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  • Friday Throwback – Ex-Factor

    When I think of what some of the most emotional songs I’ve heard are, I always come back to a song by Lauryn Hill from her solo album The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill. Though I’ve never been in quite the relationship that she describes, I think to anyone who has been in a really powerful relationship, some of this probably resonates.

    It could all be so simple
    But you’d rather make it hard
    Loving you is like a battle
    And we both end up with scars

    – Wyclef thought this song was about him. I wonder if Lauryn should’ve redone You’re So Vain. But then again, maybe it is about Wyclef.

    – The video is simple, but so is the song. There’s no need to show anything other than Lauryn.

    – The line is, “To get some reciprocity” but the way she says it, I always wondered if there was a word ciprocity.

    – Sing it Lauryn; “No one loves you more than me, and no one ever will.”

    – The “care for me, there for me, cry for me, give to me” part of the song is just awesome.

    – The video is nearly ruined by the light show at the end, but we can forgive.

    While Lauryn may be as crazy as Michael Jackson nowadays, she created one of the more emotional relationship songs of our time. I blame the Marley dude.

  • Friday Throwback – Rub You The Right Way

    I was thinking about what to use for this week and it hit me like a ton of bricks. A friend had sent me Ralph Tresvant’s video for Sensitivity and I figured that if Ralph looked silly, I remember Johnny Gill looking even more silly. He’s workin’ it in this video.

    – A shirtless Johnny wasn’t too impressive. Dude could’ve got in the gym a bit and hit the bench press.

    – Was he shiny suit man before Diddy was?

    – Check out JG’s moves. He’s got some frenetic moves.

    – Whenever I see his haircut, I think it looks like someone was building stairs.

    – His dance moves are like a wannabe Janet in the Rhythm Nation era, with MJ’s pelvic thrusts.

    – This might be one of the greatest lines in pop history – “Whenever I need to rub, I run her happiness.”

    – Why is he saluting and then crotch chopping all at the same time?

    – Is he wearing a leather tank top with that leather jacket and leather pants?

    – That’s an angry running man.

    Johnny’s Wikipedia page says that he, Ralph T, and Bobby B created a group called Heads Of State. Huh? Can’t they just get back with the rest of the New Edition fellas?

  • Friday Throwback – Everything’s Gonna Be Alright

    I had nothing today. I couldn’t think of anything for the Friday Throwback and all of a sudden, for some reason unbeknown to even me, the name Father MC just popped into my head. This is random y’all.

    – Look at K-Ci and JoJo looking like a couple of young bucks.

    – Damn, were they wearing those black Sox hats even back then?

    – When you hear the song you think Sugar Hill Gang, but you should really think Chic.

    – Father, make up your mind. Wear your sun glasses or don’t, but you shouldn’t change it in every other scene.

    – “Now I sign a couple autographs, take a few flicks, order Don Perignon and lay back with my chicks.” I want to be that man.

    – I kind of miss this haircut.

    – Do dat dance, do dat dance baby, do dat dance, let’s work it out.

    – Did he just name drop Andre Harrell?

    – Why is JoJo wearing a towel over his head?

    – Don’t tell me it’s a hood.

    – It is a hood.

    No matter what, that song is a party starter, even if it’s about 16 years old.