Dreamin Like A Mofo....

So for the last 2 weeks or so, the same girl keeps randomly showing up in the middle of my dreams and essentially high-jacks them, from that point on.

I should probably preface this with the fact that my dreams are generally random as fuck, they go from one place to another with just the slightest incident linking them. Yet, somehow this girl shows up randomly in each of them without any explanation or link.

The one that just woke me up appears to be the figurative straw that broke the camel's back. It's what compelled me to write this. It all started with me and a friend heading out late at night to sell some counterfeit Star Trek:TNG merchandise outside of a K-Mart (stick with me here, Star Trek:TNG had just finished before I fell asleep). The K-Mart was selling Star Trek merch as well but their ish was riddled with inaccuracies and nothing pisses me off more, so I made some bootleg stuff that was accurate and true to the show. Anyways we got busted, and ran to Vegas (cause nobody gets caught in Vegas!--dream logic for sure). At this point I'm just walking around and laying low and then I run into the motherfucking Kanye West. I start talking to him and we begin to network, he's asking me about my music and what I do in general aside from music and all that. Then HE asks to take a picture with ME. So I'm like yea, I go to find a someone with a camera and right as I do BLAAMMMMMM!!!!!!!!

She shows up.....

So what do I do?

"Oh hey, (insert name).... let's take a pic with kanye."

At this point everything essentially falls apart. We can't figure out the best pose for 3 people (her issue), people begin to realize it's Kanye, and a crowd starts building. Now they're bumping his music LOUDLY and she wants to dance (typical chick move). I go along with it (typical dick move), and now Kanye is getting swallowed in a crowd of groupies and there goes my foot in the door to the music biz, because my priorities were no longer in check.

I woke up at this point. I'm just wondering though if this is supposed to mean something, like if it's a sign. Is this chick bad news? Is she the roadblock between me and success? So maybe it's a metaphor? Then I think, there's all kinds of chicks that I could dream about, yet THIS one keeps showing up.....

The other dreams she popped up in were far more mundane, yet the outcomes were fairly the same. I'm doing some average thing, (shopping at the mall or hanging out somewhere with friends), I run into her randomly (this NEVER happens by the way). Things start to happen, I drop everything I'm doing, it looks like there's gonna be something between us and then essentially she'll toy with my emotions and be like "oh, but we can't be a couple" or something to that extent. If, you keep up with me on twitter you'll remember the tweet about that dream

My gut instinct says ignore, ignore, IGNORE, the shit out of her and take this as a sign. Just figured maybe some of you could give me some insight on something I'm not seeing though.....

Drake - Thank Me Later Review

Let's just get into it....

1. Fireworks -
This is a real chill song. Dope ass beat, Drake's flow is like butter on this. Only downside is Drake's singing ability really shows it's limits on here. He should've let Alicia handle the entire hook. Still a good song though and a good start to the album. 4/5
2. Karaoke -
OK, well how do I put this? Not a wack song, but I don't think it's album material. NEVERMIND, Drake just started rhyming, it's getting slightly better. Figured out the flaw on this song, way too much singing in the begginning. 2/5 (the beat was pretty chill)
3. The Resistance -
So 3 songs in and I'm already seeing a trend. These beats are all mellow as fuck, looks like we've got ourself some mood music up in here. This is some dope rhyming, again the flow is on point and so is the singing as well. 4/5
4. Over -
You've all heard this song. At this point, it's the only "hype" track on the album. Only note worth making is Drake needs to practice double time rhyming before he tries to do it on a track again,(Tonedeff, Twista, Bone Thugs, those are all good starting points) but that's a discussion for another day. Probably the best track on the album so far. 5/5
5. Show Me A Good Time -
These drums are dope, this beat is fuckin nice. This is probably gonna wind up being my favorite track. Definitely one of those tracks where Drake's rhyming and singing find the perfect balance. 5/5
6. Up All Night -
Nothing mind blowing, nothing wack either. Standard "album cut" 3/5
7. Fancy -
God, the sample on this beat is annoying as fuck to me and the hook blows. Drake are T.I. are coming nice over this, but it's hard to focus... 2:49 the beat switches and gets better cause the sample gets EQ'd out of the mix. Drake pretty much takes over at this point.
First half of the song - 2/5 because of the beat.
Second half of the song - 4/5
8. Shut It Down -
Feels like Drake stole this cut out of R.Kelly's vaults or something ahaha This is the "listen to how dope my sex game is" track. The Dream feature is the highlight, and I'm realizing that I prefer Drake's rhyming over his singing. OH SNAP! 3:27 to the finish. If he had done this on the whole track could've been a 5/5. Instead, 3/5
9. Unforgettable -
He's channeling the flow from Best I Ever Had on this cut and it's working REALLY well. One thing I don't understand though, is why people keep putting Jeezy on light airy beats. He always sounds out of place on songs like this. Whatever though, not even his retarded voice can kill this song. 4/5
10. Light Up -
Do I really need to talk about this track? Drake comes about as hard as he possibly can and then boom! Jay puts him in check. It's win-win if you're a fan of both. Sick ass verse from Drake and sick ass verse from Jay. - 5/5
11. Miss Me -
ahaha that Nicki line came out of nowhere. Dope verses from both Drake and Wayne. As much as I dislike Wayne, Drake should take note of him as well on the double time tip. 4/5
12. Cece's Interlude -
Nice laidback beat, Drake's singing is pretty dope on this as well. Doesn't really feel like a song to me though, more like background music. 3/5
13. Find Your Love -
Dope beat and if you like when Drake only sings this IS the best song on the album that compliments his voice. 5/5
14. Thank Me Now -
Right here is Drake tying up all the loose ends, if you had any doubts about his skills because of the lack rhyming on the album, he comes with it on here. 5/5

Looking at it from a production standpoint, the best way to describe this album is: 808's & Heartbreak meets Blueprint 3. As far as Drake is concerned, you either love him how he is, prefer he rhyme most of the time, or you love his singing. That is what's gonna polarize everyone when it comes to this album. He sings A LOT on this. It's a bit too much for me, and it really shows the limitations of his voice in my eyes but regardless, this IS a solid album. Overall - 4/5

Thinking, Ponderous, Thoughts......

After this album, I don't think I'm gonna go through all this again. I absolutely hate having finished songs and then holding onto them because the "album" isn't finished. The album has been done for like 3 months at least, with the exception of these last 2 songs,(btw, now just down to one left). So yea, next time out and maybe for a while after that, I'm just gonna drop the tracks as I finish them and get them mixed. THEN at the end of it all, I'm gonna be like, "Oh hey, THAT was the album". I think it's gonna be a pretty smooth way of doing things and it'll help keep the flow of new songs from me, fairly constant. So, stay tuned.

In the meantime, I'll drop a blog later this week about the album, with just about everything you could want to possibly know about it.

Sincerely, Jacobo