Just ran across Kanye's new single. It's featuring the one and only Dwele!! I like it. LISTEN
--- I think that College Dropout was his best album and 808s & heartbreaks his worst --- doesn't mean I didn't have any of his tracks on my ipod on repeat. I mean it's kanye .lol. ... awaiting the album
Stellar Performance from Janelle Monae - Tightrope. ... She is Beyond her years. In her I see a fusion of everything the old and the new twisted in a way that is simply Janelle Monae. The first time I heard Janelle Monae was when she was featured on the Outkast Idlewild soundtrack. I dug deeper and followed her through her EP: Metropolis, and fell in love with her different sound, while picking up the old familiar influences in her style. Among many tracks I fell in love with - Call the Law, Letting Go, Peachtree Blues. I've been on her ever since :) Checking HMV repeatedly until her album reaches Canada.
Fall in Love -> Estelle feat. Nas when I first saw the link for this, I thought it was a beautiful, and out-of-the-blue collaboration. ... I listened to it. and I was right :)
... oh random... yesterday, I was walking the streets of Toronto, for the purposes of buying more summer clothes (i.e. shorts!! tank tops!! dresses!! :) ...I digress) and for some reason, not sure if it's because of the way I've been feeling like I carry myself with the whole transitioning hairstyles I've been doing. I've been noticing more stares. In one instance there was a man who stopped me. And I thought naively that it was for directions or a question or something, but he looked at me and said: "keep up the good the work... you're very beautiful". I never know how to handle compliments. So I smiled sincerely and said: "thank you very much!" and as I was walking away, I sort of felt uncomfortable, because I didn't make me. Why should I take the credit. I did not choose my race, skin color, hair texture, height, hell... I don't know why I like the clothes I choose to clothe my body lol. I wanted to tell him to thank God for that... but it would've probably come out of my mouth awkwardly like it always does lol. ... and there was another man/magician that was performing some magic tricks by Dundas square for an audience. and I as I was walking towards him, and stopped. he paused his act for a few seconds when he saw me, and said "wow, really loving your hair". ......... so I just smiled... and tried to avoid eye contact lol. ....
Another reason why I went downtown to get Shad's TSOL ... B.O.B.'s new one... Jose James and Jef Nerve's album... and I was really hoping to get Janelle Monae's but its not out in Canada yet.[I'll give my review for all of them sometime this week, but it's not the purposes of this post lol] When I was at HMV, I saw this guy, who was occupying the booth where you get to listen to albums and decide whether or not you want to buy the albums or not... he was eying me for a while... and by a while I mean I felt like I was being watched ... but strangely, not sure if its because I was in a good mood or not, but I didn't get the usual annoyed and uncomfortable feel I usually get when I feel like I'm being watched. I actually had the urge to come up to him and ask him what he was listening to and from there have a random conversation about hiphop (after all, the cd options that was on the booth was Shad's TSOL, Reflection Eternal's RPM) ... but I didn't. I should've. Instead we exchanged glances and smiled at each other. (sidebar >>> this happened 1st with this black guy, then after I went upstairs to get my jazz album, it kinda happened again with this white guy). ... strange day.
oooh.. I just found a gem from Slakah the Beatchild feat. Tingsek & Ebrahim. It's called the War Within >>> click here to download it. They are performing in Toronto this friday... I'm going to try to check it out... will somehow hopefully find someone to come with me, cuz there's also a young dubpoet thing going on that my friend invited me to. If I could manage to go to both that would be awesome :)
Random freestyle I found, I think the black guy is someone famous... and I think he's canadian... I'm not sure... and I think it's set in Haiti... but found it interesting and random enough to want to post it.
ooh... another random Mos Def Freestyle
... enough randomness for one post lol... found this quote and thought this is the lesson learned from all yesterday's beautiful madness:
I'm trying hard to reach you. Dear God, I see your face in all I do. sometimes its so hard to believe it. But God, I know you have your reasons.
Hello World,
I've had a crazy long weekend. Running around. A constant reminder of struggles. A constant reminder of the beauty that lies within them. The ugly that lies in life. I also thought about relationships. And my amateur status in them. I often question whether or not I can talk to people properly. I mean I'm not sure if I have selective hearing or something, but I often end up lost in translation. And I mean that in more ways than one. It can be language barriers, it can sometimes be the static on my iphone when I'm having conversations with people.
maybe I'm just not speaking the same language as them, (not literally)...
ran into this single. "Dear God 2.0" - by The Roots feat. Monster Folk's hook in their original track "Dear God". If anyone is a fan of The Roots, then you know it's kind of a reminder of "The Seed 2.0"... (well, ish). lol. I love The Roots.
anyway, I'm in love with the track. I just downloaded it. I'm trying to figure out a way to post links to download it, but give it a couple of days and you will probably find it on youtube and everywhere. Or better yet, google it!
OOH and in regards to the quote...
In EVERY THING I do, whether it be a conversation with a friend or stranger, In what I write, in what I say, in What I do. In the people I meet. In the people I observe. In what they say, in what they do. I see God. But With everything I see, and hear, and experience, I sometimes have alot of doubts.
But I know God Has its reasons for things being the way they are. Maybe I'm naive. Maybe I'm wrong. This world, my world, or at least the world I see through my lens really is a STRANGE FRUIT.
(click here to download: "Dear God 2.0" http://potholesinmyblog.com/the-roots-dear-god-2-0/ )
