Just Like Music

There's something about music that surpasses every barrier placed before it (that is, except soundproof doors). With language especially, music will convey a feeling that can be understood without words you may understand (which explains why lots of people get lyrics wrong, despite the fact that they ARE in your native language.)
I say all this to say, you don't need to know that Molalatladi means rainbow, all you need to do, is feel it.

They wonder where Beyonce, Lil' Wayne, Gucci, Missy Eliot, M.I.A., Kelis and Ludacris got their beats from.
In in an issue of VIBE or something, I remember reading about a producer named Bangladesh who was in the high of the release of Kelis's song, BO$$Y. They asked him how he wanted to be remembered, and he said something in the vein of,

I was reminded of the greatness of Bangladesh the other day with the release of Gucci Mane's "Lemonade,"

On my way home with my father yesterday, I noticed the music he had playing through our radio/mp3/anythingbutacdplayer. It was the Average White Band, a band that I had found music through various paths.

Through A Tribe Called Quest

Through the Isley Brothers

Through Eric B. and Rakim

and....from Floetry to Fatboy Slim, the Average White Band is everywhere without being anywhere. They should be in an edition of Unsung, no?

Anyway, I heard this song and told myself, I need to add this to my iPod, because I cannot not have this song in my life any longer.

Queen Of My Soul

~`*Tina

I've gotta split real quick and study and sleep (Great combo, by the way) but I just wanted to say that this album IS HELLA DOPE.
Sure it came out a little more than eons ago (if you count the non-release leaking and this one as well) but yo, this album is freaking dope.
Gettin' Up is literally my alarm in the morning, and I listen to it like six times on the way to class in the morning, and ...well, I'll get to it all in another post. I just wanted to hype you guys up and let you know that I haven't died.

TheRenaissance

(Hey, if I knew how to get those accents in there, I woulda done it by now!)
While watching Mancora the other day, I noticed something smooth occurring in the background...
I'm a big fan of BGM (Japan reference if you've ever been) and I pay close attention to whatever is playing in the background, even if it came from a place like Extreme Music, aka, where ALL background music comes from for American Television.
So when I noticed this smoothness through the scene (I'm trying hard not to say anything bad about the movie, so if you wanna know how I felt about it, ask in the comments) I had to know what it was.
This is what Google and a little Spanish is good for, ladies and gentleman.
I couldn't figure out which version it was, therefore I obtained a copy of them both to enjoy...

The original ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sRBvBnnP9M ) Some linking problems occurred...

and the cover...

Hace nieve, ya'll!
This has restored my hopes of a white Christmas, as I was just complaining to a fellow about how it's been rare for my area to have white Christmases, it's more like a grey slush Christmas.
In honor of Nature's gift for today, I present to you one of my sister's favorite songs, and one of my favorite angry Brian McKnight cameos,

Thing is, it's the end of the semester, and I'm hog-tied with work. It's gotten hectic and ridiculous, and while I'm still pretty music obsessed, I just can't even devote a minute to the blog right about now. I'm going to do a quick write up about what I'm gonna do in the upcoming weeks so I don't forget, check back this weekend, no?

• More on the Seatbelts Live: Souvenir from Japan

• A little about Mancora, and a song I discovered watching the movie

• Some of my favorite Xmas songs

• The redundancy and dopeness of Bangladesh
  

• And more! From a tidbit about another subculture of music that I enjoy, and all kindsa other madness.

So...stay tuned!

That's been the only thing on my mind for years now.
Now I have my answer,

But I'm seriously into Georgia Anne Muldrow.
Love her music, and I love the dissonance that sometimes exists in it. Her music leaves everyone with a polar feeling about it, you love it or you don't. It can sometimes be painful to the ear, sometimes soothing and always interesting. So, if you don't know, you know,
here's a performance of her song, Roses.