T-Pain, songs from early 2000's

I would like to throw it back a little. In the early 2000's, music was really different from today's music. I remember when I was a kid growing up, music was really different, it had a different vibe, it brought different feelings, and it was really nice easy to understand. T-Pain was one of my favorite artists when I was growing up. I can remember when I first listened to his music, the song was "I'm Sprung" that song was a major hit, I can remember watching the music video on my television when I had no internet, and no other way to listen to new music. That song instantly became my favorite song as a kid. The song was just really catchy, it had a great well balanced beat and lyrics to it. Every time it'd come on the radio or on TV I would crank up the volume and sing along to it. Till this day I still find myself listening to songs from the early 2000's. It really brings back memories as a kid. I miss songs from the early 2000's because it was all based off falling in love, being heartbroken, or based about a girl. To me that type of music is amazing, I love the vibe of the songs, and the feelings it gives me when i'm listening to it. Personally T-Pain is an amazing R&B singer, he has great music, and it's still one of my favorite artists to listen to today. I really wished today's music was the same as it was 10-12 years ago. No matter how old the songs are from the early 2000's i'll still take a listen to it.

Ty Dolla $ign "Free TC"

Free TC by Ty Dolla $ign, first off I was excited to find out that Ty has finally released his album on Friday the 13th. I quickly downloaded straight to my phone without even thinking about. Ty Dolla $ign is a really popular artist in today's society. When I played the first track off the album I was pretty impressed, because he featured, Kendrick Lamar, Brandy & James Fauntleroy. Kendrick Lamar is one of my top ten favorite artists so I was excited to hear that Kendrick Lamar was being featured on Ty Dolla $igns album. The first song LA off the album it was really good and balanced. Kendrick Lamar put one hundred percent in his verse. The second song "Saved" featuring E-40 was really catchy. I really enjoyed this song, it was more of a club, going out song. The beat on the song was really catchy and I found myself repeating it after I listened to the album. E-40 caught my attention on the song because I haven't heard of him in a while, and I have to say he did really good with his verse. It synced in perfectly with the song. I have to give it to Ty Dolla $ign with his album Free TC. The album personally is one of my favorites from Ty Dolla $ign, the features were perfect for this album, and all the songs were really well balanced. If you haven't already i'd recommend you guys to take a listen to his album "Free TC".

(Album Cover for "Free TC")

Logic's New Album

The Incredible True Story by Logic released on Friday the 13th. I've been waiting for this day quite a while already! Everyone was really hyped up, all I've been seeing on Twitter, Instagram, and SnapChat was how many people were hyped up for his album to release. Once midnight hit on Friday the 13th, I quickly downloaded the album straight to my laptop, and then transferred it straight on my cellphone. I got to say once I was finished downloading the album, I was impressed by listening to the first song. The first song had a really unique intro, it reminded me of the drums from "Amazing" by Kanye West, then there were astronauts talking to each other, and then the sound of the doors opening up from a space shuttle. It was really unique and different way to start off the album. Unique and creativity is what makes an album amazing. The album has a really unique sequel behind it, the album cover itself reminds me of some type of comic book. Overall the album was amazing itself, Logic never fails to leave a good impression for his fans. Logic has a unique voice, lyrics, style, and flow of rapping. In my opinion I really love Logic, and his music is always an escape for me whenever times get to rough for me. I'd recommend people to go out and take a listen to his new album, and his other songs if you haven't already done so. He'll not disappoint you at all.

(Album cover for The Incredible True Story)

Favorite Songs from J. Cole

When ever i'm in some type of mood, I usually turn on my iPod and put on some J. Cole music. It usually makes me feel relaxed and I feel like everything in the world is going perfect. In my head I just forget about all the stress and get away from reality. I don't know if i'm the only one who gets like this with music, but it's such a wonderful feeling. J. Cole has always been my favorite artist, his lyrics are inspirational and impacting to his fans. I have a variety of taste in music, it's a great thing because I can listen to it and i'll usually relate to it, or it'll inspire me and give me motivation to do positive things in life. J. Cole has been an inspirational rapper to me, he has powerful deep meaningful music. Not all of his music is like that, but most of it is. My favorite tracks from J. Cole is "Planes", "Get Away", "Wet Dreamz" and plenty of other songs. The song "Get Away" is a really beautiful song in my opinion. The beat is sampled from the original song "Cross my Heart" by Billy Stewart. I really thought the song was amazing due to it being sampled from a very popular song in the 1960s. It shows how artistic J. Cole can be in making music, I really enjoy songs from the 60s like the genre rhythm and blues. It caught my ear when I heard the sampled song of cross my heart in J. Coles song "Get away" its one of my favorites from J. Cole.

