Song of the Week

So, since I'm in love with music I thought I'd do a song of the week for those of you that love it as much as i do. Well, I have talked a lot in past blogs about artists that I like and some are underground artists (most of which SHOULD be signed).

The song of the week is going to have to be "Mood Music" by a singer/songwriter named Jaiden "The Cure." He is an underground singer/songwriter that I discovered last year through another artist named Jayms Madison. Jaiden is not signed and does not have a label; why this is so I have no clue what-so-ever. Once you listen to his voice, extremely beautiful falsetto, and his insane runs and range, you'll be blown away just like I was and still am every time I listen to him. "Mood Music" is a remix he did to Lil Wayne's song "Single" but he adds that R&B flavor and style to it with his vocals and phenomenal harmonizing; which is all done by Mr. Jaiden himself. Here is the song for you to listen to and also download some of his music if you like him: http://jaidenthecure.bandcamp.com/. You can also follow Jaiden on twitter, add his music page on myspace, or become a fan and listen and download more music on facebook. Please support this artists.

Well thats all for this week guys, nothing special to add but I hope you like the song of the week. Keep reading and leave me some feedback...and don't forget to support Jaiden and other underground artists!

MJ

"Time to go to Jail"

Ok so we all know that Lindsay Lohan is FINALLY going to jail after several years of screw ups and DUI's. Personally I think she should've been in jail a long time ago. If she was a regular person, she would've been there after the first offense. Lohan has been involved with the law for many years; her first offense took place when she had a really bad break-up with now ex-boyfriend and restaurant owner Harry Morton. She had various parties and drinking binges and while on the set of Georgia Rule she was noted to have been late several times and complained about exhaustion and frequent headaches. She made up excuses but the directors and fellow cast members knew what her nights, weekends, and off-time consisted of; heavy drinking and parties. She couldn't hide that from her cast members, nor could she hide from the law. In 2007 she under-went appendix surgery during the filming of "I Know Who Killed Me" and then admitted herself in Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and rehabilitation clinic as well to get her drinking under control. Unfortunately, none of the rehabilitation treatments have lasted or stuck with Lohan and she has further ruined her life and furthermore her career.

(Lohan's Mugshot following her DUI Charges and possession of crack cocaine in 2007)

Not only has the media and the entire world had enough of her irresponsible behavior but the law has also had enough as well. Lohan was due in for a court date recently in 2010 for her DUI charges. She was nowhere to be found and was not present for the hearing which led the judge with no other choice; he issued a warrant for Lohan's arrest. Due to issues of a passport being stolen after a trip she had recently returned from the judge decided to give her an alternative; again he had no other choice because Lohan, once again, figured out how to get out of getting arrested. Her lawyer and and representatives posted bail before she was arrested which bought her some time before a new trial was issued. She attended her new trial on May 24th 2010 and the verdict was decided; Lohan was assigned "to attend weekly alcohol education classes, wear an alcohol-monitoring bracelet, refrain from drinking alcohol, and undergo random weekly drug tests to remain free on bail." Later after her last hearing, she was to attend another trial on July 6th, 2010 which would check whether Lohan violated her requirements after bail. After a short trial, the judge had revealed that Lohan had indeed violated her requirements and was senteced to 90 days in jail and following her release from jail was to check into an inpatient rehab program for three months then regularly see a probation officer.

 (Another drunken night, circa 2009)

Lohan's entire career has consisted of being in the lime light of the media and she has done nothing but ruin her career. Lohan is a very talented young actress but she is really ruining her life by making these very irresponsible decisions with her life. During her trial, Lohan's attorney states that he believes she is suffering from disease that is supposedly "altering her brain activity and making her do things that she knows are wrong." Well sir, I beg to differ. There are no excuses for her troubling past nor is there any disease that she's suffering from unless it's perhaps called, stupidity? Lindsay is NOT suffering from a disease nor is her mind being altered by anything other than drugs and alcohol which is why she deserves to be in jail and be in a rehabilitation center for her so-called 'disease.' To read the full article, follow this link for more information: http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b190831_lindsay_lohans_new_lawyer_she_suffering.html.

