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      I used to get on here and get some thoughts out fairly frequently some years ago, but I kind of fell off over the years, I'm honestly not even sure why I got on here today, Sep 25 2026, nor do I know where I'm even going with this, but here we are, so let's get it going.     Every day I wake up and I say to myself, I want to rap again. I've been sitting at home for the past three months (more on that later), and I get up and say, damn, I wanna rap, why can't I get back to it? I've written some bars, I've hummed some ideas, I've been in the shower and bars hit me, and I'm like, yeah, that's it, I gotta remember that when I get out, then I forget them. When I sit down and write, I'm not liking the words that I write, so I get discouraged. It's not coming to me as easily as it used to before. There was once a time where I could hear a beat, sit with it for 5-10 minutes, and have a rhyme written shortly thereafter. It is not happening l...

2018......... Whew..... Where do I begin? Let's get the bad out the way first. 2018 has been the worst year of my work career, which says a lot because in the past 12 years, I've had two other times where I thought, "It doesn't get any worse than this!".... I was wrong.... It does..... It's been like a long running bad joke with no punchline.... Like no ending!! Just trash!!! Throw the whole work year away!! 👆🏿Has led to some Mental health issues. At some points of the year, I didn't know if I'd even have a career to end the year! Each time I thought things were improving, I'd get kicked in the dick and brought back to the reality of suck again. 🤷🏿‍♂️ The song I wrote called, " I'm Fine ," was real! And about me! Family: We lost one to start the year with the passing of my step-mother. Terrible way to begin the year. My father is Superman in my eyes, and it was tough, yet understandable, to see Superman in a weakene...

     In early 1995, I was nine years old, going on 10, and for some reason, I was up late on a Friday night listening to the radio. I lived in Fort Wainwright, Alaska at the time, and the radio station that I was listening to that night, played hip hop uncensored late, and sometimes albums in their entirety. This particular night that I was listening, this channel played the latest album from E-40 at the time, "In A Major Way." Before that particular night, I had never heard of 40. I was young and my parents were pretty strict on me about listening to music with cursing in it. So the only way I heard hardcore, explicit hip hop, was through my big brother in his room. I think the only hip hop song that I knew by heart at that time was "All I Need," by Method Man.      Moving along, that night, the radio station played, "In a Major Way," by E-40 in its entirety. I remember sitting in my room (I had just got my own room at that point, so listening to MY OWN ...

     Next week, a few new Google devices will arrive at my home for personal use. I have been a Google/Android loyalist since the very first Android device, the G1. I'm a fan of Google phones, I'm a fan of of previous Google Tablets (the smaller tablets like the Nexus 7 and Nexus 9. Didn't buy the Pixel C tablet.) I am also a Chromebook user, and coincidentally, my daughter's have recently broken one of my old Chromebooks, which is now hanging on by a thread to be charged. So I'm giving them my current Chromebook, and upgrading to the Pixelbook. Along with the Pixelbook, the Pixel 2 XL should be arriving as well, despite all the negative coverage that phone has been receiving. With everything I've said above, for me, Google is either about to be a Google Watch away from permanently keeping me #TeamPixel or two mistakes from leading me elsewhere. Let me explain.      Since 2008, as it relates to tech, Google has given me everything that I've needed. I love...

    When was the last time you turned on a R&B album created by a male, and it felt like a classic album to you? I was just sitting here listening to N.E Heartbreak, and, "You're Not My Kind of Girl," comes on, and it sent me to a place of musical happiness that can't quite be matched by today's R&B. I felt like I was Ralph Tresvant. I felt like I could sing and hit the high notes. I felt like I could dance. I felt like I was in the studio with them as the song was recorded. It's just an awesome feeling when you listen to great music. Do men even care to do that these days, or do they just want to sing about getting the cutty, and be done with it? Is there anybody out there that can evoke some emotional feelings through their music, and make you want to wine and dine your lady, or go home crying and apologize for things that you didn't even do?      I'm purposely calling out the men here, because I believe that for the most part, the ladies ar...

