Back For The First Time

Alot has happened since I have last posted. But thats okay, that only makes this all the more interesting. Now what are the top three events of the last few months?

1. Obama wins the Democratic Bid
2. Tha Carter III drops
3. The Nas and DJ Green Lantern NIGGER tapes
   

1. Barack Obama is now going to go head-to-head with John McCain for the 2008 Presidential spot. Personally, either way I am well-off Barack is a good choice because he will bring about change and show the world that America is turning for the better. And becoming a more tolerant, unified, and open-minded nation. John McCain is going to turn around the economy, and by that I mean that he will be in office when it happens lol. The economy is a living breathing system, that has it's ups and downs. Granted "Dubya" could have done alot more, but how much do you expect from him, really?

2. Tha Carter III...I dont think much else needs to be said other than that. I do not care what genre of music you prefer...you have heard the carter III or at least "Lollipop". This is easily, one of the top ten albums, artistically, of the last five years. He moved 423,000 units his first day out!!! Thats three percent less than Kanye West did his first day, and he moved 965,000 units for the whole week. Tha Carter III is going to be looked at, as a landmark album in Lil Wayne's career. I know people are tired of hearing him, and saying he's getting annoying, but even if you dont like his more recent features (his verse on "Girls Around the World" was type wack) Tha Carter III has a whole different feel to it. Let me put it this way, I got Tha Carter III on June 1st, via downloading, and I STILL went out and bought the album even after playing it continuously for nine days before it came out...Let's see Terminate On Sight do that.

3. Nas and the NIGGER tapes. Let me start off by saying that I hate the word nigger. Its demeaning and belittling and I dont like it at all. But with these tapes...Nas made me feel as if Nigger meant more than just another black person. His video for "Be A Nigger Too" was so moving. (link posted later) He also has a song called "Black President" where he samples a speech from Barack Obama and a famous 2pac lyric, "Although it seems heaven sent, we ain't ready for a black president." And he raps about racism and all of it's ugly heads and shapes and sizes. He also has a song called "Hero" ft. Keri Hilson and produced by Polow Da Don where he raps about himself being a hero for the black community "So in God's Son we trust/Cuz they know Imma give them what they want/I guess they looking for a Hero". As funny as it may seem, music speaks to me, but I rarely listen to it, unless it is RnB. These songs are powerful though. They motivate and speak to a whole culture who are indeed looking for a hero, and who better than God's Son?

Nas- Be A Nigger Too Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHdG3cFPtrU