COMMON
So, I know that this is a lady blog. Fine. But I like to look at men, alot, especially Common! He's gorgeous, fabulous, and he's about the people. His swagger is undeniable. I am not a huge Lily Allen fan, I don't think she can sing very well, she's also sort of plain looking...and the whole Trainers+BallGown thing was super played before she even got to it, now it's cheesy as shit.
I'm sure of his talent though, and I suggest you go cop his new album, "Finding Forever" because track for track that shit is gold.
-FLO$$Y
Labels: Brown Goodness, Famous People Besides Us, Menz, Video Love, Whitey
"Don't Do Me Greasy"
So, MTV Jams was playing all of Aaliyah's videos this morning, and I remembered how much I loved this particular track with her and DMX. The beat is from NWA's "Niggaz 4 Life" and this song was featured on the Romeo Must Die soundtrack, so get into that.
Rest Well BabyGirl,
FLO$$Y
Labels: Bad Chicks, Dead Folks, Famous People Besides Us, Instant Vintage, Video Love
Here at the HoneyPot we are all about inventive stuff, and this video is just that. I dig the parts where she's in the box, walking over hot pebbles and then the mud scene...When was the last time you saw a video like this?
The song might not be much to listen to, but this video is ill...
-FLO$$Y
Labels: Bad Chicks, Video Love, Whitey
CYD CHARISSE
When I think of real dancers, I think of this gal, she's got attitude, she's got moves, and she's hella beautiful. It's been said that you "haven't been danced with until you've danced with Cyd". She even out danced Mr. Fred Astaire, and that took skill. She was in films until she was old, in fact, on of her best features happened when she was 45! I think she's ill.
Then there's this clip from "Party Girl"
How fabulous!!!! I love the choreography here, love the attitude, love the costume.
It's fierce all the way around, and she's fierce...That's why she's the Bad Bitch this week.
-FLO$$Y
Labels: Bad Chicks, Dead Folks, Famous People Besides Us, Instant Vintage, Video Love, Whitey
Mami's back!
Do you remember when Eve was killin the game, when she was on top and wreckin shop on all the other female artists out there? Well it's time for her to reclaim her throne, plus, who's taken her space since she left? Nobody...That's a sad, sad state of affairs.
The video is hot, Tambourine was hot on it's own...plus the colors are ill, the clothing is ill....
And Her Lipgloss Is Poppin'!
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-FLO$$Y
Labels: Bad Chicks, Video Love
If it's Bronzed, I'm down.
Summer time always begs the question, will I look good strolling down anyone's beach? Well? Yeah, that's what I'm thinking, so here's some drool worthy video to give you a reason to jump in the gym, or on the tanning bed, or into your suit.
It's not really about being skinny, but damn, can I just get toned up? We gotta hit the gym ladies!!
-FLO$$Y
Labels: Brazil, Brown Goodness, Video Love
Let's Frug Honey:
The Big Finish is the best part...
This is the history lesson of the week.
Bob Fosse was a bad man when it came to choreography, he's responsible for
Cabaret, Chicago, How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, and, Sweet Charity, which is where this piece came from.
His work is dope because it was innovative for the time, and continues to inspire dancers to this day; Where have you seen those dresses before, Who's good for a ponytail toss at least once in her set? He'd surprise us with new lighting techniques, gave us subtext when we were dancing, and taught us how to dance like we were full of feeling. Truly a fabulous guy.
See I told'ya we'd be talking about men more here....Dammit.
-FLO$$Y
Labels: Instant Vintage, Menz, Video Love
Absolutely Fabulous!!!
I'm watching "Funny Face", It's a gorgeous little ugly duckling movie of course, but this number is totally my favorite. Check out how Kay Thompson and Fred Astaire rock this song! She's moving like a goddess, singing loud and looks like she's fancy free. I love her right now.
You should check this out, and then get back to me.
-FLO$$Y
Labels: Instant Vintage, Video Love
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
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
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$$Y
Labels: Archives, Video Love
LEAKS!!!
I searched the internet over to find these videos, and frankly I think they were worth it! Now, I make it a point not to talk too much about Beyonce, not because I'm being a hater, or a bitch, I just think that she get's enough shine without me....So I try to focus on others. But this. This Video Anthology deal, is gold.
Eat Bitches:
I likes....Alot.
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-FLO$$Y
Labels: Bad Chicks, Video Love
Video Game:
I'm mean about women, I won't be on their team if I don't think they're hot, no matter how many good things they may be doing. My definition of hot may not be the average chicks though, so I suppose I have that going for me.
