My Top Albums of 2009 & the Decade!!!

I love music. My radio is my bestfriend. It comforts me. It makes me laugh. It makes me cry. It makes me dance the pain away! A lot of music has been released this year. Some good. Some bad. Some ill. Some ewww. Here are a few of my faves broken down by genres. Keep in mind these are the albums that I like listed in numerical order by the amount of rotation it gets in my itunes. Enjoy! You might agree with me and I might've even put you on to some new shit!



My "other shyt" faves of 2009


1. Dirty Projectors- Bitte Orca

2. Grizzly Bear- Veckatimest

3. Peaches- I feel cream

4. Amanda Blank- I Love You

5. Pink- Funhouse

*Black- Eyed Peas' "The E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies)" gets honorable mention*


My fave Mixtapes of 2009

1. Trey Songz- anticipation

2. 50 cent- forever king

3. Lil Wayne- no ceilings

4. Drake- so far gone

5. Nicki Minaj- beam me up scotty

6.Oceans 7- 3000 and 9 shit

7. The Cool Kids- gone fishing

8. Wale- back to the feature




My fave R&B albums of 2009

1. Maxwell- a blacksummer's night

2. Alicia Keys- the element of freedom

3. Melanie Fiona- the bridge

4. Dream- love vs. money

5. Ledisi- turn me loose

6.  Day 26- forever and a day

7. Chrissette Michelle- epiphany

8. Trey Songz- ready

9. Keyshia Cole- a different me

10. Mario- DNA

*Whitney Houston's "I look to you" gets honarable mention*


My fave rap albums of 2009

1. Jay- Z- the blueprint 3

2. Slaughterhouse- slaughterhouse

3. Fabolous- loso's way

4. Mos Def- the estatic

5. Raekwon- only built 4 Cuban linx 2

6. Clipse- 'til the casket drops

7. Kid Cudi- man on the moon

8. Jay Electronica- Exhibit C

9. Jadakiss- the last kiss

10. Wale- attention deficit

*Eminem's "Relapse" gets honarable mention*





My fave albums of the decade
(albums that I still love to play as if it was released just yesterday in no particular order)

*Sol- Angel and the Hadley Street Dreams- Solange

*Confessions- Usher

*Trey Day- Trey Songz

*Full Moon- Brandy

*Good Girl Gone Bad (reloaded)- Rihanna

*8701- Usher

*Just Like You- Keyshia Cole

*Aaliyah- Aaliyah

*Diary of Alicia Keys- Alicia Keys

*Dangerously in Love- Beyonce

*The Becoming- Beanie Sigel

*B'day- Beyonce

*Destiny Fulfilled- Destiny's Child

*Britney- Britney

*Blackout- Britney

*Purple Haze- Cam'ron

*Exclusive- Chris Brown

*Lord Willin'- Clipse

*Stripped- Christina Aguilera

*Be- Common

*Welcome to the Dollhouse- Danity Kane

*Mama's Gun- Erykah Badu

*From nothin' to somethin'- Fabolous

*Ghetto Fabolous- Fabolous

*From under the cork tree- Fall Out Boy

*Broken Silence- Foxy Brown

*Floetic- Floetry

*Philadelphia Freeway- Freeway

*American Gangster- Jay- Z

*The Blueprint- Jay- Z

*The Black Album- Jay- Z

*Futuresex/ Lovesounds- Justin Timberlake

*Who is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1- Jill Scott

*Late Registration- Kanye West

*Graduation- Kanye West

*Breakaway- Kelly Clarkson

*Kina- Kina

*Get Lifted- John Legend

*The Naked Truth- Lil' Kim

*The Carter- Lil' Wayne

*The Carter 2- Lil' Wayne

*The Carter 3- Lil' Wayne

*The Emancipation of Mimi- Mariah Carey

*Invincible- Micheal Jackson

*Now- Maxwell

*Fear of Flying- Mya

*Fly or Die- N.E.R.D

*Stillmatic- Nas

*In My Own Words- NE- YO

*Because of You- NE- YO

*I am... Sasha Fierce- Beyonce

*College Dropout- Kanye West

*TP.com- R. Kelly

*Return of Saturn- No Doubt

*Speakerboxx/ The Love Below- OutKast

*The Chocolate Factory- R. Kelly

*Missundaztood- Pink

*Get Rich or Die Tryin'- 50 cent

*Paper Trail- T.I

*Metropolis: The Chase Suite- Janelle Monae

*The All- American Rejects- The All- American Rejects

*Dirty Little Secret- The All- American Rejects

*Boys Like Girls- Boys Like Girls

*Trap Muzik- T.I

*Nas- Nas

*******HAPPY NEW YEAR*******

R.I.P. (2009)


