06 March, 2011

I can't lie, yo, man, my city's the shit!: The music, II

I feel bad because this was supposed to be posted and written on Thursday. But, life happened. But it’s here now. See:


Kanye West

Who doesn’t like an arrogant rapper? He’s really entertaining regardless of when type of shenanigans he’s pulling. Sometimes those shenanigans just add to his entertainment.

Fave Songs:
“Jesus Walks”
“Homecoming”
“Can’t Tell Me Nothing”
“Power”
“Late”
“Heartless”

… to name a few

Lupe Fiasco

I feel in love with his verse in Kanye’s song “Touch the Sky”. Since then, Lupe has been a permie staple on the iPods.

Fave songs:
“Superstar”
“Kick/Push”
“The Show Goes On”

R. Kelly

Despite his thing for underage girls, and his thing for peeing on people, and having a thing for recording them … R. Kelly is the king of R&B in my eyes. But, I can no longer stomach “Trapped in the Closet”. And well, who can ever argue with baby makin’ music?

Fave songs:
“I Wish”
“Bump N Grind”
“When A Woman’s Fed Up”
“Religious Love”

Sparkle

She did a few songs with Mr. R. Kelly. And somehow she then disappeared off the face of the Earth. I read somewhere that one of the underaged girls that R. Kelly supposedly slept with was her niece … so that might explain her disappearance.

Fave song:
“Be Careful”

Rich Jones

Now, I’m not just saying this because I went to school with Mr. Jones, or because he is my friend, or XYZ, but he’s fucking awesome. If you haven’t already checked him out, you should. Because really, I’ve never heard anyone always stay really original. Rich’s mixtape Sweater Weather was released last month here. Check it out. It won’t disappoint.

Fave Songs:
“Go Blocks” that features another of my friends’ Isake. This is also where I got the line that is now the title of the last couple of posts.
“Deep Dish”
“Liquid Swords RMX”
“Daydreamin’ (Girls, Booze and Hella Drugs)”
“Coolin’”

4 comments:

Nicole said...

I have been listening to Homecoming sfm lately. I put it on one of my gym playlists and now I just kind of run around singing it and looking silly.

Based on the strength of these lists (R. Kelly's presence exempted) I'll check out Sparkle.

the Tsaritsa said...

I still love Trapped in the Closet. If I'm in a bad mood and wanna have a few chuckles I'll put it on and imagine R.Kelly with his cigar talking about how he made the videos.

Lily said...

Oh yeah, Trapped in the Closet is good when you're having a shitty day. Where did that midget come from!? Hahaha

Did you know there's like 25 chapters?

Christopher said...

Lupe Fiasco is incredible. He's just got way too much skill and talent for any one man. I'm hoping Lasers is good.. the reviews I've read aren't exactly glowing but I'm going to still check it out.