Sarcarrogance: The Movement

Hidey-Ho from the top of the world folks!

I was sitting in the crib thinking of something to give to my family in cyber-world. I was a little tired of hip-hop and was chilling too good for Rock or Pop. So I hit shuffle on my computer three times and Ella Fitzgerald came up every time. I know what you thinking WTF right? LOL.

Before you judge me take a listen...

Ella Fitzgerald

...Ella is considered by most as the "voice of jazz." Her soulful voice was highly regarded because she could sing in three octaves.
To put that in perspective for you, that's like Beyonce singing all the parts of Destiny's Child in their voices, not her own. Yes, she is great! She has done so many collaborations with so many Jazz greats like Nat King Cole, Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Sinatra, and many more.



A common phrase was, "it's not who Ella worked with, it was who worked with Ella." If you were an artist in her time you had to do a song with her, something like what Mary J Blige is now a day.

Still not convinced?

Ok check this out. She went platinum, hear me, PLATINUM, in 1938 with her first hit "A-Tisket, A-Tasket." With that being said, she has 13 Grammy awards, a Presidental Medal of Art, a Presidental Medal of Freedom, and a Star on the walk of fame.

Multi-talented songwriter and pianist along with incredible vocals...she was incredible! I see your faces, so what right? Ok I forgot to tell y'all she made over 200 albums and over 500,000 songs. That's more than The Beatles, Jay-Z, Tupac, Lil Wayne, and Frank Sinatra COMBINED. In the stretch of 1956-1964 she made the Songbook Series--that's equated to the modern day mixtape, when she takes a hot song that's out and redoes it, like what 50 Cent and Weezy made themselves famous for.

She loved what she did and when she did it, she did it well.

Quotes

"I sing like I feel" -Ella Fitzgerald

"The only thing better than singing is more singing". -Ella Fitzegerald

Big Sarcarrogance salute to Ella Jane Fitzgerald.

Thanks Mel for opening my mind.

Sources:

• Ella Fitzgerald - Wikipedia


• Official Website of Ella Fitzgerald