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Down For Me

0 comments Posted by Intern Chick at 9:45 PM

So I stole this from The Life of Sass. I figured it'd be fun to do since I've never done something like this before and it involved music so you know I'm down for it. The rules are to put your iPod on shuffle and then put whatever song comes up as the answer for each question and you can't skip around til you find one that makes sense.

Here we go!


WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
That's All I Ask Of You - Tony! Toni! Tone! (not exactly...)

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Bad Girl - Jon B.  (Sorry, Mom!)

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
I'm So Into You - Aaliyah  (When I decide I like a guy, I really like 'em)

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
Everyday Struggles - Notorious B.I.G. 

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
Get You Right - Pretty Rick (I aim to please)

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
What More Can I Say - Jay-Z  (The first lines of this song are, "Are you not entertained?" and ends with "We'll see what happens when I no longer exist")

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Invisible Man - 98 Degrees (not true)

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
Time Machine - T-Pain (I am a big fan of reminiscing, I must say)

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
Feelin' It - Sammie (what?)

WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
On Bended Knee - Boyz II Men (I HATE begging)

HOW WILL YOU DIE?
I'm Grindin - (this song is by an artist I c0-manage...and it's probably true)

WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
Only Human - Bobby Valentino (Can't I be super woman or something instead?)

WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
Unbelievable - Notorious B.I.G. feat. R. Kelly

WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
Baby Don't Go - Fabolous feat. T-Pain

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
Comfortable - Lil Wayne feat. Babyface  (I suppose I'm fairly comfortable)

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
True Love - Faith Evans

WHAT IS 2+2?
Listen - Talib Kweli (I've always had a hard time with math)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Director - Avant (she does know what she wants ha)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Sweet - Jay-Z (very true, sweetest guy you'll ever meet)

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
I Got A Story to Tell - Notorious B.I.G. (hilariously untrue)

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
I Tried - Bone Thugs n Harmony feat. Akon (it better be more like "i came i saw i conquered" not i tried!)

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Can't You See - Styles P feat. Lemar

WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
I Said I Really Love You - Boyz II Men (also very true, I have a slight fear of commitment)

DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
Jezzebel - Boyz II Men (oh boy...)

WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
Thugz Mansion (Acoustic) - Tupac feat. Nas (one of my favorite songs, a classic)

WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
Down For Me - Loon

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5 Songs That Changed My Life

0 comments Posted by Intern Chick at 9:40 PM

If you haven't figured this out by now, music has been my life for as long as I can remember, and it always will be (hopefully).  Here's my list of the 5 songs that made the whole music thing something I couldn't walk away from.


1.  The Hallelujah Chorus - from Handel's "Messiah" (performed by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra*)   Listen to the Hallelujah Chorus

I couldn't have been more than 4 years old.  I heard this song one year around Christmas on the radio and there was just something about it.  I had to have it.  My mom went to every store our small little city had, asking for a version, ANY version, of this song.  It was the impossible quest, but she found it eventually.  I can still remember what the cover of the cassette looked like, and I played it relentlessly.  I can't say exactly what the reason was, maybe it was all those instruments being played so loudly all at once, maybe it was the passion the choir sang with.  This was my first favorite song, and began the never ending quest for the next song that gave me that feeling.

2.  "The Christmas Song" - Nat "King" Cole (album: tons)  Listen to The Christmas Song

I don't know what it was about Christmas when I was little that got me into music more than the rest of the year (ha), but my parents had this song on vinyl, and I can remember what the cover looked like.  I loved his voice.  Nat's voice instilled a very early love for classic crooners in me, and made me become very aware of the fact that music of the past was not to be overlooked.  I still have a deep appreciation for singers like him, Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack, Tony Bennett, and countless others.

3.  "I Remember" -Boyz II Men (album: The Remix Collection) Listen to "I Remember"

This was one of the first CDs I got.  Boyz II Men was also the first artist that I fell madly in love with.  I still remember the first time I heard Boyz II Men, my sister had their CD "II" playing on her stereo and the song "Thank You" was playing, I was an instant fan. As soon as Shawn Stockman's voice comes in on this song, I felt everything I ever wanted to say but didn't know how.  The song is on some Mike Jones "back then they didn't want me, now I'm hot they all on me," sh*t.  I was young and knew nothing about this, but it spoke to me.  I knew I had never heard people sing harmony like that, I didn't even know it was called harmony then!  This song is why I want to do the A&R thing, and why I've wanted to do it since the time I was 6 or 7.  I wanted to hear more artists like Boyz II Men, I wanted to be apart of the making of that music; I wasn't going to let it go.  Even now, when I start to get discouraged, I throw this song on and instantly remember why I'm here.

4.  "Big Poppa" - The Notorious B.I.G. (album:  Ready to Die) Watch "Big Poppa"

I wanted to list Junior M.A.F.I.A.'s "Player's Anthem" here, but my first introduction to Biggie was his video for this song.  I can still remember that brown hat and jacket he wore, and seeing him sitting in that booth in the club, exuding cool.  This wasn't my first introduction to Hip-Hop, but it might've been the first rap video I saw, definitely the first one I remember seeing.  I couldn't get that beat out of my head, and his whole look in the video stayed imprinted on my brain.  I wanted more of this coolness he so easily carried with him.

5.  "Changes" - Tupac (album: Greatest Hits)  Watch "Changes"

I think I saw the video for this before I heard the song.  I remember when Tupac (and Biggie, for that matter) died, and I remember being kind of shocked that one day he was here and the next he wasn't.  This song came out a few years later, and this was probably the first time I realized how talented he was; I couldn't ignore this song, as soon as the the sample from Bruce Hornsby's "The Way It Is" dropped, I was all ears.  I became aware of 'Pac's lyrical ability and the way he rapped about how bad things were but was able to uplift his listeners by urging them to do something about it.  That spoke to me, loudly, and made me appreciate Hip-Hop for what it was meant to be in its purest form:  a positive outlet for social commentary and change.


There you have it, my list of songs that left me with something I still carry today.  There are more, but I wanted to keep it short, because I could talk about music forever.  Two others that I won't get into...."I Used to Love H.E.R." by Common, and "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five (two songs every Hip-Hop fan should know and love)
 

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