I'm thinking of you

In my sleepless solitude tonight
If it's wrong to love you
Then my heart just won't let me be right
Cause I'm drowned in you
And I won't pull through
Without you by my side

I've been wanting to post something for the past week, but my mind wasn't working on music mode due to music. But since I've given the canary off for the past couple of days, my mind is back to working in its normal capacity (whatever that may happen to be...lol). This is one of my...no scratch that....this is my FAVORITE song by Mariah. The one where I could feel the emotion pouring from her soul.




This song came from her Butterfly CD, circa 1997....right after the nasty divorce from Tommy Mattola of Sony Entertainment. Many people wondered how she was going to fair after that, being as though he was the one who really brought her into the game, but Mimi wanted to let the world (especially him) know that she wasn't going anywhere and she was gonna make it to the top...with or without him.

I thought about this song about reading blog postings earlier about love and intimacy...and both of them prompted me to think of this song. I don't know why, but I think that this song is the epitome of what REAL love and intimacy should be comprised of. Mariah is singing about a man that she loves SO much, that she'd be happy with just ONE night alone with him to show her love for him. That's some serious love to me. One day...just one day.

I'd give my all to have
Just one more night with you
I'd risk my life to feel
Your body next to mine.
Cause I can't go on
Living in the memory of our song
I'd give my all,
for your love
tonight

This is the Mimi that I know and loved...not this madness that she's turned into.

Just as a bonus...this is another one of my favorites from Meems.



Enjoy!

You Want my Love

And you can't deny it...
You know it's true..but you try to hide it



This has always been one of my FAVORITE Earth Wind & Fire songs. The Elements (as I like to call them), always just jammed with it, and anyone who knows me (or even anyone who's read this blog) know I love a song that I can bob my head to. But honestly, it's hard to have just ONE favorite EWF song...because they made music that spans not only the 70s/80s when it first came out, but it seems to span across all decades, and especially across all (well most) generations. I can remember listenin to this music with my moms, as we'd be cleaning up the house, and she would put on her EWF albums. (Which I always loved...cause the other cleaning music was Isaac Hayes..*smh*).

My other two favorite songs are these right here:



Fantasy...always made me want to go on a magic carpet ride #nooutkast. (my true hip hop heads will know what I'm talkin bout..lol)

And those who know Mr. Philip Bailey, know him for this song:



Now be real with me folks? How many of you tried to hit those high notes that Philip used to hit in this song? Maybe not in public...maybe in the shower, or when you knew you were home alone. LOL

D'Angelo did a good cover of this song as well. Peep it out.



It's just too bad that his background singers are THEE worst. I don't understand how he couldn't hear that during rehearsals. LOL.

Have a good day readers and leave your thoughts!

I'm Single....for real

In light of the recent video jumpoff that's being passed along, I figured I would provide the musical soundtrack for it. I mean hey...it just fits. This is dedicated to the chick who said she could "smash the homies" while on the phone with her boyfriend.



Now if you don't know what I'm talking about, please check out my boy Streetz' post on SingleBlackMale.org. Now here's the warning, this is NOT work suitable, and anything that you see in this video can NOT be held against me or the person whose site you saw it at. But yeah, she was REAL disrespectful wit it, and IMO, she deserves to blasted as such. But moving on....

This song is from Weezy's No Ceilings mixtape (although I'm not sure why there's a video for it...but I digress lol). When I first heard it, the beat automatically got me because I knew I heard it from somewhere else in a past time. Then I realized that it reminded me of beats from back in the day that used to knock like that. If you wanna know what song it is, click here. So it already caught me there...then to hear what he was talkin about, I thought it real coincidental that I hear that song after reading/watching the scandalocity (yeah I know I made that one up..lol) of that video.

But really tho...Weezy's words are probably what's goin through ole dude's mind that's videotaping her:

Uhh, now she got on her fuck em dress,
And I got on my double breast,
Uh, and he been fussing all day with her,
And I make her feel special like a place kicker,
She wanna be weezy f baby sitter,
Say she wish she could cut my dick off and take it with her <---I bet ole girl was wishin that one.