Click here to watch the video review! Thank you Kid Cudi. On December 10th, 2015, I recorded a video review for Kid Cudi’s album, “Speedin Bullet to Heaven.” As a Kid Cudi fan, I rushed and bought that album, listened to it, and came across disappointed. It was not the sound that I had become accustomed to by Kid Cudi, and not what I wanted to hear, So I pretty much trashed the album in my review. As time went by, the album grew on me a little bit, but not to the point where it became completely enjoyable. It’s still his worst album in my opinion. However, this past Friday, Cudi dropped his anticipated new album, “Passion, Pain, & Demon Slayin.” And I can say that this is without a shadow of a doubt, a far better project than Speedin Bullet to Heaven. Cudi’s last album left such a bad taste in my mouth that I wasn’t sure if I wanted to risk buying the new project and get burned again. So I just streamed it on Tidal. But by the time I made it to, “By Design,” featu...

I cried a lot as a kid. Whether it was from being beaten up by my brother, or the constant moving away from friends as a military child, I was fairly emotional. As I got older, that was forced out of me (see, big brother and father) in attempts to make me tougher, which, I guess worked. Unless I was in some serious physical pain, or someone died, I didn't cry much. In fact, the last time I've had a good cry, you know like, a cry from the soul, was in 2009 when my maternal grandfather passed away. I've had two daughters born since then, tore my meniscus badly, gone through a bunch of emotional struggles, no tears. It's not that I don't want to, or even feel like crying. I just feel like I can't. As I type this right now, I feel as if I need to cry. Something at the bottom of my chest just feels like it's ready to come up, but then, I just snap out of it and go on about my business. I was in the studio last weekend, and as I finished my song, "The Hurt,...

      I'm 31 years old, and up until about three months ago, I had lived my entire life in the United States of America. Sure, I've gone on a cruise outside of the country before, and I made a crazy trip to Tijuana back in 2004, but beyond those experiences, I'm American born and raised. When I left America in August, I was excited to be getting away because things in America seemed to be getting bad. Race tensions were rising, the presidential elections was dividing everyone, and I just wasn't really feeling the vibes as I left. However, as the time has passed, I realize that maybe leaving wasn't going to be as awesome as I expected.        Now, let's not get me wrong here. There's a lot to enjoy about Spain. I have really enjoyed the culture here and how friendly most people here are. It's been fun to travel to the different cities we've gone to here, and we've seen a lot of great stuff, even some castles! Hell, we live 10 minutes from the bea...

Watch the video review here! I remember it like it was yesterday. A young 21 year old me, fresh from Basic Military Training, and currently in Tech School, rushing into the local store, and directly to the music section for the first new Jay Z album in 3 years, Kingdom Come. I had been anticipating it all day long, and probably didn’t pay much attention in class due to the excitement. I rushed into the store, found the album, paid for it, and rushed back to my dorm room to fully indulge into it. This was 10 years ago this week, November 21st, 2006.  While I thought the album was good back then when it released, it wasn’t until this past summer that I actually appreciated the album for what it was. Kingdom Come is a more mature Jay then we had been accustomed to hearing before that point. This was businessman Jay, mid 30’s Jay, in a serious, long term relationship Jay, etc. This wasn’t the same, I’m in these streets, chasing money, cash, and hoes Jay. At age 21, while I thought ...

***** I’ve been listening to this album pretty consistently since it was released, and I’ve gone back and forth with the idea of writing a review for it. Not because I’m unsure of how to feel about the album, because I absolutely love it, but because it has been a few weeks, and there’s already plenty of reviews out there for it. However, I’ve finally decided that I’m going to write this, specifically to share what this album means for me. Quick backstory before I get into the album. I honestly had no idea that this album was coming out, not going to lie to you all about that. I was searching Google Play Music for new releases as I do every Friday, and stumbled across it. Solange and I are roughly the same age, and back in the day, I had a little thing for her specifically for that reason (Like, hey, we’re the same age, maybe I have a chance with her!). Don’t judge me, I was a silly teenager. Anyway, I didn’t pay much attention to the album until I went to Twitter later that day and...

