Take Care

First and foremost I am not Drake fan. A lot of people had some negative things to saw towards this album because he sang more. I heard some people say "this isn't an R&B album." which is true being that Drake lately has capitalized more on his rap but with all these Drake fan i would think that they know he had an interview with MTV where he specifically said he was going to sing more on this album. I'm gathering fans forgot that he actually came to the light singing off his critically acclaimed mixtape "So Far Gone" with songs like "A Night Off" and "Lust For Life". Being a "Drake Hater" I couldn't help but bop to this album. I think he was able to feed the public with hit singles like "Headlines" and "Make Me Proud" featuring Nicki Minaj. But what i want to know is why did he throw away songs like "Dreams Money Could Buy" or songs like "Club Paradise"?

He was still able to go H.A.M. in tracks like "The Motto" featuring Lil Wayne and "Underground Kings" The subliminal message that i got from this album is that Drake has problems coping with fame and is still in love with his stripper ex-girlfriend. For a man better known for his hooks i feel as though the chorus on some of these tracks were poor but he was still able to pull through with his lyrics and content. Production was different compared to his first album, it was a mixture of Rap, R&B and House influenced.  My favorite song would have to be between "Crew Love" featuring The Weekend and "Lord Knows" featuring Rick Ross, but "Look What You've Done" won the top spot only cause i love when artist's reveal their trials and tribulations.
I give this album 4 out of 5.

1.21 Gigawatts: Back To The First Time

It has been awhile since we heard from the rapper Ludacris, probably taking time for his acting career but he is back like he never left with a new mixtape, 1.21 Gigawatts influenced by the movie Back To The Future. He also came back with a vengeance and wants blood. With the song Bada Boom produced by Wonder, sampling the Fifth Element (I think Luda is a movie buff with all of these movie references and a past album named Theater of The Mind) In this track Luda takes shots at Drake and Big Sean because of their alegations that Ludacris stoled their flow which Big Sean's fans call the "Supa Dupa Flow" and all the while Luda calls it the "Stop and Pause Flow. In an interview a year ago they asked Big Sean who used the flow the best recently and named the song Forever and said Drake's bar "Swimming in the money come and find me, Nemo" and then when asked who used it the worse said Ludacris in the song My Bitch Bad referring to the bar "Coming down the streets like a parade, Macy's"
Overall with that beef I would give this mixtape a 4 due to the poor chorus he had on some songs for example "Say It To My Face"but you can't ever neglect Ludacris talent he still has it ever since "Phat Rabbit" on the colaboration with Timbaland. This is worth the download. The battle between my favorite track would be between the Intro and I'm On Fire featuring Big K.R.I.T.

Talk That Talk

The album was well put together, I don't know who writes or comes up with her ideas or songs but she has always stayed contemporary. The album is house influenced and was able to pull through. There are some slow and deep songs here and there for example "Drunk On Love". But the mixture of hip-hop, R&B, dancehall, Dubstep, and electronic is what the times are asking for with the hit single "We Found Love". My favorite song would have to be Cockiness (Love It) which was produced by hit maker Bangladesh who made singles like A Milli for Lil Wayne, Lemonade for Gucci Mane and What's Your Fantasy for Ludacris. Also The-Dream dipped his hands on the production side of this album.

 I gave this album a 4.5 out of 5 just because i'm not really use to this Rihanna but i like it and it won't stop her from staying relevant. I don't think this is the last time we will hear from her. Let the quoting on people's Facebook and/or Twitter begin.

What You Get Mixing Phillies, Chips Ahoy and a Road Trip!

I'll never forget when I got high with my best friends from High School. Its a funny story

My Alter-Ego has an Ego!

Reading the Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde i come to a state of wondering questions and a lot of curiosity. To sum up the drive to this curiosity is the fact that in the book, Dr. Jekyll has a psychological battle within himself of the so-called evil side. In his quest he turns into a violent and evil monster of the name Mr. Hyde. With that being said it came to my attention, do we as humans have a Hyde in us? Do we have this so call dark side? Through out the media and literature we have cases of alter egos for the better or worst. You might say super heroes in comic books have a double life but they choose to use theirs for good. Or the villains who were once good but choose a life a crime and further their power with catastrophes or mental problems. It all narrows down to the fact of who are those who lead a good life but tend to have a little bit of evil either characteristics or actions in their life.

