I can not stop playing Beyonce’s new jam, Ego. It is such a tight song. Primarily because I was almost tempted to vlog this out in some Choo’s. Secondly, us ladies sometimes just need to have a little ego. About our worth, about making better relationship choices, about being powerful while also balancing that with our need to be loved and giving love freely to deserving men. The feminism that I never learned at my esteemed YaYa institution suggests that ambition, self-respect, loving, and supporting your man can all harmoniously exist; one doesn’t have to take sides against the other(s).
***take dat Simone***
“Ego” also got me pondering about her relationship with Jay and that of her alter ego: Sasha Fierce, the title of her recent project that dropped yesterday and how Beyonce unknowingly sets the framework for feminism within the construct of her marriage and as a young woman. Ideally new and or young marriage doesn’t always have most women conceiving babies on the honeymoon. But I do love the seeming balance of autonomy and being wifey with her relationship.
I can’t wait to cater to my man, really. When in love, I get into this serious Martha Stewart mode, but I’m still Comeback Tiffy all day erryday. And oneday I’ll be somebody’s Mama too. Comeback Mama, Comeback Tiffy, Comeback Wife & Lover. And I’m not naive enough to believe that some of my ambition might need to go on sabbatical to take care of my home and my family. The ambitious side takes a back seat for a later reinvention, while motherhood takes the reigns.
***take dat Betty***
Let me let you know right now, my blog brother from another mother got it all wrong. LOL. He asked why Michelle Obama is not the new millenium’s spokeswoman for female empowerment. Well the answer is she is, but of another variety one who fits who I would like to be in another 10 or 11 years. But now some of the edge and some of the willful drive and determination (without kids) looks more like Sasha and less like little Sasha’s Mama (Mrs. Obama).
***take dat Marilyn***
Ladies why do you think this “new feminisim” bothers men so much? Is it even real to you?
Men why does this “new feminisim” bother you so much (and we can leave Jazmine Sullivan’s trite “bust your windows” out of the convo. Destroying property is not my idea of liberation k?) Do you even like the term “new feminisim” or is it meaningless to you? Does Michelle Obama represent a more ideal figure head for what the “new feminism” should represent?
Good post Comeback Tiffy.
I think you’re right. I feel that women do need to be able to express themselves in different arenas.
Just because at 22 I am more comfortable as Michaela instead of Jaclynn (sometimes) doesn’t mean I am going to walk around in skimpy clothing or bust out any windows. It simply means I’ll walk straighter, smile more and feel more confident on the insides.
I think what he also failed to note was that not too long ago this same chick was singing “Just let me cater 2 u….” So what if she has an ego and goes to work everyday…she’s already told you you that she’s going to handle things @ home…so what are the men tripping about?
As far as Michelle goes she is the new Superwoman…and so are all the women here.
Yes you are.
“I think what he also failed to note was that not too long ago this same chick was singing “Just let me cater 2 u….””
purposeful amnesia aint it?
“purposeful amnesia aint it?”
Yep-A man can’t never give you the whole damned story…he feel like he gotta be selective and leave ish out…that’s how we get sosngs like…I bust the windows out ya car…better be lucky that’s all I did…
I don’t really even see it as “feminisim.” I see it as just plain survival. Women should not put their lives on hold waiting on a man or when you get a man, put your ambitions on hold. Just because you marry, dreams shouldn’t die. I don’t know who said being ambitious and being married couldn’t go hand in hand. Marriage is a partnership and if both parties work together–life together could be better than they both imagined. Secure men doen’t have issues with their wives succeeding.
One thing that kind of bothers me is that unfortunately mainstream media acts like Michelle represents a “new” phenomenon for Black women. She’s not. She’s only doing what other Black women have been doing for centuries. Black women have always had their man’s backs—even when he hasn’t always had ours. Black women are survivors and have had to juggle–the job–the family–and community duties. Our desire to succeed has resulted for wanting to or having to provide for our families.
Being ambitious is in most of our blood. It’s natural and has nothing to do with “feminisim.”
Shelia basically took the words out of my mouth. And thats what bothers men about this “feminism”. Women are all hyped up because they figured out that they can do what they should’ve already been doing: Loving and respecting themselves, as well as being able to pursue your dreams and be a cornerstone of a family. Today’s woman is strong enough to encompass all these things. Our elders, both men and women, have been trying to tell yall this for years. Why did it take a Beyonce album to click?
@ Shelia “I don’t know who said being ambitious and being married couldn’t go hand in hand.”
The reality and the practicality here is that many times it doesn’t particularly when children are involved. Let’s be honest women can have it all…but rarely all at the same time. I think feminism does belong in this conversation because if empowerment wasn’t what women needed particularly young black women-Beyonce wouldn’t be SOOO very successful with the content of these songs. My point however is that empowerment belongs in the conversation with and pertaining to the relationship WITH OUR MEN. Something that feminisim has NEVER been able to do. And some hip hop Shelia could use a little feminisim, particularly since music is just a petri dish so to speak of our collective.
ideally yes…survival and handling your business as a single person IS WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN. I would tell anybody that they is STOOPID to wait on any man to pay your light bill. Get out there and make it do what it do ON YOUR OWN. What I am talking about (as you) is collective collaboration in a relationship, many black men talk a good game on paper. BUT in a relationship her ambition looks a little different. And is recieved differently as well. I don’t like the word initimidation-because i don’t believe that women should throw our success up at our suitors, our men, boyfriends, husbands…but let’s be real when ***some***black men get into relationships with very successful women-the conversations and tones become totally different. And there can be some “resentment” (beyonce song anyone?)
@ NO MO “Today’s woman is strong enough to encompass all these things. Our elders, both men and women, have been trying to tell yall this for years. ”
But did hip hop tell us this? Seems to be there have been two different messsages going on. Let me see if I can hum a little ditty for you called “bytches aint shyt” …I believe that Beyonce is ALSO responding to some of the pervasive and misogonystic music that has made many of our men rather two faced. They want a Michelle and a hoodie hood rat…you can’t really have both unless you gonna move them to UTAH…
“Why did it take a Beyonce album to click?”
Thats the thing I didn’t, but sometimes our voices (meaning black woman) don’t usually get heard over all the hoopla that goes on in the media, and in our every day lives, I mean we are already deemed to be abw so its kinda hard to go out there screaming put a ring on it without looking slightly retarded.
Beyonce has a voice big enough to make an impact which is only a REMINDER of how strong we are, truthfully we sometimes lose sight in all that being to caught up in the hype. its like that ah ha moment “oh yea, that ninja DOES need to put a ring on it”
I don’t say that to have an ego, but I say it to let yall know when you got something good, you can walk away from it easy and we would be fine, but 9 times outta 10 its not in your best interest lol.
““oh yea, that ninja DOES need to put a ring on it”
I don’t say that to have an ego, but I say it to let yall know when you got something good, you can walk away from it easy and we would be fine, but 9 times outta 10 its not in your best interest lol.
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@ Mik this IS golden rhat here. And SBM’s female posters touched on this slightly. I don’t see it as an ultimatum. She’s not strong armin dude, but the message to us ladies stop pinin’ away for that which DOESN’T WANT YOU. In my opinion action is more golden that words. So if i mean that much…show me.
and that really is the bottom line. And if a woman isn’t getting what she deserves keep it moving. Pixie dust only worked for Tinkerbell…not ya boyfriend.
Good Morning Everyone,
“Women are all hyped up because they figured out that they can do what they should’ve already been doing: Loving and respecting themselves, as well as being able to pursue your dreams and be a cornerstone of a family.”
I have to cosign what No More said. He took the words right out of my mouth.
@Comeback
“Let me see if I can hum a little ditty for you called “bytches aint shyt” ”
This is not a good example. If you listen to the lyrics you will see the song is titled that in reference to them getting betrayed by women.
“They want a Michelle and a hoodie hood rat”
I agree. But these dudes are usually the insecure chauvinist. Women have the same problem. They want Obama/50 cent. You can’t have both.
alright yall off to work, I shall return!!
Comeback: “But did hip hop tell us this? Seems to be there have been two different messsages going on.”
If a woman was fool enough to really think she wasnt shyt after hearing “b!tches aint shyt” then she was lost from jump. At a certain age you should know better than to take music and entertainment seriously. If every song on the radio was saying “men are stupid, they are dogs, they are worthless” it would still not change my feelings about myself and my self-worth.
@Anitra
“I don’t say that to have an ego, but I say it to let yall know when you got something good, you can walk away from it easy and we would be fine, but 9 times outta 10 its not in your best interest lol.”
The problem I have with the Beyonce songs i.e. (to the left, put a ring on it) and your above statement is that the women that yell and cosign it the hardest are the last ones that should be saying it. These women are not something good or have their ish together.
Humble: “These women are not something good or have their ish together.”
Man, aint athat the truth. I swear every woman in Detroit is knocking that single lady bullsh!t as their personal anthem and they are so screwed up its not even funny.
@ No “If a woman was fool enough to really think she wasnt shyt after hearing “b!tches aint shyt” then she was lost from jump. ”
Lets be honest about this conversation tho…there are very few hip songs by men that pertain to “loving a woman”..and im not one of those anti-hip hop chicks..all this music has a place on the turntable of life..it just needs a little more balance.
but no i realize that Im not NOT shyt and that I’m also not a ho@ or a tryck @zz bytch…but i don’t care what anybody says, listening ALOT to this music does affect even the best man with the most sincere intentions-particularly when his musical taste is not diversified.
and lets keep it even mo realer…music is a social construct. in a way that it lets me know whats going on in the world..in a way that CNN NEVER WILL.
so either we have some very disingenious male hip hop artist fakin the metaphoric relationship and female view funk…or I have a warped view of myself as it pertains to this music.