Having said that, Kelly Rowland is officially on my radar, because she's hot to me right now. I've seen some photos of her out and about rocking some ill threads, but hot to me isn't only about your look, you need to be producing something too. This video from her new album "Ms. Kelly" is dope! It's a little club jam and it makes me want to hit the dancefloor and show the DJ what I got going on, I'm going to save it for the 13th though....Tell you about that soon.
She's fire right?
RIGHT.
-FLO$$Y
Labels: Bad Chicks, Video Love
Beautiful
Let me tell you guys something about me, in an effort to be as transparent as possible. I am a dreamer, and I know everyone dreams, but I mean that forreal...everything relates to something else for me, and I think in colors that aren't in the rainbow...I would say I have a very active "Inner Life".
Now, on to the point. I have always had this dream that I will meet some really beautiful man, with locs and really full lips, a filthy mouth and more wit than I can handle. He'll make music of some sort, and have skin like copper, brown and strong...The kind that won't wrinkle when we're getting old together. And we'll live in this totally airy apartment, with a cool view and windows open (because we like the air). Of course we're repping the city, NYC, The Only City That Matters, and we go to street festivals and parades together, with our shorty. I want this for real, but I know that it's unlikely to happen, and so it remains a dream.
But, the soundtrack to this dream is always:
Not for the lyrics, but because that beat has KNOCK!!!
Then it is followed by this track:
I hope my dream comes true, but until then I'll just replay these tracks over and over again....Yadadamean?
-FLO$$Y
Labels: Video Love
BACK TO BLACK
Amy Winehouse
I promise you, she is the second coming, and this song makes me cry like
a small child...
-FLO$$Y
Labels: Video Love, Winehouse
Virgin Suicides:
I've seen alot of movies, but this one really has stolen my heart. Besides-It's got a story to it! I can understand girls wanting to feel fresh air, be free, I feel that way right now, so I've been looking at stuff on the internet and stumbled onto this:
It's clips from the movie against Madonna's "What It Feels Like For A Girl"
Enjoy!
-FLO$$Y
Labels: Video Love
Say it Ain't So!!!
Well, last night didn't go well (Sorry Gail!!!), But i'm up and back to the keys to give you the news.
First Up!
Kelis Got Arrested AKA Requiem for a Drunk Hoe-Kelis was arrested early Friday morning in Miami Beach after screaming racial obscenities at two female police officers who were posing as prostitutes.
The officers were working an undercover operation in South Beach, when cops say Kelis started screaming racial slurs at the women. She continued screaming and rushed toward them, and had to be restrained by friends, a police report said. According to the report, Kelis’ “actions caused people walking by to stop and form a crowd. The sidewalk was blocked by the disturbance, causing people to walk in the street and causing traffic to stop.”
Damn....This is really funny, funnier than when my other girl(Kimora Lee) Got busted for having a bag of Sticky in the car, They were both smiling in their mugshots though, as if they could feel their street cred growing. I hope she got out on bail though, this sort of thing doesn't seem like it'd be a reason to lock somebody up, but the Pigs like to make examples of famous people, so you never know.
Next!
A Video Jewel:
This song is amazing, I'll never get tired of it, but i'm posting it because this is
probably what I missed by not going to see DJ Offbeat last night....I feel really bad about that.
Oh well, I'm making it my business to find a place where I can hear some good Latin music on a weekly basis, I miss it....Plus, it reminds me of home, and isn't that really important?
PLUS*
This may seem really lame to you, but I used to dance to this with my friends, like, we learned all the moves and would rehearse and then do it for our parents on the porch.....This brings back lot's of memories...
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This week feels like it's going to be good, I hope it is.
-FLO$$Y
Labels: Brazil, Foolishness, Video Love
::I've got a crush on you::
I'm feelin bubbly and shit......If you've been listening to me gush for the past few weeks then you know why.
All these videos are about cutey shit, so sue me.
The Jet's-Crush On You
Portishead-Glory Box
Brazilian Girls-Don't Stop
Interpol-C'mere
Nushooz-I Can't Wait
He makes me all smiley and shit....damn, I'm looking like those moon-eyed hoes that I make fun of at parties!!
-FLO$$Y
Labels: Video Love
New Video!!!
Okay, so, sometimes I hate on Bey, but this video is fire. Upgrade U is actually a mediocre song in my opinion, but I could watch this all day...plus the little dance is cute!
The DVD with all the videos on it drops soon, and I will be posting those videos as soon I can get my pretty hands on them.
She's got my vote. Plus, HoneyBee$$ upgrade men all the time, just with our presence, so you know I'm down with her campaign....
-FLO$$Y
Labels: Video Love