("The Warm Up" Album Cover)

N.W.A

I like to take it back to the 90s rap. That's when all the rap and hip-hop movement was becoming big. N.W.A is one of my favorite Hip-Hop groups on the West Coast. Everyone knows who N.W.A is, and they're the ones who put Hip-Hop and Rap on the map. I never get tired of listening to any N.W.A song, no matter how much I play it on my device, it'll never never annoy me. The first time I listened to N.W.A was from my father. I can clearly remember he had the "Straight Outta Compton" album in his car. I never knew who they were, or the history behind the group, but at a young age I thought their music was really cool, and different. After I grew older, one of my favorite songs was "Boyz-N-The Hood" I would always try to rap along with the song. After a while I started to remember the lyrics by heart, and it'd always give me the chills when I would listen to it. Another song I really liked was "Express Yourself". The song itself is really good, the beat, and the lyrics that were written by Ice Cube was just amazing. It's a classic tune to listen to and Dr. Dre himself made it sound spectacular. No matter how old their songs are, i'll always find myself listening to N.W.A, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, and Eazy-e. They're legends in my opinion, and no one can ever recreate what they've done.

(N.W.A)

("Straight Outta Compton" Album Cover)

Yeezy

A huge star right now would be Yeezy, also known as Kanye West. Kanye West is a really huge role model in today's society. Mr. West himself is a huge influence to all of his fans, either fashion wise, or music wise. I myself love Kanye's production of music, personally I think he's an amazing artist, and his music is really creative. My favorite tunes from Mr. West are "Good Life", "Through the Wire" and a few other songs. His work of music is really amazing, like for example the song "Through the Wire" Kanye West made this song after he got in a really huge car accident, his mouth was wired shut, but that didn't stop him from rapping, and making music. I really thought that was an amazing move he made, how he sacrificed his pain to make a song for his fans. My favorite album from Kanye West is the "Graduation" album. Personally this album is still amazing, the work, and all the effort that is in the album is just an amazing work of art today. I feel like Kanye West is just a really creative person, and doesn't care what anyone's opinion is.

(Album Cover for "Graduation")

Mr. West is also a fashion designer, I really think his clothing lines are really different and creative from any other fashion designer. I really like Kanye West's sneakers he's made with Nike, and Adidas. My favorite sneakers he's made were the Adidas Yeezy 350 boost. The all black colorway was my favorite, I really wish the sneaker was at an affordable price but they're up on eBay for a couple thousand dollars. Another sneaker I love was the Red Octobers, they're a really nice shoe, and it stands out from any other sneaker you'd see in stores.

(Adidas Yeezy 350 Boost)

(Nike Air Yeezy 2 "Red Octobers")

50 Cent Get Rich or Die Tryin

When I was growing up my favorite rapper use to be 50 Cent. 50 Cent was a really huge artist in the early 2000's, and he still is today. Everyone at school knew him, and in my opinion I thought he was one of the coolest rappers growing up. The songs I listened to were, Candy Shop, In Da Club, and How we do. I remember these 3 songs were really popular and it use to be on the radio all the time. 50 Cent is a huge entrepreneur, he has his own clothing line, shoes, drinks, etc. As I was a kid in elementary, I can remember that 50 Cent came out with some sneakers from Reebok shoes, from watching the Candy Shop video he has the sneakers on, and I begged my parents that I wanted some sneakers from 50 Cent. The sneakers I got were the all black, Reebok G-Unit sneakers. All of my friends in elementary thought my sneakers were super cool and they really loved them, I felt cool for once.

(G-Unit Sneakers I owned)

50 cents music, is really amazing. All of his albums are really well produced and they all have a true story behind it. My favorite album from 50 Cent is the "Get Rich or Die Tryin" album. This album was my all time favorite, because it was based off the movie he made about himself. My favorite tracks from the album are Hustlers ambition, window shopper, When it rains it pours, and BestFriend. They all had an amazing beat to it and the lyrics were really good in my opinion. After 10 years of this album has been released its still an amazing album in my opinion.