 (In court on June 6th, 2010 facing sentencing)

She is now 24 years old and she has a long life ahead of her to live. She really needs to start making her life a little easier and stop traveling down the wrong road. At some point you would think that people see a time to change or when they should make a change, but Lindsay doesn't seem to be looking to do that any time soon. Maybe these 90 days in jail will teach her that you only get so many chances and that some changes need to go into affect real quick. So Lindsay, is this how you want to be remembered?

"Smok!ng Cigarettes"

Now I'm gonna say this one more time...WHAT'S GOING ON?! Now I've always been into music, and I always will be. But just recently, maybe a couple of years ago, I started scouting out new, underground talent around the internet like youtube and myspace. I've come across some amazingly talented people but the one artist and the only singer/songwriter that outshined all the rest was a girl named Jayms Madison.

If you've kept up with my blog lately you might notice her picture on a previous blog that I wrote. She is an amazing underground singer that has the range of Whitney Houston and the swagger of Beyonce. Jayms has been on tour with Musiq Soulchild and sang back-up vocals for him. She has also worked with Rapper/Producer Sean P. Diddy Combs and written for several different artists such as Chrisette Michele and Stacie Orrico.

Jayms has broken the mold and created a sound that no one can compare too. She has stated several times in interviews that she hopes to be a universal artist in which she hope to appeal to all people, regardless of their musical genre or preferences.  Jayms has a myspace page as well with some of her tracks on it that you can listen to. Here's the link http://www.myspace.com/jaymsmadison. She is a fantastic talent and she is soon to be releasing more music, hopefully either at the end of this summer or in due time by fall. She also has a youtube channel as well and I recently saw where she did a cover to Tweet's song "Smoking Cigarettes", hints the title; and let me just say that it literally BLEW MY MIND. Here's the link to the video if you want to check it out and/or subscribe to her channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/jaymsmadison.

 Jayms has also gone international in Jamaica and will soon be parting to India. She has done a phenomenal job with breaking through and as long as she continues to do what she is doing, she can make it. I feel like the record companies aren't listening or scouting out ANY new talent these days and quite frankly they need to start doing their jobs. I can't stress enough the fact that most of the artists now-a-days all sounds like "bubble-gum-pop-singers" and its literally starting to get on my LAST nerves. When I hear people like Jayms not only cover other artists songs (and most of the time sound better then they do) but also has her own style and her own music that she writes and can appeal to many different people and sounds excellent doing it; that is what truly pisses me off. There is also a place where you can listen to some of her rare songs, one that I personally love is called "Lovely"...here is the link if you're interested: http://tweetmysong.com/8i89gl. Please support her and follow her on twitter as well: http://twitter.com/jaymsmadison. Thanks guys and keep reading.

MJ

"Man in the Mirror"

As you all may know, on June 27th, 2010 the BET awards was aired live on national television. If anyone reading this is not aware with this its basically an awards show recognizing and appreciating the music and successful careers of African American artists. There were many amazingly talented and well-known artists that performed at the awards show. Alicia Keys performed her songs "Unthinkable," "If I Ain't Got You," and "You Don't Know My Name;" all of which are from previous and current albums. There were also newer artists that performed in the Prince tribute portion of the show such as Janelle Monae who performed Prince's most popular songs "Let's Go Crazy." Also, Trey Songz did a montage of his songs and he performed a snippet of Prince's famous song "Purple Rain" that he covered briefly in between his performance. There were others such as Drake, Young Jeezy, Nicki Minaj, and also an introduction and return of rapper Kanye West who has been on a hiatus from the rap game after his past popularity with the media.

