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TwitterTheir comes a point and time when every trend (or fad) runs it’s course in becoming too repetitive and just straight up played out. Well my friends, I think today that time has come. Today, driving this morning I heard the most terrifying thing; I heard the iconic diva vocalist Mariah Carey singing in… you [...]
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Die Auto-tune Die… No Really, Just Die Already
June 17th, 2009 
Charles West 
Posted in Music 
Tags: auto-tune, Celine Dion, diva, divas, hip hop, KISS, Mariah Carey, rock, Whitney Houston 
7 Comments »"Big Ass" Chain Mania
June 9th, 2009 Skinnibee Ok so I am getting a little disturbed about what certain famous people are choosing to do with their money. Just recently T-Pain bought a “big ass chain”. His new piece of neck wear costs $410,000 and is 10lbs. Ok.. i get it… you have money. What bothers me is the image you are portraying [...]
Classic Saturday [pt.2]: The Album "Purple Rain (Soundtrack)"
May 23rd, 2009 Charles West I want to give this classic Saturday love to this weeks album: The Purple Rain Soundtrack. Those who don’t know about this album (because I know theirs a few) I’m going to help you out with a little Purple Rain 101. This album was released at the same year as the movie (obviously) in 1984; [...]
Free MP3's That's Legal? Count Me In
May 8th, 2009 Charles West Hello fellow readers, I feel it’s my duty to put you guys onto what’s new; whether that’s new artist, sports or something like this. Their are lots of sites providing free MP3′s on the web that quite frankly you have to search for a little too hard. I like you get tired of having to [...]
Classic Saturday [pt.1]: The Album "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx"
May 2nd, 2009 Charles West Damn, do you remember this album? Well, you wouldn’t if your weren’t a true hip hop fan; this album was a no brain er straight up classic. MP3 players were unheard of, CD’s wasn’t really the “it thing” to have (because they were so freaking expensive) but if you had that purple tape, everybody knew [...]
Posted in Music Tags: AllHipHop.com, Ghostface Killer, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, Raekwon No Comments »My "In Band" of Today & Album of The Week – Chester French – 'Love The Future'
April 24th, 2009 Charles West I have tremendous respect for these dudes who go by Chester French, I know some of you probably don’t know who the hell I’m talking about; so allow me to help fill you in (with some helpful info provided by the good people from Complex). Chester French just dropped their latest LP called Love The [...]
Posted in Music Tags: Bun B, Chester French, Diddy, Jadakiss, Jermaine Dupri, Kanye West, Lady Gaga, N.E.R.D, Pharrell Williams, Star Trak, Talib Kweli, Wale 1 Comment »N.E.R.D Is The Truth: Pharrell Tours Like He Isn't A $100 Million Man
April 18th, 2009 Charles West N.E.R.D killed it at SCSU (Southern Connecticut State University), I was really blown away by the performance of N.E.R.D Friday, I mean I always have been a fan of their music but for the first time I got the chance to finally see them perform live. These dudes go hard on stage, I mean HARD! [...]
Posted in Art, Fashion, Music Tags: ARTST.COM, Music, N.E.R.D, Pharrell, Southern Connecticut State University 4 Comments »Young Money – Channels Kurt Cobain
March 9th, 2009 Charles West Today, I just heard the latest work from Lil’ Wayne entitled Young Money Millionaire 5, which is a real hot mixtape (I know I know, I’m a little late). The words to describe the way he attacks these beats it’s crazy retarded! With lines like “My gun go crazy like it’s retarded, red light on [...]
Posted in Music Tags: Kurt Cobain, Lil' Wayne, mixtape, N.E.R.D, Pharrell, rock music, Weezy, Young Money, Young Money Millionaire 5 2 Comments »Chi-Towns Nas 'IS' Better Than Nas
February 23rd, 2009 Charles West Why do I say or even suggest this? Well, if you really sit back and analyze the careers of both musically (leave out movies) you’ll be surprised at the major disparities. Nas is known for making perhaps one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time (in many peoples opinion) called Illmatic. Common is [...]
Appreciate Greatness For A Change
November 26th, 2008 Charles West People should start to appreciate real musical artistry for a change, I mean why are artist constantly criticized unfairly for being different or for at least trying to switch the game up with something new? It’s fatuous people out there that call themselves true hip hop or music fans that like to listen to the [...]
