Lots of music coming out today. But in honor of Houseshoes' birthday celebration we must bring to light the most important release today.
"Dillanthology: J.Dilla's Productions for Various Artists" Cop that shit or migrate to another state. Here is the track listing:
1. The Pharcyde - Runnin' 2. Slum Village - Fall In Love 3. Common - The Light 4. Erykah Badu - Didn't Cha Know 5. De La Soul - Stakes Is High 6. Busta Rhymes - Show Me What You Got 7. The Roots - Dynamite 8. A.G. Feat. Aloe Blacc - Hip Hop Quotable 9. The Pharcyde - Drop 10. Amp Fiddler - I Believe In You 11. Steve Spacek - Dolla
Here is a list of other releases today.
"A-Yo" : Method Man (Rumor has it that Meth & Red are coming out with a Blackout 2. Not to sure how I feel about this one. I only listened to the one song where they were strutting around in the video connected by wires.)
Best of Tupac: Tupac. (Really? Don't we all own all of his music already? What was All Eyez On Me?)
"Boom Boom Pow" : Black Eyed Peas (Who knew Fergie took time off from being a Duchess to reconnect with the group that made her famous. No. Not Wild Orchid)
There is a lot of other stuff that came out today, but I really only feel like mentioning these. See you tonight at the TV Bar for Shoes' Bday. :)
Since I don't have cable when I go to mom and pops crib I watch about 3 hours of television. I came across this video. I would highly recommend putting this on mute and fast forward to about a minute in....He's actually decent when he's not mean mugging with fronts from Sally Beauty Supply.
Since I mentioned the yacht rock vibe in the previous post, Let me put you on to the phenom that is yacht rock... This guy I used to awkwardly make out with put me on to these clips...
Want to know the true story of Michael McDonald X Kenny Loggins x Nate Dogg???
If I was kicking it with Christopher Cross and I was a dude, I'd sport these....
Can he just make some women's shoes and get it over with????
Oh and does anyone know if the Air Yeezy's are street legal yet? There has been so much damn hype over these things for over a year and I haven't seen anybody wear them by Ye, Common and Kid Cudi. (Which is pronounced "Cuddy"...like "Buddy")
Well friends, I have a confession to make. Well a few confessions to make actually.
1. I have been arguing with AT&T all day about my bill. They say I owe them $80. I owe them $40. They shut me down. They can crawl inside my birthing canal and kiss my ass from the inside out. Bitches. BrightHouse here I come. I have to sit in the library like a nerd and do this blog. I wouldn't be a nerd if I had actual studying to do. But I graduated college eons ago.
***sorry for the vulgarites****
2. My second confession to you is that I, Adrienne Williams have large breasts. I am a small lady with large knockers. Which means that they get looked at, grabbed, talked about, motorboated, framed, adored, etc.
This leads me to my new favorite brand of clothing.
Wait for it....
Wait for it...
Yes that's right... "Two In The Shirt" aka T.I.T.S. (How great is that??????)
This is the best shit I've seen in a while. It's got urban flair with a big 'ol helping of raunch! And they make girls clothes too!!!
This is how T.I.T.S. describes themselves....
"Two In The Shirt is a fresh new company with a focus on bringing tastefully provocative clothing to the forefront of fashion. The name 'Two In the Shirt' is derived from the acronym T.I.T.S., which is quite fitting considering the nature of the clothing itself.
T.I.T.S. merchandise consists of men's and women's apparel printed with original designs. Each design showcases classy prints of nude or nearly nude women.
"Like a training bra, support T.I.T.S."
God bless America....Shirts and art dedicated to the over abundance of what my biology prof called "sexy fat" in college.
Here are some of my favorite pieces...
check out www.shoptits.com (They have some ill graf on the site too!)
This video is decadent and full of lavishness. Just how I like. Pure luxuriation! If you don't know about Tabi, this dude is ill. I dig his style. Definitely not your average rapper. Peep the vid for "The Rich Kids"
So this was my favorite book as a kid, "Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs". (Probably explains why I love to eat so much!!). But this book made me laugh every time I read it. When I was a senior in high school, I had to read this book to a group of 4th graders for my final project. I threw peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and marshmallows at them. I'm pretty certain I gave at least 2 girls a food complex. Now they are coming out with a pixar/3-D adaptation. I am so excited for this. Totally brings me back!!! I may have tix to give away for this one! Check out the trailer. And if you haven't read the book, go to the library and take a glance. One of the most imaginative books I've ever read!
