Sarcarrogance: The Movement

She is consistent and that's rare.

The official music video for "Broken Heels" by Alexandra Burke, from her debut album Overcome, in stores now!

Album "The Sea" in stores january 26th!

Looks like Ri Ri bounced back nicely from the C-Breezy incident. Does she has to naked in every video? lol

Nice video Gaga actually looks normal.

This the first single off her album "The Bridge" in stores now!

"Cruz is indisputably the best known and most influential female figure in the history of Cuban music." - Billboard Magazine

"If I had a chance I wouldn't have been singing and dancing, I would be a teacher just like my dad wanted me to be". - Celia Cruz

"No les digo más 'Azúcar', pa' que no les dé diabetes!" which means "I won't say 'Sugar' anymore so that you won't get diabetes". lol.

On July 16, 2002, Cruz performed to a full house at the free outdoor performing arts festival Central Park SummerStage in New York City. During the performance she sang, "Bemba Colora." A live recording of this song was subsequently made available in 2005 on a commemorative CD honoring the festival's then 20 year history entitled, "Central Park SummerStage: Live from the Heart of the City." In early 2003, she had surgery to correct knee problems that she had for a few years, and she intended to continue working indefinitely. She had weight issues. Celia Cruz appeared on the Dionne Warwick album My Friends and Me 2006.

Her Death
On July 16, 2003, she died of a cancerous brain tumor at her home in Fort Lee, New Jersey. She was survived by her husband Pedro Knight, who died February 3, 2007.

After her death in New Jersey, her body was taken to Miami to lie in state in downtown Miami's Freedom Tower, where more than 200,000 of her South Florida fans paid their final respects. Her body was returned to New Jersey where tens of thousands of fans paid tribute to her at the funeral home. A service was held for her in St. Patrick's Cathedral on Fifth Avenue. She was interred in a private mausoleum at the Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx; an epilogue in her autobiography notes that, in accordance with her wishes, Cuban soil that she had saved from a visit to Guantánamo Bay was used in her entombment. 

In February 2004, her latest album Regalo del Alma, won a posthumous award at the Premios Lo Nuestro for best Salsa release of the year. It was announced in December 2005 that a musical called "Assuca" would open in Tenerife before touring the world. The name comes from Cruz's well-known catch phrase of "¡Azúcar!".

On June 4, 2004, the heavily-Cuban-populated town of Union City, New Jersey, heralded its annual Cuban Day Parade by dedicating its new Celia Cruz Park at 31st Street and Bergenline Avenue, with Cruz's widower, Pedro Knight, present. The park features a sidewalk star in Cruz's honor, There are four other similar dedications to Cruz around the world. Stars were later added to the park in honor of Tito Puente, Spanish language television news anchor Rafael Pineda, salsa pioneer Johnny Pacheco, and Benny More, merengue singer Joseíto Mateo, salsa singer La India, and Cuban musician Israel "Cachao" Lopez.

On May 18, 2005, the National Museum of American History, administered by the Smithsonian Institution and located in Washington, D.C., opened "¡Azúcar!", an exhibit celebrating the life and music of Celia Cruz. The exhibit highlights important moments in Cruz's life and career through photographs, personal documents, costumes, videos, and music.


With this new found knowledge and respect I will sing with pride "Guantananera". So Adios mi amigos!

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

(Above is Janis Joplin's last interview)

Before there could be a Pink, before Lady Gaga there was Janis Joplin. She was the rebel in the 60's. She is number 46 and 28 on the Rolling Stones Greatest artist and Greatest singer list respectively. She made it cool to be different, she didn't fit the traditional mold of a typical singer. She was thick , she screamed, and she lived. She showed me that it was cool outside of the box. She was a rocker she smoked, she drank, she did drugs and didn't care who knew. To relate her to someone she was the female version of Lil Wayne. She was hip and cool and lived life to the fullest until her Drug and alcohol overdose on October 4, 1970. Her music influenced many artist like Stevie Nicks, Lyle Tuttle, Pink, and others. In 2010 a movie about her life is coming out. Hopefully a whole new generation of Janis Joplin fans can emerge.

Have you ever had someone that just made such a difference in your life you know deep down inside you could never physically repay them? That was the relationship I had with my homegurl Khia Edgerton BKA DJ K-Swift. She was an amazing person, no task was too small or too big. She didn't care if you were the biggest star or a homeless person she would extend her hand to help. Today is her birthday but we can't spend it together because she passed away last year. She was a true angel and now she is my guardian angel. If it wasn't for her I wouldn't be where I am at today. She was the force that drove me to succeed and strive to be the best.

