day # 30 music challenge

day# 30: my favorite song last year...

ERIC ROBERSON - "WEEKEND GETAWAY"

could honestly say anything by this dude was my favorite song. this dude is an amazing songwriter/singer. i quote a lot of his songs. he just sings about what's on people hearts, minds, souls...

a real singer. real lyrics. this song right there reminds me of my "long distance relationship". and i used to rock it all the time when i was about to see my chick. it's still one of my alarm clock songs. and i still listen to it often.

i know i sucked right at the end of this challenge, cause i got busy as hell. but eh. i finished. thanks to everyone who was checking for me. thanks for everyone her particpated. sunshinestar110 & starrla monae..i didn't forget y'all, gotta hit yall back up. luvlymskrissy..i also see you started up for the month of september. so i'm gonna check you out as well.

day #29 music challenge

day #29: a song from my childhood...

THE READING RAINBOW THEME SONG

ok..who remembers reading rainbow, the after school specials, smokey the bear, the little electricity bug that song about preserving power? this was what childhood songs were made of. not all of this, "Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle"., "we did it, we did it...".. don't care what anyone else says...the programing back then is totally shitting on the shit that's on now. 

day #28 music challenge

day#28: a song that makes me feel guilty

THE DREAM - "MR. YEAH"

it's hard to be a chick's Mr. Yeah. the dude who she always wants to come back to. the dude she realizes she was wrong for messing up with. and a while ago, my ex's dude called himself "calling me up" to ask me why my ex kept calling me. and it's like...dude if you're really checking her phone bill you should see she's calling me, not the other way around. and to be completely clear....even if i was calling her don't be a bitch and call me to threaten me to "stop". it's like deal with her. deal with the person you're really mad at. but i thought it was funny he was calling me from like pay phones and shit. so every time i got a weird number, i started playing, "Mr. Yeah"...

day#27 music challenge

day# 27 : music challenge

HERBIE HANCOCK


truth is, anything by herbie hancock. i can play just about everything, but some things you just listen to and be like "wow...".  herbie is one of those things.

day #26 music challenge

day #26: a song i can play on an instrument....

BEN E KING - "STAND BY ME"

not to sound cocky..but there isn't a song i can't play on an instrument. i've always been into music. always been a quick study. can play just about any instrument you give me. this was the first song i learned to play. i was messing around on my grandmother's piano. and i started hitting random keys. and the melody came so easily for me. that i literally started going from key to key...learning the sounds until i could just play the song. 

needless to say i played this song to death until my uncle gave me his guitar to "confuse me" and i quickly learned how to play it on the guitar. till this day i swear my parents, grandmother, uncles & aunts  probably cringe when they hear this song..lol

day #25 music challenge...

day#25: a song that makes me laugh...

NICE GUYS- "NICE GUYS FINISH LAST"

this video completely sums up my thoughts about what women "want". it's actually not a bad song at all, it's funny, the visual are funny, and the "ROAR" is hilarious. it makes me laugh because it's funny, it also makes me laugh because as ridiculous as it sounds...it's true.

day #24 music challenge

day#24: a song i'd want played at my funeral...

JAMES BROWN - "I FEEL GOOD"

to be honest, i'm not with the sappy funeral songs. i'm not with funerals that much either. i don't want people to feel bad for me. i want them to know the suffering/pain/wait is over. and i'm in a better place. i'm also a bit comical..

so if i had to play a song. it would be something crazy like "I feel good",  "get up", or "i got soul"  by james brown. something that folks would hear and smile and think.."that dude is a fool...but i love & will miss him."

day # 23 music challenge

day #23: a song i want played at my wedding...

TEVIN CAMPBELL - "BROWN EYED GIRL"

now if i don't sing this to my chick. tevin campbell will. because believe it or not, he will be singing at my wedding. y'all think i'm joking. but i'm 100% serious. if y'all wanna see tevin campbell, rsvp to my wedding, cause he will be singing if not during the ceremony, at the reception. cause this is my dude. and the first time i heard this song, i said..this is what i want to sing to the woman i marry. i didn't get to sing it or play it the first time i got married (which is good cause it's tacky to do the same thing for different people), so i get another chance & i didn't spoil it on the wrong person. 

and so far all the chicks i've dated have been "brown eyed" so i've not have to worry about offending. and now that y'all have heard this song, DO NOT try to covet my song. DO NOT play this shit at your wedding. DO NOT try to book tevin campbell. this is my shit. i will sue.  

day #22 music challenge

day #22: a song that i listen to when i'm sad...

LENNY WILLIAMS - "CAUSE I LOVE YOU"

i know y'all are thinking, "NOT ANOTHER LOVE SONG"..i'm sorry. i'm a love song type dude. and this shit is that, sitting in dark w/ a glass of whiskey zoning out type of song. you don't even have to be sad over no relationship. it's just a "sitting in the dark w/ a glass of whiskey" song in general. 

and if you really understood how silly i was..i'd so ACT out this entire song for y'all with no shame. 

day #21 music challenge

day #21: a song i listen to while i'm happy..

CHRIS BROWN - "BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE"

this song for reason gets me all hyped. in fact it's the first song on my workout playlist. and it's mixed in there a few more times. just a real upbeat, happy song.

day #20 music challenge

day #20: a song i listen to when i'm angry....

LIL JON & THE EASTSIDE BOYS - "BIA BIA"

yanno how they say you pre-game by drinking before you go out? well before i get ready to crack some skulls. i pre-game w/ crunk music. it's like you can feel that energy through your bones. again...i'm from atl y'all please remember that. lol. 

anyway, if you hear this song from the distance. and you see a short dude with a wife beater, some shorts, a hat over his eyes...and a baseball bat. yeah that's me. better run. 

day # 19 music challenge

day #19: a song from one of my favorite albums...

