Rap music just isn't the same anymore

LET'S TALK RAP MUSIC

      I'm back!!!!!  Today we are going to change things up a little bit.  Instead of movies, let's talk about how horrible rap music today really sucks.  If you are having the old school rap music blues, I'm right there with you.  What happened to the way music used to be.  Now a days you rap about anything and get signed.  Right now, the only rappers that didn't change much (lets be honest, you have to grow up sometime) is Luda and Busta.  I mean sure they've changed, but for the better (in my own opinion).  This Wiz guy, I mean the best song he did (in my opinion) was Black and Yellow. Then you got some dude named Waka Flocka, who?  I'm sure no one is REALLY paying these guys any attention.  Think about it.  It's the beats that these guys have that has everyone screaming, "Man this track is Hot!"  If they were really listening, I'm sure they would agree that this is garbage.  

      These guys out here rapping now are nothing like the legends that have made their marks.  They can't bring people together to enjoy their music.  You say you like this crap they're spitting these days?  Who's your favorite artist, and what is your favorite line?  Can you even name your favorite line?  Even those we once enjoyed is falling off.  Kanye West new album (I sampled it) doesn't even seem like him anymore.  My favorite line from one of his songs is, "Do anybody spit real sh-- anymore?" If someone was to ask me that question, I would have to answer no.  What happened to old school West and Jay?  Missing B.I.G and Pac right now.  NWA, Ice Cube, old school Luda and Busta, I mean the list just keeps growing.  Even old school Dr. Dre and Snoop.  What happened to rap?  Where did it truly go?  You can't even turn on the radio without hearing this "new school" rap.  Did they forget who put rap on the map? I talking about Slick Rick, Big Daddy Kane, Queen Latifah, De La Soul, Mc Lyte, Kool G Rap, Kurtis Blow, and many many more.  They were the ones who started this. I mean yes you have your blues, R&B, jazz, country, so on and so on, but these legends changed the way we listen to music.  Rap has been changing year after year.  It went from good, to bad, to better, and now WTF.  I think a lot of these artist need to go back to the booth, put on their headphones, listen to what made rap the way it was, and start over.  The ones that lost their way need go back and listen to what made them hot and do it again.  I don't know what happen, but I know they can keep what ever it is they are calling the mess.  I'm better off without the radio and their so called rap music.

Well, that's all I have to say about that right now.  If you think I'm wrong (even though this is just my opinion) then leave a comment, tell me who you think I should listen to, or pick a song you think I should listen to.  If you can do that, I can listen and then I will post what I think.  Til next time folks.........

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Jack Reacher

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      When you are an army man (or woman) and you have been in trouble before, innocent or not the next time around, Jack Reacher will find you.  This movie had "some" action but over all a very well put together movie.  Reacher is not a man you can find, he finds you if he needs to. 

 

      A young man accused of random killings was arrested and when he was questioned at the station, he didn't ask for a lawyer, he asked for Jack Reacher.  Although he did have a lawyer, all she wanted to do was keep him off death row.  This young man was accused once before for the same reason, however the government let it go because of the type of men he killed.  Now I don't want to give too much away, this is a movie worth seeing. 

 

      Jack didn't care about anything but the facts and in his eyes, the facts shows that no matter what, the young was guilty.  The asked Jack to look closely at the scene of the crime and compare it to the evidence.  Once  he did, things got a little crazy.  Jack was attacked many times, however, that didn't stop him.  In the end, Jack Reacher found out the truth and realized that the young man was innocent.  Jack no longer had a reason to stay so he disappeared again.

 

      Like I said, this is a movie worth seeing.  I give this movie a 4 1/2 stars.  Tom Cruise always gives his best in every movie he is in and he is a great actor.  Well, till next time folks........

 

 

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The Croods

 

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      Here is a movie where things do go bump in the night, well, kind of.  The Croods are a family of six and as you can see, cavemen.  The world is changing and it doesn't look good for them.  The Croods appear to be the last of their kind until a young man named Guy meets Eep.  Grug didn't like Guy and he didn't like change.  Grug is the super protective type so making sure his family was taken care of was always number one. 

 

      Guy wasn't afraid of change and knew how to survive.  In fact, the only thing Guy was afraid of for a while were the Croods.  Soon everyone warmed up to one another and the only thing left to do was keep moving.  The Earth itself was changing and homes and families were being destroyed.  Although the Croods managed to survive, Guy's family wasn't so lucky.  Once they found a safer place to call home, the family of six became a family of seven.

 

      This was a pretty good family movie.  I would take the children again if I could, it was well worth the money.  I know it doesn't seem as if the movie was any good, but this is one of those that you have to go see it yourself.  I give the this movie 4 1/2 stars, it made me laugh a lot.  Well, that's it all for now folks, till next time...........

