Ayo has been with Corinne Bailey Rae, one of my favorite artists lately.
I've been blogging quite a lot today.
So I will go straight to the point.
The album is a masterpiece (nothing less) and its title is "Joyful".
If you want additional information, just click here
The 1st song is the famous single "Down on my knees".
Just press play, i dont know what more to say, its just breathtaking.
The second song just happened to be chose by iTunes which decided to start playin it exactly when I was typing this sentence.
It's "Watchin You", a soft, sweet love song.
So enjoy.
Edit: Ok fellows, since I like you, I decided that you deserve a little gift, so here it is.
No info on this one, just press play and when the song finishes and that you open your eyes, well just leave a comment ok?
Showing posts with label songs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label songs. Show all posts
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Monday, October 22, 2007
Song of the Day: Talib Kweli
A couple of months back I discovered an artist named Talib Kweli. It wasnt a discovery per se since I already vaguely knew him and listen to one (or maybe two) of his songs.
During my last "raid" on the music folder of a friend, which was a great raid during which I get over 40GB of music, his albums made it up onto my HDD.
So I gave the last one a try. The title is "Ear Drum". And I must say, this is one of this gem you wish you had discovered before.
Talib Kweli is a polically engaged hip-hop singer with songs with lyrics that actually SAY something.
As usual, if you wanna know more about his life and work, just href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talib_kweli">click here.
So here is a sample of the last album "Eardrum" released this year (2007).
The title is "Give 'em Hell" and its one of my favorites.
You can find the lyrics here (click only after u click on play lol).
I would like to quote this part
"Trying to get to God but ended up doing the work of Satin
Religion create the vision
Make the Muslim hate the Christian
Make the Christian hate the Jew
Make the rules of faith
That you condition to and to you gotta follow
And God forbid you go to Hell
But if you ever walked through any ghetto then you know it well"
The second song is from the previous album "The Beautiful Struggle (2004)".
I dig the title of this album, it's a very good and accurate description of Life down here.
The song, With Marie J blige in featuring, is "I try", I really like the beat on this one, but of course the lyrics are great too, so Press Play
I know the post is already long but I couldn't resist my will to add a sample of the lyrics
"Yo, the things I'm seein' on the news is insane
A stock broker shoot his kid and throw himself in front of a train
A mother leave her baby home for two weeks all by himself
Three years old, eatin' ketchup and mustard, cryin for help
Tryin' to bring your struggle to life
The label want a song about a bubbly life
I have trouble tryin' to write some shit
To BANG in the club through the night
When people suffer tonight
Lord knows I try"
The complete song lyrics are available here.
So what you think?
During my last "raid" on the music folder of a friend, which was a great raid during which I get over 40GB of music, his albums made it up onto my HDD.
So I gave the last one a try. The title is "Ear Drum". And I must say, this is one of this gem you wish you had discovered before.
Talib Kweli is a polically engaged hip-hop singer with songs with lyrics that actually SAY something.
As usual, if you wanna know more about his life and work, just href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talib_kweli">click here.
So here is a sample of the last album "Eardrum" released this year (2007).
The title is "Give 'em Hell" and its one of my favorites.
You can find the lyrics here (click only after u click on play lol).
I would like to quote this part
"Trying to get to God but ended up doing the work of Satin
Religion create the vision
Make the Muslim hate the Christian
Make the Christian hate the Jew
Make the rules of faith
That you condition to and to you gotta follow
And God forbid you go to Hell
But if you ever walked through any ghetto then you know it well"
The second song is from the previous album "The Beautiful Struggle (2004)".
I dig the title of this album, it's a very good and accurate description of Life down here.
The song, With Marie J blige in featuring, is "I try", I really like the beat on this one, but of course the lyrics are great too, so Press Play
I know the post is already long but I couldn't resist my will to add a sample of the lyrics
"Yo, the things I'm seein' on the news is insane
A stock broker shoot his kid and throw himself in front of a train
A mother leave her baby home for two weeks all by himself
Three years old, eatin' ketchup and mustard, cryin for help
Tryin' to bring your struggle to life
The label want a song about a bubbly life
I have trouble tryin' to write some shit
To BANG in the club through the night
When people suffer tonight
Lord knows I try"
The complete song lyrics are available here.
So what you think?
