The Life and Times of J. Spoon. lol Im jus a silly dude living a pretty alright life right now. This is an account of my wild night life (Not as wild as you would expect. Jus Strange), Love and the soundtrack behind it all. I be gettin the jump on a lot of albums and ill be sharing my musical interests and discuss them and ill try to give yall some interesting stories as well. Stay tuned for This Week in My World.
Before I could walk or crawl, reach or touch My toes and fingers slowly came into being Til 3 years from the 90’s I was suddenly in a rush To kick open the front door and start sight seeing
Sorry to my mother for the rambunctious escape to taste my first breath I was eager. Had to start filming and get my life story on tape Get your tickets cause its playing in theaters.
Is there any that could play a better male lead. Thats a rhetorical question. Please dont speak a name. I Implore. With passion that could only fit into the heart of a stead A unique individual is who you stand before.
With self esteem sky-scraping at its newly found peak The Sky is the limit for this average joe down here on the street.
Your morning star rises, patiently swimming across the oceanic blue sky. As the sleuthing beams of light unveil the increasing steepness of what appears to be a mountain, scattered gems are unearthed by their own reflections. You can’t help but acknowledge these gems. You, awestruck, glare at the stone unsure of its significance. All you can be sure of is that its finding has changed your life. On an otherwise blank canvas, you find unique anomalies that usher you into your next move up the hill. To the next stone. To the next occurrence. How will it rearrange your path? The uncertainties are numerous but your tailored plateau awaits you and the view is yours alone.
THIS IS A BATTLE OF EPIC PROPORTIONS, at least to me. This is the Battle of the R&B Gangsters. In THIS corner we have Trey Songz, weighing in at 3 albums deep with the August release of "Ready". Trey seems to pick up more fans each time out. Has anybody ever listened to "I Gotta Make It"? Terrible, but due to his origins in the south and his close association with rappers such as Small-Hoodie Jim Jones, Hottest-Female-Rapper-in-the-Game Ace Hood and Homie-Soon-to-Completely-Eclipse-Him Drake, Trey has come to be a force to be reckoned with in R&B AND Hip Hop..........but is he gangsta?
In THIS corner, we have newcomer Ryan Leslie weighing in with one self-titled album under his belt and one in the oven to to drop Nov. 10. titled "Transition". Ryan Leslie can very well be your new favorite R&B singer. What Mr. Leslie lacks in promotion, he makes up for raw talent and genius. The term "One Man Army" is an understatement. Ryan Leslie not only produces all his music but he plays all the instruments heard on his album. He also produces for a vast line up or artists from Fabolous to Dirty Bol Jim Jones and Biggie #2 Rick Ross. But is he gangsta?
OK! While I may enjoy your music (the tracks wit decent beats AND the "Baby Makers"/"Panty Droppers") but ever since I saw the "I Can't Help But Wait" video the other day for the first time in a while I can't help but laugh. Faces like the one seen above are ANYTHING but gangsta for someone to be considered an R&B thug. R&B thug. Yea. Don't forget that before Trey could dress, he used to rock tank tops aka wife beaters outside like he was 50 Cent or.....or.....Ray J lol. In reference to his music and its gangsta quality, Trey seem like the type that will try to romance you, cry to you, steal somebody's girl and all the typical R&B stuff....but you can't be a thug, even if you rap pretty decent in ya spare time. What can I say about Mr. Leslie here? He's pretty much THE MAN!! Has one of the hottest production sounds in the industry right now. He's simply amazing. Graduated from Harvard with a degree in Macroeconomics. Ya pimp hand GOTTA be strong to deal in macroeconomics. THATS GANGSTA! He aint tryin to steal nobodys chick and inherit that mans problems. Ryan Leslie will borrow your chick and send her back. YES, hes R&B so YES he does get emotional but he does it in an expensive, classy way without pullin a Ray J (Kneeling and tearing his wife beater in the street, in the rain.). He's simply put he brings back the feel that a lot of late 80's R&B stars gave mixed with a splash of hip hop done well. To give a mental picture of his demeanor I would say think Luther Vandross mixed with Montell Jordon. Yea, now you get what im sayin. Soulful but someone you wouldn't want ya daughter around and fr good reason.
In closing, I find Ryan Leslie to be more gangsta than Trey Songz because he is like the '09 Babyface while Trey Songz is the '09 Keith Sweat. But thats jus MY opinion. lol
Plus can Trey Songz do this? *Vid Below* Didn't think so.
