*Update* Internship search continues.

Discovering old school music groups **Another Bad Creation**Soul 4 Real**Subway**

Favorite Songs at the moment:

Trey Songz>> Holla if you need me

Another Bad Creation>> Iesha (90's)

Nas/Damion Marley>> Strong Will Continue

Trina/ Keri Hilson>> Million Dollar Girl

Busta Rhymes>> The Struggle will be lost (02)

..to be continued..

June: music reviews

Trey Songz -Yo Side of the Bed

Tremaine finally drops a song with some substance, other than "One Love", which pretty much never made it to radio. He channels his inner Prince, on the track found near the end of his album. This video gives a creative take on a loved one leaving for war, with Trey giving a decent performance.

Teairra Mari- Automatic

What is this mess. I actually liked the first album. I guess she chose the wrong writer for this one. (6-2-10)

Lil B- Violate

Ignorance at its finest. (6-2-10)

Even though E.L.E. is his like his previous albums with more party oriented songs, and less creative concepts, I really enjoyed listening to this album. "Tear Da Roof Off", "Take It Off", and pretty much the whole album gets you pumped when you hear it. He may not be able to outshine his Flipmode members in the collabo, but you can't say he dosen't steal the spotlight with his energy.

ELE 2

While Busta may not bring conscious rap back with more of some supposed Swizz Beatz produced singles, he has promised to help save rap from too much "Pretty Boy Swag" type of songs (not in those words but you get the point.) The street single "Stop The Party" isn't really impressive at all. Hopefully this isn't a sign of things to come, because if so then it dosen't sound like a big leap from the first E.L.E.

Movies of Interest

Player's Club "Use what you got to get what you want"

Videos of Interest

Busta Rhymes "Hustlers Anthem"

Crime Mob "Circles"

Dynamic Superiors "Shoe Shine"

Jason Derulo "Heartless- remake"

Missy Elliot (Sista) "Its Alright"

Redman "Continue"

Busta Rhymes "Bus-a-Bus remix"

"Live To Regret"

Four Long Years

Ever since I was a quiet shy kid entering the world of College up to this point where I'm set on gradating on time, and sharpening my skills as an artist (traditional, digital, musical). Throughout the years I have made several things that would not considered smart or practical, but I learned from my mistakes. I met some resourceful people, learned more about my history, and become even more interested in the world of Digital Art. Even though I didn't graduate in four years like half of my colleagues, It turns out to be a good thing, because I get to work on my plans for world domination.

Through the random parties ending up in some kind of hangover to the few probates I went to, BSU has been a sort of uneven mix of frustrating, boring, and interesting, not to mention a rumor mill. I met some good friends, some of which help me with video projects.

What keeps me motiviated? Fellow classmates who have been at BSU for as long as me with extensive portfolio, and wanting my collegues to know that I am a force to be reckoned with. Portfolio coming soon.

P.s. These art professors are no joke. :1

Some tough lessons I continually learned the hard way were why procrastination ruins lives, why its good to network, and to practice your craft in your free time. I plan for this last year at BSU to be the best college year so far. In the meantime, I will be busy freelancing, physical training, and partying. :p

Sex Room

I didn't even look at the making of Ludacris' "Sex Room" video. I thought that Luda's songs "Splash Waterfalls", "Sex therapy" verse, and "Ride" verses were enough. Trey Songz already had "invented sex" and "Neighbors". Don't they get tired of releasing songs about the same thing. I'm sure these guys to other things besides have sex.

Paige IN FULL

This presentation held in "Flashpoint" in Northwest D.C. The performer Paige Hernandez and her brother who was the D.J. gave a performance which they said was in inspired by Eric B. and Rakim's "Paid In Full". The elements of dance, poetry and Hip-Hop, new and old-school were incorporated in the hour show that talked about why Paige loves hip-hop so much and how and why she incorporated it in her life. The setting was in a small room with a table decorated with old-school hip-hop albums and the materials on the table for the D.J.

