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Featuring Jill Scott, Marsha Ambrosius, Kelly Price and Ledisi. I found this diamond of a song while searching for natural hair videos on YouTube and someone had this playing in the background and I immediately forgot about the video and was listening intently on the song. I really have no intro for it because it speaks for its self, it is SO MOVING! Please take a moment to listen and tell

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(I'm posting this as I sit right next to him) Seems like if there is a song that is kinda girly, with an infectious, finger-snapping beat and a high-pitched, maybe whiny sounding voice or bratty chorus, my hubby hates it...but I love it! Top ones at the moment are: The Ting Tings - Shut and Let Me Go Mind you, I was annoyed by this one when I first heard it over-played on the Lifetime

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Hurricane Irene left me without power on Michael Jackson's birthday (8/29) and I didn't get to it on the 10 year anniversary of Aaliyah's death (8/25). I hadn't decided to start blogging again when Amy Winehouse and since Google created such a lovely tribute to the late, great Freddie Mercury, I decided my tributes were long overdue. So I will keep this short and sweet. Michael Jackson  I

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My co-worker just put me down with this (big ups to Kristen C.) and I downloaded it. Basically, unlike Pandora where you have to pick a song to create a radio playlist, with Spotify, you can search for songs and listen to them...for free. Pretty much any song you can think of. AND for some, you can listen to the entire album. Create playlists and it will even pull files from your computer

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Yeah, yeah, yeah, well all know the big hits, Material Girl, Like a Virgin, Vogue, Borderline, whatever! But as I logged on to Spotify the other day (big up to Kristen C. for putting me down with it!) I searched for Madonna since I am currently reading a book about her and came across a bunch of unreleased songs that I used to adore. See way back when I was an impressionable young teen,

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Introduced to me by my hubby (like a lot of stuff), I instantly loved the sound of Squirrel Nut Zippers and their big band, throwback sound. Its my happy music. Its also quirky and goofy, just like me! Soon as I put on the album, I was dancing. I was tapping my toes. I was smiling. I was feeling good. It just had that effect on me. I defy you to listen to these songs and not feel good!

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I rediscovered this one while playing around on Pandora listening to a radio station created using Fitz & The Tantrums. And I am very taken with it. Its moody and mellow and but I also like the dreamy lyrics particularly this one, in reference to his interracial marriage to beautiful black actress Paula Patton: There would be no black and white,  the world just treat my wife right,We

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If I had a reality TV show that followed me around and exploited my daily exploits, I imagine the theme song would be something like this: I think if captures the essence of my natural kooky, cartoony personality.

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If your not down, they're called Tenacious D, featuring my boy, Jack Black. I love ya baby but all I can think about isKielbasa sausage, your butt cheeks is warm.I check my dipstick, you need lubrication honey,My kielbasa sausage has just got to perform.Now get it on!I see you walkin', but all I can think about isDianetics, your butt cheeks is warm.I check my dipstick, you need lubrication honey

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Months ago, I was half watching SNL and nodding off. It  the week a singer unknown to me was to appear. I fell sleep before her performance but was soon awakened by this noise, a high pitched sound really and lots of horns. The sheer volume of this chick's belting woke me up and formed me to wipe the crust from my eye to see what the hell was going on. This girl with the sharp, black hair was

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So like a lot of music I discovered and became completely consumed with in 1996, I first heard Luscious Jackson after seeing previews for the movie Clueless. Loved the movie and its colorful, teenage world and pretty much every song from it, but this one was getting rotation on MTV. Stuck in my head. I dug it. Bought the CD and became completely immersed in it. Not as pop as you would think but

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The hubby was online one day looking for new music when he stumbled upon this fantastic group. Its a nice blend of retro '60s with a dash of pop and some catchy hooks. Real musicians, real singers (check out sista girl singing lead), real music! I rock this while on my commute to and from work. Great jump start to my day.

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...without a dope beat to step to. Whattuuuuuuuuppppppppppp!!!! I know, right, I haven't posted in over 2 years then just pop up. Kind of weird actually. I don't know if I lost my mind after the death of Michael Jackson or what but I seriously just woke up one day and didn't have anything to blog about. So I stopped. But lately I've been getting the buzz back and thought why not continue to

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He will live on forever through the legacy created by his music. And will forever be the greatest entertainer of ALL-TIME.Michael Jackson ForeverRest in Sweet Peace

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I think all women have at least one song, old or new, that when they hear it, they stop everything they are doing, grab the nearest hairbrush, ink pen or spoon to act as a microphone to go through the full emotions of singing every lyric of the song just as the artist did (or close enough), one of mine is As We Lay by Shirley Murdock.Late one boring sleepless night, I'm online looking for 80's

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(and yes some of them I have tried)Come Around-M.I.A.If you've ever heard it, you'd probably be able to visualize it. It has that Indian groove mixed with the Timberland beat. Perfect for hip swiveling.3 More Days- Ray LaMontagneLord! If you haven't heard this one, try iTunes. Here is a dusty-butt looking white dude with a soulful sanging voice singing bout 3 more days til he comes home to ya and

