Youtube is doing the premiere of Ciara's new single 'Ride It' Ft Ludacris. But the premiere is only being shown if your in America *rolls eyes* But with the help of @DJGrind and my techno mind, Might get into trouble for it but anyway here's Ciara 'Ride It'. It's Defo Ciara Vs Rhianna Vs Estelle on this one! Ride it Vs Rude Boy Vs Freak! Let me know your thoughts! I'm loving it! It's a real #PauseForOrgasm...
To be honest I love this video, I think that it should have been toned down a little for commercial purposes you know coz technically that ain't a PG video if you get what I'm saying. But it shows raw sexuality of a women in her 'zone' shall we say. Now I'm not saying that this is the year of the hoe, and for every girl to use this excuse to go out and show everyone what their 'raw sexuality' is saying but I feel for a women to be comfortable in her own body is a great thing and well I'm not swinging both way but that videos saying a lot right? We have always had this 'battle of the sexes' talk from day dot so I could go on and on either way I think it's great how Estelle, Rhianna. and Ciara and who ever else is next in line, can come out with songs that I know we are all going to be singing along to with confidence. Technically I don't think theres anything wrong with that, I think its about time anyway. BUT what I did notice is that Ciara has a great body but she has no curves! I don't care what anyone says she is a women but she is quite manly... *strokes chin* however if she was a man she must of been a very good looking one coz most of them come out looking like this...
but on the odd occasion you get some that look like this... (yes they are all men!)
Either way that video is the biggest dick tease since me on twitter... LOL! just kidding! *rolls eyes... cheeky smile*
Tinie Tempah's new single 'Frisky' I do like Tinie Tempah and his style but I'm just wondering how long this high pitched rapping can be stretched. He's sort of like the UK male version of Nikki Minaj. There's nothing wrong with that but im just wondering how long he can stretch it for. All though it is refreshing to see a artist go down a different route to pop, as Tinie's mixing more with D&B than pop cheese culture... Don't really wanna say anything negative or be picky (not that I would) I just keep getting into trouble with my opinions LOL to to keep everyone happy i'll stay quiet. Well for the time being anyway.
Let me know what you think... Release date 6th June 2010
If any of ya'll know about old skool reggae you will Barrington Levy... HE IS OLD SKOOL! But he's been brought back this year by Snoop Dogg and Mims on a remix on one of his 80's track 'Murderer'. Now the original is hard! So if you don't know about Barrington I advise you listen to it first before you listen to the remix. There is nothing new about artist remixing old reggae tracks and bringing them back into the lime light through hip hop, The Game did this with Junior Reid's original song 'One Blood' a few years back as well. But THIS remix is the baddest thing I've heard in a while! Which is why it's my 'One Top Watch' today. Have a listen below and let me know what you think.
Rapping legend Guru died yesterday (April 19th) after a long battle fighting cancer.
Influential rapper Guru (real name Keith Elam and best known as front man for Gang Starr) passed away aged 43 after suffering cardiac arrest on March 2 and was in a coma for some time.
The New York born MC had been suffering from the cancer for over a year.
A statement read: 'Guru has passed away yesterday morning (April 19) after a long battle with cancer.
"The world has lost one of the best MCs and Hip-Hop icons of all-time -- my loyal best friend, partner, and brother, Guru," Solar said in a statement. "Guru has been battling cancer for well over a year and has lost his battle! This is a matter that Guru wanted private until he could beat it, but tragically, this did not happen. The cancer took him. Now the world has lost a great man and a true genius."
Guru, a Boston native, rose to fame in the 80's as one half of Gangstarr, the iconic rap group with DJ Premier before splitting under acrimonious circumstances.
Since then Guru had released a series of 'Jazzmattaz’ albums where he teamed up with classic jazz, soul and hip hop artists.
He also continued to tour the world with a band and producer Solar.
