flight- best music videos of 2010

because everyone loves something to watch- best music videos of 2010.

5. window seat- erykah badu

but matt & kim didn't get into any real trouble for their crazy shit? 

4. breakfast- curren$y

realllyy creative idea...the censorship in this video cracks me up.

3. d.o.a- jay-z

there's something so youthful about the jiggaman's old ass in this video that i love.

2. cousins- vampire weekend

i'm sure they put in alot of work for this video, even though it looks so simple. 

1. stylo- gorillaz

bruce willis, son? 

honorable mentions go to:

all of lady gaga's shit

major lazer- keep it going louder

kings of leon- radioactive

coldplay- life in technicolor

c-breezy's - transform ya

adele- rolling deep

boaw!

flight- singles of the year

to continue my list of the 'best of 2010" i've pondered what my favorite singles were of 2010. yes they are pretty random as am i, but i'm sure you'll agree with atleast one...check em out.

5. like a g6- far east movement 

you know this is your shit too...

4. dog days are over- florence and the machine

this chick has a very unique voice...and i likey :)

3. whats my name- rihanna

literally took me 3 listens and i knew the song word for word...

2. nothin' on you (beautiful girls)- b.o.b ft bruno mars

i loved this song...don't think i'll ever grow tired of it.

1. no hands- roscoe dash ft waka flocka & wale

i love this song.  i especially love the cover. enjoy!

flight- best albums of the year

as i mentioned earlier this month, i've thought long and hard about my top 5 albums this year and i'm happy to share them with you guys. feel free to let me know what you think :)

5. maxwell- BLACKsummer'snight

you guys, please tell me you remember how awesome this album was? like, really...dude comes out every 10 years with an album and it's hot shit! there's something about his voice that screams cocoa butter and warm milk with cinnamon. i'm just saying. anyway, this album was really good. from the band, to the production, to the vocals. if you're an r&b fan, this is a must have. i honestly don't have a fav song on this album because every song is good in its own unique way. 

4. vampire weekend- contra

quick side story that officially made this album awesome: i'm riding in the car with this album bumping, and my mom is riding shot gun...mom goes "so you listen to west african music now?" i go "no mom, these are skinny hipster white guys" mom goes: "wow." then proceeds to nod here head to the music. victory for vampire weekend? i think so. i loved this album, the lyrics, the beats, and even the videos. check out "give up the gun" when u get a chance. lil  jon is in it and speaks french. also in "diplomat's son" there are questionable (and by questionable, i mean homoerotic) lyrics going on....and for some reason, i appreciate that. lol.

3. teflon don- rick ross

i lovvvvveeeee this album. i think there are about 11 or 12 songs, but there are only 2 that i don't really care for (yet, atleast). thats a pretty good ratio when you think about though. i think the production is the best part of the album...i'm really feeling the symphony orchestra that he hired on maybach music 3 and the thing that i appreciated the most is that he actually got r&b singers for most of the hooks, instead of auto-tuning and/or trying to sing them himself (*ahem, b.o.b, wiz, lupe, wayne, cudi, drake....ahem*). don't have it? get it. take it to your car. turn the volume knob all the way to the right. bump number 7 first. go ape shit.

2. ke$ha- cannibal

to be honest with you, i never was much of a ke$ha fan from the jump, until i bought this album on a whim because i thought the "we r who we r" song was hella catchy. my friend, the fuckin entire album is good. just about every song on this 20+ song album is fantastic. lyrics, beats, everything. now, majority is a party album, but c'mon, its 5 oclock somewhere! the thing that i like most about this album is that the lyrics are sooo relatable, because when you think about, who has money to be poppin bottles all willy nilly in this recession? not i, and obviously not ke$ha who will "take the drinks from the table when you get up and leave them!"  now i won't go that far, but i will get wasted off your music, ke$ha. you are the shit. lets party together one day!

1. big boi- sir luscious left foot: the song of chico dusty

i really think that this album was the best of 2010. it literally had every type of song imaginable for anyone on there, and because i appreciate an array of musical styles i really really appreciated big boi's effort. he has a party song, an r&b track, hipster shit, hard shit, inspirational shit, funny skits, throwback sounding shit. everything imaginable. but he managed to create all of these different sounds while staying true to himself and atlanta. thats some genius type shit. really.

shot of the day- the cribs

to be honest, i kinda was in a funky mood and remembered how much i like this song.

enjoy sickos.

men's needs- the cribs

on the rocks- the brothers of chico dusty

shutterbug/black keys mash-up "black bug"

because i think big boi's "the son of chico dusty" was probably one of the best albums of 2010, this  new mash-up album is reallly good. it came out today, and i listened to the entire thing while cleaning my place. it feels good to be able to sing along to something that you hear for the first time, and because most of this album is big bois raps over the black keys's beats (who btw i also adore) its one big ball of hot shit.

you know what the best thing about this album is....you can download it for free here...

my overall rating for it...b+/a-

shot of the day- chiddy bang

this group is effin genius. they're a great mix of alternative/rap and they do it right by complementing each other sooo well (white guy does the hot beats, black guys spits hot fire over hot beats).  if you haven't heard of chiddy bang, download their shit immediately. just search swelly express on datpiff and their tapes come up. if there's random alternative song that you love, odds are chiddy bang has probably flipped it into something more awesome :)

here's one of my favs from their new album

chiddy bang-good life

countdown to the new years

the new years is coming up and you know what that means....there's gonna be tons of VH1 specials counting down the years top 100 artist, songs, movies, and whatever else is countdown-able.

i'm gonna save you guys the hassle and countdown the top 5 of pretty much everything, from singles, to breakthrough artist, to albums, and even movies and/or youtube vids. 

keep an eye out, because i'm not sure when i'll have the time to do all of this, but it will do it before we're all ravaged by mother nature's anger in her inability to fight off global warming in 2012. 

