Last.fm Chart Exchange Week 2 - C.P. Time Edition

Published by Laya under Music, Sharing is Caring on October 27, 2008

I am a horrible, horrible blogger.  It is time for another last.fm chart exchange, and I am LATE.  In my defense, I haven’t been feeling well (hence my lack of blogs period), but at the same time that’s no excuse!  So I owe humble apology to my fellow bloggers.  So, without further ado…

You guys should remember softjunebreeze, who blogs at Write For Freedom from last month’s exchange. Well, besides posting a great breakdown of the source of Lil’ Wayne’s ‘A Milli’ sample’, she also guest blogs every Monday at Gangstarr Girl (yet another blog you should be reading) for Manic Music Mondays. So go check her out! Her chart for this week:

[John Legend's new album is FIRE.  Go get it.  Seriously.  But I ain't one to gossip so you ain't heard that from me.]

Next up is a new addition to the exchange: Nukirk, who blogs @ Thought Remixer. He says he want to be a “different sort of hip hop blogger”. The post that really sold me on his blog was this one, where he posted a commercial for Guinness Stout featuring Ainsley Burrows. I’ve got quite the soft spot for poets, and his post not only introduced me to someone new, I found the poem incredibly inspiring. I feel like I should get the text and put it on my wall, so I can read anytime I start to doubt myself. But anyway, here’s his chart for the week:

And not, without further ado, my own chart:

So, I went a little game-tastic this week. The first entry comes from my listening to the Final Fantasy XII Piano Soundtrack, and the second entry is “Kow Otani” - the composer for Shadow of the Colossus (an absolutely incredible game and soundtrack). Other than that, my only other comment is that I am a strange, strange person, but then again I own it, so whatever. :D

So. Got a blog? Wanna promote it? Use last.fm? Well then get in on it! Hit me up - laya[dot]white[at]gmail[dot]com.

My Fellow Americans

Published by Laya under Off the Top, Sharing is Caring on October 21, 2008

I am sick and tired of this election. Yeah, I said it, and I know I’m not alone.

I’m tired of analysis, of speculation, of fear mongering and personal attacks.  I wish cable news had something else to talk about (not that I watched much of that in the first place).  I’m tired of people talking about it at work.  I’m tired of talking about it with my friends and family, and I’m tired of not being able to help myself.  I’m tired of campaign ads on TV.  I’m tired of signs in people’s yards, signs in their windows, stickers on everything and buttons, buttons, buttons!  I know who I’m voting for, dammit!  So let me do that and leave me alone!

I think there is something seriously wrong with the way elections happen in this country.  If 2000 broke any illusions I had that things were fair, 2008 has ground those illusions into dust.  The level of racism and intolerance that has come from people on both sides of our “political system” sickens me, but hey - I’m black, female, and living in America so I can’t really say I’m surprised.

Despite all of my bitterness, at my core I am still American, and I still believe there are others like me on both sides who are fair, tolerant, and want what we feel is best for this country.  There was no better way to bolster my faith in my country than for me to see this video on Attackerman (via Jezebel):

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Tina Turner Chanting

Published by Laya under Sharing is Caring on September 9, 2008

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But I swear, I swear/my little hater won’t win today.

Published by Laya under Fellow Creatives, Sharing is Caring on September 6, 2008

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: I want to have J Smooth’s hip hop love children.

First, Beating the Little Hater:

And this week, Ballad of the Little Hater:

There’s a Little Hater in all of us. :)