In recent music news, i have come to realize that Beyonce actually has a split personality. This eccentric Sasha Fierce chick, NOT A GIMMICK! I whole heartily believe that Beyonce is a good and perfectly normal person/celebrity that just loves singing and does it amazingly well. On the other hand (similar to Dr. Jakyll and Mr. Hyde or Bruce Banner and The Hulk) Beyonce actually turns INTO Sasha Fierce and doesn't know that shes creepin me out over here. Have you seen the "Sweet Dreams" video? While it grows on me and is a pretty tight song, the video is strange as hell. This all came out of Sasha Fierce's head, mind you. This sultry songstress from the south(That makes songs such as "Halo" and "Crazy in Love" turns into this "Special" space case that makes songs like "Diva" and "Radio". Now I may be being a little over the top in my supposed realization but watch this and tell me that Beyonce probably sees her average day like this:
TELL ME she dont think she levitates out of bed in the morning and struts down the street in a leotard. Not that I would mind if she did. Im just sayin. Since her and Hov got married, she has been ROC'd out of her mind. lol
Speaking of Hov, The Blueprint III has leaked days ago and is now ALL OVER THE PLACE! There was a lot of speculation on the immaculateness of the album ever since the title was announced over a year ago. Fans doubt that it could compare to the likes of the Blueprint 1 or 2. Then "D.O.A." dropped with mixed reviews and the controversy over him pronouncing Auto-Tune to be dead. Niggas heard dat and was like "Yo, Hov got balls on dat one". Then "Run This Town" came out with MORE mixed reviews and brought to MY mind the question of whether at age 39, can Jay still verbally bury most rappers in the game. Then the tracklist leaked like 2 or 3 weeks ago and everybody was excited or pissed due to the amount of features listed. Like just cause a rapper got mad guest appearance on his album means he cant run a track by himself. I figured most would be doin only hooks ANYWAY and even if they wasn't, oh well. Hov still does he thing. I, being a fan of Hip Hop and exquisite lyricism and melodic musical arrangements, can appreciate most of the album. Tight lyrics, beats aint bad and as an overall package its better than a lot of albums out and better than some on the way. Folk are critiquing and not enjoying. RELAX PEOPLE.
If you grab it on the 11th (Or download it. IDC. Not MY album) Tracks I would say are my favs are "Run This Town", "Hate", "On To The Next One", "Real As It Gets" "Off That", "A Star Is Born", "Venus vs Mars" and "Already Home". Dont mind the list of freshmen on the album J. Cole goes IN on "A Star Is Born". He's somethin to pay attention to. Kid Cudi & J. Cole on do hooks. Dont get me started on what I think about Kid Cudi. Thats for another entry.
ANOTHER FRIDAY!! SWEET BABY JESUS, Its the END of the week once more. Todays events include my grandparents from down souf(th) commin up for the weekend. The Mrs. is down for a meet and greet and plus I get to drag her around today cause I had work yesterday and her sister was draggin her everywhere and I became a jealous boyfriend lol. So, WORD! Girlfriend meeting the other grandparents. The grandparents I have up here already love her. Rev. Grandpop asks about her all the time. He's a gangsta by the way. lol.
The only beef that my overly sensitive grandmother has with my girlfriend is that she covinces me to buy nice clothing that I have to iron. Grandma is convinced that If I iron clothes, My house will burn down. I blame my brother for her attitude cause he burnt a hole in a blanket when he was young. IM NOT HIS KEEPER AND I DON'T WANNA BE WRINKLY ALL MY LIFE SO CHALK IT G-MA, AIGHT? I WILL NOT PURCHASE WRINKLE FREE CLOTHING ANY LONGER UNLESS I JUS GET THAT LAZY so CHILL! P.S. Love you and why do my grandparents keep wearin my hats? lol In music news today, Wale from D.C. is FINALLY droppin his "Back To The Feature" mixtape that is HIGHLY ANTICIPATED and SEVERLY OVERDUE. According to his Twitter is drops at 7pm-ish tonight. This visit with the grandparents MAY be shorter than planned. lol Stay tuned. ill post the link later tonight.
In Closing, I have a new Favorite song thanks to @Prima_diva and her wild crew. ITS THE BREAKFAST ANTHEM SON!!! BEST MEAL OF THE DAY!!!! HOT GRITZ ON DECK SON!! I wonder if I can get on the remix? lol
Im a Communications Student at Widener University. Its all downhill from here. December 09 Grad comming soon. Photoshop, Final Cut, Music Review on a small scale.
