So, there are VERY few Absolutely NO blogs I visit outside of fashion and music, and a friend of mine Josh @GQ50 on Twitter has an amazing one. His blog epitomizes what it means to be a gentleman and touches on a myriad of relationship problems. The site it pretty much the un-official relationship bible.. This is an excellent read, & I strongly recommend everyone visit
JustGQ Blog
Eryka Badu…I am the biggest fan of her music. I don’t know a lot of people that listen to her, but I grew up listening to her. Her music is soulful and it’s the truth. She used the most random topic and made a good song..Bag Lady. Who could make a song about ladies carrying bags be so good? ha. Only her.
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So late last night Bionca posted the link to the Despicable Me Soundtrack on Twitter. I downloaded it and I love it. Pharrell worked on the score and the soundtrack. He did a really good job!
Here’s a video of Pharrell talking about the score of the movie.
Robin Thicke – My Life
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Pharrell Williams – Fun Fun Fun
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This blog is dedicated to Kid Cudi. I had to do this because today is a special day for him. Today is his 27th birthday!!! Kid Cudi is my all time favorite artist. His music is unique and inspiring. As most of you probably already know, his album dropped not too long ago. If you don’t have it i recommend going to get it. When I first got it, i was like, alright this is cool. But when i really listened to the lyrics and everything..it’s GREAT. I love it and I’m glad i bought it. So support him and go get it dolls!!!! He is also releasing a mixtape soon called A Man Named Scott. I’m sure that will be dope as well. His video to his song Maniac is coming soon too so make sure you check it out!
This is his shoot with Complex Magazine a while back. Dope.
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Meet Natalia Kills, an up and coming pop artist from Europe. Fierce? Yep. Talent? She’s got it. Style? I want it! She reminds me of Rihanna except with her own twist. I remember seeing her on Myspace back in 2006 where she went by Natalie Cappuccini. Her music was cool back then, I really dug her song “Shopaholic” because it reminded me of myself, Lol! The music she is doing now is much different, but still is absolutely sick! I’m loving her style, her voice, and the records she is making. She’s definitely going to be big- so watch out!
More about Miss Kills (Courtesy of her official website):
Sex. Love. Control. Vanity.
Lipstick. Lies. Tears. Tragedy.
Pretty simple plot lines, really. Or not. Just ask anyone who’s followed the first season of Natalia Kills’ self-produced “Love, Kills xx” episodic series – a surreal blend of dream sequences, free associative song fragments, and pure femme fatale poetry that’d leave Quentin Tarantino feeling a bit flushed.
“Some girls want to be a princess when they grow up,” explains Natalia. “I wanted to be in a bad bitch girl gang.”
She also wanted to be a pitch-dark pop star in the time-honored tradition of Kate Bush and Depeche Mode. So to strike a balance between it all, Natalia—a native of England’s rugged Bradford area — left school and moved to London alone to pursue her desire to creatively express herself through music and film at just 14. After 4 successful years on prime time BBC television and radio, and several songs in box office film sound tracks, she set out on a mission to combine her love of music, film and the stage into one frame. Her initial songwriting forays were to develop into the pop gravitas of Natalia Kills’ solo material – from the creeping keys and whip-cracking breaks of “Zombie” to the heaven-sent harmonies and Eurythmics-like head-rush of“Mirrors.”
“I’m really influenced by the way music is applied to films, because it creates drama and suspense,” says Natalia. “If you mute a film, you don’t know when the
killer is coming and without that tension there is no feeling of curiosity or fear. But when you have the pulse of the music, it provokes an emotion. That’s what I’m inspired by—creating a full-on experience.”
And since “Love, Kills xx” is like a backstage pass to Natalia’s restless mind, the artist/actress has created an entirely different film as an extension of her debut album, Perfectionist. Co-directed by the same French filmmaker as Love Kills (Guillaume Doubet), it’s the perfect pairing for an album that features such Technicolor producers as Fernando Garibay (U2, Snoop Dogg, Britney Spears), Jeff Bhasker (Kanye West, Jay-Z, Alicia Keys), Ron “Neffu” Feemster (Dr Dre, Michael Jackson), Akon and Cherrytree’s label boss and Lady Gaga-collaborator Martin “Cherry Cherry Boom Boom” Kierszenbaum (who has also worked with t.A.T.u., Frankmusik and Far East Movement) A-list assistance aside, Natalia’s ultimate vision shapes the direction and sound of her debut album, Perfectionist. “Good producers find a way of enhancing an artist,” says Natalia. “They don’t give you their musical sound, they give you your own.’ My album was definitely a joint experience of creativity.”
That is exactly what made will.i.am want to sign Natalia to his label jointly with Cherrytree: the shape-shifting performer/writer/director that is Natalia Kills knows exactly what she wants, whether it’s a stone-faced “Love Kills xx” scene or an all-out assault on what it means to be an all or nothing pop star.
“I like the way radio music used to be—really direct, wild and expressive,” says Natalia. “It wasn’t like ‘I love you baby’ or ‘let’s party all night’; it was songs like Queen’s ‘Love Kills.’ She continues, “You know, ‘Drills you through the heart/Scars you from the start’? Artists used to say whatever they were feeling. There was a real freedom of expression. And you know what? It’s important to be brave in music, because if you can’t be brave there, where can you?”
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New School Natalia: “Mirrors”
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Natalia Kills – “Zombie”
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Natalia Kills latest video “Mirrors”
Be sure to check out Natalia Kills web series on her official website. It’s definitely something to see!
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This blog is dedicated to Kid Cudi. I had to do this because today is a special day for him. Today is his 27th birthday!!! Kid Cudi is my all time favorite artist. His music is unique and inspiring. As most of you probably already know, his album dropped not too long ago. If you don’t have it i recommend going to get it. When I first got it, i was like, alright this is cool. But when i really listened to the lyrics and everything..it’s GREAT. I love it and I’m glad i bought it. So support him and go get it dolls!!!! He is also releasing a mixtape soon called A Man Named Scott. I’m sure that will be dope as well. His video to his song Maniac is coming soon too so make sure you check it out!
