In the words of Sommore...

GO YOUNG BITCH GO!!!!

Sommore

J-Hud may have landed Vogue but look who just landed the coveted SI Swimsuit issue cover.

P.S. This is what an editorial is supposed to look like. Notice how effortless and beautful this is compared to the Vogue fiasco. But let's not throw stones. Let's blame the politics behind the woman and not the woman. J-Hud, you gotta start looking past "the lights, action and the Hollywood" (LMAO) and see the set-up for what it is. Either that or you gotta get better friends. You just needed one good, good Judy to look at that cover and give it to you like Whoopi gave it to Demi in Ghosts, "Jenny, you in danger, gurl!"

...and this right here is why!

Me and Mary go back to like '89, '90 when she was singing hooks for Father MC and Supercat so it's not surprising that I have a special place in my heart for her. LOL.

Now I know some of you might bemoan her occasional pitch issues and frequent wails and catterwalling BUT she always delivers. Last night at the Grammys was no different. However, last night she did something that I have not witnessed in a long, long, long time...

Mary broke thru to that elite handful of performers to cement their place in American Music's time capsule. These performers' music and artistry are vital to the story of America. These are the performers whose work will encapsulate the struggles, triumphs, lives and loves of the past 100 or so years. If all the music in the U.S. were to be destroyed and we were only able to retain certain works, these are the artists whose works would be spared to carry on the legacy.

Mary catapulted herself into that category last night.

...and this right here is why!

The Palm Reader

he said he could read palms
so I wrote him a little note there
right there next to the love line
I worded the message with care

he said he could read palms
so I wrote him a little note there
right there next to the love line
it read love me if you dare

he said he could read palms
so I wrote him a little note there
right there next to the love line
he worded his reply with care

he said he could read palms
so I wrote him a little note there
right there next to the love line
it read I want to but I’m scared

and this right here is why...(2nd Installment)

My 2nd nomination for the 1 Mo' SANG-guh (1 More Single) Award goes to the only female group established in the 90s to put out 4, count 'em, 4 BANGIN albums back-to-back-to back-to-back.

I'm talking the only group to put out four albums that could play from start to finish with not one fast-forward (yeap, when this group first came on the scene we were still listening to cassettes), and not one single solitary skip. I mean this group is the reason Sony invented the auto-reverse feature.

I know you're probably thinking...En Vogue. NOPE!

TLC, right? NAWP!

What about SWV? Sorry!

I'm talking about the group that Flex Alexander once described on Showtime at the Apollo as "the fo' ugliest women in the music industry" (he was so wrong for that but soooooo right).

I'm talking about none other than the fat sista, the skinny sista who later became the fat sista, the dirty little light-skinned one that looked like a rat and Peppermint Patty (Hey, Sir). That's right! You guessed it. That MESS-tabulous foursome straight out the ATL...XSCAPE

These girls weren't ever cute, they're style was always just a little bit off and individually they were so forgettable but Great Jumpin' Ghost of R&B BATMAN when they opened they're mouths to sing...bless they're little hearts.

and this right here is why...
p.s. thanks Jermaine Dupri!
p.s.s. Hey, Keyshia Cole! We all know you think you're Tiny but newsflash ...Tiny could sing on key. Whiny sometimes but still on key.

LSL (Love as a Second Language)

If you've ever fallen for a poet, feel me on this one.

you make me wanna do some ol’ silly shit
like write you love letters that end in "maybe so"
scribble down our names together
even play some tic-tac-toe
with all them Xs and all them Os
XOs XOs
I wouldn’t mind doin’ some of that
hug me a little bit
I’ll kiss you a little back
but don’t get it twisted
that ain’t all where my head is at
let me tell you that this thing that I’m feeling
goes way beyond what might happen on sweaty backs
I’m thinking about rushing head first
smack dab into takin’ it real slow
but don’t worry cuz I ain’t that type
that feel like he gotta let ev’rybody know
what’s between us
ain’t meant for the world to see
what’s between us
ain’t for nobody but you and me
so get at me some time
I wanna hear you rhyme
get at me some time
I speak the second language
written between your lines

No, Really? #2

I came across this VIDEO in a blog yesterday and it struck me as quite interesting. I think the artist's content speaks quite eloquently to one of the majo in the Black community faces today...Excessiveness.

There is no doubt that each of us aspires to a life free of financial woes. I know I would like nothing more than to wake each morning without one thought, as the day passes, about how I'm going to make ends meet.

When I was a little boy people would ask me what I wanted to be and at some point I just started to answer "famous". Today, I realize that then it was not "fame" that I aspired to but the financial security I perceived it to bring. At 28 years old, I would like nothing more than to be "comfortable" and all this word implies.

Comfortable ~ When I can just set-up automatic bill payment through my online banking center and feel confident that each month the funds will be there. LOL

Hopefully, when I do finally reach this point, it will be the result of the effort I put into myself and my dreams rather than some "job".

So back to the question...

No, Really?

"Do you think that celebs setup automatic bill payment online? "

better yet,

"Does Oprah even have a debit card?"

"...and exactly how much money would she actually keep in that checking account?"

and this right here is why...

Today i introduce a little segment I like to call "And this right here is why..."

In a stand-up routine he used to do several years ago, Steve Harvey talked about groups and artists that he felt should be allowed to make "one mo' al-blum" (we all know the man can't talk).

Well, I got my own list of artists and groups that I wanna see again but NOT for a whole album. They need to just make 1 mo' "SANG-guh" (that's "single" for the ebonically impaired).

We DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT need them to try and stank up a whole album. We just need them to put out one mo' good song to break up the mess we hear on the radio today. If enough groups/artists put out one mo' good song then, we'll have enough to cycle throughout the day between Beyonce, Bow Wow and Chris Brown.

My first nomination is the group responsible for two of my Top 5 favorite songs of all time (the others "Be Happy" Mary J. Blige, "It's Gonna Rain" Kelly Price and "I Have Nothing" Whitney Houston). You CANNOT have a conversation with anyone of color about music who was alive in the early 90s without hearing two words, "Kissing Game".
My first nomination, none other than HI-FIVE (the WHOLE group and not just Tony Thompson).

And this right here is why...

"Kissing Game"



"Never Should've Let You Go"