It's such a shame that a true Hip Hop legend died at a young age. I feel almost a little lost to be honest because the first time I got to meet and speak to Guru and Solar was at the King Apperal Pop Up Store Launch. It was quite refreshing to speak to someone with raw talent and the world of Hip Hop knew that.. And if they didn't... well they ain't educated. But for me to know that I didn't get a chance to work with someone of that caliber, hinders me a little...
I can't help but think if the world knew about his situation would we have been able to do something?
I have some pics of him somewhere which i'll put up a lil later but here is a Video of his performance at the King Apperal Launch last year...
My 'One To Watch' This week goes to Smiler. With his video to his new single 'Enza' only being out for a little over 10 days and already receiving nearly 20,000 hits is a big accomplishment for a relatively new artist. He released his free mixtape 'Clarity' a few months ago and since then he has realised one other video (for a track called 'Clarity') in promotion of the mixtape. Breaking through into such a cut throat industry with only a mixtape, video and your swagger to hand is a difficult task but Smiler makes it look ENZA...
I've always found it refreshing when listening to new material to see that the artist that has created the product has stepped outside the box.
Being in and around music I hear a lot different styles, Pop, Jazz, R&B, Funky, Grime, Soul, Hip Hop the lot... and when you hear a good quality mixtape you dont actually tend to have to listen to each song for that long to know it has been produced and put together well.
The reason I say this because I won't blog material I don't feel is worth blogging, no one wants to read a review about how shit a song or mixtape was thats something you can do in 140 characters on twitter. But there's a collective of people that I have followed for a while and remained intreged about in terms of their music, and London Ivy is one of them.
I emailed him a good few weeks ago about what he was doing with his music after he sent me his remix of 50 cents baby by me and he told me about him releasing a mixtape to I was quite excited to see what he's come up with as he's being introduced as a new artist in the scene. He has a good team around him and immense support espesh from Sweetheart Shan :) and without even listening to the mixtape I know he will do well.
If your into UK rap, this is a decent mixtape, it's been well put together as well as some very good features from Wizzy Wow, G frsh, Shimmy Styles and Tippaly whom have all released mixtapes recently as well as Benni Bizzle, Double S, Calibar and Cell22.
The Cross Over, I think this intro, when you listen to it he almost raps with this sincere voice, like hes talking to you as if you're in the room with him. Like hes tryna chirps gal on on the phone... #pause LOL nah I'm joking he has this constant flow in his voice when is quite nice really. London Ivy, If you dont know his name you'll be singing it after you've listened to this track. Stoned in Saturn is one of my favorite songs till this day because it was actually the first song that introduced me to Ivy, produced by Wizzy Wow smart use of auto tune never gets too old. Bennie Bizzle breaks up 'I was born to do this' really well, which gives the song nice clout he also has some freestyles on the mixtape which evens it out really well. Gotta let you go, Dymunds has got a sweet voice and the song itself reminds me of my current post of QMG Part 6, I hate to be cliche but it does. Seat back love is a real rock to it track featuring the original flow farda Double S, its a nice lover track. Road to the blocks, I like this track, each artist on this track is unique in their own way which makes it stand out. Ivy has a constant flow when he raps, Tippaly almost has this real 'english' accent when he raps, Shimmy Styles has a very hip hop delivery, and Wizzy Wow has always been a G on the auto tune.
If you aint into UK rap or haven't been too convienced about whether you like it or not, this is a good mixtape to start with. It's soft but that doesn't take anything away from the product itself. You hear Ivy stays true to his style throughout the whole mixtape, and consistancy is something I find many artists, artists in general find differcult to do. I would recommed you download it. The link is: http://limelinx.com/files/d88ea41498b2f3ebf3b88f8e4a338e28 and with nearly 2000 downloads after it being up for a few days I think Ivy is gonna have a good following after this Mixtape.
New treatment, The same production company that brought you Cherri V - Skool Daze and the Funky hit Sexy Sexy performed by Natalie May, gives you Smilers new single 'Enza'...