I can't believe I went through a whole New Muse Tuesday without reviewing Jim Jones' "Pray IV Rain" that came out yesterday. Overall...yes I Like it. I will buy it. But some tracks are kind of lame....Track by Track. Blow by Blow. Enjoy muhfuggas.
1. Intro... and I quote "I'm a mother fucking gangster" 2. "Pulling Me Back"...super ghetto. super grimey. He says "telekinesis" Thumbs Up! 3. "Let It Out"... not sure where he got the beat from, but I like it. Probably the most grown up shit I've heard from him. It's a pretty heart felt track 4. "How to Be A Boss" (Feat. Ludacris & NO E")... Didn't let me down on this one! He mentions Ferarris! I love Jones' swag. LOVE IT!!! "Murder, Cash, Cars, Hoes" 5. "Medicine"...Ok I don't like this one...Punanny is his medicine. Yea, this track is kind of wak. 6. "Frienemies"...This is my favorite word "Frenemy"...this track is now my theme song. Typical rap joint...rappin' about how you don't trust anybody. But I'll drink the Kool-Aid. 7. "Precious" (Feat. Ryan Leslile): ooooo. mommy likey! This is the reason I LOVE Jim Jones. Romantic rap jams and songs about how pretty I am! Love it!!!! 8. "Blow the Bank" (Feat. Oshy): ok....I don't understand why "na na na" was the second single!!!! This song is a banger!!!!! 2 step smash! 9. "This is for My Bitches". I would like this song if it wasn't called "This is for my bitches" and the hook didn't go "This for my bitches all around the world, straight up sexin" 10. "Girlfriend" (Feat Juelz Santana...Eh! & Oshy). Pop Champagne. This one is pretty funny. 11. "This is the Life" (Feat. Starr) ...Once again why was Na Na Na the second single? Starr is a crooner! Unintentional shout out to Burn Rubber. 12. "My My My" (Feat. Rawana)...at this point in the CD, I am pretty sure the beat is the same....on each track just sped up or slowed down 13. "Pop Off" (Feat NO E & Mel Matrix...whoever they are). I am CONVINCED this was originally ghost written for 50. 14. "Pop Champagne" (Feat Ron Brownz & Juelz Santana...eh!). 15. "Rain" (Feat. Rell, NO E, Starr)...WHAT? Jim Jones is inspirational??????? Not bad! 16. "Na...." I will not comment on this song.
It's New Muse Tues!!!! Yeaaaa!! I have lots to go over today!!
Well I had this really big long track by track review of Camp Lo's New Album: "Stone & Rob Caught on Tape" with features from Pete Rock and Styles P. But I couldn't find it...so here's the nitty gritty. ( I have been waiting forever to review this!)
1. 2 Dope Boyz: Weak opening for a release from dudes who haven't put anything out since I was in college. Cool Kids could've done it better.
2. Gotcha: (feat. Tyler Woods): Sexiness!!!!!! Sounds like some classic Motown shit... definite track for the slow jam mix tape! I am the biggest sucker for sexy and romantic rap jams!
3. On Smash (feat: Styles P & Pete Rock)...First few words are "5,000 boomin' Watts...", but Camp sounds like about 15 boomin' watts. Leave Styles and Rock on this only it would be a banger.
4. '89 of Crime (feat. Herron): eh. Ded Prez did it better
5. Pips: Old School camp-a-lo-a vibe. Ok
6. Ticket 4 2: Probably my favorite on the whole record. Smooth and mellow. Good make out song!
7. After the Marv: This is a decent track. Kind of lazy. I'd like a remix with Danny Brown and Marv Won on it. \\
9. Sky Hi: Yea they did this after the smoked a fatty. That's about the tall and short of it.
10. Regulate (feat Yahzara): I liked this one when Wu-Tang did it first as Gravel Pit or when the Roots did it on every song they've ever featured a female artist on.
11. Diamond Crookz: I approve this song if it is the theme song for a collabo shoe with Diamond Supply Co. & Crooks/Castles.
13. Hold On (Feat Jungle Boogie Brown): Good track. Decent lyrics. Finally. Most non lazy track on the whole thing.
Tell me you didn't want to be in this video when you saw it!
