Monday, January 26, 2009
Little Jackie- The World Should Revolve Around Me
*Courtesy of YouTube
I was late on this Brooklyn native... Are you?
Feel good music with extremely relatable lyrics.
=)
-franso
WHERE IN THE WORLD?
So... where the hell have I been?
Christmas, New Years, and 3 Kings Day came and went without some posts from me.
Movies, albums, books have come out and I've been... where?
Well, truthfully.. nothing has really inspired me.
Sure I've been working and just recently returned to school... but THE INSPIRATION IS LACKING!!!!
The last thing to genuinely inspire me was Q-Tip's Renaissance album... I have yet to get over that.
(Have you seen the manwomanboogie video? It's cute, and dammit Q is looking healthy...!)
Let's discuss how I'm not over this song, album, message, vision... Have you listened to the lyrics? My friend Briana and I can sit for hours and overanalyze... Shoutouts to HER.
Hm, what else is going on with me? Oh, knitting. Yeah, I've fully embraced my "CHIC GRANDMA" image, completing a cranberry scarf and currently working on a light green hat. Oh yes, I'm the grandmother at the bus stop knitting... Except I have the big red headphones on bumpin' to some vintage Biggie...
WHICH BRINGS ME TO!!! (Nice segway, no?)
Who's seen it? Who's waiting for the crowds to die down to catch it? Who don't give a damn? (Go home.)
Well, a part of me feels like a review is irrelevant... but it's still a big deal to me!
Where do I begin!? I enjoyed it... but unlike many other people, I didn't feel like blasting Biggie after. I wasn't overly proud of hip hop... I WAS SO SAD!!!!! I felt like the entire movie was sad... even when he was succeeding. If it wasn't one thing, it was the other. First his father never came back, then he started selling, then he wen to jail, then he started to do good with diddy... but he was neglecting his daughter, then his mother got cancer, then the way he treated fait and kim, then pac, then his accident... THEN HE DIED!!!!!!!! And that's not to mention how overwhelming the fame was for him =/
Homeboy who played Biggie though? What a perfect casting =) I really liked him.
And the girl who played Faith? She was probabl my favorite...
All this drama with Naturi playing Lil Kim? Um... seemed about accurate to me! Oh, and let's not even get into Lil Kim wanting CHRISTINA MILIAN to play her. Sweetie, you were dark-skinned back then... so that wouldn't have worked. *Annoyed sigh*
Anthony Mackie as Pac... One of my main concerns. Listen, I LOVE that actor and I was excited to see him as Pac (who I also love to death).. But it didn't click for me- Well, the only time it did was when he FIRST showed up to see Biggie perform. When he had on the orange silk shirt at the club? Not so much. I just felt like it was Anthony Mackie imitating Tupac, not Tupac.
Angela Basset, stunning of course. Yeah the accent was flaky, but dammit I love her!
Wait... DEREK LUKE AS DIDDY?!!?! First I thought it wasn't a good idea. I kept laughing at Derek Luke dancing around and saying all those ridiculous one liners to boost his and Biggie's esteem... but then I realized the real Diddy makes me do the SAME EXACT THING. What a joke lol
All and all, great movie. Cried at the end, of course. Voletta Wallace's poetry gets me. every. single. time.
Check it out if you haven' already...
Recap of Mos Def at Highline as soon as my friend stops being stingy with the damn pictures.
To my 3 fans... I'M BACK!
=)
-franso
Christmas, New Years, and 3 Kings Day came and went without some posts from me.
Movies, albums, books have come out and I've been... where?
Well, truthfully.. nothing has really inspired me.
Sure I've been working and just recently returned to school... but THE INSPIRATION IS LACKING!!!!
The last thing to genuinely inspire me was Q-Tip's Renaissance album... I have yet to get over that.
(Have you seen the manwomanboogie video? It's cute, and dammit Q is looking healthy...!)
