ARCHIVE HUNTING:
I've been looking through archives again, because fashion is
disappointing the shit out of me. Check this dope ass video out though!
These chicks are wearing some of the flyest outfits ever.....I mean, if you
like grown up clothes that is.
Marc Bohan+Christian Dior
Spring 1961
-FLO$$Y
Labels: Archives
More Winehouse
Mama Amy is killin me! On the one hand, she answers the door and get's the mail in her underwear:
Which makes me want to not love her as much as I do.
But then I stumble onto this video:
And I write off her antics as pure silliness....
STOP PLAYING WITH MY EMOTIONS!!!!
That's it. You're on notice. You gotta get it together boo! I can't support a druggie...How will that make me look? What about me Amy!
Well, I mean, If you keep singing like you do, then maybe I can overlook some stuff, but not everything....I refuse to be a pushover.
I'm Glad I Got That Out Of My System.
-FLO$$Y
Labels: Video Love, Winehouse
MOVE OVER CHOLAS, CHONGAS TAKIN OVER
Back in the day my bestest homegirls were Latinas and my favorite movie was Mi Vida Loca. So when I saw this video I was buggin' out!!!! Sharpie lip liner and flea market jewelry for $2.99. (Classic!)These girls reppin' Hialeah (my second home in FL) rocked this video.
What's a Chonga you ask?
A girl of Hispanic origin, usually between the ages of 12 and 19, but sometimes as young as 8. Primarily found in Miami (most famously, in Hialeah), the Chonga is known for her cheap form of dress, a combination of the so-called gangsta look and that of a prostitute, but can vary between the two. She wears ridiculously large hoop earrings large enough to be bracelets, which are usually gold and have their name written in them, and diamond studs high up on her ears. They may also wear thick, gold bangle bracelets in stacks on their arms. Depending on how ghetto she thinks she is, she may wear oversized men's t-shirts with tight, usually white Brazilian pants, with a colored thong worn underneath that shows through (on purpose). The Chonga's shoe of choice is usually either the traditional black Reeboks, white Nike Air Force Ones, completely black Converse high tops, velvet black ankle boots, or the most popular, Chinese beaded slippers in the same matching color ad their top, and worn with ankle socks. Most recently, Chongas have begun listening to reggaeton, but also enjoy rap, R&B, and the radio stations that play these genres of music. They can also be heard frequently calling these stations to make "shout-outs" to their baby daddy. Chongas have a very distinct form of speech, a cross between poorly imitated black slang and a thick Spanish accent, which emphasizes on the vowels. Some Chongas even speak entirely in Spanglish. Here are some sample sentences, and how they would be pronounced in Chonga:
O HELLNAA bish Ima beesho azz, waash! OMAIIGAA!
(Oh hell no bitch, I’m going to beat your ass, watch! Oh my God!)
"Check it out"...
-CUBA
Labels: Foolishness, Video Love
It's The Muthafuckin Party!!!
Around these parts we like to dance. We feel the bass in the floor and shake our asses when the beat drops. It's like second nature to us... So, if you wanna witness thousands of years of evolution at work, with hips and legs moving unison, come to Zubar on Friday.
Plus, we're celebrating My birthday and Ashley's as well. Because we're old now. So buy us a drink...Well, buy her a drink, because all I want is some Champagne to get my bones movin'. Plus, we're getting sloshed up, so be warned.....We'll be sloppy.
-FLO$$Y
Labels: The Party
Gettin' Punk'd:
So, Really, I mean who wouldn't charge up a silly ass girl if she started getting loud with you? Well. I know I would. I got a bad habit of cussing people out anyway...You can take the girl outta the Bronx, and you know the rest. But, Kelis got arrested for that a little while ago didn't she? It's safe to say she didn't learn her lesson...Check out our girl getting loud on MTV.
-FLO$$Y
Labels: Foolishness, Video Love
Got Your Hair Pulled Back....
I want a pair of WayFarers....Seriously. I am trying to track down a pair before I leave town, so far no luck. I will get some though, and soon I will get to walk down 7th Ave eating Croissant and singing Moon River.
Because it'd be a good look.
-FLO$$Y
Labels: Instant Vintage
VIDEO LOVE
Singing is my first love. Actually, I take that back, Music as a whole is my first love, but singing comes in at a close second. The idea of melting your voice around a note is amazing, and being good at that is usually awe inspiring. I've met men who would be wrapped around my little finger after 30 seconds of "Come Away With Me" by Norah Jones....
Ah, The Good Old Days.
But I am moving away from my point. Aaliyah used to be one of those singers I would brush off or disregard, thinking her voice was too small for her to garner any real merit as a vocal artist. I still feel that way. And I scoffed at the hoopla around her death as well. Now I look back like, her "Her songs were cute, I danced to em' and shit, I even know them by heart, Why was I trippin?" Oh well. Here's some love for BabyGirl:
We Need A Resolution (I was in love with the belly thing she does here)
More Than A Woman (I've memorized the dance sequence in the end of this video)
Try Again (Is anyone else in love with the Spring 2001/D&G she's rocking?)
If Your Girl Only Knew
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Speaking of iconic sounds...
I grew up on the Neptune sound, that funky electronic shit that Pharrell and Chad used to infuse into tracks from 1998-2003.... They're still doing stuff, but this was, in my opinion, their heyday. Everybody was using them, and for a while it was hot...then all of a sudden it wasn't.
Oh well.
Here's some hotness for you, so you can relive it with me:
Caught Out There-Kelis
I Just Want To Love You/Give It To Me-JayZ
Knock Yourself Out/We Gon' Make It-Jadakiss
What It Is Right Now-Busta Rhymes
When The Last Time-Clipse
Danger-Mystikal
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You'll be dancing all day.
-FLO$$Y
Labels: Archives, Video Love
We Love Men.....
Well, I do at least, and I'm pretty sure Cuba does, judging by her taste in man-meat. Damn that was funny. At any rate, I stumbled onto something I think you guys will appreciate, and I know we never really profile men around these parts, but I plan to rectify that in the future, so bear with me.
For now, Benny Moré
His memory is honored in Cuba in September of every year by a festival in Cienfuegos that bears his name, In the Cuban capital Havana, a salsa club is named after him, On the Malecon in Manzanillo, there's even a statue of him! I guess he was doin' something right...
Check Him Out HERE
-FLO$$YLabels: Instant Vintage, Menz