Friday, March 19, 2010
I Know A Place Where We Can Go
Today's post came from a CD I didn't necessarily like, simply because it was too commercialized for my tastes. There are certain artists that don't fit the mainstream profile in my eyes, so when they try to "mainstream" their music, it's a complete and ultimate fail. But out of that dark cloud of a cd, this song was one of the VERY FEW silver linings.
It's a combination that one wouldn't expect to pop, but I think it did, and quite well might I add. Because I didn't really give Kingdom Come my full attention when I gave it the listen, I really didn't peep this song too tough. When I saw JL in concert, he sang this song, and that's when it caught my attention. So I had to revisit it, and realize that it really was better than I thought it was.
Yall know me..I'm all about a song with a bangin beat, and words to ride to. This definitely fits into that category...and honestly, I think that this was one of the few songs that could fit in with any of the other cds that Jay produced. As stated earlier, with the likes of Hollywood and Show Me What You Got, commercialism was about to take over that cd with a vengeance, but then this song and a couple of others saved it from taking that fiery death into mainstream (and also kept it from being his WORST album to date *#shoutout to those who thought that Roc La Familia was a good album...all 12 of yall*)
I guess the moral of this story is, don't judge a song becus of the rest of the cd...lol. Happy Friday!
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well as a Jay stan, Kingdom Come did grow on me. it actually had several songs that were pretty gutta and not commercial-the title track, Dig a Hole, Oh my God, Prelude. but of course Hollywood and show me what you got were too pop. I even liked Anything, but that was a song "for the chicks" too. I did like Do You Wanna Ride--its very chill and mellow, but I'm not the biggest John Legend fan beyond his first two cds. He has been killin the hooks lately--one of my faves being Magnificent by Rick Ross. He seems to do that better than his own music, smh. lol.
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