Never Do What They Do

Not much needs to be said about this song, it pretty much speaks for itself. As an addition to the list below, here's the first verse to the Legendary Roots Crew song "What They Do" off Illadelph Halflife.

Lost generation, fast paced nation

World population confront they frustration

The principles of true hip-hop have been forsaken

It's all contractual and about money makin

Pretend-to-be cats don't seem to know they limitation

Exact replication and false representation

You wanna be a man, then stand your own

To MC requires skills, I demand some shown

I let the frauds keep frontin

And roam like a celluar phone far from home

Givin crowds what they wantin

Offical hip-hop consumption, the 5th thumpin

Keepin ya party jumpin with an original somethin

Yo, I dedicate this to the one dimension-al

No imagination, excuse for perpetration

My man came over and said, "Yo we thought we heard you"

Joke's on you; you heard a bitin-ass crew but um..

Never do...what they do, what they do, what they do...

100 Ways to Save Hip Hop

I came across this list this morning on 2dopeboyz and it felt like a preacher was speaking the word and evoked the spirit out of me. Aside from a couple of 'ehhh, not so sure about that one' thoughts, this list is really what we need to save hip hop -- although the last one might throw some people off.

I AM BACK!

Fall Semester is OVER!! Lord only knows how happy I am right now; back in my own bed, in my own room, with my own bathroom (communal bathrooms in college is no joke, really). Sorry again for the ridiculously long absence -- papers and tests and assignments were getting in the way of blogging time, but I'm here now and I'll be here for a whole month of non-stop blogging...please hold your applause. You're welcome.

Song of the Day (Do You Like It?)

I am an idiot. Here I've been. parading myself around for Lord knows how long proclaiming myself as a Tribe fan and I never gave their final album The Love Movement a fair listen. In my hour of procrastination from a ridiculous amount of papers only an English major could have, I finally put the album on, and by the 5th song  the second I got to the 5th song I realized my full blown idiocy. Like It Like That has everything a soulful hip-hop song could ever need and could ever aspire to be. From the drums to the sample  to the lyrics, in my opinion, this song is perfect. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. If any of you are jazz listeners and not so much hip-hop listeners...do yourself a favor and listen to this immediately!

Grammy Nominations X My Feelings

So the Grammy's came out with nominations last night and well...I have opinions.

1. Adele is one of the only mainstream artists I truly appreciate and support lyrically and musically and she needs to win almost every category she is in.

2. Why is Bruno Mars up for Album of the Year?

3. Grenade...song of the year? Really?

4. Nicki Minaj as Best New Artist....if you know me you know how I feel about this. If you don't know me, to put it simply, I don't believe in the artist known as Nicki Minaj. Take that how you wish.

5. On what planet does Susan Boyle qualify as "Traditional Pop"? Enlighten me please.


6. All of the Lights, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Beats Rhymes and Life, Otis. All winners or I permanently shut off my radio and drop kick it out of my 8th story window into the shaft.

I have more feelings about the Grammy's...but I should probably keep it to myself until February 12th.

A BCBG Christmas

Christmas came early for me this year courtesy of Brian...and I need to tell the world what I got. Last summer he and I went to the mall by his house and I happened to stroll into one of if not my absolute favorite store BCBG (this one happened to be BCBGeneration). I immediately tried on and feel in love with this white long sleeve button down printed romper. This thing that's absolutely beautiful and actually looked good on me (I couldn't have been more skeptical of it actually looking decent on me at all), but sadly, being the broke college student that I am, I had to let it go. BUT I happen to have a thoughtful boyfriend...(they exist!!!!!)...and he surprised me over thanksgiving break with my early Christmas present!!! My reaction to my new romper was priceless, and I couldn't be happier that no one saw me.

If I get brave enough, I'll update this picture with a a picture of me in it...rather than this random model who isn't me.

via bcbg.com

Winter's Eve, Stay for the Food

On Monday November 29th, Lincoln Square was transformed into something like a winter wonderland combined with a food expo and an outdoor concert -- genius. Some of the girls from my team decided to head down there fordinner and it's safe to say it was the best decision we've made in a while.