RIP G-Funk

Sad day in the rap game…..

Last night, we lost the talented Nathaniel “Nate Dogg” Hale at the age of 41.  As of now, the cause of his death is unknown.

Nate Dogg has been the man to go to as far as hooks if you wanted to crank out a true hit.  Before T-Pain and his played out autotunes took over the job, Nate Dogg was really getting it in.

What set him apart from any other artist in the game was his ability to mix and incorporate jazz, r & b,  and rap into his rhymes and flow, while still holding on to that g-funk style that we have all grown to love.

My favorite song by Nate Dogg is definitely “These Days”….Check it Out:

You don’t hear real music like that anymore.  It’s sad to say, but that’s definitely how things are nowadays.  Nobody has your back, so you have to look after yourself.  I thought this was a new age thing, as far cats not fighting anymore and pulling out guns over any and every issue.  But Nate said it all the way back in ’98.

His death at such a young age goes to show that anything can happen at any time.  He had two strokes back in 07 and 08, and his death is believed to be associated with complications from them.  Due to the strokes, he was unable to speak and lost basic movements, but was making a slow recovery.

At 37, Nate Dogg’s life was basically cut short and he couldn’t live a normal life.  We have to value the time we have here on Earth and make the best of it because at a blink of an eye, it can all be gone.

Nate was one of the realest to ever do it, and will forever be missed.  Much love playboy.

Signing out to my kings and queens….until next time

How Sweet It Is To Be Natural

A call to all African-American women….YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL.

Welcome back people…..Hope everything has been well.  A lot of women have recently made the decision to go natural, and Raven Symone has been the latest.  This latest trend is one that I hope sticks around from now until the end of the time.

From my middle school days up until now, I have seen all kinds of hairstyles.  I laugh now and think back to my days as a kid when I would love to see a girl with long braids down her back, or a head full of straight hair that came down to her back.  Man was that sexy to me….lol

But now that I’m a grown man, I think nothing is more attractive than a woman with natural hair.  Though natural hair is technically hair that hasn’t been permed, I like to think of natural hair that is YOUR hair.  Nowadays, so many girls doctor themselves up with an abundance of weave on their head that it takes away from their natural beauty.

My girlfriend and future to be wife (love u ~Sarah~) has a head full of beautiful black hair.  She has never had a perm, and never fails to make that point when talking about her hair.  So from being with her, I realize how much time and care goes into straightening, caring for and styling hair that has never had chemicals on it (and man do I pay for this when it’s time to go somewhere…lol).

But seeing a woma in their natural state (no makeup, no extravagant hair) should be the eighth wonder of the world.  Ladies let me tell you…a man wants a woman who’s as comfortable with herself as he is with her.  We’ve all heard the cliche “beauty is skin deep,” and this saying could not be anymore true.  So ladies, peep game…

If you have to go the extra mile on a daily basis to feel secure with yourself, or to feel that you’re beautiful, I am here to tell you…that is not the way to go.  A real man loves his woman the way she is when she steps out of bed.  No hair pieces, weaves, wigs, ponytails, globs of makeup etc.

Now please don’t get me wrong and think that I have anything against these things.  They are creations that serves to be very helpful and beneficial, while also adding a sense of style.  But too many (way too many) women are making these the norm, rather than the occasional.

Long hair; Short hair; Don’t care…. BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL.  However you are, just be happy being you.  That’s when the real sexyness shows.

Signing out to my kings and queens….until next time