Out of all of these amazing artists and outstandingly phenomenal performances, one act stood out from all the rest and that was no other than, Chris Brown. Now it has been a year since the greatly missed King of Pop past on, Michael Jackson. In his honor Chris Brown did a special and surprisingly amazing performance of the King's famous dance moves and innovative musical successes. He started out by performing songs like "The Way You Make Me Feel", to "Do You Remember the Time," then into "Smooth Criminal" and then went straight into "Billie Jean." This segment consisted a montage of songs that was dazzled with background dancers in outfits with lighting effects on their suits flashing with their every move. Here is a brief look at the performance and tribute that you can watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCYt1mK3-qc. Horrible quality, I know, but its just there for you to get the real picture and feel the emotions felt when he performed these songs. Towards the end of Chris's tribute to the King of Pop, he sang on a softer note a song that touched the entire audience, "Man in the Mirror" in which Chris was suppose to sing in closing of his performance. The audience was expecting him to go out with a bang but was soon shocked to realize that Chris's notes weren't out of key for lack of practice, skill, or endurance it was because while he was singing that song, he was looking at himself and past mistakes and feeling the music like never before.

Brown has been speculated and looked down upon by the media since his accusations and later sentencing of abuse on his then girlfriend Rihanna Fenty. After this heart wrenching performance, I think his experience with trouble has been redeemed and finally forgiven, well, at least thats what most would like to believe; but others aren't seeing it too much like people like me. There was a recent poll on a website that asked viewers if they thought that Chris Brown took it too far with the crying and whether we, the people and viewers, thought he was faking to redeem himself and get our trust and loyalty back. When I read this, I was extremely angered and I felt really upset. Now I do not condone violence of any kind, but I do believe that people ought to receive a second chance, no matter what their past. If they're asking for one, I think they should at least be given a chance to show that people can change for the better. So, what do you guys think?

MJ

"Welcome Back, Welcome Back, Wel-Come Back"

So rumor has it, or should i say 'fact' has it that the legendary Lauryn Hill has resurfaced and is coming back to take the music business over, yet AGAIN. In a recent interview with National Public Radio's Zoe Chace following her performance in Santa Rosa, California last weekend Hill revealed her future plans to continue with her music.

(Hill Performing in 2008)

Hill is a famously known R&B artist that made her big break when she starred in the widely known movie Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit when she was recognized for her musical talent and phenomenal voice. She was initially interested in acting and once she got her opportunity to pursue her career she also opened up another door completely different than the path she had initially intended to take.

In her early years, she was associated with a group known as the Fugees that contained other well known artists Wyclef Jean and Prakazrel "Pras" Michel and they had a short lived career together before Hill went solo and made her break for fame with her album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill in 1998. The album focused on many different issues such as getting pregnant at a young age and being pressured into getting an abortion, having promiscuous relationships, love, happiness, heart break, and betrayal. This album was so successful mainly because it focused on everyday issues that everyone all around the world can either relate to or has been faced with one time or another in their lives. The album was widely disapproved by her former band members after their break up in 1996 due to personal issues. After a while Wyclef Jean accepted her decision to go solo and offered to help with the production of the album but those plans never followed out as planned.

(The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, 1998: The only album release by Hill)

 Hill’s debut of the album sold 500,000 copies in its first week of sale and has since then gone certified platinum in Australia, gold in Austria, Platinum in Belgium, 7 times platinum in Canada, 2 times platinum in France, platinum in Germany, platinum in the Netherlands, 3 times platinum in New Zealand, platinum in Sweden, Gold in Switzerland, 2 times platinum in the United Kingdom, and 8 times platinum in the United States. The album was commercially and critically successful and at the time had broken the record for first week of sales by a female artist. The album was also known as the first Hip-Hop album to be named album of the year. With this album’s success, it led to 10 Grammy nominations in which Hill won five at the 41st Grammy Awards Ceremony in 1998. Hill had many big name artists involved in the making of this album. She had then undiscovered artists featured in her album such as John Legend and also very well known artists such as D’angelo and Mary J. Blidge. As of 2010, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill has sold over 8 million copies in the United States alone and worldwide 18 million copies. The album is still continuing to sell to this day.

