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Sooo I know that you most likely wouldn't be a fan of a song that mixes Miley Cyrus, Juicy J and Wiz Khalifa but you should try to check this one out. Let me explain why really quick.

First off, it's produced by Mike WiLL Made It. Mike WiLL Made It is a 24 year old producer from Atlanta and he probably one of the best, if not the best, hip hop beat maker alive. He's done multiple songs that have hit the top of the charts for artists such as Lil Wayne, Rihanna, Miley Cyrus and Juicy J. He practically made revived Juicy J's career by producing the beat for "Bandz A Make Her Dance" because Juicy's raps really aren't any good. But anyways, every beat he makes is really good, despite the rapper or singer going over it.

Second, Miley is rapping in this song and I think her lyrics are hilarious. It makes her sound like probably the biggest slut to ever walk the Earth. I start to wonder why she is doing this to herself. Also, she is acting like she Juicy J or Wiz when she really isn't. She says she's "tatted up" with "J's on her feet." So yeah, her rap verse isn't very good and get what you expect when you're listening to a Miley Cyrus song. She does the chorus with Juicy J and I actually think that they sound pretty good together and it flows well.

Lastly, Wiz is in this song and he's the only rapper in the song who can come up with a creative rhyme.  I love hearing his stoner laugh before he goes in on a verse. I don't know why but it gets me every time.  But anyways I thought that he did a good job in the song despite his verse being really really short.

Juicy J's verse comes last and it's exactly what you'd expect from him. He talks about getting hoes and popping bottles, what a surprise. But he didn't kill the song and still helped it all flow together.

But anyways, this is probably going to turn into a huge club song, which is what it is meant to be. It has both things that any song needs to be a club hit. Either: A) Juicy J or B) a sick beat. This song was fortunate enough to have both, which is why it should be successful. Music video posted below.

Also you should check out rapgenius.com if you haven't already. It has the lyrics to like every rap song ever made and explains them. So if you hear someone say something and are like WTF then you can go on here and hopefully get a decent explanation.

A Hard Day's Night

During this past week in class, we've been watching "A Hard Day's Night." It seemed interesting at first but as it went on, it kind of lost my attention. It was hard to understand what all the characters were saying, thus making it challenging to really understand what exactly was happening. Plus, it was in black and white which really didn't make things any better. 

However, I thought that some parts of the movie were funny while other parts didn't really make that sense to me. It might be because you had to watch closely to really understand and catch the british humor, but I'm not sure. It's just not the type that humor that I'm really used to. In my opinion the funniest shows on TV are Arrested Development and The Big Bang Theory. I feel that these shows have a more direct humor, which is what I'm used to. I'd probably have to watch more Monty Python related things to understand the humor of "A Hard Day's Night."

Nothing Was The Same - week 4

A few days ago, Drake's album entitled "Nothing Was The Same" leaked online. This has been one of the most anticipated hip hop albums of the year, but I wouldn't even call it hip hop. Drake has kind of created his own genre that mixes rapping and singing and the albums has points in it that are slow, while other are fast. The album has definitely lived up to the hype that it's received over the past year.

Drake does such an incredible job of mixing up his singing with his rapping. It all flows really well together and because of this, I think it has a great appeal to all audiences. The album has such a great variety of tracks and sound. No one I've talked to about it has given it any disapproval including my mom who's like 50. My favorite tracks are posted below.

The Beatles - week 4

This past week in class we've been listening to entire albums of The Beatles. I wasn't much of a fan of the first album that we listened to, but I thought that the second one was much much better. I'm not quite sure what it was about it, but I thought that just all together, this second one was much better. Most likely it was because they improved and got better as time progressed. Because of this, I look forward to listening to more of their work as their career progresses, and I cannot wait for what is in store in the near future. (Also, it would be cool if we listened to more of them mashed up with Jay-Z)

2 CHAINZZ!!! - week 3

Recently, 2 Chainz released his second studio album entitled B.O.A.T.S. (Based On A True Story) II #Metime. Despite the ridiculous name and 2 Chainz reputation as rapper, I thought that the album was good.

Well the beginning was good. After the first 10 songs, I thought that there was a huge drop off. He was actually putting good verses together that rhymed and everything then I guess he got a little lazy and it just started to get really bad. But in those first 10 songs he was doing really well! He had a song that featured Pharrell, another one that featured Drake and Lil Wayne (which is my favorite on the album) entitled "I Do It," and he even had one that featured Fergie which I found hilarious (its called "Netflix" and the song is hilarious).

However, it is 2 Chainz who is rapping so we know that NOTHING he says is appropriate and it is all talking about sex, drugs and money. But for a 36 year old man, I love what he is doing.

Beatles - Week 3

I've never really had much of an interest in The Beatles. I mean the only thing that I really knew about previously to the movie that we watched was that they had 19 number albums and Jay-Z (who currently has 13) is trying to catch them. But after watching that movie, I've started to listen to some of their music and it has helped me realized just how BIG that they were back in the '60s. When watching them perform I thought that it was just ridiculous how girls would screaming and crying (some pissing their pants) in the audience over them. I don't know if there's ever been another rock band to have that kind of effect.

But I really enjoyed a lot of their music. Before this, I had only heard a few of their songs such as "Yellow Submarine" and "Hey Jude." But after watching the whole movie and some of their performances I really liked "She Loves You" and "I Want To Hold Your Hand." I'm excited and I look forward to listening to more of their stuff and finding out more about them.

Mac Miller - week 2

Outside of class I've been listening to a lot of Mac Miller. I really like his new album a lot more than his first one. His first album kinda sucked and disappointed everyone who was a fan of his mixtapes. But his new one entitled "Watching Movies With The Sound Off"is really really good, despite the weird name. I think it's really important for an album to have a good intro and I liked his a lot. Most of the time when I hear an album with a bad intro, I just find myself skipping through it and not really listening to it.

But overall, I really like the album. Mac Miller switched up his flow and he kinda sounds like odd future (if you know who that is) and has changed from the party style of rap that he used to be. I think that Mac Miller has always had good lyrics and he kills it in a lot of his songs on this album. My favorite songs from the album are posted below, and personally I think the video for "Watching Movies" might be the best of all time (lol).

Elvis and the 50's - week 2

This past week in class we have learning more about Elvis and rock and roll from the 1950s. I'd never really taken much interest into old rock and roll before this. I didn't really like Elvis' performance as much as other rock and roll artists of the time. I think that Elvis had a more relaxed and boring performance than a character like James Brown or Bo Diddley. I liked the rock and roll that featured the guys like Brown and Diddley much more than Elvis.