The other night, one of my family members decided it was a must that I see 106 and park... Now, I havent seen this show in ages and I must say... not too much has changed. "2 step" songs for the ladies in the club, songs about money, cars, etc... I ain't even too mad at that though. The problem I have is with the lack of creativity in the music videos in the countdown I saw. Its the same stuff over and over again. Im wrong? Ok.
Exhibit A:
I love the Chalie Boy Song, "I Look Good". Very catchy and he's singing pretty good on his hook without heavy use of autotune (which equals an automatic win in my book). Reminds me of Ceelo Greene a lil bit (but Ceelo can sing a lot better).
Look at his video:
But we've this same video over and over again of people standing out in front of cars.
Example:
Exhibit B:
Is Birdman's Money to blow, which for some reason REFUSES to allow anyone to embed. But thas cool cause his "son" did the same video a lil while ago except he included a band amongst his women and there was less money being flashed...
OR you could compare it to...
Still not enough?
Omarion did the all black and white dance routine with some added randomness for no reason:
Only to be DESTROYED in the SAME countdown by Chris Brown doing the same type of dancing... only MUCH better with a more well put together video AND CREATIVITY!!!
Part of the problem could be what we are talking about... It could be a lack of vision... I blame the writers, though. If you don't tell a different story, how can you expect to display a different story visually that correlates to it?!? I dont know. And while you shake your head and say Im biased, I point your head to creativity...
Example:
Sharam feat Kid Cudi - She Came Along
Others...
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
Talib Kweli - Hot Thing
(even though it WAS the HP commercial, still different for a music video)
OutKast - GhettoMusick OR Ms. Jackson
And for Kicks...
Taylor Swift - You Belong with Me
(Which DID deserve to beat Single Ladies. Yes, I did say it. Single Ladies had a dance routine in front of a white wall... No visual creativity. Its been done before.)
Stuff like this doesnt last too long 106 (Unless your name is Jay Z, Rihanna, or Kanye...) And as a result, doesnt get seen.
"Anti-Social" Networking
The longer I spend on these social networks connecting with friends, the more I realize that these social networks aren't really all that their advertised to be. I'm sittin here lookin at my friends list of hundreds of people and thinking to myself "If we're friends, why don't I have your phone number?!? And if I do, why don't we ever talk by using it - text or phone call?!? And although many will give the response of "its not that serious", which may be true, I still cant understand the point of being "friends" with someone you didn't like/don't talk to back in middle school, only to proceed to NOT talk to them over the internet. (?!?) But maybe I'm wrong... Seems like a set up to me... Real stalker-ish... Voyeuristic even...
Im the type of person that likes to talk to each and every single last one of my friends; be it online, over text, on the phone or in person. Thas just the type of person I am. The online world is different... In the online world you bump into a person's online virtual representation of themselves... Rarely the true individual. I cant be friends with a representative. Take Twitter for example: Twitter is a list of status updates where people are constantly telling you what they are up to. Its been deemed "a blog for lazy people." Looking at it in another light, sometimes the replies amongst "friends" can turn it into a massive chat room. The problem is 65% of it aint real. Examples, you say? Ok... Explain to me, if you're having such a great time at a club at 2:30 in the morning, why you would stop dancing, put down your drink, go to the corner and tweet "Club suchandsuch is CRAZY tonight!!!" And then proceed, over the next 30 minutes to an hour, to describe the women/men in the establishment with you....
Come on... Really?!?
While I like the inspirational quotes that come around, updates in current events, free mixtape download links and the occasional "conversation" with people who are sitting at home or at their jobs, that "I just got some popeye's chicken" or "I hate all men" fluff can get a little overwhelming if done in surplus. Some are funny, I will admit... but others... delete...
Facebook seems to be a little more "grown-up" than the other websites; Still casual, but not as messy as Myspace and not as "make believe" as twitter can sometimes be... But the same rules apply. I feel like, if we're gonna be friends, lets be friends. Meet me at the waffle house and lets eat. Invite me to the house to watch the superbowl game. Lets go to the movies. I dont wanna be friend number 3,428 outta 6,539. I cant be just a number.
If facebook, twitter, or myspace is to be our only form of communication, lets at least USE it as a form of communication. No more lying. No more pretending. Let people see the real you. Otherwise, the network is pointless. Long story short: be real and be friends with your "friends" or don't be friends... Now, let me get back to tweeting...
Im the type of person that likes to talk to each and every single last one of my friends; be it online, over text, on the phone or in person. Thas just the type of person I am. The online world is different... In the online world you bump into a person's online virtual representation of themselves... Rarely the true individual. I cant be friends with a representative. Take Twitter for example: Twitter is a list of status updates where people are constantly telling you what they are up to. Its been deemed "a blog for lazy people." Looking at it in another light, sometimes the replies amongst "friends" can turn it into a massive chat room. The problem is 65% of it aint real. Examples, you say? Ok... Explain to me, if you're having such a great time at a club at 2:30 in the morning, why you would stop dancing, put down your drink, go to the corner and tweet "Club suchandsuch is CRAZY tonight!!!" And then proceed, over the next 30 minutes to an hour, to describe the women/men in the establishment with you....
Come on... Really?!?
While I like the inspirational quotes that come around, updates in current events, free mixtape download links and the occasional "conversation" with people who are sitting at home or at their jobs, that "I just got some popeye's chicken" or "I hate all men" fluff can get a little overwhelming if done in surplus. Some are funny, I will admit... but others... delete...
