"Stuntin' Like My Daddy"

If you would've asked me 5 years ago if I would attend a Lil Wayne concert with my father...I would've said yes. For those of you that have experience Mr. Denmon aka my Daddy - you know it's not to far fetched for him. His favorite song right now is "Get Wetter" by Twista...and that says what?

So last night, he and I ventured to Starlight Theatre in Swope Park to experience the music of Mr. Carter and his "...amazing @ss band." It was a last minute deal, as I had no intentions on going since the new hotness Drake had been taken off the bill. But Pops wanted to check it out...and I did hear that Lil Weezy did fab when he was here in January at Sprint Center. So, we made it a Daddy/Daughter date, strapped up, and headed on out...lol - just kidding on the strapped up part...well at least for me...Pops is "Always Strapped."

**SIDE NOTE: Since we arrived at 8:00PM we were not forced to endure the torture of Soulja Boy Tell 'Em and his riff raff. We got there just in time to grab a brats and get it with Young Jeezy!! **

I was impressed with the showcase of talent of Wayne. His presence was strong, his voice was on, he swore he could dance, he wasn't drunk, his audience participation was fab, and I didn't see his underwear!! His catalog of albums, hooks, and random freestyles would have had him on stage for 3+ hours...but he gave us 1.8 solid hours of his most recent and most popular hooks, guest appearances, top hits, and the best of the best from The Carter III.

My Favorites:

• "Phone Home" - I really do think he's a martian.


• "FireMan" - The pyros and the lighting for this were too hott!!


• "Prom Queen" - He made sure we knew he could play the electric guitar.


• "Always Strapped" - Special surprise guest appearance from his Daddy aka Birdman.


• "Go DJ" - Dedicated to his tour DJ...I don't think anyone in the crowd stopped moving during thise one.


• His ode to his favorite rappers: Biggie, Pac, Jay, and himself.


• His three most important things: God, his fans, and his fans.


• "We having a wonderful, extraordinary, super, fantastic f*!king time!"


• Lil' Twist - the cutie patootie came out on a segway...and had a dang mohawk...lol!!

My Not-So-Favorites:

• Ms. Shanelle....wamp, wamp, wamp


• The "Back That Thang Up" performance from his dancers...just wrong, wrong, wrong, WRONG!!


• The random members of Young Money Entertainment


• No Drake... :-(


• "How ya'll doing KANSAS?!?" - You're in KCMO...get it right dammit!!

Overall, the show was hot - Mr. Carter gave you your $$$'s worth, and made sure you had a good time. I can appreciate his talent, and his love for music - and if he swings back thru KC again, I'll probably make another appearance.

ANOTHER NOTE: The police presence was ridiculous...all that hype about loitering and safety, and blah blah blah, was just something else to give the media to talk about. It was a Monday night...did they really expect people to tailgate, and just hang out? As the news reported this morning, there were no incidents, and the show was a success...just like it was in January...without all the extra police presence. Hip Hop is not as dangerous as they want you to believe...quit being so terrified, and learn to appreciate some of it.

ciao!!

***-----> Fanatic Plug - BLUEPRINT III - SEPTEMBER 11, 2009...how I wish I could be at Madison Square Garden on that day...

It's been a long time...I shouldn't have left you...

Yes, it's been a while since I've posted something...my initial goal was to have something posted every week in order to best record the randomness that occurs in my life. But, here lately, my life has been somewhat of a whirlwind - I mean past few weeks have been a blast, exhausting, memorable, fun, crazy, exciting, and of course random as all get out!! But, as my little birdie always says, "...such is life."

This is just an introduction to re-install my commitment of weekly reports of randomness. My first entry will be a re-cap of my AMAZING trip to Puerto Rico with some of my fabulous friends.

PUERTO RICO 2009!!

• Our hotel/resort/casino was jumpin every night. When Krissy and I pulled up, we thought we were at a night club...there were three bars, a live band, and salsa dancing all in the main lobby...RANDOM!!


• Columbus Short (KC native, "Little Walter" - Cadillac Records, "DJ" - Stomp the Yard) yelled "36th & Garfield ni**a!!" at while I was walking into the hotel.


• Someone jacked the nice Polish man for $100.00


• Lines? What lines?...we don't do lines...lol!!


