nostalgia, ULTRA by Frank Ocean REVIEW

Frank Ocean. Nowadays, say these two words and pretty much everyone knows who you are talking about. He has been featured on songs such as "No Church In The Wild" and "Made In America" off of the collaboration album, "Watch the Throne" by Jay-Z and Kanye West. This was a fantastic mix tape from Frank, the odd man out in Odd Future.

Songs, including a chilling rendition of Coldplay's "Strawberry Swing" make me really believe that Frank is the next big thing in the music industry. Frank, it seems uses his music to get his views across, such as in the song "We All Try". Frank sings with such emotion that is not really seen in today's music industry except in a few cases, such as Adele for example. My personal favorite on this mix tape is the track, "Songs For Women". It starts off kind of layed back, but then gradually gets a little more serious, and the lyrics are brilliant. Frank's lyrics in all of these songs make sense and I really like them. 

This is a mix tape that I would definitely recommend downloading and is a great addition to the young musicians career.

Rating: 8.5/10

Links:

Download: Frank Ocean - Nostalgia, Ultra. Hosted by OFWGKTA // Free Mixtape @ DatPiff.com

"No Church in The Wild" Kanye West & Jay Z (Ft. Frank Ocean) - No Church in the Wild - YouTube

"Made In America" Watch The Throne - 11. Made In America (Feat. Frank Ocean) - YouTube

All Songs Can Be Found On YouTube

Finding My Own EP by Devin Miles REVIEW

    A fantastic debut for the Pittsburgh native. Devin Miles will become a mainstream artist pretty soon, if he produces tracks like the ones on this EP. At times he sounds like Drake, and at others he sounds like fellow Pittsburgh native, Wiz Khalifa. My highlight of this EP would have to be the track called "Spaced Out". It's a fun, upbeat song that has one too many references to marijuana. There are many other tracks on this extended play that are noteworthy, but a track that I personally liked was "Open Season". In this track Mr. Miles raps about becoming huge and becoming one of the best rappers. The way he states all this is very creative and is very nicely structured. "Love Letter" talks about Devin's girl problems and how he tries to keep his girl. There isn't really that much he could improve in these "emotional" tracks. 


  Some improvements Devin could make is making better beats, but I'm not complaining. This was a great debut for Devin Miles, and I hope to see, sorry "hear" more in the future from this man. 


Rating: 7.5/10


Download Link: http://www.mediafire.com/?s0coliserp1nsi5

Music Videos

Spaced Out: Devin Miles - Spaced Out [Official Music Video] - YouTube

          

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Personal Narrative: Collision Course

When I was 6 years old, I went to my friend’s house. The day seemed like any other, as we were just playing games, but then one thing happened that changed how I lived for months after. There was no way to know that it would happen at all.

            The traumatic event happened due to extreme boredom. I looked up at the clock and saw that it was ticking exceptionally slow. My friend came up with the idea of us going and playing in the playground near his home. After we played for what was about ten minutes, I noticed the tennis court for the first time. My friend easily glided over the tennis net. He turned around and dared me to do the same. I took a deep breath, ran step after step, and launched into the air. I thought I had made it to the other side, but the net though otherwise.

            This was when the life changing event happened. The net threw me backwards and my head struck the ground with an enormous amount of force. Black and blue dots scattered across everything in sight. Screams of pain exploded out of my mouth. Tears began gushing down my face. My friend ran to get help. Seconds later, my mom came running out and helped me go inside. An ice pack was placed on my head and I was put in the car, the doctor’s office was the destination. The doctor made me have an X-Ray and saw that my skull had a fracture. A hand reached up to touch my head and I was horrified to find that there was a spot that was squishier than a sponge.

            The next few months of my life were very different. The sense of smell, I barely had before was not working correctly at all. There were smells, like apples, that I thought was something else. Even with all that had happened; I managed to make a full recovery. Overall, fracturing my skull was a very frightening event and I was terrified that it would affect the rest of my life.

Tomorow is The First Day Of School

This summer went by too fast, it is impossible to recall everything that I did. Now, it is already time to go back to school. This pretty much sucks. I mean, these two months that they give us for break go way to fast. One day it is the beginning of summer and the next day is the end. This summer should have never ended.

Top 5 Games I Want

1. FIFA 12 (Own)

This game will be so much better than FIFA 11, which I did not like that much. I have a countdown going on in my head for this game. The Player Impact Engine is probably the best innovation in the FIFA series.

2. Assassins Creed: Revelations (Own)

As soon as I finished Brotherhood I wanted to know what happened to Desmond. This game is one that I must play. There have been many new additions to the game that were not in Brotherhood. The hook blade and bombs are what I think are the coolest.

3. Modern Warfare 3 (Borrowed)

I cant wait to continue Captain Price and Soap's story. Also, I want to play the multiplayer mode in this game, hopefully it is better than Black Ops.

4. Mass Effect 3 (Haven't Played)

I have never played Mass Effect, but these games look so good. I can't wait to play this game and the others in the series. The Kinect integration is pretty sick too

5. Batman: Arkham City (Haven't Played)

This game looks epic. The graphics look so good and I just want to beat up some bad guys as Batman.

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