Ndeewo my people. Eh hen, Kedu ka unu mee? If you didn't understand my greetings, ndo. Today, I am vexing and declaring it Igbo day. As we all know, there are not a lot of mainstream naija songs in Igbo, the ones we manage to hear sef have only a few lines of Igbo. As the true Igbo daughter that I am, I have decided to pay homage to my fellow Igbonians. I shall be posting some naija songs(old and new) that have Igbo in them. Listen and enjoy and hope you find one or two to add to your playlist.
P.S - I would like some feedback please. For the most part, I don't think people are interested in my music posts but I will still do them anyways but I'd like to know if you'd prefer I post music with the youtube videos attached or just list the song title and name of song. Please let me know. Have a good day!
My current favorite naija song (first verse is in Igbo)- Temperaure Rise by Big Dreams ft Pype (I am still amazed as to how this dude sounds just like Sean Paul)
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I just love that "Ukwu nka na gbaka m'isi" part. Ogini na fio!: Kelly Handsome - Like Play
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Sweet sweet Igbo love song with my darling favorite rapper. Obi mu o - Obiwon
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From the dudes that gave you Yori Yori. Ada Owerri - Bracket ft J Martins
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As much as I love my Mo' Hits crew, this diss track by Kelly Handsome cracks me up everytime. "Iti kom kom" lol. Kelly Hansome - Igwe(kom kom)
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Okwa n'abania, ife nine ga eme! Flavour - N'abania
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People feel free to add yours also. I am always on the hunt for new music so I will be sure to check it out.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Friday, November 13, 2009
U is for Underrated
If you don't recognize the man in the picture, I'll give you a second to slap yourself, wait for the sting to stop and come back to reading
*waiting*
Back? Aiight, Well the man above is British born Chiwetel Ejiofor. As you may have noticed he has a Nigerian name, an Igbo name to be exact. Usually the more common version of his name is Chiwetalu but his happens to be Chiwetel, they mean the same thing (God's gift or literally translated to God brought(good things). I am not sure why he dropped the U, but I decided to take the U and believe that it stands for Underrated.
I was just thinking the other day about his body of work and the man is truly talented. He has range and does a variety of roles ranging from the husband in Love Actually, transvestite in Kinky Boots or radio exec in Talk to Me. I don't really know much about his personal life and I don't think anyone does and that's a good thing. I think that's what adds to his great portrayal of characters in his movies. You are able to just focus on him and not be distracted by any tabloid gossip or unnecessary gist. Well, I don't have much to say about him, I just wanted to shine light on my fellow Nigerian brotha (hehe) and have more people exposed to his talent. Below are the movies of his I have seen that I recommend to everyone:
Dirty Pretty Things
Love Actually
She Hate Me
Melinda and Melinda
Four Brothers
Kinky Boots
Inside Man
CHildren of Men
Talk to Me
American Gangster
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Got hooked up by a friend with advance screening passes to see "Precious". I don't have anything to say but when it comes out in your hood - GO.SEE.IT!
Have a lovely weekend people!
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Top 20 songs in the country
See if your favorite songs are on here:
1. Whatcha Say - Jason Derulo
2. Fireflies - Owl City
3. Empire State of Mind - Jayz ft Alicia Keys
4. Down - Jay Sean ft Lil Wayne
5. Party in the USA - Miley Cyrus
6. Paparazzi - Lady Gaga
7. Run this town - Jayz ft Kanye and Rihanna
8. 3 - Britney Spears
9. Lady Gaga - Bad Romance
10. Jump then fall - Taylor Swift
11. Sweet Dreams - Beyonce
12. Meet me Halfway - Black Eyed Peas
13. Replay - Iyaz
14. You belong with me - Taylor Swift
15. I gotta feeling - Black Eyed Peas
16. Forever - Drake
17. Tik Tok - Kesha
18. Sexy Chick - David Guetta ft Akon
19. Untouchable - Taylor Swift
20. Use Somebody - Kings of Leon
Have a wonderful weekend.
1. Whatcha Say - Jason Derulo
2. Fireflies - Owl City
3. Empire State of Mind - Jayz ft Alicia Keys
4. Down - Jay Sean ft Lil Wayne
5. Party in the USA - Miley Cyrus
6. Paparazzi - Lady Gaga
7. Run this town - Jayz ft Kanye and Rihanna
8. 3 - Britney Spears
9. Lady Gaga - Bad Romance
10. Jump then fall - Taylor Swift
11. Sweet Dreams - Beyonce
12. Meet me Halfway - Black Eyed Peas
13. Replay - Iyaz
14. You belong with me - Taylor Swift
15. I gotta feeling - Black Eyed Peas
16. Forever - Drake
17. Tik Tok - Kesha
18. Sexy Chick - David Guetta ft Akon
19. Untouchable - Taylor Swift
20. Use Somebody - Kings of Leon
Have a wonderful weekend.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
The Black Extinction
So, I am not one to pull the race card at all, so I won't but I have to say that when I was doing my blog entry for best new tv shows, it really hit me that there is absolutely NO black tv show on network television besides Brothers (not unless you want to include The Cleveland Show, which is an animated show). How can this be?? Granted TV shows aren't what they usually are but it had me thinking. They keep saying that we are progressing as a nation in terms of race but I don't know if I personally agree with that. I think the world just knows how to cover it up better and we've reached a point where we are not even sure if something is racist or not. I sorta digress, but I think this might or might not be one of the examples.