Born Like This: (Doom, the artist formerly known as MF Doom) Production: MF Doom, J Dilla, Jake One, Madlib & Mr. Chop Release Date: 3.20.09
MF Doom is a pretty original cat so I always look forward to what he has to put out. I will have to say that he didn't let me down from the unique standpoint. I think that this one is worth the buy for the hip hop heads. You definatley won't hear this on the radio, but you'll probably hear this in my whip. Album gets 3 cupcakes with chocolate mousse filling.
Gazzillion Ear: I got a really good feeling when I heard the Dilla sirens go off.
Yessir (feat. Raekwon): Beat is retarded! Good combo of classic Wu & Doom madness
Rap Ambush: probably my favorite track on the album. I think MF Doom is a Haiku genius. I want to hear a remix with Danny Brown and Guilty Simpson.
Lightworks: Now this is one of my favorite Dilla beats of all time, so I was a little skeptical as to what was going to happen after my girl sings her hook "the name of the game is lightworks". Then nothing happened! It was just the beat. hmmm. Maybe I just heard a teaser?
Angelz (feat. Tony Starke): Now some of you know that 2 of my top 5 rappers are in Wu Tang. (Method Man was my #1 for quite sometime) But now the undisputed hip hop heavyweight that owns my musical wet dream is Ghostface Killah. The beat on this joint is B.A.N.A.N.A.S Classic Pretty Toney joint.!!!!!!
SuperVillianz (feat Kurios, Mobonix, Slug & Mr. Chop) : Now keep in mind that I review this as I go. Straight from the hip. I don't take time to mull it over. You get my immediate reaction. Sometimes I hate shit from the jump and I keep it that way. Sometimes things grow on me. I mentioned that Angelz was my favorite on this one, but I may have to change my mind and go with SuperVillianz. Definite head nodder on this one. It made me want to write a 2009 screenplay for the remake of Beat Street. "Beat Street: Back on the Block"
It's the M-O-BB, Well at least only 1/2 or I mean 1/3. (I think Alchemist is a HUGE portion of Mobb Deep). Now before I get into the review...wasn't Havoc on dateamillionaire.com or something??? Anyway, his debut album is ok. But why did it take so long for it to come out? I think this would've done much better in 2000. I mean shit! There's even a track on the album called "The Millenium". The features are kind of wack. If you are going to do features, make them count. Don't waste your money on youngsters who have no weight in the game. (Hi Cassidy!) I couldn't quite put my finger on what was missing....oh yes I can, Prodigy. This would've even been better as a mixtape on all Alc beats.
Rare Earth: BBoy Funk Volume 2 (J Ro of The Alkoholiks) Production: Release Date: 3/19/09
I was going to review this but I shut the shit off after the first track....geeeewwwww
You leave me a voicemail. I will probably never talk to you again.
The past few guys I've dated have primarily evolved from text messaging. Which really doesn't say much because I'm obviously not still with them. There is so much left to be determined with texting though. You can't tell people's tone, body language, nothing!
Text: "Yes I totally dig you" (In your mind you think: "yessss he likes me", but little did you know he was texting that to you after he got done talking to his buddies about how your breath smells and how you missed a section of hair on the back of your legs while you were shaving)
I should probably text left often... (Good lookin' out on this one "Cheese")
Damien Jr. Gong Marley and NaSir Mr. Escobar Jones are teaming up to make a collabo record this summer. Who in the world isn't excited about THIS! They have been really low key recording in LA. They are going to be sharing some tracks from the album on the 27th at the Grammy Museum, along with doing a short performance and answering questions about their charitable ventures.
*Sigh...the tickets were $20. $20!!!!!!! I have to pay $20 to go some wack ass club and watch some wack ass DJ perform...I miss you LA.
The Road to Zion track on Marley's Welcome to Jamrock was one of the illest joints of all time. To have a whole album with the two together is amazing! No dates for a release have been reported yet, but rumors are circulating that there may be 2 versions of the album. 1 regular album, but then an exclusive edition to be exclusively distributed at either Target or Best Buy. A portion o of the proceeds from the exclusive joint will go towards building a school in Africa.
Music that is smart, soul driven and benefits others? What is the world coming to? Whatever it is...I'm right behind them! NaS and Damien Marley will be performing at the Rothbury festival this year...but do I want to drop $250 to see them and a bunch of bands in tight pants and dirty hair???? I'll just fly to Miami!