Her legacy that she leaves behind is her charity work and her music. We are from Baltimore so we enjoy a style of music called club music many of you call it house music. In the world of Club Music Khia was the Queen. Any party and artist must give credit to the Queen, before her passing she taking Baltimore music to another level with a new genre of music called Club Hop. It was a mix between Club Music and Hip Hop. With many artist like Deuce Trey Deuce, James F. Vegas, Molo Yueng, Young Bread, Bossman, Mully Man, Smash and Crip, and many other artist making their way up the charts.

When it is all done she left a legacy that will last forever. We lost an Icon, a Saint, and a great person. More importantly I lost a friend. I love you Khia I'll mourn you until I join you.

Well there are a gang of females that call themselves the queen. Some deserve consideration and some don't need to bother rhyming. I barely narrowed it down to five females.(No particular order)

1. Lauyn Hill - L-Boogie is unquestionably a fierce lyrist but fell off after starting a family. Notable verse "Talking out your neck sayin' you're a Christian a Muslim sleeping with the ginNow that was the sin that did Jezebel inWho you gon' tell when the repercussions spinShowing off your ass 'cause you're thinking it's a trend" From Doo Woop off The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill album

2. Lil Kim - Brash delivery, amazing sarcarrogance, and unbelievable fashion icon. Kimberly Jones has made her stamp on the game. From her beefs to keeping her ghetto pass by not telling on a friend(stupid ass). The Queen Bee has a rightful stake to the throne. Notable verse - "What the hell do you want from me?I'm just tryin to be all that I can beI'm a god damn legacyThanks to B.I.G. and Puff DaddyThe first lady runs the world nowThey impeached the president from his residenceNo one drops bombs til I say so One-two, one-two-three GO!" From I'm Human off the Notorious K.I.M. album

3. Rah Digga - Digga made her debut on The Fugee's The Score CD in 1996 and she has been blazing the game ever since. Her sarcarrogance unmatched the former Flipmode first is from the old cloth of rhymers of need to be the best on the verse. Notable verse - "Mind travels like a skitzo on two tabs with doo rags hangin from my pockets[Me] Me, the rap bitch that goes back to pediatricsEarly left rappers like you were straight vexin [So]So recognize, I make a nigga eyes come alive off of five two fives" Tight off the Dirty Harriett album

4. Remy Ma - Ms. Martin is one of the new breed of hardcore rappers. The Bronx MC has been making her way since her debuting on Big Pun's Yeah Baby CD. Sheus Khryst was on her way to taking the throne with bangers like "Whatever" and "Conceited" until a recent shooting land her in jail for 5 years. But I'm sure upon her release Remy will have some fire for us again. Notable verse - "there aint a bitch as ill as me no bitch as real as me shit i live where the stealers,drug dealers,killers be" She's Gone off the There's Something about Remy album

5. Eve - Ruff Rydas first lady is the epitome of every category of the queen. Verses are crazy, sarcarrogance through the roof, and if you put her in a cypher I guarantee it will be a problem. She made the best transition from Hollyhood to Hollywood. Every song, show, or movie she is in is a banger. Eve Jeffers knocked down the door of a male dominated industry with her hard rhymes and serious sarcarrognce. She let her talent not her body sell herself. Notable verse "I show love to, all my bitches hustlin one'z, tussle wit thievesMakin moves, second to none, I locked it, uhMade a sudden move you got bitFlooded wit the double R, real street shit" Senario 2000 off the Ruff Rydas First lady album.

Quotes:

L-Boogie: "Who you gon' scrimmage, like you the championYou might win some but you just lost one." Lost ones

Lil Kim: "I'm the highest, your highest title, numero unoI'm not a Puerto Rican but I'm speakin so that 'ju know" No matter what they say

Rah Digga: " Watch these rap b***hes get all up in your pockets Then bounce with accountants that give me good stock tips Cause props is up, Digga's through the roof Burnin' n***ers like I'm 90 proof." Cowboys

Remy Ma: "Me without rhymes is like a flynt with no flash Stripper with no ass, car with no gas Tryin to go fast, I love to hear the guns go blast" Ms. Martin

Eve: "Now who's fake who's realTop chick in the game wear the crown still/Yeah... I vacated for a while/Moca tan got your man gone wild" Who's Real remix