5 Songs I Will Love Forever

Here is a list of some of my favorite songs. Of course since I am a Music Lover there will be other lists to follow, so this is the first of many to come… First this was going to go under BGT Randomness, since I honestly could care less about grammar and informative content for this post, but then I thought about the fact that there will be other music lists to follow and decided that this should be an “actual” blog post.

I present to you 5 Songs I Will Love Forever!

(click the accompanying picture to view the song’s video the music video)

Lyfe Jennings – Must Be Nice

 

Lyfe Jennings - Must Be Nice

 

This song is so spectacular to me because when I first heard it I was like hey he is talking about me ヅ I also appreciated the lyrics so much, because it came around the time that I was getting pretty sick and tired of hearing a bunch of bubble gums songs about nothing. Then came along Lyfe Jennings speaking on unconditional love. The kind of love that makes you say umph! I got something good going on here, I think I will stick with this one! Must Be Nice was a love song, but not a love song…you follow me? It was a hood anthem…and yall know how much I love hood anthems lol  Plus Lyfe is one of the FEW celebs that I be crushin’ on. I must have tweeted the man a million times on Twitter just because he responded once lol

JaRule ft. Ashanti – Always On Time

JaRule and Ashanti - Always on Time

                       

Now I know it may seem like this is a list of hood love songs lol, but it’s not. This song was actually one of those songs that made me go woah did he actually say that. But then once I realized that  he did actually say that I was cool and I loved the song! I think the first thing about this song that grabbed my attention was the catchy beat….loved it! Now I just wish Rule and Ashanti could both get it together and put out something worth listening to again!

Bone Thugs &  Harmony - 1st of tha Month

Bone Thugs N Harmony - 1st of tha Month

Right now this song is loaded onto my phone’s MP3 player. I almost set it as my incoming call ringtone, but that wouldn’t pan out right if it rang out loud by mistake one day while I was at work. Set aside the fact that I had a major crush on Bizzie Bone…that has nothing to do with me being a fan of Bone Thugs in Harmony. I loved just about every song they made. 1st of tha Month was another one of those songs that had a catchy beat that immediately grabbed me. They were rapping about real life…not necessarily my life…but real life. Each one of the group members adds their own special something to the collaboration which makes the group a hit. I am still a Bone Thugs N Harmony fan. Tell me who else has or can do what they did?

Booty Shakin…sick of it..did I mention I'm sick of it

Last week I asked my Facebook fam to give me suggestions for my blog. One of the suggestions came from a young lady who, like me, is sick and tired sick and damn tired of seeing booty shakin’ and booty wrangin’ (as my grandma calls it) on BET.

BET has gotten to the point where it is almost shameful. I used to think that maybe the head honchos over at BET didn’t realize that children were watching, but then I woke up and accepted the fact that the head honchos over at BET didn’t give a damn about corrupting the minds of the children that are watching. It is all about the Benjamins and obviously this day and age booty shakin’ brings in lots of Benjamins. The show 106 & Park on BET is geared towards teens, and I swear everytime I see a peek of it (by mistake) somebody is poppin, lockin or droppin. The show has very high ratings, and the children can learn all the hot, new twirk moves from the comfort of their own home. Just flip to 106 & Park and learn how twirk twirk that thang. smh…BET has to do better.

Music videos on BET in my opinion are borderline Soft Porn. The only thing missing is the actual act of sex, even though I am pretty sure that I caught a glimpse of a lil sex in the new Trey Songz video I Invented Sex.

I know many will argue that it is ultimately up to the parents to monitor what their children watch and hear, but let’s get real folks a lot of the music today is filled with pure, unadulterated corruption. There is enough vioence and sex in it to last these children a lifetime.

But let’s take a trip back in time. Do yall remember when Donnie Simpson hosted Video Soul on BET? Now THAT was a music video show.  (I had no idea Donnie was doing this now, just shows I’m not keeping up) I swear BET has soooo fallen off since then. Take a look at what we are now missing because BET has chosen to air music video  programs that for the most part have no sustenance and show black people in a not so positive light.

Donnie Simpson interview w/Angela Winbush (still love me some Angela!!)

Donnie Simpson interview w/ El DeBarge (I love me some El..and I like it and I like it

Karyn White performing live on Video Soul

Sherry Carter interview w/Envogue

…speaking of En Vogue, whatever happened to female singing groups that had more than one singer that could lead a song? I’m just saying, it’s okay to be able to dance and take care of backgrounds, but what about a group with the total package? Whatever happened to that?

That trip down memory lane makes me even more disgruntled by what you can see on music video programs today, especially those aired on BET. In case you don’t watch, here is what you are missing, but your children are seeing on BET…care to take a look….

Ester Dean f/Chris Brown-Drop it Low  (then even hump the floor on that one) ||blank stare||

Beyonce Kitty Kat  (luv me some Beyonce, but she does too much gyrating and twirking for the kiddos watching)

Along with the booty shaking and floor humping BET also offers a huge variety of music based solely on stuntin, driving new whips and wearing shiny jewelry.  I won’t get into that much because I have discussed it before and it hurts my head to think that so many songs can be written, recorded and made into videos over the same crappy, blingy, stuntin hot mess. ugh

I am honestly thinking of adding BET to my list of things I am silently protesting…well not so silently protesting. But it does mean that I will not watch, contribute funds to, or co-sign on behalf of it once it lands on the silent protest list. R. Kelly has been there so long that he is collecting dust.

I feel that it is time for black music and the lovers of black music to take a stand and bring back the music that we grew to love. Music that touched the soul and Set You Adrift On Memory Bliss. (luv that song to this day) Enough of the exploiting of black women, enough of the cursing and turning every song into a contest of who has the most bling. Who cares?

Whatever happened to music like this…

Zhane-Sending My Love to You

Sure they showed a little skin, but there was no twirking and gyrating. There was no one with a platinum grill in their mouth screaming obscenities and bobbing up and down.

Of course there is still good music out there. Not all artist have the limited talents of only making pop lock and drop it music or rapping about their new chains. Some artists still write from their heart and not their other lusting body parts. The chore is sifting out the crap to find the goodies.