Well Detroiters, he is back. Marshall Bruce was recently spotted in Vegas with Dr. Dre and Fiddy Cint shooting his next video for his forthcoming album "The Relapse". The single title is hush hush at this point, but DTML will show you what's up ton April 7!! Hey! Didn't fellow Detroit MC, Chief, have an album called "Relapse"? Huh. What a coincidence! The Repeat...I mean the Relapse is scheduled to be released on May 19. AND THEEEEEN A Relapse 2 by the end of '09.
Anywho... I hope I don't lose my Detroit credentials when I say this, but I can't stand "Crack the Bottle". I miss the mean Eminem. I miss the walk-around-with-a-cut-off-pitbulls-head-that's-still-barking-Eminem. The Eminem who made you say "Did he really just say that shit?". The Eminem who rapped about STDs and Vicodins and Shrooms. Gosh! Those were the good ol' days.
Well at least old people still dig him. He will be inducting Run DMC into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame. (Kid Rock should've done it, but that's just me though). Let's just hope he comes out hammered with his dick sticking out of his pants or something controversial!
I was just telling my girl on the phone last night..."Men without issues are just plain boring". I want the Eminem that everyone used to hate to come back. Not the one that my mom correlates with John Cena.
He announced it this morning on the Ricky Smiley show. We in the D know the severity of Lupus and what it can do. Never take life for granted... Peep the interview
So lately I have had a little too much drama rama for my own personal taste with interpersonal relationship and such, so I decided to take myself off the market. (Meat Market that is).
I had a ladies night at my place last night that involved cupcakes, martinis, spinach dip and things that vibrated oh and an after party at Greektown Casino. I had been planning it for weeks. I kept thinking to myself, as the days approached, that the evening is evolving into a bachelorette party. So I turned it into just that...my very own bachelorette party.
But Adrienne, who are you getting married to? (Good Question)
I am marrying the streets, the game the hustle. Not really. I just figured I plan to be a bachelorette the rest of my natural born days so I might as well kick it off right!
So I was talking to a friend about life and all that shit over a big bottle of wine on Friday and she says....
"The problem with guys...well people in general...is they want what they can't have! Throw a ring on your finger and watch what happens!"
So I put it to the test. I made an announcement that I was having a bachelorette party and had my girl find the biggest fake rock possible.
And let me just say for the record... motherfuckers just started coming out of the wood work. I should have walked around with a boom box playing "It's Raining Men". Dudes were asking for my phone number, asking why we never dated, trying to get me to hang out! What????
Went to Greektown last night with a big fat rock on my finger. My buddy who was DJ'ng played right along and announced it was my bachelorette party! I might as well have hooked Captain Morgan's up to a fire hose because free drinks were flying at me like it was a tsunami!
I have never been poked, grabbed, smacked, whistled and stared at more than I was last night.
Because I was wearing a ring? Really? That baffles me.
Last week I had little "dude" drama so I was slackin' on my blog pimpin' but here's what's poppin' this weekend!
Tonight!
Octane, One Be Lo +
Saturday = My Bachelorette Party @ Greektown Casino. Paradime & AMF are tag teaming on the wheels for a good 'ol fashion dance party. Last time I went I believe I did an interpretive dance to Salt N Pepa's "Push It" (Let it be known! That I came up with this idea! It is now in writing...When I have my first child I would like to have Salt N Pepa's "Push It" playing in the background for motiviation. Right?? Right!)
Ok guys...Jim Jones is fine. Trick Trick is fine. He didn't get shot. But what I don't like is every other city having the scoop on what went down before we do! The shit happened at Esko! Your boy was probably there! What's the deal. My baby daddy is stealing beats? Rumors of Trick getting shot??? What's the real deal holyfield people? Weigh In.
See he's fine. He took this photo few hours after the altercation. He sent it to me on his phone. So I would know my little James is okay. (Just kidding)
I read somewhere that people in other regions are calling Detroit "Vietnam". Really? Last time I checked, there was no Lafeyette Coney Island in 'Nam. Someone better speak up!!!
But all in all...Noh Worries! (At least I hope so!)
1. Guinness (My dad drinks this shit, and to be honest I only started drinking because this dude I liked kept buying them for me...)
