Floetry is Pure Poetry

Wale was tweeting about Floetry earlier today. I don't know if it was about these two, but I remembered this specific poem/song. It's so sensual. You can only hope that one day someone will write something like this about you....maybe. It's called "Fantasize." Thanks to Ghislaine for telling me about this a long time ago.

For the Strippers

Wale just leaked a new song "Penthouse Anthem" through his twitter this morning. Let's support those strippers and stripclubs out there. At least they're making money in this recession. It's a lil slow compared to his other songs, but it's pretty catchy. He said 

"dis isnt no “hiphophead’ record..this is for people who watch strippers nd fall in love temporarily.and for the beautiful women who ant SHY." 

Listen/download at http://www.zshare.net/audio/5813253237b67306/#

Thee Concert and Some Beef

Thank you Edwin for the photo!

So last night was the big show...and it was great. I arrived late because I had to work so I missed J.Cole, but I was in time for Colin Munroe.  I was pretty disappointed about the whole J.Cole situation because I had just heard of him and liked the song and then some girl told me he rocked it, but a girl's gotta make some money. (sorry for that long sentence. i just like to let things flow)

Colin was pretty good. Not really what the crowd was expecting, but they eventually got into it. He played the drums while standing up, played the keyboard, rapped, sang, his guitarist rocked, and his prerecorded looped stuff was on fiyah!! ha He was pretty energetic, but I don't know if he really fit into the set up. I liked him though...what can I say?..I like the guys that can sing and play the piano. 

Then Wale came on stage after everyone was screaming for him. I think there might have been a good 20 minute break between him and Colin. I don't know if that's right because I was anticipating the whole thing or he was just taking his time. My theory is that he was just trying to come a lil down from the high he was on. 

I believe the first song was Break Down...definitely a good choice since it starts off with "Allow me to introduce me my name is wal-ay don't say wal-eee." There were some people screaming walee in the crowd earlier...seriously, if you're going to go see a guy at least know how to pronounce his name. It's called respect. 

Then he went into "Good Girls." I like this song..i think it's funny. But he said it was to get the ladies in the crowd warmed up and ready for the performance. 

The set list continued on....I don't remember the order but he did w.a.le.d.a.n.c.e, ice cream girl, the artist integrity, nike boots, and more. One of the last songs was his new hit "Chillin." It was evident that a lot of the crowd didn't know a lot of his old stuff....we still got into it...but when Chillin came on, everyone went wild.  He ended with Nike Boots...might have been the crowd favorite. 

On to the Go Go Band....wow, they were great. I came out of the concert wanting more of that. If anyone can suggest more go go music please let me know. He did take the time to give a little tutorial of the history of go go. That was pretty nice. haha

He also graced us with a freestyle ..he said something along the lines of "don't try this at home." Yeah, I won't. Things got a lil harsh. He said muthafucka Charles Hamilton and got on sonic..haha This is where the beef starts. 

I went home and I had to tell Charles. I'm a fan of him too. And this is what went down. Via Twitter.(Twitter is powerful..I had no idea) 

So that's what went down...well all that I really wanted to show you guys. If you follow both of them you can go back and see more. A lot of people got involved. I don't think it was an April Fool's joke though. Who would plan that in their freestyle..c'mon. Yes, they are labelmates, but they're still fighting for a similar audience.  I just think it's funny that I think I might have started it all. ha. I told them both that they should come perform together to prove there's no beef, but that's probably not gonna happen.

If you want to read more about the concert, see more pictures, and watch an interview check out swaggerdap.blogspot.com. One of the contributors (Meezy) was in the aforementioned convo. It's also a good blog to follow too. Got to support.

update: Charles blogged/ did screen shots of the convo too. check it at charleshamilton.blogspot.com

it's gonna be a guy fight

so i think i just started a twitter fight between wale and charles hamilton..oops. I sent charles a message and then right after wale was like don't direct message me and now they're goin at it. follow both of them and see. oh the power of twitter.

WALEEEEE

The concert was great! that's all i have to say for now. I'm gonna write more tomorrow

Randoms

1.) thelifefiles.com announced that idina menzel and taye diggs are pregnant. I hope this isn't an april fools joke. That is going to be one pretty baby. 

