Lupe Fiasco and Kenna – Resurrection

xoxo,
Venus

Wow, Dru Hill is makin a come back on one of Ludacris’ tracks?!  Too bad the track didn’t make the album….I hear this song may be a bonus track.

Ludacris’ album “Battle of the Sexes” is in stores now

Ludacris Feat Shawnna & Dru Hill – Rollercoaster

Rollercoaster

xoxo,

Venus

This is a personal yet public outcry to one of my besties Lissa.

Dear Lissa,

Remember when we were riding in the car en route to your show in Cleveland?  We were laughing and singing and I told you how my favorite place in the world to listen to music (and the only public place I sing aloud to it) was the grocery store?  Do you remember how specific I got, telling you it couldn’t be a fancy grocery store like Whole Foods or Pusateri’s but rather Metro or Loblaws?

Lissa, I write you this letter to implore you to please, please, please -with a bucket of Cherry Garcia on top- make a grocery store mixtape!  I know you’re a busy famous DJ BUT I think this mix-tape would only make you more pop-u-lar!  (possibly with the over 55 set, but popular is popular, lol)  Seriously, who doesn’t like Mike And The Mechanic’s, Cindy Lauper, Luther Vandros or at least who doesn’t know one or all of there songs?  We could even do the coolest cover-art involving a shopping cart and the sugary cereal aisle!

I already know two people who would snap it up! Tonya, a fellow grocery store music aficionado and Mimi who’s ipod had me wishing I could do that ‘move my hand really fast and make it snap thing’ that the kids do.  We will even throw a party to celebrate it all in honor of you and mid-range grocery stores everywhere that celebrate the goodness of what is so poorly categorized as Adult contemporary – it is so much more than adult contemporary!

Anyhoot, I digress.

Just DO IT!

xoxo,

coco

p.s. you look friggin BEYOND in the pic I included

p.p.s. if you agree feel free to encourage my little buddy with a comment.  there’s something motivating about popular demand

p.p.p.s. while I’m waiting I will be listening to THIS

Gym Class Heroes’ Travie McCoy, just released his first solo single, ‘Billionaire’. His debut solo album, ‘Lazarus’, is set to hit stores in June.

Travie McCoy Feat Bruno Mars – Billionaire

Billionaire

xoxo,

Venus

Jordin Sparks – Turn This Car Around

Turn This Car Around

xoxo,
Venus

It’s been exactly, 13 years (March 9, 1997) since the passing of the greatest rapper of all time, The Notorious BIG. As an icon to the hip-hop music industry, people around the world remember and miss Christopher Wallace aka The Notorious B.I.G…

R.I.P. B.I.G (May 21, 1972 – March 9, 1997)

Check out the B.I.G tribute mixes below (just click on the album covers)…

What’s your fav Biggie track? Let us know…

xoxo,

Venus

I can’t tell you how happy I was when Kathryn Bigelow won for best director last night!  I first blogged about The Hurt Locker last year in July because I was so riveted by the film.  If you have yet to see it, I urge you to do so!

With this amazing milestone being achieved the day before International Women’s Day, I ask all of you women and men out there to take some time out to think about all of the women around the world who are still struggling for basic human rights.  The world can be a lonely, divisive place but if we all put in a little effort to ensure that each and everyone of us have access to basic human rights we can be proud of who we are as a collective human race.

My contribution will be to remind you of The Girl Effect.  A couple of months ago I did a post about it and told you that I had sent a girl to school for $49.00.  I was going to then invest in a woman through a micro-loan via Kiva but got caught up in life and totally forgot ( *repeats to self*honest is the best policy..) So to redeem myself and in honor International Women’s Day I have invested in Fatou Diagne of Senegal.

Fatou is a 55 year old widowed mother of 4 who runs a restaurant.  The loan will help her develop her business and stock up on necessary supplies for her restaurant.  The profits that she makes from her establishment help feed and educate her family.  Because Kiva is a non profit ‘loan’ organization, after the loan period (8 months in this case) I will be repaid the money I have lent and will be given an option to re-invest with another woman or cash out.

I love Kiva!  Knowing where 100% of the money I’ve donated is going and getting a feeling that your money is actually reaching a woman in need who is doing her best to keep her family together is awesome.

Enabling is Empowering!

I was able to donate $100.00 today but Fatou still needs $550.00 (she’s halfway there!).  You can go to Kiva.org and donate as little as $25 and help make a huge impact on someone else’s life.

Invest in Fatou HERE

Find out more about Kiva HERE

Happy International Women’s Day!

Girl Power!!!!

xoxo,

coco