I know there are very respectable ladies who don't subscribe to the #swindle that ole guhl pulled, but when one gets down like that, the majority just get grouped in with. I know that it ain't like that...but she def was gully with hers. I think she listened to this song before she decided to get down on the dome like she did. LOL

Happy Feelings

Today has been a really good day. It's only fitting that I blog about this song right here.



On the real tip, I think Ledisi did a GREAT job covering this track. Now, of course, this was on a cd full of covers, simply because it was a cd dedicated to Maze and Frankie Beverly, but I think that this was one of the more better covers of them all.

Makes me wanna pop open the sunroof, throw this on repeat and just riiiiiiiiiiide on out! What ya think peeps?

I Am Dust

it's just another day
another episode
of hiding under the world
it's just another ray
of merciful hope

Have you ever felt like it's just another day...same wake up, do your normal mundane routine, and go to bed? Is it because your live is just that boring....or is it because of something else? Well according to Van Hunt...it's because he's goin crazy. It's something that he's become acclimated to.




Van Hunt is one of those people who is really a sleeper musician. He's got the style like Lenny Kravitz, but he makes it his own with his music. While many people know about Lenny, he's one of those people whose songs are sittin right under your nose, and you don't hear what he's talking about. He's definitely talkin about some real life stuff in his music.

I'm already insane
I'm already in pain
I'm already insane
I am dust blown away over the edge

Here is another one of life's little wonders:



We always see the big things that happen to us, but do we take the time to look around and look at the little things around us that bring us joy? I know me being a simple man, I do...but that's because it's so easy to make me happy. Shoot, just being able to laugh at the little things is what keeps me sane and not ready to slit someone else's wrists (well I do wanna do that sometimes...but don't judge me lol). I think he describes what I'm talkin about best here:

I hold on to the feeling
I don't know when I will feel it again
I've become amused by the little things
Seconds of pleasure

And finally...you can't mention Van Hunt without this song here. I think this is what made me start listening to his music on a constant basis:



This song is real deep...he's sayin that it's the pain he goes through makes it all worth it to be with her. You can't be in a real relationship unless you are goin through the lows as well as the highs with that person. I agree with him, because if the relationship is perfect, then 9 times outta 10, your relationship is boring. If it's boring, then it's gone have you lookin elsewhere for excitement. He's ready to go to Hell to love her while in Heaven. That's real right there...real deep. I think we all could get into that type of love. I know I could.

Don't Go

I'm so glad to see you
Now I have the chance to say
Our love's been growing freely
What must I do to make you stay



This is one of my favorite En Vogue songs...back when fellas used to battle over whether Terry or Dawn was the baddest one. Back when we used to listen to how sweet their sounds were, even though they had very little rhythm. lol.

Also, here is another favorite by them...I know all the ladies who read my blog can attest that they were singin this song when it came out:



I know I wanted to be one of those dudes in the video...especially on the front row. lol. Enjoy!

Rainy Days

Nah this ain't about that Ja Rule song featuring MJB...lol. It's a dedication to the weather outside, and if you know me, then you'll know that rain puts me in a relaxed state of mind. One where you wanna throw on some chill type music, kick back, and just enjoy....whether it be with your boo, or even by yourself.



This song is a perfect example of what's on my "Rainy Days" playlist. Soft soulful music like this, to help clear the mind of the day's ills. I've always loved this song even though this was nearing the end of what we knew as SWV, but they def went out with a bang.

Here is another one on my playlist:



This is a throwback/shoutout to 1994 when soundtracks were all the rage. This one is coming from the Sugar Hill Soundtrack featuring Kevon Edmonds (baby brother of great producing legend Babyface). Back in the time when harmonizing was what you wanted in life. Still love this song to this day. I'm sure all my REAL musicheads remember this one.

And you can't have a rainy day mix without the all-time favorite song about "rain":



New Edition's Heartbreak. Every black teen had a copy of this album (or at least should have..lol). Hearing these 5 dudes croon about how they had a love, and lost it, and having to stand the rain....granted, we were too young to know what they were talking about, but we loved the song nonetheless. Either way, we sang like we knew exactly what they meant. (At least I did).

And for good measure...here is a bonus track:



No explanation needed....at least I hope not. lol