New Tunes - Cris Cab, Vivian Green

This week I checked out new albums from Vivian Green and Cris Cab.

Vivian Green - The Green Room

This album was pretty okay. I think I'm in the wrong headspace for adult contemporary R&B, or whatever they are classifying this type of music as nowadays. As I listened to it I thought of my parents and how much they would enjoy the album, if that tells you anything. You can listen to the whole thing on Spotify and check it out for yourself.

Cris Cab - Rise

If it weren't for my connection with HypeGirls.com, I probably wouldn't know much about Cris Cab. Luckily I AM connected because Cris Cab is great!! His new album, 'Rise', makes me smile and bounce when I listen to it.

What I love most about Cris is that he has a 'The Voice' effect. Take a look at him and you wouldn't think his voice would sound like it does at all. So amazing! Here are my favorite tracks:

She's So Fly - Cris teams up with buddy Wyclef for this sweet little diddy

Good Girls (Don't Grow On Trees) - Aww, isn't he the sweetest? There are a few versions of this song that have been out a little while, but the 'Rise' version features Big Sean who I'm loving lately.

He just started his tour for 'Rise'. Be sure and check him out if he comes through your city! Read more about it here on HypeGirls.com.

Childish Gambino (a.k.a. Donald Glover) ft. Nipsey Hussle - Black Faces

As an added bonus, here is a song that I COMPLETELY missed when it came out a few months ago. Listen and love.

Another fave of mine this week is Rick Ross and Wale ft. Drake - Diced Pineapple. And now...there's a super hot video. Want to see it. Well you CAN'T! Why? Because by the time I got home today it had been removed from YouTube due to copyright infringement or some bullshit.

Fight the Power!!

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Comments

why wide awake?

i'm accepting the fact that i can't sleep. it's 2 a.m. and i'm going to be REALLY sorry in about four hours. i have a lot on my mind. usually when that happens i sleep a lot, which is what i've been doing the last week. perhaps i've used up all of my sleep hours. my little- doggie -sonic, on the other hand, has done nothing but sleep since i picked him up from doggie daycare today. YES!! sonic went to doggie daycare for the first time today. well, yesterday. since The Man left he has been really clingy and over protective. he growls and barks at every little thing, and he's always full of energy now that he is alone all day. i figured the best affordable solution is a day at doggie daycare each week. last weekend he passed his temperament test at The Pampered Pet , so we set his all day appointment. when i dropped him off wednesday morning it broke my heart. he didn't understand why i couldn't go with him to the play room. the lady had to pic

I'm tired of trying to explain

I went on a trip home to Oklahoma last week. I brought Jersey Mike for his first real visit to the state and his first time meeting my friends. It was fantastic and fun. I'd love to tell you all about it. But I can't right now. I can't focus on anything right now. Upon returning to Los Angeles, I logged onto Twitter and started seeing headlines about the Charleston shooting. I immediately turned it off. At first I felt wrong about doing it. At first I felt like I should face it head-on, get angry, put on my activist hat and get to work. But I didn't. I couldn't do it. I'd just gotten home from being surrounded by love. Yes, being back in Oklahoma I heard conversations filled with intolerance. I needed to point out and shut down a few comments that were insensitive and just plain rude. That's something I've gotten used to when visiting home. I'm surrounded by liberals and hippies here in Los Angeles. We are a melting pot of colors,

Last Week in Pix + 2x2 - Long Weekend Bliss

Last week was STRESSFUL. Work was the normal amount of unnecessary crap. Bad weather near my hometown was no fun at all. Let's just say this long weekend could not have come at a better time. FRIDAY; Raise A Glass For Oklahoma! happened at SOUTH in Santa Monica. We are still waiting for the final report from the bar, but we are pretty sure we reached our goal to raise $1000 for Feed The Children in Oklahoma City. Check out the progress here: https://app.mobilecause.com/public/social/7524 It was great that people were down to help out. We had amazing raffle prizes, the bar is donating 15% of the night's sales, and a lot of Oklahomies showed up, which was just wonderful. And because the more we drank the more money the bar would donate...we drank a fair amount. SATURDAY & SUNDAY: Yoga did not happen. I tried really hard, but all of my donation drinking said no. I finally got rolling in the afternoon, packed up my stuff and Sonic

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