Let's discuss how I'm not over this song, album, message, vision... Have you listened to the lyrics? My friend Briana and I can sit for hours and overanalyze... Shoutouts to HER.
Hm, what else is going on with me? Oh, knitting. Yeah, I've fully embraced my "CHIC GRANDMA" image, completing a cranberry scarf and currently working on a light green hat. Oh yes, I'm the grandmother at the bus stop knitting... Except I have the big red headphones on bumpin' to some vintage Biggie...
WHICH BRINGS ME TO!!! (Nice segway, no?)
Who's seen it? Who's waiting for the crowds to die down to catch it? Who don't give a damn? (Go home.)
Well, a part of me feels like a review is irrelevant... but it's still a big deal to me!
Where do I begin!? I enjoyed it... but unlike many other people, I didn't feel like blasting Biggie after. I wasn't overly proud of hip hop... I WAS SO SAD!!!!! I felt like the entire movie was sad... even when he was succeeding. If it wasn't one thing, it was the other. First his father never came back, then he started selling, then he wen to jail, then he started to do good with diddy... but he was neglecting his daughter, then his mother got cancer, then the way he treated fait and kim, then pac, then his accident... THEN HE DIED!!!!!!!! And that's not to mention how overwhelming the fame was for him =/
Homeboy who played Biggie though? What a perfect casting =) I really liked him.
And the girl who played Faith? She was probabl my favorite...
All this drama with Naturi playing Lil Kim? Um... seemed about accurate to me! Oh, and let's not even get into Lil Kim wanting CHRISTINA MILIAN to play her. Sweetie, you were dark-skinned back then... so that wouldn't have worked. *Annoyed sigh*
Anthony Mackie as Pac... One of my main concerns. Listen, I LOVE that actor and I was excited to see him as Pac (who I also love to death).. But it didn't click for me- Well, the only time it did was when he FIRST showed up to see Biggie perform. When he had on the orange silk shirt at the club? Not so much. I just felt like it was Anthony Mackie imitating Tupac, not Tupac.
Angela Basset, stunning of course. Yeah the accent was flaky, but dammit I love her!
Wait... DEREK LUKE AS DIDDY?!!?! First I thought it wasn't a good idea. I kept laughing at Derek Luke dancing around and saying all those ridiculous one liners to boost his and Biggie's esteem... but then I realized the real Diddy makes me do the SAME EXACT THING. What a joke lol
All and all, great movie. Cried at the end, of course. Voletta Wallace's poetry gets me. every. single. time.
Check it out if you haven' already...
Recap of Mos Def at Highline as soon as my friend stops being stingy with the damn pictures.
To my 3 fans... I'M BACK!
=)
-franso
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
D'Angelo- I Found My Smile Again
*Courtesy of YouTube.
...why didn't anyone tell me?!
With his recent guest appearances on Common's "So Far To Go" and Q-Tip's "I Believe", I KNEW he would be returning soon- I just didn't know he was putting the finishing touches on a new album due out next spring already...!
Yeah, I like it. Glad to se hasn't lost it.
=)
-franso
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Maroon 5- Call And Response: The Remix Album
Apparently these lovely men are releasing an album of remixes of previous hits.
This one's pretty cool, Harder to Breathe featuring The Cool Kids:
*Courtesy of YouTube, of course.
=)
-franso
This one's pretty cool, Harder to Breathe featuring The Cool Kids:
*Courtesy of YouTube, of course.
=)
-franso
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Pacific Divison...!
F.A.T. Boys '08
Women Problems
*Courtesy of YouTube
Don't wanna get too carried away, those are my two jams right now though.
=)
-franso
Q-Tip/ The Cool Kids Recap!!!!! (12/2)
Peace, Love, Unity, and Having Fun.
HIP HOP!!!!!!!!!!
Sooooooooooooooo, last night was one of the illest nights of my life. Hands down.
Highline Ballroom with some friends, antsy for some real/good music.
