A Day In Music #2

Childish Gamibno- "Bonfire" from Camp

KiD CuDi- "Solo Dolo" from Man on the Moon: The End of Day

Mos Def and Talib Kweli- "Children's Story" from Mos Def & Talib Kweli are Black Star

Say Anything- "Vexed" from In Defense of the Genre

Jimi Hendrix- "All Along The Watchtower" from Electric Ladyland

Taylor Swift- "You're Not Sorry" from Fearless

Drake feat. Chantal Kreviazuk- "Over My Dead Body" from Take Care

Drake feat. Lil Wanye and Andre 3000- "The Real Her" from Take Care

Consequence feat. Kanye West and John Legend- "Whatever U Want"

Simple Plan- "Loser of the Year" from Get Your Heart On!

Kanye West feat. Beyonce, Charles Wilson and Big Sean- "See Me Now" from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Eminem- "3AM" from Relapse

Linkin Park- "Hands Held High" from Minutes to Midnight

A Day In Music #1

My "Song of the Day" posts are cool and all but everyday (or whenever I do it) re-titling it "Song(s)" irks me for some reason. So on days when I have multiple songs I'll be doing these posts. Mix-Blogs you could call 'em. I'll run down my track-list of songs I listened to that day. Good? Good. So here, enjoy if you listen to one, all, or even just read what I listened to.

Nicki Minaj feat. Eminem- "Romans Revenge" from Pink Friday

Kanye West feat. John Legend- "Blame Game" from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Nicki Minaj feat. Kanye West- "Blazin'" from Pink Friday

KiD CuDi feat. Kanye West and Common- "Make Her Say" from Man on the Moon: The End of Day

Kendrick Lamar feat. Ab-Soul- "Ab-Soul's Outro" from Section.80

B.o.B. feat Rivers Cuomo- "Magic" from B.o.B. Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray

KiD CuDi- "Soundtrack 2 My Life" from Man on the Moon: The End of Day

Kanye West feat. Lupe Fiasco- "Touch the Sky" from Late Registration

Song of the Day #2

Kanye West feat. John Legend and Chris Rock- "Blame Game" from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

I was driving the other day and had MBDTF in and this song came up on the album. I vividly remember listening to this album in full and being blown away. This song has always resounded with me, from day one. Now again, like with my last "Song of the day", I have no girlfriend, nor has any girl been "into me" enough to wanna claim that. Sure I've had my share of crushes and such, but that's beside the point. Haha. This Kanye song is about a bad break-up that he had with one of his girlfriends. Obviously he thought she was the one. John Legend's open and chorus' are beautiful disasters if you will. It's sung so amazingly, but the subject matter is abysmal. Kanye recants the story of what happened over an amazing piano line and a very simple bass beat. It sucks you in, and the slowness of it, can really stir the emotions in you. It did with me, the first time I listened to this the sorrow (there's that word again) and the emotion Kanye (and Legend) pour into this just hit me like a brick wall. I love the death out of this song and I despise it for having lyrics that hit me in the gut. The lyrics are real, angry, hopeful, and even humorous (as evidenced by the hilarious Chris Rock monologue to end it.). Parts where he fades in and out with his evil side you could say, and how he fights with it, are also nice touches. We all know Kanye's gone through shit, and if we look at ourselves, at least with me, you can recognize we all have some evilness stored deep down. The Chloe Mitchell poem is is amazing, a Kanye spoken wording it in here is awesome to me. All in all this song hits me on my emotional level, it hits me on my humor level, and even my "this is just a great song" level.

Things used to be, now they not

Anything but us is who we are

Disguising ourselves as secret lovers

We've become public enemies

We walk away like strangers in the street

Gone for eternity

We erased one another

So far from where we came

With so much of everything, how do we leave with nothing

Lack of visual empathy equates the meaning of L-O-V-E

Hatred and attitude tear us entirely

~Chloe Mitchell~

This Week In Song #5

This week has definitely been a Kanye West week for me. The College Dropout, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, and Watch the Throne (with Jay-Z) is what I've been playing. Here's the best of the bunch that I've been bumping. Enjoy if you listen to these awesome tracks.

Kanye West ft. GLC and Consequence- "Spaceship" from The College Dropout

Kanye West ft. Jay-Z and J. Ivy- "Never Let Me Down" from The College Dropout

Kanye West ft. Talib Kweli and Common- "Get 'Em High" from The College Dropout

Kanye West ft. Mos Def, Freeway, and The Harlem Boys Choir- "Two Words" from The College Dropout

Kanye West ft. Kid Cudi and Raekwon- "Gorgeous" from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West ft. Rihanna, Kid Cudi, Elton John, John Legend, The Dream, Ryan Leslie, Tony Williams, Charlie Wilson, Elly Jackson, Fergie and Alicia Keys- "All of the Lights" from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West ft. Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross and Bon Iver- "Monster" from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West ft. Pusha T- "Runaway" from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West & Jay-Z ft. Frank Ocean- "No Church in the Wild" from Watch the Throne

Kanye West & Jay-Z- "Niggas in Paris" from Watch the Throne

Kanye West & Jay-Z ft. Otis Redding- "Otis" from Watch the Throne

Kanye West & Jay-Z- "Gotta Have It" from Watch the Throne