Taken from Smiler's hugely popular EP 'Clarity', 'Enza' has been repeatedly tipped to be one of the biggest UK Hip Hop songs of the year, with approval from many including: Global Grind, PutABeatOn.com, Urban World, Mistajam (Radio 1), DJ Semtex (1Xtra), Steve Clarke (Choice FM), DJ 279 (Choice FM), DJ Grind (Express FM), Chantelle Fiddy (RWD/Guardian/Ctrl.Alt.Shift), Ragggs.com and Hip Hop Chronicle.
'Enza', (which is an inclusive word meaning 'that vibe' or 'X-Factor' feeling) has a universal sound and can be enjoyed at any time, from your mp3 player, radio station or club speaker. The song opens with a space-like female loop before being met with the bass drum and sub-woofer core of the track. The song can best be described as a 'club banger' and will amplify any event into an atmospheric room of head bobbing and booty shaking.
The South London rapper, renowned for his fearless delivery of intelligent lyrics and witty metaphors, does not compromise his lyrical standards on 'Enza'. Instead, Smiler manages to create a track with both commercial charm as well as an underground, 'real hip hop' appeal.
Smiler has collaborated with some of the UK's top talent including Nate James, Roll Deep and Ghetts, and has also supported the likes of Royce da 5"9, D12 and Wu-Tang's GZA in concerts. Furthermore, Smiler has been directly co-signed by the likes of Marly Marl, Styles P and the world famous DJ Premier.
*Uncorks a bottle of Rose and takes a swig from the bottle...*
I've never been lucky with guys, and its funny I say that because in my group of friends I'm the first one to bag a date when I want it. Modestly speaking, I've never had an issue with being approached by guys, dating guys, going on dates, dinner, cinema, events... Whatever, it’s never been a problem with me. I'm a very confident person, I have to be... It’s a big part of my job. But I've never been lucky with guys, like I've never been in a actual relationship, or one that's lasted on that note...
*Decides to be civilized and pours wine into a glass*
Question Mark Guy #6
Profile Name: Never On My Case...
Age: 22
I rarely, and when I say rarely I mean it’s unheard of for me to become attached to someone. It’s not like I'm some ice queen or put my heart in the freezer on a daily or nothing is just I've never really had time to think about what I really need in a guy. Sometimes I feel that I get so busy I don't have the chance to sit back and evaluate what I really need. I find I almost tend to go for everything I want to give me that instant boost like some 'Relentless' Energy drink that will last me a few hours keeping me going for the time being, rather than sit down to a home cooked meal that will last me the whole day... Am I making sense?
*shuffles on sofa to get comfortable*
Ok, let me give you an example... This story has been sitting in my notes for my blog for about two months now but I've never really come to terms with whether I wanted to write about it... Oh well... Anyway...
But that's not it... Oh no... The way this guy would make my heart skip a beat by the way he touched me was crazy... He would hold me up against the wall hold my neck and kiss me like no ones done before, *Mmmmmm* he had the softest lips I could kiss for hours, the most amazing tattooed chest and body. Ahhhh man! This guy could kiss my neck and send shivers down my spine even while I'm on my way home and not with him. Just the thought of it now is making me quiver. Now without getting too xrated and making you lot #pausefororgasm or whatever, he was a lot... I loved being around him I loved cracking jokes with him, I loved talking to him, I even liked speaking to his mum and spending what time I could with his little brother and the two most adorable sisters who sort of remind me of my own. But from the time I stepped out of his front door, got home and went to sleep I knew we wouldn't talk again for another week or two. And that's what our relationship was like. I developed this genuine care for him out of... Well an insignificant relationship. Obviously, it never started like that but that's how it ended up a few months in...