(Album Cover of Get Rich or Die Tryin)

YG

My favorite artist from West Coast rap is YG. Personally YG is a really amazing popular artist in the rap industry. I remember when he wasn't as popular as he is today. Back in my Jr High school days, that's when I got introduced to YG. My cousin was the one would always listen to him and he showed me a couple of his mixtapes, and I found my self listening to him more and more. His music would always be produced by DJ Mustard. The beats from DJ mustard are just something else. All the beats are really catchy and they're produced amazingly. That's what really caught my ear when i'd listen to YG. Going into my freshmen year in high school, YG gained some fame from releasing, "Up", and "Toot it and Boot it". These two songs released from YG became really popular and that's when everyone started to notice YG's music. It was crazy to see how two songs released from YG became really popular, and it'd always be on the radio. After releasing "My Krazy Life" in 2014 thats when he became crazy popular. I remember all my friends would listen to the album on repeat. Everyone was listening to it, even girls who loved rap music. The album in my opinion was amazing, it had a well put story behind it, and till this day I still listen to it because the album is just an amazing masterpiece. In my opinion YG is going to have an amazing career, and i'm really looking to his new album releasing this year.

(My Krazy Life album cover)

Free TC

The album "Free Tc" from Ty Dolla $ign, I can't wait for it to release on November 13. After releasing his single on Soundcloud I was really impressed. I didn't really listen to Ty Dolla $ign  as I do today. His music wasn't really catching my ears back when everyone would listen to him. But now I took a listen and I started to notice the kind of music he'd put out for his fans. I really like his music now, and I now noticed why everyone liked him. He's different from all these artists, his voice, and his lyrics are just amazing in my opinion. I cannot wait for the "Free TC" album to release. The album cover already looks amazing, and the single he released with Wiz Khalifa, it already shows me what kind of music i'll be expecting to listen to. I already took a look at the features he's going to be having on the album and I seriously can't wait. Judging it from the cover and the tracklist i personally think the album is going to be amazing. He has some very popular artists like Kendrick Lamar, Wiz Khalifa, Fetty Wap, E-40. YG, and Kanye West. Everyone is talking about this album on social media, that he's going to go platinum, and no one can't wait for the release date. I agree with everyone, personally Ty Dolla $ign is going to release an amazing album. For sure i'll go buy a hard copy to support him.

(Free Tc Album Cover)

Wiz Khalifa Rolling Papers 2

Wiz Khalifa's new songs are really impressive. The new songs are "King of Everything", "Sitting Pretty", and "Most of Us". I noticed Wiz Khalifa started to release singles, and it tells me that his new album should be dropping anytime soon. I'm pretty excited because the songs he's been releasing has caught my attention, and the lyrics are just amazing. I noticed he's improved his music production and I really don't have words because it's too good from what I've been listening to. Rumors say that his new album would be titled "Rolling Papers 2" I really hope this is true. After releasing "Rolling Papers" in 2011 it was one of my favorite albums from Wiz Khalifa. All the songs in the album I really loved them. I hope Wiz Khalifa's "Rolling Papers 2" will be the same or better then the "Rolling Papers". To me it seems that it's going to be an amazing album, because the song "Most of Us" it's one of my favorite songs from Wiz right now and the song has a catchy tune, with lots of bass, and the lyrics are just too good in my opinion. Hopefully Wiz Khalifa confirms that he'll be releasing "Rolling Papers 2" soon. I can't wait for the album to drop, Wiz Khalifa has really improved as an artist and I think this album will have a lot of sales. Hopefully this is all true and I will be waiting for the album to release soon this year.

(Unofficial Cover)

TeeCee4800

TeeCee4800 his new mixtape "Realness Over Millions" released a few months ago and became very popular. It didn't catch my attention until I found it on soundcloud. After listening to a song on soundcloud, the mixtape caught my attention because the lyrics were amazing and the features in the mixtape were artists I listened to like , RJ, Ty Dolla $ign, and Jay 305. After listening to the Mixtape from the beginning to end, I was amazed on how TeeCee4800, recorded this entire mixtape while he was in prison. I found out he was in prison from following YG through Instagram. I started to look more into TeeCee4800 music because his music is amazing in my opinion and he's also known to be rapping with Yg, Ty Dolla $ign and other big artists from Compton.

(Realness Over Millions Cover)

My favorite songs from TC4800 are "Only Right", "Uzi", and "7 in the Morning". These songs have very catchy beats, and they're really popular. My cousin he also likes the same music I listen to, I remember coming to his house showing him the new Mixtape TC released and he was really impressed. I noticed my cousin started to have the Mixtape on repeat everytime he'd go out somewhere or go to work he'd always play the same songs over and over again. He told me that his Coworkers asked him who was that rapper, because they've never heard of him and they seemed to really like his songs. My cousin told his coworkers and they started to listen to his music as well. In my opinion TeeCee4800 is a really good artists but he isn't known like other artists. Hopefully he can bring out an album soon and become popular.

