Top 5 Songs of 2011 NOT By Black Artists

I am a music fanatic. My favorite genre is neo-soul music with some hip hop sprinkled in for a little flavor. Unlike a lot a people I know, I do listen to a broad range of music so my tastes are very wide. I think 2011 has been the year of alternative music tastes for me. Here are my top 5 faves!!

1. Moves Like Jagger -  Maroon 5



This song is my ringtone right now, lol. Something about this tune just gets in your head and stays there!! I have been a Maroon 5 fan for a VERY long time....so the new album was a must grab for me. I'm not really feeling XTina in this song, though. I feel like she could've been left out. Oh well!

2. You & I - Lady Gaga



Anybody that knows me, knows that me and Lady Gaga do not get down, lol. However I realized it had more to do with her distracting image than anything else of substance. When I heard this song, I was hooked. I am a fan now.

3. If I Die Young - The Band Perry



The only reason that I love this song is because Delilah sung this song on this season of The Sing Off. I am not that big a fan of country music, but this song touches me.

4. Someone Like You - Adele



Do I even need to explain?!?!

5. Who You Are - Jessie J.



I am really feeling Jessie J. right now. Why? No idea...but I'm rolling with it.

What are your favorite songs outside of your main music genre?

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Music Therapy: I Don't Like Her....I'm A Hater

Getting from point A to point B in my new city, I'm able to listen to 3 different black radio stations. This is a far cry from living in Oxford where there was only one black radio station…..located in Memphis….where you had to hope a clear day would pick up that signal from an hour away. So I've been  living it up.

There is this one song that comes on and leaves me with lots of thoughts EVERY TIME it comes on…..which is oddly not a lot. It's called Hater by Miranda Brooke. This goes on my list as the most honest song sung by a woman of all time. Well maybe of just 2011. Sometimes when we go through a breakup, women put on a façade. We are thinking about the man. We are just fine without the man. We don't care who he goes out with next. Yea, right!!! I can honestly say that I have felt just like Miranda Brooke. And this song makes me feel feelings like I'm going through that right now….and my relationship is fine!

Lyrics:

Now she gets the best of you

While the rest of you is left back with me

She don't have a clue just what to do with you

I don't like her

I'm a hater

You're in love, I'm alone

It's not fair.

She gets the good guy

I got the player

So I don't like her

I'm a hater

Have any of you felt this way? Be honest.

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Music Review: Chris Brown's F.A.M.E.

As I stated in yesterday's post, I am a Chris Brown fan. A LOYAL one. I don't care about his antics. I just care about his talent. I was excited about this album from the time I heard No Bull**** early last summer. His last CD came out in the midst of the Rihanna drama and to be honest....Graffiti was a horrible bunch of mess that was quickly put together and thrown out to the public just not that great. However F.A.M.E. is very much redemption from Graffiti and is reminiscent of the reason why we fell in love with Chris Brown in the first place.

I have played the CD in its entirety about 10 times since yesterday afternoon. It is THAT good to me and I don't get down with a lot of pop sounding R&B. My favorite song of the album has to be Up To You. It is straight R&B crooning. This song will put Trey Songz to bed for a little while. He also gave a musical tribute to Michael Jackson, who is one of his inspirations, on She Ain't You. This song samples Jackson's Human Nature in a very tasteful way. For all of you who want a song that is great for lovemaking, Wet The Bed is the song for you. It features Ludacris and doesn't disappoint when to comes to setting the mood. He also features Justin Bieber in Next To You. In my opinion, this exposes little Justin for how much he CAN'T sing....but you didn't hear that from me. All in all, I'll give it 4.5 stars!

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