2. The crazy guy from Charlie's Angels... he can pluck my four leaf clover any day of the week...
3. Colin Farrel: While I'm on fine Irish dudes... (ha that's what she said...)
4. "Shipping Up To Boston": I love this song! Everytime I hear this song, I just know someone is gonna get their ass whooped. This song was in "The Departed". I just get so amped when that first drum beat kicks in!!! Listen to the lyrics. These Irish motherfuckers are so tough, they lost their wooden leg and wanted to go back and get that bitch! If I lost my leg, I would not write a song about it!
5. These hats. Irish dudes like to wear these hats.
6. Boondock Saints: Yep. One of the illest movies of all time. Willam Dafoe is mad man!
7. Snatch: Brad Pitt is awesome in this movie!
8. This song! The Ode to the Brew celebrated by thousands on this day in March!
O my lord have mercy! This is one of the worst rap videos I have ever seen in my life. Is this what happens when you break up with G Unit???? Seriously? Is this a joke?
Recipe for a good rap video? 1 money counting machine A generous portion of fly ass bitches A gaggle of fake money A splash of the blingy blingy 2-3 cigars and just a touch of parkin' lot pimpin'
I've seen this guy perform. I can honestly say I have never seen anything like it in my entire life.
I can't hate all THAT much, homeboy's got some testes for performing with a gauze bandage mask and drawn on eyebrows. Hipster Bitches be lovin' his trench coat. I also can't front. There is somethin' kinda fly about a skinny white boy in a purple beater and coon-skin cap on a hog. O. and ol' boy with the Numb-Chunks gets ill! (But where did they find an underground transportation system in the D??)
1.ah ah ah 2 ah ah ah 3 bran cupcakes with no frosting ah ah ah
Capone-N-Noreaga's Channel 10 came out. Yikes. Had big hopes. But ummm yea. I'm not a big fan. I haven't liked any of Nore's joints since that one song where he goes "What.What.What.What.What" Musicians are lazy. This is no exception.
PS...I am not a set of fucking tires...
1 half baked cupcake with no icing (I think my dad might be in this video)
Gorilla Zoe came out with some shit today too. Unless there is a remix of "Hood Nigga" with Andre 3000 on it, I want nothing to do with it. This shit gets a cupcake recipe that induces diarrhea.
NAT KING COLE!!!! RE: GENERATIONS....Straight Magic. 12 dozen cupcakes. My hear skipped a beat after the first 30 seconds. I was a little skeptical when I heard about it. I thought... "Damn! Another Nat King Cole and Natalie Cole joint? WHEN WILL THE MADNESS END!!!!" Then I shut my mouth and did a lil' more research. Remixed and remastered by Will.I.Am (Don't front, he's a good producer), and the Roots. With features from Cee-Lo, NaS, yea Natalie Cole, JUST Blaaaa---eez, (this track is funny), and Detroit's own Amp Fiddler. Worth the I-Tunes download!!
So it's 2009 and since I am a taste maker I do what I can to stay at bare minimum a 1/2 step in front of the cool kids.
(My pace is getting faster, trust!)
But this new trend I have been behind the 8 ball on.
Exs.
Aren't they by default supposed to be the devil's spawn?
What's with everyone being cool with their exes these days? I mean beyond being cool. What's up with them maintaining positive and mature friendships? I mean shit! What happened to the days of seeing your ex girlfriend and wanting nothing more than to put cayenne pepper on her tampon? Or the good ol' fashion feeling of wanting to put a brick through your ex's windshield when you see him driving by with his new hussy? (Even IF you are in a committed and healthy relationship)
I have been involved with a FEW of situations where the ex is all up in the mix. (I mean on speed dial!) Like really? I don't care that it's Patty's birthday. O you want me to meet her? Great!
*"Barkeep, I'll have 3 Anorexic Pirates (captain and diet for those not in the know...I just made it up) back to back to back because I have to learn how this bitch has fucked up my dates mental psyche and overall self esteem beyond recognition when all I want to do is make some freaky jungle love and wake up the next day a 4pm and go to Outback Steakhouse without having to hear about how good Patty's mom makes banana nut bread"
Have you ever seen the show "All of Us"? It's a show loosely based on Will and Jada's sitch. The show has this man living in a house with his baby mama and son, while he's out dating and mating. What? Bitch please. If I strolled in and had to walk around at 3am in my skivvies (after making sweet jungle love of course) while trying find the fixins for a meatball sub in his fridge and have to move around baby mama looking for her Sprite labeled "baby mama's sprite", I might just have an embolism.