Views from the 6

Drake Hot Line Bling is a really popular song right now. It has been out for a while now, but every time it comes up I find my self turning up the volume, and singing along to it. Drake really did a great job making this single. Its amazing to see how popular he still is. Drake is coming out with an album in 2015, and it's called "Views from the 6" I really hope Drake releases this album this year, or some time soon. I really like Drakes type of style and music he makes. I believe he makes good music, and I don't see his music ever dying off. Drake said he has something amazing coming towards the end of the year. Hopefully that amazing something is his new album "Views from the 6". I can't wait for that day to come, because after listening to his fourth commercial album "If you're reading this it's too late" it was just an amazing album. I really didn't think the album was going to become popular so fast in the first week it was released. I hope Drake has something similar for the new album he'll be releasing if not then hope its better then the fourth commercial album he released in the beginning of the year of 2015.I predict Drakes new project will rise to the top once it releases. I believe that because everyone loves the music he makes and he's been really popular for a while now. I can't wait for "Views from the 6" to release. I hope he releases it soon.

(Unofficial Album Cover)

The Incredible True Story

Logic has an album coming out in November and I can't wait. He's gaining fame now, after witnessing it on social media. A lot of people are pre-ordering his new album "The Incredible True Story" this will be the second album he'll be releasing. The art work on the album is really interesting and cool because it reminds me of some type of comic book. Just looking at all the characters in it, and the amazing art work, its really unique and different from other artists album covers. Another cool thing is I believe if you Pre-Order the album bundle off his website or on amazon, you'll receive a huge poster of the album cover, dog tags, a T-Shirt, all autographed by Logic himself.

(Art work for The Incredible True Story)

It was really neat for Logic to do that for his fans. I know not a lot of artists do that. Usually big artists don't take their time to do things for fans, but Logic took his own time and only made a limited supply amount of autographed items from him. So it's amazing just to see that from him because it shows he cares about his fans, and all the support they gave him. I believe he wanted to give something in return to his fans, sticking with him when no body believed he'll be big as he is today. I'm really excited for his album to release, i'll be looking forward to listening to the album and after listening to a single from the album, it sounds amazing so far.

The Documentary 2.5

Wow, i'm really amazed on what The Game put out for his fans. In my opinion he really made a masterpiece. This album was just amazing in my opinion. After listening to disc two I had no words. I'm glad I invested my money on this album, it was produced amazing, and all the features he had on his album were just amazing. It felt like I was listening to The Documentary 1 back in 2005. Personally if you guys haven't listened to the album i'd recommend people to either go out and buy it on iTunes or listen to it off on YouTube. What I really loved about this double disc album was the art in the albums. The cd's really amazed me because one disc was a red bandanna and the second disc was a blue bandanna. The reason he made that was due to the 100 days, and 100 nights gang event in Los Angeles. He felt like he can bring piece from the crips, and bloods by tying the two colors together.

(Art Cover for Documentary 2 Disc 2)

Personally The Game will always be my favorite number one rapper on my list. He's an amazing artist, and a great role model. He does a lot for the people that need help in some kind of way. I really hope The Game makes another album, or a mixtape of some kind soon. He really took my breath after listening to The Documentary 2 and The Documentary 2.5. Hopefully the Documentary 2 will stay number 1 for a while and goes platinum again.

The Notorious Big

The Notorious B.I.G, one of the greatest rappers to ever live. Biggie Smalls is such an amazing lyricist, and when it comes to rapping its unbelievable how his flow is super smooth and it all falls together. It's really sad to know that he died from a shooting in Los Angeles back in 1997, but his music still lives on today. I don't think Biggie's music will ever die because he was such a huge artist in the 90's and everyone knows who he is. I remember when I first listened to his music, my father was the one who introduced me to Biggie, I didn't know who he was before my father told me some history about him. After my father telling me some history about him I was pretty amazed at such a young age, I remember the first album I listened to was "Ready to Die" his music was just amazing, every single song had a story behind it and it made clear pictures in my head from just listening to his lyrics. Till this day I still listen to Biggie, and i'll never get tired of listening to his music.

(Album Cover for Ready To Die)

I remember when the movie "Notorious" came out I was really excited to go watch it in theaters with my father. By watching the movie, it just really amazed me how he lived his life to the fullest with no regrets. I thought it was amazing how he stood up for his dreams and just chased it, even though his teachers thought he wasn't going to be anything in life, he eventually proved them wrong and became really famous in the 90's. There's always that one artist, or an album that you'll never get tired to listening to.

