Throwback Thursday: Beyonce- "Irreplaceable"

I felt like this song was appropriate for this weeks throwback song in order to celebrate Beyonce's new album 4, which was  released this Tuesday (June 28th). This is her fourth solo album under Columbia Records and her first album being released without her being managed by her father. Since Beyonce began promoting this album and doing non stop perfromances, she has reminded people why she is such an amazing performer. I myself find her to be an inspiration and I hope to accomplish half of the things she has done thus far within this industry. This afternoon her television special Beyonce: Year of the 4 aired on BET, MTV and VH1. She showed people what she had been up to the past year she spent off the stage, and her process of putting her album together. Beyonce now manages herself and in my opinion I think she is doing a great job so far. I've said this in a previous post and I'll say it again. "Beyonce has this entire summer on lock". Tomorrow she will be performing for Good Morning America, so I already know New York is about to be off the hook, so I'll make sure to stay out the city tomorrow. Other than that I hope you guys enjoy this weeks throwback song.



NEW MUSIC: "Countdown"/ "How to Love"



Marvin's Room

It seems that many people have been making trips to Marvin's house lately and has been all up in his room. Who's Marvin you ask? Lols, "Marvin's Room" is one of the new hot tracks from Young Money rapper Drake. He has been releasing songs to give people a taste of what to expect from his upcoming sophomore album Take Care. This song has become so popular that everyone and their mother is doing a remix. However, two of the hottest remixes that has everyone talking is the remix made by JoJo and the remix by  Teyana Taylor.

Drake's



JoJo's

Teyana Taylor's

WHICH ONE DO YOU LIKE BETTER?

Throwback Thursday: Pretty Ricky- "On the Hotline"

This weeks throwback song goes to Pretty Ricky. I was coming off the train and walking home when this song came on and it just brought back so many memories. When Pretty Ricky came out I was so in love, well I was only in love with Pleasure P. "On the Hotline" is from Pretty Ricky's sophomore album Late Night Special, released back in 2007. My sisters and I used to always watch this video and dance to it. After this album Pleasure P split from the group and went on to have his own solo career. The group replaced him about three times. After he left the group I lost all interest anyways. They later released their third album entitled Eighties Babies, in my opinion the songs released from the album sucked and I didn't even care to get that album. However the group had a great time in their prime with their first two albums.

Pretty Ricky-On The Hotline by ZICARLOS



Tyga- "First Time"

I spoke about this song last year in October when it first got leaked. It was than apart of Tyga's last mixtape Black Thoughts Vol.2, this song features Pharrell Williams. The video is finally out and I'm really excited because my strong like for this song turned into LOVE this song. Tyga's video for his first single "Far Away" off of his upcoming album Careless World should be released really soon.

Ledisi- "Pieces of Me"

Ledisi is a singer, songwriter, record producer, CEO & actress. She is from New Oreleans, Louisiana and began her career in the music industry back in the late 1990's. She was part of a group named Anibade. After being unsuccessful in getting her group a major deal she decided to form her own label and call it LeSun Records along with Sundra Manning. She released her debut and sophomore albums under LeSun Records before gettin a major deal with Verve Forecast. She recieved two grammy nominations for both her third and fourth albums. One thing that I like about Ledisi is even when she wasn't able to get a major deal she took it upon herself to release her music under her own label. She took the saying "If they won't give it to you, you have to take it yourself". As an aspiring singer thats inspiartion. That just lets me know that no matter what if I know I'm good at something than I have to keep pushing with or without support, or with or without help from anyone. I'll admit when I first heard of Ledisi I didn't pay her any mind. I would see her music videos and she flip the channel. I never really gave her a chance. However after entering high school where I study vocal music I was able to learn that I need to be more open to different kinds of music. I learned to value and a appreciate an artist for the kind of voice they have and not the kind of beat they have. When I say Ledisi has an amazing voice, I mean this women can sing her ass off. When I seen her sing at the 2010 Black Girls Rock Award Show in the "Four Women" performance I literally was in tears. No matter how high or low. That's one of my goals as an artist. If I can touch people with my voice and bring them to tears, than my job is done. Ledisi's new single "Pieces of Me" is off of her new album Pieces of Me, released last week. I remember hearing the song, but I had forgot about it. When Ledisi performed on 106 & Park last week thats when I remembered the song and said I had to make a post on it. This song is really great as she expresses the pieces that make her the women that she currently is. I believe many women can relate to this song, because we all have pieces to us that make us the people that we are.



Stars of Tomorrow

There is so much talent coming from this generation and there are two individuals that have caught my eye specifically. The first one is Jawan Harris and the other is Cymphonique.

Jawan Harris is a 14 year old singing sensation that was recently singned to Jive Records. I've seen him before on the 106 & Park countdown with his song "Another Planet" featuring Chris Brown. However he really caught my attention with his new single "Keisha" featuring Tyga. Before anyone says anything Tyga is not the reason why I like this song. I can't explain why but when the video finished all I could sing "Keishaaa". Not to mention this boy can sang, not sing but sang. It was his youtube videos that attracted Jive's attention anyways.

The next star of tomorrow is Cymphonique. Every one may know her as Lil Miss Swagger. She is also the daughter of Master P and little sister of Romeo. I've know about her for awhile, but it wasn't until recently that she had a song that caught my attention. Her new single "Something" is one of the first songs that I actually like from her. Not to mention the video is nice and she looks more mature. I guess because I'm older I had to wait for her to grow a little before her music appealed to me.