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2009-04-24T16:30:00.000-07:00

Album Review: Forever In A Day

2009-04-24T16:15:00.001-07:00

Album: Forever In A Day
Artist: Day26
Rating: 4 Stars

"It's legit enough to let the listeners know that they are growing and will eventually hit that ultimate status."

I f*&#ks with the new Day26 album! At first listen, I was thinking "Oh shit! What did I buy!?!" All that fighting took away from the music! But, being that it's Day26 and I loved their first album I gave it a second, third, fourth, and so on listen. Finally, the album started flowing together for me.

With the exception of "Just Getting Started", "Shawty Wats Up", & "Need That", I am LOVING their new album. Now don't get me wrong, it's not the Ultimate RnB Album with certified babymakers, even though the track "babymaker" was pretty smooth, but it's legit enough to let the listeners know that they are growing and will eventually hit that ultimate status.

If you're looking to get lyrically and emotionally lost for a few, I suggest you play this album through your speakers and get comfortable because Day26 will take you there!

My Track Repeat Suggestions:

Perfectly Blind

Truth Is A Lie

Looking Forward: Week of April 6 - April 12

2009-04-08T10:56:00.000-07:00

Chester French Mixtape Review
Hannah Montana: The Movie Review

Book Club: Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man.

2009-04-04T21:09:00.002-07:00

Book Title: Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man

Author: Steve Harvey

Total # of Pages: 229

Date Started: April 3, 2009

Deadline: April 9, 2009

Page Per Day Suggestion: 32 pages

In Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, Steve lets women inside the mindset of a man and sheds lights on concepts and questions such as:
The Ninety Day Rule: Ford requires it of its employees. Should you require it of your man?
How to spot a mama's boy and what if anything you can do about it.
When to introduce the kids. And what to read into the first interaction between your date and your kids.
The five questions every woman should ask a man to determine how serious he is.
And more...
Amazon Editorial Review

Hopped up out the beeedddd!!

2009-04-02T10:08:00.000-07:00

Spring is here and everybody knows that is when people trade in the old boo's for new one's. It's hunting season and people should have their swag in full effect. Personally, I'm working on this impress for self thing and so I'm tryna push my swag to the limit this summer.

I had a birthday about a month ago and every time I get a year older I try to reflect that new maturity into my physical appearance as well as the image I give off to other people. My mission for this Spring/Summer is to be near or where I wanna be by Fall 2009. Peep the checklist below:

Grow Intellectually - It doesn't make any sense ( cents ) to be a fly chick with no brains. This includes deleting cursing from my vocabulary and finding something of substance to say in replace of it.
Increase the Digital Hustle - Get back on my Graphic Design hustle. Graduation time is nearing and I need to start making a name for myself.
Network - Meeting new people from different walks of life is always a good look. You never know when the person next to you may be of some help in the future.
Get Healthy - The hardest thing is to have enough self discipline and motivation to just get out of bed to go to the gym. Pushing myself to do that will help me become more well rounded in other areas as well.
Never Get Caught Slippin' - This is to basically stay up on all of what I find myself falling behind on. Whether it's music, trends, schoolwork, some emotional issues, whatever.
Make Sacrifices for Fashion - This is last on the list, but I place so much priority on things I shouldn't be worried about at 21. Fashion is coming first financially.

I haven't met anyone in reality whose swag was in full effect, so if your name isn't Jay-Z, Kanye West, Diddy, Beyonce, or one of those other power people... Step Ya Game Up! Happy Swag Searching :)

Album Review: Love vs Money

2009-03-31T10:18:00.000-07:00

Album: Love vs Money
Artist: The-Dream
Rating: 4 Stars

"[The Album] flows from one song to the next like one long story. The ending of one song is the beginning of the next song." - Shatara

As with most albums, I give myself a 3-4 day grace period. I rarely fully love any album when I first hear it. The vibe of this album was more up tempo than the last and featured some downside effects of relationships in comparison to The-Dream's first album. I would say that Dream delivered and surpassed my expectations for his second album. It's still a toss up between Shatara and myself as to whether this album is better than Love and Hate. However, this album would get my vote because I could play it from beginning to end whereas I found myself skipping several tracks on the previous album.

Top 3 Tracks:

9. Love vs. Money: Part 2

You give her money, She wants love
You give her love, Shes back at money
She'll run from man to man
Makin plans to plan
No secret ya'll know who we talkin bout

Dream got angry on em' on this track! It's always exciting to hear an r&b singer show aggression because it makes the song that much more real. Also, this song is a direct continuation from Love vs Money and shows my "emotional stages" theory in full effect. Dream goes from sadness to anger and back.

11. Right Side of My Brain

You touch me baby, then you untouch me baby
You feed me your lies, words like mine
You want me baby, then you unwant me baby
Outsmart me baby, and I'm back on crazy

Any song that leaves me feeling the emotions the singer felt is a winner in my book.

12. Mr. Yeah

She said all these ni**as be poppin' that bullsh**
But I be in it like a preacher in a pulpit
It ain't they fault cause I'm sure that they mean you well
But everytime they fail she runs right back to Mr. Yeah

Dream was going hard on this track too. It was reminiscent to Pleasure's "Boyfriend #2" with being the fall back dude. Great beat and this track goes hard in the car as well.

Honarable Mentions: Kelly's 12 Play & Love vs Money.

Looking Forward: Week of March 30 - April 5

2009-03-30T12:07:00.000-07:00

Forgive Shatara and myself for our laziness concerning this blog. Things to look out for before the end of the week are:

Keri Hilson Album Review
The Dream Album Review
J Holiday Album Review
Steve Harvey's "Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man" Book Club Write-Up.
Blog entry: "Turn My Swag On...Spring/Summer 2009"

Readers Wanted.

2009-03-16T19:55:00.000-07:00

Since we both have been wanting to get back in the habit of reading again, we decided to start a book club. No this isn't like Oprah's. We just came up with some quick rules and we welcome all readers who want to tag along:

1. We alternate who picks the next book.
2. No chunky/series books; unless there's a mutual agreement.
3. No books already read by one party.
4. Book must be read within 1 month or less.
5. Reading Rule: Page number divided by 21 equals the total number of pages read each day.

Our first book will be:
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Total # of pages: 288
Total # of pages to read per day: 13
Can't read over 95 pages per week

*book suggestions are highly recommended and welcomed*

2009-03-01T19:17:00.000-08:00

Hey Guys!

I'm expecting to have a surge of entries pour in within the next week or so because the bestest and myself are visiting Atlanta, Ga for Spring Break and as we all know Atlanta is becoming the culture capital of the south.

Hopefully, we won't disappoint.