 

 

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Fast and Furious 6

 

 

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      Despite the fact that I am super late with this post, there are no words to discribe how SWEET this movie was.  We all know just how much I love my action movies.  Well, this is one of those great action movies.  When you see this movie, you can tell that making this movie cost Hollywood a lot of money.  All those cars getting smashed and crashed, but it was worth it.

 

      The action doesn't start til Agent Hobbs pays Dominic Toretto a visit asking for his help.  Knowing that Dom wasn't going to just offer his help, agent Hobbs gives him a reason to say yes by telling him that Letty is still alive with a pic to show as proof.  Not taking any chances, Dom shows Brian O'Conner and his wife (Dom's sister) Mia, the possility that Letty is alive.  However Dom doesn't want O'Conner to help just in case things go south.  Mia doesn't care, if Letty is alive, she is family and everyone should help her get home. 

 

      All hands on deck now.  Everyone is called to help, Roman, Han, Gisele, and Tej.  Agreeing to help agent Hobbs in finding Shaw, things got a little messy.  Shaw was always 5 steps ahead of them because he had someone on inside.  However, the team wasn't aware of that issue til later on.  Dom has known Letty for years and knows everything about her, right down to the kind of cars she likes and how she drives.  In the middle of chasing Shaw, Dom comes face to face to a familar skill of driving and decides to follow it and soon found out for himself that Letty was very much alive, but she had no memory of him or her pasted life.

 

      In the end, Letty realizes that Shaw never cared about her and that he was using her to get what he really wanted.  Shaw orders Letty to get on top of the tank to release the car that is slowing them down.  Once on top, the car that hanging off the tank get caught and Letty goes flying in the air and so does Dom in an attempt to save her not knowing that they would survive the fall.  At this point, Shaw is captured and everyone just wants to go home, or is he......

 

      Shaw manages to find a way out of custody and tries to go catch a plane out of the country.  However, before he does, he reveals his little helper officer Riley, the young lady that has been helping agent Hobbs the whole time.  During the plane scene,  we find out just how much Han loves Gisele and how much she loves him back.  The team loses Gisele and leaves Han feeling very hurt.  Even though Letty has no memory of Dom, she was afraid that she had lost him as well.  Hobbs thanked everyone for their help and asked what they wanted, Dom's response was, in short to return back home. 

 

      For those of you who stayed after the credits rolled and for those who didn't, they did a flash back to Fast and Furious Tokyo Drift.  This flash back was when Han was being chased by someone else and crashed and died.  Well, we find out who it was chasing him.  Although we don't have the characters' name yet, the actor in this scene is no one other than Jason Statham himself.  When you think about most of the roles he has played, this fits him perfectly.  I give this action packed movie a well deserved 5 stars.  For those wondering if this is it, the answer is no, there is talk of at least 3 more in the making.   Till next time folks.......

 

 

 

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Tyler Perry's Temptation

 

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      Here is a movie that needs to be talked about.  If there is one thing Tyler Perry does well, it's movies and plays like this one.  He has this thing with life lessons and turns them into good movies, sometimes they're funny and sometimes they're not.  Temptation is one of those movies I think a lot of women and men should see because the plot is something many people have gone through or is going through it.

 

      In this movie you have a young woman who married her high school sweet heart and was happy, until she met another man through her job.  She got her degree in counseling, but was working for a "dating" service as the interviewer.  When the company she works for decides to merge with a social network company, things get a little messy. 

 

      The CEO of this social network begins to work very closely with the young woman.  He starts to tell her how he would treat her, where he would take her, what he would buy her, and how different and better and how spontaneous the sex would be.  Told her how pretty she was.  Questioned her marriage and made her believe that there is something better than what she has.  Unfortunately, it all worked out in his favor.

 

      On the other hand, there is a woman who is running from a man that beat her on a regular.  Not that I don't blame her for running away, she good reasons to.  However, she didn't run far enough.  Before I forget to mention, the guy she is running from is the same guy running the social network company.  This woman finds a job with the young woman's husband and neither of them have a clue that they are talking about the same man, that is until she decides to tell him she has HIV.

 

      Needless to say, in the end the young woman and the CEO start arguing.  The young woman gets beat up so badly that after her wounds healed, she was never the same and was HIV positive too.  Although she lost her husband, they remained good friends.  She did become a marriage counselor, but she didn't have her own practice like she wanted.