I just don't understand. Me? Personally? I hated my ex for quite some time. Then I got all grown up and shit and gave him a call to see how he was doing. BIG MISTAKE. He's doing fantastic! You know that scene in Sex and the City when Carrie saw Aiden's bff after they broke up and he said he was doing miserable? Yea. That wonderful made for tv moment didn't happen to me. So now I smile and listen to ALL the wonderful life affirming things that he's doing that he didn't do when we were together.
*Barkeep... make that a Bulimic Pirate" (Double the captain, 1/2 the diet coke... expressway to puke town USA)
I am going to try this friends with exs thing for a little while. A very little while. It just seems to me like the world is getting smaller and smaller and smaller and these relationships and situations are all starting to overlap. Like he dated her now she's dating him and they know each other from here, and she broke up with him and is now a lesbian and dating her who used to be a man...bla bla bla... As the world turns.
Stay Tuned for Details.
(Oh if you haven't noticed... Sundays are designated for personal stories and drama!)
I work in Southfield at an Ad Agency. Not your typical ad agency... but an agency that specializes in shopper marketing. Basically we learn the ins and outs of the shoppers brain and help our clients meet their shoppers needs! With that being said, I am the perfect employee because I am a shop-a-holic. Shoes, hat, lotion, batteries, music and groceries! (If you don't know by now I eat a ton!)
Anyway so they opened this new grocery store across the street from my building, called "Save-A-Lot". It mentions nothing about food or groceries, but alas it is a grocery store.
This place is ridiculous. I realize how you save so much, because they make you do ALL the work.
1. You have to bring in your own cart. Which means you have to hunt one down (in the pouring rain if need be) and bring it. There is actual signage that says "Please bring in your own cart". There is no corral for these things so it's like the crocodile hunter. The sign might as well have said "Getchyo own cart bitch"
2. The aisles are made of these weird shelves. Kind of like the shelves I put my shoes on in my closet but much taller.
3. There is random placement of everything...Q Tips, Aim Toothpaste, and Junior Mints are all in the same aisle.
4. There is name brand nothing everything is named after these weird companies, or brands you only find at the dollar store! Oddly enough they have Lactaid. (Lactose Free Milk) (*Serious Note: Southfield is primarily an african american community and lactose intolerance is common among african americans. Save A Lot is in Southfield...hence the Lactaid) But can a bitch get some Figi????? How about some Tropicana OJ? I ended up with "Crisp" Orange Juice.
5. You have to buy your own bags. What is this Ikea? Costco? Noooo! It's Save-a-Lot. They were .20 a bag.
6. There are no bag boys....no conveyer belt at the end gently gathering your avocados and pineapple. It's a motherfucking shopping basket. And the cashier makes you bag it yourself! What? I even asked her for help...she pushed my tampons about 2 inches closer to me.
Who in the hell talks anymore? I HATE talking on the phone! I got new jacked by T.Mo this month for $250.00. I don't even like talking to 90% of the deadbeats in my phone. Seriously! I counted. 17 out of 165. My parents aren't included...but Jet's Pizza is. That is 10.3%!! And out of those 17 people I probably talk to 2 of them on a regular basis and 1 is Jets Pizza.
Well it's Noh Worry Wednesday so here is something fancy.
The Peek.
Its a phone that ONLY emails and texts. Text type begins.
So nw bll collctrs wnt b clng u n e more. They cant! U cnt tlk. U cn only txt n email. I luv this. Text type ends.
This is great! I also hate voicemail! Now I won't have to be subjected to :10 to 2:00 of 148 people rambling on about why I should call them back. I see your missed call. I will call you back....maybe...unless I don't like you...or I forgot. Then when I call you back you repeat EVERYTHING I had to listen to without the chance to cut you off and talk about something that really only relates to me. (I'm self centered...I know...some call it a problem...I call it a gift)
Want me to meet up with you later? Ok... Instead of...
ring ring...(Actually it's probably some wack ass ringtone that I downloaded when I was hammered)
this is why im hot...this is why im hot...
Me: Hey
Mike: Hey dubbs what are you doing
Me: Taking a shit how about you?
