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Poor Grammar People – Plain Truth 31
I don’t know about you, but I always took pride in my spelling. There is always something about incorrect spelling to me. For the most part, it makes you look illiterate. Also, it makes it seem as if...
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After Going Hmmm: My response to Diggame – Plain Truth 32
Some will wonder why I’m answering someone else’s questions. Well, Boss Man Diggame (Of Ashy 2 Classy) came up with these questions to make us think. Personally, I always wanted to answer rhetorical...
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Lay Your Head On My Pillow – Plain Truth 35
If anybody remembers this Tony Toni Tone classic, then they will remember how it made them feel. The sincerity of the song was, and still is, overwhelming. Yet, the sexuality isn’t as upfront or...
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Buy A Bottle or Strike The Lotto – CCL 48
Wow! In recent history, the Powerball Jackpot reached an astounding $550 million dollars in recent history (laymen’s terms: like last week). If I didn’t know at least 50 people staking their claim to...
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Wanting, and Reminiscing, Over What You Never Had – Plain Truth 36
We remember that jam with Erykah Badu blah blah’ing about “Next Lifetime” with the “butterfly” joints, right? You know: your energy feels so good to me? All the slick stuff she probably said to...
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What Does It Mean to “Be Black” – Chocolate Covered Lies 49
One of my favorite groups growing up. “People think they dis my person/ By stating I’m darkly pack/ I know this/ so I point at Q-Tip and he states, ‘Black is black.’” Pos Dnous, De La Soul – Me,...
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Holiday Blues – CCL 51
This song reminds of the sadness that comes along with the holiday season. MF Doom comes along and laments his love that is across the seas. At times sentimental and other times sexual, this song is...
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Love Out of Convenience – Plain Truth 41
If Bilal can do anything, he can touch the soul. Those effortlessly silky vocals always touch the inner recesses of ones feelings and emotions. The production that he chooses only enhances his musical...
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We All Struggle In Life – Plain Truth 42
This post is dedicated to my homeboy that I am “counseling”. Peep every word, sir: I have made it to post 100!!! Chyeah!!! Success is imminent. Can’t you tell? Now back to the regularly scheduled...
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Your New Year’s Resolutions May Never Happen: CCL 52
The new year always bring about the possibility of change. Many people take on the changing of the calendar as a change of who they are. They may have a spark of interest in new things. They may...
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Closure: Find it For Yourself – Plain Truth 43
Before Tamar was telling silly people to “get yo life”, Toni Braxton released this song for the sake of chin checking all the unworthy ones. From Toni’s perspective, he wasn’t man enough. Toni had her...
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Finding Closure Part 2: The Reality of it All – Plain Truth 44
I don’t care what anyone says: Game dropped a heatrock with The Documentary. This is one of those songs that really took me within my mind. I mean, many of us had dreams. Plus, the Kanye West track is...
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Manti Te’o and the Catfish Scam – Plain Truth 46
Now this song is another one of those classics that cannot be denied. It is so classic that there is a hand-clap-gesture that people do with this song. Plenty of rappers have sampled its...
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Why Your Life Isn’t Working (The LA Lakers 2012-13 Theory) – Plain Truth 47
Who knows about this jam from this cult classic of a movie? Man, I swear I used to bump this through the yard of Alabama State University. K Ci would sing his heart out about troubles, tribulations,...
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People Aren’t Real Anymore – CCL 55
So, are we living a dream or a nightmare? The question above is always asked during my daily struggles. Sometimes, I just have to check my own temperature to see if I am alive. Nowadays, I am rarely...
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Give Your Relationship A Chance: Plain Truth 51
This was the premier single off of John Legend’s second album, Once Again. Oh, and yes this is my favorite John Legend album (yeah, I said it). Hell, John had women “saving room for his love” by the...
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Friendship Over Everything – Plain Truth 52
How about that? This was one of those underground jams that only those “within the know” truly appreciated. Personally, it was probably one of the best rap songs about friendship. It spoke on the...
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Mental Health: Celebrity Relapse (CCL 58)
Mindy McCready died recently due to suicide. But did she HAVE to die, though? McCready’s death is of some social significance. Due to a self-inflicted gunshot wound, many will reminisce about the “lost...
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To Abstain or Not to Abstain: Just Go Get Laid (CCL 60)
I always noted that people in bad moods should “get laid”. Usually, I said it out of pure jest. However, it wasn’t all for shits and giggles. Some people just needed to let go of their cares and...
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Living With No Bitterness – Plain Truth 57
I’m not sure if people are really paying attention to the words that Kenna is singing on this remix. However, he has a clear message within the chorus: play the games you can win. Don’t work to do the...
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