Hah, that is such a stupid title but I like it. So the last couple days have been busy. I have updated my blog to reflect something more along my taste (lots of black and purple and some red). Today I have updated all my music players on my main sites, more on that later.
So the current songs on my blog and why I picked them.
Welcome to Heartbreak by Kanye West: Now I must admit I (among with a lot of others) looked at Kanye with a lot of doubt when he announced that he wanted to make an album purely with what is really killing hip-hop right now, auto-tune. However when he first premiered 'Love Lockdown' at one of the most tedious MTV award shows (MTV can't make a decent award show to save their life it seems) I was not that annoyed. If anything I did not mind it on first listen. On subsequent listens I actually began to like the song and then soon it actually started being played regularly on my window media player/ Flippa's (my nickname for my phone) mp3 player.
He then released 'Heartless' which I actually did not mind either and now 'Welcome to Heartbreak'. All three of these singles are not as bad as I thought they would be and Kanye has done something I did not think he could do anymore, surprise me. Kid Kudi, the singer on the song makes it awesome tho in my opinion. Now I wonder if 808s and Heartbreaks would be more of the same (which I might like) or will it re-enforce why I hate auto-tune. If anyone has a copy they would like to share, holla atcha boy eh?
Run- Leona Lewis: I LOVE Leona Lewis. First her voice reminds me of a old skool Mariah Carey (i.e. before she became a sex kitten), with how she can effortlessly control her tone and hit those crazy high notes. Bleeding Love is a song that I can never get tired of hearing, it is timeless and the reason why me and my wife picked up her album during our honeymoon. We definitely did not regret that choice that is for sure. 'Run' however is not from her US released album, it is actually from a deluxe UK version. When I first heard it, I feel in love with it. It was dark and moody and video fitted it so well that I could not get it out of my head.
Second. I am working on a short story called 'Run' and this song just gets me in the mood to write it.
Third. One of my favorite fighting game characters of all time is called Leona heh.
Props to Snow Patrol for the original version but Leona is what makes me love this song.
After the Hurricane- Jazmine Sullivan: When Jazmine first came out with 'Need U Bad' I liked her but it was follow up single 'Bust Your Windows' that made me sit up and notice her. That song alone made me want to buy her album and I was able to and at the same time give my lovely wife a nice Christmas present at the same time... yah! Her album is another wise purchase and 'After the Hurricane' is a great song on an album with a lot of great songs.
Oh and just like how I already had an idea to use 'Fix You' and then Brothers & Sisters used it, I was determined to use 'After the Hurricane' on my next player and then recently another show I watch, 'The Game' used it... this is extra funny because 'After the Hurricane' is not even a released single... kismet again I guess.
So before I mentioned my other 'main sites'... those of course being Myspace and Facebook. Both whom have new music on them as well which are completely different then each other and this blog as well. If you want the full scope of what is on my mind radio, make sure you check out those sites as well.
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