• Photo shoot on the stage at the club... PR randoms all in the group shots and in the background.


• Let's pretend we're Stella and run on the beach!!


• Adult delights called Frozen Bacardi Mango Mojito's from Jorge! (DOUBLE-FISTED)


• Jet Ski's - I watched from the sidelines...lol!


• Metropol/"Pink Skirt" Invite/Walgreens/Nite Nite


• Rain Forest Adventure!!


• Booty-first fall on the rocks...not me...he he he


• Pool Handstands...who has what it takes??

• PR Papis!! - and one swore he was C. Breezy...he had the stars-on-the-neck tatts and everything...


• TX Boys!


• Fine Italian Dining...oh and Holiday Heart...my bad, Vingh Rhames...he he he


• Streets of PR adventure...rooftop lounges with blue lights...lap dances...puff puff give..."is that a crab?"


• OLD San Juan!!


• Banana Boat Catastrophes...again, I watched from the sidelines...lol!!


• Onion volcanos, skrimps, and cute chefs!!


• Taxi Vans with TV'S playing hip hop music videos...get it Jose or Juan...can't remember, but he was the BEST!!


• iLLeGal U-Turns/Parliament Lights Box/"...black people!!" (plus one Asian)


• DJ M-Salary - there will be an entry about this new love really soon!!

• Kissing the beach and San Juan goodbye...


• United Airlines...never mind we'll send you back to American Airlines...wait...yea, stay there...
• I am NOT prepared to assist in case of an emergency...


• HOME SWEET HOME...

So blessed that I was able to have such a fabulous trip with my lovely friends, we made a lifetime of memories, that we will cherish forever!!

More to come...

ciao!

Lying to Kick It

"You ain't gotsta lie...you ain't gotsta lie...you ain't gotsta lie to kick it." - Silkk the Shocker

I thought that the older I got, such nonsense would no longer exist; but what I'm starting to find out...it actually gets worse. One of my biggest turn offs is a liar. Can't stand it...we're grown...what in the hell do you have to lie about? If you're not OK with yourself, then put a plan together, and start taking action on making you the self that you want to be. Or don't say anything at all, unless someone asks you. 80% of the time the ones that are boasting and bragging about what their imagination wishes they had are volunteering that information. No one asked how many bottles you bought at the club last night. No one asked how much your mortgage/rent was each month. No one asked if you had a loft or an apartment. No one asked how long you've had your car. No one asked if you had a new phone on the way cause the one you're using now is a loaner. No one asked any of that. But you are so insecure with who you are, and what you have (like that even matters) that you have to go above an beyond to create this perception that you have it going on...it's not that deep.

Stop faking the funk...it's not sexy...it's not a good look - and in the end you'll have to keep telling more lies to cover the other lies that you used to cover the other lies you used earlier. End the madness now!!

ciao!

P.S. I have a hotcake from Town Topic (my treat) if you can tell me what album that line came from...:-)

RadIoKiLla/RnBGorRilLa

"Call the radio right now...that *bleep* Dream dun put it down again...Dream gon put it down again..."

"If you ain't got no booty then you gotta go home..."

"So everytime that you think of me, know I've been making love to Nikki"

"Call LaTisha yo beautician...cause yo hair is gon need fixin'"

"Girls like you...turn men like me into haters..."

"If she cooks you eggs an grits in the morning...man...you should tip her...you should tip her."

Fun...different...refreshing...exciting...real...spirited.

Mr. Nash has me hooked...and I'm not afraid to admit it. I listen to Love/Hate and Love vs. Money often on the iPod...probably like once a week. I've put a few of my close friends up on his talent, and they're in love as well. It doesn't take much...if you enjoy unique stories that aren't being told by the other R&B crooners out there.

My Top Five (5) are:
5. Love vs. Money (pt 2)

4. I Luv Your Girl

3. Mr. Yeah

2. Falsetto

1. She Needs My Love

If you have an open-mind...and favor the sounds and effects of Prince...you will be able to appreciate The-Dream.

RADIOKILLA!!

ciao!

My New Best Friend

If you know me...you know it doesn't take much to entertain me.

If you know me...you know my phone isn't my world...but it's my continent.



