Sunday, May 22, 2011

Yanks Sawks Commercial

     This New Era commercial is pretty awesome.  Real actors do lend something extra to advertising.  Alec Baldwin and John Krasinski do a hilarious job with the Yankees vs Red Sox rivalry.  Enjoy!
Update: I just added the first commercial between these two, which is just as good.




House of Balloons

     It's really refreshing when you hear something new that isn't quite like anything else you've ever heard.   The Weeknd released a 9 song mixtape in March that would be classified as R&B although it transcends that genre in many ways.  The 20 year old Toronto native, Abel Tesfaye, is behind this fantastic blend of modern love and raw emotion called  House of Balloons.  The production creates a landscape by going in different directions but all ending at the same point of delivering a very consistent sound.  This is an album that you hit play and listen to it in it's entirety.  It's worth it, believe me.   The hip-hop, electronic sound invokes Sade, The XX, and Drake, who has been one of The Weeknd's biggest supporters.  Another plus to this is that you can download the album for FREE from his site at http://the-weeknd.com/ or link through Drake's label's site, October's Very Own by clicking on the right hand side.   I'm definitely looking forward to the next release from The Weeknd.  Currently, there are no official video's released even though some fans have done their own versions.
You can download the album from this link as well.
Download The Weeknd - House of Balloons



Thursday, May 12, 2011

I'll Be Your Motivation

     I've been listening to the song for the past couple weeks and looked for the video this evening.  I'll be honest and say the song is better than the video…most definitely, but I'll post it for the sake of Kelly Rowland looking fantastic, Weezy laying a spot on verse on a great song.  Disclaimer that I am not feeling all those dudes with no shirts on in the video.  I stay focused on the purple lipstick.  Props to Rico Love for writing another one.