Im betin on the former. Of course i wake up in the morning feelin good about myself. I mean i dont look to ANYBODY really to define who I am. But what about young women who never had the conversatioins with their mama’s/grandma’s or grandaddys/aunties and uncles/teachers about forming healthy self-views and concepts.
little girls (and boys) are looking to music for some of those answers.
I agree hip-hop needs more of a balance but there is alot of good positive hip hop, but you have to turn off the radio and tv and find it off of pandora, itunes and the like. It doesnt get mainstream attention, because the industry knows what sells, and right now its rarely a positive message. So the question I have is why did that happen? Why would todays youth rather listen to negative than positive?
@ No and Hummy
while i go get some coffee please point me to 10 of these “positive songs” that talk about black women (NOT THEY MAMA) in a positive and loving light. Just 10. thats all i need. lol
“But what about young women who never had the conversatioins with their mama’s/grandma’s or grandaddys/aunties and uncles/teachers about forming healthy self-views and concepts.”
I think thats the problem. Family members arent doing their part. It starts at home. Artists should not be held responsible. Your mama should be held responsible.
@No More Heroes
“Man, aint athat the truth. I swear every woman in Detroit is knocking that single lady bullsh!t as their personal anthem and they are so screwed up its not even funny.”
Word. It’s crazy right? One thing I realized when I got older is that some women are one extreme or the other. Either they have low self-esteem and should be the last person with it or the have super ultra high self-esteem for no legitimate reason. I sometimes think that women’s egos are waaaaay larger than male egos.
@No More
“while i go get some coffee please point me to 10 of these “positive songs” that talk about black women (NOT THEY MAMA) in a positive and loving light. Just 10. thats all i need. lol”
You want to handle this or should I do it?
“I think thats the problem. Family members arent doing their part. It starts at home. Artists should not be held responsible. Your mama should be held responsible.
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i tend to agree. BUT even the most suited up woman is still affected by the music. If its a blizzard outside 50 below..And Im lookin like Im going to antarticia..im still affected. I still realize its cold. I may even get sick if I stay out too long EVEN SUITED UP.
Mama/Daddy nem isn’t ALWAYS the excuse for poor messages (with NO BALANCE) in our music.
“You want to handle this or should I do it?”
Lets both do it. Since it seems like she doubts its possible, we can give her more than 10.
give me more than 10 then…LOL they betta be good.
***runs out to starbucks***
Good Morning guys,
I think the new feminism bothers men so much because some women are using it as a reason for their b****chiness or an “I don’t need you” attitude.
I don’t think it’s anything new…. both Lil Kim and Foxy (as skanky as they were), had women trying to “treat him like a prosititute.”
I do think some women have it all wrong. The main focus of feminism should not be men. The main focus should be you being proud of YOURSELF, knowing your worth, and attaining your own goals, not making him “put a ring on it. If he wants you, you shouldn’t have to say it or threaten him… Take the classy approach and just walk away.
2Pac: Dear Mama
Ghostface Killah: All That I Got Is You
Common: The Light
Blu & Exile: No Greater Love
Nas: Dance
Common: Come Close
Ludacris: Runaway Love
Lupe Fiasco: You My
Jay-Z: 03 Bonnie & Clyde (aka the worst song ever)
Mos Def & Talib Kweli: Brown Skin Lady
DMX: I Miss You
Goodie Mob: Guess Who
Common: Faithful
2Pac: Keep Ya Head Up
Dead Prez: Mind Sex
Nas: Getting Married
Jay-Z: Song Cry
Beanie Sigel – Mom Praying
Juelz Santana: My Problem
EDITOR’s note***NO MO ..I e-luv you ..yes I do..BUT YOU GOT MAMA SONGS IN HERE. And I SPECIFICALLY SAID NO MAMA SONGS.*** I’ll let the others ride out while I take a listen.***
Common does love the women… and I love him.
I battled the “this” or “that” of what I was taught was feminism too.
We have to realize that we can do whatever we want and I take pride in being a fab home manager and making sure that my hub and daughter get fabulous meals as I make moves and do big things of my own.
There does not have to be an either/or scenario and the hub supports me as much, if not more, than I cheer on his success.
Right. I might can find 10 by Common alone.
@Nomore: I think so too.
Yep. And its not like I listed all the ones I know. Those were the ones that came to mind first. It may not be completely 50/50 positive/negative but there are positive messages out there, you just may have to turn off the tv and radio and turn on pandora & itunes.
Nicki hey girl welcome freaking back like totally!!!
are you saying “put a ring on it” was a threatening song?? I need some clerification
btw, comeback I listened to ego, once more and I am not feeling the message in it. Like Nicki said it shouldn’t have to be screamed to the mountain top that you are the ish, it should show in your every day life, you don’t have to tell a man your independent just be it and if he is a real man he should be doing what he is suppose to and if not welp, to the left to the left lol
Heroes, man if yall don’t think music is a big influence yall foolin, especially for young teens. Its obvious a lot of them/us don’t have mom’s n pops showing us or telling us that its just music and the reason is because more and more TEENS are becoming parents. I mean if your 20 year old mom is bumping she got a donkey every time you get in the car, what is the 5 year old gonna do??? Mom knows nothing better cuz she young, so I do blame hip hop to a certain point!!
not 100% but some blame!
Why is a 20 yr old mom playing that song in the presence of her 5 yr old? Again, personal responsibility.
I know you cant control every thing your child sees and hear. But you can communicate to them the proper ways to deal with it, whats important and whats not, whats true and whats false.
How is it fair to the artist that they have to censor their own work because somebody’s parent didn’t do their job?
Thanks Mikster.
Nope, I’m not saying “Put a Ring on it” is threatening. But some women use it as threatening… they get hyped up. Just like “to the left, to the left.”
its kinda like saying the negativity broadcasted on cnn. and fox has no influence on how people feel about whats really going on in the economy.
Heroes my point was that she is young, and I am 100% sure she might know about taking personal responsibility heck who doesn’t. People are influenced by what they see and hear, come on nah…..
granted a lot of folks are an exception when they can make it from the hood to the whitehouse but, it takes a strong mind for that, and not every bodies got it.
Empowerment songs are fine–not saying they are not…I love music…listen to all genres and believe there’s a song to fit every situation. However, music … just like watching Oprah…reading self help books aren’t going to do a thing until the woman decides she’s worthy to be treated with respect; that she’s worthy to pursue her dreams; that she’s worthy for a little me time and that it’s okay not to be “superwoman.” Nobody (meaning husbands/kids) have to be neglected in the process. You treat folks how to treat you and that goes from strangers to the man you sleep with every night—and definitely goes for your kids.
What’s probably lacking in a lot of young ladies lives are role models. See for me I’ve always had good role models in my life growing up as well as since being an adult. There are examples all around me of women who are married/with kids and careers and/or business owners.
Yes, some things have to be juggled or put on hold. There’s a time for everything. These women aren’t superwomen, they just do what they have to do when they have to do it. It’s still I think natural for women and more specifically Black women to be able to adapt that way—whether married or single.
FIRST of ALL WELCOME BACK SUNNY…
@ SuperHussy: Welcome
“I battled the “this” or “that” of what I was taught was feminism too.
We have to realize that we can do whatever we want and I take pride in being a fab home manager and making sure that my hub and daughter get fabulous meals as I make moves and do big things of my own.
There does not have to be an either/or scenario and the hub supports me as much, if not more, than I cheer on his success
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I love this comment. And I while I do believe that its hard to do it ALL WELL. Frankly when trying to do it all, something usually gives…i suppose it doesn’t always have to.
Mik – “it takes a strong mind for that, and not every bodies got it.”
I agree. I just dont think musicians should be faulted for that.
Comeback I so missed the “no mama” part. I can replace those though.
Thank you Comeback!
oh ok Nicki I got you that is true
Hi NoMore and Humble (Men first right?)
Hi Comeback, Shelia, Mik,, Nick and Superhussy (Ladies second, yall ain’t know>)
First I need lots of positive energy and prayers! Got that paper back, gotta re-do it plus a whole slew of other things.
Secondly, I say it’s not wrong that women have something going on to empower themselves, just don’t use it to belittle men. It’s like you can’t build your self-esteem by tearing down others.
Hey Jac.
Hey Jac
Ok Heroes so “brain so good coulda swore you went to college”
thats ok???
Your saying T.I doesn’t need to be responsible for saying stuff like this?? why is nobody asking where HIS momma is?? huh huh huh…..
“At a certain age you should know better than to take music and entertainment seriously.”
So true.
Because I get free cds in all genres to do reviews I listen to everything and some of the CDs I wouldn’t buy if they were free
It’s a man’s world when it comes to music and unfortunately women are not shown too favorably with all the “b’s” and “h’s” words flying around.
My nieces and nephews are surprised I know the lyrics to all the songs they listen to–so when I catch them singing something un appropriate or humming one—I check them on it. My nieces and nephews aren’t allowed to listen to certain songs around me. I can’t help what they listen to when they’re with their parents. What was hot last year was the song by Souljah Boy….some of the lyrics on the unedited version that sometimes played on the radio…”superman that ho”…I had to lecture them on what a ho was or was not.
Music is definitely not empowering when all the radio plays are songs that disrespect women. We have to teach young ladies to stop disrespecting themselves though too.
Good one Mik…
Whatever happened to saying…you’re my latest and my greatest…my latest, my greatest inspiration…?
Oh but wait…did anyone mention Raheem DeVaughn?
You
Woman
Customer
She’s Not You
Four Letter Word…
He’s all captivated by the women and ish…all nice to us….
Bilal-Soul Sista
Just trying to play Devil’s Advocate….
Man…I tell you being sleepy is not hot, but I’ma make it though cause I channel strength from my blog fam and the real fam…friends and ish…
I’m bout to transfer you all from blog fam to friends and leave it there.