 (Performing in New York's Central Park in 2005)

Even though this album was the only solo album Hill has ever made, this album will most likely be one of the greatest albums of all time throughout her music career. Hill is now touring in various places around the world such as Australia, Canada, and New Zealand continuing to dazzle fans and keep on the legacy of the legendary solo album that has made national and worldwide success. Hopefully this news is permanent and the plans for a new album don't fall through. Lauryn Hill is a legend and always will be no matter if she comes back or not.Hill has many different reasons why she's been off the scene for a while. She has 5 children to take care of and thats a huge responsibility to withhold, but Lauryn notably said in an interview that, "It's Just Time" and Mrs. Hill, all your fans agree.

MJ

"I Want You To Want Me"

Have you ever fallen in love? You know, the type of love where you can’t bare to not be around that special someone? Well let me tell you, first hand, that I’m in love with someone that I can’t have. Someone that is amazing in every aspect of their being. With someone that makes my heart pound a million times faster than normal. I think about this person from the moment I wake up in the morning to the time I lay down to go to sleep at night. It takes me hours just to fall asleep because I can’t get this person out of my head. You know how they say, you usually dream about the last thing that you think about before you go to sleep? Well, I dream about you every night because you never ever leave my thoughts. You're always on my mind and there's no room left for thinking. I think about you when I’m writing music, I think about you in the car, in the shower, hell even when I’m at work. I can’t live with knowing that someone may take you away someday; that someone else will sweep you off your feet before I even get the chance to even say hello. I wanna be the one that takes your breath away. I know that you’ve been hurt in the past: lied to, cheated on, and left heart broken one after another. But baby, if you let me in your life, I will never ever hurt you in any way and I will do anything possible to make you smile every day. You have a smile that can melt an ice burg. Nothing and no one can compare to the beauty that you posses. Not only are you a beautiful human being, but your heart is the most beautiful thing that  I’ve ever encountered. No one has a heart and soul like you do. I can see myself being with you for the rest of my life.  Nothing can make my love for you stray or disappear. I will always love you, whether we stay together or don’t become anything more than friends. That’s just how strong my love is. Have you ever fallen in love? You know, the type of love where you can’t bare to not be around that special someone? Well let me tell you, first hand, that I’m in love with someone that I can’t have.

MJ

"What's Going On"

Somebody please tell me why every black boy wants to be a friggin rapper?! I'm getting so sick of people always trying to take the easy way out. If you're gonna make an effort please at LEAST be good at what you're trying to do and not completely SUCK at it. I'm so sick of getting random friend requests from people claiming to be a rapper on the rise and they can't even use correct or proper English. Then they all have these names like Dope Boy Phresh or Thug Nigga, and when did it become ok to use the word nigga? That word was used to demean black people and was also used as a racial slur. Why would we call our brothers and sisters such cruel names and answer to them? What makes it okay for that word to be used in our every day vocabulary and more relevantly used in rap and r&b? The rap now-a-days consists of what goes on in the hood and what drugs they sell/do, and what they do sexually in the bedroom. Why is that in songs? I don't give a flying f*** what you do in the bedroom. For example, 50 damn Cent, every one of his songs has some reference to either money or what he does to women. Lil Wayne, not jocking on his talents, but he is a prime example of what I'm talking about. For example his song Single, like why would you even right a song about such things? Calling women out of their name and describing them as bitches and hos. NOT OKAY PEOPLE. Another perfect example is Khia's song "My Neck, My Back" and that is the ultimate. That is enabling men to call you all kinds of names and demean women. Not only is it in rap or r&b, but its also becoming relevant in rock and metal. I don't think that these musicians need to be making all this money on nonsense. I feel like saying that there needs to be a censor on music all together is going a bit far, but I don't understand or know what else to do. When you watch the BET Awards or the Grammys black people are the only ones that have 75% of the songs bleeped out because of all the ridiculous things they talk about and all of the profanity they use. It makes no since what-so-ever. So come on people, answer me this....what's going on?

"Where'd All the Good People Go?"

