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Cherry Wine

One day I hope to have the right amount of sensitivity, experience, finesse and creativity to execute a song like Cherry Wine. I can safely say it’s my favorite song of all time by miles. It’s the song that made to go to the music store to purchase that “Life Is Good” album. Yes, the album was hyped up and I loved the two singles, “Daughters” produced by No I.D and Summer on Smash produced by Swizz Beats but I didn’t make the decision as of yet to purchase the album. Then one day, I came home from school and the music channel was debuting “Cherry Wine”, so I gazed onto the TV screen and was transported to pure music heaven, the song paralyzed me and I was in awe, “wow”, I thought. I knew that my life would be altered forever, I mean it was Nas and Amy Winehouse – Salaam Remi on the credits. To this day Amy Winehouse is still my favorite artist. I watched that “Cherry Wine” video and I fell in love. It’s so hypnotic and Nas is so thoughtful, expressive and articulate. He makes you reminisce about the past while being hopeful of the future, while Amy is dreaming out loud, her mind drifting on top of clouds and she’s yearning for this man who is just like her to come take her away, she feels alone, she feels vulnerable, it’s sad, it’s moving, it’s meaningful, it’s poetry, it’s life, it’s art. The beat, the horns, the verses and Amy’s vocals, it’s just a beautiful song – perfect! I was a bit sentimental because Amy Winehouse had past on a couple of months prior and “Cherry Wine” was her last song and it was with Nas! Nas is amazing! I wish I could write a song like that. After I watched that video, I downloaded the song and it was actually better than the video – the video was shortened but on the mp3 Amy goes on and makes the song her own. “Cherry Wine” changed things for me, I bought the “Life Is Good” album. The album is one of the best CDs I’ve ever bought. “Life is good” is a masterpiece, a certified Nas classic, I love it, one of my favorite hip-hop albums of all time. The first CD I have ever bought was “God’s Son” by Nas. Also a classic, had songs like “Get Down”, “I Can”, Dance” and “Heaven”, yea that was a great album. Illmatic is unbelievable! Still if I had just one wish, I’d wish to create a song like “Cherry Wine”. I want the mood, the aesthetics, the Jazz sound and melodies, the feel and an artist as talented as Amy Winehouse to take center stage. I would also talk about Love and what I want in a woman. Like Nas, I’d give Amy the space to make that song hers. I’d also name my song “Cherry Wine”, that’s my dream. I know creating content like “Cherry Wine” is difficult, Nas suffered through divorce to make it happen. That’s the beauty of “Life Is Good”, it’s so personal. I am open to endure suffering to create great art. One day when I have the resources and talent, I am going to create all of this and it’s going to be the most awesome thing ever!

Yea, Nas is my favorite rapper. He made things easy for me with King’s Disease, KD2, Magic and KD3. Shout-out to Hit-boy for producing all of those Classics. He is still Escobar, Nasty Nas, he hasn’t switched up, he is still Nas! His flow, rhymes, storytelling and word play is of the highest quality. The longevity under his belt unbelievable, 30 years at the top and he is still hungry for more. He is a living legend. He was never something he was not, he didn’t appease the culture, he never dumbed down, he was just Nas. I respect that, I admire that. He is a shinning light. He inspires me.

Fancy

When I think of her I think of “Fancy” by Drake on mega classic debut album “Thank Me Later”. The adlibs on that song are vitally important because they serve as praises on this high tempo song. The song is confident, elegant, boastful and proud. She was fancy; nails done, hair done and everything there! Why is make-up so effective in un-guarding and dissecting the psychology of man? Why is make-up so powerful? I think make-up is so effective and powerful because it means nothing. Make-up is a promise that can never be fulfilled. Make-up is exciting, it is seductive. Through make-up you can role play and live your wildest fantasies. It is a chance to create a persona for yourself – to be somebody else, to fly among the stars in the sky. It underlines the comical nature of life and our reality, the fact that we will always be kids at heart. As the burden of existence takes a toll on girls, they substitute role-playing with dolls to experimenting with different personas. It is in this time that we see a frequent change in styles of appearances. The different styles in appearances come with a change in personality. Make-up works on men because they are repressed. In the fabric of society, men represent order, custom and good-standing. They are the providers – the head honchos, the figures responsible for the livelihood of everyone else. The chance to be somebody else is almost too good to pass up on. The chance to be somebody else is found in someone projecting a persona, often in a form of make-up, hair and nails. You see the things that have no meaning are the most powerful because they play to our repressed sides – and well, everyone is repressed. Make-up is art that saves us from the horrors of the world. I love the Cinderella story. A young girl lives with her step-mother and step-sisters and they terrorize her with chores and abuse her psychologically on a daily. One day, she meets her fairy godmother and she transforms her – with a spell and magic, she creates the most beautiful dress and glass shoes for her to attend the ball in. We can safely assume that she had her nails and hair done too – it was a prestigious ball, the fairy godmother wouldn’t make that mistake. Prince Charming glances at Cinderella and loses his mind. The make-up, the hair, the nails had driven Cinderella’s stock at an all-time high, those attachments made Cinderella valuable. Prince Charming was seduced.

Fancy by Drake discusses the independent girl who is all about self-improvement and self-actualization. Something we also hear on Jay – Z’s “Lost Ones” on comeback album “Kingdom Come”, where he discusses having to break up with Beyoncé for a while because she was too immersed in her work and had no time for their relationship. She also had that, a focus that was unbreakable. She was vibrant with an energy that exuberated. She was hot – always in black because it communicated power, elegance, professionalism and dominance. Always in heels, so she stood tall, bold and proud. She had this tattoo on her leg that communicated her fun, wild and sexy side. She was smart and articulate, had the ability to communicate what was in her mind and to regulate other people’s emotions. She was open-minded and entrepreneurial. She believed in me, thought I was great, loved my work ethic and thought that one day all my dreams would come true. She wanted beautiful things for me. I told her “Thank you”. I thought that God was playing a joke on me. And he was, my life is in the future. I am not even sure when in the future, maybe in the form of my children. I feel like a sacrifice. In my heart, I know I will have everything my heart desires, with time but dear Lord, do you have more fancy women in my path? The type with reason and love in their hearts. Maybe I am being unreasonable so let me take the time to reminisce. I once met a woman who wore a mask, the world responded to her mask but I saw underneath her mask, I saw through the blinds of the windows of her soul, I learned to understand the structure of her being and because I was too immersed in her spirit I became vulnerable and unguarded. We now operated on the same level field. I pulled back, it was dangerous. Being acquainted with her mask was better, for it enabled me to have projections and fantasies about her. The external view was quite a view to behold, she was fancy.

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