Opening Act #1- Pacific Divison. A trio from LA, Mibb, Like, and BeYoung. What a great set, I can't stop listening to them! Currently obsessed with their "I'm Fat" "Gorgeous" and "Women Problems" joints. They're young, energetic, and a great time. Smooth.... Not to mention I'm crushin on two of them. =)
Opening Act #2- The Knux. Nope. Shouldn't have happened, really. Rock, pop-ish rap. Not my kind of fun. 2 very creepy guys who seemed ridiculously angry, demanding the crowd to go wild for them like they deserved it. Whatever.
The Cool Kids- Yes, yes ya'll. They started with "Pump Up the Volume", energy on highhhhh =) Highlights for me include "I (MIKEY) ROCK", "Black Mags", "Oscar the Grouch", "88"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, and much more. Those are some funny dudes too, just like PacDiv, which always makes a show that much more fun.
And then.
*sigh*
Q-TIP. He's Godlike, I don't care what anyone says. Where do I begin? We were right up front the whole time, to the point where my neck was killin me from looking UP at the stage. Q comes out and he's standing directly in front of me. Ridiculously hyped, screaming the lyrics to Shaka into the mic. I wasn't ready. I wish I could remember the exact playlist, it was taped to the floor of the stage and we could read it lol
But anyways, he did "BONITA" "CHECK THE RHYME!!!!!!!" "AWARD TOUR!!!!!" (where he put the fuckin' mic to my friend's mouth and he said "do dat do dat....") "ELECTRIC RELAXATION!!!!" and among seeeeeveral other oldies, "SUCKA NIGGA"
I felt kind of embarrassed when he did "Check The Rhyme" because he gave the mic to 2 guys and they didn't know the words fully and his facial expression... it killed me lol you could tell he was just like "what. the. FUCK?!" he looked dumbfounded and I kept flashbackin to the last concert at NOKIA when he brought homeboy onto the STAGE and he was vibinnnn, knew every single world. Q looked at us with that smile and was like, "YO, KNOW MY SHIT!!!!" And put us in our place by doing it himself. I like it better that way anyways ;)
From the new shit he did "Gettin' Up" "You" "We Fight/ Love" "Manwomanboogie" (where Amanda Diva's cute self came out to jam) "Move" and finished with "Life is Better", coming out into the audience and everything.
Backtrack, right after Q started, we're vibing, and my friend's friend mentions that Mos Def was standing behind us for some time, vibing in the audience like nothing. Immediately- I die. (For about the 3rd time in the night.) So! Q-Tip is doing Bonita, we're all on Cloud 9 and I feel this commotion to my right. MOS DEF IS ATTEMPTING TO CHILL IN THE AUDIENCE 3 PEOPLE AWAY FROM ME. wtf!?!!??! as;odglha;dfgn I wasn't ready. It was too much on my heart because I wanted to stare at this wonderful man and Q-Tip performing one of my favorite Tribe songs at the same time. Not possible- or healthy. I felt bad for Mos though, all he wanted to do was chill and enjoy the show- but everyone was hounding him taking pictures lol (including me)
When it was over, I was so lifted I seriously didn't wanna leave the venue. Lucky me for hanging around because I recognized this one guy, walked up to him, turns out it was the editor in chief over at xxl magazine....! As a journalism major... I was gassed lol
Aw, and Talib was there =)
When we walked out, Why was Mikey Rock from The Cool Kids, just chillin outside? With his fine self? Coolin?
What an amazing night. It's experiences like these that make me want to work in the business that much more.
Oh, and at the end of it all? It was-
-you.
=)
-franso
HIP HOP!!!!!!!!!!
Sooooooooooooooo, last night was one of the illest nights of my life. Hands down.
Highline Ballroom with some friends, antsy for some real/good music.
