#MusicMonday- Flashback to 2004.

   

Not to say that I don’t get excited to listen to music today, but it’s definitely not the same. Remember back when music was the soundtrack to your middle school/high school life? Yeah, so do I.

2004 was a great year in music if I do say so myself. Last week on Twitter I kept seeing people tweet about Usher’s Confessions album, then it donned on me that some of my favorite songs/albums will be 10 years old this year!! I can’t believe I’m getting old its been so long! To put things more in perspective for you, it’s been 10 years since the Janet/Justin Superbowl wardrobe malfunction, since the last episode of Friends, since The Notebook was in theaters, since Britney married K. Fed, since Tina Fey gave us the greatest quotable movie ever; Mean Girls and since Lindsay Lohan released her album “Speak”….Wow.

Thanks to this lovely list on Buzzfeed I’ve taken my top 5 favs and listed them below (in no order, btw). Check it out if you’re feeling nostalgic.

1. Usher- Confessions

Literally every song is everything I never knew I needed to hear. I don’t think there’s one song on that album I’ve skipped! And I understand that music is different now but I need Usher to put this team of people back together and whip up another album. Not sure if album success that big can happen more than once in an artist’s career but I’m rooting for Usher!



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2. Gwen Stefani- Love.Angel.Music.Baby

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5 Songs to Get You in The Christmas Spirit.

Tragically Florida has decided not to participate in winter this year so I haven't really been in the Christmas spirit. WOMP! Thanks to a few old school tunes, I start reminiscing about those times during my childhood when the house was decorated in red & green garland and there were multicolored lights around the tree.
In my family we had a pretty soulful Christmas, but I also grew up during the late 90's/early 00's pop era so you can guess what I was listening to during the holidays. Lol Check out a few of my favs below.

Mariah Carey- All I Want For Christmas is You

• If this song doesn't make you want to go outside and make snow angels or have a snow fight with your family then I don't know what will. This album is actually really great but this song alone screams Christmas to me.

Luther Vandross- Mistletoe Jam

• Luther put his foot in this one! It makes me want to get up and do the electric slide. Just click play and tell me if I'm wrong.

Quad City DJ's- 12 Ghetto Days of Christmas

• For as long as I can remember, every year on Dec. 1 the local urban radio station, 102 JAMZ (RIP :( ), would always play this hood Christmas classic. To this day, I bankhead bounce, Cabbage Patch and do I nice little two step to this jam.

N'SYNC- Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays

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Year of the Bey.

In case you’ve been living under a rock for the past few days, on Friday Dec.13 Beyonce released her long awaited fifth studio album, simply titled ‘Beyonce’. It’s described as a visual album and includes 14 songs and 17 videos.

What’s so amazing about this release is that she was able to keep it a secret!! There was no promotion for the album at all!!! No interviews, no sneak peek album cover, no cryptic Twitter/Instagram messages, NOTHING! Even the people involved with the album or videos didn’t say anything. For this reason, and more, is why I believe Beyonce is having the best year EVER!



In January, Beyonce sang the national anthem at President Obama’s second inauguration and after 234567 years, we were blessed with new music from Destiny’s Child.The trio released an album titled Love Songs that featured some DC3 classics but also featured a new song— “Nuclear”.

In February, Bey shut the Super Bowl down with her half time performance which resulted in a power outage. It’s like she literally gathered all of the energy from that building and used it to perform a phenomenal halftime show. I’m not mad at you, girl! That same night, she announced that she would be going on world tour— The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour. The next week “Love on Top”, from her fourth studio album, won her a well deserved Grammy. By Feb. 16, she was sitting down with Auntie Oprah for an interview that shed light on her life and the many hats  crowns she wears daily. Following that interview, her documentary Life is But a Dream aired on HBO.

By April, she began her world tour and was also featured in H&M’s 2013 Summer Collection ads.The

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