 

      In the end people, don't let anyone come into your happy home and take everything away from you and your family.  Just because you made a mistake and you realize that you made that mistake, that doesn't mean that your number one person will always be there to pick you up and still stay with you.  I give this movie 4 stars.  It was a really good movie, the only complaint I have is that is was too predictable.  I love the plays and movies Tyler Perry does because almost everybody can relate to them.  Well folks, that's all for now.  Til next time.............

 

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IRON MAN 3

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      Lights, camera, action.  The best part of this movie was the action.  I've said it before and I will say it again, I love action based movies.  Moving forward, this was one of the best out of all three (in my opinion).  The only thing I didn't like about it was the fact that it didn't have nearly as much action as Iron Man 2.  I have to say though, when the house starts to come down, due to some rockets from the helicopter, I really like the way Stark made sure Pepper was safe and then she saved him.

 

      If you notice, in every hero based movie that has a sequel, they always remember their mistakes and it always comes back to haunt them.  The day Iron Man became who he is was day all his problems started.  In this movie, Iron Man has anxiety attacks which came from his help of saving the world in Avengers.  After dealing with that, he realized the most important person he should have been keeping safe the whole time.  That's a good thing, right?  For most men, they don't figure that out til it's too late......lol.

 

In the end, Iron man finds out who the real man behind the crimes are and once again saves the day and saves Ms. Pepper.  He also decided to get help for himself.  Now, before end this, there was word that Robert was no longer going to play as Iron Man after this movie.  I'm not sure how much of this is true, however, at the end of the movie, Stark says Iron Man will be back.  Also, if you are a true Marvel fan like myself and my family, then you know that at the very end of the movie there is always some form of short clip, so if you go and see it, be sure to stay after the credits roll.  I give Iron Man 5 stars.  I mean sure, it could have used a little more action, but lets not over do it.  Til next time folks........

 

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Next up, Temptation, Croods, and John Reacher.  Movie madness time.



Rock those heels girl!

 

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      Do you like what you see?  Most of us can't help ourselves.  We just love shoes, right?  However, most women can't really walk in these shoes.  Though we love them, the length of the heels are not always our friends.  For example, take these shoes below........

 

Almost everything looks good in black.  LOOK AT THAT HEEL!!!  No way could walk in that.

If you think about all the many times you have seen a woman walking in high heel shoes, think about how she is walking in them.  Some women don't even realize that they can't walk in these kind of heels.  However, many can, and I take my hat off to those who can.

 

 

      Now I'm sure you're wondering why I chose this subject.  Let tell you.  I was out one evening picking up a package and well I had to wait for the package to arrive, I noticed a well dressed woman walk in.  The first thing I noticed was those great looking shoes.  They were the kind that had the "original" boot look with a very high heel.  The heel was similar to picture above.  That's pretty freaking high, Right?  The next thing I noticed was the way she was walking.  The first thing that came to mind was, "She really can't walk in those shoes." 

      So what should you do if you find yourself walking funny (and not in a good way)?  Practice, or just change the height of your next heel.  You may be able to "rock" those heels, but what does that really mean?  In my opinion, when someone tells you that you are "rocking" those heels, that means not only are those shoes good looking and look good on you with whatever you are wearing, but that you can walk "right" in them.  Bottom line, if you can't walk in them, don't buy them.  Do what I do and wear the ones you know, without a doubt, you can walk in.........



 

      That's all for now folks.  Til next time..........

 

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NOT JUST MOVIES ANY MORE

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      I'm going to change things up a little bit.  A really good friend of mind told me, "Not everyone is into just movies.  May you should switch things up and talk about other things too."

At first I wasn't so sure, but now I'm thinking, "Why not."  What's the worst that could happen, no one would read it...... Well, it's not like there's a lot of people reading it now.  No worries, I will still be posting about movies.  However, I plan on having a few "random" postings as well.  May that will draw a few more viewers to my blog.............hmm.

 

      Till we meet again folks......

 

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Witch Hunters

      We all know the story of the two kids who get lost and find this house made of candy and there's a witch inside who likes to eat children.  Like most tails, they end with a happy ending, right?  Well, in this story, there's still a happy ending, however, there is alot of fighting, shooting, stabbing, exploding, and BLOOD..........  Today's topic,

 

HANSEL AND GRETEL

 

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      This new and improved version of Hansel and Gretel took me a little by surprise.  For example, there were no bread crumbs to lead them back home, they didn't voluntarily leave on their own, and you don't hear anything about any other witches other than the one trying to eat them.  We also find out that Hansel could die if he doesn't take his meds every so often.  Turns out diabetes has been around for a long time.  The difference is his meds gets him back on his feet just seconds after taking them.  Anyway, there are good witches and bad witches and there is a way to tell the difference between the two.  However, Hansel and Gretel didn't know there was a such thing. 

