the first post of November.

THIS ENTIRE POST IS ABOUT MUSIC LIFE JAY-Z AND WHY WE LIVE, WHY WE SHINE, AND WHY YOU CAN NEVER STOP WATCHIN' (THAT REALLY MEANS HATIN')

-PLEASE NOTE THAT AS I WRITE THIS I'M LISTENING TO DEAD PRESIDENTS II OFF REASONABLE DOUBT-

LAST WEEK I CAUGHT A RE-RUN OF 106 AND PARK. DENZEL WAS ON TALKING TO THE FOLKS ABOUT THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED AMERICAN GANGSTER. HE TALKED ABOUT JAY AND HOW HE LOVES JAY'S MUSIC. BEFORE I TURNED IT OFF, THEY PLAYED A THROW BACK JOINT. IT WAS, CAN'T KNOCK THE HUSTLE. MY GOD ITS BEEN SO LONG SINCE I'VE SEEN THAT VIDEO. JAY, DAM, AND BIG TALK GROWN MAN BIZ AT THE TABLE. WIFEY IS SAD UNTIL THE TIFFANY'S COMES TO THE DOOR. THE SUITS, AND VERSACE GLASSES. LIFE IS ABOUT THAT SHIT.

LAST NIGHT, I SAW THE VIDEO FOR 'I KNOW' OFF THE VH1 STORYTELLERS: JAY-Z: LIFE OF AN AMERICAN GANGSTER. THE SONG IS GREAT, AND HIS PERFORMANCE MAKES YOU WISH YOU WERE THERE. I KNOW I DID. MORE AND MORE I CAN SEE HOW MUCH JAY HAS EVOLVED INTO SOMETHING NEW. STILL THE SAME GUY FROM BROOKLYN, BUT WITH CLASS, AND POLISH, AND ALLURE. LIKE HE SAID IT'S THE ALLURE OF THE GAME. AND JUST RECENTLY I SAW THE ROC BOYS VIDEO ON THE GFCNY BLOG. SOMETIMES LIFE IS ABOUT REFLECTION, AND DRINKING, AND LAUGHING, REMEMBERING WHO YOU USED TO BE AND WHO YOU ARE NOW. JAY, NAS, AND DIDDY, MAKE YOU REALIZE 'LIFE IS GOOD.' AND SO MANY PROPS TO JAY AND THE CASTING HEADS FOR PUTTING TRISTAN WILDS WHO PLAYS MICHAEL IN THE WIRE IN THE VIDEO. I'VE MET DUDE BEFORE, AND NOT ONLY IS HE A REALLY GREAT YOUNG ACTOR HE'S KINDA FLY FOR A YOUNGIN.' THE VIDEO WAS STAR STUDDED. MAKE SURE YOU PEEP IT AND COP THAT ALBUM.

ENDING NOTES: WE SHINE BECAUSE HOW COULD WE NOT. WE GIVE YOU HONESTY IN THE FACE OF LIES AND DECEIT. WE SHOW YOU HOW WE LIVE THROUGH SONG, THROUGH CLOTHING AND CARS, THROUGH THE DANCES WE DO. THE MEN WALK WITH AND LEAN, AND THE LADIES ALWAYS STRUT. WE HAVE ENDURED. WE HAVE ALWAYS DONE IT BIG. WE GLOW FROM WITHIN. OUR SMILES LIGHT THE ENTIRE BUILDING. WHETHER CHAMPAGNE IN PLASTIC CUPS OR CRYSTAL FLUTES, ITS STILL LAVISH.

THANK YOU.


S.