Paige Hernandez discussed her life as a child mixed with black, cuban, and asian decent. Topics such as how the other kids treated her, stereotypes associated with each race, gang violence in her hometown of Baltimore and an abusive relationship were expressed through plenty of dancing, poetry, free styling. At one point she talks about having an identity crisis by performing dances associated with each race, and speaking in the language of each race. She spoke of living in Baltimore, and aspects of its culture that has affected her, such as the club music. Near the end of the play Paige speaks of how the death of Tupac affected her, considering they went to school and rapped together which certainly surprised everyone who did not know her age. Near the end of the play, it is assumed that she "met" hip-hop, which become her one love after an abusive relationship. And of course the DJ was an important part of the show. Besides playing the "soundtrack" to her life, he showed of the element of sampling records in hip-hop by playing some of the most sampled records.

Overall seeing Paige In Full was a good thing mostly because of Paige's spontaneous performance and dance moves. Paige's emotion during the dramatic parts made me relate to her story even more. From the hip-hop sampling section to free styled were all memorable parts to an excellent show. I was looking forward to a part where the audience got to answer questions but the performers abruptly left.

The Ehhhh List

*Songs that aren't terrible, but they aren't really special either*

Busta Rhymes "Stop the party"

-A wasted rehash of "Watch Your Mouth" which was 10x better.

Ciara "Run it"

-Bland, boring and not hit material

Nicki Manaj "Your Love"

-Would be decent w/out the auto-tune (she reallt doesn't need it)

The Dream"Champagne"

More mediodacry with ly

Kesha "Your Love is my Drug"

The video features 3 incredibly random scenes, which has me assuming that the video was her on an acid trip.

The Finish Line

One week left of school yaaaayyy. One final video project, one soundscape project, one 30 sec. animation final (making a 30 sec. animation take a while, possibly a whole semester of school depending on how much help you have), one website with motion graphics, and an E-Book.

Being a graphics artists requires work and creative thought process just like any other major, but the worlds needs "graphicist" now. So, I see it as something where I can use my creativity, granted with whatever specifications the person needs, and get paid alot of money for it (alot to me, i dont have bills :). So what am I going to do this summer.

Work, party, get money, live the life of a 21 y.o.

"Torn"

Torn was held in "The Arc" in S.E. D.C., even though the set up of the presentation took a while, It was mostly worth the wait. First an up-and -coming singer "Kyonte", who produced most of the films soundtrack, opened with about seven songs from his album. Finally, the movie "Torn" played to an audience with most of its actors in the seats. As I entered the theatre, I saw a red carpet which would later be the place where the actors got interviewed. At first I had no idea that these people were in the movie. I felt so out of place in my street clothes, as everyone else was dressed for a special occasion (which It was).

The movie was good but it stroke me as obviously not a hollywood produced movie (as it was independently made.) There were noticeable differences in sound quality. For example in one scene were two characters were walking outside, their voices were not nearly as loud as a from a scene with them talking in a club. Another complaint would be the used of a flashback effect. The effect they used looked like a wild west effect were the screen would be kind of brown-ish. I did not think that the flashback scenes were that far back as to use an effect like that. One more thing I did not agree with were the choices of music in certain parts of the music. An example is the scene where they play basketball, with the main character playing against the man that his wife cheated with. The song played talks about being "fly" and having "bling", and It kind of ruins the mood. The camera shots could have been arranged and shot better, but "Torn" was very entertaining.

The plot of the film follows Delroy Price, who finds out that his wife is cheating on him with their sons basketball coach. Why is she cheating on him? Its not as easy as you may think. He falls for a friend Jasmine Greene, who is faced with deciding if she fells the same way her boss feels about her. He ends up fighting between his wife who once tried to keep a secret from him and the girl he seems to have fallen for, Jasmine. What will the outcome be? Well you already know, but road to the resolution is pretty entertaining.

The director tackled the issues of the parents not wanting their separation to effect their son who idolizes the father so much, and women having a hard time deciding how they feel about men who show them affection. (**SPOILER**)More specifically the wife realizes that she never had a "spark", with her husband, unlike when she was with the basketball coach. Also Jasmine thinks she falls for her boss, after rejecting his declaration of love before, only to realize she wants to be with Delroy. (**SPOILER**).

