Grammy Wrap-Up & Super Bowl Thoughts

Look who it is! The Jay man back tallying up his Grammy predictions. Also I will just share what I thought about the Super Bowl.

String of Posts 1/General Category: I was 3 for 4. The only one I got wrong was Record Of The Year. I found out Use Somebody stayed in the top 50 best-selling singles of 2009 ever since it debuted on the Billboard charts. That's 52 weeks of good sales. That's why they won.

String of Posts 2/Pop Category: I was 4 for 7. Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals I will comment on. I picked Taylor Swift & Colbie Caillat. I had the right idea here but didn't have the info I needed. I didn't know that these two wrote 80% of Taylor Swift's Fearless. You can't write more than 40% on somebody's CD to win this category. The rest of my wrong categories I just flat out missed.

String of Posts 3/Rock-Music Video Category: I was a combined 3 for 9. I got all of the music category wrong. And I really don't listen to rock music so that's my excuse for doing so bad.

String of Posts 4/R&B Category: I was 6 for 8. This music fits my stereotype. That's why I did so good in predictions. I would have picked another one right if I wouldn't have tried to give Jamie Foxx credit in the best R&B song category.

String of Posts 5/Country Category: I was 5 for 7. I am suprised I did well here! I really don't listen to country music. Chalk this one up to Billboard chart research. The best country instrumental performance category was totally a coin flip that worked.

String of Posts 6/Rap Category: I was 1 for 5. BIG SHOCKER!!!! I claimed I had the best knowledge of this category. Guess not!! I feel I got robbed this category. Jay-Z & Eminem dominated here. I personally feel the reason why they dominated is because they were actually at the Grammys. They won everything because they were personally in attendance. Some of the people I picked were not at the Grammys. Eminem's Crack A Bottle won best rap performance by a group? I don't understand this because the song doesn't even have a video. (To make things worse, my favorite artist Kanye West wasn't at the Grammys) Oh Well!

SUPER BOWL

Congrats to the Saints. They took advantage of Manning's interception to score a defensive touchdown. It was Manning's only mistake the whole game. I was going for the Colts & lost money. Not mad though. The Saints didn't have a turnover & managed the game well. Good Super Bowl and the commercials were okay. My fav commercial was the one where the child slapped the grown man for liking his mother. Funny as hell.

Ok. next post will be about some homeless habits I find weird. Stay tuned to the Jay man for more of the realest conversations you will ever have!

String of Posts Pt. 6

The last string of post for the Grammys. How is everyone? All is well I suppose. Well, here is the last category for the Grammys on Sunday. Make sure to tune in on channel 11 at 7PM. That is the time frame it's coming on. I saved the Rap Category because it is my favorite. Most of my peers also like rap music. But you can't really measure a rap artist's success until they start winning Grammys. So, without further ado, here are my picks.........

RAP CATEGORY

Best Rap Solo Performance Nominees Are: Jay Z-D.O.A./Mos Def-Casa Bey/Eminem-Beautiful/Drake-Best I Ever Had/Kid Cudi-Day N Nite

My Prediction: 1. Eminem, good song about him returning to the rap industry. Also Eminem's "Relapse" CD is the best selling rap CD in 2009 according to the Billboard charts 2. Kid Cudi, signed with Kanye West's record label. The video is good because it switches between real life & cartoon drawings

Best Rap Performance By A Duo or Group Nominees Are: Eminem, Dr. Dre, & 50 Cent-Crack A Bottle/Kid Cudi, Kanye West, & Common-Make Her Say/Fabolous & Jay Z-Money Goes Honey Stay/Kanye West & Young Jeezy-Amazing/Beastie Boys & Nas-Too Many Rappers

My Prediction: 1. Kanye West & Young Jeezy, this song was the theme song for the commercials of the 2009 NBA playoffs 2. Fabolous & Jay Z, song tries to break a long time stereotype that most rappers know about

Best Rap Sung Collaboration Nominees Are: Keri Hilson, Kanye West, & NeYo-Knock You Down/Jay Z, Rihanna, & Kanye West-Run This Town/The Lonely Island & T Pain-I'm On A Boat/Beyonce & Kanye West-Ego/T.I. & Justin Timberlake-Dead And Gone

My Prediction: 1. T.I. & Justin Timberlake, true to heart song about T.I. maturing through his life. Song is off T.I.'s most sincere album "Paper Trail" 2. Keri Hilson Kanye West & NeYo, song about two guys torn between a woman. This song did well in the Hot 100 on the Billboard charts staying in the top ten songs when Keri Hilson's "In A Perfect World" came out

Best Rap Song Nominees Are: Jay Z, Rihanna, & Kanye West-Run This Town/Drake-Best I Ever Had/T.I. & Justin Timberlake-Dead And Gone/Jay Z-D.O.A./Kid Cudi-Day N Nite

My Prediction: 1. Drake, took the 2009 rap world by storm. Was not signed with any record label when he blew up. (Bonus: Kanye West directed the video) Video is about Drake coaching a sorry girls basketball team. Drake also is an actor that played on the Nickelodeon TV show Degrassi The Next Generation 2. T.I. & Justin Timberlake, (already explained in previous category)

Best Rap Album Nominees Are: Flo Rida-R.O.O.T.S./Eminem-Relapse/Q Tip-The Renaissance/Common-Universal Mind Control/Mos Def-The Ecstatic

My Prediction: 1. Eminem, (again already explained in the 1st category) 2. Common, has been around too long and deserves a Grammy. He really is more underground but has done a lot for the rap industry. He is a lyricist rapper that is not flashy.