OK
Women been around here Catering and telling you that they’re the moon and you’re the sun and well you know the moon can’t exist without the sun and I feel that but man it’s a whole lotta things.
Yeah thats ok! Why wouldnt it be? You think he shouldnt be able to say he likes good head? What harm is done by him saying that? Some kid might repeat it? Okay. Does the kid know what it means? Why they shouldnt repeat it? Who is responsible for communicating that information? TI?
“Your saying T.I doesn’t need to be responsible for saying stuff like this?? why is nobody asking where HIS momma is?? huh huh huh…..
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@ MIK BINGO SON!!!
Jac made a good point about how there are many many more songs talking about how a woman loves her man and caters, and stands by him and all this but yet we still bitches n hoes
yea ok
Umm, that man is grown! His momma aint responsible for his music. What are yall saying?
*throws hands up at Heroes*
this is about as bad as the PGF argument lol so I give up, Heroes you know you are just as stubborn as a damn mule!!
“There does not have to be an either/or scenario”
@superhussy – Hi and so true. I know too many women who have the family and career. They’lll be times where you have to compromise, but overall–with the right mate, you can have it all if that’s your desire.
“don’t use it to belittle men. It’s like you can’t build your self-esteem by tearing down others”
True.
@ Jac Sorry to hear about the paper…hopefully you can clean it up and get a good grade on it.
“Nobody (meaning husbands/kids) have to be neglected in the process. You treat folks how to treat you and that goes from strangers to the man you sleep with every night—and definitely goes for your kids.”
@ Shelia..im sorry, no one in a household SHOULD be intentially neglected…but i cannot buy the notion that women can have it all at the same time. Something suffers..its up to women to decide what stays and what goes (MOMENTARILY). And as a woman i wanna stack paper now…so that i don’t have to make those harder decisions birthin my dear crumb crushers.
Man yall are really out there! I gave comeback a list of songs where no one is a b!tch or hoe. You dont hear enough of it? Well complain to the station for not playing positive music. Or go support the ones who do. Common likes women, well go buy his CD, he doesnt go platinum but Lil Wayne does.
“Umm, that man is grown! His momma aint responsible for his music. What are yall saying?
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No MO can’t you see how one sided that is. Up thread you told me that a little girl’s mama/daddy nem are responsible for shaping her personal, social and community view of herself…but TI has no personal resp? at all? save for “live your life”?
@Comeback–I’m not saying that things won’t change. It goes back to having a good support base. You don’t have to neglect, you just have to re-organize your life. I’m telling you it’s been done…there are plenty of successful women who are not single.
Of course since you are single, you should be working towards your goals because yes, there will be an adjustment period when you get married and when you have kids. It’s even an adjustment when you’re just dating someone.
But Comeback you can have it all–marriage and kids are only as limiting as the person allows it to be. If I didn’t see it in action, I wouldn’t speak on it.
“But Comeback you can have it all”
yes i can…but at the same time..and would i even really want that??
not without a full time staff LOL
TI has a personal responsibility to his kids and his fam. Thats it. He is NOT responsible for your kids running around singing his songs without knowing the message of the song. If what you say is true then people shouldnt make movies that have negative messages cuz some idiot is going to emulate it, video game should be abolished cuz someone is gonna steal cars and shoot people, and God forbid you actually say something negative in the earshot of a child because that child will repeat you and believe you and its YOUR fault. Whatever
No More Heroes – I don’t see why Lil’ Wayne is so hot…the guys and the girls listen to him and swear he’s the best thing since Michael Jackson.
Parents should take active roles when it comes to the stuff their kids listen to—they will still listen because hey they are kids…but at least conversations are going on. As far as the radio, you know its still a payola system going on, although they will deny it. Folks should complain to the FCC…if they get enough complaints, they might stop playing it…but it takes more than one person complaining.
Jesus be a fence comeback thank you for calling him out on that Cuz I was about to!!
oh hell no!!!
I will be on and off the blog today….
I had a layover in St. Louis and called my mama at work and sounded bad… she was slurring and breathless… couldn’t tell me the name of anyone around her so I could call… she said she had a bad headache. I went into panic mode…. she told me to have my brothers come pick her up (I wanted to call an ambulance)… my brother panicked, he can’t handle pressure. I was screaming at him on the phone. Told him I needed him to the be oldest child for one G-damn minute b/c I was miles away. It is tiring having to take care of everything. I wanted to choke him with bare hands. Anywho, mama ended up at hospital. I drove home from the Indi aiport, dropped my friends off at home, and rushed to the hospital where we stayed until 7 am… We were in a room but those damn cots are so uncomfortable. they discharged her with a “headache.” Are you F-in kidding me???? They did two CT Scans. She’s still in pain.
I’m getting sick… overslept for work and my boss told me to stay home today and take care of stuff.
Thankfully, my granny will take her to the doctor today.
Sorry for the story folks…. just letting you know why I’m “off” today.
If you don’t know, I’m a mama’s girl to the 10,000th power.
“yes i can…but at the same time??
not without a full time staff LOL”
@Comeback – LOL…you can do it. Look at it like this…if your career blossoms to that level–whose to say that you can’t afford to have that staff.
Nicki–I hope your mom is okay. She might need to see her family physician…a headache…they should have given a reason for the headache before discharging.
@ Nick..im really sorry to hear that…but you pick up the slack cause thats what you do!! Your mom will get through it. My mother had a neighbor with a similiar issue about two months ago, she’s fine now..Imma figure out what happened and I will post it.
Just remember there are lessons in everything. When my mother was going through her stuff. I practically lived at the hospital for a whole summer…i got alot of life changing lessons out of it. Just listen to whatever this is trying to tell you. And be strong for your mom. Your family is in my prayers and medititation.
Heroes the radio station puts out what they are given to put out for what ever amounts of money. Just like the artist who sing the songs they have a choice but the responsibility lies on the artist, you gonna sell your woman out, your moms, teachers, social works for a dollar ??
T.I got “live your life” which is basically mainstream because I am acknowledging your list but thats not whats being played on the radio. But the song is seemingly positive so much that I sing it, so don’t tell me if you start switching it up that it wont have an affect on the youngins and eventually change the game, old school hip hop used to be positive and have a positive affect on people why is it different now??
Comeback: “Lets be honest about this conversation tho…there are very few hip songs by men that pertain to “loving a woman”..and im not one of those anti-hip hop chicks..all this music has a place on the turntable of life..it just needs a little more balance.”
No More: “Why would todays youth rather listen to negative than positive?”
The hip-hop business is just that, a business. If you own a record company, and you notice your 50 Cent-like artist are going triple platinum, and your Mos Def-like artist doesn’t even go rubber, who are you going to back as an artist? Until the hip-hop consumers start demanding more positive music with their dollars, we’re going to continue to get Soldier Boy, Laffy Taffy, and Vibe magazines saying Plies (Plies!) is the future of hip-hop music.
No More, how didn’t Talib Kweli’s Hot Thing make your initial list? That song was on heavy rotation in my car last year.
Mik, why is it so hard to not listen to the radio? Buy the CD’s off the positive artists you like and listen away. If you know the radio is on some BS then dont even bother, or complain to them that changes should be made.
Why is society on stupid mode now? Negative messages in art and entertainment have been around since the beginning. Yet it was viewed as it was, entertainment, and not taken seriously. Now all of a sudden kids are impressionable and parents suck so much that we have to ask random rappin-@ss-ni&&a to help us raise our kids, talk nice to them and get them to respect women.
Hugh: Good one, I forgot about Hot Thing, and thats a great song. I totally agree with your comment. If we want our music to reflect the more positive aspects of life we have to start supporting the songs that do and vocally go against the songs that dont.
“If we want our music to reflect the more positive aspects of life we have to start supporting the songs that do and vocally go against the songs that dont.”
And that there is the problem–people complain to each other but don’t share those complaints with the officials they elect–starting at the ground floor–the alderman/councilman/representative/senator.
Believe me if they get enough complaints from their constituents, they will try to do something (well unless someone is dropping dollars in their pockets).
Heroes I can turn off the radio trust and believe I do, but just explain to me how we went from rappers delight to “get out ma face ya nigga ya”
and I’ll shuddap about it
Thanks Sheila and Comeback.
I panicked b/c my dad had an anuerysm the day before Halloween last year.
I appreciate your prayers.
“When my mother was going through her stuff. I practically lived at the hospital for a whole summer”
Yes girl, that’s how I was with my dad.. my brothers and sister went through life flitting about carefree, while I was sleep deprived. I was so angry and resentful towards them. Like how can you sleep at a time like this?!!!!!
My meds are kickin in. Believe I’ll take a nap now. Talk to you guys later.
No More: “If we want our music to reflect the more positive aspects of life we have to start supporting the songs that do and vocally go against the songs that dont.”
We don’t even need to go vocal. Just don’t buy it. Don’t request it. Don’t support it. Businesses are soulless and only care about the bottom line. Once they see it’s not making them any money, they’ll drop it like it’s heavy.
“how we went from rappers delight to “get out ma face ya nigga ya”
Mikki, I wish I knew the answer. I’ve been there from the beginning of hip-hop and to see it evolve into what it is now is frightening. But as long as the powers that be make money–they don’t care about upholding any kind of standards.
The consumer actually has more power than they think they do. Consumers actions speaks louder than any words—and unfortunately their actions are keeping the same music we might complain about on air and in the stores.
I know who I am as a woman. I know I’m strong, independent, caring, loving, a giver.. I gotta ego, i have a certain swagger and I’m unapologetic for it. These songs just affirm what I already know but someone women dont have what the women in the treehouse have and need these songs .. these women in the media to pump them up .. empower them ..and i dont see anything wrong with it.