Pros:

Good movie premiere viewing experience for cheap

Not a Tyler Perry movie (overdramatic)

Uses a popular movie plot and adds a few sunrises

Musical performance by an up and coming artists

The film willed by independently released shortly

Cons:

Slightly amateur shooting, editing and placement of music kind of annoyed me

Kyonte music video was boring (no offense)

I walked in there lost, and stood there looking lost in a crowd of people I didn't know until the movie started (but thats kinda my fault since I went alone).

Anyway......give it a look.

May: Music Reviews

Janelle Monae: Tightrope

The hooded figures in the video probably represent an individual person being their only true obstacle and not looking back. This girl of whom I've never seen before can sing and dance really well. The theme probably hasn't been done very much. Big Boi adds a little bit of star power to the video but its J-Monae who really steals the show here.

Mann feat. Jason Derulo: Text

There were so many things wrong with this video. smh.

Thoughts: Is Cheating (academically) Ever Justified

Yes!!!! If you have a teacher that reads the info you need to study for a test off of pages she printed off of Wikipedia. I barely feel like I am learning anything in this class, considering the test contain the question (what is (singer) known for, what are their dates, name five of their songs). The same question used four times on a test. Giving the students a week at least to study stuff like that may be ok, but giving about a dozen names on a monday and telling the students they need to study for a test the next day (wednesday) is not okay. Especially when there was a half- @ss review that monday, its time to break that "study sheet". .... Class evaluation sheets (DMX growl), somebody ain't getting a 5 out of 5.

Art Guild Updates 5-5-10

Thank you all for coming to the BSU Art Guild meeting. It was a honor meeting you all, and we greatly appreciated your presence. Everyone please join the facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=198035066557&ref=search&sid=72803886.4221828928..1

But It can't stop there, we have to work hard to promote the Arts at Bowie State!!!!!

The Next meeting, is tentatively scheduled for The First Wednesday of the next semester 2:00pm- 4:00pm.(Food, & music will be provided.)

Until then If anyone knows anyone who has a creative talent/ hobby (from painting to mini-sculptures to beat boxing), or If you have connections with people who can help us get these T-shirts done, feel free to get them to help us out. ****There will be a contest being whoever can design the best website/ T-shirt with Artist Guild logo, where the winner will receive a prize.*****

I had an Idea of having an Old School-New School Homecoming Concert with rappers/ singers from the Old School and New School. Before the concept we can hold breakdancing/ free styling/ cyphers where the winners get 2 Free Tickets to the concert. This would also give us the opportunity to create sell Artist Guild T-shirts, and possibly create Homecoming T-Shirts to sell and make some money. I am going to speak to the SGA about this so if we can pull of the concert then everything else should not be a problem.

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Summary of Art Guild Meeting

Wednesday May 5, 2010

Martin Luther King Room 109

12:00pm-12:40

What Is The Art Guild

Constitution http://www.bowiestate.edu/academics/departments/dfpa/program/vcdma/ag/

Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=198035066557&ref=search&sid=72803886.4221828928..1

• Students Promoting a high standard of quality art around campus
• Engage in community service activities (Workshops, Seminars, etc.)
• Promote a career in Visual Arts
• Learn about Production/teaching of Art, Design and Contemporary concepts in the Art World

Accomplishments: Summer 2009- Spring 2010

Last Year the Group hosted a DJ Seminar with Dj Diamond, Contributed to the Arts Festival with Audio-vision (Performances with Visual Presentation, "Black Pulse", and the mix-media in honor of Africa hanging in the Martin Luther King Commons Area across from each other. However the group could have accomplished more, because it lacked initiative and communications. The Photos and Videos of Events will be posted on the Facebook Page soon.

Elections

They will be held next semester (Fall 2010).