Watch the Video Review Here!      Early last week, I received an email from an individual asking to check out an artist, and he presented me with the artist's latest single for my review. I was honored to be asked to do it, because I'm not a big voice of the media, YouTube, Blogosphere, etc. So I appreciate someone watching my channel, or reading my thoughts here. So of course, I obliged.      The artist's name is Majilla, and she's an artist from Akron, Ohio. She's a very mysterious artist, as there aren't any pictures to be found of her, which shows her face or anything about her physical appearance. This is cool to me, as that makes things strictly about the music, similar to one of my favorite artists of all-time, MF DOOM. So with the appearance factor out of the way, what do we have to focus on and love about this artist? Simple, her voice. And while the song features autotune assisting her vocals, it sounds to me as if she can actually sing with...

     I came to Oklahoma the first time when I was almost six years old, back in 1991. I completed the 2nd half of Kindergarten in Lawton, before moving to Kentucky for the first time. Fast forward 15 years to December of 2006, and I'm moving back to Oklahoma, this time to Tinker AFB. I was excited and really looking forward to beginning my life as an adult here in a new place outside of my comfort zone.    That trip back in 2006 changed my life. Within two years, I was married and had my first daughter on the way.  I bought my first house, and I met some life long friends as well, some of which I consider close to family. By the time March of 2010 came around, I was on my way out of the state, never to return again...... Or so I thought.          I found out in April of 2012, after just about two years living in Aurora Colorado, and adding my 2nd daughter to my clan, that we'd be moving back to Oklahoma, and I'd be back working...

Watch the Video Review here! Right from the jump here, I want to say that I like Krizz Kaliko’s music. When I first was coming across the Strange Music camp, I felt as if Kaliko was a Spliff Starr type of dude, meaning he was more of a sidekick or hype man for Tech N9ne instead of a very well talented artist himself. Once I got further into Strange Music, I realized this guy can really spit pretty much as good as anybody on the roster. But, I’ve always felt that he was similar to Cee-Lo Green. Sure, the guy can rap, and rap better than most rappers in the game. But, I’ve always felt like his singing is what would make him a star. I’ve always really like Kaliko singing more than his rapping. And on his latest album, Go, Krizz Kaliko gives us a lot more of that singing that I feel he’s so great at, and the album is better off because of it. The album starts off with an introduction from a motherly voice talking to Krizz and pretty much setting us up for what’s to come the...

    Watch the Video Review here! This has probably been the hardest review I’ve had to write. Upon first listen of Top of the Line, Rittz’s 3rd official album on Tech N9ne’s Strange Music record label, I said to myself, “Holy shit, this is going to be my first 5 star album review! That was amazing!” I usually try not to form too much of an opinion about a project until I’ve listened to it a few times, but after just one listen, I already knew this one was special. Every emotion that you can feel while listening to an album are present here, and that’s often not the case. Rittz even managed to have me a bit emotional at the end of the album (more on that later.) There is not a single bad song throughout this entire project. Not one! This is also very rare, especially over the course of 24 songs. But the real question I’ve been asking myself all week, and even still now is, is this album really a 5 star album? I’ve spent the past week listening to TOTL try...

Watch the Video Review Here! Views from the 6 is the first Drake album that I don’t like as a complete album. Of his four studio albums released, and even if you wanna include his mixtape/retail release, “If You’re Reading This, It’s Too Late,” this is hands down, in my opinion, Drake’s worst album. As I’ve listened to this album over and over again this past weekend, I can’t help but feel like something is missing. Which is disappointing because I was kind of excited to hear this new release. While Drake’s closest of peers in the industry (Kendrick Lamar, Wale, Big Sean, Big Krit, and J. Cole) are improving lyrically with every release, Drake took a big step back here. Let’s be clear, lyrically, Drake to me has always been better than the Young Thugs, Rich Homie Quan’s and Tyga’s of the world, but on Views, at times, he is on equal footing as those guys. The best way for me to explain it is, he sounds like he’s bored throughout this project. His bars throughout the ent...