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
Song of the day: Raul Midon
Raul Midon is one of my last discoveries over the last two months.
Let me put it in a simple way: The man is a genius.
He plays guitar incredibly well and his has a beautiful voice.
Did I mention he is blind? More on him and his life after the jump
The song title is "Sunshine" and for me it is the best song of the album with "If you're gonna leave" (which will be embedded in another post later :) )
I saw him for the first time on "Taratata" a french TV emission on music.
I was amazed by his performance. So, although I dont like to embed videos (yeah not everyone has a broaband, high-speed connection) I think this one worth the trouble.
So just press play and enjoy
So, any comment?
Let me put it in a simple way: The man is a genius.
He plays guitar incredibly well and his has a beautiful voice.
Did I mention he is blind? More on him and his life after the jump
The song title is "Sunshine" and for me it is the best song of the album with "If you're gonna leave" (which will be embedded in another post later :) )
I saw him for the first time on "Taratata" a french TV emission on music.
I was amazed by his performance. So, although I dont like to embed videos (yeah not everyone has a broaband, high-speed connection) I think this one worth the trouble.
So just press play and enjoy
So, any comment?
Friday, October 05, 2007
Song of the day: Corinne Bailey Rae
It's been a long time without any song so I know you miss it.
Today let me introduce the wonderful http://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif
I embed two songs which are among my favorites. Needless to say that the whole album is a gem.
It's for this kind of album that I bought my Shure 210 (will blog on them soon btw).
Listen to that album is just a wonderful musical experience. This is what i'm talkin about when I say real music
Ok enough talking, here is the first song: My choux pastry Heart
The second one is "Till it happens to u". A beautiful song too (and I mean it)
Let me know what u think in the comments
Today let me introduce the wonderful http://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif
I embed two songs which are among my favorites. Needless to say that the whole album is a gem.
It's for this kind of album that I bought my Shure 210 (will blog on them soon btw).
Listen to that album is just a wonderful musical experience. This is what i'm talkin about when I say real music
Ok enough talking, here is the first song: My choux pastry Heart
The second one is "Till it happens to u". A beautiful song too (and I mean it)
Let me know what u think in the comments
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Song of The Day: 2 Pac
People who listen to rap know that when we talk about rap, there's no other starting point than Tupac Shakur, the greatest rapper of all time (sorry Biggie).
It has been a while since I didnt take the time to listen to one of his album.
So I just had this tought minutes ago, "what the heck, I'm gonna drop two of his songs on my blog".
And that's what I'm doing right now
It's hard to decide which ones of his several great songs, I think I should avoid the most famous ones and make you discover the two faces of 2 Pac angel vs Devil.
So here comes the first one.
As usual, I'll start with the groovy one.
"You wonda why we call you bitch" from CD2 of the Album All Eyez On Me released in 1996.
One of the best album ever, and the first double-disc rap album ever. Dont restrain yourself just because of the title, there is a real (true BTW) story behind.
The second one is of course the calm one.
I love this song. It cheers me up when I feel blue.
The title is "Live goes on" and it pretty much speaks by itself. It's from the same album but on CD1.
And because I cant hold it, this is the bonus song.
Title is "Unconditional Love" which is just... Actually just press play.
We do miss Tupac as he was far above the current level of today rappers.
To find more about him, here is a nice article on his life.
It has been a while since I didnt take the time to listen to one of his album.
So I just had this tought minutes ago, "what the heck, I'm gonna drop two of his songs on my blog".
And that's what I'm doing right now
It's hard to decide which ones of his several great songs, I think I should avoid the most famous ones and make you discover the two faces of 2 Pac angel vs Devil.
So here comes the first one.
As usual, I'll start with the groovy one.
"You wonda why we call you bitch" from CD2 of the Album All Eyez On Me released in 1996.
One of the best album ever, and the first double-disc rap album ever. Dont restrain yourself just because of the title, there is a real (true BTW) story behind.
The second one is of course the calm one.
I love this song. It cheers me up when I feel blue.
The title is "Live goes on" and it pretty much speaks by itself. It's from the same album but on CD1.
And because I cant hold it, this is the bonus song.
Title is "Unconditional Love" which is just... Actually just press play.
We do miss Tupac as he was far above the current level of today rappers.
To find more about him, here is a nice article on his life.
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