I got to this country in 1999. Over the years, there were a lot of black sitcoms on tv - Sister, Sister, Wayans Brothers, Parenthood, My Wife and Kids etc etc. Fast forward 10 years and nothing. How did this happen? Check your tv stations and check out the number of syndicated black sitcoms on tv - Good Times, Cosby Show, The Jeffersons, Martin, Living Single the list goes on and on. What I want to note is that these T.V shows were on air for longer than one season. They lasted for years AND were doing well in the ratings. What changed? Ladies and Gentlemen, it was a slow phase out. The major networks suddenly dropped all major black cast tv shows and we were relegated to only WB and UPN. Then they decide to merge and only about 4 shows were left including the ever popular Girlfriends and The Game. All of a sudden, "ratings were low" and these shows were cancelled. Girlfriends (which is a very well written show) didn't even have the dignity of a series finale.
Okay, I don't buy this b.s that they call Nielsen Ratings because as big of a TV addict as I am, no one has ever asked about my tv watching habits. Who are the people being measured? How are they getting these numbers? This is the reason that's always given when you ask why a show was cancelled but in Taynement's ratings, almost every black person I knew watched Girlfriends and The Game (BET picked this up and will start airing new eps in 2010). I did not forget about The Wire which was on HBO (not network tv) and was critically one of the best shows on T.V but even then, the show never got any recognition from any of the major awards shows.
I don't have access to any studio exec but my assumption is that they a lot of black shows will not transcend the black audience and cross over to the white audience. If my assumption is right, then it's gonna be a long time before we see any on TV. I think it's kind of sad for younger kids not to see faces that look like them on T.V.
So what do you guys think? DO you think that in this day and age we can have an all black show that will actually stay on air?
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MOVIE REVIEWS
NEW YORK I LOVE YOU : I was so excited to see this movie and I was let down. The stories just seemed odd, even for short stories and didn't have the romanticism that its French equivalent had - Je T'aime Paris. I only like 3 of the stories and sorry to bring in politics but it was kind of hard to watch a movie about love in new york (supposed melting pot) and there were no stories centered on gay people or black people ( hey, the indians, jewish, chinese, brits etc were represented)
GOOD HAIR : Ok, how do I review this movie? Ok, remember that Chimamanda video where she said : The problem with stereotypes isn't that they are untrue but they are incomplete? That about sums up the movie. Yes, it was true but I am a black woman so I know wassup, but any other person will leave the theater with totally wrong idea. I don't know if I can give examples without spoilers. My friend that I went with felt like it set us back and a lady walking out the theater with us thought it was trash lol. I really feel that's the only way Chris could probably get the movie greenlit (with exaggeration) but besides that it was an entertaining movie.
THE INVENTION OF LYING : Enjoyable romantic comedy. It was basically showing a world where there were no lies and asking if you'd choose your life partner based on looks or what makes you happy (if he is not so goodlooking). Ricky Gervais is already a comedic genius so I was expecting to like it and I did.
I got to this country in 1999. Over the years, there were a lot of black sitcoms on tv - Sister, Sister, Wayans Brothers, Parenthood, My Wife and Kids etc etc. Fast forward 10 years and nothing. How did this happen? Check your tv stations and check out the number of syndicated black sitcoms on tv - Good Times, Cosby Show, The Jeffersons, Martin, Living Single the list goes on and on. What I want to note is that these T.V shows were on air for longer than one season. They lasted for years AND were doing well in the ratings. What changed? Ladies and Gentlemen, it was a slow phase out. The major networks suddenly dropped all major black cast tv shows and we were relegated to only WB and UPN. Then they decide to merge and only about 4 shows were left including the ever popular Girlfriends and The Game. All of a sudden, "ratings were low" and these shows were cancelled. Girlfriends (which is a very well written show) didn't even have the dignity of a series finale.