If you know me...you know I don't do lines...unless absolutely necessary. So why was up @ 730AM on a SATURDAY to drive downtown with the intentions of standing in a line to wait for the Sprint Studio store to open up so that I could get my hands on the new Palm Pre. My Treo 755 was beyond ready to retire...it was talking back to me. So it just seemed like perfect timing...but again why was prepared to wait in line for a dang phone?? Crazy...I know.

Well, now I have it, and we're so in love. The first weekend...we made out a lot. Now we're full blown lovers. I check out movie times, restaurant reviews, FB, Twitter, my gmail account, use the GPS navigation system...oh and I make phone calls and send text messages too. For the last two years, I've been saying that if there was a keyboard attached to the iPhone or the Instinct....I'd get one...texting without a keyboard is completely foreign to me, and I don't want Rosetta Stone to help me figure it out - and now I don't have to.

Thank you Palm and Sprint for putting together the ideal phone for me and my needs. We are so happy together - accept that whole battery life thing - but we're in counseling for that...lol!





ciao!

"Don't Stop Till You Get Enough"

Whenever the beat drops...and he starts talking...I smile. I know what's coming...he mentions the forces, and I know what's coming...then he talks about what they make him feel like, and I know what's coming...then it finally arrives..."Whooo!" (Dininininninininininninniaa Dun Dun). The image above pops in my head, and I start my hips to movin.

My memories of MJ will last until nature makes me forget...but nature wouldn't do such a thing. The King of Pop, his music, his music videos, his coos, his "he he's" and his fashion is laced throughout my entire life. Those random memories include:

• My first concert - Mom purchased white sweatshirts, took them to the T-shirt shop at Bannister Mall had the Human Nature cover screen-printed on the front, and the word BAD printed on the back. My brother and I were ready for the time of our lives, and I swore Michael was going to come into the audience and dance with me.
• Being scared of "Thriller" - I couldn't watch it at night...freaked me out! Especially that part right before Michael turns and it shows that zombie with all the blood in his mouth and he makes the freakiest noise ever...I just got chills...eek!!
• My record of "The Way You Make Me Feel" - yes...I had the record...
• My male cosins re-enacting scenes from American Dream: The Jackson Story - I'm giggling now thinking about Lil' Floyd doing the Pepsi commercial scene when MJ got hit with sparks, fell, and rolled down those stairs..."AWWWW my head...awww my hair..."
• My baby brother and I doing the Thriller routine in Mom's kitchen - you better believed we killed it!! :)

I will never forget where I was...and what I was doing when I found out that MJ was being rushed to the hospital...the pit of my stomach knew things wouldn't be the same, but I kept telling myself (like I did with Tupac) that he was going to pull through, and all would be back to normal. That wasn't the case, and about an hour and some minutes later, I was in my car listening to 107.3 belting out his songs with tears streaming down my face. I felt like I lost a cousin...it was crazy.

The next evening I was in the presence of the legendary Stevie Wonder. He wasn't doing ok. He did his best to give us a memorable show...but it was so obvious how much he was hurting. I felt it to Stevie...

If you don't own "Off the Wall," "Thriller," or "Bad" - you have NO idea...hit up iTunes and get your homework done. Then finish the rest of the collection...but those are some of the essentials...:)

ciao!

The Purple One...

Well...since his one of a kind voice is stuck in my head...I figured I'd blog about him.

Oh, Prince...will you PLEASE book another tour date in Kansas City?? The last time you did, I was in college and it was the week of finals...coming home for a once in a lifetime event wasn't a priority of mine...how dumb I was...but I got my degree!! :) But seriously, can you make another trip back to my city, so I can experience the greatness you bring to a stage? Just asking...

Last night, a friend of mine decided that Prince should have been on rotation for the night. We listened to ALL of "3121" - one of my faves, and some retro Prince such as "Purple Rain" (which I learned is exactly 8 minutes and 18 seconds); "Kiss", "When Doves Cry", and "Pink Cashmere". As a result of this random listening session...I can't get the Artist Formally Known out of my head. Don't get me wrong...I'm not complaining...I just wish I could funnel all these random songs onto an MP3 disc and get the party started for real.

So...I'm going to go through my Prince catalog of faves and create my ultimate play list...feel free to drop off your suggestions...

ciao!