Why is the music industry full of bullshit? Why is it that 80% of the so-called artists/singers in the music industry can't sing and can't sing live at that? If the producers need a computer to make it seem like you can sing, your voice isn't worth shit. Why is it that people like Rihanna, Ashanti, Tweet, and Keyshia Cole can get record deals when there are people out there that are just pure, raw talent. Not jockin' on their talents or whatever, but point blank, these entertainers are not the best in the business today; they all have a long way to go. People that have voices that will literally blow your mind, can dance, and are just basically the full package. Undergroud singers like Jayms Madison, Jaiden, and Teron Beal. If you don't know who these people are, its ok because these are the REAL artists of America that don't have enough publicity. What happened to the Lauryn Hills and D'angelo's of our time? Where did all the good singers and actual TALENT go?! Oh believe me, they're still out there, they just can't get recognized for their talents. You know why all of these things that I have just said are 100% true? Because the music industry is full of close-minded, insipid, incompetent imbeciles that only care about how someone looks. The music industry has put in our minds, as citizens, that you have to be the hottest thing on earth and have the most amazing body ever...no matter if you are the biggest dipshit/dingbat in America and don't know how many states we have in our country. Think about it, just take a minute and think.

 MJ

"Why Do We Love Love, When Love Seems to Hate Us?"

I hear you Jazmine Sullivan, that title is the says it all. Why the hell do we love love so much and no matter what we do we always end up broken hearted...well that is the ones of us NOT living in a fairytale fantasy. Love never seems to favor us in the real world. Love is either a friend or an enemy. It never really is a good thing until you've found that special someone that you'll favor your entire life. My favorite quote about love is believe it or not from the bible. It's the a verse from 1 Corinthians 13, "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres." It continues on with more clever notes about love, but it is without a doubt the truth. Love is tossed around way too much now-a-days. People use love to get by and use it to get what and who they want. People don't know what love really is until they've experienced it fully. Love makes a man happy, and makes a man want to do better and want to be a better person. When you're really in love, you want to do good things and make something out of your life. Love should never be forced, it should all just come naturally.Whether its young love or old love, it should always be true and pure. I think that if people use love more often in the world and in current events, the world would be a better place. I think love needs to be more relevant and more involved in everyday life experiences. But honestly, love will never truly conquer all until everyone sees the big picture.

MJ

"A Beautiful Awakening Has Happened in my Soul"

Born on March 3, 1986, the now 23 year old super star has made a huge impact in the pop industry and in so many people's lives. With her 3 1/2 octave voice of an angel and her versatile style in any genre, Miss Orrico is the most talented and true artist that I have personally ever encountered. The Seattle born native never thought that her talent was as great as the public eye perceived it to be. Stacie did not know that her talented singing, song writing intellect, and vivid piano skills would get her as far in her career as she ever dreamed of.
Stacie Orrico was born in Seattle, Washington to Christian missionaries Patti and Dean Orrico. Stacie Orrico was always told that she had the voice of an angel but she never thought that big record producers would be scouting and telling her the same exact things her family told her every time she opened her mouth to sing. Her family background is surrounded by music being that her father plays guitar and her mother and four other siblings all sang as well. Stacie started playing the piano at age 5 and by the age of 6 wrote her first song entitled “Always Answer” and ever since then she began writing and composing her own music along with developing the amazing 3 octave voice that she has.

Stacie and her family ventured off to a Christian musical festival where her mother entered Stacie into the contest unknowingly and she agreed to participate. By the end of the contest Orrico not only walked away from the festival a winner and very happy young lady but at the age of 12 she was also offered a record deal with ForeFront Records in which she took the offer and signed with the Christian affiliated record label in 1998 and then later switched labels and joined Virgin Records. From that day on, Stacie’s world was going in a whole new direction that she was unsure of but also very nervous and excited about; being that Stacie never had any interest in becoming a singer/artist. She had recorded her first album called Genuine in 2000 when she was at the tender age of 14 which sold over 13,000 copies in its first week of sale. Ultimately her first album ended up selling over 500,000 copies and was certified a Gold album. Later in 2003 her self-titled album Stacie Orrico was released and there were several hit singles which promoted the album enough to sell 3.4 million copies worldwide and was also nominated for the 46th Annual Grammy Awards.