• President
• Vice President
• Secretary (Records information during meetings)
• Treasurer (Handles, Manages money)
• Chairman of Publicity (Advertisement, Keeps record of Events)

Agenda For Fall 2020

• T-Shirts
• Workshops (Digital Arts, Traditional Arts)
• Creative Canvas
• Artist Guild Commercials to help Advertise (i.e. Topography, Animation, Creative Video)
• Guest Speakers (i.e. DJ Seminar)
• BSU Homecoming (Old School to New School)
• Group Projects (example the Art Work hanging in the MLK Commons)

Goals of Next Meeting

Work on Commercial/ Advertisement Medium

T-Shirts

Workshops

Our Next Project

Contest: design the best T-shirt/ Website

Music: April 2010

Maurice "Maestro" Washington

April Music Reviews:

Jason Derulo: Solo

Sade: Baby Father

Jason Derulo "Solo"

The first thing I thought when watching this video is this n8gga can dance. The second thing I thought was the background and effects of this video were on point. He is not the best singer ever, but if he wrote than he is a good writer. One thing you can't argue is that he is a good dancer. I think Chris Brown got some competition. The theme of the video was predictable but the way he pulled it off made me say "wow" the whole time. I'm definitely going to spread the word about this under appreciated artist how about you.

The vid starts out with him playing the piano singing of a lost love leading into a dance track, reminding me of Daniel Bedingfield (thats what I was thinking). The blatant advertisement for "Plenty -O- Fish" was way too obvious. (This stuck out to me because I read an article about the filthy rich guy who came up with it). The many years of studying dance may have made The King of Pop worry (maybe a little). Background effects like the letters and the car was great though. If you haven't seen this video you are really missing out.

Sade "Baby Father"

This serene video shows Sade in a more youthful form than I ever remember seeing her. This video. The lighting in the video is what makes it so appealing. Of course there's the people dancing and the boy meeting up with his father. This song reminds me of Bob Marley (this is just an assumption). I think there may be a sample there. Bottom Line: Must Watch Video.

Maurice "Maestro" Washington feat.

Chotsani Lewis

"THUG JUICE"

Both :Yeah, Yeah Yall, Whats good world. We gonna tell you about that T.H.U.G. J.U.I.C.E.

MAESTRO: Baby, I know you been waiting for a beverage with some flavor

just like some now-and laters

Thug Juice got the ladies screamin for juice that so mean

just take a sip and you'll know what I mean

The passion from each rashion make you feel like crashing from all this satisfaction

This ain't Thug passion........ This ain't pimp juice

All original to get you off your kaboose.

When you feel like lifes got you on a noose,

Drink something that make you feel like you can't lose

Chotsani: All my people on the floor, won't you move it to the left

Thug Juice got you loose,

Put you on cruise control

(LOUDER) let go of all your worries

and grad yourself a bottle (LOUDER)

The ladies in the place want that (EMPHASIS) Thuuuug Juice

The fellas in the place got that (EMPHASIS) Thuuuug Juice

MAESTRO: you can call me MAESTRO when I master the Art

of delivering you the message about this .....Thug Juice

If Paul did the instrumental,

you may be a little sentimental

(Talking) If you tasted Thug Juice, you know whats gonna happen

Chotsani (CHORUS):

It ain't a party without the Thug Juice

This little bottle is sure to get you loose

They call me Chotsani with Maestro on the mic

Drink with caution , cause we don't want no fights

MAESTRO: well anyway me and my people went out to cause some trouble

"Ay son get me some Thug Juice on the double"

So we can empty the bottles all over T-Shirts

Get the place more animated than Dreamworks.

MAESTRO raps while Chotsani sings the last word of every sentence:

Baby, I know you been waiting for a beverage with some flavor

just like some now-and laters

Thug Juice got the ladies screamin for juice that so mean

just take a sip and you'll know what I mean

The passion from each rashion make you feel like crashing from all this satisfaction

This ain't Thug passion........ This ain't pimp juice

All original to get you off your kaboose.

When you feel like lifes got you on a noose,

Drink something that make you feel like you can't lose

Chotsani sings the CHORUS x4 while Maestro talks:

It ain't a party without the Thug Juice

This little bottle is sure to get you loose

They call me Chotsani with Maestro on the mic

Drink with caution , cause we don't want no fights

Music Plays until it fades out

Another Busy Week

Here we go again folks.

After another weekend full of work and (surprisingly a day off). I been surviving over little breakfast meals, not long enough car rides with my Busta Rhymes CD, and my sympathetic classmates.

