1 More Day

I love that you guys have been voting and sending in feedback on the song of the moment for the "Like it Love it Let it GO!" feature. There is 1 day left to vote (today) if you haven't done it yet, listen to the song then cast your vote in the poll underneath it. The song will stay up until I find a new song of the moment, so you can still listen to it and send in your extra comments to carter2carterspot@gmail.com

Hmmmmm....I may extend the poll....not sure yet...what do you guys think?

Love vs Money

By now most of you have heard the new album "Love vs Money" by the Dream. By now I also hope you all know me well enough to infer where I'm about to go with this one too. So the title track is a banger without a doubt, but I can't help but think it's about (drum roll please) Nivea. It's not explicit but I think he's dropping hints. It basically sounds like he was too busy paper chasing once he started becoming this mega star to be there for her and give her the love she needed. Following the premise of the song you can infer that Lil Wayne was more than willing to give her the love she wasn't getting from Dream. Then, there is the song that comes right after called "Love vs Money Pt 2" and this one is SO obvious I don't think it's fair. Dream starts to tell us that it wasn't all his fault and wonders if she will ever take responsibility for what she's done. He also says something like "once you realized she's not the one 3 years have gone by and n***a you don" Hmmmmmm? Oh and then towards the end of the song his ad libs go a little something like this "you can have her back, you can have her back" Now, we all know that Nivea was with Wayne before she got with Dream. Well, either way, it made for two GREAT songs!

Don't forget to listen to and vote on the "Like it Love it Let it GO" song of the moment! You can find it in the sidebar to the right underneath the official contact info for the blog. Remember that if you have more specific criticisms for the song just email it to me at carter2carterspot@gmail.com 

Like It, Love It, Let It GO!

This is the first in what I plan on making a permanent fixture on this blog. I'm about to present you with a song that I'm pretty sure you have never heard before. You can find it in the side bar to the right------->>>
Then I want you to vote on how you feel about the song in the poll underneath it. The options are pretty self explanatory but just for clarification here's a break down:

• Like it = it's cool but not the best you've heard
• Love it = you're really feeling it and want it to have radio play and a video
• Let it GO = you can't stand it and that the artist should not quit his or her day job!

The song I have for you today is called "What You Wanna Do? (Tell Me)" It is by an aspiring new male R&B artist out of Atlanta by the name of D.Millz. The song also features an up and coming songtsress that I have already come to love; the one and only Robin S. graced the song with her melodic sound. I'm going to leave all of the opinions up to you all, but I will say that for a couple of people relatively new to this game, they did their thing on this track. {can't hate on talent}
I really want you all to participate in this thing, so VOTE and vote honestly. The artists who are submitting these songs need honest feedback, so keep it real. If you have any specific criticisms feel free to send them in to carter2carterspot@gmail.com and I will see to it that the message is passed on to the artist for whom you have critiques {yes I will keep you anonymous}
ALL RIGHT ENOUGH TALK!!! LET'S GET TO IT!!!!!!

Flight Squad

So I was asked to do a blog review of this "underground release" I can't give you much more info on it than that. I've never heard of these individuals before myself. Anyways, I was sent the mixtape I guess and I listened to it. Sound quality was on point but it wasn't my cup of tea. I'm not saying that it won't be yours though, I don't like mayo, mustard or ketchup but I know an entire planet full of people who think otherwise. The production was good for the most part and there was definite potential in the content, I just imagine it flowing better in a different way. I can't provide you with the tracks that I heard but I can direct you to their Myspace page. You may have realized by now that I'm not actually gonna review that mixtape with the ideas that I actually formed from it. What I want you lovely people to do is to go to their Myspace page and give them a listen. THEN, I want you to come back HERE and give your feedback...wait...I want you to give me your feedback on their music AND give them your feedback on it, because what do I really need it for (but I really do want it).

I think this has set the stage nicely for something new I will be doing called "Like it, Love it, Let It GO!" I'll present a new song that you have surely never heard before and give you 3 voting choices. Like it= it's cool but not the best you've heard, Love it= you're really feeling it and want it to have radio play and a video, Let it GO= you can't stand it and that the artist should not quit his or her day job! That should be coming your way 2moro bright and early so get ready!!!!

Benefit of the doubt

SO, we all think the Dream is dating Christina Milian, and I believe it's true. Of course they are playing the "just friends" card right now and that's their business. With that being said, I'm now starting a benefit of the doubt bandwagon. If they say they are just friends, then I'm gonna roll with that, even though their ACTIONS depict a DIFFERENT picture, I suppose it's possible that they could really be "just friends". Yeah, it's possible.

Dream and Christina: Y'ALL AINT GOTTA LIE TO KICK IT!

