Fly Together.

Red Cafe is really random to me. He never gets all the way on, but then again, I don't know if he deserves to be. I feel like he's one of those New York rappers that only New Yorkers really love. Coincidentally, all of the songs of his that I like were sent to me by New Yorkers lol I also think that I like his songs mostly because of the production and the features...not really because of his skills. I don't mean for this to sound like a Red Cafe bashing session, because he's cool....but the main reason that I love this song is the beat and Trey Songz's verse lol Whatever. Here it is. (Shout out to Jaggon!)

I can't wait for Chris Brown's new album.

"When you got it all, everybody want something."

This kid is too talented. I wasn't a fan of him rapping at first, but it's started to grow on me and it's even better when he sings his own hooks. I'm in love with the production of this track (that drum breakdown? Sheeeesh...) and it's a pretty solid collaboration. Based on the other singles and a few of the leaked songs that I've heard, I'm pretty sure that this album is going to be amazing. Chris Brown is one of the artists that I still go out and buy physical copies of the CDs for. I'm excited about this one :)

Arch & Point

It's Miguel. Need I say more?

I Put On: "Cashin' Out" by Ca$h Out

Last week, I got in the car, turned on the radio, and heard this song. I turned it up a little bit...then a little bit more...before it was over, I ended up blasting it. LOL That beat is CRAZY! He's obviously not rapping about anything significant but it's a great club song. It has that Roscoe Dash feel to it. Either way, it's been on heavy rotation in my iPod, so I figured it deserved a spot on the blog. You're welcome :)

Cold Crush.

I didn't really love this new Estelle album. It was OK but o be completely honest, I don't think that she's been able to top her first album. Regardless, I LOVE this "Cold Crush" track. It's just one of those relate-able songs that people understand and the production is dope.

Whip Appeal.

I literally haven't heard a Frank Ocean song that I didn't like. I think it's clever how he flipped the old Babyface phrase and made it about a woman's car. Musically, he can do no wrong for me. :) Now, if only he would drop a damn album....smh.

I Put On: "Nobody" by John West

I randomly stumbled across this dude, John West, and I immediately appreciated his smoothness. He has a few tracks floating around, but this one is my favorite.

Melanie Fiona - "I Been That Girl"

"Heard about the tires on his brand new car,
I knew that he'd drive you crazy..."

I'm the biggest fan of realness....in life, in people, in conversations, and certainly in music. Melanie Fiona is good for that. And she has the voice to convey the realness that she sings about. I haven't been the girl that she's talking about in "I Been That Girl" but I've heard millions of stories about her, so I know that she exists somewhere. Or everywhere.

After listening to "The MF Life" a few times, I kept coming back to this song, and then before I knew it, it was on repeat. So being the music junkie that I am, I just HAD to know who wrote it. I should have known that Drake was responsible for this. I swear that I love that dude even when I don't know that I'm loving him. And the more I listen to the song, it's too obvious that this is his work, the melody, the adlibs, the realness.

I guess that the reason that this is getting a place on the blog is because I just LOVE songs like this. Simple tracks about simple things that happen to simple people in the most complicated ways. It honestly doesn't get any more real than that.