Okay, I don't buy this b.s that they call Nielsen Ratings because as big of a TV addict as I am, no one has ever asked about my tv watching habits. Who are the people being measured? How are they getting these numbers? This is the reason that's always given when you ask why a show was cancelled but in Taynement's ratings, almost every black person I knew watched Girlfriends and The Game (BET picked this up and will start airing new eps in 2010). I did not forget about The Wire which was on HBO (not network tv) and was critically one of the best shows on T.V but even then, the show never got any recognition from any of the major awards shows.
I don't have access to any studio exec but my assumption is that they a lot of black shows will not transcend the black audience and cross over to the white audience. If my assumption is right, then it's gonna be a long time before we see any on TV. I think it's kind of sad for younger kids not to see faces that look like them on T.V.
So what do you guys think? DO you think that in this day and age we can have an all black show that will actually stay on air?
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MOVIE REVIEWS
NEW YORK I LOVE YOU : I was so excited to see this movie and I was let down. The stories just seemed odd, even for short stories and didn't have the romanticism that its French equivalent had - Je T'aime Paris. I only like 3 of the stories and sorry to bring in politics but it was kind of hard to watch a movie about love in new york (supposed melting pot) and there were no stories centered on gay people or black people ( hey, the indians, jewish, chinese, brits etc were represented)
GOOD HAIR : Ok, how do I review this movie? Ok, remember that Chimamanda video where she said : The problem with stereotypes isn't that they are untrue but they are incomplete? That about sums up the movie. Yes, it was true but I am a black woman so I know wassup, but any other person will leave the theater with totally wrong idea. I don't know if I can give examples without spoilers. My friend that I went with felt like it set us back and a lady walking out the theater with us thought it was trash lol. I really feel that's the only way Chris could probably get the movie greenlit (with exaggeration) but besides that it was an entertaining movie.
THE INVENTION OF LYING : Enjoyable romantic comedy. It was basically showing a world where there were no lies and asking if you'd choose your life partner based on looks or what makes you happy (if he is not so goodlooking). Ricky Gervais is already a comedic genius so I was expecting to like it and I did.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Just sayin'
Who the hell says this? :
“I like fucking ass! Ain’t nothin’ like the butthole. The ass is a delicacy, goddamn it. I’d put hot sauce on it. When you eat the brown hole, that’s when her toes do this. [sticks legs out and curls toes] You got to be willing to do anything to please your woman, to satisfy her. I didn’t invent it. You think I was the first one to think of having anal sex with a girl? Hell, no. I’m quite sure Adam fucked Eve in the ass. In the Garden of Eden he tore her ass up, and she was screaming like a motherfucker.”
My goodness, TRACY MORGAN IRKS THE SHIT OUT OF ME, UGHHH!!!!.
This is what a stomach should look like :
I need New Moon to come out and disappear of the face of the earth. Ugh.
Pamela Anderson needs to be on watch. What for? I don't know, but something ain't right.
Brad Pitt got into a motorcycle crash but he is okay now.
Hulk Hogan says that Laila Ali saved him from committing suicide.
Rumor has it that Rosie O'Donnell and her partner, Kelly are split. Rosie says they are working on their problems but haven't broken up.
“I like fucking ass! Ain’t nothin’ like the butthole. The ass is a delicacy, goddamn it. I’d put hot sauce on it. When you eat the brown hole, that’s when her toes do this. [sticks legs out and curls toes] You got to be willing to do anything to please your woman, to satisfy her. I didn’t invent it. You think I was the first one to think of having anal sex with a girl? Hell, no. I’m quite sure Adam fucked Eve in the ass. In the Garden of Eden he tore her ass up, and she was screaming like a motherfucker.”
My goodness, TRACY MORGAN IRKS THE SHIT OUT OF ME, UGHHH!!!!.
This is what a stomach should look like :
I need New Moon to come out and disappear of the face of the earth. Ugh.
Pamela Anderson needs to be on watch. What for? I don't know, but something ain't right.
Brad Pitt got into a motorcycle crash but he is okay now.
Hulk Hogan says that Laila Ali saved him from committing suicide.
Rumor has it that Rosie O'Donnell and her partner, Kelly are split. Rosie says they are working on their problems but haven't broken up.
Friday, October 23, 2009
Raven Update
Just wanted to update that my eyes weren't playing tricks on me and Raven did lose weight:
In theaters this weekend:
Saw IV
Astro Boy
Cirque du Freak : Vampire's Assistant
Amelia
REVIEW:
COUPLES RETREAT
This movie about 4 couples who go to an island to rejuvenate their relationship was definitely overhyped. I thought it was just okay. Vince Vaughn was his usual fast talking self, there were a few chuckles but other than that it was just a typical romantic comedy that I would say is better to get on DVD.
Have a lovely weekend.