Opening Act #1- Pacific Divison. A trio from LA, Mibb, Like, and BeYoung. What a great set, I can't stop listening to them! Currently obsessed with their "I'm Fat" "Gorgeous" and "Women Problems" joints. They're young, energetic, and a great time. Smooth.... Not to mention I'm crushin on two of them. =)
Opening Act #2- The Knux. Nope. Shouldn't have happened, really. Rock, pop-ish rap. Not my kind of fun. 2 very creepy guys who seemed ridiculously angry, demanding the crowd to go wild for them like they deserved it. Whatever.
The Cool Kids- Yes, yes ya'll. They started with "Pump Up the Volume", energy on highhhhh =) Highlights for me include "I (MIKEY) ROCK", "Black Mags", "Oscar the Grouch", "88"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, and much more. Those are some funny dudes too, just like PacDiv, which always makes a show that much more fun.
And then.
*sigh*
Q-TIP. He's Godlike, I don't care what anyone says. Where do I begin? We were right up front the whole time, to the point where my neck was killin me from looking UP at the stage. Q comes out and he's standing directly in front of me. Ridiculously hyped, screaming the lyrics to Shaka into the mic. I wasn't ready. I wish I could remember the exact playlist, it was taped to the floor of the stage and we could read it lol
But anyways, he did "BONITA" "CHECK THE RHYME!!!!!!!" "AWARD TOUR!!!!!" (where he put the fuckin' mic to my friend's mouth and he said "do dat do dat....") "ELECTRIC RELAXATION!!!!" and among seeeeeveral other oldies, "SUCKA NIGGA"
I felt kind of embarrassed when he did "Check The Rhyme" because he gave the mic to 2 guys and they didn't know the words fully and his facial expression... it killed me lol you could tell he was just like "what. the. FUCK?!" he looked dumbfounded and I kept flashbackin to the last concert at NOKIA when he brought homeboy onto the STAGE and he was vibinnnn, knew every single world. Q looked at us with that smile and was like, "YO, KNOW MY SHIT!!!!" And put us in our place by doing it himself. I like it better that way anyways ;)
From the new shit he did "Gettin' Up" "You" "We Fight/ Love" "Manwomanboogie" (where Amanda Diva's cute self came out to jam) "Move" and finished with "Life is Better", coming out into the audience and everything.
Backtrack, right after Q started, we're vibing, and my friend's friend mentions that Mos Def was standing behind us for some time, vibing in the audience like nothing. Immediately- I die. (For about the 3rd time in the night.) So! Q-Tip is doing Bonita, we're all on Cloud 9 and I feel this commotion to my right. MOS DEF IS ATTEMPTING TO CHILL IN THE AUDIENCE 3 PEOPLE AWAY FROM ME. wtf!?!!??! as;odglha;dfgn I wasn't ready. It was too much on my heart because I wanted to stare at this wonderful man and Q-Tip performing one of my favorite Tribe songs at the same time. Not possible- or healthy. I felt bad for Mos though, all he wanted to do was chill and enjoy the show- but everyone was hounding him taking pictures lol (including me)
When it was over, I was so lifted I seriously didn't wanna leave the venue. Lucky me for hanging around because I recognized this one guy, walked up to him, turns out it was the editor in chief over at xxl magazine....! As a journalism major... I was gassed lol
Aw, and Talib was there =)
When we walked out, Why was Mikey Rock from The Cool Kids, just chillin outside? With his fine self? Coolin?
What an amazing night. It's experiences like these that make me want to work in the business that much more.
Oh, and at the end of it all? It was-
-you.=)
-franso
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Lyrics
All I want is to find lyrics online for Q-Tip's The Renaissance.
Somebody take the time to write these out!
He just says so much sometimes, I feel the need to read his rhymes.
=)
-franso
PS- I'm feeling "Believe" featuring D'Angelo a little TOO much... The reason I'm writing this entry.
Somebody take the time to write these out!
He just says so much sometimes, I feel the need to read his rhymes.
=)
-franso
PS- I'm feeling "Believe" featuring D'Angelo a little TOO much... The reason I'm writing this entry.
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