Out of all the crazy girls I met this semester my interest has always stayed in one girl :)

The biggest problem with the semester which I realized a while ago was the work schedule.

Class from Mon. to Fri. afternoon with extra homework, reading, critiques and studying (not to mention working on my art work for the art show, which I did not get to do. )

Whose fault is that.... MINE..... for being to lazy to get another job.

Missing assigments, having speeches from a certain Professor (if you KNOW ME IN SCHOOL, THEN YOU KNOW WHICH ONE).

No more of this bullshit. This summer

• getting a new job
• composing art masterpieces
• resurrect the Artists Guild
• Drink more alcohol, and do random stuff that white people do (bungie jump anyone)

(5-3-10). There's only two weeks left!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Until then let me

1. Study for my music test in 2/3 days
2. Email the script, film my movie and edit it by the due date in 13 days (360)
3. Work on, complete and refine my animation by 14 days (396)
4. Work on the template for my website and E-book with my group in 14 days (450)
5. Start on the last 5 HW assignments I missed from life drawings (111)
6. Critiques, Events, Discussion Questions, Lessons

I guess this is just bumps on the ROAD TO BIENG RICH BY THE AGE OF 22. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol

Flashback: Reviews

Eminem-Infinite

As I heard this album for the first time I was shocked at how laid back and positive the production was. Eminem was actually speaking of the troubles in his life without cursing (besides a few times). "Im infinite, you heard of hell well I was sent from it, I went to it serving a sentence for murder to instruments" (classic line). I didn't realize he had a brother until I heard this. The song "searching" made me think how far Em has gone considering the first I heard him was when watching the video "Without me". His lyrics of women have drastically changed. "Maxine" is an example of how Eminem would have been a great conscience rapper. "Backstabber" and "Jealousy" may be some of the realest songs I have heard from him. They give you a good view of his life before he had the big radio hits. Bottom Line is that Infinite provides competition for his first two major albums. The fact that they contrast makes it hard to determine which is better.

Current Event

Current Event #1 (all classes)

Pearl Cleages "Flyin' West" was performed at the auditorium inside the Martin Luther KIng building at Bowie State. The play ultimately has a statement about how race affects a relationship between Frank Charles, and Minnie Dove. The lives of Miss Leah, a former slave, who likes to tell stories about events she has seen in her life, Sophie Washington, who beleives in an successful all black town, and Fannie Dove, a single woman who runs a wheat farm with the other two, are shaken when Minnie Dove returns with her abusive husband Frank Charles.

Fannie Dove who has noticible effection with Will Parish, who is a friend of the family, tries to convince Minnie to work out her problems with her abusive husband Charles, who could care less about the problems of poor blacks. When Frank threatens to sell Minnie portion of their homestead, the family comes up with a deadly plan to stop him. Will and the women of the house gets Frank to try a some pie made with poison and take the deed to her land. Near the end of the play Minnie still has her child by the deceased Frank, and Miss Leah continues the tradition of telling stories to the child. Will Parish, the exact opposite of Frank plans to wed Fannie Dove.

Considering I have not heard of the play before seeing it that day, the actors did a good job of making the characters seem memorable and authentic. Apart from the scene where Frank is poisoned by the apple pie, the actors made the play made it seem as if they were in another world.

Current Event #2 (no handouts, last minute) (all classes)

Current Event

The senior artshow featured at the end of February featured artwork by Janis B. Pinkston, Ulysses Marshall, Stanley Squirewell, most of which are mixed media and seem to be based on the month of black history.

One of the pieces that stood out to me were "The Carbon Anomaly" by Stanly Squirewell. The piece made of acryllic on pigment paint, showed a man holding his neck with Acryllic paint representing blood. The realistic photo seem to work with the Acryllic paint which seemed to come out at the viewer. There was no general mood the picture portrayed.

"I'll Buy That For A Dollar (Triptych) by Stanley Squirewell was my second artwork in the show. This one was a realistic picture of a nude woman with a lime green background. The shading used on the women makes it stand out from the green background. The artwork to me dosen't seem good or bad, it justs seems like artwork that stands out.