I strive to be the best JOLIE I can be … not to be like B or Michelle .. I might admire some of the qualities . .take a good look at myself and modify.. or rather snap back and take a look if I have lost myself .. but thats about it..
FIN.
“The hip-hop business is just that, a business. If you own a record company, and you notice your 50 Cent-like artist are going triple platinum, and your Mos Def-like artist doesn’t even go rubber, who are you going to back as an artist? Until the hip-hop consumers start demanding more positive music with their dollars, we’re going to continue to get Soldier Boy, Laffy Taffy, and Vibe magazines saying Plies (Plies!) is the future of hip-hop music.
”
@ Hugh…im a little tired of that argument…I think the baddest bizness man/woman can SHAPE and redefine taste and astehtetic. Its called taking CREATIVE RISKS and growing as a person.
i have all kind of crazy ideas and concepts that im “selling” to people based on the chicken and egg arguement…now some are way before their time LOL..
but the others are gonna fly because Im going to make THEM…yes i said it. MAKE THEM..LOL..
Take Beyonce..she really is the first woman..to bring YAYA sisterhood to the R&B mic. She is meshing notions of being Sexy and being embracing of other women..um Aretha nem was not doing that back in the day.
Umm…Chaka Khan? Shirley Murdock?
Comeback: “@ Hugh…im a little tired of that argument…I think the baddest bizness man/woman can SHAPE and redefine taste and astehtetic. ”
Sheeeeeyiiiiiiit! I don’t care how bad a marketing person is, I won’t give a penny of my money to Soulja Boy or Bow Wow, or any other of these wack rappers. Redefine all you like, I only pay for quality.
Then again, the masses are a$$es, and weak minds can be easily shaped, so you may have a point. But I’m not so malleable.
Comeback there were other women in the industry trying but in the music industry–its been a man’s world.
Mr. Knowles is a powerhouse within himself and I admire his business savvy because he has put his daughter in a position where she can sing the songs she wants to sing.
“Redefine all you like, I only pay for quality. ”
no…you pay for perception of quality and the feelings that are evoked by said perception. HUGE difference my dearest Hugh.
im coming in on the super end of this but…
the solution to all of this is
common sense.
Comeback: “no…you pay for perception of quality and the feelings that are evoked by said perception. ”
I disagree, my illustrious Comeback. Discerning consumers have discerning tastes. We can can see through a marketing facade or a feeble “perception of quality”. You can put a naked picture of Esther Baxter on Plies’ album cover, but I still ain’t buying it.
It seems like we all agree that something needs to be done—but until consumers start putting their dollars behind better music then it’ll remain status quo. We have the same discussion in the book world because folks complain about sex and violence in books, but the publishers only look at the bottom line—the books with sex and violence are selling so they keep buying those type of books.
I have to high-five Comeback–”Im going to make THEM.” I write books but they are NOT filled with sex and violence. They sell, maybe not as well as the sex and violence ones, but I’m still able to make money and do what I love–writing books, without conforming to writing “sex and violence.”
mr. jazz.
great point. Most things that look “good from afar” are “far from a good”
…but I’m buying anything with Esther Baxter naked on the cover. Im only human lol.
Why So, I was just about to say that.
Good morning everyone…….
Welcome back Nicki…. Your mom is in my prayers
I agree with Shelia in that its YOUR choice, but I still will stand by the fact that main stream music DOES have an influence and the reality of it. I mean look at the voter turn out this year, how many times have you listen to your grandma, aunties and uncles tell you to vote and you never did. But the minute a rapper says “vote or die” you are all into it, I didn’t say it was right but I don’t like how yall are denying that we aren’t affected by what they put out.
some kids remade t.i’s “what ever you like” into a song about voting, amazingly now they know politics based on a rappers song. its all a cowinkydink right???
“We can can see through a marketing facade or a feeble “perception of quality”. ”
@ hugh …can you explain the whole “pet rock” phenom..where was the discernment in buying a dam!n rock? please hip me to the hype!
nevermind…i’ll tell you…you aren’t buying the THING..you are buying the FEELING. There is alot of pixie dust in marketing. TONS. When what is pixified is also a real part of who you are…you’ve scored.
come on..this blog is about thinking positively. I infuse religion, metaphysics, airy fairy other stuff…its who i am…its what i believe..but on the outside alot of people would say..its make believe.
i gotta agnostic that i got to comment on Jesus Friday…***holds hands in the air***
***hums..i walk this cause i can back it up..its too big..its too wide…***
Mainstream media only has the effect that you allow it to have….
Mainstream media is there to give people an excuse to avoid the hard questions. The hard questions that will ultimately solve the problem, but will involve lots of effort. And mainstream media says putting in effort isn’t sexy. See the cycle?
It again boils down to common sense, personal responsibility, and the many variations of the “Golden Rule”. If you want to do something, and it’s in your heart, you will do it. Point. F’in. Blank.
@ 80s –HEY good merning
@ Mik “I mean look at the voter turn out this year, how many times have you listen to your grandma, aunties and uncles tell you to vote and you never did. But the minute a rapper says “vote or die” you are all into it..”
slam dunk.
“Mainstream media only has the effect that you allow it to have….”
Game Over.
“Mainstream media is there to give people an excuse to avoid the hard questions. ”
i agree with this ..an opiate, if you will
..but the Beyoncification of it all is that she’s making the medicine go down alot easier. You can entertain and change minds-challenge beliefs at the same time.
the art is doing it in a way where the person never knew they were really affected..or make them believe it was all their idea in the first place.
well I need to side bar for yall a second and since the guys are here I need to ask before yall dip it low aka leave lol.
I need to buy my significant other a gift and im not sure what, I haven’t exactly gotten a feel for what he is into except for gadgets n gizmos which doesn’t help me much….
do yall know of anything thats universal beside socks??? lol
Mik if he’s in the D any winter gear would probably be appreciated.
comeback:
True. Very true. But if that’s not in the person’s heart, then the medicine won’t stick very long.
You can sway minds…temporarily. But changing hearts must start with that person.
@ hugh …can you explain the whole “pet rock” phenom..where was the discernment in buying a dam!n rock? please hip me to the hype!
Like I said before, the masses are a$$es. But the point I’m making is I didn’t spend a dime of MY money on a pet rock. You can put the rock in a pretty package with glitter and a bow, have a commercial with Samuel Jackson claiming it’s the best thing ever, but I still ain’t buying it.
Why So: “…but I’m buying anything with Esther Baxter naked on the cover.”
I concede the point. If the pet rock has a naked picture of Esther Baxter on the package, I’ll buy two. What can I say, sex sells.
Heroes what Kinda winter gear?? Hat, scarf, coat, boot, glove???
U men are funny.
I am gonna lurk I think.
*Crawls under a rock with Nicki*
No Jac we need you to not lurk its a special day when all these menz are banding together talking about something they heart and dropping knowledge, its kinda sexy and endearing ….
“I concede the point. If the pet rock has a naked picture of Esther Baxter on the package, I’ll buy two. What can I say, sex sells.
”
im afraid ALL you dudes just PROVED my whole point…the trick is to find the consumer’s pixie-dust trigger-for some its merely @zz.
@ Hugh and Why so…
Ummm who is Esther Baxter???? lol Since yall will buy whatever cover she’s on…..
@ Mik….Girl I ripped a nice big chunk of my pea coat at work yesterday. So I went out and got a new one…. It’s real jazzy and professional….I got it at Marshall’s for the low and how come it’s at Macy’s for over 300 bucks…..But I’m still searching for a more casual one with a hood. That’s what I’m going to miss most about the other one is the hood…
lmao comeback ya think??
80’s Baby: “Ummm who is Esther Baxter???? ”
I’ll just say this: 34DDD(natural)-24-41.
Comeback: “im afraid ALL you dudes just PROVED my whole point”
Which is why I said I concede the point. But only for Esther. And I’d still just watch a video with her in it before I’d buy a Plies album.
aww 80’s im so sorry about your coat!!
I still haven’t ventured back out to look for a more casual coat either so I feel you, I gotta do it eventually. If you find any good deals on casual stuff let me know.
she got the angel eyes…with a baby face…
but she a freak though
Esther is perfect.
I’ll just say this: 34DDD(natural)-24-41.
@ hugh and whyso..
ummm you still ain’t telling me nothing… I’m a 34DDD natural…. Not for sure about my other measurements though…. That might be my project tonight to get my other 2 measurments..lol
@Comeback – Sorry i’m late. It got busy at work. If you need more let me know.
Dead Prez – Mind Sex
Nas – Black Girl Lost
Snoop Dog – Beautiful
Del the Funky Homosapien – Dark Skin Girls
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth – Lots of Lovin
Gang Starr feat. Total – Discipline
Method Man feat. Mary J. Blige – You’re All I Need
De La Soul – Baby Phat
Rakim – Mahogany
The Roots – You got me
Good Morning All,
Ok I’m gonna kindly overlook the comment that is staring me in the face as I type this…Esther Baxter is an illusion…a lucid dream, the chic is not perfect.
And if your girl was out there half naked, getting butt injections while parading around as every man’s fantasy you men would look down at her.
Anyhow on to the post…well actually enough has been said about the post. To much attention is paid to the “ego” and not nearly enough to the “id”…our basic instinct and drive. If yall want to have a real conversation…let us begin with what we inherent…the id.
Oh yeah and I’m blogging again, on my FB and Myspace…I still don’t feel like making an actual blog.
since my comment got lost in the sauce. repost:
I know who I am as a woman. I know I’m strong, independent, caring, loving, a giver.. I gotta ego, i have a certain swagger and I’m unapologetic for it. These songs just affirm what I already know but someone women dont have what the women in the treehouse have and need these songs .. these women in the media to pump them up .. empower them ..and i dont see anything wrong with it.