(aren't we all suppose to die in the next year or so?)

on another note, i've been getting a few emails from people all over with music that they think i'd be interested in. let me just say that: yessssssssss! i love when people from all over the world put me on to shit that their soul grooves to. someone sent me this song the other day and i thought i'd share. 

selah sue- raggamuffin

what i like most about this chick is that she's a french white girl, but sounds like she's fresh off the boat from jamaica- very unique voice. needless to say, i coped this album. many thanks for putting my on!

shot of the day- the runaways

if you haven't seen the movie "runaways" with dakota fanning and the chick from that vampire movie, you gotta see it. my first reaction to watching it was "omg! wtf is dakota fanning doing all grown up! she was just 4 yr old in effin "man on fire"!!! but after i got used to watching dakota sniff coke, make out with chicks and have sex with random guys, i pretty much enjoyed the movie. great music, great acting. great story.

basically the movie was about a chick rock group from back in the day, i wanna say the sixties, that basically changed the game and opened up major doors for female bands. their fame was short lived mainly because the girls were soo drugged out and twisted that the lead singer (played by dakota) had to go to rehab (btw, the girls were like 15 or 16yrs old). rent it off red box when ur bored.

dead end justice- the runaways

anyways, dead end justice was my fav song- in the movie they were pretty much plastered during the performance. after i saw the movie, i listened to the real version, and i kinda liked the movie version better.

shot of the day- holiday murzic

everyone has that favorite christmas song that they sing to at the top of their lungs when it comes on the radio. i actually have 3 songs that i loveeeee during this time of the year.

in no particular order-

69 boys- "what you want for christmas"

from the same group that brought you the "toostie roll," this song basically covers everything that you'd really want for christmas from "twelve hundred dollas"..."to 5 fresh gold chains"... "and finally a cadillac to put it allllll in." if you've never heard it before, pleeeeeeaasse listen to it. it may be a southern thing, but i go wreckless when i hear it on the radio during this season. 

donny hathaway- "this christmas"

i loooveee this song! especially the "shake a hand, shake a hand" part. (if thats what he's even saying). its simply beautiful.









jackson 5- "santa clause is coming to town"

i think the only way to sing this song is very loud and hella obnoxiously- especially when michael sings the "santaaaaaaa clause is comin to toowwwn." its only right. i effin love this song.





whats yours?

shot of the day- kendrick lamar

a song thats been getting me through a lot lately, because no matter who you are and where you've been, you'll always encounter obstacles to get to the top...sometimes you just have to say "fuck it" and get wasted- my choice of taste is music, but whatever ur vice is...

barbed wire- kendrick lamar ft ash riser

on the rocks- b.o.b

the talented bobbay ray simmons jr. just came out with a new (and free) mixtape on bobatl.com yesterday, and let me just say that i was anticipating this work of music for about a week. got it yesterday, and listened to it while i was working on some documents last night, and might i say that i was just not impressed. i mean, b.o.b did not give me what i needed. my first concern was that with a mixtape named "no genre" it was obviously just mostly southern rap (which i would have been okay if he would have just named the album "southern rap with a hint to lemon and rosemary") and he obviously must of smashed muchas chicas while on tour because my b.o.b ears were violated a few times with songs of twurking, hitting it from the back, and burning it down.

bobby, he smashed the homies! 

i don't want to say that i was disappointed, because i enjoyed the mixtape...but its just not like the b.o.b that i've come to enjoy. to be honest with you, i think his last mixtape was some hot shit. in fact, that mixtape should have been named the "no genre mixtape" while this one "b.o.b vs. bobby ray." if you haven't heard it, pleeeeassssse get it. the link is below.

now i don't want to close b.o.b in the box of sex-fiend-burn-it-down rappers because he he's rapped about all of that before this mixtape, but i guess its just the way he did it before. it was executed more musically creative before, and this no genre mixtape has kind of muted his originality and talent for being able to appeal to all types of ppl.

with that said, i still like you, b.o.b. you stil have a fan in me, but i think thats because you give me that "quirky little brother vibe" and can appreciate music with hoes, blunts, and heavy egos. to others who enjoy b.o.b because he's a good crossover musician and seems real down to earth, i'd advise that instead of getting the "no genre" mixtape, get "b.o.b vs bobby ray." i bumped it in my car for 3 weeks straight and i'll prolly listen to it when i get off work today.

yep, i'm gonna listen to "my lil brother who think he's all grown up because he's smashed 4 snow bunnies while away on tour" when i get off. boaw!

download the "no genre" mixtape
download the "b.o.b vs bobby ray" mixtape

shot of the day- company of thieves

i checked out the song a while back but every now & then i like listening it. i love it when chicks sing the lead in a band because there aren't many chicks who do so and do it well. the lead in company of thieves has a unique voice and the song "oscar wilde" really shows it. and i'd say that this group is like a combo of parmore, vampire weekend, and coldplay all in one. anyway, the video is kinda cute too- real quirky and it pretty much quenches my inner-hipster's thirst.

check it out.

oscar wilde- company of thieves

shot of the day- vybez kartel

clarks- vybez kartel

i know yall remember these shoes from back in the day...well...apparently they're still hot in Jamaica...

if you thought the vans song by "the pack" was catchy, but low key ridiculous wait until you see this shit. 

vybez  kartel is a real respected reggae artist  in the carribean (sorta like the 50 cent over here in the states) and has been known to murder other musical artists who dare to be compared to him (of course not literally, but figuratively).  after i saw this video his respect points tripled in my opinion. 

pleasssee check it out. and notice how there are approx. 4 pairs of these clarks being featured in the video- just rearranged a billion times to make it seen like a lot more...