The works in the show ranged from mixed media projects including materials such as newspaper and acryllic and projects including hand built cages. Another prop that interested me was a cage similar to a bird cage which locked away a bunch of two monkeys. As a tribute to Black History Month, or not this show succeded.

Current Event #3 (all classes except 396?)

Toe To Toe

4/05/10

On monday there was a film showing in D.C. called "Toe to Toe", set in D.C. It features the life of a girl named Natasha who lived in the projects and had the problems of maintaining "Princeton" level grades, while dealing with a family who seem to have accepted the lower class ghetto neighborhood and lifestyle except for the grandmother who was always strict with Natasha and her grades. Natasha always looked after a priviliged friend named Jessi who acts out because of the fact that her mother never spends time with her, all the while having to deal with the pressures that come with living in a poor black area. The characters in the movie did a good job with the material and making it seem real. The title of the movie seem to be named after the clash that happens between the two main characters during the middle of the movie, resulting over Rashid, the boy who they both have a crush over. During the high point of the movie, the stakes start to get high, causing everyone to want to find out what happens when Natasha's academic future lies in the hands of her friend Jessi.

The way the film was shot seemed to remind me of a documentary of teenage life, and sitcoms about teens in high school, with gogo music. It was nice how they incorporated the dancing related to gogo music considering the film took place in D.C. By the end of the film there is a positive feeling conveyed upon the audience. After the film the caucasion female who played Jessi from the movie was in the audience to answer questions which made me find out that she was an up and coming actress who lived in the area. My overall impression was that the film was wonderfully shot with characters that are good at pulling the audience into the material and creating tension over the intense parts of the play.

Current Event #4 (handout)

As You Like It had the theme of several people lusting for each other that ends in everyone being happy and getting the results that they want. The actors in the play did exceptionally well. Their performances made the Shakespeare-like dialogue worth listening to. Even though it is a love story with an ending that was not too hard to figure out, "As You Like It", was worth seeing. The setting was placed in front of the "Wisemen Center", which was very smart and creative. With a play set in France, its director was unsure of having a Shakespeare type play at Bowie State, and if people would support it. The director also commented on how one gender dressing as another gender would be given the consequence of punishment, among other subjects looked down upon in Shakespeare's time where shown in the play. The play is definitely one that I would go and see again.

Current Event #5 (handout)

Visual Rhetoric explored the topic of what thoughts or subject matter is given by images by the media. It was presented by Professor Stephanie D. Johnson. The film "Ethnic Notions" shown, chronicled racist images and characters made up to portray negative images of Blacks. Fictional characters such as Aunt Jemima, Minstrel show characters, and the people who played them were discussed. Surprisingly enough there were black actors who put on the same material that whites put on their skin to look black. This was the only way for them to make it out of poverty even though it meant furthering the negative portrayal of blacks. After the one hour film, Professor Johnson showed images of blacks in the media today, from the movie Tropic Thunder which featured Robert Downy Jr. wearing "black-face" to Erykah Badu's video, "Window Seat", and whether the images could be justified as something other than negative were debated. The event was very productive, and left me satisfied that I went.

Current Event #6

Senoir Art show feat. Bruce, Alonzo, John, Carren, Sherri

Current #7

Senoir Art show feat. Steve, Nicki, Britney, Mike &Stephanie

Current Event # 8

Bowie State Gospel Choir Senior Show

The Gospel did an hour performance of about seven songs. All of the performances were well done especially the solo performances. The performances that I liked the most were

Current #9

Spy Museum

Current #10

Torn

Torn was held in "The Arc" in S.E. D.C., even though the set up of the presentation took a while, It was mostly worth the wait. First an up-and -coming singer "Kyonte", who produced most of the films soundtrack, opened with about seven songs from his album. Finally, the movie "Torn" played to an audience with most of its actors in the seats. As I entered the theatre, I saw a red carpet which would later be the place where the actors got interviewed. At first I had no idea that these people were in the movie. I felt so out of place in my street clothes, as everyone else was dressed for a special occasion (which It was).