(Photo of Biggie)

The Documentary 2 Amazing Masterpiece

The Documentary 2 was released today, and i'm really excited. It was amazing to wake up and see that The Documentary 2 was already Top Number 1 Album on the iTunes Store. I went to Target and bought myself a hard copy, I was really excited to open up the album because I saw pictures of the album on Instagram and I was amazed by the artwork on the Album. After listening to the album all day I was pretty amazed how well this album was put and the story behind it was really good. I believe this album will go platinum, i seen all of my friends buying this album and i seen it all over social media as well. After watching interviews from the rap artist The Game, his story behind The Documentary 2 is amazing, from watching his interviews it took him about 3 years to put this album together and he recorded over 1000 songs for this album but he had to choose 38 songs for the album. He said that he recorded over 20 songs and Dr Dre would say no its trash go record some more, The Game kept recording songs and finally after recording over hundreds of songs, Dr Dre gave him the approval and said to follow the three songs he just recorded for disc 1.

(The Documentary 2 Disc 1)

After listening to The Documentary 2 Disc 1 I was really amazed by the work and the time it took, I'm really looking forward to The Documentary 2 Disc 2, it's releasing on October 16, i'm expecting the same from experiencing from listening to disc 1. I personally think The Game did a very great job and i'm really glad that he took his time on making this 10th year anniversary album into a masterpiece. I don't think this album will be leaving the number 1 spot anytime soon. I hope this album goes platinum because The Game deserves it for putting out all this music to his fans.

(The Documentary 2 Disc 2)

Tyler The Creator

Tyler The Creator, is a really funny, creative guy. His music is really different from any other artist you'll listen to, I first started to listen to his songs around my freshmen year. At first I kind of really didn't like his songs because it was just really different from the music I was use to. Everyone really liked his songs, they were madly in love with his music. After Tyler the Creator released the song "She - ft. Frank Ocean" I immediately fell in love with the song, because it had a really interesting story and I loved the music video. After listening to that song I started to follow Tyler more and I really started to find myself listening to his music. I wasn't really expecting myself to like his music, but my perspective has changed and I really like his music. It really gives me a different vibe when I listen to his music, like some of his music makes you want to dance, or bob your head back and forth, and maybe sometimes it'll make you think deeply.

(Image of Tyler from "She" Music Video)

After following Tyler the Creator, I heard he had a T.V show on Adult Swim. I was really surprised that he had his own T.V show, it was called "Loiter Squad" I remember it'll come on late around midnight, and i'd stay up that late just to watch it. When ever I was in a bad mood or if I wasn't feeling myself i'd put on Loiter Squad and it'd always make me laugh no matter what. The stuff Tyler and Odd Future Wolf Gang did always put a smile on my face because they'd do stupid but funny things. After watching that I started to watch every episode and I waited every week for a new episode. Tyler the Creator is a very creative guy and he's really different from any other artist, but what I really like about him is he doesn't care what anyone thinks about him, he's himself and he's straight forward to anything.

(Loiter Squad)

Wiz Khalifa

Taylor Gang or Die! Reminds me of my freshmen year in high school, when everyone would repeat what the rapper Wiz Khalifa would yell. Time flies by so quickly, I remember when the song Black & Yellow was really popular and everyone would usually dress up in this particular way with stanced socks, converse, snapbacks, cargo shorts, and a crewneck or some type of graphic t-shirt. It brings me back when I really wanted to conform with everyone because I thought it was a really cool different style of dressing up. I wanted to change my style really bad that I begged my mom if she can take me to the store to go buy some clothing. She thought it was ugly way of dressing up, but I really didn't care because I wanted to feel cool. Now that I'm 18, I look back and I thought it was ridiculous on how I liked that type of style. My mom was right, I found it weird, that i couldn't go back to wearing that. I still wear snapbacks, but I don't ever find myself wearing cargo shorts, stanced socks, and a crewneck as an outfit. Wiz Khalifa really changed how teenagers dress up now a days there's a lot of different types of styles, he's really fashionable and produces amazing music.

(Wiz Khalifa in a Crewneck)

(Wiz Khalifa on Stage)

I love Wiz Khalifa's music, listening to his music brings me back to my Freshmen year in high school. Wiz Khalifa is still popular today and I don't think his music will ever die off. Personally my favorite album Wiz Khalifa released was his 3rd album "Rolling Papers" this album really brings back memories, and I still find myself listening to the album today.

