My Top Ten Albums of 2008

31Dec08

Since everyone else wants to be the music aficionado and pick their top ten albums of the year, I figured I could too. I picked these albums for a number of reasons. One, they are all albums that I can listen to straight through. Secondly, each artist’s album has a distinct style [...]

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Tags: 808s & Heartbreak, Cherish, Gnarls Barkley, Janelle Monae, Kanye West, Lay Down The Law, Love Behind The Melody, Metropolis: The Chase Suite, N.E.R.D., Raheem DeVaughn, Rising Down, Santogold, Seeing Sounds, Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams, Solange, Switches, The Roots, The Truth

Last Minute Christmas Playlist

24Dec08

01. All I Want For Christmas Is You | Mariah Carey
02. This Christmas | Donny Hathaway
03. Sleigh Ride | TLC
04. Let It Snow | Boyz II Men
05. Winter Paradise | Destiny’s Child
06. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas | Christina Aguilera
07. You Don’t Have To Be Alone | *NSYNC
08. Oh Holy Night | *NSYNC
09. Share [...]

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Tags: *NSYNC, Boyz II Men, Brian Mcknight, Christina Aguilera, Christmas, Christmas songs, Destiny's Child, Donny Hathaway, Holiday songs, Jackson 5, Mariah Carey, TLC, Whitney Houston

This horoscope is on point.

23Dec08

LEO (July 23-August 22): We’ve seen it approaching for a while now. The definitive moment when we finally must take action on whatever situation we’ve watched worsen, deepen, deaden, intensify, slip further down the hole, or turn ever more entrenched or hopeless… And at last, that moment has arrived. The signs are everywhere. Things will [...]

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Every Young Black Woman should read this one.

21Dec08

Best known for his recurring role on the CBS series, CSI:NY, Hill Harper offers inspirational words for young Black women in his latest book, Letters to a Young Sister DeFine Your Destiny. He writes about an array of topics that affect Black women from relationships to money to overcoming obstacles with the help of successful [...]

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Tags: African American non fiction, Black non fiction, book review, CSI:NY, Hill Harper, Hill Harper's latest book for young Black women, Letters to a Young Sister DeFINE Your Destiny

Freshman Obama was fresh!

18Dec08

Look at the freshness there with his little hat and ciggy. Barack Obama was even cute and cool back then during his freshman years at Occidential College. This is going to be our next president. How awesome is that!?

You can look at more photos from the Time Magazine slideshow HERE.

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Tags: Barack Obama, Lisa Jack photography, Time Magazine Person of the Year, Young Obama

I am not in the holiday spirit.

17Dec08

It could be the recession. It could be my age. It could be the spontaneous weather. It could be a spiritual awareness. It could be a number of things. In any case, I am not in the holiday spirit. It sort of sucks because I love giving gifts. Maybe I’ll have Christmas in January. I [...]

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A Potentially New Group: The McKnights?

16Dec08

When I first bought Brian McKnight’s first Christmas album, Bethlehem, I remember enjoying the tunes and noticing little voices sing softly in my ear. It turned out that they were McKnight’s two sons, Brian McKnight Jr. and Niko McKnight. I thought their voices sounded cute and in tune but I didn’t think much of their [...]

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Barack Obama Inauguration Fashion Choices

16Dec08

In a past blog entry, I showed some of my favorite fashion picks for Michelle Obama. Well now it’s Barack Obama’s turn. While the newly-crowned first lady will be the main attraction fashion wise, Barack may be able to turn some heads with these choices. I mean he is the one getting inaugurated and all.

Nautica [...]

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This is too funny not to post.

15Dec08

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Tags: Big Boy, Jamie Foxx, Jamie Foxx interview, Terrance Howard

Downloading The UnSung Hero Right Now

15Dec08

For those of you who is wondering, “Who the hell is the unsung hero!?” He is Colin Munroe. I’ve mentioned him before in regards to a hot Kanye West remix. Now, he has released a mixtape that you can download for free HERE. While you are downloading this album (and you should be downloading because [...]

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