I strive to be the best JOLIE I can be … not to be like B or Michelle .. I might admire some of the qualities . .take a good look at myself and modify.. or rather snap back and take a look if I have lost myself .. but thats about it..
FIN.
“the trick is to find the consumer’s pixie-dust trigger”
Comeback — now that’s a good tip and you can take that to the bank
I read you point Jolie McFoly..sorry.
“I strive to be the best JOLIE I can be … not to be like B or Michelle .. I might admire some of the qualities . .take a good look at myself and modify.. or rather snap back and take a look if I have lost myself .. but thats about it.. ”
and I co-sign it..you gotta be you. But nothing wrong with like you said loving great qualities in other women. i think i heart B more than most, because she is often ripped to shreads by other women. I usually get behind women (the yaya in me) more ..when i see women broken down for no apparent reason at all…but just to make somebody really mediocre feel better about themselves.
And for the celibacy club members, I expressed to my mentor/boss/self appointed godmother that I decided to lock it down for a while…and she came in my office with 6 Pack of AA’s…now that’s support, lol.
@ Shelia “Comeback — now that’s a good tip and you can take that to the bank ”
that point got a little “overlooked” by our men up in here today..crickets to me i guess LOL..thats ok..sometimes i know what i know all by myself.
@ T “Anyhow on to the post…well actually enough has been said about the post. To much attention is paid to the “ego” and not nearly enough to the “id”…our basic instinct and drive. If yall want to have a real conversation…let us begin with what we inherent…the id.”
break it down on dat Sigmund tip won’t you please lol…you got the floor (oh yeah welcome to the celi’s)
@Teacia–what’s your myspace page link?
@Jolie – “I strive to be the best JOLIE I can be”
Exactly. Don’t imitate but if you feel that you can do better in a certain area, then by all means work on improving. We don’t need clones because that’s where the issue comes in on this topic–we’re all unique and trying to be like the “Beyonces or the Jones” might not get you the same result as trying to be you but better.
Comeback: “im afraid ALL you dudes just PROVED my whole point”
Not really. We would buy the rock because we want Esther. We would be fully aware of that. We just wouldnt care. If they had a stand-alone picture of her naked then the rock would still be on the shelf.
Mik: Hat, Gloves, Scarf and Coat if thats not over your budget. Complete his whole outdoor look.
@Teacia
“Ok I’m gonna kindly overlook the comment that is staring me in the face as I type this…Esther Baxter is an illusion…a lucid dream, the chic is not perfect”
She may not be perfect but she is damn close. 34DDD(natural)-24-41? Those are prototype measurements.
Sheila you should be able to click on my name now to be connected to it…and it’s a blog about my dating life…and all of its turmoil, lol.
Comeback I would love to…but I’m about to roll out to lunch…when I get back I’ll throw something out there.
oh hummy imma listen to your list here where i am not all the way familiar…i think you listened to me though..bout the no mama songs. lol
Humble she got butt injections…she was not a 41 naturally…she’s an illusion man, just a wet lucid dream created to make you think that she is the prototype…and you men fall for it everytime.
@Hugh Jazz
“I concede the point. If the pet rock has a naked picture of Esther Baxter on the package, I’ll buy two. What can I say, sex sells.”
I can’t cosign this. I think this is borderline tricking.
De La Soul – Baby Phat
Humble I was trying to think of a De La Soul song for the longest. Good job.
“I can’t cosign this. I think this is borderline tricking.
”
Hummy aint we all tric!ks to someone or something? just sayin LOL..
but wow five stars for you..i don’t usually hear men say this..you not pandering to the p&ssy are ya?
yea I am listening to both list, its gonna be a long ass afternoon lol but im determind to edumackate myself for yall menz, cuz I heartz yall fa realz,
I know one thing tho Heroes n Humble better stop the hateration on Detroit women I know THAT!
i agree mik..i wish somebody could imeem hummys and no mo’s list..imma be listening to this all day..but good job guys.
Mik I love Detroit women. I just throw hate on stupid women, some of which are from Detroit.
if esther baxter is the kool-aid, then I’m drinking it
***requests “red” flavor***
We gotta have something to dream about…let us be guys.
@Teacia
“Humble she got butt injections…she was not a 41 naturally…she’s an illusion man, just a wet lucid dream created to make you think that she is the prototype…and you men fall for it everytime”
How do you know this? What was her natural size?
@Comeback
“Hummy aint we all tric!ks to someone or something? just sayin LOL..”
Yes. I’m a trick for somethings p**y aint one of them.
“but wow five stars for you..i don’t usually hear men say this..you not pandering to the p&ssy are ya?”
No not at all.
Women’s hate for Esther Baxter makes my affection for her stronger.
@Anitra
“I know one thing tho Heroes n Humble better stop the hateration on Detroit women I know THAT!”
I love Detroit women. I’m not hating on them. I just get tired of you all disappointing me by your choices and behavior. The dudes here don’t help either.
Esther Baxter regardless of how she got there is my fitness/workout inspiration …I am almost there…
yeah im looking at some esther youtube to remind myself..she’s a beautiful woman with a fantastic body ..i can’t hate.
@Jolie
“Esther Baxter regardless of how she got there is my fitness/workout inspiration …I am almost there…”
You and 80’s Baby need to come to my office.
No More I’m not hating…she’s a beautiful chic, but she isn’t real…it is what it is. The minute you men accept that you’re in love with an illusion then we’ll fall back…look at Humble for instance, he’s ready to fight to defend her ass size…lol, so sad.
“he’s ready to fight to defend her ass size…lol, so sad.”
oh my GOD..im dyin…but yeah Hummy. T got you here.
Women’s hate for Esther Baxter makes my affection for her stronger.
I don’t even know who this woman is. But when I asked who was she… All I got was body measurements that led up her to being described as perfect…….
I’m just going have to look her up once I get home……So I’m just trying to visualize these measurements… .So she’s heavy up top, slender waist and huge @zz?????? Sounds to me like she would have trouble finding clothes that fit… Lol
80’s she a video chic…and a stripper from the DC Maryland area…what else would she be if that was their initial description…and this is the prototype…lol, ha.
“You and 80’s Baby need to come to my office.”
@Black….. Okay now VP of the celibate club…. Ha Ha
I wonder if Barack and Michelle are going to get it down on the Resolute Desk…lol, it would probably not be a first.
Okay, I’m going to lunch for real this time, lol.
the most.
***side eyein Hummy***
he was pandering
why Hum just why?
the absolute most Jac.
@Teacia
“80’s she a video chic…and a stripper from the DC Maryland area…what else would she be if that was their initial description…and this is the prototype…lol, ha.”
You are talking about Lola Luv not Esther Baxter.
@Comeback
“he was pandering
why Hum just why?”
How was I pandering?
“80’s she a video chic…and a stripper from the DC Maryland area…what else would she be if that was their initial description…and this is the prototype…lol, ha.”
@ Teacia I really had no clue… I was thinkin she was more of poErn star actually…. They was describin measurements and calling her a freak… I didn’t know what to think…..
yeah I will never be as heavy as her on the bottom: my goal is: 34DDD-24-38…. I’m working on the middle but I got the rest..
This really brings up another question. i was talking to Junior yesterday and he said that “slender is always sexy” and that he prefers just a slender girl. To me that said that he looks at slender first personality and the other things that matter second. is that the case for men in here?
only calling her a “freak though” to highlight one of T.I.’s greatest songs evar.
But what if she was a really cool, educated, caring person?
yeah I will never be as heavy as her on the bottom: my goal is: 34DDD-24-38…. I’m working on the middle but I got the rest..
@ jolie….. Since her measurements are perfect and all I ‘m trying to see how close to perfection I am…… I done pulled out the tape measure…. But I’m not for sure where I need to be measuring…. the middle number is that your waist as far as like your pants size…… and then how do I get the last number. Just wrap it around my @ss… LOL
So you mean to tell me that all you ladies are busty, and are working on being healthy and fit…so when is the Comeback get together again?
@ Hummy ..pandering because of this:
“How do you know this? What was her natural size?”
and
then this
““I can’t cosign [Esther Baxter Pet Rock Pixie Dust]. I think this is borderline tricking.”
—
when the measurements were dropped i dunno i just assumed some thangs..again..beautiful woman..but i just already draw some enhancement-iology from said proportions.
@80’s lol…. wrap it around the mid part of your arss .. all the way around. . hard to describe without showing..
JOLIE you are a 34 DDD???
@Teacia
“look at Humble for instance, he’s ready to fight to defend her ass size…lol, so sad.”
You said she was not real. I’m asking for proof. It sounded like you were hating thats why I asked what I did.
“So you mean to tell me that all you ladies are busty, and are working on being healthy and fit…so when is the Comeback get together again?
”
@ NO..i gotta tough love some of these chicks back into the fit club..but i think we shooting for inaug week. not sure.
she got the angel eyes…with a baby face…
but she a freak though
@ why so…. Oh okay….. so this was part of a song? Sorry I’m not a rap head like that…… I thought you was calling her a freak…
“But what if she was a really cool, educated, caring person?”
When I asked who she was this was the perfect opportunity to throw some of them qualities out there in order for me to understand who this chick is. But yall didn’t
. Yall threw out what yall thought was more important. Them measurements… lol
@Comeback
“I can’t cosign [Esther Baxter Pet Rock Pixie Dust]. I think this is borderline tricking.””‘
You are misunderstanding me. I can’t cosign this because I will not buy a “pet rock”just because a pretty girl is on it. Thats like pictures with women posed on cars. I hate that stuff. It doesn’t make the car anymore appealing to me. A pet rock with a video girl on it is still a pet rock and doesn’t entice me or my wallet anymore.
@comeback: “JOLIE you are a 34 DDD???”
yup, just came down from a 36DDD…. been busty my whole life… gift/curse..
