Pretty morbid title for a post no?
It seems like no sooner than I restarted this blog I had to take another pause to deal with another personal issue. Unfortunately on Saturday I was involved in a car accident. I’m fine. My brother who was in the car with me is fine. The other car involved is fine.
So if everything is fine, why the need to even worry? I’m after all fine.
But you know what, even though I walked away unharmed, the memory of what went down will always stick with me.
I have been saying this shit since I heard it earlier this week. And last night, forget it. Each of us just took turns randomly saying it.
It’s so ridiculous that you have to laugh. You can’t help it. And his making fun of Drake’s hairline is pretty funny.
And when it picks up toward the end, it’s just pretty damn hilarious.
I can never hear either song anymore.
The video to LeToya’s 3rd single “Regret” was finally released.
While there is nothing particularly special about the video, the song is so hot that the video isn’t even a factor. She’s looking good though.
As for the song, LeToya’s vocals are on point. Ludacris’ verse is simple, witty, and doesn’t steal any of LeToya’s shine. Tank’s production is tight. And the lyrics are pretty solid. Usually songs about dead wrong guys play it a little too obvious to the point where the lyrics are cliche. On this song you can relate to what she is singing about (girl or guy). And despite who she is singing to, the chorus resonates with everyone who gave someone swag and in turn they got gassed and ran with it.
They always do regret it in the end.
Hopefully this will be a big hit for her. My question though? Why wasn’t this the 1st single?
I was initially reluctant to even “Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire”.
I kept reading/hearing about how gritty and realistic it was. I heard the scenes of violence were raw and leave you uncomfortable and cold. So of course, why would I even want to hand over my money for an ultimately depressing experience?
Well I ended up seeing the film finally, and when it ended I wondered? Was this the same film I kept hearing about?
What… The… Fuck?
This is the best they could come up with? This nonsense? It looks cheap as hell for starters. Beyonce dwarfs Gaga in size. The choreography is weak. And it isn’t at all sexy.
It looks like if the “Soldier” video had an unprotected three-way with the “Check On It” and “Diva” video while watching a Rihanna video marathon on MTV Hits.
FAIL.
So Diddy disbanded the most successful act on his label (Danity Kane) to make yet another band? And then give this new band an even stupider name? Dirty Money? Really?
Then to make matters worse, he releases this really weak ass 90’s throwback of a song.
That shit isn’t going to get any club jumping. And to me, it looks like an attempt to recreate “Total” with Diddy stepping in for the tough looking Pam.
Diddy, you did this shit better already:
I don’t know anyone who didn’t have an NES console back in the day.
I remember I went suddenly from Atari to Nintendo one Christmas and it was like a whole new world was open to me. I was able to jump around with Mario. Look for flutes and triangles with Zelda (while also being hyped about the game cartridge being gold colored). I remember getting frustrated with Kid Icarus and wanting the ability to shoot the shady dog from Duck Hunt. And wondered why I even played Jaws if the shark was so hard to beat.
I eventually beat EVERY game I owned/bought. But there was one little bastard of a game that I was never ever able to beat until years later. And that game was “Friday The 13th”.
The game and premise was pretty violent for a kids game. (But in the 80’s things were less PC.)
You had to protect children vacationing at Camp Crystal Lake from being killed by Jason Voorhees. And Jason rarely appeared, but when he did, he would instantly kill you. It was as if it was just a joke to make you frustrated and yank the controller out of the socket and throw it across the room in anger.
The game was incredibly hard.
But one day I had insomnia, and played it. And I beat it. And then was filled with a blinding rage…
THE ENDING SUCKED.
Don’t you all hate it when that shit happens.
Here is someone on YouTube who beat the game and recorded it. And you can see how shitty this ending is for yourself:
You see what I mean? Wouldn’t that shit piss you off?
But still, the game is something that should be replicated now for modern consoles. But sadly it won’t.
And the game gets major props for the screen that pops up when you die.
Rihanna is really trying her best to promote her latest album “Rated R”. Nothing that has leaked from her album so far has interested me. And I won’t even lie, I like some of her past music like “Take A Bow”, “Disturbia” and “Please Don’t Stop The Music”. But “Russian Roulette” is just a really stupid song. The blitz on “20/20″ was just unnecessary. And now comes the avalanche of Album/Single Artwork. Let’s discuss the picture above real quick.
