10. The Miniseries - Remember every blue moon when network television would create a story that would take two or three nights to show? You'd be pissed that you had to tune in Sunday through Tuesday to finish, but the story was so good that you did it anyway? We've gotten so lost on Reality TV that the creativity of programming and so many stories are not being told. Besides, I'm tired of seeing "The Temptations" and "The Jacksons: An American Dream" on VH1 every three weeks!
9. Soul Music - Approximately 15 years ago, neo-soul burst through as a return to the roots of R&B music and gave us the likes of D'Angelo, Erykah Badu, Maxwell and others. Over the years, there have been artists that have been making really soulful music, but the majority of what we're hearing lacks that gut-bucket passion. Well, Maxwell released an album last year, Erykah Badu and Sade are due in February, D'Angelo is said to be in the studio and we know Anthony Hamilton is going to give us something, but what I'm looking for is the artists at the top to lose that quest for pop stardom and return to what was played in the living room when they were growing up.
8. End this War - We're on year nine of the war in Iraq/Afghanistan and we've still haven't caught Osama bin Laden. As a matter of fact, all we've caught is swine flu! This is a winless war and U.S. troops are dying for what amounts to what? Let's stop sinking $10 billion a month into the war and help rebuild our nation's financial infrastructure.
7. OutKast - I don't know about you, but I can really go for an OutKast album right about now. I'm not talking about that "Hey Ya" Andre 3000 singing either, I want some of that "Aquemini" flow. I need them to return to help restore my faith in the South...the school systems that is.
6. Barack Obama President - The time is now to be that change you promised to be and restore hope to this country. I know the hand you were left with wasn't easy to play with, but like the Black coach in the NFL, you're gonna need to make a winner out of it.
5. Usher - I'm not talking about chubby, married Usher. We're gonna need the divorced; I'm going through something Usher to give us some good music. Judging by his verse on "Re-invented Sex", I may just get my wish...
4. Paparazzi Law - How many people have to get punched in the face before someone steps in and says this isn't cool for them to stalk celebrities for a damn picture? Wouldn't you be upset if you're just trying to fly across the country and someone is taking your picture when you're trying to check your bag? Knowing damn well you have to pay for checked luggage on some airlines nowadays! They were the direct cause of Princess Diana's death, what more does it take?
3. Black Cinema - At the turn of the century, there were a string of films that showcased some of the best talent "Black Hollywood" had to offer. They weren't always the best movies being made, but they were being made, stories involving people that look like us were being told. There are plenty of capable Black filmmakers (Kasi Lemmons, Malcolm Lee, John Singleton, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Antoine Fuqua, F. Gary Gray and others) that have to wait to get a bone thrown their way, due to a certain quasi-homosexual that tells the same story again and again and again.
2. Lauryn Hill - L Boogie where ya at? Come back to us, come back to me! These young girls need you, they out here listening to Nicki Minaj and females are so irrelevant in hip-hop that video vixens are rapping. I hope whatever demons you've had have been dealt with, because you're missed.
1. A cure for AIDS - 25 years later and I swear Magic Johnson has the cure secured in his basement. That $10 billion feeding the war, can help fund research for a cure. I'm just saying, they've found a way to cure erectile dysfunction, get the Viagra doctors in the lab! We've lost too many family members and contributors to the world.
But I guess I'm just wishing on a star...
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Another good one.. keep em' comin! Insightful & keenly on point!
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