*Dolla (rapper)
*Tega (rapper)
*Michael Jackson (King of Pop)
*Baatin (rapper)
*DJ AM (DJ)
*Roc Raider (DJ)
*Mr. Magic (DJ)

Rush Limbaugh: the spokesman for the black frame of mind... huh??

Well folks, he's back at it again! On Tuesday's "Rush Limbaugh Show", the right- winged radio talk show host weighed in on "the black frame of mind", which he insists is "terrible".

"Black unemployment is terrible. The black frame of mind is terrible. They are depressed. They're down, Obama's not doing anything for them. How's that hoax and change working for ya? They're livid. They thought there was going to be an exact 180 degree economic reversal, and it's done nothing but get bad for everybody, but they're especially upset about it because they look at him as one of them, and now they feel abandoned, and I'm sure Tiger Woods' choice of females not helping them out with their attitudes either".

Leave it to Rush Limbaugh to tie the issue of Tiger Woods' choice of white mistresses in with President Obama... Can we say grasping at straws?

Wow! I am not surprised that these statements are coming from a man like Rush Limbaugh. I am, however, surprised at the lengths that he would go to tarnish President Obama's name. As I sit here wondering, "when did Rush Limbaugh become the spokesman for the 'black frame of mind'", I cannot help but see some truth in what he is saying. I agree, the black state of mind is terrible, but not for any of the reasons that he has expressed. I believe that the black state of mind is terrible because a lot of us take no real interest in the state we are currently in. Thousands of African- Americans stood in line for hours awaiting the chance to vote for a change. We, as African- Americans, have created this image of Barack Obama and made him out to be some sort of a superhero who carries weapons of hope and change and destroys the evil republicans. Never once did it dawn on us that Barack Obama is not a superhero, he is human. Yes, he is the President of the United States, but we are the citizens. As citizens we have to be the hope and change we seek. As citizens, we have to assist our President in leading us to a better life. Voting was not the last stop on the train. So for all of those who have voted and then sat their asses right back on the couch instead of being front line in the fight for change, congratulations! You have succeeded in given Rush Limbaugh (and other's who think like him) all the ammunition needed to destroy our President's legacy and us as a people.

This is a call to all my fellow African Americans, there are issues in the world that stretch far beyond Nicki Minaj copying Lil' Kim or who Tila Tequila is starting a twitter beef with or getting the details of Jay- Z's exclusive birthday party. Those topics are entertaining, but while you are being entertained take a second to look around you. Are there people in your household who are without a job or without healthcare? Are there people in your household who are morbidly obese? Are there people in your household on their way overseas to assist in fighting a senseless war? Are there people in your household who couldn't afford to finish school or dropped out at a young age? Are there people in your household who have HIV/ AIDS? Are there people in your household whose sexuality won't legally allow them to get married? If the answer to any of those questions is yes, even if that person is you, that is all the more reason to get up and fight the good fight. The easiest solution is to blame the President, right? Isn't that what we did to Bush? But consider this notion, Bush didn't place himself in office (well, maybe the first time). And if you are sitting there reading this thinking, "I didn't put him there either", well that's the problem. Take a stand. If you don't make change happen, guess what, it won't!

And as far as Rush Limbaugh's outlandish connection of the "black frame of mind" and the current Tiger Woods fiasco, I believe what he was trying to insinuate is that their similarities are based on them both turning their backs on blacks. But it's still far fetched. Tiger is accused of being unfaithful. Infidelity is a common issue in all races. Men cheat. Women cheat. Famous people cheat. The bum on the corner chests. As a black woman, Tiger Woods choosing to have white mistresses does not bother me because Tiger never claims to be black anyway... not fully. So, if blacks are outraged, then Asians should be too. ;)

Click here to here full audio of Rush Limbaugh's talk show: http://HUFFPO.ST/cagm