("Rolling Papers" Album Cover)

G-Eazy Everyone's Favorite

G-Eazy is everyone's favorite artist right now, because the music he makes is very popular, and pretty fun to listen to. I personally like all the music he makes, I catch myself listening to his music all day. He has a very distinctive way of making his music, and its pretty cool how not every single song is the same, he has varieties of partying songs, couple songs, heartbreak songs, etc. He became really popular in such little time, I would always ask my friend questions if she's heard the new song G-Eazy put out. We would always be talking about him and we got so close we started listening to his music together, then sometimes we'd rap to it.

("These Things Happen" Album Cover)

G-Eazy is really into fashion and he reminds me of how guys would dress up in the 50s. After he got huge i seen a lot of kids in high school starting to grow their hair out and get the classic slicked back hair with a part line on the side of the head. This haircut really got popular that I really liked it and I conformed to grow my hair and get the same style of hair. I think its pretty crazy that people would conform and copy their favorite artists, style or try to similarly dress up like them. Theirs nothing wrong with it, sometimes I would catch myself doing the same. Change is good, sometimes you have to go out of your comfort zone and dress up differently or change how you look. Overall G-Eazy is an awesome artist, he's a really popular bay-area artist, and I believe he has a bright feature ahead of him.

(G-Eazy Hair style)

(G-Eazy Fashionably Dressed)

The King of West Coast Rap

The King of West Coast Rap. Kendrick Lamar, the next legend of rap hes keeping the rap game alive by making songs being produced by Dr. Dre. Section 80 Kendricks first debut album, in my opinion this album was really good. The debut album got nominated for BET Hip Hop Award best mixtape. This mixtape brought a different perspective about rap, it was different from everyone else's music. Kendricks music reminded me of 90s rap, it brought that vibe to me and it made me follow his music more. Good Kid Mad City was his 2nd album, once it released it rose to the top of the charts and by the end of the year he won two awards for this album. I noticed everyone was listening to this album, barbershops would be playing it, my friends would be listening to it, it was outstanding to me how fast this album got popular. Personally I really enjoyed Good Kid Mad City, I wasn't disappointed at all, it was an amazing album. I loved it so much I would listen to the album from start to finish, and would keep replaying the album.

(Good Kid Maad City Album cover)

Kendrick Lamar really changed the rap industry with all the music he's made. I can picture him being the next legend in the west coast rap industry. Dr. Dre all the big hip hop legends passed the crown down to Kendrick Lamar and told him that it was his turn to keep the rap game alive, Kendrick got really emotional and couldn't believe they passed him down the crown of rap.

(West Coast Legends passing the torch down to Kendrick)

J. Cole

J-Cole is a huge inspirational rapper, he's very popular and everyone love's his music. It felt like it was just yesterday when he wasn't that famous, now he's everywhere on social media, and many different areas. J-Cole has became very popular in such short amount of time, I remember the song "Work Out" by J-Cole became really popular and was a radio hit. They played that song more than once throughout the day. His music is really inspiring and touching. One song I really love from J-Cole is "Lost Ones" this song brings chills every time I listen to it. He's always rapping about his life and it's really amazing that he can open up to the public about his personal life. My dream is to attend a J-Cole concert, it seems like a lot of fun because his music is really popular and makes you want to sing along loudly. My friends went to one a few years ago and they said it was the best concert they've ever attended and that it's an amazing experience.

I have full respect for what J Cole brings to his fans. One day I was on twitter and I ran across a tweet about J-Cole, I remember reading that J Cole inspired this girl to continue on with school and not to give up. She then messaged him about her grades asking if he liked them, he said yes keep going, and then he made a promise to her that he'll attend her high school graduation, plus he gifted her some books she loved and also payed for her college tuition. J Cole is a really amazing guy just by watching his interviews and the things he does for his fans it's just really amazing.

Fetty Wap Inspiring Rapper

I have so much respect for Fetty Wap. I watched interviews of him on YouTube and he's such a humble, nice guy. On the interview I watched there was at least 15 fans came to see him. He then pulls out his wad of cash from his pants, and gave everyone in the room one hundred dollar bills. The reason he gave out the cash was that he understood how important his fans really mean to him. He stated that "Sometimes you can't really answer everybody, or take a picture with them. There's certain things you can't do so you may never know who really needed gas money, or anything in general..." Another huge thing he did was he inspired a 10 year old to be himself. From watching the interview they touched in on Jayden the 10 year old boy who wore a prosthetic eye his whole life, and once he saw Fetty Wap rap without an eye it inspired Jayden to remove his because he saw the bravery Fetty Wap had on rapping in front of thousands of fans. Fetty Wap was speechless on how he inspired a boy to be brave enough and remove his prosthetic eye, Fetty Wap then called Jayden over the phone and told him how proud he was of him.

