is another posts that may take up half the page! But check out his new video Iposte "W.A.L.E.D.A.N.C.E." The video is artisticly simple. i definitely diggin; it..Oh and yes I have noticed the majority of my posts have been music oriented, its just been hot music has been surrounding. But don't worry more Beauty, Fashion, and Life Lessons Posts are coming soon!! GOD BLESS!!

Roots+Badu = Unbelievable

Goodmorning...I want to apologize for taking so long to update you on the remarkable, amazing and soulful concert of the one and only Ms. Badu and The Roots. I went to her concert last Friday with my sis who came in town and my hip hop head homeboy. Of course we were running late.!! So once we entered the The Chicago Theatre we were struggling to find our seats. Surprisingly we had better seats than we expected! As we wlked down on the floor to get settled in we were greeted by The raw instruments of The RooTs spitting there new single "Rising Up." I was astonished how talented these cats were live. They were interactive in the crowd and led every person who purchased a ticket to stand up and jam, no matter what age you are. Blackthought was tearing up the lyrics and then putting themm back together all in one verse. Throughout there performance you can feel the vibe that they are true artists and they genuinely love to perform. The guitarist from The Roots who goes by Capt. Kirk. tore up my all time favorite song "You Got Me" Erykah hadn't come out yet so he had a gitar solo and this man vocals was ridiculous! This man began to scat and dance across the stage while playing the guitar..he seriously stole the The Roots performance.

After about a 15min intermission the crowd became extremely impatient because we all were eager to see the queen herself. About 5 minutes later her back up singers slid out first and than she slowly crept out from the backstage in a layered taffeta dress and topped it off with a small black church hat. It was screamed out "Badu!' This woman performed for 2 1/2 hours straight! Her performance consisted of selections form "New Amerykah" back to classic sounds of "On& On". One of the highlights of her performance was when she mixed interpret/modern dance as she performed "Green Eyes". When I say she was moving all over a she was honestly spinning , leaps, unique stretches I mean it, she worked it out. She came back out and ended the concert with a snippet of her classic songs she didn't hit such as Next Lifetime, Call Tyrone, In Love with You(which I would have fainted if she sang the entire song. But what I loved the most is when she ended her set with Telephone and went into the crowd and allowed the audience to sing with her. She was even clowning on this brotha's vocals who was clearly intoxicated. We were sitting in the middle so I couldn't allow my beautiful vocal skills to shine through! clearly I sound a mess)1 But I would have pretended I had a voice to jam out with Erykah. One can automatically tell that she is down to earth and has so much meaning behind her lyrics. I would close my eyes randomly throughout the concert and her voice sounded just as pure as it sounded on her albums. Beautiful. One word to describe the concert,...Peace and Blessings,,God Bless.

*GlOW In The DARk Tour*

SPEECHLESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Honestly that how I feel about the Glow in the Dark Tour. I honestly felt as if I saw a piece of history in the making. The concert was phenomenal from beginning to end!! So me and my homeboy just entered the United Center trying to find our seats and all of sudden I heard..no it couldn't be ...is it Lupe?..was it him really?... Oh yes it was !!!! i cut out running pushing, I honestly did not care who I had to trample over to see him! haha I know I sound slick crazy! But I def. was focused on Lupe! He delivered so well! During his performance of Kick, Push I zoned out and I was jammin out oh so hard and during the "Paris, Tokyo" performance I acted as if LUPE wrote those lyrics just for me. He ended his set with none other than teh uplifting song and my ringtone of "Superstar!" I thought he was going to perform more songs but it was still the highlight of my life.

Okay next who performed was N.E.R.D. When I say they got the crowd hype I have never seen energy like this in my life. The raw instruments and fun lyrics kept the crowd on there feet the entire time. I was screaming on the top of my lungs " You Can't Be me I'm A Rockstar!!" Rinanna was the next performer. Surprisingly Rihanna sound good live! Many people believe Rihanna doesn't have a strong voice but she pretty much killed it especially with her own rendition of Lauryn Hill's "That Thing" Oh did i mention that Chris Brown randomly ended on stage during N.E.R.D.S performance during a dance break,,Hmmm tat tat in that.

Okay so I was wondering why all the artists performance was a tad bit shorter than what I anticipated but it all made since when Mr. Kanye West came and shut the United center down! I have a whole new respect for this man! When I said he poured out his soul, energy and heart on that stage I mean every word! Kanye seriously made his love for his hometown be known through each song he spit. He allowed each one of his emotions he felt in every lyric he spat. from "Jesus Walks" to the emotional heartfelt lyrics of "Hey Mama"(where the crowd applauded for his mother's beautiful spirit) to the fight for fame of "Through the Wire" he not only rocked the crowd but left them feeling uplifted and motivated. At the end of he performing "Stronger" I thought it was the end of the concert and I was about to head than all of sudden you heard the beat of " homecoming" and the crowd went crazy!! I honestly felt as if I was born and raised in Chicago..lol ..atleast for that song. Once again I thought that was the finale and it was time to gather the memories of the concert and head home..Wong!!! Another surprise he came back put with "Touch the Sky" and you know what that means Mr. Fiasco came back out to perform his verse. The crowd was uncontrollable two of the most influential rappers now who put Chicago on the map on stage in their hometown. aah I loved it, I honestly can't explain the feeling of the concert. You could feel the struggle, pain and triumph of Kanye's life while he performed on stage, he is such an inspiration and is living proof that you do not have to follow society's standards to reach your dreams. He ended the concert with an inspirational speech about following your dreams and not allowing anyone stop you from achieving your dreams. He repeated this line over and over after he performed his last song....."Make Sure Before we die, we're going to Touch The Sky...."

...God Bless!!

The GooD, The Bad, The Ugly

SOOOOOOOO after having a stressful day of apartment hunting ..I think I found a winner!!!the apartment is on the Northwest side of the city and I absolutely love it! But before I went wondering around the cool Chicago area..I decided to take a 5 minute cat nap..literally 5 minutes! As I was dozing off I turned to RapCity ( which I haven't watched a good minute, just because I don't have time anymore and due too the excessive amount of foolishness displayed on it I decided to take a break! Consequence tore up the beat with his raw flow. He's originally from NY( I heard he's Qtip cousin but Im not sure) and we all know where Kanye reps!! I'm not sure how long this video has been out but check it out its hot....


God Bless!

WaILinG WelSh= DUFFY

"My Music is really difficult to describe. I suppose I'd say it's rough around the edges and soft in the middle. I don't like music being too perfect, I think sonically it has to be a bit interesting. I like things orchestral, I like strings and a really great bass line."...Duffy

So I ran across this video and was intrigued by the ol' school flavor that was belting out this petite welsh wailer. She was born raised in Wales and grew up jammin' to Motown legends as Marvin Gaye secretly. Aimee Duffy began belting out the blues at age 18 years old. You can find her soulful single "Mercy" on her album Rockferry. She reminds me of a toned down Amy Winehouse. I have to admit this single has been on rotation for me all morning. She has a classic English style which was inspired from Jackie O. I love the entire vibe of the music and how raw it is. The instrumentals allow the music to creates a genuine sound for the listener. Check her out at http://www.iamduffy.com/index2.html. ...God Bless Soulful Saints!