Stacie Orrico has toured in many places around the world including various locations in the world; just to name a few: Australia, Japan, France, and Singapore. Stacie had a very strenuous schedule when it came to touring, recording, and making music. Although she loved her fans and really enjoyed making music, one day she woke up and felt physically and emotionally exhausted in a way that really took a toll on her state of being in which she was on the brink of breaking. She had lost many friends and also lost long years of her social and personal life and growing up because of her job as a musician. She decided to take a break for a few years in which she described as her way of “reconnecting with the rest of the world.” She got to experience life in a whole new light and also in a way that she could understand why she began making music in the first place.

Once Stacie got to experience life for the first time ever since she got her record deal she began writing and got in contact with her music again and she mainly included things that she got to experience in her two to three years of off time and it soon seemed like a beautiful awakening she described and later named her new album after. Moving in a new direction in her music, Stacie reappeared on the scene in 2006 with a new album and a huge realm of songs in which focused on public and personal struggles in her life that she experienced throughout and also while she was on a brief break. As she caught up on life she wrote many songs and it was said that when she came back into the studio for the first time in three years she had written 55 songs and was ready to take on the music industry once again with a huge bang. Stacie released Beautiful Awakening in 2006 to many other countries except the United States for unknown reasons. The newly released album of the time sold over 100,000 copies in Japan alone in which gave this album another Gold certified stand point. After a while Capitol Records and Virgin Records were talking about merging and as a result Stacie Orrico decided to withdraw herself from the label and took another break. In these seemingly long breaks Orrico took, I seemed to lose faith in hearing from her again. It has been nearly 4 years since Stacie has produced or even recorded anything with anyone. She had her side projects that she was working on but to my knowledge, I had not been able to hear or enjoy her uplifting music and lyrics for myself. I felt a bit disconnected from music because Stacie’s music is not only amazing, it is very vivid and paints a beautiful picture of her life and talent but also a very real, down-to-earth connection with her listeners because she talks about real-life issues taking place all around the world. Looking to the future now, Stacie has recently been working with the Creative Jenius Record label in which has been known to specialize in Hip-Hop and R&B music. The earlier rumored but recently confirmed fourth studio album is said to be released and is in production as of now including writers such as Toby Gad and Onree Gill. The album is to be released sometime in 2010, most likely the mid to end of this year. Hopefully Orrico will have as many hits as she has had in her past and also be able to deliver more to the United States and take the music industry by storm and take over the music industry all over again.

"Please Don't Stop the Music"

Music is something I take very seriously. Its not something i just listen to, its something i study. I honestly think that everyone would be lost without it, thats just my personal opinion and belief. Music opens up the soul and opens up the creative logic behind lyrics and song composition. It also gets the creative juices flowing all at once while the mind/brain process this thing called a melody.

See thats just it, music isn't just a 'thing' to me, its a passion. Music takes my life to a whole new dimension in a world where everything revolves simply around music itself. Its the different key changes, the versatility of different styles, and the appreciation for all sorts, types, and genres of music. Music makes the world go around, that is good music. Who can really say what 'good' music is anymore? Now-a-days it seems like music is just a way to make a quick buck here and there to help pay the rent and get mom a nice big ol house in the suburbs while i stack up on Bentley's and Maseratis. When did music become a way to demean women and talk about the various sexual things you do in the bedroom? When did it become okay to have several sexual innuendos embedded in the lyrics for little children to not catch or understand and have them singing along with the song? When did it become okay for black men and women to say the N word several times in a song referring to a fellow brother or sister? When did dancing around half dressed and talking about complete nonsense become a fashion statement? When did its become relevant for a drug addict to become a role model? When did all of this become okay? To be honest, I can't answer my own question; thats the sad part about it all. We can't trace the tracks and go back and figure out where any of this started. But furthermore, I will not go back and try and find the bread crumbs that led to this problem.

The only thing that people like me, who believe in real music, can do is hope, pray, and support the real musicians out there that do it just purely for the love of music. The musicians and artists that actually write their own songs and have meaning behind them. The people that actually possess talent. The ones that actually care about who they're influencing or helping. I would also like to thank music, for always being there when no one else was; to get me through all the hard times and heart ache. Music is my best friend and the only thing that has my heart forever.

