How could you not love him?

My boo Drizzy Drake stopped by Chelsea Lately last night. I enjoyed the interview so I figured I'd share. :)

Oh... and if you're not one of the 660,000 people who picked up "Take Care" last week, you might wanna go ahead and do that. It's the number one album on the charts for a reason.

Beyonce: Live at Roseland

Beyonce is purely amazing. I'm always inspired when I see these DVDs of her performances because the amount of work and talent that she displays is impeccable. She's clearly the best female performer of this generation. And after watching this, I couldn't even think of a runner-up.

I Put On: "You Da One" by Rihanna

I'm digging this new Rihanna track! It's produced by Ester Dean, who I think is extremely talented and underrated. But either way, peep the track below. Rihanna's new album "Talk That Talk" drops on November 18th.

 

Sample Me This...

Drake ingeniously samples Jon B's "Calling On You" for his new song "Cameras"...and as you could guess, I LOVE IT. Listen to both tracks below.

R.I.P. Heavy D

In memory of Heavy D, I wanted to post one of my favorite songs by him. Rest in peace to a hip hop legend.

I have Bieber Fever.

If he dropped a rap album. I would buy it. From "Speaking Tongues"...to his verse on "Ladies Love Me"...now this?!?! I love this kid.

"Baby, look what you've allowed..."

"Stupidly. Truthfully.
I know you been so through with me.
  You put up with my foolery.
I guess you got so used to me...
And my infidelity.
And through the bad you saw the better man in me."

In all seriousness, Trey Songz WENT IN on this Anticipation 2 mixtape. (Although, I'll have to be honest, I've only thoroughly listened to half of it. I skimmed through the second half because there was just some things that I HAD to hear again before I went to sleep last night. LOL)

One of which is "Me 4 U Infidelity 2," which is the most honest, selfish, amazing, ridiculous, double-standard filled, slow jam that you could (slowly) dougie to if you really wanted to take that route.

Oddly enough, almost exactly a year ago, I posted a blog about the death of chivalry and who's to blame for it. My conclusion was that obviously, men need to do better, but in addition to that, women need to stop allowing men to take advantage of them without consequences. Trey presents the perspective of the dude that's getting away with EVERYTHING.

 He recognizes that he's wrong. He appreciates that she sticks around and remains supportive. But before the song is over, he says "You picked me up every time they put me down. You try to leave me, Im'ma tie you to the ground...Baby, look what you've allowed. I better not never find no nigga in my house." UMMMMM...excuse me Tremaine! WHAT?!?! What happened to the "I'm sorry. I'm not going to cheat on you anymore" line?

"She deserves something better and she know she does.

But I'm never gonna let her cuz she know my love
U can never find another man
Cuz I ain't never gonna understand."

This has GOT to be one of the most arrogant and selfish songs that I have ever heard in my life. Ironically, I LOVE IT. You have to appreciate honesty of this magnitude - for a man to know he's wrong, SAY he's wrong, and still expect support and loyalty. THEE AUDACITY. And you have to appreciate the musicality of it all. The drums. The chick in the background. The melodies. The way the beat drops in the middle of the first verse. And of course Trey's vocals are flawless.

It's songs like this that make Trey Songz a great artist. I have the utmost respect for anyone who can convey such raw and real emotion, despite whether or not they're dead wrong...(and know it.) If Anticipation 2 wasn't free, I would have definitely paid money for this. But since he released it as a free download, it's that much more amazing. Download the mixtape and listen to  "Me 4 U Infidelity 2" below. Your welcome. ;)

Drizzy ft. Weezy - "The Motto"

Even the haters love this one! Take Care. November 15th.