2. )Lil' Wayne is the cover for the new RS issue...all about going to the rock side. His tattoos are ridiculous. I want to know how much it hurt to get his eyelids tattooed.

3. ) Going to Wale tonight. I'm excited. I twittered him and he didn't respond...I don't think he likes white people. He twittered earlier  "do any black people go to syracuse besides the hoopers"  I don't know what the tone of that question is.

new song and battle numero 2

So a week ago I saw that John Legend has a new song out. It's called "Lay Your Head Down." At first I didn't know if I liked it, but I've listened to it over and over again and I've decided I do like it. I know one of my friends doesn't like it but I don't give a shit. I think it's the romantic in me. The lyrics are dreamy and combined with his voice...it just makes me swoon. I also like the strings and drums in the background. It's like a throw back to the old love songs...and in my view, you can't go wrong with that. I think you can listen/ download it here (let me know if it doesn't work).

Battle 2: Charles Hamilton and Wale. (I'm not going to go into the analyticalness--yeah i just made that word up. Deal with it)

Charles Hamilton (21, according to wiki) is from the good city of Cleveland. He loves Sonic the hedgehog and is a fan of the color pink. He was known as a producer before his current status of being a rapper. He makes beats of course, can play the piano (really well from what I can tell), and in my opinion has a different style of rapping. His first mainstream big popular song is "Brooklyn Girls," but he has sooooo many mixtapes out there so I wouldn't be surprised if there are other known songs out there. Just so you know, I'm basing this post from listening to the mixtapes: "Every Charles Hamilton's Ex-girlfriend's Worst Nightmare" and "Well Isn't This Awkward."  He's different from what's out there right now because he raps more with a speaking style like the old days. The things that bother me the most are that his voice can get pretty monotone and he samples a lot. And when I say a lot, I really mean a lot. (lots of Kanye and Rihanna for some reasons---even though he admits to having a celeb crush on Rihanna)

In his ex-girlfriend mixtape, he definitely makes it a nightmare for the girls. He doesn't leave out details. If I were any of those girls I would be pissed....especially Toya and Esperanza. Listen and you'll understand.

My favorite tracks (on Awkward mixtape) are Scorpion and Neverland.I also like Pleasant Overthinking, but I don't know what mixtape that's on.

So I'm done with him. Check out his blog too. He gives a good insight into what it's like to be in the studio a lot, balancing relationships, and little notes about what else is going on in his music world.

Wale(24, according to wiki) is from DC and likes people to know it. In 2006, Fader wrote about him, and that usually means he's up and coming. I get a feeling that 2007 was the big year for him. He was signed to Mark Ronson's Allido Records, was featured in other big magazines, and was on MTV. The two mixtapes that I listened to were "100 miles and Running" and "Mixtape About Nothing." All around I think he's a really smart rapper. He doesn't just rap about cars, sex, money, and hoes. For the first mixtape, I got an all around feel that he definitely focuses on the lyrics. I also appreciate that he's kinda chill and he uses actual instruments for his beats. If he just uses synthesizers then wooow did he trick me. There's keyboard, guitars, and drums. I would like to steal a word from him and just say, the music gives eargasms...haha The songs that stuck out to me were "Good Girls" because it's just funny, "Smile Remix" because I am a fan of the Lily Allen version and his remix is a hilarious add on to it, and lastly "The People" because it's just smart. The one thing I don't like is all the shout outs...save that for a cd pamphlet or something.

The second mixtape definitely shows that he has a wide range of talent. It's totally different from the other one. The sound bits from Seinfeld are a lil weird but somehow they actually tie in. The song I most liked was "manipulation." It's great and then somewhere around 3:50 he apoogizes for what he just rapped about but in a hilarious way... "bitch pick the right mothafucka." 

Listen to these mixtapes here and here. He also has a lot of other mixtapes. So go check em out.

Ok so i'm done since I'm actually sitting in class right now and I'm probably wasting thousands of dollars because i'm not focusing..haha.

Come back and read tomorrow's blog. I'm pretty excited about it.