@80’s
“When I asked who she was this was the perfect opportunity to throw some of them qualities out there in order for me to understand who this chick is. But yall didn’t . Yall threw out what yall thought was more important. Them measurements… lol”
None of us know her. We just see her in magazines and videos. If we were asked about who any of the women on this blog are we would reference your personalities b/c that’s where we see.
“When I asked who she was this was the perfect opportunity to throw some of them qualities out there in order for me to understand who this chick is. But yall didn’t . Yall threw out what yall thought was more important. Them measurements… lol
”
***hi fives 80s*** side eyein all the boys at the yard…cause the milk shake was pyrex with the little “cup” tick marks on the side.
Jolie I think you my new best e-friend.lol… This 34DDD is a curse…… This ain’t no damn gift. Button up stuff is the worst!!!!!
But I got some buttons on the back of my pants and I measured from there.. It seemed like they were more in the middle…. So I’m a 34DDD-28-39…….If I did it right. But the middle number that’s my current pants size right? I would probably like to go back down to a 27…….
Rakim – Mahogany
so far this is the one song I heart, but so far humbles list got me laughin a lil.
Esther’s body is an illusion. So?
“None of us know her. We just see her in magazines and videos. If we were asked about who any of the women on this blog are we would reference your personalities b/c that’s where we see.”
@ Black…. Yall responses
Hugh said this: I’ll just say this: 34DDD(natural)-24-41.
Why so said this: she got the angel eyes…with a baby face…but she a freak though. Esther is perfect.
And then I said this: ummm you still ain’t telling me nothing
Black said this: She may not be perfect but she is damn close. 34DDD(natural)-24-41? Those are prototype measurements.
This is how yall described her. I even gave yall another chance after yall only gave me her measurements and yall still was only focused on the body aspect… So it doesn’t matter if yall know her or not yall could have easily said she a video girl but yall didn’t… Yall went straight to her BODY!!!!!
Jolie: “yup, just came down from a 36DDD…. been busty my whole life… gift/curse..”
(In my Peter Griffin voice): That…is…AWESOME!
80’s Baby: “This 34DDD is a curse…… This ain’t no damn gift.”
Lies and untruths!
“yup, just came down from a 36DDD…. been busty my whole life… gift/curse..”
“So I’m a 34DDD-28-39…….If I did it right. But the middle number that’s my current pants size right? I would probably like to go back down to a 27…….”
I feel like i’m in the twilight zone.
LOL…I think we are being punk’d.
***to the celi’s***
hummy’s/No Mo playlist song “mind se!x” is gonna be our anthem …any problems wit dat??? LOL
what say one? what say all?
@80’s Baby
“Black said this: She may not be perfect but she is damn close. 34DDD(natural)-24-41? Those are prototype measurements.
This is how yall described her. I even gave yall another chance after yall only gave me her measurements and yall still was only focused on the body aspect… So it doesn’t matter if yall know her or not yall could have easily said she a video girl but yall didn’t… Yall went straight to her BODY!!!!!”
I’ll take my L on this one.
@80’s .. yes that would be your current pants size.
@no more: you are not being punk’d … true story champ..
Friends,
U be doing the most on days when I am down…I am dying.
Mind Sex is THE best!
@ Hugh, Black, and No more…..
Ain’t nobody punking yall!!!!!!
“Mind Se!x is THE best!
”
until your @zz gets frustrated and then just wanna stab some dam#n body.
@ Jolie… You want to get down to a 24???? I got some hips and I don’t know if they’ll allow that probably unless they stretch……
Let me say this again:
@ Jolie… You want to get down to a 24???? I got some hips and I don’t know if they’ll allow that probably unless the jeans stretch……
@Anitra
“Rakim – Mahogany
so far this is the one song I heart, but so far humbles list got me laughin a lil”
What is funny about it?
“Mind Se!x is THE best!
”
until your @zz gets frustrated and then just wanna stab some dam#n body
nah girl….u ain’t gotta take ur clothes off…just incense relax…good conversation…u know…
i should have made yall link de’s songs i cant find..”dark skinned girls”..just the lyrics.
@80’s: yeah I want to get down to a 24. i had the exact measurements i am going after now not too long ago .. maybe 2 yrs max… so i know if i focus.. stay on my workouts and start this cabbage soup diet.. I’ll have it.. I have some hips on me as well the I’m fine with being a 38 in the hips ..as long as I have that 24 inch waist.
Humble
these songs made me giggle….
mind sex (yall i never heard that one ok don’t jump on me) Dark skin girls, baby phat, maybe im just not a big rap fan so its kinda weird listening to these songs, puts hip hop in a new perspective, but i mean the lyrics you can’t help but laugh because if this is how rappers show they heart us then Jesus bless em….
oh my goodness comeback Imeem darkskin girls it WILL come up!!
i found it…. I HEART THESE SONGS….
teachers need to be pumpin these in the classroom and discuss the lyrics.
@comeback and the readers of this wonderfull blog
i have put the new christmas mix part 8 online
have fun listening to it
this is the link
http://members.home.nl/letskicksome/EJAM/christmas8.mp3
ps be fast the new one is ready to go online
have fun
To download, right click on the file and save target as your hardrive )
of just go here : http://blogs.myspace.com/ejammaail
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PS:
THE (SOUND-)QUALITY OF THE BLINDFOLDTESTS ARE (SOMETIMES) POOR AND THIS IS FOR A REASON
If you like what you hear, buy the CD! If you want better sound quality, buy the CD! AND SUPPORT THE ARTISTS….
SO YOU NOW KNOW WHAT TO DO…
“so i know if i focus.. stay on my workouts and start this cabbage soup diet.. I’ll have it.”
@ Jolie… Good luck with that…You can do it
….. I might just need to become a member of the Fit club so some yall of motivation can trickle on down to me……I want to work on my mid section and just get toned all away around…. But ain’t none of this gonna happen with me doing absolutely nothing…. lol
Hi E pullin it now.
yea Heroes you brought it back with “light” and “come close” from common, I forgot about those jams
you killin me with these dear momma type songs with gostface, nas n pac, you need to replace those my manz
@Comeback
“i found it…. I HEART THESE SONGS….
teachers need to be pumpin these in the classroom and discuss the lyrics.”
I can’t believe you all haven’t heard any of these songs. The majority of the songs on my list are at least 7yrs old.
Mik I know, I totally overlooked ‘No Mama’ part of Comeback’s challenge. But I gave you 18 or 19 so I think I still managed the 10-song requirement. If yall want I can definitely find some more.
Hummy I’ve heard of the majority of the songs on you and NoMo’s list but a few i have never heard before.and i wanted to listen to those first.
a few i am hearing in “different ways now”.i don;t know if that makes sense.
nah Heroes you good im workin with what I got yo!!
I still got a bunch to go, I’m listening to “brown skin lady”
@Comeback
“a few i am hearing in “different ways now”.i don;t know if that makes sense.”
It makes since. When you get older and change you listen to music differently. Well some of us not all of us. LOL.
yep…like for example im watchin the roots “you got me”…i also am like a lyric nut now.
i was reluctant to buy Bey’s stuff on itunes..cause I like to read the cd jackets..the words are more important to me than say when I was 22.
Sorry Hum…80’s she a video chic…minus the stripper part like Lola Luv…I’m mad Hum even knew to reference Lola instead but that’s another reply all in itself.
Yall chics are small…I’m a 36DD, 29, 42…yeah I have hips for days…I don’t really mind staying my measurements really b/c I like how my curves…just want them to be solid with no jiggle…so my goal is to tone, not necessarily slim down…they like em thick in the South.
80’s the middle measurement isn’t necessarily your pants size, it’s your waist size…which is normally a little slimmer than your pants size for those of us who have curves.
“i was reluctant to buy Bey’s stuff on itunes..cause I like to read the cd jackets..the words are more important to me than say when I was 22.”
Thats crazy. I’ve always been into lyrics. I just don’t understand how you can listen to music and ignore the lyrics. Especially hip-hop. If you listen that way you are only getting 1/2 of the music. Its like the MC is there just for decoration on the beat.
I like this “getting married song”
that verse that said “will you take music as ya wife”
that was funny
Hot thing is a classic
I knew move of Heroes list than Humble’s but Heroes a bunch of them songs need to be replace and I am requesting common have his on list cuz we know he love the ladies lol.
@Teacia
“Sorry Hum…80’s she a video chic…minus the stripper part like Lola Luv…I’m mad Hum even knew to reference Lola instead but that’s another reply all in itself.”
When you are celibate. You need an outlet.
Humble One
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 11:41 am · Edit
@Comeback – Sorry i’m late. It got busy at work. If you need more let me know.
Dead Prez – Mind Sex
Nas – Black Girl Lost
Snoop Dog – Beautiful
Del the Funky Homosapien – Dark Skin Girls
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth – Lots of Lovin
Gang Starr feat. Total – Discipline
Method Man feat. Mary J. Blige – You’re All I Need
De La Soul – Baby Phat
Rakim – Mahogany
The Roots – You got me
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No More Heroes
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 8:36 am · Edit
2Pac: Dear Mama
Ghostface Killah: All That I Got Is You
Common: The Light
Blu & Exile: No Greater Love
Nas: Dance
Common: Come Close
Ludacris: Runaway Love
Lupe Fiasco: You My
Jay-Z: 03 Bonnie & Clyde (aka the worst song ever)
Mos Def & Talib Kweli: Brown Skin Lady
DMX: I Miss You
Goodie Mob: Guess Who
Common: Faithful
2Pac: Keep Ya Head Up
Dead Prez: Mind Sex
Nas: Getting Married
Jay-Z: Song Cry
Beanie Sigel – Mom Praying
Juelz Santana: My Problem
REPOSTD SO I DONT HAVE TO KEEP SCROLLIN.