MJ

"Tell Me Something Good"

Lets talk about something meaningful, something good. Something that gets the brain working and the mind intact with everything being said or written down. Now I know what you're thinking, I'm one of those cats that talks about the same old thing and is trying to make myself sound "educated" in some way. No, I'm not talking about how the economy sucks because of years of bad politics or an incredibly horrible oil spill that was supposedly all BP's fault. I mean lets talk about life and the appreciation for it. Now some people don't appreciate life, thats why I feel that it is 'meaningful' to talk about it for once. Lets talk about how screwed up people are or how mean some people can be. Or lets focus on a simple crime whether is be hate or homicide. Or why the hell all this turmoil in the middle east has anything to do with the U.S., but yet we're still over there wrecking havoc: raping women and children, stealing from innocent civilians, and murdering men, father's, husbands, brothers, friends for Christ's sake.

Speaking of Christ, lets talk about how screwed up some of the so-called "Christians" are that are the most judgmental people, EVER most of the time. God wouldn't like that very much. Lets focus on the fact that life is taken for granted too often and sometimes we need to sit back and really look at how good we have it, the fortunate ones i mean. But then again, no one really ever is 'fortunate', because everybody hurts. Everyone has gone through things in their lives that have either set them back or made them stronger in some way or another. Lets talk about love, and how that word is tossed around like a hot potato in the middle of August. No one really knows what love is anymore; i mean REALLY knows or knows what on earth it feels like. Lets talk about something meaningful, something good.

MJ

"Guess Who's Back, Back Again. Stacie's Back, Tell A Friend"

In my previous blog I wrote about a woman I find intriguingly interesting and without a doubt the most amazing singer/songwriter to ever live in my generation. Now if you're new to my blog you might be wondering who I am talking about. Her name is Stacie Joy Orrico. Let me give you a little feedback and background information about her.
She was born March 3, 1986 and after her mother unknowingly entered her into a talent show on a family vacation, Orrico finished in first and what happened next was history. She was scouted and signed to ForeFront Records, in which Orrico agreed to and became one of the worlds most renowned Pop icons of the millennium; shortly after releasing her first album, Genuine, in 2000 at the young, tender age of 14. She released 4 albums, including her Christmas album, which have over the years had overwhelmingly incredible success in the US and other neighboring countries such as Japan, Australia, and Canada.

She left for a while after the release and huge success of her second album entitled, Stacie Orrico, but soon returned with her 3rd Studio album in which she named Beautiful Awakening. Soon after the release and also huge success of Beautiful Awakening in 2006, Stacie once again took a break from the music industry, possibly to find herself and get back in touch with why she fell in love with music in the first place. Not only did she leave for personal reasons but she also left supposedly because of the merging of Capitol and Virgin records in which she signed with after switching genre's from Contemporary Christian to Pop in due time of her second self-titled album in 2003 (Virgin). After gaining her wisdom and taking another break from the madness of the music business, she later returned to Capitol Records in 2009 and as of 2010 it is still unclear but also rumored that she is to be releasing a fourth studio album in mid to late 2010. With the help of singer/songwriter Jayms Madison and also producers and writers such as Onree Gill and Toby Gad, her effort to resume her career and continue where she left off with her music is only an uphill battle and soon to be success for the young 24 year old pop star...or should i say the R&B/Soul singer she is today. Stacie has a very versitile tone and also a wide range not only in her vocals but also in her musical background; where she gains her inspiration from artists such as Lauryn Hill, D'Angelo, and Ella Fitzgerald. She is a very innovative and talented young artist that is and always has been a huge role model for young teenagers, specifically teenage girls, her entire career. Miss Orrico is phenomenal in every way and I can only hope and pray that her fans welcome her back with open arms and hearts wide open. This time hopefully everyone will appreciate her music and really dig down to the core of her thoughts and her experiences that she incorporates so beautifully. I can only assure you that my heart is open and ears are listening for my favorite singer/songwriter to return. Back, again....

MJ