The Shuffle

With my trusty college degree in hand I managed to get me one of them nice jobs they always talk about. Yeah I'm woefully under paid. Yeah yeah with all this artistic training and talent I should be doing something more creative. Yeah yeah yeah I shouldn't get so content as to say this job is "nice" when my hearts desire couldn't be further away from designing sign layouts and handling digital output. Look that is not the point of this blog. I have reasonable hours, my own desk (my own little slice of hell as they say) and as long as you never f&*# up an order or stall a project you can operate pretty much unchecked. The best part is I get to bring my ipod to work.

The ipod is the single greatest human achievement since the light bulb. Yeah the computer is decent but they give you too much trouble every now and then. The internet is cool but all that damn porn disguised as "self help" is getting out of hand (no pun intended). I've lost more remotes than I ever owned, so they don't qualify. Anyway that is not the point of this blog. For a person like me that loves music, to be given the power to listen to every song you have ever kind of liked is the most amazing thing ever. It's like somebody releasing a study that says eating ice cream and oreo cookies every night before you sleep prolongs life. Sweet! I put my head phones on, hit "shuffle songs" and zone out.

"Babygirl" by Musiq.

"Hey baby girl/ why don't you come home with me/ and let me show you/what good lovin' can be/ cause I got so much love inside/ and I want to give it all to you baby girl"

I dig Musiq. All his albums have a good vibe to them. He always has the hot slow love songs "Love" and "Whoknows". "Halfcrazy" is my favorite joint though. A lot of people think he's too laid back. I knew we would be cool when I heard "Just Friends (Sunny)". Its about time for him to come back out now. He should pick up Maxwell on his way back.

"She Don't Have to Know" by John Legend

"oooohh stealing moments just to be with you/though its wrong its hard to tell the truth/ she don't have to know"

Damn John Legend is a genius. He deserved that grammy and a few other people's. This song is so vivid to me and it happens to be the most played song on my computer. When I hear it I feel that same anxiety from knowing you are wrong, but it just being so sweet you can't let it go.

"ooohh it's getting crazy/ I don't want to hurt my baby/ and I know its supposed be the last time / with you and I/ but let's not end this way/ let's wait another day"

Just one more day, baby. Please.

"Sometimes" by Cee Lo

"To remain plain and simplistic/ realistic/ accurate/ articulate/ and absolutely artistic/uninhibited/ unadulterated/ unstoppable/ unfuckwitable and unforgettable/ but since I've been granted the power of choice to let God be the voice he is/ so all the credibility is his"

Cee Lo is one of those cats you have to think about. He's not going to give you the just blase-blah that you are used to hearing. He challenges you to follow him where he's taking you. Everything from him seems inspired somehow. There is nothing truer than to be yourself. I need to get that Gnarls Barkley while I'm running my mouth.
Just let that oh-so-simple groove get in your head. "Whoa"

"Out of the Sky" by Van Hunt

"I've reached the end of my story/ and I still don't understand the plot/ I've reached the end of the line/ can't do nothing but stop/ I've reached the end of my glory/ no one will forget me now/ I've reached the top of my high/ can't do nothing but drop/ (Out of the Skyyyyyyy)"

The winner of the most slept on award. Van Hunt is the future. I love lyrics. Nobody has lyrics like Van Hunt. "In Hell Wih You" "Dust" "Anything" This guy has got lyrics for your ass. He's got a funky rock kinda of sound. On his second album he's taken it further to a Prince, Lenny Kravitz sort of thing. Very Very Cool. Don't look for his cd under Van Hunt. Apparently Van is his first name. Which I still think is weird.

"Young at Heart" by Joss Stone

"You wasting/ your time trying to tear us two apart/ you can't stop our plans/ we were destined from the start/ he loves me/ I love him/ and even though we're young at heart/ you're the one in denial"

What?! A black man can't listen to Joss Stone?!

"Top Back" by T.I.

"I like my beat down low/ and my top let back/ you see me ridin' 24/ wit a choppa in the bak/ if ya like your kenwood high/ and ya top let back/ if yo rims sit high/ and yo windas pitch blak/ aye!!"

T.I. has got personality. Most southern rappers I hear sound the same. Blah blah blah hustlin' blah blah trap blah blah blah look at my chain and my rims. Atleast T.I. adds a little flair to it. He knows about song structure and is willing to try some different things. His album is really well put together. A big plus is he's never said anything outrageously wack like a lot of southern rappers do. Like "good googlely moogly/ that thang is juicy". But that's not what this blog is about.

"In My Lifetime Remix" by Jay Z

"It's the thought of a ride that gets my eyes wiiiide/ I'm caught up/ I'm tryna make/ all of my dreams/ materialiiiize/ so I sorta/ said my goodbyes to the straight and narrow/ I found a new route/ you bout to see my life change"

Don't get me started about this dude. The greatest to ever do it.

"How Deep is the Ocean" by Miles Davis
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