Pre-The Roots Picnic

Because it is officially after midnight, TODAY IS THE ROOTS PICNIC!!! I am BEYOND stoked!! I will avidly be posting on Instagram and Twitter to document all the excitement and then I'll post here about the entire experience.

This is my first concert/music festival. AND SOLANGE IS GOING TO BE THERE!!! (She IS my older sister. I don't care what anyone says). I am most excited to see here and all her soulful bohemian beauty.

So in honor of the picnic I've put together a short playlist of some of the songs I hope to here by some of the artist that are gonna be there.

You Got Me - The Roots
Hip Hop Hooray - Naughty By Nature
Sleep In The Park - Solange
Twice (Remix Feat. Solange and ?uestlove) - Robert Glasper
& was you - How To Dress Well
All Gold Everything - Trinidad James
Cant Hold Us - Macklemore and Ryan Lewis

I've Been Gone For A Minute...

But now I'm back with the JUMP OFF!!

HA! I've always wanted to say that and use it in the proper context.

I know I promised to update as much as possible but, school work and finals held me hostage. With that being said, it is now summer and my blog can have my undivided attention. I'm still taking a class for the first part of the summer but it's ceramics. Thanks to years of summer camp (along with the fear of the cute boys seeing how nonathletic I was and the scorching heat) this class will be an easy A 'cause all I did was pottery and ceramics.

I have one semester left of this college life and I am terrified. I have a plan but, I don't think it's gonna pan out well. MY LIFE IS IN SHAMBLES!!! (*dramatics British accent)

Hopefully, some really cool independent or "hipster", if you will (seeing that's the culture I just so happen to identify with) will see a dire need for my amazingness (not a word, sorry Noah) and will want me in their life.

Till then, I'll be here sharing my awesomeness (THAT'S A WORD?!) with whoever decides to peep this do-hickey.

Now Playing: "Before Tigers (Cfcf Remix)" x HEALTH

Later Gators!

Tonight's Jam...

This song came on  my Rhye station on Pandora and I haven't stopped listening to yet.

Rhye

I LOVE finding new music!!!

Kinfolk Magazine recently posted a playlist on Facebook to welcome Spring. Rhye was on it twice. When their songs came on, I had to literally stop and see who it was. They are the epitome of the type of music I listen to and a fair reflection of my life. 

Their sound is like mellowed out old-school rock slow jams with a hint of jazz and sometimes funk. LITERALLY!!

And like every other amazing artist I find, I created a station on Pandora. Everything that comes on there is awesome as well. 

This morning, I saw this old school Jeep, maybe from the late 80's to 90's; it was blue and it was cool. I pictured my self driving with the windows down and flipping the cassette tape to side B and this was the type of music I was listening to. Also, in this picture, I pictured myself with an Afro. 

I was thee coolest!

Rhye has only had one album (Woman) which was released March 5. This kind of upsets me a bit because I usually find artists that have been around for quite a while and have had at least three albums. That way, I could enjoy catching up on all of their past excellentness (just made that word up). With Rhye, I now have to wait God-knows-how-long for new music from them.

Here's to hoping they pull a Rihanna and make an album a year for seven years. Till then the songs I'm addicted to will be on repeat.

My Favorites:

1. Open

2.The Fall

5. Shed Some Blood

6. 3 Days

9. Hunger

(You can listen to the whole album on Spotify or Download it on iTunes)

A Kiss Goodnight 2...

Bad Girls(Verdine Version) - Solange Knowles

Ruby Sparks

Ruby. Bloody. Sparks.
Where the ef do I begin?
This movie was absolutely amazing. It definitely was not your average love story. It was different and refreshing and lovely.
I'm not gonna lie, being a writer, I kinda wish this was actually possible. But then again, do you know how many perfect people would be walking around here? And their creators would need a serious psychiatrist. Thank God for fiction. I loved the characters. The story line was brilliant. It didn't end the way I predicted, but it was better.

*Adds to favorite movie list*

#OOTD

Jacket | Hat | Rings | Bag | Watch (not seen) : NastyGal
Blazer : Forever 21
Shirt : Aritzia
Skirt : Mom bought it for me a few years ago... Not sure where from.
Shoes : Diva Lounge