(Left to right: Fetty Wap, and Jayden)

Fetty Wap (2015 Full Interview)

Fetty Wap also released his debut album on September 25, 2015. I listened to the album and in my opinion its a really good album, well produced and great lyrics. Fetty Wap is going to be the next big artist talked about for years.

("Fetty Wap" Album Cover)

The Game, a West Coast Legend.

My all time favorite rap artist will be "The Game". Nothing will ever change that because, I grew up listening to him, and at a young age I thought he was an amazing rap artist. I believe he's the meaning of West Coast Rap, if you listen to his albums, they all have a story behind it. All of his albums are amazingly produced, but a classic album he made was "The Documentary". This album went 2x platinum, produced by Dr. Dre and many other producers, and this is where he began to gain fame. As a kid I didn't really have much sources to listen to music I liked. My father, he knows that The Game is one of my favorite artists. Til this day I remember my dad took me to Best Buy, he then bought me a copy of The Documentary. It brought a big smile to my face, mixed emotions were just going through me. This album has a huge meaning to me because, my father bought me a copy, and I grew up listening to this album multiple times where I began to remember the lyrics being rapped in each track. Every song in the album ties a special memory, from listening to this with my cousin and going on road trips.

(Album cover of "The Documentary")

In the year 2014 I was really stoked to hear that The Game was going to release "The Documentary 2" on January 18, 2015 for the 10 year anniversary of "The Documentary" but he pushed back the release date to October 9, 2015. He pushed the dates a lot because he wanted his 6th solo album to be the best album he's ever released. The Game also mentioned that the album will be a double disc so a total of 38 tracks on "The Documentary 2". I am really excited for this album to release, i'm going to pre-order this album, and also buy the 2nd disc to the album. Everyone like my friends and cousins are really excited for this album to release.

(Album cover of "The Documentary 2")

Logic the Young Sinatra

Logic, is the most underrated rapper. Back in 2012 I was introduced to logic by my cousin. We were heading to the mall and he played a song that really caught my attention. That song was "5 Am" after listening to the song, he had an amazing flow, with heavy bass, sick beats, amazing lyrics, and he was really different from the rappers I've been listening to. That night after the mall, I went to my room, turned on my computer then started downloading every single song I can possibly find from Logic. I started memorizing his lyrics on songs and tried rapping along with it. A lot of different emotions were going through me like it gave me the chills, it got me hyped, it just made me happy for some reason. I had to introduce Logic to some of my friends because his style of music was really different from all of these other artists that have been making music. I noticed that every single song I've listened to has a different style and attitude. In my opinion his style of rap reminds me of, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, Biggie, and few other rappers.

I'm really excited that Logic will be releasing an album its called "The Incredible True Story" it'll be releasing in Fall of 2015. I'm really looking forward to the music hes going to have on the album, hopefully after releasing this album he gains more fame and hopefully people notice the style of rap he puts out. I'll list of few songs that I personally like below.

(Artwork of "The Incredible True Story")

Few Personal Favorites

Logic - 5am

Logic - Inception

Logic - Feel Good

Logic - Let Me Go

Logic - Roll Call

Phora

When I listen to rap music I just don't listen to mainstream artists, I also like listening to underground rappers that don't have a lot of fame. One of those underground rappers I listen to is "Phora" a lot of people may or may not know him. I was introduced to him when I was barely entering my freshmen year at Central Valley in 2011. I came across Phora on Facebook, someone one had shared his music video it was "Gotta move on." and it grabbed my attention. After clicking the link I was impressed how the beat, video, and lyrics were produced. I was pretty amazed how his lyrics were just real and straight forward, from listening to the song It gave me the chills because his attitude and style of rapping made the song pop out. Some people dislike him due to the lyrics he writes, most of his songs are about reality, and how he grew up as a child from struggling, joining in gangs, and getting into trouble. He found his way from staying out of trouble, and that's from making music. His songs really touch me depending in what mood i'm in. A song that really touches me is "Before It's Over" the lyrics on that song are just mind blowing in my opinion, and I can relate to the lyrics in a way.