Do you consider a graffiti writer to be those kind of people. Majority of them have a decent living in the morning, working and paying bills, might even help a lady cross the street. But once the clock strikes twelve and they gallivant the streets looking for property to vandalize, is this their evil side at play? Can we judge them as being a evil person? Or how about rappers? Are they consider to have the syndrome of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde for some of these rappers have children and live an ordinary life. But use their words and their outlet of music to sell such things as violence, drug selling or consuming, some to the further extent of glorifying the degrading of women. Would they be considered a Mr. Hyde? 

You might say to yourself, "Not everyone is a rapper or a graffiti writer!" And your RIGHT! But how about when you proceed yourself to be another person in front of a group of people or just in a different environment? Then the cards change. Because whether or not we don't all do the actions we would do with our friends in front of our parents or higher authority figure and we won't do things we do for our parents in front of out friends. It might not be bad deeds and it surely might not be good ones, but where is the line where you change? Some might say i am the same way around my parents i am around my friends and that i keep it real. If so do you use prophanity in the same context with your parents as with your friends? Or just when your in angry? Would you drink in front of an older crowd? And if so would you get intoxicated like the way you get with your friends or other crowd?



It all boils down to respect. But i also think it has to do with something of an up bring and that side of your brain that says...



Go ahead you deserve a break. You haven't had one of those in months. You'll start new on Monday. It's ok they'll understand. Nobody can stop you. Don't worry about it; you'll be able to fix it later. It feels so good! Maybe you shouldn't but fuck it! 



Words that is too familiar. It’s the part of you that knows its wrong but numbs the right to give you a sense of confidence and high. We sometimes get engulfed in these feelings or words in our head that we further forget of how our heart or gut feels. We then totally embodied the Mr. Hyde within ourselves. It can be from anything of breaking a diet to doing drugs. From shopping to cheating on the ones we love. At the end of the day we are only cheating ourselves it’s just the mishaps that it leaks out to the people that are around us.

The Vervet Monkey and YOU!

Human beings aren't the only species on earth that can actually be in your A.A. meetings. The vervet monkey, originally from West Africa traveled over to the Caribbean's some three hundred odd years ago due to slave trade. These monkeys started to develop a trait that we only thought humans can acquire, the taste for alcohol. They began to become addicted after experimenting with fermented sugar canes that the slaves would use for the manufacturing of rum. Over the years the monkeys began to get a taste for alcohol. Some vervet monkeys don't like the taste of alcohol, some only drink a little, and some drink until they pass out. Five percent of vervet monkeys drink until intoxication while 12% drink as some would say "socially". These statistics resemble those of humans and show that these monkeys have a taste for the liquor just as humans do. There are monkeys that go back every day for more alcohol. This study shows that these monkeys have a genetic addiction just as an alcoholic human would have. So the next time you see a vervet monkey, sit down and have a cold one with him.

Greg Plitt Helped Me Stay Fit!

Greg Plitt was first a cadet at West Point Academy, then moved on to modeling, being a spokesman and then hit Hollywood in such films like Watchmen and Terminator Salvation. He modeled for such products as Under Armour, Old Navy Jeans, Calvin Klein, Modell's and Skimpies and even been on such magazines as Maxim, AXL, American Health & Fitness, Flaunt, Men's Fitness, Muscle & Fitness, Men's Health, FitnessRx for Men, Instinct Magazine, and Men's Exercise. Born in Baltimore, Maryland he now resides in Los Angeles, California where he works on his site teaching the public how to work out properly, stay in shape and nutrition. But with all of that on his plate he was able to hit the home of New York Native Alex Lopez. A 27-year-old Hispanic who one night stumbled upon a Greg Plitt video and is now going for the transformation of a lifetime, physically as well as mentally. He has been under the Greg Plitt regimen for almost 2 years now. It wasn't just Greg Plitt's workout routines but his words of inspiration that help mold him into that man he is today.

Beginnings

I've always been kind of bad on introductions, so how should I start?

Well as you can see in my About Me page my name is Art and I am 23 years old.

This is a lifestyle blog covering the day to day life of a college student, part time Optometry Lab Technician, and hispanic living in New York City.

As readers, I would like you all to let go of reality and see what goes on in the mind of an Artist in all of its forms!

Welcome to my Beginnings,

                                                    -ART...