Jesus Spoke To Me. He said “Buy the Alicia Keys album”
Okay, he didn’t literally speak to me. That would make me either a prophet or shit nuts. Anyway … I’ve been kind of busy lately, and I have once again fallen behind on music. So, last week I sat down and made a short list of the CDs I wanted to buy in the near future. This list was about 11 albums long, so I have some work to do. Thankful for me, of the 11 I listed, six of them haven’t been released yet, so I have a little extra time to stretch this out over the next couple months. The list of the five albums that are available now is as follows: Alicia Keys – As I Am, Chris Brown – Exclusive, Keyshia Cole – Just Like You, Mary J. Blige – Growing Pains, and John Mayer – Room For Squares. As you can see, I’m on a big R&B kick lately, mostly due to the decline of hip hop in recent years as highlighted by my previous post. Us hip hop fans have had to find another genre or two that we really enjoy lately because otherwise we would only get to buy about five or six CDs a year that are even worth their weight in doody.
As I was thumbing through this week’s Best Buy ad, which is far and away the MVP of the Sunday newspaper in my opinion, I noticed that of the five albums I desired to purchase, four of them were on sale with Room For Squares being the exception. Immediately in my head I started singing that Rod Stewart song “Some Guys Have All The Luck.” The music Gods really spoke to me on this one. Suffice it to say that I went this afternoon and purchased all five albums. I should manage to get them listened to this week and for those who care, I will probably share my thoughts and reviews with you on here.
Noteworthy: This week is my Spring “Break” week at school. I put ‘break’ in quotations for a couple of reasons. First, I will be working six days this week. Second, my seventh day will probably be spent studying, as I have a test on our first day back. Yes, I have a professor savage enough to schedule a test on the Monday after Spring Break. Would it be in bad taste to find out where she lives and let the air out of her tires? Perhaps I could hire someone to kidnap her and keep her in a cold, musty basement. Not a jury in the land would convict me if they saw the amount of work she has laid on us this semester. Oh well, only about eight weeks left and summer is here. I can tough it out. Besides, I couldn’t fathom being in jail during March Madness. That’s right baby, it’s just around the corner! I hope you all have a fantastical week.
One love,
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Tags: Alicia Keys, Best Buy, Chris Brown, hip hop, John Mayer, Keyshia Cole, Mary J Blige, Music, R&B, spring break
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March 3, 2008 at 4:28 PM
I can’t prove this, but I’m convinced Alicia Keys, Keyisha Cole and Chris Brown are all the same person.
Also, I had a friend that lives in NYC get hit on by John Mayer while she was shooting pool. She claimed he was too ‘girly’ for her tastes. Considering he spent months nailing Jessica Simpson, I found this hilarious. Apparently her taste runs towards the Sasquash among us.
March 3, 2008 at 5:46 PM
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March 4, 2008 at 2:00 AM
Well Beach, then that officially makes Chris Brown the best looking male I’ve ever seen. Let’s face it, all three of them can sing their asses off and I’ve never seen two of them in the same place at the same time. So I guess you’re either onto something or you’re on something.
As for the John Mayer thing, don’t forget he was also involved with Jennifer Love Hewitt for a while in addition to Simpson. So not only is this man my current musical idol, but he has pretty fair taste in women. Your friend certainly dropped the ball on that one. If John Mayer hit on me while I was playing pool I would be so happy.
March 4, 2008 at 8:25 AM
In her defense, she also offered up the excuse that ‘one of her goals in life is avoiding any sort of STD’. Hard to argue that logic, especially when the guy hitting on you was last involved with Jessica Simpson – who, in turn, was last involved with the guy from JackAss, Tony Romo, and spare extras from ‘Employee of the Year’.
March 4, 2008 at 8:37 AM
I am amazed that you stil actually buy CDs! I didn’t know that people still do that. You are the only person keeping the record companies alive!
By the way, I live in NYC and have never been hit on by John Mayer. I have, however, seen Vanessa Carlton walking her dog in SoHo. Oh, and I know a girl who is a friends with a girl who slept with Dave Matthews. He likes to be peed on. True story.
March 4, 2008 at 1:30 PM
But she was a virgin until her marriage to Nick Lachey, so maybe she still has some morals leftover … but maybe not. Either way, I’d like to think of John Mayer as an impenetrable force that no disease can infect. He is superhuman.
March 4, 2008 at 1:32 PM
Julie – I laughed my ass of and gagged a little bit at your comment. Thanks for reading!
March 4, 2008 at 4:10 PM
I peed on Dave Matthews once….it wasn’t pretty. AKeys is HOT.
March 5, 2008 at 1:35 AM
Jim, can I start calling you R. Kelly?