A few personal favorites (no particular order)
Phora - My Story

Phora - Before It's Over

Phora - What It's Like

Phora - Hope

Phora - Girl

Phora - The Old Days

Till this day I still listen to Phora, his music is something else to me. He's different from all the other mainstream rappers, a lot of people find his music really helpful. On his Instagram page I like to read in on the comments, it's amazing how a lot people say his music helps them keep moving forward in life, if they're ever going through some hardships, they just play a song and it helps them get through their day or whatever the case is. I hope he gets known by huge record labels, because he really is something else when it comes to making music.

GO:OD AM

I'm impressed with Mac Miller. I found out on Sunday September 13, 2015 he streamed his 3rd new studio album "GO:OD AM" over the internet. Due to being in a dark period of time of using drugs, and not recording any new music for a few years, I'm satisfied with the music that's on his new album. Over the years listening to his albums, and mix tapes, he's really changed for the better. I remember listening to his album "Watching Movies with the Sound Off" the music on that album was really personal and dark. He had a lot of things going on in 2013, from losing one of his good friends. In my opinion i'm not disappointed with how he managed his albums, and the music hes produced on the albums or mix tapes. Not all artists can rap about the same thing, they're human and sometimes they have to change things up for them to progress.

I pre ordered his album and i'm really happy that i invested my money in his album. I wonder how much he'll sell in the first week once the album releases on September 18. Hopefully people will support his new album due to the new way hes rapping and writing his lyrics. Everyone misses the old mac miller, but hes came a long way to be in the position hes in right now. I'm proud on how far he's came. From first listening to him in Jr High he's had varieties of emotions on his albums.

Three K.I.D.S in Jr High

Take me back to Jr High School where everything was less stressful. In 2009, for a pre-teen I made a huge choice in life. After 6^th grade I decided to move to Blaker Kinser Jr High School, meanwhile all my friends ended up going to Mae Hensley. After attending my first day of Jr High, I thought it was the worst mistake I’ve made in life, due to the fact that I was the shy kid at school, it was really difficult for me to make new friends. After spending my first week of Jr High alone, it was a miserable feeling to experience. In my 8^th period math class, due to this logo on my binder, my life changed.

Due to the power of music, I made some really good friends. Alexis, Brandyn, and I are friends till this day and it’s pretty amazing. This logo is a record label found and owned by Jayceon Taylor also known by his stage name “The Game”. I thought it was pretty funny how Alexis noticed the logo on my binder and he asked me “you like the game too!?” and I’m like “yea he’s my favorite rapper”. Ever since then we clicked and it was the three of us Alexis, Brandyn, and myself, every day we hung out at lunch. Brandyn was Alexis’s friend and the three of us got really close. It’s crazy how we shared the same interest in music. Due to them I got introduced to one of my favorite rappers his name is Mac Miller. After listening to this incredible mixtape “K.I.D.S” from Mac Miller, I fell in love with his music.

Till this day the three of us are always updated with Mac Millers mixtapes, and his albums. If you think about it, it’s pretty crazy how much power there is in music. I don’t regret moving to a different Jr High School, losing all my old friends, and making new ones. I made some really amazing friends due to having similar interest in music. Jr High was the best experiences in my life I really wish I can go back and relive it.

Growing Up around Rap Music

Growing up around rap music, I got to say it's an amazing genre. I remember when I was about 5 or 6 years old first time I listened to various artists like Ice Cube, Eminem, Dr. Dre, The Game, Tupac, Notorious Big etc. This genre was something else to me. Back in elementary I would always carry my portable Cd player with discs of my favorite music. There are certain tracks that give me the chills by just listening to the lyrics that are being rapped over the beat. Some of these tracks are "Game - Pot Of Gold", "The Game - Game's Pain" and various of other songs. The reason why some songs give me chills, either is I can relate to the song, or just listening to it and how they speak the truth it's just a great feeling to experience. I will always have the love for Rap. Everyday there will always be a song on replay depending what mood you're in.

The first time I got an Mp3 I was the happiest kid on earth. At that time I didn't know how to add music on it because I had no desktop nor internet. The only person I knew that had all of that was my uncle. My uncle ended up teaching me and he introduced me to Limewire, and Frostwire. That's where everyone got there music they liked. I was so amazed on how with one click you can add all of your favorite music, and new music you've never heard. I remember adding all of my favorite rap songs that I can possibly find. I filled my Mp3 up with a bunch of rap songs, and that's when I started to listen carefully of the lyrics being rapped. At a very young age I was amazed, from there I grew lots of love for rap and i respect it because not everyone has the talent to rap. Stay tuned, I'll be posting more about my personal experiences, and on new albums from various artists.