praise #1 - rihanna feat. nicki minaj, raining men

i didnt expect this song to be as good as it was. the beat was solid, the lyrics make sense and it's a positivish song. nicki minaj really brings it all to life. in the past, i havent really liked her work, but this really did it for me. she seems really talented and i love her part!!! love. this. song.

all of  "Loud" in general seems really good. rihanna brought it this time and she's churning out hits. s&m has a fun beat and it's not a nasty song. fading, complicated, and california king bed seems to be her tributes to love/relationships. i feel that they are relevant and beautiful. and finally love the way you lie part 2 is just lovely. it isnt an angry song, like the original. it's much more musical and heartfelt, much more meaningful.l

this whole album has brought rihanna and nicki minaj at the top of my list.

next rant: ke$ha music videos (wtf...)

rant #1 ~ katy perry, e.t. video

***first, i must pay respects to king (itskinglseybitch) on youtube who has inspired my rants***

moving along.

personally, i love this song, and after i judged the single album cover she used on the "ft. kanye west" version, i thought the video was going to be a very cool, chic version of aliens. i expected heavy eyeliner and mascara, paired with some very shiny black blazers and probably leggings with a stilletto here or there.
maybe katy perry was trying to make a point, but all i see is a hot mess.
i admire her for trying to be unique, but this whole alien theme and indirect scenes of the superstar was too parallel universe to lady gaga's born this way/i'm in alien baby labor THING.
Anyway, we see this chick with horns wearing a sheet and flying through space in like one spot. We don't even get to see Katy's face until like tue first chorus. And all these random shots of STUFF happening doesn't really help either. I saw a flower blooming, which I could understand with all the love going on, but a freaking cheetah killing gazelle and random shots of bambi? REALLY KATY?
and then she randomly falls into a planet which is basically a giant junkyard of shiny things (and random pairs of perfect glasses). she finds this guy who is some sort of robot boy. ~SIDE NOTE: i loved her makeup in this scene, i think it was the best out of the whole video~ so she wipes the crap off of his face and some face picture thing appears like his face is a projector screen or something. and of course they kiss. but then everything jsut goes FREAKIN INSANE.
after she kisses him he turns into a naked human. specifically a naked albino black guy o_o (what is this, frog princess?) and then, katy dramatically lets go of her sheet and reveals giraffe legs. what. the. balls.
sooo, what? she's a tacky rhinoceros giraffe human alien? its a bit much if you ask me.

so they walk off into the sunset of this junkyard, giraffe legs and bare albino butt. hot mess.

love like woe - the ready set

Cause you're a pretty little windstorm out on the boulevard
Something like a sunset, oh you're a shooting star
And I might drive myself insane
If those lips aren't speakin my name

Cause I got some intuition,
or maybe Im superstitious
But I think you're a pretty sweet pill
that Im swallowing down
To counter this addiction
you've got me on a mission
Tell me darling, can I get a break somehow?
How can I say no?

fulltime - heather headly

i've had my share of disappointments
i've been struck by love
i've been blind for love
and wasted time for love
i've always lived by Mama's words so
never been a fool for love
tell you like my Mama told me
remember that your royalty
and it takes a real man to see
love is fulltime
overtime
all the time, now see
if he ain't man enough to see
then you gotta go, gotta roll, gotta leave
love is fulltime
overtime
all the time, now see
if he ain't man enough to see
then you gott roll, gotta go, gotta leave
tell me

private party - india.arie

all my life
i've been looking for
somebody else
to make me whole
but i had to learn the hard way
true love begins with me
this is not ego or vanity
i'm just celebrating
me

we r who we r - ke$ha

hot and dangerous
if ur one of us
then role with us
cause we make the hipsters fall in love
when we got our hotpants on and up

ihm so sick of bein serious
its makin my brain delirious