Soul Glo

I wanted this for my 5th birthday, and yes I’m serious.

Sexual Chocolate!

LOL….

I’ll Be Going To See This Movie On 2.13.2009

Will You?

Re-Post: Do The Right Thing.

So I’m just getting home from Sugarhill from chillin with Lauren and Coop. I’m forcing myself to eat something before going to bed, and while doing that, I figured I would pose a question to my readers out there.

This is my very first entry on this here blog, but I personally feel that the question is still relevant. Anyways, click here for my brief movie review of Spike Lee’s ‘Do The Right Thing’.

The Best of ‘07

Here’s my list of the best Movies, Music, & Television for the year thats rapidly coming to a close. (Some things on this list I may have discovered in ‘07, but were released prior.)

Best Music

Best Rap Album (NY): “From Nothin to Somethin” by Fabolous

Best Rap Albums (Midwest): “Graduation” by Kanye West, “The Cool” by Lupe Fiasco, “Finding Forever” by Common

Best R&B Albums: “The Real Thing: Words & Sounds Vol. 3″ by Jill Scott & “I Am” by Chrisette Michele

Best Alternative Album: “Riot!” by Paramore

Best Rap/Rock Album: “As Cruel As School Children” by Gym Class Heroes

Best Pop Album: “Good Girl Gone Bad” by Rihanna

Best Jazz Album: “Lovely Standards” by Amel Larrieux

Best Reggaeton Album: “King of Kings” by Don Omar

Honorable Mentions (Albums): “Back of My Lac” by J. Holiday , “Kevin Michael” by Kevin Michael & “American Gangster” by Jay-Z

Best Rap Songs (NY): “I’m The Man” & “Return of The Hustle” by Fabolous & “Roc Boys” by Jay-Z

Best Rap Songs (Down South): “Circles” by Crime Mob & “International Players Anthem” by UGK

Best Rap Songs (Midwest): “Dumb It Down” by Lupe Fiasco, “Flashing Lights” by Kanye West & “Drivin Me Wild” by Common

Best Rap Song (West Coast): “Can You Work Wit Dat” by The Fixxers

Best Uptempo R&B Songs: “Work” by Kelly Rowland & “The Way I Are” by Timbaland feat. Keri Hilson

Best Midtempo R&B Songs: “Best of Me” by Chrisette Michele, “Wreckless Love” by Alicia Keys & “Just Fine” by Mary J. Blige

Best Slow Jams: “Lost Without You” by Robin Thicke , “Liquid Lava Love” by Kevin Michael,
“Bed” by J.Holiday, “I Want You” by Common & “My Love” by Jill Scott

Best Alternative Song: “CrushCrushCrush” by Paramore

Best Rap/Rock Songs: “Viva La White Girl” & “Shoot Down The Stars” by Gym Class Heroes

Best Pop Songs: “Umbrella” by Rihanna & “Gimme More” by Britney Spears

Best Jazz Song: “If I Were A Bell” by Amel Larrieux

Best Reggae Songs: “Love Is Wicked” by Brick & Lace and “Top Shotta Nah Miss” by Movado

Best Reggaeton Songs: “Sexy Movimiento” by Wisin Y Yandel, “Impacto (Remix)” by Daddy Yankee & “Que Lloren” by Ivy Queen

Best Bachata Song: “Mi Corazoncito” by Aventura

Best Dance Songs: “Crank That” by Soulja Boy & “Cupid Shuffle” by Cupid

Honorable Mention (Songs): “Whine Up” by Kat DeLuna, “Without You” by J. Holiday & “Calabria” by Enur

Best Movies

Best Comedy: The Simpsons Movie

Best Action: Live Free or Die Hard, Death Proof (Grindhouse)

Best Horror Flick: Hostel Pt. 2

Best Drama: The Great Debaters

Best Summer Blockbuster: Transformers

Honorable Mention: Illegal Tender

Best Television

Best Comedy: Family Guy & The Simpsons

Best Cartoon: The Boondocks

Best Drama: Law & Order: SVU & Cold Case

Best Reality Shows: Intervention, Run’s House, The Real World: Sydney, It Takes A Thief, Mythbusters

Worst Reality Show: I Love New York 2 (It’s complete coonery but I still watched every episode)

Best Game Shows: Cash Cab & The Price Is Right (Before Bob Barker Left)

Best Talk Shows: Maury and The Tyra Banks show (some episodes)

Best Court Shows: Divorce Court, Judge Hatchett, Judge Alex, Judge Maria Lopez

Best Cooking Shows: Dinner: Impossible, Good Eats, Iron Chef America, Turn Up The Heat with G. Garvin

Movie Review: Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing

“Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. It is impractical because it is a descending spiral ending in destruction for all. The old law of an eye for an eye leaves everybody blind. It is immoral because it seeks to humiliate the opponent rather than win his understanding; it seeks to annihilate rather than to convert.”

-Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

All I can say is wow. I really had forgotten how powerful this movie was. I haven’t seen this movie in years, and this is actually the first time I sat through it in its entirety. It definitely does make you think. Should you just sit by and let the negative happen, or should you take a stand for what you believe in? In this movie, Spike Lee left that question open to the viewer…I personally think that there’s always more than one way to solve a problem. What do you think?