No one ever said Rihanna was ugly. She is a naturally pretty girl with a great body. She has a good stylist. So why the need to look like the cover of a 5 for $20 dollar DVD at a porn shop? Secondly Wardrobe FAIL for giving her pancake breasts and Photoshop FAIL for her mysterious lack of an armpit.
Also the song “Hard” is really weak in it’s attempt to be EPIC and go, well hard…
Here is more artwork from Rihanna’s project.
Do you think she is trying to hard this time out? And is it even necessary since she has always had very strong promo behind her?
When I initially heard the new single by Jennifer Lopez called “Fresh Out The Oven” I immediately dismissed it. I never really gave it a chance because her last album somewhat pissed me off. It was really wack. It always baffled me how a girl from the Bronx couldn’t understand the importance of a club banger.
She kept trying to “sing” for real over these poppy songs when everyone now is tying to be in the club. And 4 albums deep into her recording career she should have known all she has to do by now is just ride a hot beat vocally.
Which brings me to “Fresh Out The Oven” which features Mr. “Two in the Oh! One in the Ah!” (That line will forever be stupid) Pitbull.
Again, initially I wrote it off. But ever since I heard it while I was out this weekend, and it was on full blast, the damn song is stuck in my head. (Loud music enhanced by alcohol always does the trick huh?)
I’m at work I will randomly hear “Break it off here, break, break it off there”. I go to the store to play lotto I hear “Break it off here, break, break it off there”. I go work out and I hear “Break it off here, break, break it off there”. By now you get the point.
Could this be the makings of a Jennifer Lopez comeback? I hope so. I always liked her. And despite all the hate she gets, she is the template for what most entertainers do now.
Below is a super short preview of the video.
And I may not understand this whole alter ego shit everyone is doing. I know “Lola” is the nickname Marc gave her years ago, so I’ll let it slide. But didn’t Jennifer Lopez already have an alter ego with “JLo”?
Last week the video for the remix of “Video Phone” featuring Lady Gaga was supposed to make it’s world premiere on all MTV owned stations. There was even a countdown clock on several websites. But when the clock hit zero, no video premiered.
They blamed technical difficulties and pushed it back to November 23rd.
Well while STAN’S across the internet breathlessly wait for Beyonce and her RAW EMOTION to finally debut the video, the song itself has finally arrived.
I’m sure this will get pulled by YouTube soon. So listen to it while you can.
My thoughts?
It’s not the dramatic display of ridiculousness that I expected due to it after all being a Beyonce song. It’s virtually the same song that is already on “I Am… Sasha Fierce”. Bangladesh is pretty good at making cool beats though. And this song is way better than the super repetitive “Diva”. But at the end of the day, you guys know how I feel about Beyonce.
So now that the song has finally arrived, was it worth the wait?
Usher: “Rock Band”
Produced by RedOne (Lady Gaga’s “Just Dance”) Usher goes into party mode, which is good since I hate “Papers”. But the song doesn’t really fit him. Also the chorus is weak. “Let me rock you like a Rock Band?”. Who says shit like that over the age of 17?
Amerie ft. Fabolous: “More Than Love”
Amerie makes another attempt at a career resurrection with this track off her album “In Love And War”. I like it. But I like Amerie. But her career is never going to pop off. It’s just not going to happen. She needs to try her hand at acting instead. People just aren’t feeling her musically.
Mariah Carey ft. Gucci Mane, OG Da Juiceman and JD: “H.A.T.E.U. (Remix)”
I don’t get how Mariah’s CD tanked. I thought people were feeling “Obsessed” because it was all over the damn radio. But I guess not. Here is a new song that LIBERALLY samples the Ghosttown DJ’s classic “My Boo”. I was sitting at home jamming to Funk Flex when he suddenly dropped a bomb. So I was waiting to hear what he would play and this came on. I swore it was the Ghostown DJ’s one.