Swavor of the Week = "You Ain't Gotta Lie to Kick It"

Soooooo, this week's SWAVOR is more of a concept than a person, place, or product. My BFF and I have found ourselves saying this alot lately: "You aint gotta lie to kick it." What does this mean? Basically, if you enjoy someone's company and y'all already kickin it, then why lie about anything. Chances are if you can manage to just keep it real with this person, then everything's gonna be cool. All you need is this person's respect and lying will lose it everytime. A word of advice to everyone reading this: If you're keeping something a "secret" from this other person, 9.9 times out of 10 they're going to find out anyway, and you are always better off telling them up front. Don't assume that by telling them the truth that you will lose them, but I can GUARANTEE you that you will lose them by lying. Even if this lie or untruth seems relatively small, it has great potential to ruin any relationship. That is because it reprsents something much larger. It says that if you would lie about something so trivial, there is no telling what else you would lie about. PLEASE PEOPLE, be 100 about your endeavors. It will make your life MUCH easier and alot LESS stressful. Trust me.

With that said, the Swavor of this week is : "You ain't gotta lie to kick it!"

Rock On Wayne

A while back when I first heard "Prom Queen" I wrote a post saying how it didn't..."tickle my fancy" to say the least, but it was growing on me. I was hesitent about watching the video but I finally did it a minute ago and I must say that it is GREAT. It made me appreciate the song actually. I give Lil Wayne 2 thumbs up for this rock attempt he's putting out. If you haven't seen the video yet, here is the LINK.

Oh and the results are IN!! You all voted LIL WAYNE as YOUR FAVORITE CARTER!!!!!!!!!

Gotta Give Props Where They Are Due

Hey good people. Today I only want to report one thing to you. You MUST check out this blog http://nikefaceconfessionals.blogspot.com This girl must be the epitome of keepin it real and I'm PROUD to know her. Go check out what she has to say!!

Swavor of the Week

Ok so, I was going to change the Swavor of the Week today, BUT..I just couldn't bring myself to take Drake from that coveted spot. I've decided to give him an extended run and hopefully this time next week I can muster up the courage to remove him from the Swavor box and give some one else some well deserved shine!

Seriously

Let's set aside the fun and frivoous music for just a moment please. I have a song for you all today that has a powerful message. It's by an up and coming rapper from Atlanta by the name of Izrael. Hopefully I'll get an interview with him soon. The song is entitled "Glass Roof" and the glass roof is just another term for the glass ceiling. If you dont know already, the glass ceiling is an invisible but VERY real barrier that keeps minorities (including and especially women) from reaching their full potential most specifically and especially in the work place. Basically the glass ceiling is an inherent form of discrimination. I just want you guys to listen to this song and think about your own glass ceilings and what you can do to break through them.

Lil Wayne Cliff Notes Mixtape

I may be going out on a limb with this one but I think that Lil Wayne could help out aLOT of students by making a type of Cliff Notes Mixtape. Something not too far from a School House Rock series is what I actually have in mind. If he could make a few dozen mixtapes on various subjects and titles, I think school might be a little bit more enjoyable for some of the youth out there. Can you imagine reviewing for a math test by listening to Lil Wayne give you a few catchy bars to remember the unit circle or pythagorean theorem? What about learning the plot from Othello or Hamlet by Wayne giving you a hot 16 followed by an auto tune laden hook? I'd buy a few if he made any. Hopefully a bird can whisper this idea into his ear. I dont even need credit for it, as long as you remember that you read it HERE FIRST!! (well, a little recognition would be nice)

NO MORE DRAMA?

Well, that's the word on the street for right now anyways. There's a video floating around with T.I and Shawty Lo on stage ending their beef. It's about time. I dont know much more than this and I will have the video here by the day's end. All I can say is that I hope its over for good because I was seriously dreading Shawty Lo's follow up album which was sure to follow T.I.'s incarceration. I was really gonna hit the closest person to me in the face if I had to hear another Shawty Lo song dissing T.I. with an incredibly catchy chorus.

Good job guys, let's keep the peace!!

EDIT!!!! HERE IS THE VID AS PROMISED!

Swavor of the Week

I guess I'm mad late with this one, but I've been too busy enjoying it all myself. This week's Swavor goes to...."So Far Gone" Drake's new mixtape. Let me just say that every single track is great. Plus it's completely FREE!! You can download it at http://octobersveryown.blogspot.com/ Of course the link will be to your right if you need it again ---->>

I Think She Been Drinkin From His Cup

To get right to the point I added Nivea as a friend on Facebook a while back and I saw this video that she posted recently and all I can think is that she must be sippin out of Wayne's cups. That, or she's just a VERY silly person. I dont know her, so all I can do is speculate. Either way she does make good music!! Take a look at this 4 yourself!

Catch More Of Me!!!

Hey great people! You can now also catch me writing from time to time on the official blog for ColliPark Music Producers The Package Store! Check out that blog at http://thepackagestoremusic.blogspot.com