In theaters this weekend:
Saw IV
Astro Boy
Cirque du Freak : Vampire's Assistant
Amelia
REVIEW:
COUPLES RETREAT
This movie about 4 couples who go to an island to rejuvenate their relationship was definitely overhyped. I thought it was just okay. Vince Vaughn was his usual fast talking self, there were a few chuckles but other than that it was just a typical romantic comedy that I would say is better to get on DVD.
Have a lovely weekend.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
My recommended TV shows
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The Fall TV season is not new anymore, cancellations have occurred (southland, beautiful life) and many more are sure to follow, but the season still had some new shows that are worth watching. And because I am so awesome, I watch so much tv just so I can share this with my neighbors aka YOU..yes you! lol. Alright, here are some new TV shows that I think are worth watching.
THE CLEVELAND SHOW
I am actually not a family guy junkie and only catch it as my absolutely LAST option but I was curious to catch The Cleveland Show after I caught the actors who voice the characters on "Inside the Actors Studio" (Seth McFarlane is a cutieee!(voice of stewie)and it was interesting that the voice of cleveland is by a white dude. Anywhoo, I like the show, it has cliche jokes and all but its a little different, I mean their neighbors are bears with an unplaced foreign accent. Sanaa Lathan voices the wife and Nia Long was the teenage daughter, she unexpectedly dropped out and is replaced by Reagan Gomez-Preston(chic in TI's "whatever you like video".
Fun Fact: There is only ONE african american show on TV - The Brothers(which will probably get cancelled). That show is subpar, so if you have to show support to your people watch the Cleveland show :D
MODERN FAMILY
GLEE!
My absolute personal favorite new show(Yes, I added the ! myself, because that's how I say it in my head). WHat's not to like about this show? cute guys, awesome song covers, funny jokes (especially from Jane Lynch - Taynement predicts award nominations for her)and its by Ryan Murphy (the awesome fellow who does my favorite show - Nip/Tuck)...and I'm done selling. If you still choose not to watch..YOUR LOSS!
THE MIDDLE
Patricia Heaton is back as a "spread too thin" wife and mother in the middle of America trying to hold herself and her family together. besides her, her braced daughter and her adorably cute nerdy(and strange son) make the show a winner.
Honorable mentions ( meaning I don't watch but I hear it's good)
The Good Wife
Flashforward (basically if you like Lost, you'll like this)
That's all folks if you have any new favorites, feel free to share, although I think my tv calender is full...lol who am I kidding, there's always room for more lol ( I wasn't kidding when I told you I needed rehab)
P.S The original mama-jammers are coming back - Real Housewives of Orange County returns on Nov 5.
Have a good one people!
The Fall TV season is not new anymore, cancellations have occurred (southland, beautiful life) and many more are sure to follow, but the season still had some new shows that are worth watching. And because I am so awesome, I watch so much tv just so I can share this with my neighbors aka YOU..yes you! lol. Alright, here are some new TV shows that I think are worth watching.
THE CLEVELAND SHOW
I am actually not a family guy junkie and only catch it as my absolutely LAST option but I was curious to catch The Cleveland Show after I caught the actors who voice the characters on "Inside the Actors Studio" (Seth McFarlane is a cutieee!(voice of stewie)and it was interesting that the voice of cleveland is by a white dude. Anywhoo, I like the show, it has cliche jokes and all but its a little different, I mean their neighbors are bears with an unplaced foreign accent. Sanaa Lathan voices the wife and Nia Long was the teenage daughter, she unexpectedly dropped out and is replaced by Reagan Gomez-Preston(chic in TI's "whatever you like video".
Fun Fact: There is only ONE african american show on TV - The Brothers(which will probably get cancelled). That show is subpar, so if you have to show support to your people watch the Cleveland show :D
MODERN FAMILY
GLEE!
My absolute personal favorite new show(Yes, I added the ! myself, because that's how I say it in my head). WHat's not to like about this show? cute guys, awesome song covers, funny jokes (especially from Jane Lynch - Taynement predicts award nominations for her)and its by Ryan Murphy (the awesome fellow who does my favorite show - Nip/Tuck)...and I'm done selling. If you still choose not to watch..YOUR LOSS!
THE MIDDLE
Patricia Heaton is back as a "spread too thin" wife and mother in the middle of America trying to hold herself and her family together. besides her, her braced daughter and her adorably cute nerdy(and strange son) make the show a winner.
Honorable mentions ( meaning I don't watch but I hear it's good)
The Good Wife
Flashforward (basically if you like Lost, you'll like this)
That's all folks if you have any new favorites, feel free to share, although I think my tv calender is full...lol who am I kidding, there's always room for more lol ( I wasn't kidding when I told you I needed rehab)
P.S The original mama-jammers are coming back - Real Housewives of Orange County returns on Nov 5.
Have a good one people!
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