random CD reviews!!

It's HERE people!! The summer edition of what to buy for you summer listening pleasures. Ok so granted I only bought 3 CD's but all are MUST HAVES! And actually I guess I missed the fall and winter, but you know me... RANDOM!!!!!!!

Let's start with Kelly Price and her aptly named CD KELLY. I love a good soulful churchy voice any day but there is truly something special about Kelly Price. What is that specialness you ask... CONTROL!!! In my opinion she doesn't over sing a song or scream or shout much like your Fantasia's or even I'ma say it Areatha's. She sings the song you get the sultriness when your supposed to, the pain when you're supposed to, the joy and every other emotion you suppose to get YOU GET!!. I was craving this CD and it delivers all the time!! The first release was 'You're not my Daddy' with that sexy lil Stokley from Mint Condition (y'all should know by now I like a man and a gap :) So I'm sure I heard it either on the Steve Harvey or Tom Joyner morning show. And as I drove up 695 I was SCREAMING Literally. LIKE OMG KELLY IS BACK!!! And then I rushed to Amazon.com only to be told I had to pre-order. Then I was like DAMN DAMN DAMN!!! Cause a pre-order means them fools don't know when the CD is coming out and it may get pushed back and I aint got time for all that. Lord I can't find it and you know I'm goggling like crazy. But there was an award show and a bunch of black female artist did a tribute to I FOUND IT!!! Ok so.. Kelly was first and it gave me chills!! Actually her and Lalah were the onliest ones who did justice to the song/tribute. IN FACT since Lalah is my BFF I had a post that said That is HOW you DO IT!! Ok wait... Lalah did another tribute on another show LOL ANYWAYS... Kelly just has a tremendous amount of freaking control!! And I love her CD. Now I know she said on the back cover in her thank yous that she is still with her hubby of like forever years, but she either has some good ass writers or he really put her through some shit over the years. I do know he has a child with some other woman right when they were about to get married, and she has pretty much raised the child as her own. So my favorite song... I don't know that I have a favorite song, but 'Tired' and 'I'm Sorry' they go THERE!! You may not want to be driving as I was when listening cause I got all kinds of misty eyed. When sista gurl says she's even tired of going to church... YOU FEEL it!! 'Himaholic' sometimes you are overly invested in a man because well JUST BECAUSE!! Her voice is so perfectly matched with Stokely who by the way wears a tight ass leather shirt in the video. But it's aiight... he soo could get it LOL. She does so many nods to the women and music of the past, including Aretha and Gladys. Just so freaking Soulful. This CD is in constant rotation in the 03 Corolla!!

OK... whew

Anthony David - As Above So Below.
I don't know what he did to be less indy, but he is being played way more often on HUR and 95.9 so it's alllll good!! The first time I heard him was at (the now defunct) Jazzy Summer nights in Baltimore several years ago. First song 'YES' LEt me find that right quick. It was just him and the guitar and I was in love instantly!! Live music can do something to me. And in my seat to the left of the stage in my blue fold up chair. I think I looked around like... IS THIS FOOL SINGING TO ME!?!?!? I'm getting chills now thinking about it. SO naturally after I had to go get the CD and get it signed AND he is not hard on the eye at all!! So the love stuck LOL. So fast forward to this CD. He is just an awesome song writer. In 'Backstreet' the lyric he wrote about a gun... it's just the thing to separate your soul from your body... WHO would think to write that?? now he did a few teasers on FB 'Let me In' was the 1st song I heard followed soon after with '4evermore' with Alegebra. Which I got a lil salty cause when artist releases songs on FB that means it may get pushed back OR not released at all. But I went to a listening party and knew it would be good... well I KNEW it would be good not having gone to the listening party. I think his first CD was the purest, more him and the guitar, as the CD's progress they get a little more produced and kinda radio friendly. But he still has a great voice and this is a must have TRUST!! "GetAround' he is trying to tell the woman that he hasn't be all that faithful in past relationships, but when he says ...SHAWTY I GET AROUND!!! I love that line. If you are a recipient of my 'MIXTAPES' the title song will be on the next one. 'As Above So Below' puts me in a calm mood, so just what I need when dealing with the pilgrims (as my friend Foxxy would say LOL). And then 'Girlfriend' uuuhhh alls I got to say about that song is SEX ROBOTS!!

Now the 3rd CD in this random review is Mint Condition - uuummm because the 2 afore mentioned CD's are in constant rotation I can honestly say I have no idea if it is good or bad... BUT I will say that I am a Mint Condition fan and even though I wasn't really feeling E-Life (their last CD) and The Mint Factory is till probably my favorite CD, aw man I might hafta pull that CD out. YEAH. SOOOOOooooo we are gonna go with a 'get-it-cause-you're-a-fan' rationale for their newest CD. And we know Stokley is sexy and actually the WHOLE band looks sexy on the cover. 'I'm not you're Daddy' is on this CD too.

RUN DON'T WALK to your nearest CD store or online outlet to get these CD's!!! Here's what I looking forward to Lalah... cause she is always getting ret to come out with something. Rahsaan... cause I HOPE he is getting ret to come out with something. Ledisi, she really IS getting ret to come out with a CD. Algebra Blesset I hope she got her deal done so she can come out with something. 1 CD is not enough. Jill Scott which I wish she would do that tour agian with Eryka Badu and Queen LAtifah. I'm on Soul Tracks now. They do some good reviews. And Ke Ke Wyatt is on the front 'page'. She did a few duets with Avant back in the early 2000's. Then she stabbed her husband or something crazy.. anyway she seems to be back. Soul Bounce is another site that has some good stuff on it.