On My iPod...

This should have been done two weeks ago but I have this best friend, Procrastination, and I have to stay loyal to her.

If you have not listened to Erykah Badu's latest, New Amerykah Pt. 2: Return of the Anhk, please do yourself a favor and do so. Now this is one you should not pick up from the flea market or Wal-Mart's parking lot. You have to (HAVE TO) purchase it from iTunes, or Target, or FYE, or actually inside Wal-Mart.

Now I wouldn't be telling you to buy it if it wasn't good. And if anybody knows good music, it's yours truly. It's kind of hard to put Ms. Badu into just one genre but I can definitely call this soul music. She's got a unique sound to her music that I just love. My favorite track right now, well there's two, are "Gone Baby, Don't Be Long" and "Umm Hmm". But I think you should check out the whole thing.

Then there's the "Window Seat" video everyone is talking about. I find it very creative and it's really interesting that it was shot guerrilla-style. I also appreciate the fact that it introduced me to the concept, groupthink. Something we should all take a deeper look at.

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"Make A Move"

This is what I have on repeat right now. THIS IS WHAT I WANT!! I do have to admit I stop playing it every once in a while to listen to some Erykah Badu but mostly this.

Candy is one of the co-hosts from my favorite Youtube show, SweetAddictionsTV, mmmhmmm. This song is the one used for the intro to their videos so I've been hooked on the first 30 seconds of it. Last week though, Candy's single "Make A Move" was released on iTunes (support your girl, only 99 cents!).

Hot beat, nice lyrics, most definitely a dance track and one of those songs that makes you just feel good! "Don't be scared", buy this, I promise you won't be disappointed.

On My iPod...

Seems like every week I have a different song that I'm constantly listening to. Last week it was Usher's "There Goes My Baby" and before that it was B.o.B. feat. Bruno Mars "Nothing On You" (which happens to be MTV Jam's Jam of the week). Anywho, it's not something I do on purpose, it just...happens. I'm always looking for what's new and what's hot on the music scene and most times I find something really good and I can't stop listening to it.

This week, its Aloe Blacc "I Need A Dollar". If you're like me and Sunday nights at around 9:55 pm you're making sure there's nothing you have to leave the room for so you can be ready to watch "How to Make It In America", then you've heard the song. It's so catchy. I watched a few episodes OnDemand and seeing it back-to-back had the song in my head all day. I'm not exactly sure what to call this sound though. It could fit into the soul genre and it sounds "old" (a term I'm using loosely) but nothing like The Temptations would sing. Get it?

No hidden meaning here (that I'm aware of), it's simply about needing to make some money. It fits the show perfectly, which deserves a post of it's own. And I can relate to it because if there's anything i need right about now it's a dollar! Makes me wish I had a hustle...