Whatever Will Be...Willow Be

Have you guys heard Willow Smith’s new song “Whip My Hair”? When I heard she had a new song, I wasn’t expecting much because I’d heard a clip of her singing before and wasn’t impressed. However, I should’ve known the Smith family wouldn’t have released the product if it didn’t meet a certain standard. Couple that pedigree with a hot beat provided by Roc-A-Fella records and you’ve got a recipe for success. They worked their magic in the studio and the song sounds pretty good. I think it’s a catchy tune. I had to remind myself that Willow is only 9 years old so she has plenty of time for her voice to mature and to really develop her craft. She definitely has the potential to be a successful artist. I was involved in a debate about whether or not a young black girl can sell as many records and become as popular as the young white boy that has currently created the epidemic known as Beiber Fever that is currently sweeping the nation. I think it would be possible if she was singing Pop music that would appeal to a wider audience, but this song seems to fall more into the R&B/Hip Hop genre. Who knows what her style is or what else she would create, but I’d think it would have to be more crossover in order to reach that wide of an audience. I’m sure that’s not the intent anyway, just let me know if you like it or not. If you haven’t heard it yet, click this link to listen to it.

GaGa Dominates The VMAs

I know…it’s been a long time. I shouldn’t have left you…but I was on summer break. What do you want from me? (I hope you got those references to Aaliyah and Adam Lambert. Just making sure you’re paying attention.) Anyway, here’s my MTV VMAs recap.
Eminem opened the show. It was kind of cute how his performance started and looked like the scene from “8 Mile”. He still looks sick to me though. Are we sure he is okay, or is that just the effects of the drugs? I was scared at first when I saw the girl with the red hair appear on stage. I thought I was going to have to sit through another horrible Nicki Minaj performance. Luckily we dodged that bullet. It was just RiRi with a wig on. 30 Seconds to Mars just won best Rock Video. OMG...is that Jared Leto. It sure is. I knew he was in a band but never really paid attention to which one. Am I the only one that watched “My So Called Life” and had a huge crush on Jared Leto? Raise your hand if you feel me. I’m sorry; I just can’t handle Trey Songz. Why are his pants so tight, yet they still are hanging so low? Maybe they are so tight that he can’t get them over his hips. Well if that’s the case, wear some different pants, damnit! He’s getting a little too full of himself. He is cute, but the fact that he thinks he’s so cute…is not cute. What the hell is Usher doing? Does he think he’s some kind of superhero dancing robot? I will admit his CD is way better than I thought it was when I first critiqued in a previous blog, but I think he’s lost something in his dance moves since the babies. It happens to the best of us. Believe me, I know. Kids age you instantly. Why is Will.I.Am in black face? (sigh) We’ll just move on. I’m not even going to comment on Nicki Minaj’s butt. I am curious to know why she makes those faces. Is that supposed to be cute? It’s not. I’m still not sure why she raps the way she does. Is that supposed to sound good? It doesn’t. What was up with that car commercial that Ciara and 1/2 of Neptunes did? Why does Mercedes from Glee refuse to wear heels? I understand walking in heels can be uncomfortable, but why are combat boots always her alternative. Why not a ballet slipper? Why is the cheerleading coach wearing that floor length trench coat? That’s kind of weird. GaGa and her outfits are so ridiculous. It takes 5 people to get her out of her seat and 10 people to get her up the stairs. Mmm, Justin Timberlake looks delicious. What is Swizz Beatz doing on the piano? Is he trying to be like his new wife? He’s not even pressing any keys. Drake is rapping and Swizz Beatz just keeps saying “oh” and little random comments here and there. I’m not sure why Swizz Beatz is even on the stage. Maybe Swizz Beatz raps now and I just didn’t get the memo. Uh-oh, are they booing Kanye? I think people are still mad about the Taylor Swift thing. He better stop with that remedial performance on his Casio keyboard and start doing something to make up for last year. Who is that rapping with Kanye? I thought it was Omarion for a second and was thinking, my gosh he’s aged quickly in the last couple of years. I thought the second mic was for Taylor Swift and that maybe there would be this cute little collaboration where they play nice with each other, but apparently the other mic was so he could do that horrible auto tune crap. Oh well. The VMAs are known to be unpredictable and full of surprises, but I must say this year was pretty underwhelming.