Mike: Ummm wow, that's gross. Ummm well what are you doing later
Me: I don't know maybe go to the gym, go to the mall, go to mcdonalds...you know the uzhe.
Mike: O Ok word. Do you want to meet up with the squad and go buy some sneakers later?
Me: I don't know maybe. Who's coming?
Mike: Man! I don't know, just come by the crib at like 8 cool?
Me: fine.
Mike: One.
With peek....
Bleep: Mike: u wanna cop some kicks ltr? Bleep: Me: sure what time? Bleep: Mike: scoop me 8. Bleep: Me: word.
Nuff said. Cop that shit at Target. http://www.target.com/Peek-Mobile-E-Mail-Device-PK-KIT-001/dp/B001FC0BWE
You can thank me later when your credit is ruined for avoiding calls from your bill collectors.
We in the Detroit Taste Makers League regularly participate in something we like to call...
NOH Worry Wednesdays. We recognize the reggae culture and give you something to keep your worries away. At least until you have to wake up at 7am like I do on Thursday and think "fuck...why did I go out???"
Come by the Bullfrog on 5 & Tele...have some cheap drinks...meet some cheap people! Hot Reggae tracks by none other than Mr. Crispy!
The evening is hosted by Detroit's hungriest MC...Chief and THE hottest reggae artist in the city...Rusty Deyah.
(More info to come on those two).
It's a good time...trust me! I'm a muh fuggin taste maker...biatch!
Remember when cats used to rock the New Era's with the tags on 'em? Not just the size sticker, but the actual tag? Yea. Don't blame me for that. Blame it on the rain. It was a fashion trend! Shit...I remember when the New Era's with the plastic size adjustments were the illest! LA Radiers anyone??? I will even own up to the fact that I thought there was something special about a guy who wore the red NY Fitted. I will EVEN CONFESS...that part of the reason I dated my ex was because he was wearing a throwback Yankee fitted when we met. Just the Y son...no N...just the Y. I'm a sucker for hats. What can I say? Well I can say this. New Era has perpetuated a generation of stupidity! I love a fitted...I would buy every single one in the store! I can count on my hand the number of girls besides me who can rock a fitted the right way...(see below for reference!)
Yes. I will keep the size sticker on.
But what I would like to issue a Cease & Desist on is leaving the WHOLE PLASTIC STICKER ON YOUR DAMN HAT. You guys look dumb. It's not sweet. Seriously. I worked at Foot Locker for a minute...this is what happened...People were coming in and stealing stickers off of hats and sporting them on their bootleg gas station shit.
Sooo...New Era and Foot Locker said, "Ok...well lets put a big ass plastic cover on top of the circle so these deadbeats stop stealing them"
Bet! It worked! Until some doucher probably came in and said.."ooo I can't steal the circle no more? Ok...I'll rock the plastic cover" ...idiot...
Now if you didn't know this, I understand this and fault you in now way. But I bet you rocked your hat w/o a sticker at all. You walked around feeling unfulfilled, if not slightly naked? No Worries...Just take the whole thing off, turn it over and look closely. There is a slight line around the circle, just cut it and BAM! Your big ass head size can be proudly showcased once again. But this time not like a damn herb.
It's new music Tuesday! Every week I'm going to try to give you the scoop on the new ish that will make you want to poke your eyes out from over the heavy rotation on the radio or the shit you just didn't know about either way...tasty baked newness is yours.
Today...
Kelly Clarkson-"All I Ever Wanted": More songs about breaking up with dudes and "growing from the experience" ...SNOARSVILLE
The Dream-"Love Vs. Money": Ha...BET.com called him one of the most "prolific songwriters of 2008". Yea.. and Dwanye Wade is waiting to make me pancakes!
Everything is wack today. I thought Jada's shit came out today but it doesn't come out until April 7. Booooo.
But you can laugh at how horrible this The Dream video is....
Ladies... Are you tired of songs from Beyonce like "Freak 'Em Dress" because you only own 1 green dress from Old Navy? Are you tired of Danity Kane singing about being a "Show Stopper" because the only show you stopped was an episode of the Golden Girls to get up and pee? Can't get a man to look your way? Well I have the solution.... LIQUID LEGGINGS! Man! Guys love these things! Phrases you will hear..."WHAT are you wearing girl?""OH MY GOD...You don't have pants on! That is so hot""Can I touch them?" (Be forewarned...when this question is posed, there will be a hand on your leg by the time "touch" comes out of their mouth.)
