mariah was on fiya

I LOVE Mariah Carey! I saw her perform for a sold out audience at the Oracle Arena in Oakland on Friday and she was amazing. She sings so well, I think that's obvious but she literally sounds exactly how she does on her albums. She was very playful with the crowd and made jokes about her now infamous drunken speech, by taking "splashes" of her champagne. (When I say her champagne I also mean that literally. She is coming out with her own champagne people!) She sang some good hits including "Make it happen," and "My All," and surprisingly only a few from the "Memoirs," album, but to be frank I didn't mind because "Memoirs," wasn't her best. She did do a few wardrobe changes and although her face and hair were flawless she looked a little stuffed in all of her glamorous gowns. Like I said, I love mariah but she looked a little square and here gut could not be hidden. Either way she is so talented and put on quite the show and was well worth the money. I can't wait for her next tour because I will for sure make it out. xo

erykah badu's oakland concert

So I finally have time to come do a little blogging and I would really love to talk about one of the best soul singers of our time, ms. Erykah Badu. She played at the Fox Theatre in Oakland and I don't know if it's the fact that I am getting older and love the grown and sexy vibe more or the fact that she is just a dope performer but her show was one of my favorite concerts (and trust me I grew up in the teeny bopper days of *NSYNC and Backstreet Boys so I've been to my share of concerts.) She doesn't have any new music out but it was really fun to take it back and hear her hits from Baduizm and other albums, she sang a few Michael Jackson song, which really got the crowd going and she showed off her floetic skills and rapped a little Cali gangsta rap. She is the type of woman that can literally just stand there and sing and still put on the most amazing show. Her sequined silver leggings and tall black top hat did help keep my attention but her voice is one of a kind she is a true artist, someone who stayed true to herself and went against all the hype. I am really into soul and r&b right now so anyone like corrine bailey rae, lauryn hill, adele, my favorite amy winehouse and of course erykah is who I consider true soul singers because they get to your core and you can feel what they're singing and really experience an emotion when listening to them. So as you can tell I give Badu's show two thumbs waaaay up. If you ever get the chance to check her out please do so because it is so worth it. i hear she is coming in the summertime for the lilith fair now that will be a concert I will mos def be blogging about, til next time xo I'll be back in a few days to report about one of my favorite divas Mariah Carey! =)

social sites

I am a big fan of social networking,I love Twitter and Facebook and am one of those people that check it constantly. I guess the nosey journalist in me wants to stay in the know of all things that happen in pop culture and in my friends' lives but I had a really interesting talk with a former professor and one of my good friends about what these sites have done to society.
Posting pictures, statuses and allowing the world, or who u accept as a friend or follower, to enter your personal life and know facts about what you do and who you do with them is like a show. It's a competition to show the world you're happier than the rest and you're having the time of your life, but what I have come to find out is what may seem picture perfect is really imperfect. I never noticed until my professor pointed out that taking pictures these days is no longer for our own keepsake but instead it's to make it into a default pic on a page. Think about it, when you take a picture with your significant other, friends or family how many people say I'm putting this up on Facebook, or how many times do you take a picture over so it could look perfect online? I'm guilty of it and like my professor said I posed to show a scene I wanted the world to see not one that was natural. I had lunch with an old friend and when we were catching up she told me about all her marital and financial trouble and I asked her 'but you seem so happy on facebook' her response? 'I want to look happy I don't want anyone to know the truth. Everyone is always watching you online and judging. But posting pics means not a damn thing.' I took that to heart because I have been judgmental and jumped the gun and thought a million things about people because of pictures I've seen and in the end it was all fake. A lot of people's lives involve proving to the world or sharing personal business as if we were characters off "The Hills" but like that show our displays our unnatural. I try and figure out why proving to everyone that I'm good and not in any distress is so important to me, or even why I have to post anything at all. I could easily erase everything and live life to be happy and move forward but some magnetic force pulls me back to stay and play this game. There was no real big point to be made but just food for thought.