14 of the Most Influential Albums Of My Life (In No Particular Order)

The Dream "Love Me All Summer/Hate Me All Winter"- The album has some of the most incredible track transitions I have ever heard. The Dream as a producer put everything together so smoothly and it went together so well. I still to this day listen to every single song off this album. Favorite Tracks: Nikki and Purple Kisses
Clipse "Lord Willin"- I remember I made my Nana sit and listen to this album and she loved Pusha T's voice. I remembered listening to album and I thought being a drug dealer would be cool. Pharrell did an incredible job on the beats and Star Trek did their thing on the guest appearances. Favorite Tracks: Virginia and Comedy Central


Mase "Harlem World"- I remembered when I lived in Appomattox this was the ONLY hip hop CD I had until I started making my own money. I loved how Mase had a skit after about every two songs. It reminded me a lot of Biggie's Life After Death Album. Favorite Tracks: Cheat On You and 24 Hours To Live


Ludacris "Word of Mouf"- God, I remember no matter where we were going or how long we would be gone Dad would play this album in the car alllllll the time and Mom would get mad we would know every single word of every song. Definitely a classic and there isn't a song I don't like. Favorite Tracks: Crybabies and Get The Fuck Back


A Tribe Called Quest "The Anthology"- Probably the jazziest hip-hop album I have ever heard. Me and brothers would know every word of every song including the ab-libs and who produced every song. Q-Tip's flow and easy delivery was amazing in this album. Favorite Track: Sucka Nigga and Scenario

Kanye West "808's and Heartbreak"- Kanye West absolutely pushed all boundaries for this album. He caught a lot of slack for using Auto-Tune on the whole thing, but he def made up for it for it by using the 808 drum on every beat (see my music review on this album from November) Favorite Tracks: Streetlights and See You In My Nightmares


Rage Against The Machine "Evil Empire"- LOVE Rage Against The Machine. The guitar riffs and lyrics are pretty sweet and Bulls on Parade was is one of my all-time favorite songs. I caught a lot of shit from my mom because they cussed a lot, but she had no room to talk lol. Favorite Tracks: Winds Below and Bulls On Parade


Jay-Z "Hard Knock Life: Volume 2"- This the first hip-hop album I listened to all the way through. I remember when I was little I wanted to be Jay-Z, because he had the swag and confidence that was incredible. I remember Dad let me have his version when I went and visited him. I love this hip-hop classic. Favorite Tracks: Hard Knock Life and Money Aint A Thing


Nirvana "In Utero"- The first true rock album I absolutely loved. I remember my Dad played one track in the car and told me to just listen to Kurt Cobain . I loved it and I went bought the album the next day. I remember I got made fun of a lot for listening to rock, but I thought Nirvana was incredible. Favorite Tracks: Heart-Shaped Box and Rape Me



N.E.R.D. "Seeing Sounds"- This was my favorite album of last summer, but it really caught fire when we got back to school and when they came to VCU for homecoming. The blend of hip-hop and modern rock was really refreshing and its good riding and driving music. Favorite Tracks: Anti-Matter and Sooner Or Later


Eminem "The Marshall Mathers LP"- I remember when I was absolutely STUCK on this album. Eminem says the most outlandish and craziest shit and this was his best work. His subject matter ranged from raping his mother to killing his wife and hating his fans. In a deranged way I loved every single second. Favorite Tracks: Criminal and Drug Ballad


Dr. Dre "2001"- Haha the craziest thing about this CD is that I think I was the only kid at Forest Middle School with this CD. I must have burned this exact album like a thousand times for a thousand people. Dre had everybody and their moms on this classic. Favorite Track: Forgot About Dre


Notorious B.I.G. "Ready To Die"- The best hip-hop album ever assembled. Period. Favorite Tracks: Suicidal Thoughts and Me & My Bitch



Lupe Fiasco "The Cool"- Probably some of the most refreshing works of Hip-Hop I have heard in a long time. This was the only album I listened to over and over winter break last year and it was hilarious me and my brothers got 3 copies of this same CD for Christmas that year. I really hope his next release will be out by this fall...Favorite Tracks: Dumb It Down and Gold Watch

Quicksand

FIRST thing... I have been looking for a new feel good R&B CD for like a few months now and I think I finally found one.


This dude is an amazing talent. Graduated with a Economics degree from Harvard at age 19 and later took up music. He has an amazing insight on love and passion. It is one of those albums you have to turn the lights out, lay in bed and listen to the album all the way through. Ryan Leslie is that amazing. His swag and style is out of here...I appreciate music for shit like this.

Anyways...to recap my week. It really wasn't anything special. I downloaded a ton of music, went to a few classes, missed a few classes, went to work and kicked it with some good people. It finally seems like everything is fine for right now. My car is finally street legal, I got a new Voyager after my first one completely snapped in half and my mom's birthday was yesterday so that was pretty straight. I finally got word that my parents got my 2nd VCU refund check so I have to go home and grab that soon.

