Virgin Megastore Shopping

I have to admit, I absolutely hate walking by this store. Most of the time I try to avoid it but today I couldn't resist. I promised myself I wouldn't walk down to the DVD/movies section because my Netflix queue is ridiculous so I ventured for a while in the CDs. My goal was to get a couple new, a couple old. I came back with:

Alicia Keys- As I am

She was gone for a while, but she came back just in time to bring some tasteful r&b. I know almost all of you will agree with me that the first single off this album, "No One", is amazing. It makes even the hardest of us soft for those few minutes. Can't wait to listen to this album all the way through.

Sia- Colour the Small One

I heard Sia in the past, but was re-introduced to her when Matt Jay and Cam put "Breathe Me" in the montage scenes of Burnside. Since my character in the film is a lot like myself in real life, it hit me really hard emotionally. The song fit perfect with the characters and pretty much summed up the feelings at the end of filming. Her voice is very simple yet complex at the same time and I think this is why I'm so intrigued by her music.

Lil Wayne- Tha Carter

I'm not even embarressed that I bought this. Since Lil Wayne came out with Cash Money, I liked his shit. Back then, no head would admit they liked Lil Wayne. He wasn't exactly up to par yet either. But I liked his music for two reasons: it made me want to have fun and he made REAL tracks.. Emotional tracks, as well. I think this album was the big turn in his career. I used to think he was the guilty pleasure of hip hop, but now the same people who hated this dude, think he is one of the best emcees out. Good job.

Jedi Mind Tricks- Army of the Pharoahs

My original plan was to get a hip hop album from my high school years.. I was looking for Living Legends- Creative Differences, Hierglyphics-3rd Eye Vision or Jean Grae- Bootleg of the Bootleg EP.. But surprisingly they had none. I saw this album and remembered how hard I used to bump JMT so picked it up as well. Interested to see how it is.