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Tha Biznazz Playlist || May 2011, Week 2

There are mostly oldies on this week’s playlist. All of these songs have been out for at least a year… but most of them have been out for at least a decade. This week’s playlist is dedicated to songs that stand the test of time.

- Miguel, Sure Thing –
Lyrically a brilliant song performed [...]

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Tha Biznazz Playlist || May 2011, Week 1

Sometimes I run across songs that I think that everyone should be listening to – or at least have heard once. So from now on, I’ll be making weekly playlists of music that inspires, challenges or simply moves my ass in my seat.

- Erykah Badu, Out of My Mind, Just in Time –
classic lyrics [...]

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Obsessed. 10 Products I can’t live without

listen, a year ago, i owned one foundation, blush, eyeliner and bronzer. And I’d put on the same face every time I wanted to do something special. I can’t lie, I prided myself on being an au naturalle babe. But a few things changed my life.
photoshoots.
live performance.
but mostly bad make-up on television.
last summer/fall [...]

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Home Grown: LA Music(ians)

I’m from LA, baby. Born and raised, 54th and Crenshaw type jawn. Raised right, so I know how to act anywhere I go… but my roots are from South LA.
So it’s no surprise, I get a little defensive when people say the problem with Los Angeles are the people. Clearly, they haven’t met real [...]

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International Elle in Zurich, Switzerland

Here is the latest installment of life on the road with me, i(nternational)Elle blogging for website, Healthy is the New Skinny.
Zurich is such a charming city with great shopping. See for yourself!

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You’re from a whole ‘nother world, a different dimension…

I have several favorite songs from the Teenage Dream album. For example, ‘Who Am I Living For? with lyrics like:
“it’s never easy to be chosen/never easy to be called
standing on the front-line when the bombs start to fall
and I can see the heavens/but I still hear the flames
calling out my name”
gave me chills the first [...]

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An American in Hamburg + her two new best friends…

Since the start of tour, my roll dawg, Carrie and I haven’t had a proper girl’s day. Y’know where you shop, eat, drink wine, go to dinner and then talk to each other on the phone about the day you just had. lol.
Well, Hamburg was supposed to be just that. Until she phones me [...]

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Cry on Demand: ‘Dont You Remember Me?’

This song has some mystical power in it that I can’t quite capture. All I know is it strikes a chord in me that makes me misty-eyed each time I hear it.
I find myself listening to ‘Adeles’ 21 at least twice a day. She makes me feel music the way I want people to [...]

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Back when it all began…

and we weren’t afraid to dream, we spent night upon night at The Boom Boom Room studio in Burbank, CA recording my first songs. None of them saw the light of day, really. But it was a time when we were fearless and truly believed the sky is the limit. It’s almost 5 years ago [...]

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California Dreams Tour: Elle Solo on Jackson’s Shake Your Body

Shake Your Body Solo

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