Me and this guy, we were never in a relationship, to be honest till this day I don't know what it was... But for the sake of the blog ill keep things simple and say we were dating. We were dating for a while, and from the time we met we connected but if I think about it now, and being quite honest I was kinda a booty call…
#JustSaying I won’t front and ill be the first girl to admit that I have been suckered into being one LOOOOLOUDER! Ok ill tell you why, well… he would never call call me! EVER I used to make effort to call him etc… but then I gave up coz he never returned the favor and called me, oh but he did however use to message me on facebook! One sec let me hold the story there for a moment while I Laugh Out Loud At Myself… *cough* yeah he would only converse with me through FB and I mean I know he’s on T-Mobile and I’m on Orange but give the five day pass a rest right? Anyway yeah so our only conversation was ever through FB and to make matters worse… oh no it doesn’t stop there… it wasn't until like a few weeks into 'Dating' him that I kinda found out he was basically bum chums well best friends with a guy I dated the year before... #pause… from the time I found out I had all sorts going through my mind... There's this guy that I get on with so well and he turns out to be friends with this guy I was 'seeing' the year before... Now if it hasn’t quite sunk in to your minds about what has happened imagine this scenario in your head... close your eyes and imagine two guys (girls, for the guys reading this post) that you went out with... now imagine you seeing one of them in a rave, they have come over to you to say hi and see what your saying, until the other person comes over to hand your guy a drink... you look up and it turns out it was another guy you went out with... #pause so they have basically turned up together... and you didn’t know they were friends... WHAT WOULD YOU DO? No No not what would you do... but what would you say? It’s not the easiest thing to come out with if they ask how you both know each other... Be honest! That’s a 'grab your coat and hide in the cupboard Harry Potter Stylee' kind of situation... TELL ME IM LIEING!
Now let me tell you how I found out they knew each other... I was talking on the phone to the guy I was seeing the year before about something until I hear a voice in the back saying...' Is that Zanna?'... This is how I felt…
He passing the phone to my guy from him to say ‘Me and you need to talk’ now I already knew what we ‘Needed to talk about’ when he said those words but you know how you have to dumb yourself down abit…
Anyway, long story short he didn’t talk to me about it until like ages after but when we did talk about it he said it was cool… and the past is the past #pause now maybe I should have cut it off myself coz alie if you was in that situation you would right? Coz to me, I found out when he found out so who was to go first and say whats what? Anyway I liked him a lot so for some next unknown universal reason it didn’t raise my eyebrows into why he said it was cool… *rolls eyes*.
Well ill speed the story forward a bit. He would always drop these bottomless comments like, im going to make you m girl soon and the should make more girls like you etc etc..
*yawn*
Anyway he would feed me these sweet nothings and id fool for it… #TWAT
Anyway it was his birthday and I got him tickets to go see Joe perform with Natalie Williams at Ronnie Scotts, for valentines. Cutting this short I didn’t go with him coz I felt he was going on like a bit of a dickhead, but when I told him a week later he went into a bit of a strop and we had a lil argument I got abit teary eyed and went home… now on my way home I text him ‘I feel like I’m in love with an arsehole’ now if you know me well you will know I hate being mad or holding grudges so ill crack a dumb joke to break the ice. Except he didn’t find it too funny, and he messaged me from his good friend Facebook to say are your serious your in love with me… now obviously I wasn’t but I’m not sure what broke him more, the fact that I was saying it was a joke (even though he was probably thinking thank God) or the fact I called him an arsehole.
Anyway moving on… to break the ice again *rolls eyes* I asked him what are you doing in 2 weeks now I didn’t want to say what it was for but he said I was going on funny and said to me we should leave it their so I said cool. But what I was going to do was take him to see Omar at Ronnie Scotts coz I felt bad about being a bit of a bitch for valentines. Well in the end I took my friend Lyton @_letterL because I felt he would appreciate my time and company a lot more than this dude. And I’m glad I took him coz Ronnie Scotts is one of those places I don’t introduce anyone to unless I feel they will respect it, its just one of those places that is special to me.
Well the reason I decided to write about this because this happened earlier in the year is because he started talk to me again and I was thinking to myself do I really want to go down that road again? I do like him but ergh! He made me feel like sucha twat! And I don’t have time fi dat…
I miss the times we had but should I go there? LOL!!!!! Anyway on to the next one….