"You can get yourself a rapper, an NBA player...at least a dude with a car..."
Fergie's doin' it. I'm doin' it! (You can cop them at the mall on the cheap...)
Not only is he one grimey ass mofo...I have recently discovered that the H.I.A.N.I.C* is ripped like a pair of tacky jeans! WooP! But beyond that, this guy probably has no respect for anyone in the rap industry and his lyrics are ridiculous. (Not ridiculous in the good way, but in the way that you say to yourself..."Did he really just put out a track where the hook is a noise we would taunt each other with as children?") He did that shit. Anyway... my future baby daddy and the reason my parents would probably disown me is the VP of Urban A&R at E1 Records (Formely Koch)! What? Yessss! Now I don't have to rely on him slanging that dro to support our children. He is responsible for signing and "nuturing" new talent. (LMAO at "nuturing"... I know he has some wicked pecks but is he going to be breast feeding?) I have a connect at Koch...I'm going to hook this shit up quickly...I'm just trying to get a new "rari" Oh and I love that he always looks tired. It lets me know that he works hard. Poppin' Champagne aint easy! Trust me! I know. I pop champagne at lunch ury day. Pardon Jim during this interview...I had to text him to remind him to pick up my birth control.
What up world! So this is my first blogging adventure! I thought it would be appropriate to give you the story behind my volatile relationship with my neighbor.
I live in these kind of wack apartments in Farmington Hills. (They are cheap... keep a roof over my head so I will deal with it) I used to live on the bottom floor, otherwise known as the "bat cave" because it's technically below ground. It was horrible! When it rained it would flood, smell bad, I would get bugs, etc. I also lived in the hallway that had the laundry room for the entire building (70+ residents).
One Sunday morning as I was leaving my place and this ghetto ass lady comes in the hallway with a cig in her mouth. I don't smoke. I don't care if others smoke, but when it's in front of my door I have issues. So I shot her the grimiest of grimey looks...real Detroit style! She looked right at me and blew smoke in my face with an even more grimey look. I think I urinated on myself out of my minor fear of being stabbed at that moment. She moved passed me all slow like she was John Wayne's ghetto side chick. Crazy right?
Well I come home later that evening and find a plastic bag sitting on my welcome mat. After closer examination I realize it is a plastic bag full of poo! What? Yes. Poo. I find my broom stick and throw it away. Had to be my neighbor.
Fast forward a few months and I want to transfer apartments because I can't take the bat cave anymore. The only apartment available is next to... you guessed it... John Wayne's doo-doo bag jump off. I was devastated. The apartment was bigger, cheaper, on the second floor. What should I do?
I thought about for a few days and scoped out the sitch.
One night as I'm coming home I hear "Get him Johnny! Get him" over and over again. I look up and see this chick's boyfriend fighting her kids with giant boxing gloves. FUCK! I just signed the lease agreement. No backing out now. I will kill her with kindness! You know bake cupcakes or some shit.
As I'm moving I see her...I suck it up...say hello...put my valley girl voice on. Whew! We are good. Her name is Fatima. I think she is a stripper. Black chick... gold hair...Labrae piercing... odd hours...always smells like Fresia and Newports in my hallway.
Now I thought things were going to be fine until I realize this bitch LOVES to sing Keyshia Cole at the top of her lungs, smoke like a carton of Newports a day, yells at her kids, has insane family members with sever respitory problems. I don't know if I can take it.
At least I am rubbing off on her. If you know me, you know I'm like a hipster version of Martha Stewart with huge knockers and a love for ghetto rap jams. I have a wreath on my door and a door mat with "welcome" in different languages. When I moved in, I believe she had a rag on her doorstep. Now she has a door mat...Think she might of stole from the gas station, but I'm not sure.
I'm Adrienne.
I'm a photographer.
I'm a writer.
I'm a blogger.
I'm a stylist
I'm a consultant.
I'm a woman about town.
Basically...
I'm a taste maker
I write about about hotness in Detroit whether it's music, art, fashion or food. Doesn't matter. If it's tasty, I will tell you about it. I also put you on to tasty topics around the country. I'll give you the scoop on sneakers, music, fashion, dumb ass celebs. I also will give you glimpses into to my life with stories, videos and pics.