The movie was good but it stroke me as obviously not a hollywood produced movie (as it was independently made.) There were noticeable differences in sound quality. For example in one scene were two characters were walking outside, their voices were not nearly as loud as a from a scene with them talking in a club. Another complaint would be the used of a flashback effect. The effect they used looked like a wild west effect were the screen would be kind of brown-ish. I did not think that the flashback scenes were that far back as to use an effect like that. One more thing I did not agree with were the choices of music in certain parts of the music. An example is the scene where they play basketball, with the main character playing against the man that his wife cheated with. The song played talks about being "fly" and having "bling", and It kind of ruins the mood. The camera shots could have been arranged and shot better, but "Torn" was very entertaining.

The plot of the film follows Delroy Price, who finds out that his wife is cheating on him with their sons basketball coach. Why is she cheating on him? Its not as easy as you may think. He falls for a friend Jasmine Greene, who is faced with deciding if she fells the same way her boss feels about her. He ends up fighting between his wife who once tried to keep a secret from him and the girl he seems to have fallen for, Jasmine. What will the outcome be? Well you already know, but road to the resolution is pretty entertaining.

The director tackled the issues of the parents not wanting their separation to effect their son who idolizes the father so much, and women having a hard time deciding how they feel about men who show them affection. (**SPOILER**)More specifically the wife realizes that she never had a "spark", with her husband, unlike when she was with the basketball coach. Also Jasmine thinks she falls for her boss, after rejecting his declaration of love before, only to realize she wants to be with Delroy. (**SPOILER**).

Current #11

Paige in Full

his presentation held in "Flashpoint" in Northwest D.C. The performer Paige Hernandez and her brother who was the D.J. gave a performance which they said was in inspired by Eric B. and Rakim's "Paid In Full". The elements of dance, poetry and Hip-Hop, new and old-school were incorporated in the hour show that talked about why Paige loves hip-hop so much and how and why she incorporated it in her life. The setting was in a small room with a table decorated with old-school hip-hop albums and the materials on the table for the D.J.

Paige Hernandez discussed her life as a child mixed with black, cuban, and asian decent. Topics such as how the other kids treated her, stereotypes associated with each race, gang violence in her hometown of Baltimore and an abusive relationship were expressed through plenty of dancing, poetry, free styling. At one point she talks about having an identity crisis by performing dances associated with each race, and speaking in the language of each race. She spoke of living in Baltimore, and aspects of its culture that has affected her, such as the club music. Near the end of the play Paige speaks of how the death of Tupac affected her, considering they went to school and rapped together which certainly surprised everyone who did not know her age. Near the end of the play, it is assumed that she "met" hip-hop, which become her one love after an abusive relationship. And of course the DJ was an important part of the show. Besides playing the "soundtrack" to her life, he showed of the element of sampling records in hip-hop by playing some of the most sampled records.

Overall seeing Paige In Full was a good thing mostly because of Paige's spontaneous performance and dance moves. Paige's emotion during the dramatic parts made me relate to her story even more. From the hip-hop sampling section to free styled were all memorable parts to an excellent show. I was looking forward to a part where the audience got to answer questions but the performers abruptly left.

Current #12-14

Hirshhorn Exhibits

Music: March 2010

Impossible

Shontelle- Impossible

When I saw this video I mistaking thought It was Shanelle (sp) from young money. But I thought "this can't be Lil Wayne Shanelle" while watching this. This one seems to be an R&B singer I never heard of who made a crappy song called "licky" before.

Any way this girl can really sing. Like really sing. I hope they start playing her stuff on 93 and 95. Its not your average break-up video. I like how in the video she leaves him after getting a record deal. However produced the song did a good job. (**update- she is from barbados like Rihanna, but she can sing way better, lol**)

Winner- (Jamie Foxx, Justin Timberlake, T.I.) 3/5

This might as well be T.I. song, because the two singers give bland versus about how much money they get, among other reasons why their fly. Produced by the Y's the beat is ok. I read that its used for the NBA playoffs, which it would fit. (sn: can Jamie Foxx every have a hit song w/out a rapper. T.I. and Lil Wayne are the people he collaborates with on every album. This one is no different. Is this what we have to resort to in 2010, calling the same rappers for every album. I guess J-Foxx knows that those precious comments and Howard Stern calling him gay is gonna hurt his minimal album says even more. Oh well.