 

      Hansel and Gretel's parents tried to hide them from the witches and town's people some where in the woods, and they were planing on coming back for them.  However, the town's people had other plans.  They burned the mother, who just so happened to be a good witch, and hung the father, who was just a regular guy.  Once the children escaped the witch, burning her in her own grill or oven, they became the witch hunters.  Each and every time they crossed a witch, they killed them and saved other children.  Once they got older, there was one witch that made things a little difficult for them.  They called this witch an Elder Witch.  She was the kind that could change into human form and witch form, while other witches could not.  In the end, there was some kind of spell that could keep the witches from burning.  All they needed was 12 children and the heart of a "white" witch (good witch).  Of course there's still a happy ending.  So Hansel and Gretel learn the truth about their parents and defeat the elder witch.  With a little help from a fan and a white witch (who died trying to save Hansel).

 

      I have to say that I love the way Hollywood takes these stories that we grew up on and add their on twist to them.  I do not recommend the kids watch, I'm just saying. Make sure you watch it first before you think it's ok for them.  This movie had some action to it and those who love blood and guts flying everywhere, I'm sure you too would like this movie.  I really did enjoy this movie, so I give this movie 4 stars. 

 

      Well, that's it for now folks, stay tuned for more movies coming up soon.  Til next time........

 

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Don't get Pitch Slapped!

      Now here is a movie that caught my attention.  I know there are plenty of movies about singing, but not like this.  College students joining groups that have singing competition.  Without further ado, today's topic is......

Pitch Perfect.

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      In this movie you have a girl just wants to become a producer and that's it.  However, her father wants her to finish college first.  Not wanting to make friends nor planning on joining any groups of any kind, her father begs her to try.  When she was approached by one of the singing groups, she turned them down and said she doesn't sing.  While taking a shower, she was cornered by one of the singing girls and was asked to show up to the auditions. 

 

      This young girl had no idea what she was getting into.  She also didn't know that the judges had a song already picked.  Although she did show up, she was a little late.  She already had her song picked out and she rocked it.  After she was picked along with a few other girls, she learned why they didn't win last year.  Later, the girls attend a battle that occurs on campus, and let me tell you, that part was fun to watch.  In the battle, a category is chosen and anyone can sing a song that relates to it.  Here's the trick though, you have to make it to the middle of the "ring."  For example, one of the categories is "sex," so you have to sing a song about sex.

 

      Afterwords, there's the competition itself where the head girl decides to keep it traditional, however, that only keeps them in the game for one more round.  By the time the next round comes, the head girl sticks to the same song but, the girl who just wants to be a producer, puts her own little twist to it.  Although the judges were impressed, it wasn't enough to exceed to the next round, at least not until the announcers found out that one of the other groups had a high school student in their group.  The group was disqualified therefore allowing the girl group back in.  After a huge break down with the girls, the head girl realized that the group needed to do something different if they were going to win this competition.  In the end, the girls won and the producer girl found friends and a boyfriend.  I give this movie 4 stars.  It was a good movie and I think anyone who really appreciates music may enjoy this as well.

 

      That's all for now folks, so until next time...........

 

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Jack Frost nipping at your nose

      As we decided to take the kids to see a movie, of course this was when Christmas was just around the corner, they seemed to be very excited about the movie we had chosen.  Today's topic,  Rise of the Guardians.

      I have to say that for all of the kid type movies, aka family movies, that were put out last year, this was by far the best I've seen.  It brings a whole new meaning to Sand Man, Jack Frost, the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny, and or course Santa Claus.  In all of the stories I've ever heard, Jack was a bad person.  However, in this very unique story, Jack is just misunderstood and no one believes in him like they believe in everyone else.

      I really enjoyed this story because it shows us how Jack Frost became who he is and how or why he was chosen to be a guardian.  When Jack was a living young boy, he had a sister.  The both of them were out on the frozen lake, only it wasn't completely frozen.  The lake still had some weak spots and the ice was cracking.  With a stick in the shape of a cane, Jack attempted to save his sister.  He switched places with his sister with one quick move, but in doing so, the frozen lake split open and Jack fell in.  Unable to escape, Jack died in the water that day and became Jack Frost.

      Jack had the opportunity to help the world.  Help keep the children believing in everyone.  However, he didn't want to at first.  That is until he saw Pitch and what he can do.  That changed everything for Jack.  This movie was a amazing and I encourage everyone to find a way to see that movie, with or without the kids (for those who don't have any).  As a adult, we tend to like a lot of the kid movies too.  Rise of the Guardians gets a 5 star rating from me.  Til next time folks...........

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