Inspiration, lately I've connecting to physcial things and music. More notably, music and I for the past few months have been connected in such a way that I need to listen to it depending on my mood. Yeah, so does everyone else I guess but I think.. it's kind of more extreme in my case. For example, some music I can't listen to anymore because of how I have related to it my mind, it would, say make me think of memories I would choose to not remember, or they get me to a certain emotional point which ranges from depressed to extra excited. I've recently gone out of my usual Pop comfort zone and have started to listen to a wide range of artists that I am clearly going to share with you all. (And also the old ones too haha)
Let's start with the things many people would expect:
Lady Gaga
An old inspirtation of mine, constantly reinventing herself and clearly catching my mind's attention. It took me a while to get into her, but once I did, I fell hard for this girl and what she stood for. The Fame was fun, cute and had meaning but I mainly related to the depth of her second album The Fame Monster. Truly magical how I happened to wrap every song around a certain memory, it was almost..scary how eveloped I was. I think every song has at least 100 plays on my iPod. But see the issue was.. that I ended up wrapping some of the deeper, darker, extreme and more tragic ideas to her songs. I loved the darkness that she brought to the table and I found someone to relate to when I was alone..it simultaneously helped and destroyed my being. I have stopped listening to her for now because of the feelings that come up when I hear her music (it was truly beautiful though), I can't wait for album 3 though, I'm sure it will be spectacular.
Nicki Minaj
Crazy huh? I love this girl, I recently got into hear.. maybe four months ago. She hasn't come out with a full album but has featured on a ton of songs by probably every rapper/R&B singer you might know. Her rhymes and eccentric nature really got to me. It's as if she takes the mic and says "Fuck all of you, I'ma do my shit!" And at one point when I had a "fuck the world" attitude, he music just speaks to me, it's empowering and I love it. Her rhymes...take a while to understand as I've had to listens to songs about 5 times to understand what she's trying to say. I also love her style.. it's pretty crazy and very different from the typical female rapper and she does what she wants. I'm glad she's becoming more and more successful because on a good day, this chick's music can make you just laugh, knock out someone and continue to walk down the block (that's sounds weird but I get what that means).
Garbage
Garbage, a pretty old group that I ended up getting into freshman year of college. I always liked "I think I'm Paranoid" and "The World is Not Enough" and eventually that lead me to download like... all of their stuff. I listened to it and wouldn't want to stop. Their lyrics to me seem like they really do come from real struggle and life experience. Also, their sound was much different from all the contemporary stuff I listen to very often. They provided me with the rock/alternative experience that I wanted and helped form some new ideas in my mind.
Ke$ha
Not too much to say about this girl, but I've recently really gotten into her album and her song, "Animal"is really touching and is oddly quite pop-y. It's cute and hopeful but also makes me want to cry lol. Of course "Blah Blah Blah," and "Take It Off" provide all the craziness I want to feel in a song and for some reason I like to listen to those when I'm really angry.. I haven't connected that just yet haha.
Kelis
OMG where do I begin with Kelis! I feel that I'm the only person who is a big fan of her music. I feel that people don't pay attention to her because she's not the typical R&B singer and kind of talks about the random thoughts in her head and does what she wants..not necessarily what will hit it big. And she's kind of weird and has a raspy singing voice which I like. I'm really attracted to raspy voices, I don't know why...I just find it so attractive I think it's cooler in women than men.
Now some other different artists
Santigold
Santigold you' say..hmm she's black.. why isn't she doing R&B? Why does she kinda sound like a white girl mixed with M.I.A.? That's another reason why I like her stuff in addition to her just being musically talented. Her stuff goes from kinda happy to just plain weird. woot.
Erykah Badu
The soothing sounds of Erykah Badu have calmed me down sometimes. So down to Earth and about independence and breaking through and just doing you.
Janelle Monae
Janelle Monae is my girl!! Her stuff is crazy amazing and almost had me balling while running on a treadmill. She made an album, that if you listen to it all the way through you would think it's 1 very long song, a journey that takes your mind to a place that it's never been to and experience things like empowerment, fear, life, death, freedom, stability, etc. Magical.
Drake
Drake, at first I was really hesitant even though EVERYONE was like omggg drake is so amazing. Then.. I listened to a few songs and downloaded the album, and was just wow-ed. He's has raps that you can relate to and you'll pay attention to, they go with the tune and really do send a message. Well..a message to me at least.
Spoons, Phoenix, The Blow, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
I don't want to speak much on them because I just started listening to there bodies of work so I can't say I'm a legit fan, but they have so many different sounds than what I am used to..and make me feel kind of weird..in the good way.
There are some more.. but this post.. got REALLY long.. REALLY fast!
Until next time!
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