Mads Langer: “Beauty of the Dark”
You know I had to take a left turn and play something different than the above. This is a good rock song with good vocals. I’d rather listen to this than Kings of Leon all day. The radio is really burning out that “Use Somebody” song… That fucking song is a pain in the ass already.
So this is the movie everyone is buzzing about online?
I don’t know. I’m getting a very strong “Mystery Men” vibe. But I like Matthew Vaughn as a director. It’s rated R, so that helps. So I’ll give it a shot.
Also, if everyone has been praising the crap out of “Hit Girl”, maybe they should have framed her action in the trailer so that you can see the ass kicking in full view? I’m just saying.
Will this be a break out hit or another “Watchmen”?
I always liked Trey Songz. But whenever he came out with stuff, he was overshadowed by everyone else. But it seems now he is poised to climb up the ranks of male R&B singers. He was on Drake’s “Successful”. His “I Need a Girl” and “LOL 
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Looks like coming out with a good CD right now was a smart movie. Especially when Usher is wailing his way to obscurity with that horrid “Papers” song and Chris Brown is too busy on his “She hit me first” tour.
Good for him.
And that “Cheerleader” song is inoffensive and young girls love it.
But “Female Vocalist of the Year”?
Did they hear what I heard last night?
That shit sounded like karaoke night at The Robin Hood in Sullivan County. Or like when an overconfident big boned girl named Charity ruins your school talent show by pulling something like this right at the end.
I’m surprised when Taylor won, no one pulled a Kanye and said that Carrie Underwood has the greatest vocals of all time.
Here is a clip from next week’s episode of the new “Melrose Place” reboot. It features the return of Heather Locklear as Amanda.
Can Heather work her magic and save this show from cancellation?
Side note: She looks OK. But you can tell she has gotten a lot of work done. And for her to give “Ella” the side eye about her clothing was a little funny since she had on an outfit from the 90’s along with 90’s hair. I know the show is not doing well in the ratings, but where are the wardrobe people shopping? Charlotte Russe?
For real Governor Patterson? What the hell?
That is the ugliest license plate color combination EVER. All he is successfully doing is fucking up everyone’s flow. This is going to look ugly on so many cars. I know you need to get money somewhere, but this is just boneheaded.
Add another strike to that re-election campaign buddy.
As you can see, I have a pretty pimped out farm on FarmVille. While it isn’t as crazy extravagant as some of my friend’s who also play, it is pretty decent. What started as something I made fun of my brother and girlfriend for playing, has turned into an odd obsession.
The game isn’t particularly special like “The Sims”. You can only make your little farmer plant and harvest crops. You can’t sit on chairs, you can’t ride horses, or can’t really do much but plant and harvest and spend hours decorating your farm.
So why are we all addicted?
Why do we status update our need for specific items, just to obtain ribbons? Just today my cousin asked all her friends (via status update) to only send her purple fences as free gifts.
You see, requests like that just cut into my farming time. For starters, when I send gifts, I send the same gift to everyone. So you need a purple fence? Guess what? I am sending you all a Maple Tree. If you don’t like it? Sell it.
But I don’t know why I am so drawn to a game that really doesn’t do much. Is it the competitive nature of it? No. If that was the case I would also be addicted to FishWorld or YoVille as well. But I am not. I can’t quite explain why I obsessively check on my grapes and animals. And I don’t think anyone who is as equally obsessed with the game can explain it either.
My theory? I’m thinking that there is a subliminal message in the cheesy song that plays during the game:
Add some WKTU music playing in the background and this is completely accurate…
Check out her site here.
Hello folks…
Well, this is my attempt to restart my blog. I had to stop updating it because my last job was with an Entertainment Company. They made me sign a waiver that stated I was no longer allowed to blog. And in a recession, the decision to stop blogging and collect those paychecks at work was an easy one. (Because let’s face it, I’m not cut out for the man whore shit to get paper.)
Anyhow, it’s going to be me blogging all of what is inside my head with regards to whatever I’m feeling. Of course with writing a blog, I have to re-work out all of the kinks and get back into my natural flow. But hopefully that will happen quickly.
Thank you to everyone who wondered where I had gone. I appreciate all of the emails that I have gotten during this time from people who read my site in the past. I had no idea people actually read what I had to say. Thanks for the support.
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