WHAT MAKES AN ALBUM A CLASSIC???

~Credit to Omen and his myspace page for the topic www.myspace.com/hearomen ~

What up people...haven't blogged in a minute...been thinking lately about different people's ideas on what makes an album classic...figure we can use this as a way to dicuss/debate/argue lol whatever...so anyway I'll just get to what I personally think makes an album classic...

It's hard for me to call an album classic that just came out this year, or even the past 2 or 3 years, I feel like a classic is something that becomes timeless, so 5-10 years from now u put it in and it sounds like the first time hearing it.And for me its gotta hit me on all levels from the beats, to the lyrics, to the flow, to the delivery etc...but lately I've seen a lot of people call albums classics even days after they've released/leaked onto the internet, so it makes me wonder now what do people need for an album to be classic?

Is it about half the album dope, just dope beats? A couple big singles? Does EVERY song have to hit you? Does sequencing play a role for you or does it have just make you move or does it have to stimulate some thought? Let me know people... (also let know of some albums you feel are classic in the last ten years and why...peaceeee)

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ITS CHEAPER TO KEEP HER...

Russell Simmons is about to shill out some major paper for his daughters Aoki and Ming Lee. The courts have ordered him to pay $20,000 per month per daughter. That all equals close to half a million dollars per year. Damn! It really is cheaper to keep her.

I’m all for men/women paying what’s due but DANG! How we feel about this?


~credit Shaf with the topic~

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TALIB KWELI - EAT TO LIVE

LISTEN TO THE WORDS...

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MICHAEL JACKSON FRIDAY

YALL ALREADY KNOW WHAT IT IS!!!

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NATE'S KNOWLEDGE

Trust is a very important thing in a relationship. Sometimes more important than love. I notice that a lot of people who are affluent marry for business purposes and because they trust that significant other and see what that person can contribute to the cause and the growth of a brand rather than love. To quote a very famous song, whats love got to do wit it? Do you follow your heart even when it may very well lead you to a place where you are stifled or marry for power. Someone who is like minded and goal oriented and would push you to be a better person and more well rounded? The more I work in this industry the more I see the appeal of power over love. Chris rock had a joke that new pussy cant cook, but when you read into that statement you notice the implication of that. Do you really follow your heart or follow your heart of hearts? Stay with a person for love or stay with a person who can bring something to the table that you need? Is that being with each other working together for a common goal or just using each other to get to where you wanna be? Love don't pay bills and new pussy cant cook... So which is healthy, a relationship that might further both people or love that might be a big but and a smile..lol so what she fine as shit and can make a mean sandwich or he remembers your birthday and slings that thing, what about everything else?

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THAT JUST HAPPENED...

We all know if this was a black kid his Mama would've killed his ass on spot. Watch...

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BET AWARDS 08

Man... let's call a spade a spade that was easily one of the worst Bet Award Shows in the history of the show from top to bottom. DL Hughley was horrible, Usher seemed washed up and a step slow... Hell, all I can remember is Alicia Keys bringin all the past girl groups back which was hot (did anybody notice how short A Keys arms are??), the waterfall Chris Brown had was hot (his performance was better than Usher, and I'm personally in a state of wtf b/c of that) and that's all I remember. Out of 3.5 hours that's what BET put together for us, huh??? WOW... I mean, did anybody like this impostor award show?? And if you like it, I might have to come to your job or home and slap you sternly so that you feel my angst lol... I'm just serious...

Underwhelmed and Signing Off

(On a sidenote, I was happy Dream won best new artist b/c I been tryna tell people his album is the business)

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