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So back in 1991, Another Bad Creation, also known as ABC, 7 little, little boys had a single called "Iesha" they used to get airplay on the Jukebox network. And it was my jam. I recall the lyrics went:We played Nintendo,This was her very first dateI didn't wanna make it seemto flyWe ate cerealShe couldn't stay out at lateHer mother told her to be homeat nineThey also had another song called "

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SWVAhhhh high school. "Im So Into You" hit the radio and that was it. It became of of my favorite songs along with "Downtown" and "Weak" (and don't you know every girl in my school was trying to sing Weak a -capella, including me.) They had nothing but hits for years and I ate up every song they put out. Was so sad when I heard funny-looking Coko decided to go solo and leave her girls behind. I

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One Last Cry- Brian McKnightOne of my favorite breakup songs, I listened to this one after a major breakup years ago. Helps get those tears a-flowin'.Circle of Life - The Lion KingOk, yeah, I am silly but something about this song, I find so damn uplifting is brings me to tears. Don't know if its the African drums or lyrics or the words but it overwhelms me everytime I hear it.How Do I Say

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Nip/Tuck, my favorite TV show and the only drama I watch nowadays kicked off its new season last Tuesday and as usual, I was fully involved with the storyline, particularly entranced by one scene in which Dr. Shawn McNamara is stabbed and lying, bleeding on the operating floor, blood filling his lungs, and spilling out of his mouth, gasping for air and trying to figure out how to save his own

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So someone mentioned Solange's new album a few months ago. I heard the first track "I Decided" and wasn't majorly impressed. I went about my business.Meanwhile, big sis, Be came out with her Sasha Fierce album. Being a fan, I was all set to go pick it up, first day. Luckily, I got to hear it before buying it and was sadly disappointed. While I appreciate her trying something new, I couldn't find

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Call it what you want: nasty, stupid, reptitive, violent, ignorant, degrading, annoying, I don't care what you call it, I still love true Baltimore club and have since the very first mixes I heard in middle school in the early '90s.Perhaps, its an acquired taste of mainly B-More natives but there is just nothing that comes close to those beats and basslines for me when it comes to dancing and

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Homegirl was the ish back in the '80s. She had the look, the dance moves, the fashion. I remember wanting big hoops earrings just like she had and still rock them til this day. I also remember thinking that was all her hair and being fascinated but how she can attain such a head of hare (I was naive in the '80's). And the hoop skirts she used to dance around in. I think I was more into her look

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I love musicals. Most of the ones I see anyway. I'm the dork who not only watches a musical but I get involved with them, try to learn the dance moves, the lyrics to every song and will go out a buy a soundtrack to listen to in my car. Yes, I am that music dork. One of my dreams has always been to star in a musical. Hey, I can still dream, right?Chicago Saw this movie before I saw it on stage and

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I stumbled up on this video of a live performance of her hit song Loving You on YouTube and I was blown away. I mean we all know she can hit that crazy high note but to see live footage of her singing the entire song with such ease and switching it up a bit just gave me chills and showed me what an exceptional vocalist she was and what extreme talent she had. So tragic that she passed away at

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I know you all will be thinking, girl get off Beyonce's bra strap but believe me, I was not feeling this song the first tome I heard it and I still think it sounds very much like Get Me Bodied.BUT, the video, however, I think is nearly brilliant. Granted she borrowed the idea from another, but I think the simple white background featuring her and 2 bootylicious dancers, along with her tight

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Diff'rent StrokesNo surprise here. Who doesn't like this theme song. I remember thinking the line 'they got nothing but their jeans" was just sad. Like why point out just how poor they were? I also didn't get why there were different versions but I preferred the one where they ended it by singing.Mmmmmm.The JeffersonsThis is my favorite song to sing when I'm moving up in the world and it doesn't

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No DoubtI was a college freshman when I first saw the video for Spiderwebs. It stuck in my head and since I was nearly dying for some new experiences in the new college world I found myself in, I decided to take a chance and buy their CD. Felt like a big step for me since it was nearly rock and I was not a rock fan. But I became completely consumed with their ska sound and front-women Gwen

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I typically don't like what I consider songs that degrade women, but every now and then a beat comes along and I'll be in the club and it gets me. And there I'll be wiggling hips like some video ho!Get Low - LiL John & The Eastside BoysThis song has everything. My favorite lines: can I play with your pantyline? Stop! Then wiggle with it YEAH! Back, back, back it up AHHH!Back That Ass Up-

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Jay Z Mmmm, there is just something about his swagger, the tone of his voice and they way he delivers his lyrics that make me forgive the fact that he looks like a walrus and wanna be a big stanky groupie in his entourage. I feel him. Even when he's calling women b*tches (which I normally am not fond of), and telling girls to change clothes then go, his catchy hooks and bumpin' beats make me

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I used to buy my faith in worship,But then my chance to get to Heaven sli-i-ppedI used to worry about the future.But then I threw my caution to the wind. -"Canned Heat"- JamiroquaiSo why another blog? When the idea came to me it seemed like an epiphany. I'd been having a bit of blogger's block on my other blog for some strange reason; I would go weeks without having anything worthwhile to blog

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