“Sorry Hum…80’s she a video chic…minus the stripper part like Lola Luv…I’m mad Hum even knew to reference Lola instead but that’s another reply all in itself.”
@ T or Hummy..why re: Lola ..aren’t they in the same catagory?
Oh they most certainly are Comeback…but I made the statement to make ammends with Hum.
Mama Update: doc said she had a small cyst on her brain and that she has to do an MRI tomorrow.
She had a call from them when she got home, they want to put her in the hospital for three days and give her a blood transfusion. Says her hemoglobin is low.
Prayers are appreciated blog fam.
Nicki my prayers and with you and you fam.
@ Nik… Stay encouraged. Mama Nik gone pull through
……..
Stay up nicki. You and your family will pull through this.
Thanks 80s and T.
Nicki we will all be praying for moms full recovery hang in there sis
Thanks Black.
Yes Nick…Imma be doin some serious prayin for your Mom and the rest of your family…Stay encouraged and Keep her positive.
thanks Mik
Hey ya’ll! Sorry to hear about your mom Nicki. You and your family are in my prayers!
Thanks Comeback.
I appreciate it Holister
@Comeback
“Lola ..aren’t they in the same catagory?”
Yes but I have heard that Lola Luv body is fake and that she was a stripper. I haven’t heard that about Esther Baxter. I know she is from Florida.
Someone thought Ed Hartwell was FINE so I figured I would send out this Essence article link:
http://www.essence.com/news_entertainment/entertainment/articles/edhartwell?xid=111908-ENews-Wednesday-EdImage
Ed is a cutie on duty…Lisa was hard on dude about the Oakland Raiders..was it Oakland he was going to?
@comeback
yes…but they cut him.
“yes…but they cut him”
cuzzo really?? how that happen, didn’t he just get there??
Remember he was hurt Anitra…
dang he just got the offer two weeks ago “reality tv timeline”…lol
how he get cut again in two weeks LOL
explain that??
right Holly but I thought he did rehab and got signed to the raiders????
u’d have to see the finale. they wrote a blurb about it in the end
Yeah supposedly he did but you know once those football players get hurt its pretty much over for them….
oh i tvo’d the last 30 mins…aren’t we in football season???how long was he playin..i think Lisa wished it on that man..
she didn’t seem very supportive of his dream to go back. football is in that mans blood and even if you hate it..you gotta love a man’s passion.
I can’t wait for the reunion. gonna have me some popcorn and champagne.
“i think Lisa wished it on that man”
you are right Comeback… she wasnt real supportive. she spoke the negativity!
cuzzo you are hilarious!
ok when does the reunion come on???
I haven’t seen the last episode yet gosh darn. But yea Lisa didn’t seem to happy about him going back, I know he was salty bout that. I never dated a football player so im guessin she knows how much pain he be in and if thats the case I woulda not wanted him to go back either.
@comeback
she didn’t hate it…she was thinking of the entire family. they just had a baby…working on another one. he’d be away from home, etc., etc. this is her first good marriage and she prolyl ain’t wanna see it slippin. u see how they all up under each other.
he didn’t play at all, i think.
tru dat life and death is in dat mouth….
@nicki: Giving honor to God I come before you all today to send up prayers for my Sister in
Christ, Nickisunshine and her mother .Gracious Lord, we ask you to heal her mother and help Nicki through this storm.We thank you Lord for all that youhave blessed her with thus far and trust that as she remains steadfast in you, that you will continue to shower down so many blessings that she will not have room enough to receive.
We pray these things in the name of your Son Jesus.
Let the church say AMEN.
@nicki: Giving honor to God I come before you all today to send up prayers for my Sister in
Christ, Nickisunshine and her mother .Gracious Lord, we ask you to heal her mother and help Nicki through this storm.We thank you Lord for all that youhave blessed her with thus far and trust that as she remains steadfast in you, that you will continue to shower down so many blessings that she will not have room enough to receive.
We pray these things in the name of your Son Jesus.
Let the church say AMEN.
I agree with you I think Lisa jinxed him.
WTF is wrong with Sheree and Kim?
Jac you can’t be WTF’n after a prayer!!
Jolie that was a really good prayer you are a doll
*bows head*
Amen.
leave Lisa alone…ya’ll up in here talking about how God makes things happen then gonna say the woman spoke it to be so. shaddup.
“Giving honor to God I come before you all today to send up prayers for my Sister in
Christ, Nickisunshine and her mother .Gracious Lord, we ask you to heal her mother and help Nicki through this storm.We thank you Lord for all that youhave blessed her with thus far and trust that as she remains steadfast in you, that you will continue to shower down so many blessings that she will not have room enough to receive.
We pray these things in the name of your Son Jesus.
Let the church say AMEN.
”
***AMEN***
its some prayin women in the blog world.
“leave Lisa alone…ya’ll up in here talking about how God makes things happen then gonna say the woman spoke it to be so. shaddup.
”
@ Cuzzo ..he does make it happen erryday all day..but you gotta WANT IT FOR YOURSELF TOO. Lisa is supposed to be that man’s cheerleader..you can “unwant” stuff for somebody who may not be strong and clear in their intentions.
im not a sports fan..but if there was something my man wanted more than anything in the world and he lit up by just talking about it..oh imma want it for him till the cows come home. an inspired man is a happy man. Sure there would be tons of travel involved..just like Deshawn’s situation..but you can tell her dude IS happy and he seems to break his neck to get home.
AMEN!
“an inspired man is a happy man.”
adding that to my quotables..
AMEN!
i think she was just being realistic about the sitcheeation.
she’s the one that had to be there thru all his rehabbin’ and she’s gonna be the one taking care of home when he’s gone and where he could possibly injure himself again. she’s said how she hates how they treat them (the players) like dogs. that n!gga shit was f^cked up! and i think she doesn’t want to see that happen again.
“i think she was just being realistic about the sitcheeation.”
her realism cost him that shot…i believe that..i could hear it in her voice that she was not happy about his move..AND HE HEARD IT TOO. which is why he was like “you don’t seem happy for me”.
if she didn’t want him to be so far..then maybe she should have prayed for a closer gig. Pray dat..but don’t get mad when what he wants comes through.
they got enough money between her signin with a MAJOR jeweler, his stuff, real estate etc…where she aint gotta be so “realistic”. Hire a house manager and root yo man on.
comeback and jolie-you two doing some real preaching up in here today. i need it. i got some stuff going on over here and i know it will be worked out. i have claimed it in HIS name.
and yes, an inspired man is a happy man.
even deshawn said it about eric…she’s his biggest cheerleader-that’s how i feel….like yesterday sitting in that cold business meeting but hey…i put on that little outfit and start saying you can do it baby!
I agree cuzzo, I know she was feeling some kinda way. I feel both sides
on his side, yes football is his passion and it would matter depending on how long he played n such, maybe he wants super bowl, maybe he wants one more season who knows but it needs to be talked about.
On her side I would support him even still, I would let my support shine through so tough that he would be like you know what, this aint even worth it im staying home with my wife n kids.
He doesn’t strike me as a selfish man. but when men are after something they keep going til they get it. and she is rich aint like she doing a whole lotta nothings lol ackin (yea i said ackin) like she really do so much…..
*blank stare*
“AND HE HEARD IT TOO”
well damn, did the raiders hear it too? cuz THEY made the final decision.
comeback: she didn’t sound happy. she was kinda whiney…
as i said deshawn has THREE kids full time…she hired a staff and kept it moving through eric’s torn meniscus…i don’t see a difference.
Money shouldn’t enter the equation.
and a woman not supporting her man is like death, trust he knows she aint feeling it and it will show in him.
Mik-U right. Like when you are as tight as they are (six days he claimed her) the emotion is definitely there. U feel it and u bounce off that.
Holly did you get my email?
watch the episode and then we can talk….even Ed said he unserstood and respected where she was coming from and that she had his back no matter what, that it wasn’t about stayin in the limelight or the money for her. she’s his best d@mn friend. i gotta be real with my best friend. if u worked so hard on something, f^cked yo sh!t up, picked up the pieces but u not back to 100%…imma make sure u’re really sure about ure decision. call it unsupportive…whatever.
let’s all tell Kim she’s the next LeAnn Rimes while we’re cheering everybody with a dream on.
Everyone go check out SSSO today…I’m very interested in your opinions!
“let’s all tell Kim she’s the next LeAnn Rimes while we’re cheering everybody with a dream on”
oh wow cuzzo I felt that sarcasm all the way in detroit and it hurt lol.
I have to side with Cuzzo on Lisa bein realistic bout the situation… having dated a football player for the last 4 years and watching him go through what he went through on a semi-pro level i can see where she is comin from not wantin him to keep playin pro especially since he already be hurt.
*clears throat*
cuzzo,
I see ur point. This is you through and through you tell the truth about things especially when it’s ur friend. and lisa’s always said that’s my best friend. that feeling, that bond…is unbreakable. no matter what. football, jewelry, real estate, exes whatever.
“let’s all tell Kim she’s the next LeAnn Rimes while we’re cheering everybody with a dream on.
”
ususally…somebody that does something well is relatively successful at it. This isnt a hobby ed picked up on the way to get ice cream yesterday…football is in the man’s blood.
Deshawn constantly encourages and inspires her man…when Eric’s face lit up talkin about sports commentation (is that a word) or coaching ..she was fully on board with both.
Ed conceded AT THE END. it don’t 30 more mins for me to know that Lisa was NOT ON BOARD and she spoke a little death to his dream. If your gonna that to a man..you betta have mad other suggestions at other things he is passionate about and could tear tha club up wit.
“Deshawn constantly challenges her man…when Eric’s face lit up talkin about sports commentation (is that a word) or coaching ..she was fully on board with both.”
she’s on board on whatever keeps bringing the bacon in….were we watchin the same episode? she’s already used to him being away.
lisa wasn’t on board with the locale…and she did mention y couldn’t it be with a closer team. she wasn’t like d@mn football all together.
