Daily Dose Of Dope.... Kanye West - Heartless

I am a huge fan of Kanye as a person and his music. Yea he's a brat and he throws temper tantrums, but if you look past that and actually listen to what he is fussing about, 95% of the time he has a valid point. Now that said, I understand the new direction he is going with his music but I was not (and I'm still not) feeling his first single (from his upcoming album "808's and Heartbreak) "Love Lockdown".

I still do not like that song at all and when I first heard it I was a little disappointed to find out that he was going to be releasing an album full of similar material. But then his next single "Heartless"came out and I kind of wrote it off but the more I heard it, the more attention I payed to it when i listened to it again. It is a solid song from top to bottom. The production is on point, it's well written and I am digging the visual style of the video. The animation takes me back to when I was a kid and a ton of movies/cartoons were animated in this same style. Props to Kanye. He has won me over yet again!

Daily Dose Of Dilla ... Janet Jackson - "Got Till It's Gone"

Not many people know this outside of Janet Jackson and Jay Dee fans put this song was actually produced by Jay Dee contrary to what the liner notes say. The long and short explanation was that Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis were given credit for the song via a "misprint" in the liner notes. But actually listening to the elements of the production, the sound is a lot more soulful than any of the synth based pop/funk that they have touched. And Dilla's signature drum sequencing plus Q Tip on the track let you know if you ain't knowing that this is Dilla all day. Not to mention, when was the last time Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis used a sampler?

Welcome Back!!!!!!

I know... I know.... I've been gone too long, you couldn't live without me, you thought about me every day, you never ever want me to leave your side again, the world is a much colder place without me, baby come back, please babybaby pleeeaaasse ... yadda, yadda, yadda, ENOUGH ALREADY!

BITCH I'M BACK! (c) Slimm Thugg

So stay tuned because the updates are going to be becoming in at a ridiculous rate!

Sorry! Sorry! Sorry... that I have a real life!

For those of you who have been wondering where the hell I've been let me just say that the the past two weeks have been plenty eventful for me. My doctor is telling me that I am doing to much much and I need to rest more before I do some permanent damage, I basically got my ass handed to me while spinning at a Halloween party ( which you will find out about later. Even though I know someone out there has got pics), I became a brand new uncle, days later my son celebrated his very first birthday and had his first trip to the zoo(Awesome!). All that and I didn't even mention that history was made as this country elected it's first black president. That in itself is a whole other can of worms that we will be talking about soon.

But not too soon because GEARS OF WAR 2 is being released at midnight tonight and the world as I know it will cease to exist outside of this game.

So I understand that you all have been waiting and that I have been slipping but I have my reasons. Real Life. I figured since you been waiting this long, it won't kill you to wait a couple more days!