"You Inspire Me To Be The Higher Me..."

Shheeeeeee’ssssss baccckkk! Hola my wonderful readers, I’m BACK in 2010 with plans of really taking The Real Sidney Shaw to the NEXT LEVEL….but of course I need your support. I have a few ideas that I’m going to test out for this week and I need people to let me know if they are liking them or not. Leave or comment or email me. I appreciate all of my readers and I PROMISE I won’t let you down this time. Updates will be VERY VERY frequent… Without further a due …

I absolutely LOVE Lauryn Hill she’s one of my FAVORITE singers, and this is my absolute favorite Lauryn

Hill song ever.(I don't only like her because we share the same name and spelling) This song came out WAAAAYYY back when MTV was still playing real music, and when they had HOT shows like MTV Unplugged. I remember getting this DVD and this album when I was like 8^th grade as a Christmas present but not really appreciating it because these weren’t any of the songs from “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill”

I was randomly listening to Pandora (thank goodness for Pandora!!) and I heard “I Gotta Find Peace of Mind” and I started crying (okay I’m a SAP!) because the message in this song is so powerful. Especially at the 8 minute mark when Lauryn starts crying mid song. The song is AMAZING. If it wasn’t for this song my last end of the year 2009 would have been #terrible (I know too much Twitter all bad).

I LOVE and ADMIRE this woman because she truly is an artist who has nothing but pure talent. I wish the music industry was fool of more people who made beautiful, meaningful music as such. I’m so ready for Lauryn to release another project because this one was great. Any other favorite songs from this album? Lemme know…leave a comment or email me!

*Monday will be “music Monday” where I showcase some of my favorite songs, songs that get heavy rotation on my iTunes or even some new songs that I’m feeling. If you have any suggestions let me know!

- The Real Sidney Shaw

Late Night Sessions...

So I made the MISTAKE of telling Olamide that I finally posted his new single "Slow Down" on my blog. Now I've been up listening to NEWER and OLDER Imajin songs. Oh yeah...Olamide has now started his blog (again) due to my encouragement (right Olamide?) so make sure y'all go over and support Olamide. He's now apart of the Blogspot fam! (http://olamidemusic.blogspot.com/)

Remember how I said I liked Imajin because they played their own instruments and had a different feel to them? I have some more proof of how flyy they really are. Head to their Myspace and listen to the tracks they have on their. Apparently they are 3 albums deep and yet the rest of the world isnt' aware of that. (Yeah Olamide just told me that one). The current song I'm listening to is a Mario Winans production "Can't Forget" co written by Olamide and John. Song is pretty hot one of those songs I'd probably add to a playlist entitled "The Golden Years" but that's a different story LOL.

Another song I LOVE is "Fatal" I think I first heard this song last summer and I pretty much would go on Youtube everyday and listen to it. It's another track that would make the "Golden" list but the song is really hot. It just has a a real mellow feel. It's one of those tracks you play in the background, light some candles and reminisce about whoever you are missing...

My other faves are "That's What's Up" and "Anything". "That's What's Up" has this party/chilling vibe to it. It just kinda makes you dance a little...I'm not sure how to explain it. But I like it...it's different...totally different from the songs we have out right now like "Birthday Sex" and "Boyfriend #2" don't get me wrong...I do occasionally listen to those songs...but their music just sounds so...what's the word I'm looking for? Pure?

Like I said in my previous post I've been down with Imajin since the late 90's...98/99. So I've been listening to them since they were all sounded like sopranos pre-puberty. So it's cool to listen to them now post puberty. Voices all mature...they've really grown literally...but as artist as well. The style of music has changed into a more grown up feel no longer the kiddie pop and r&b songs they once sang. This time songs have more meaning, they are more personal...some probably based on real life situations.

There's nothing bad I can say about these guys. I respect TRUE ARTIST...once again if you can PLAY an instrument and sing at the same time? You're a TRUE ARTIST. I believe in an article I read on Bilboard.com back in the 90's they compared Imajin to the Jackson 5. Deep right? Hmmmm I voiced my opinion. Now you voice yours...

Make sure you check out Olamide's blog though y'all. Leave ME comments and him too.

...gotta love those night sessions...

-The Real Sidney Shaw