7 posts tagged “music”

seriously. do you?

Mainstream music doesn't really provide substantial content. I mean there are times when songs slip through via some retro/old school/rush hour mix. That moment you hear Ms. Lauryn Hill's oooo oooo oooo, we get taken back to 1996, then come Nas' 1st 16. If I ruled the world off of Nas' It was written..

One of the dopest jams of all time. But seriously 1996? I was at a meeting with mentoring program and one of the prominent members said "...[that] album saved my life." I forgot what artist she was talking about but it maid me think: When was the last time you honestly felt like music saved your life?

My ass has always found myself in ruts, I tend to 'recycle' a lot. Everyone has their damn soundtracks of their lives but really damn. I don't know if recently its 'saved my life'. Bow Wow ft T-Pain & Johnta Austin_Outta My System. Didn't really save my life, but it was 2007's track of the year. Hah. But as for saving lives really, wow i have to check itunes. Album wise Lupe Fiasco "Food & Liquor", Kanye West "Late Registration" are candidates. I was on some homesick shit back then and that album helped out a lot. It gave me somn to be hype about when I was up north. Common "Be," that entire album is good. I can never fast forward through that shiet cuz its so good. Okay back on track, the tracks that always get me through things and I guess 'save my life' are:

• Nas_One Mic
• Nas_If I Ruled the World
• Pharcyde_Runnin
• Dilated Peoples ft Kanye West_This Way
• Dilated Peoples_Worst Comes to Worst
• Talib Kweli_Get By
• Procussions_Leave Her Alone
• Procussions ft Talib Kweli_Miss January Remix
• Common_Faithful
• Common_The Light

I can go on for days, but those songs are always positive in my book. I'm not letting any right wing conservative cutt down Nas. I know most of them are hip-hop Its just the fact that hip-hop has been there when I needed something. Hip hop has seriously been there for me @ 3am when I can't sleep and I know damn sure no one's awake. Those lonely times there was no one to turn to, these jams helped me out with hella things in my life. Breakups, females, school, life issues. Hip hop is such a versatile platform, it's really not always about guns and the hood. Its just about life inside &outside of the hood. To be more specific, the last time music saved my life was from April 2007- current. I needed music to help me going.

Take a look at yourself now. What jams did you turn to? & and do you remember the last time music saved your life?

e[dot]/ erwin

this is a post to actually talk about appreciating rather than hating. i could go on and on about the things that i hate the most or the things that irritate me, such as ugg boots with mini skirts or the fashions of college aged Caucasian females. haha but thats another story and a negative vibe. this right here is actually positive.

today i actually for the first time in a while appreciate what was on the radio. usually i tune into my radio on my presets hip hop stations in the area (z90, 989, Power106) the top 40 (933, 104.3) and the college jazz station (KSDS 88.3) thats my first set on the FM not including the 2nd set where originally its Bay presets but plays out to be my alternative vibe that i check every once in awhile. yes i have CDs but i play those out hella quick real talk. too many damn 8hr drives and those CDs are done and played twice. so thats out of the question and im seriously tired of boots with the fur and Akon's next big thing. but tonight was different as i was leaving city college i was tuning into KSDS and since it was past 10pm i was tuned into the Illphonics show and real talk, they play the music that matters, the hip hop that would never get play on our conglomerate radio stations here in SoCal. i heard the new Erykah Badu track produced by 9th wonder. Goapele_Closer, the Talib Kweli_Hot Thing Remix that i just found out about the other day and Common_Misunderstood and im like in love with hip hop again and so refreshed right now its so dope.

so in the end i appreciate the crap thats on the radio because it helps me love hip hop even more. at the end of tonight im in love with hip hop more than i've ever been in my somewhat short relationship with hip hop.

on the same tone of appreciation;
i do need a break from my friends aside from work and whatnot, i think i will choose not to participate in large group activities for a minute because i need to pull myself together and appreciate everyone's presence. when i was lonely my friends were 8hrs away and there was nothing i could do about it but cope and just wait til the weekend i could come home and now seriously now that im back i've fallen back in routines of 3-4 years ago where i was always with friends and doing the same things. but i need to appreciate the things that i have again.

yah its that low-maintenance rising up again
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What were your top 10 favorite songs or albums of 2007?

• Maroon 5_Nothing Lasts Forever
• Aesop Rock_None Shall Pass
• Musiq_Buddy
• Linkin Park_What I've Done
• Mr J Medeiros_Constance
• Common_Drivin Me Wild
• DJ Khaled f/ Rick Ross, TI, Akon, Baby, Fat Joe, Lil Wayne_We Takin Over
• Joss Stone f/ Common_Tell Me What We're Gonna Do Now
• Kanye West_Champion
• T-Pain f/ Young Juc_Buy You A Drank
  

no particular order

Audio: What's your favorite carol or holiday song?

Any rendition of Silent Night  or Run DMC_Christmas Time in Hollis Queens

What's your musical horoscope?  (Put your player on shuffle and write down the first 10 songs that come up.) 

1. Nina_Jealous; Interesting...haha
2. Jay-Z_Dear Summer
3. Natalie f/ Baby Bash_Energy; good song
4. Warren G f/ Nate Dogg_Regulators
5. Frontline_Now You Know
6. New Found Glory_Hold My Hand
7. Del the Funky Homosapien_If You Must
8. DJ Kurvy_Only You And I
9. Murs_Murs Rules the World
10. Ciara_Hotline

eh, nothing much TOOOOO crazy.

so 2007, a repeat of 2003 i say. 4 years ago i was a Junior in High School, now I'm a 3rd year (Junior) in college. i went through a break up in 03, i can say the same. wildfires, now and then.

so, i was evacuated from the wildfires because my home is/was threatened by the POMACHA fire. im at home now, but we snuck through the Police lines via a back route. its just a trip how much devastation has torn up my beloved region. these fires have prompted even federal aid, sometimes i think its just a trip how this situation was handled ten times better than Katrina. but then some people say racism has to do with it, in the end, indirectly YES directly racism, NO. but thats another subject

pics taken and upped monday 10/22

i want to let you bloggers know im safe. if anyone reads this. LOL
but at the end of this, i feel no one has been really affected by this on the other side of the country
do the people give a fuck what's happening in SD?
probably not, but thats just me.
i just know there's a small number of people, but i say thanks small # of people.
love you lots.
haha d=]

on a side note, i didn't do my radio show on Monday cuz i knew that i needed to be home because of the fires. even though i did want to go on air in an emergency situation to display and record my news reporting skills. but its all good, there will be another time. so the song i recommend for the time being is...

• Kanye West f/ Talib Kweli, Q-Tip, Rhymefest, Common - We Can Make It Better
  

Win.