whip my hair.

yawl know this knocks. i wish people would kill the noise about willow smith (daughter of will and jada smith) being exploited. i watched her last night on one of the news shows and she's such a cute kid. she's not trying to be too grown or anything. she spoke about her dad covering the youtube comments so she couldn't read them. my perception is that the smiths are stellar parents who are blessed enough to let their kids express their unique and fabulous talents to the world. under supervision. you wouldn't do the same?

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i love the ciphers.

i look forward to the bet hip hop awards for the ciphers alone. while i read a significant amount of disdain from my facebook friends about the awards and bet in general, i kinda enjoyed the show. for one, with all due respect, my expectations weren't tremendously high. i mean, it is what it is.

but how can you not like the old school tributes? salt n pepa! i wanted to be those chicks when i was a young girl. although i would have liked to see bet bring the new school ladies of hip hop out on stage to sing some of s n p's old hits, i still appreciated the tribute. i learned that their asymetrical hair do's happened by accident thanks to a bad dye job from pepa's cousin. i also remembered just how many trends they set with their fashion - ripped jeans, bodysuits, etc.

of course, i liked the surprise visit from digital underground and the tribute to pac. b-o-b was good. host, michael epps was hilarious especially when he came out in the shiny suit and was imitating diddy. the dude from roc nation - what's his name? - was good, too.

but my absolute favorite are the ciphers. it made me text my brother and thank him because i really owe my love for hip hop to him. big ups to bet for the father son cipher. loved it. but the absolute best of the night was the g.o.o.d music cipher with kanye. kanye is tough. if you ain't convinced by now ...

and the father son cipher with ice cube and sons + run and sons:


see the other ciphers here.

and no i won't mention the wacka flacka and antoine dodson foolishness. oh, i just did.

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rising up.

not really old, not really new. my ish. rising up by the roots (philly!) featuring chrisette michelle and my man wale. good music:

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holding you down (going in circles).

this new song off jazmine sullivan's sophmore album knocks! it's the first single and the video is too cute. of course i love the old school, house party theme with cameos from pepa, doug e. fresh, kwame, missy and pete rock. we'll let them slide on the overt product placement of the nuvo.
her album drops on october 5 - i'll be at best buy to cop it.

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now playing: gyptian, hold ya.

dear God 2.0.

i love the roots.

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dirty money.

can i tell you how hot i think dirty money is? and that kinda says a lot. i don't just go around co-signing all these new and/or recycled groups. kalenna, dawn (formerly of dannity kane) and diddy make up the group and i'm digging the group's twist (especially that kalenna ... girlfriend's swag is on 1000.)

i don't quite get why people are so indifferent of the group. is it the diddy factor? there's so much chocolate talent spewing from them ... i find them quite refreshing. hmm ... maybe they just don't fit that formula ... you know what formula i'm talking about.

anywho, i found their site today. go on and check it out.

drake made me eat my words.

so yeh, i didn't quite dig drake when he first came out. if you're a regular around here, you may remember me fussing about the nerve of folks to call drake the hottest thing since sliced bread without a cd, yadda yadda. a year later i see things a bit differently. his cd, thank me later, came out today. of course i didn't buy it (you have to be pretty special for me to take a trip to crowded best buy to buy your cd on its release date) but i heard a couple of cuts on the radio that i'm feeling. did you hear the one with swizz, something like, oh you fancy. jawn's pretty hot.

so ok, there. i admit it. i hope he doesn't get all corny though and start acting out of his character. there's a bit of dorkiness about him that is kinda ... cute. his music is grown and his flow is tight. i think he'll be around for a little bit. thoughts?

super high.

"i wanna buy my chick every bag and she ain't ever, ever, ever gotta take 'em back."

this is me and hubby's ish! this song puts you in a straight zone ... like just close your eyes, sip on your grown up drink ...

i love how rick is on his grown man. song's not full of cuss words and his videos aren't full of a bunch of boobs and butts. his videos look like someone actually put a little thought in it, not the usual rap video template. loves it. my summer jam. 2010.

"andele ... andele ... baby move fast ..."

rick ross and neyo

why don't you love me?

as much as i wish beyonce would just go away long enough for me to miss her, i must admit that her new video for her latest single, "why don't you love me?", is pure dopeness. love the entire vibe, the 50s concept, the playful nature and of course the fashion. nowadays, i appreciate when artists dare to go in a different direction. the same ole template for music videos is unexciting. but this is refreshing.

ciara rides.

i don't usually do too much of ci ci but chick gets it in on her new video with luda, ride ...

if you want to make it in the music business, "do some hoe shit." - eryka badu

angels (remix).

dirty money's song angels is hot. the remix with rick ross is ridiculously hot. i've always loved that beat since i first heard jay use it in cough up a lung. so far i'm loving diddy's dirty money group. i hope he keeps it hot. and rick ross. wow. i think i've finally forgiven him for lying about being a CO.

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more than love.

amerie featuring my boy fabolous.

cute video!

forever young.

loved this song the first time i heard it. check out the video ... j featuring mr. hudson ... forever young ...

sade returns: february 2010.

how exciting is that!

i've learned not to expect much from the bet hip hop awards but i absolutely love the freestyle cyphers. did black thought kill it last night or what? philly philly! mos def an enimem ripped it too. watch:

5 star chick - remix.

my ish.

j, ye and rih run this town.

the last promo picture was a little laughable to me but i think this one is pretty hot. looking forward to their live performance of "run this town."

rump shaker.

i'm too lazy to look up the release date but it had to be 92ish. this was our song ... wreckx n effect ...

the kid named drake.

someone please help me understand. i admit, in advance, that i may have my facts confused.

drake has no cd. no label. 1 single but yet is creating buzz as if he's a larger than the beatles. why?

are folks being a bit premature in crowning him?

lastly, i thought dude was a singer. but he's a rapper? the only part of the "best" song that i like is the chorus ... i can't stand the rap part. apparently, i'm the only one ...

i just don't appreciate anyone telling me who i think is hot. i make that decision. thanks. the song is hot. but i'm trying to figure out why i should already say that drake, the artist, is so hot ... i mean he could be, probably is or will be, but uh.

he is a cutie. i guess.