Rihanna - Diamonds (Remix) Feat Kanye West (Audio)

Perfect Timing.  Perfect song.  Perfect time to start blogging again.  I can always tell when its November (Scorpio Season and My birthday) by my luck seeming to fall my way, like that one time bumping into Usher's Uncle for Tickets to the concert, but I digress.

I think Kanye West and Rihanna must have seen my TRILLION tweets Begging for this remix.  Or maybe not because I did ask for Jay as well.  I thought the THREE of them together ran the town? Oh well.  Beggers can't be choosers.

Big Sean, Pusha T, 2 Chainz and Kanye West - Mercy (Official Video)

Most rappers taste level ain't at my waist level...

That's That ISH I Don't Like...

I had a whole novel I was going to write but instead I will keep it simple.  Anyone giving false hope or Selling Dreams, that's that ish I don't Like.

Keep it real, keep it honest, keep it moving.

If you ever wanna call someone out for something you don't like, reference this post as your meme! :)  

Have a happy Friday!

Take A Second for Good Music...

Fundamentals. Core. Bottom. Origin. Beginning. Roots. Roots, what are roots? By simple definition, www.Dictionary.com defines Roots as a person's sense of belonging in a community, place, etc, esp the one in which he was born or brought up.

It always amazes me to see the commonalities as well as differences among people raised in different parts of the country. Right when you think someone is very different, you find they have many similarities to you. Of course the differences will lurk but many times the similarities will bring you closer.

Music has that same type of connection to people that people have with each other. People from different areas tend to like different types of music but when the music is Good, this is when it becomes truly universal. Just like characteristics and traits of the human spirit, music takes on a persona that clashes with some but meshes perfectly with others.

My background is the Midwest, Joliet, Illinois to be exact, a city 30 minutes south of Chicago. Even within our small community we have differences from Chicagoans but tend to have more similarities. And the music is still universal.

My whole purpose for this article is to illustrate how great music touches everyone regardless of where a person is from. Its no secret, I have deep-rooted Chicago music roots proudly stemming from the midwest and with artists like Chaka Khan, Carl Thomas, R. Kelly, Common, Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco and Twista to name a few, its safe to say I have been brought up on a strong Chicago Home based foundation.

Most times a song plays for its origins in its own region first and then typically spreads around to other regions of the country. That's usually why you hear an artist from your hometown bumping the song for months or YEARS and then it hits the radio and the rest of the world embraces the song that you've already been loving/hearing for the last 2 years.

For me, growing up in the Chicagoland area, we used to listen and love all kinds of Chi-Town artists for years to the point they could do no wrong before they hit the masses. I'm sure other regions experienced this as well.

To my surprise, many people all over the world share my love for Chicago based music as if they were born in Illinois too. Some may proclaim they love it even more (I doubt it but welcome the love either way).

I actually was curious as to what my favorite artists resumes contained and found that my favorite Chicago Based Producers have been very successful and their sound has traveled throughout the country expanding into all types of genres of music.

Like I said, Good Music Is universal.

Check out my 3 Favorite Chicago Producers production discographys. Once you read the production credits you'll say the same thing I said...

...DAMNNN, he made that!?? Yup!

R. Kelly

Kanye West

No I.D.

Kanye West - Blame Game (Full Version)

Good morning Music Heads! #ScorpioSeason always brings me good fortune and cheer! So of course I have no choice but to share my birthday month celebration with you all.

Being in the entertainment industry, I am usually privileged and honored to get jewels before they officially drop and today was no different. I woke up and to my surprise the entire song for Blame Game has hit the streets.

I will say Kanye West has set a new standard for how your work ethic should be if you call yourself an artist. Too many times people get involved with something because of the commodity aspect of it. When that happens, the passion is lost and the over all product loses value because of the lack of heart and effort put in.

But Kanye with his non-stop motivation and hard working dedication towards honing and mastering his craft, "yeezy taught me" this is the only way to become great, regardless of the monetary gain that potentially can be involved.

By yeezy continuously dropping free music on G.O.O.D. Fridays, it shows his passion towards his art and I am compelled to buy his new album just because I want to support good work ethic as well as to pay homage to the actual heart and soul of a true artistic spirit giving everything to achieve a goal.

Or maybe it could just be because I like the music and want to give myself something G.O.O.D. for my birthday? Hmmmm...

G.O.O.D. Music Cypher

If you have not witnessed the reemergence of Kanye West's miraculous comeback after his disastrous almost career-ending Taylor Swift altercation/debauchery that happened a year ago, the rock you have been under must have its own kitchen and bathroom because you were obviously pretty comfortable down there.

This past year Kanye West took some time off, staying out of the spotlight to get his life together as well as working on honing his craft, taking his new material/music to new heights. This pause in the spectrum may have been the best thing for him as well as the music world.

Since his return, Kanye has done nothing but drop G.O.O.D. music that in a sense has returned him to the beginning, which is the type of music the people have yearned to hear from him since day one.

Seeing Kanye's work ethic as of late has made it almost impossible for me to want to slack off just even a little bit. It seems Mr. West took some advice from the college dropout album teacher and woke up only to be refreshed with a new look on life and a brilliant new career.

The fact that Kanye didn't give up after having a melt down from his mother passing away, losing his girlfriend and whatever other person battles he had to overcome showed the preservance and humility within his spirit. Honestly, by him taking a break to do some soul searching is very commendable.

Not to mention, watching Kanye screw up royally, then come back to the spotlight not only better but stronger, I think its safe to say that if anyone makes a mistake, which all people do, the only way to rectify the situation is apologize, don't dwell and get back to the roots of whatever it is that makes your gift, to be perfectly clear, great.

Many times we go through things in our life that will push us close to the edge almost destroying us, but the human spirit, ever so resilient, always fights to make things right.

The truth is most people may not have been able to handle that amount of overwhelming pressure and this is the very difference between those that are stars and those that never quite make it. The stars continue to shine even when everyone else says the light is out.

Personally, I always feel like every piece of hard work you put into your talent is worth something awesome. The minute you decide to give up, is the very moment some schmuck will pick up your left-over pieces, only to take "your" spot and shine exactly the way you were meant to.

I just have a never give up attitude because I don't want anyone taking the place that I worked hard for. I don't know that's just me though.

Anyway, Kanye and his record Label G.O.O.D. Music crew including Common and Pusha T, formerly of the Clipse, performed the last of 4 cyphers at the 2010 BET Hip Hop Awards. From this heart felt performance, I think its safe to say that Mr. West is still MAJOR.

2010 BET Hip Hop Awards G.O.O.D. Music Cypher

*source: www.theboombox.com