Let me be the first to invite you all to the Real Housewives of Atlanta Reunion Show Discussion Party at singlesistersspeak.com on Wednesday November 26, 2008.
I dont condone violence.. and especially not in the same post where i said a prayer BUT … I hope NeNe or Lisa slap that shat out of KIM ..
I dont condone violence.. and especially not in the same post where i said a prayer BUT … I hope NeNe or Lisa slap that shat out of KIM ..
I am with you jolie!!
“she’s on board on whatever keeps bringing the bacon in….”
???…so Ed is broke? its not just about money. And she brought up closer teams at the end of the discussion…she was there with him rehabbin SOOO didnt she know that he was going with whatever team was gonna have him back?
i dunno they are newly weds…but i think some of her behavior was a little selfish..if he’s your soulmate you got all life with the man. Are they hurtin for money for two houses. or an “away home”..
maybe Cali puts her closer to a piece of her dream to. maybe there is a jeweler or retailer there that could set her off..i dunno to me she seemed so closed minded about the situation.
Thank you Jolie. I really appreciate that.
“???…so Ed is broke? its not just about money. ”
listen to the convo btwn Deshawn and Lisa abt DeShawn’s hubby not playing anymore.
“she was there with him rehabbin SOOO didnt she know that he was going with whatever team was gonna have him back?”
exactly, she was there. maybe he’s not 100%. it’s a lot to swallow and she just gave an honest initial reaction.
@Jolie
somehow that glossy squirrel fur needs to come off her head….ASAP!!!
I did read on YBF, that there was gonna be some kinda backlash going on with kim n lisa
@cuzzo:
why is her hair so glossy… she should get that Jessica Simpson weave..I know they have white girl weave cause all the white girls in hollywood have it.. BIG POPPA shoulda hooked her ass up.. before dumping her sorry ass and staying with his wife
“http://members.home.nl/letskicksome/EJAM/christmas8.mp3
ps be fast the new one is ready to go online
have fun
To download, right click on the file and save target as your hardrive )
of just go here : http://blogs.myspace.com/ejammaail
”
EJAM…YOU PUT YO FOOT IN DIS PLAYLIST..i never knew Musiq had a christmas song LOL…awLLL and you got LEDISI on here to im pumpin this in the car…”why don’t you give love on christmas day”..
her rendition is SOOOO hot…its like she takes it back to church. nice. best version ever.
Nicki, my prayers are with you and your family.
i never knew Musiq had a christmas song
@ comeback…. Musiq actually has a christmas album … I was trying to get it at Target yesterday. They have it advertised for 6.99 this week….. Oh and I seen your shoes when I was in there yesterday. (There on sale now for 22.99) lol
@Jolie
that’s the same thing I say. The white chicks have that extension stuff down pact. And what kinda friends she have not tellin’ her head looks a hot mess on the regular meanwhile all their hair is lookin fab. like she couldn’t go to Deshawn’s basement and get hooked up.
@COMEBACK
yep that was ledisi her christmas album is awesome
yall should check it
and yes that was musiq ….
and the first artist was eric benet and the second artist was rahsaan (rahsaan also got a christmas album out)
anyway this mix has a mix of soul jazz gospel etc etc
have you guessed who the last artist is on this mix??
there are 15 songs/artist on this one hour mix
ps
the previouse christmas mix playlist part 7 incase yall wanna know
1. TAKE 6
2. .LALAH HATHAWAY MARCUS MILLER AND JOSHUA REDMAN
3. .TRINA BROUSSARD/DESTINYS CHILD/ALICIA KEYS/JOJO KIMBERLY SCOTT ETC ETC
4. .MICHEAL MCDONALD
5. .JONATHAN B. AND …….
6. .NORMAN BROWN
7. .TREY LORENZ
8. .TAKE 6
9. .VANESSA WILLIAMS
10. .YELLOW JACKETS
11. .J.SPENCER
12. VANESSA WILLIAMS
Thanks Hugh
@ Comeback you want more than ten positive songs how about “THE ROOTS” DISCOGRAPHY…and dont you dare ask me who are they and when did they come out?
I need to get caught up on the episodes.
Reference Christmas CDs…I’ll be doing another giveaway and it will include Ledisi & Brian McKnight’s new Christmas CDs. I’ll let y’all know when it’s up.
Might I add it seems quite a few of the ladies up here seem to have been MIA when real rap in the 90s was being made…so what did yall do listen to “Hot” or “Power” whatever then hit the club and see what your little cousins and siblings listen to and thats how yall determine whats out there?
Some of the brothers up here like me dont listen to music that way…we been manipulating this shit since TDK tapes with the tissue in the rec tab!!!
We would sit there in 88 and fast foward the BS to get to Kane and KRS ONE..the Web and MP3 players only made that easier for us. This is what Hugh Jazz meant when he say “pay for quality”
First we listen..get a dub from our boy or download it-its banging you get my dough…wack it goes back..and f-the radios opinion on the song they got profit motives and shareholders to appease.
And we listen to get to lyrics like this:
“if Jesus was a kind man then he should understand times in this crime land” real hip hop heads know whose line this is!!!
See we, the guys do DISCERN the lyrics. But the ladies get in their rides and turn on the wack radio station AGAIN that plays songs she HATES…listen I am New Yorker…phuck Hot 97.1!!!!
I havent listened to that station since 94 yet when The Roots dropped Rising Down this spring I had it the DAY before it came out and not a lyric of that album was promoted on the air (my friends that do listen to the radio never knew the LP was out).
So why are these songs so “new” to some of you women?
Where were yall at music wise when dead prez dropped their first LP?
How bout in 94 when Commom dropped “I Used to Love Her” and how about when The Roots had the “Never DoWhat They Do” the video is a classic (and so is that LP).
@ any of the women that want “postive” hip hop
Cant believe no one brought up Outkast discography their growth as artist cannot be underrated and judging from the lingo and slang most of yall are not Up North East Coasters. So in 94 the Southern/Midwestern women werent checking for “Southernplayalisticcadiallamusik” please tell me yall knew of Dre and Big Boi BEFORE “Ms Jackson” or “Hey Ya”
I am a Brooklynite and I got that album (and everything else Outkast made since) and video the month it came out (okay the CD has been replaced several times but the video is still in my closet on VHS baby) and also “Goodie Mob’s” first LP was tight, mad postive..and De La’ last studio LP “Grind Date” is BANGING…massively slept on LP.
So in 94 the Southern/Midwestern women werent checking for “Southernplayalisticcadiallamusik”
@ temp…..Sorry but ummm in 94 I wasn’t checking for Southernplayalisticcadiallamusik mainly because I was 11 or 12 depending on the time of year this was. released……. So how could I relate to this cd or any other cd from the early 90’s that you’re referring to if I wasn’t dealing with any of these issues at the time?
Ego is definitely my fav track on the album
@80’s Baby, I am 32, I was 12 when My Philosophy was out, It Takes Two (Rob Base and Easy E still gets spins in parties today) I was ten.
Again I was alone no older siblings and this was 86
…same could be said for Newcleus’ song “Jam On it”(no further than 85) I could not have been no older than 8 or 9 but that song is a staple in my iPod, same could be said for Eric B and Rakim’s Paid in Full
I dont know about some yall up here but most of my hip hop was constructed BEFORE my adolesence.
I didnt use being a teen that was “rebelling” as a reason to get into rap (which meant you only liked songs that pissed off mom and dad not because these songs were actually good).
Again 80’s baby I was a 70’s baby and yea I do know songs, TV shows (where do you think the term “5-0″ for the cops came from? The TV show Hawaii ” booke Danno” 5-0, 5-0 was for the 50th state, that was a 70’s show no doubt about it) and movies from that era (Star Wars the first original trilogy was all done by 83) but do you remember the orginal “Knight Rider” with David Hasselhoff?
Probably not.
Heck what of the decade you were born in do you know about?
The one thing we didnt do with the 70’s was bring the ugly ass faishon back (hint to 80s kids that 80s gear is played out and so is the high top fade..let it go!!!)
I think todays crowd is lazy (from industry to industry-drug dealing to Ivy League students, young and old) and expects change even if they have done nothing to promote it..so progressive rap will just “be on the air” cuz women are tired of being disrespected in the lyrics”…whatever.
I just cant see me saying “yea well I was only 11 when “Aint No Half Steppin” came out so I cant realate.
@ Temps….. I was just responding to your statement “So in 94 the Southern/Midwestern women werent checking for “Southernplayalisticcadiallamusik” in regards to me and why I wasn’t checkin for it in 94. I’m sorry but in the early 90’s pretty much the only music I listened to was the music that was on the radio while I was on my way to soccer practice, basketball practice, and all the other extracurricular activities that my parents had me in when I was a kid. So again as a 12 year old in 94 no I was not checking for Southernplayalisticcadiallamusik because I was an involved kid outside of the house and when I was inside the house I was probably reading a book because that was one of my interests at the time…
So you’ve mentioned the songs Jam On it and It Takes Two that were out during your adolescence. So were you listening to Jam On It when you were 8 or 9 or did you start listening to this once you got older?
I think you women just need to shut the fu*k up. Stop working and give your job up to the men. An unemployed man is like rape to a woman. Give up your jobs, let the men work, go home and shut the f&ck up. Then things will be better. As long as women continue to work, things will continue to be bad BECAUSE MEN DON’T WANT YOU TO WORK IN CORPORATIONS. SO FU*KING STOP IT. We want you at home. Corporate jobs were made for men. You don’t belong there. Go home. Raise the kids. Cook the meals and shut the fu*k up. Thanks.
wow Gss..thanks for sharing.