Next week I have no choice but to be productive with more exams and papers quickly approaching. This part of college sucks but I wouldn't trade it for the world honestly. This situation forces kids like me to grow up and realize that shit could be worse. Just aiming for that degree and staying positive.

Ready for the weekend though...YESSIRRRRRR

How I Feel About You

Whoa...look how baby roll
She rockin her body, really look at shorty go
She rock it to the beat, She rockin it for me
And all i can think about is rocking her to sleep
Her face is like a model, Body shape is like a bottle
I wanna hit that more I wanna hit the lotto
She revving me up and she got her hand on my throttle
So i wanna get on top of her and zoom like a Yamaha
You can call it switching gears when I zoom inside of her
And If it tastes how it looks I'ma try to swallow her
Call me Mr. Shoe-shine, baby I'ma polish ya
And I'll leave it spit clean, I dont use no polisher
Your my biggest fan, tell your friends I demolish ya
Cause I'm that nigga baby, I can make you popular
Get another shot of that Ciroc in ya, Cause I'm gonna be rocking ya
Treat you like a first lady and I'll put that Barack in ya

Let me take you to a place far and beyond, in a whole other galaxy
Travel in your mind and explore your sexualities
Melt your imagination and mold into reality
Your heart is my art gallery,
Can you feel the pictures that I painted
Because all of them are related
Like a mother to a son but none of them overrated
Aint no others, You're the one, Now destiny is to make it
Now I have to thank you for sharing your world...
It's so real,
The Inspiration or no reason for thinking I'm incapable
Of taking on the duty of making you interchangeable
The thought is sensational, It's perfect bliss
I'm ready to take your Milky Way to your Hershey's Kiss
So don't worry about the pain, I have the situation under control
Let me dive in your heart and swim around in your soul

Im in love with you babyyyy

"Now shes the definition of fine, but I told her that her body looks better with mine"

A few things that I love, that doesn't have a heartbeat lol

- Zip-Up Hoodies
- MLB fitted baseball caps
- Novels about magic
- Plain vodka (flavored gets played out)
- Cell phones with full keyboards
- Cinnamon Pop-Tarts
- Skull Candy Headphones
- Hip-Hop
- Converse Chucks
- Late Night Conversation
- Spanish Accents
- Japanese Food
- Superrrr Cool Camry and Honey Honda :-)
- Cuddling
- Night Photography
- Cheesy reality shows on MTV
- Nick at Nite
- Reading Psychology books
- Reading the background information of Playboy bunnies
- Spearmint Chewing Gum (preferably Orbit)
- Art by my little brother
- XBOX 360
- Santogold
- Autotune (when used by the right people)
- High school football games
- Playing music as loud as possible
- My college

My last Biggie post for a while

My brother asked me after he saw Notorious what were my Top 5 Biggie Songs, SOOOO I'll give you his and My Top 10...

Donovans List:

- Kick In The Door
- Machine Gun Funk
- Gimme The Loot
- Juicy
- Hypnotize
- Notorious Thugs
- Sky's The Limit
- Big Poppa
- Going Back To Cali
- Mo Money Mo Problems

MY List:

- Suicidal Thoughts
- Warning
- Nasty Girl
- Hypnotize
- Gimme The Loot
- Me and My Bitch
- Who Shot Ya
- Dreams of Fucking an R&B Bitch
- Everyday Struggle
- 10 Crack Commandments

All I Wanna Know Is...

...Where the party at?
And can I bring my gat?

hahaha Biggie I love it

andddd VCU you def still owe me like $1,921.44
soooo I'll def be in the accounting office Monday morning

I need to work on my list of the greatest rappers of all time or write my psych papers...Probably psych papers...

Blame It On The Alcohol

My car failed inspection damn itttttt!

I wasnt expecting that today but shit happens, now I have to take my car home and fix everything that is wrong with it. Well. At least ill have the benefit of the doubt knowing that my car won't explode when its finally fixed. Mom has been a little bit more leniant with money since she is working now and the first of the month quickly approached again. Soooo depressing. Being broke because you just paid all your bills is probably one of the most depressing feelings in the world. But hey what can you do...hopefully my paycheck next week wont be complete shit but things happen.

In other news my brother is coming down next week for the N.E.R.D. concert and im pretty hyped about it. Last time he stayed with me, it was a complete miracle I was able to sign him at the dorms, but its going to be good to spend some quality time with the kid. I cant believe he is going to be a senior in high school next year. Time is just flying by.

On a more serious note, I have been a little depressed as of lately after my parents announced that they were separating. My brothers are staying with my mom and my sister Chenelle is moving out with my dad. It completely sucks for all the kids but if I gets my parents to stop fighting for in front of my baby brother Nicholas, I'm down for whatever works. It just sucks that I really can't rely on my dad as much as I do now, but maybe it is a fresh beginning for everyone.

Now I really need a drink...

