Nothin better than listening to this with MAXIMUM volume on an early Sunday evening...


This song is SO true... DAMN! Have I been there! PREACH ON Vivian!


The guitar riff in this song is SOOOO haunting, it gives me GOOSEBUMPS! I luv this song dearly!

Labels: jill scott, music, sade, vivian green

It's Sunday afternoon, and this song is on repeat... It's strange, because while listening to this right now, I have that warm, "butteries in my stomach" feeling, you know, the feeling you get when you meet someone for the first time that just blows you mind? That's kinda how I'm feeling at this moment... it's kinda strange, I wonder what it means...

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Labels: common, love, music

Check it out, yesterday was my father's birthday and he came up to Boston from Springfield just to spend it with me! My father is TRULY and inspiration: he had a ROUGH battle with drugs (and is 11 years clean.... thank you very much) and for the most part has been VERY lucky! He's been robbed, shot at, locked up (for petty stuff), and God only knows what else. Again, he is now clean, and is sincerely one of the most amazing, funny, silly, strongest people to grace this planet.

Yesterday, we got our grub on (I had sweet and spicy shrimp with rice and a salad, he had baked haddock with rice and a salad, and we split some shrimp quesadillas), and went bowling. We had so much fun.... he won the first game, I won the second (he wasn't too thrilled with that, lol).

Anyway, here is a playlist I'd like to dedicate to him... it's just a couple songs that are his jams.... check it out, you'd be surprised at some of the stuff he listens to, lol. So folks, get your do-rags, your tims, your bell-bottoms, and kick back and vibe off a few good tunes.

Happy Brithday Daddy! I love you to pieces!

Labels: alexander o'neal, birthday, common, daddy, drugs, george clinton, isaac hayes, james brown, jay-z, kanye west, kool and the gang, music, ohio players, one way, the o'jays, wu tang clan

Remember how much we LOVED Faith?

Folks, I NEED SOME FREAKIN CLOSURE!!!

Labels: dating, faith evans, memories, music

This is what I was listening to before I went out to meet Christine this afternoon. We went up to the North End (Little Italy) for some Pizza, shopping, and "sight seeing". Today was SERIOUSLY the perfect day for it!

Labels: best friend, linkin park, music, pizza, shopping

Check out my boy Common featuring Pharrell...
Universal Mind Control

80's sound with a futuristic feel to it... it's BANANAS!!

Labels: common, hiphop, music

CLASSIC song from Sade, just listen to the words and you'll see why... her music is TIMELESS and astonishingly poetic. She bares the gift to capture my emotion and portray it through song. I simply worship her!



It's not that complicated, but you're gonna need a BULLETPROOF SOUL...

Labels: music, sade

Labels: music, sade

"Every time I have a dream about him, the dream is different, but the precise is always the same..."

Rasharn was my first love, actually, he was my first for pretty much everything. I met him when I was 16. He was a thug, a STRAIGHT hustla who lived in Boston and me, I was a quiet, shy girl from the hood in Springfield. Long story short, while visiting family in Boston we met. It took awhile for cupid to "assassinate" me, but when he did, it was OVER. To say I fell head over heels is an understatement. I loved him with every inch of my soul... His street slang, drug dealing, block huggin ways, and my shy, virginal (literally), book smart, around the way girl "charm" was completely opposite but it worked! We often compared ourselves to Jay Z and Beyonce, especially seeing how people did not understand how the two of us loved each other so...

This relationship carried on for 8 years. Between fights, him doing time off and on, Rasharn and I tried to maintain what we perceived as a "healthy" relationship. About 4 years ago, I had a wake up call, and I abruptly ended things with him. I applauded myself for being able to turn my back and not cave in. It was so cold and calculated, which was something he truly wasn't used to. Now, I am being haunted by dreams of him... and when I dream of Rasharn, I can count on the fact that I am going to dream about him consistently for at least 2 weeks. In EVERY single dream, I run into him somewhere, and I say to him "I am so glad I finally ran into you and I'm not dreaming"... then I wake up. Once I realize I actually was dreaming, I am left with this gut-wrenching, empty feeling that I can not even translate into words. It KILLS me...

Sharnee, if you are out there, I guess I just wanna say, I stand by the decision I made, but I truly orchestrated it in the wrong way. With ALL we been through, I should have never turned my back on you the way I did. You taught me how to love, laugh and most important, you taught me how to toughen up. I am waiting for that day when I DO run into and I don't wake up in a cold sweat. I just want to know if you're ok and wish you and your son (who I recently found out you have) well. I remember when you said you didn't deserve me because you thought I was too good for you, but you were wrong. We BOTH made mistakes and we could have taken the time and effort to sort things out, but I took that option away from you. Rasharn, I will ALWAYS have a place in my heart for you, and again, hopefully you and I will cross paths, and when we do, it will TRULY be a dream come true.

P.S. Rasharn is indeed his real name, I decided not to change it. I am off to go to bed in a few... let's see what I dream about.

Labels: about me, beyonce, broken-heart, dating, dreams, jay-z, memories, music, wu tang clan