With the recent release of his sophomore album To Pimp a Butterfly Kendrick “K Dot” Lamar has a lot to celebrate. A dude from Compton, California that has seen and heard more then many and accomplished more is keeping it lowkey with his new home purchase. Lamar’s new address is in Eastvale, Calif., a modest 4-bedroom home. Talk about keeping it real. He picked a location that houses less than 60k people and a simple, not flashy home. Nice! Now, don’t get it twisted, he could afford the show-offy mansion-sized homes in Beverly Hills and Calabasas. Forbes magazine reported in 2013 the conscience rapper’s net worth was at $9 million and I’m sure it has only gone up since then. We’ve seen enough big-timers downgrade or file bankrupt for living outside of their means. I say kudos to Kendrick! Manage your money honey. WRITTEN BY: VIOLA CONSTANCE | @Voila_its_Viola
0 Comments
Written By: Lauren B. I @laurenbeal I am a huge J. Cole Fan. I don't "STAN" for him or any of those other eclectic terms fans use today. However, I have been a fan of J. Cole since I first heard the song "College Boy" off his mixtape "The Come Up". When I first heard this song in 2009, I though it was the soundtrack to my undergrad college life. The song was full of struggle of college, all the ups and downs, and questions of what the hell am I really doing here?
I patiently waited for his freshman album that would come after too many interviews and classic mixtapes. Disappointed wouldn't be the right word because singles like " Work Out" and "Can't get Enough". Although they were great radio hits they did not speak to the poetic genius I saw in one of my current favorite rappers. While J. Cole put out those solely for radio hits also he also supplied content with "Lost Ones" and "Breakdown". After buying Sideline Story, I again patiently waited for Born Sinner to drop. This was the J. Cole I had been waiting for. I remember when I first heard "Trouble" combining a sample song from my all time favorite movie "Imitation of Life" and one of my favorite rappers on a track. I supported one of my favorite artists as many in my generation often don't do. I remember scrimping and saving to pay to see J. Cole Club Nokia on tour and again at the Nokia Theatre. I supported by purchasing tour tickets and albums. When Forrest Hills Drive dropped, I bought too bought this album and even listened to the minutes long credits at the end. I patiently waited to see J. Cole again but this time at the Staples Center along with other acts. To my surprise, I couldn't get tickets, the words SOLD OUT flashed across my Live Nation screen. For the first time since J. Cole has dropped his freshman album, I would be missing his tour. While I still support J. Cole, I am a hip-hop fan like any other and still want to maintain a just a little of the artist for myself. I want my favorite rapper to succeed. I want everyone to hear his lyrics. But with success comes Sold Out shows and higher ticket prices that sometimes we as fans can't afford. J. Cole is a case where my favorite rapper is now everyone's favorite rapper! ![]() Kendrick Lamar released his album "To Pimp A Butterfly" a week early. The album's title comes from a play off of the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird." Following Lamar's 2012’s critically acclaimed Good Kid, m.A.A.d City, "To Pimp A Butterfly" is a 16-track album that features guest appearances by George Clinton and Snoop Dogg, with Flying Lotus and Pharrell William. Lamar has already broken Drake's previously set record of number of plays on Spotify by millions. With Drake, J. Cole, and now Kendrick all releasing new material in the last few months, let the debates begin. What are you listening to on your way to work or school, in the club, or just hanging at the house? Let's Talk! Written By: Lauren B. I @laurenbeal Most things in pop culture aren’t truly original. Things may be tweaked, but not original. Fashions fads have come and gone and come back around again. Jordans are rebirth every so often with different color schemes. Things are recycled, that’s just a part of life. The same happens with music.
We’ve seen time after time that so and so has on the same dress and similar hair style in 2015 as what’s her face did in 2009. That song you’re crazy about has the same harmonics as that old school song your parents said ‘you don’t nothin’ about’. With the recent verdict of the “Blurred Lines/Got to Give it Up” case things may possibly change. What do you all think about the Blurred Lines verdict and what could happen in music because of it? Lifetime’s Preachers' Daughters is nearing the end of season 3 and man if you’ve kept up with this show, this season was definitely something else! The show in general started out in 2013 and followed four pastors' daughters, their families, and their live tests of being preacher’s daughters trying to live up to their parents high expectations, church values and then some. Most of the girls were teens mainly struggling to find the balance between the holy life and the teen party scene.
Season 3, however, is more reality show-esque. It’s like Real World meets Bad Girls Club meets church folks. That’s a crazy mixture I know, but that’s what I get when watching it. Nine girls are living in a nice-for-the-location-and-the-work-they’re-doing house and trying to stay saved, complete mission work all while being in the house with each other. Like all other shows, the individuals the show follows are supposed to hang in there and make it to the end. |
AuthorLB and Vi, just two black girls from LA trying to navigate through life and offer positive news 2 black girls. Archives
August 2015
Categories
All
|