Oh on a lighter note now...I went with Rachy Rach to look at new tattoos and she ended up gettting three stars behind ear today. It was pretty cute, I'm not going to lie. She going to end up being a tatted up Richmond girl soon. Next week I'm getting "Psalm 23" tattoooed on my right pec after I pay rent. I'm pretty excited about it. While I was waiting for Nelson (our tattoo artist) I spotted an issue of the super SUPER incredible Megan Fox. You don't even have the slightest idea. Girl is H.O.T.

Anddddd this is who I caught Cruz and Nate looking at together the other night

Oh i love my roommates...

All I wanna do is party and bullshit

Facts about myself:

1. I have only used baby lotion since I was 15 years old
2. The Catcher and the Rye is my favorite book
3. I fucked with the Pittsburgh Steelers before they were in the Super Bowl
4. I got into Princeton as undeclared but I didn't get into George Mason's Pre-Med program
5. I can always trust my boys; girls are a completely different story
6. I taught my whole family how to swim
7. I love my lady Terps basketball
8. Dreams or an interpretation of the future, according to me...
9. Freshman year made my life
10. I have no tolerance whatsoever for Obama haters
11. I really want Richmond to be my permanent residence for the next few years
12. I've proudly only had sex with 2 girls
13. There is nothing like kicking back and reading a good psychology text book
14. I hate shaving my face, but I hate how its itchy when I dont shave
15. I spend more time in my roommates rooms than in my own room
16. My mom was a semi-pro tennis player

100th Post

Wow...I havent been on here in a mintue, but there is nothing like a fresh blog post in the late afternoon lol. These past two in the half weeks have been very hectic and quite interesting with school starting up again and all the students being back in town. And with me having class on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, this should be a pretty fun semester. But anyway I want to recap the past couple weeks before I talk about the future.

Having classes on only Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays kick ASS. A four day weekend every week and I can squeeze my readings and homework either after my classes or before them. I just hate the huge break after my comparative politics class and my interpersonal relations class (like 2 and a half hours). My professors are pretty sweet and its pretty easy to stay awake.

I saw Notorious the day it came out and I couldnt be more impressed. Even though you know Biggie was going to die at the end, I shedded a tear for Big Poppa. It seemed like he was finally getting his life together before he died in LA.

I started the first two chapters in a book I'm working on. I thought about writing a book last year while I was living in the dorms and I wrote down ideas in a couple notebooks last year. But over winter break I moved my notes to Microsoft Word and Notepad and found my way to finish two pretty distinct chapters. I'm not going to reveal much detail about it yet but I'm really excited for people to read it when its finished.

I started going back to work and the gym. The time and effort that I put into both is pretty incredible on top of everything I already do, but they help me get retarded things that are going on in my life out of my head. I like my job alot and the money that I make there is pretty awesome and I like the independence of not asking my parents for shit (and it gets to the point where they ask me for shit on a regular basis lol)

I finally got my stallion Toyota Camry moving again after not being able to start for weeks and weeks. I missed it moving all the time and now it doesnt give my parents an excuse to bring it home and not let me drive it anymore. My parents said they were surprised I didn't take my car away to different colleges for the weekend. Now that they think stuff like that, I might as well just do it lol

What else...what else...oh yeahhhhh MY PRESIDENT IS BLACK, MY LAMBO IS BLUE AND I BE GODDAMNED IF MY RIMS AINT TOO. YESSIRRRR!

Congratulations President Barack Hussein Obama.
We will party this weekend on the occasion.

You know you are at VCU when...

The dance parties at 534 are the highlight of your weekend

Midnight runs to Taco Bell are almost mandatory every couple of weeks

Its TRULY dangerous to walk back from your 7pm to 9.40 class

The Student Commons is dominated by black kids by day and Muslim kids by night

More than half of the male student body wears skinny jeans

There is a band playing in almost restaurant on Broad Street, every night

You get club invites from party promoters on Facebook and you always click "Not Attending"

One player is the focal point of the Men's basketball team

Halloween is the craziest night of the year

Parties that don't get busted before 2am are usually forgotten about by the next morning

Your number one alcohol connect is the homeless guy that is always hanging around Monroe Park or Ukrops

Adderall is the number one study tool

The frat guy are ALL losers but they throw decents parties for losers lol

Homecoming is in February

You have a distinct respect for street art

If you dont have a tattoo...GET WITH THE PROGRAM...EVERYONE IS DOING IT

Half of your freshman friends are undecided at a major

Belle Isle is the place to go to during the Spring Semester

Virginia Beach day trips during spring finals are a given

Floyd Avenue during Christmas time is amazing

You can have a regular conversation in your 400 people class and no one would notice

The best teachers here are the Psychology professors

There is nothing like getting up at 8am in the morning during Add/Drop period to beat other people for higher level classes

Half of your friends own houses by sophomore year

Uneven bricks...duh

Gotta love those all night Student Commons parties

Cary Street Athletes kick ass!