• is Jennifer Hudson marrying Punk from ‘I Love New York’?! • can't Usher see that his marriage is killing his career? • is Solange Knowles not so nice in her interviews? • is Solange Knowles even…..okay? • are ‘Unforgivable’ videos getting millions of hits on youtube? • is Ciara NAKED all over Vibe Magazine? • is Ciara suing Vibe magazine like she didn't know that she was naked all over Vibe Magazine? • isn’t De’Angelo releasing new music? • did Clay Aiken even bother to‘ come out’ in People Magazine? Hello?! • do 5 year olds think they know everything? • aren’t you REGISTERED TO VOTE?
You were probably thinking that the super bowl situation was the end for Janet? That she’d never bounce back. That she just didn’t have it anymore? That she should throw in the towel….do something else? Well Janet was thinking that you thought that too. So when she took center stage at the Staple Center last night 42, and real thick in a full sequined body suit and started wopping to the ‘Pleasure Principle’ like it was 1986, it was just for you. She came to beat your ass... to remind you of why you loved her in the first place. It was clear, at least to me, that this was not a game!
I can talk about the dancers, the elaborate sets, and the pyrotechnics. But I wasn't paying attention to that. My focus was just...Janet.
She started from the beginning. So the set list was crazy! She did PleasurePrinciple Control WhatHaveYouDoneForMeLately Feedback YouWantThis Alright MissYouMuch RhythmNation NeverLetchuGo ComeBackToMe Let’sWaitAwhile Again SoExcited SoMuchBetta Nasty AllNite(Don’t Stop) RockWithU Together Again Doesn’tReallyMatter Escapade LoveWillNeverDo(Without You) WhenIThinkOfYou AllForYou GotTilIt’sGone CallOnMe That’sTheWayLoveGoes IGetLonely FunnyHowTimeFlies AnyTime,AnyPlace Discipline BlackCat If RhythmNation Luv and Runaway Whew! And somewhere inbetween all of THAT... she did it. She served us 1982! She gave her ride or die fans ‘Young Love’, ‘Say You Do’, and ‘Don’t Stand Another Chance’… I lost my mind! If she had performed ‘Dream Street’ I would’ve died… right there … on the floor in row 6. True to form, Janet did a full on S&M scene with a very lucky dude from the crowd. She gives him the time of his life if only for 4 minutes. And last night was no different. Janet clad in high heeled boots and a whip got on top of homeboy And rode him, like a pony, with no hands. Jermaine Dupri is GETTING it! Yes, Janet is one of us.
Janet proves time and time again that she’s earned her spot here. She’s diligent and fly. But you knew that already.
There are those moments in life that you never ever forget. Those moments that change you. That change how you view the world forever. When Martin Luther King was killed, Brother Malcolm, Kennedy… What you were doing the morning of September 11, 2001.
I was at home in bed in my tiny one bedroom apartment in Los Angeles. It was a little before 6 am when my husband attempted to tell me that a plane had hit The World Trade Center. Still half asleep, and thinking it was a small 4 seater plane, I mumbled something about how sad that was. A few moments later he yelled that another plane had hit the other building and that I should get up now. Still reeling from the death of Aaliyah, I scrambled out of bed thinking that this cannot be happening. In the hours that followed the world as I knew it fell apart. News of the Pentagon and Flight 91 were emerging. The phone began ringing. Rumors were flying. Then the towers came down. It was complete mayhem. I couldn’t stop crying. I grew up in Newark, New Jersey. I spent a lot of time In New York City. This was personal to me.
It’s been 7 years since the attacks on America. And the images still haunt me. Over time I’ve collected many magazine and newspaper articles that captured those horrific moments. I think about the victims and their families often. Christmas of 2001, I flew back to New York I read the stories posted in the subway of people looking for their loved ones. One guy was looking for his best friend of 25 years that had taught him how to tie his shoes. Riveting! Every year I visit the official 9/11 website and I learn about different victims, their stories, their families. It’s my very small way of keeping them alive Of remembering. I don’t want to forget. I.will.never.forget.
• Sexy is Beyonce and Jay Z • Sexy is Sean P. Diddy Puffy Diddy Puff Daddy Combs and how he doesn’t give a damn about what you think about him and how he continues to GET HIS! • Sexy is re-runs of Sex and The City. • Sexy is David Ruffin, Phyllis Hyman and Stacy Lattisaw classics. • Sexy is Barack Obama running for President against all odds. • Sexy is YOU registering and then going out to VOTE! • Sexy is YOU staying focused on the issues at hand and not letting a ‘purty’ female VP candidate distract you. • Sexy is my husband bathing the kids. • Sexy is finding a church home that YOU LOVE! • Living Waters in Chatsworth is that SEXY! • House Music is Sexy. • Sexy is Terrance Howard releasing a CD that’s musically amazing. • Sexy is being cast in a Tyler Perry film. • Sexy is spending countless hours on YouTube watching old Jackson 5 footage. • and videos of Fantasia singing • and Mary J. Blige singing • and Jennifer Hudson SINGING • and Jazmine Sullivan S-A-N-G-I-N-! • And lately my favorite up and coming artist Frank Lawson just….singing. • Check out Frank’s video on YouTube titled ‘Good Feelin’. It is SEXY!
This was the week of the Democratic Convention. And it was Magnificent. Historic. Just like the election itself. 75,000 people watched Obama deliver his speech in person. And an estimated 35 million watched at home. Here's a smart, engaging, and beautiful brown brother inspiring us to believe again, to take control of our government, to be our brothers/sisters keepers. I'm not voting on Obama because he's black, I'd vote on anyone that was offering what he's bringing to the plate. There’s lots to say about the upcoming election, But I love the Obamas, you see. When I look at Michelle Obama, I see a woman with substance that's on top of her game. She's Smart. Dignified. Classy. She stands 5’11 and wears it…well. When I look at this family, I see unity, pride. And everything that I've always known black love to be. These people love each other and you can smell it. They want more for us and I believe them. My hope is alive. It must be awesome for Malia and Sasha to watch their daddy inspire a nation. I'm happy that my 5 year old son isn't at all phased by this historic event. And yes, I will teach him the significance of this election. But I'm tickled that in his eyes it's normal for a brown man to be running for President. To him it's the natural process, the way it's supposed to be. That’s beautiful. And that’s the point isn’t it? Yes we can! Yes we can!