Ok. That finishes off the Grammy predictions. Like I mentioned in String of Posts 5, I'm going to have a post where I count up all my correct predictions to see how accurate I was. Remember, whoever your favorite artists are, you want them to win Grammy awards so they can be credible. It doesn't make any sense to cheer for a one-hit wonder because they couldn't last. Also, if you want to be an artist yourself, study from the best with the most respect. Winning Grammys proves how much respect people have for you. I don't know what my next topic will be on so just keep looking out for 4realz on this Club Speakeasy post. Until the next time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's All Good

God is all and all that's not
For He gives us his all and all that we've got
He created the planets, solar system and all
Said "Peace be still," that none would fall
He created the Earth, the water, and the whale
Decided the temperature that burns in Hell
Nothing is something
He created that too
Because without nothing
Then something wouldn't do
So, though it may seem we have not what we should
Remember, nothing is something ... and that makes it all good

Modern Love

I can feel you staring

I would see toy caring
If only I turned your way

Silence screams in
lust filled dreams
such sweet torment
I play

what is love does it matter
that without love eventually
everything shatters
still I believe

you vow your heart our soul
is mine
but position of our relationship
must be redefine
for we only comfort with the
soul intention to deceive

String of Posts Pt. 5

Jay man here nearing the end of Grammy predictions. Two more major categories left. Rap & country. Today will be country. The rap category I will do on Friday, January 29. Hello to everyone reading. Hopefully you don't think an awards show is boring. This is how your favorite artists climb up the ladder. Winning a Grammy is a top reason people get into music. So, if you don't like the Grammy Awards, you don't like music in general. Just want to clear that up. Ok. Here are our hopeful winners in country music this year...............

COUNTRY CATEGORY

Best Female Country Vocal Performance Nominees Are: Lee Ann Womack-Solitary Thinkin/Miranda Lambert-Dead Flowers/Carrie Underwood-Just A Dream/Taylor Swift-White Horse/Martina McBride-I Just Call You Mine

My Prediction: 1. Carrie Underwood, better fits the category 2. Taylor Swift, popularity

Best Male Country Vocal Performance Nominees Are: Trace Adkins-All I Ask For Anymore/George Strait-Living For The Night/Billy Currington-People Are Crazy/Keith Urban-Sweet Thing/Jamey Johnson-High Cost Of Living

My Prediction: 1. Billy Currington, I saw this song on the Billboard charts for some time 2. George Strait, just a guess

Best Country Performance By A Duo or Group With Vocals Nominees Are: Brooks & Dunn-Cowgirls Don't Cry/Lady Antebellum-I Run To You/Rascal Flatts-Here Comes Goodbye/Sugarland-It Happens/Zac Brown Band-Chicken Fried

My Prediction: 1. Lady Antebellum, doing well on the Billboard charts 2. Brooks & Dunn, just a guess

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals Nominees Are: Dierks Bentley & Patty Griffin-Beautiful World/Kenny Chesney & Mac McAnally-Down The Road/Lee Ann Womack & George Strait-Everything But Quits/Carrie Underwood & Randy Travis-I Told You So/Brad Paisley & Keith Urban-Start A Band

My Prediction: 1. Lee Ann Womack & George Strait, song did well on the Billboard charts 2. Kenny Chesney & Mac McAnally, just a guess

Best Country Instrumental Performance Nominees Are: Sarah Jarosz-Mansinneedof/The Greencards-The Crystal Merchant/Alison Brown-Under The (Five) Wire/Steve Wariner-Producer's Medley

My Prediction: 1. Alison Brown, just a guess 2. Steve Wariner, just a guess

Best Country Song Nominees Are: Billy Currington-People Are Crazy/Jamey Johnson-High Cost Of Living/Taylor Swift-White Horse/Trace Adkins-All I Ask For Anymore/Lady Antebellum-I Run To You

My Prediction: 1. Billy Currington, song was on the Billboard charts for half a year 2. Taylor Swift, popularity

Best Country Album Nominees Are: Zac Brown Band-The Foundation/Taylor Swift-Fearless/Lee Ann Womack-Call Me Crazy/Keith Urban-Defying Gravity/George Strait-Twang

My Prediction: 1. Taylor Swift, 98% sure she will win this award 2. Keith Urban, if Taylor Swift does not win it will be a huge blow to the country music industry. (The reason I say this is because the Taylor Swift-Fearless CD is the NUMBER ONE CD OF 2009 according to the Billboard charts. She is also helping the country music industry become accepted into mainstream radio which is a big deal. There hasn't been a country artist with a year long #1 CD in a long time.)

Do the research people. Stats don't lie. I saved the rap category for last because that's the category I have the most knowledge on. That's why I'm gonna post it on January 29, two days before the Grammys. Then after that, I will have a post where I count up all my prediction choices to see how many times I was correct. But that will be after the Grammys. Ok. Also, I wanna read some comments you people have. Click on the little blue word 'COMMENTS' under this post and leave me your opinions! What do you think about my string of posts about the Grammys??????

If I had a choice...

If I had a choice...

I'd choose to b here anyway

I' d die and come back after my debts are paid

With all the tears heartache and sorrow

it was always today i lived 4

not worry tomorrow

With the choice I make to continue each day

it makes me wonder...what was all the fuss!