#1 A Different Me “Intro”
#2 Make Me Over
#3 Please Don’t Stop
#4 Erotic
#5 You Complete Me
#6 No Other
#7 Oh-oh, Yeah-yea
#8 Playa Cardz Right
#9 Brand New
#10 Trust
#11 Thought You Should Know
#12 This Is Us
#13 Where This Love Could End Up
#14 Beautiful Music
#15 A Different Me “Outro”
This morning I got the urge to pull from my nostalgic powers
of 2008 – when Life was sensual and sensationally-plush and vibrantly-visible.
Keyshia Cole had just released A Different Me; and for the entire summer-season; I pump’d my
favorite jams thru the awesome speakers of my 1995 Camry. This compilation is one
of my absolute favorites – mainly because of the frames-of-Mind and insights it
seemed to be infusing – but also because they all ROCK!...musically and lyrically.
Shucks...during that summer I was truly engaged in my-own
possibilities and genuinely entertaining the positive characteristics of ‘who’
I was becoming and where I was going {personally and professionally}. And the
topper of this particular ‘season’ was that I was still sorta-kinda contending with
the residue of Zeek’s abrupt death; that had struck three years prior. But...I’d
finally come into my peace with what felt like an unfair robbery of love. I managed
to toil thru the regeneration phases of my grief.
And got back to rock’n a full-time office gig and my part-time at the
salon. My Stylist/Friend/Co-worker, Don, had just styled-cut me a mohawk that was
absolutely flawless; and it kept the complements coming and the Fellas insatiably
frisky...lol! Yeah...my energy was
sassy, classy and jazzy...and I adored Me.
Even though by the fall-season I had returned to my depressive challenges
{totally unrelated to Zeek}. My emotionality tends to ebb&flow like this. Que Sera, Sera.
But...from the moment I tore the plastic off my new sense-of-inspiration
{and fumbled with that incredible plastic strip that protects the encased jewel...lol}
– I knew that I’d be in love with this particular compilation for a long time
over. I could feel it {you’ll know the truth by the way that it
feels}. Furthermore, the design of
the CD’s cover told me it would be time-well-spent to discover its contents. And
as promised...it spoke to my core. Not
to mention when I heard Nas’ voice, I fell in love all over again. Then immediately following was the specialty
of Tupac’s voice; and instantly, I hollered and began to cry. The Voice of these two Fellas have the power
to bum-rush my Soul.
...In closing; it’s not too often when we discover a
CD-compilation that speaks into the currency of one’s situation(ships) and
romantic-intelligences; full-circled and in its entirety. And this morning I wanted to re-enter such feel(stats).
And wildly, I’am sensing the entrance of a certain energy that I can’t quite
explain; yet. I wonder...is this (pre)mature spring-fever...lol...?? Because surely, it’s been a long while since
I’ve felt sassy, classy, and jazzy {all at once} ...24months to be exact. And
not that I’ve particularly missed these sensations {I’ve been on a string of internal
missions} – but some-thing’s brewing. Which
makes me wonder some more...might this be distraction or destiny?? I-shall-see. Que Sera, Sera
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