LUTHER VANDROSS - "SO AMAZING"

i dare any of y'all to tell me you don't like luther. i don't care if you hate his face, you can't deny the voice. this man's vocals are insanely incredible. he's was a exceptional songwriter as well. i can't think of one of his albums that i don't own, enjoy, or  listen to like crazy. 

 [i wrote tons more, but blogger wanted to be an ass tonight and it erased my 3 attempts to post this]

day #18 music challenge

day #18: a song i'd like to hear on the radio more...

ADELE - "HE WON'T GO"

this chick is SLEPT on. her album is absolutely amazing. if it weren't for her song "rolling deep" being heavily covered on "the voice" half of the bandwagoners on her jock now wouldn't know who she was.

i'd so much rather hear any of her songs on the radion then 86% of the shit that's blasting on there these days.

day# 17 music challenge

day# 17 : a song i hear on the radio ALL the time...

YO GOTTI - "WE CAN GET IT ON"

i swear i turned on the radio one day and heard this song 15 minutes times in the same music hour. not hating on the song, but seriously it's played too much.

day #16 music challenge

day #16: a song that i used to love, but now i hate...

MUSIQ - "LOVE"

i usta love this song. i used to sing it loud and proud to my ex. musiq was like her favorite artist. and we had gone and seen him a million places. but the last time we saw him....was after i learned she had cheated on me. i had actually known for a few days, but i hadn't said anything to her about it. and we went to this concert. we were in vip, and i had been drinking. a lot. she was acting like she was having a good time. i was making small talk and told her to call my phone. and when she did i took it out to show her the new picture i had made her contact (a picture of her and the dude she was cheating on me with). 

and it was almost like someone told Musiq to start singing this song, because as she stood there speechless...i started singing this fucking song to her. and a song that was once so beautiful to me. to us...turned very ugly. 

that's what this song symbolizes to me now. i absolutely positively......hate the fuck out of this song. 

day # 15 music challenge

day #15: song that describes me...

RAHEEM DEVAUGHN - BELIEVE

this song i believe describes me, because this is exactly who i am. the person i want to be seen as. it goes further than just wanting a woman i'm with to believe in me. i just want people to believe i'm the best guy i can possibly be, because that's what i strive to be/do.

i want someone to believe in me, and i want to be able to believe in them as well.

day #14 music challenge

day# 14: a song no one would think i liked...

SMOKIE NORFUL "I NEED YOU NOW"

the reason i say no one would think i'd like this song. if you ask anyone i know, i'm not a big fan of gospel music. and before y'all start hurling the "heathens"  at me. the reason i can't do gospel music is because i like clean music. i can't do all the screaming, multiple voices, and "Jesus" over hip hop beats. 

maybe because i'm luthern, and we don't do it like that in our church. maybe because i work in music and i'm conditioned to listening to music a certain way. i dunno. i used to play drums at church, used to arrange music for the youth once upon a time. all of that...but i STILL can't do the sunday best shit. so when folks are riding in my car on sunday mornings and the screamfest of "sunday morning" begins, i usually flip the station. and they are acting like i'm hating on Jesus. which i assure you i'm not. 

this song right here is among one of my favorite songs. i can 100% feel it to my core. it's like Jesus gives me a hug during the whole song. i can't even sing along cause i'd probably drop a tear or two. that's how happy & blessed it makes me feel. i've been there. i still get there at times. and this song expresses that feeling completely. 

day #13 music challenge

day# 13: a song that's a guilty pleasure....

BBD - "WHEN WILL I SEE YOU SMILE AGAIN"

truly a guilty pleasure. this version, the remix version, and especially the allstar bass version.

it's a guilty pleasure because ricky bell isn't exactly the greatest singer. but this song right here, makes you forget that. 

{sorry, i set it to post at the wrong time, so it didn't post like it was supposed to..just getting home from a night of drunkeness, so i'ma re-post it now then post the one for today}

day# 12 music challenge

day# 12: a song from a band i hate...

HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH- "ONLY WANNA BE WITH YOU"

don't ask me why i hate hootie & the blowfish. i don't think i hate the blowfish. i just hate "hootie" aka darius rucker. the song annoys me, because darius annoys me. he reminds me of one of my teachers that was a jerk. and every time i see his face i think, "i hate his face". and thanks to my teacher, i also hate his songs too.

"i only wanna be with you........"

please die.

day# 11 music challenge

day# 11: a song from my favorite band..

THE ROOTS FEAT. MUSIQ- "BREAK YOU OFF"

y'all forgot the roots were a band, huh? i was gonna go old school and say earth, wind, & fire(EWF). but truthfully i look at the roots as an actual band. i look at EWF as good music. but when i picture a drummer, can't see nobody but ?uestlove. and for that reason...i gotta go with the roots.

this song right 'chere...crazy. but the song with my girl jilly from philly (later erykah badu)...ridiculous

THE ROOTS FEAT. JILL SCOTT (Erykah Badu on alt. verison) - "YOU GOT ME"

a lot of people didn't know jill was originally on this song. especially cause erykah was in the video. but jilly actually penned the hook for the song.

and now to reveal the song that totally sold me on the roots for forever...

 CODY CHESNUTT FEAT. THE ROOTS- 

"THE SEED 2.0"

many of y'all don't know cody chesnutt. which i will admit his amazingly classic album was heavily slept on. after the roots did this song with cody...i was their fan forever.