Facebook seems to be a little more "grown-up" than the other websites; Still casual, but not as messy as Myspace and not as "make believe" as twitter can sometimes be... But the same rules apply. I feel like, if we're gonna be friends, lets be friends. Meet me at the waffle house and lets eat. Invite me to the house to watch the superbowl game. Lets go to the movies. I dont wanna be friend number 3,428 outta 6,539. I cant be just a number.
If facebook, twitter, or myspace is to be our only form of communication, lets at least USE it as a form of communication. No more lying. No more pretending. Let people see the real you. Otherwise, the network is pointless. Long story short: be real and be friends with your "friends" or don't be friends... Now, let me get back to tweeting...
The Black Card
Seen this advertisement under one of my yahoo emails and Im thinking: This use to be exclusive... Now you're advertising it?!? And beyond that, you want "regular" people to PAY 495 a year to use a credit card that they are going to have to pay interest on. So let me get this straight... I get money from you... pay interest on that money for using it... AND pay you an annual fee on top of the interest, just to say I got one?!? I could be wrong, but in a recession (that we're supposedly out of, even though many people are STILL getting laid off) I dont think this is a good weapon for the average individual to add to their arsenal... I guess thats why this really isnt for the average individual... At any rate... Im good.
Expendable
Sitting here reading and noticed this article. And while most of the information in the article is just more of the same information about falling wages and stuff like that, the sentence that got my attention was the following:
Over the past two years, the wages of the typical black male full-time worker fell, but wages rose 7.3% for black women.
Now, Im all for black women coming up. Im an advocate for women of all colors improving their finances. The problem I have is that I have been noticing a mentality that further delves into the "we don't need the black man" mindset. Its starting to become more and more prevalent and this statement seems to provide more support to the notion that we are becoming what these young girls are deeming expendable; becoming more of a liability than an asset. Choosing to love anybody else before "putting up with our mess". I don't really know how or what to feel about this. Should we be concerned? Will our black women stick by us "in sickness and in health... for richer or poorer... to death due us part?!?" I dont know...
Over the past two years, the wages of the typical black male full-time worker fell, but wages rose 7.3% for black women.
Now, Im all for black women coming up. Im an advocate for women of all colors improving their finances. The problem I have is that I have been noticing a mentality that further delves into the "we don't need the black man" mindset. Its starting to become more and more prevalent and this statement seems to provide more support to the notion that we are becoming what these young girls are deeming expendable; becoming more of a liability than an asset. Choosing to love anybody else before "putting up with our mess". I don't really know how or what to feel about this. Should we be concerned? Will our black women stick by us "in sickness and in health... for richer or poorer... to death due us part?!?" I dont know...
Richard Pryor = Marlon Wayans (?!?)
This news threw me for a loop. I couldn't believe it. You talkin bout "White Girls" Marlon Wayans? "Fall out the back of the truck on GI Joe" Marlon Wayans? Scary Movie Marlon Wayans? THAT MARLON WAYANS?!? I don't know son... I could see Mike Epps doing Richard Pryor. I don't know if I can see Marlon doing a Richard Pryor character... How did this happen you ask? Basically, Mrs. Pryor went in on Mike real hard. She was going after his self esteem. Here's what she said according to this website:
"Poor Bitch…..
He got his ass so fired from me and Richard Pryor project and now he is trying to go around talking shit, saying he’s doing the Richard Pryor project…motherfvcker better watch his punk, country ass…it’s gonna get royally sued if he wants to play this game!
My lawyers are ready and waiting!!!
He said at Richard’s funeral: “I don’t know Richard...”
That was the only honest moment and thing that came out of this punkass’s mouth…he doesn’t have a clue who Richard is or was, never will...
Richard didn’t like you…you knew it too. I tried to make you feel better...”oh yeah, he likes you Mike” but he couldn’t stand your fake ass…your step and fetch it, higher than a kite, insincere shit you’d come up with…nothing original ever... Richard would look right through you and spot you for the country ass no talent bitch you are...
He’s so pissed at me he can’t see straight…yeah Mike…remember what you said to me:
“IT’S SO HARD TO LISTEN TO YOU TALK ABOUT RICHARD BECAUSE YOU’RE A WHITE WOMAN...”
That right there, says it all. Youse nothing but a damn racist who doesn’t have a clue who Richard is, what he stands for: you’re just a wannabe cvnt who has a small brain and a tin heart...
He’s so desperate, ain’t nothin and I mean nothin goin on in that poor bitches’ career except now he’s trying to catch a ride on Richard’s coattails... Motherfvcker is a rotten unfvcking funny comic and as an actor is a sad imitation of
Pauly Shore…
Ain’t got no chops, no where...
And now the motherfvcker hanging on tight to what might have been if God has given him any part of any talent...
Poor Bitch!!!"
Yeah....
Destroyed him...
I could be wrong... Nobody ever woulda thought Jamie Foxx would have killed that Ray Charles role like he did... Ima give Marlon a chance though...
Fake it til you make it...
So I'm looking at this website and I come across this article talking about a man who just HAD to have his "fantasy" and wasn't going to let his lack of ballertastic funds prevent him from "Kobe-ing" in a local strip club. This fella proceeds to print up some fake $50's in order to fund his pleasure seeking escapade. Crazy right? Bet the young lady was REAL upset after she did all that dancing and found out she was workin for free... Oh well... At least she got practice and experience for the next REAL client. Hopefully she'll have a run in with Pacman Jones at some point in time in her dancing career and he can make up for this "misunderstanding".
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