[Lady Thoughts] Ratchet Songs I Secretly Love

21 years old or not I will still get a swift African backhand for listening to any of these songs in front of my parents:

[Music] Nina Simone

The other day, I was standing in line at Tesco humming the tune to “My Baby Just Cares For Me” when an older gentleman looked me critically up and down and asked with just a hint of derision, “what you know about Nina Simone?”  Well actually sir, I know about some Nina Simone…

[Music] Friday Mixtape Vol.2

Way back when, I made a mixtape for the place that brings you mixtapes every Friday, www.fridaymixtape.com.  Because I super love the mixtapes they put out over there, I decided to hit em with vol.2 of random mixtapes curated by RiverTems.  It’s a pretty….eclectic  mix shall we say and it has little rhyme or reason, but it’s a pretty accurate snapshot of what goes on in my iTunes now-a-days.  Have a listen and let me know what you think (http://fridaymixtape.com/mixtape-119/).  Also shoutout to @thelastminute for all the help.

[Music] Justin Timberlake is Making Music Again…Kinda

There’s been a general public outcry for Justin Timberlake to stop pretending to be an actor and start making music again.  It even spawned this.  It looks like our prayers have been answered.  Well, kinda.  JT has gone the Chris Brown route (no, not beating bitches in cars that cost more than your house) and he’s started rapping.  He’s featured on FreeSol’s single “Role Model” getting his autotuned supa dupa flow on and starts with “You got to bear with me because I’m…I don’t do this but…fuck it… let’s see what happens…no rules, right?”

Something Else About Idris Elba

Idris Elba is my IBM, which is probably why this is my third Elba related post in a row.  Now that we’ve established that I’m stalking him we can talk about his latest project.  He’s producing/presenting/being paid to put his name on the project so that people will watch Milk + Honey which is described as, “a scripted series that follows the spiritual, professional and romantic journeys of four young and ambitious women navigating the lights, smoke and mirrors of Hollywood”. (www.milkandhoneyseries.com)