Unpublished articles from 2012

"channel ORANGE" by Frank Ocean

About 2 weeks after Frank posted an open letter on his Tumblir talking about his first love being a man he releases his debut album. Frank has received a lot of support from several people in the entertainment industry and his fans. His early release to iTunes and Amazon total roughly 130,000 by his official album release on June 17th. The general public seems to not care about his sexuality. Now, on to the album, this album comes across as really mellow and calming to me. This is a must buy.

1. "Start" - This is simply the album intro

2. "Thinkin Bout You" - I have personally loved this song ever since I first heard it a few months ago. In this song, Frank sings about his feelings for that special someone that is always om his mind.

3. "Fertilizer" - This is really just a interlude with a 70's pop feel to it.

4. "Sierra Leone" - This song is fairly short, but he goes on to sing about how he is pending too much time alone with her. He then goes on to sing about how he grew up in Sierra Leone and how he feels about his lady.

5. "Sweet Life" - In this song, Frank sings about his special someone and how they live the sweet life in an affluent African American neighborhood and were born into money.

6. "Not Just Money" - Another interlude that basically talks about money and the importance of it.

7. "Super Rich Kids" (Feat. Eric Sweatshirt) - This song talks about wealthy kids and the troubles that they have. Earl then comes in and raps about the bratty rich kids.

8. "Pilot Jones" - In this song, Frank sings about his girl that gets smokes often to get high. She is also unemployed, and he no longer has much in common with her anymore. She keeps him high and is his "Pilot Jones".

9. "Crack Rock" - The song talks about someone that is basically a crackhead and their past, in addition to their former love interest. 

10. "Pyramids" - This a practically 10 minute song which has an Egyptian plot line to it. Starting off in ancient times then jumping forward to present day and then starts to talk about a female stripper who works a the Pyramid (strip club). 

11. "Lost" - This song is about a girl who is just lost in life. It goes on to say that she is lost in the heat and thrill of it all

12. "White" (Feat. John Mayer) - This is another interlude with a instrumental jazz feel to it

13. "Monks" - This song talks about Frank's girl who is a young beautiful girl planning to run away with her boyfriend from her father

14. "Bad Religion" - This song starts off with Frank in a taxi as he tells the driver that they are his shrink currently during rush hour while the driver tells him that he needs prayer. He goes on to explain that this guy cannot love him as he loves them.

15. "Pink Matter" (Feat. Andre 3000) - This song is about strong feelings for a woman and how she makes him feel overall.

16. "Forrest Gump" - This song bluntly describes Frank's feelings for a dude who is very kindhearted and that is always on his mind

17. "End / Golden Girl" (Feat. Tyler, The Creator) - The track starts off with the ending interlude then after a decent pause the final track starts. In "Golden Girl" Frank sings about how his girl makes him feel. Then Tyler jumps in and drops a few rhymes about his appreciation for his girl.

"In & Out" by Marcus Canty Ft. Wale

This track has a cool type of Island / Club beat to it which is a good summer single from his upcoming debut album. This is one of those tracks that just makes you start grooving to the music. This track is actually making me look forward to the album. Now on to the story line of the song itself. Marcus seems somewhat picky with the kind of girl he wants which more less  leads to him being in and out of love. Wale then chimes in and raps about how he is starting to think that maybe his girl is just a maybe because he kind of likes her but other times does not feel her.

Listen to 'In & Out' HERE

"Enough Said" by Aaliyah Ft. Drake

Another unreleased and partially unfinished track from the late R&B singer has surfaced. I personally do not believe that this song was intended to feature a rapper, but that is what we ended up with. Personally, if the decision was up to me, then I would rather prefer Jay-Z than the profanity spewing Drake. After listening to the song I believe that it is good, until Drake appears on the track. I just feel like Drake butchered the song. Overall, I honestly feel like the version without Drake is better.

You can listen to both versions, one with Drake and one without below

\Version with Drake

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpdwvbWqHBE

(New Music Video) Chris Brown Ft. Aaliyah - 'Don't Think They Know'

(Video) Full episode of VH1's "Behind The Music" on Aaliyah

Get More: Behind The Music

Happy 33rd Birthday Aaliyah, R.I.P.

It would not be right of me not to wish the late and great R&B singer a Happy and what would have been her 33rd Birthday. R.I.P. beautiful.

Aaliyah Dana Haughton
January 16th, 1979 - August 25th, 2001

Some of my favorite albums of all time

I can play most of these albums from beginning to end

In no particular order, some of my favorite albums are:

Michael Jackson - "Thriller"



Destiny's Child - "The Writing's On The Wall"

Maroon 5 - "It Won't Be Soon Before Long"

Aaliyah - "Aaliyah"

Usher - "Confessions"

Christina Aguilera - "Stripped"

The Notorious B.I.G. - "Born Again"

Janet Jackson - "All For You"

N'Sync - "Celebrity"

JoJo - "JoJo"




Mariah Carey - "The Emancipation Of Mimi"




Whitney Houston - "My Love Is Your Love"

Remembering Aaliyah 10 years later

Dont miss the memorial on B.E.T. tonight at 8pm EST and 7pm CST



Aaliyah Dana Haughton (January 16, 1979 – August 25, 2001)

Today marks the 10 year anniversary of the passing of the very talented R&B singer Aaliyah. Aaliyah died in a plane crash after completeing her music video for the second single off of her third album the self titled Aaliyah. Aaliyah was also becoming an actress with one completed movie "Romeo Must Die" and a second movie that was in post production "Queen Of The Damned". I wasnt a huge fan of Aaliyah in the past but I was getting to that point. She had two singles that I absolutely loved "If Your Girl Only Knew" and coincidently "Rock The Boat". When I first heard that "Rock The Boat" would be her second single from her new album, I was looking forward to it. I still LOVE the music video.

Check out my 2 favorite music video's by Aaliyah and the video that was turned into a tribute video "Miss You"

Oh and I almost forgot to add one more video that I absolutely LOVE. Check it out below.

Amy Winehouse's "Back To Black" album tops the U.K. albums chart



Now is this really a surprise? I mean dont get me wrong because I LOVE that album but it has become common place for an artist to sell current and prior albums very well after their passing. Prime example is the R&B singer Aaliyah who's self titled album sales increased by 400% the week after he death 10 years ago. Or even the late great Michael Jackson who had his albums appearing in hundreds ir not thousands of stores across the world in 2009.

(New Music) Omarion - 'One In A Million' (Aaliyah Remake)



 

I honestly feel that this remake is HORRIBLE!!! I do not think that this song should have ever been touched. I mean it is ok to pay homage at times but do not record a remake and butcher the song. His vocals in no way did the song justice, making the second remake that I heard being butchered in the past 7 months after T-pain got on the 'P.Y.T.' remake.

listen to Omarion TRY to do a remake of 'One In A Million' below:

Happy 32nd Birthday Aaliyah (1979 - 2001)



Today we commerate the birthday of the late R&B princess Aaliyah who was killed in a plane crash after the filming of the video "Rock The Boat" which was her secong single from her third album titled "Aaliyah". She was truely a humble spirit and will be truely missed.