NCS STEREO {YOUR SATURDAY LINEUP}

I want to share with you guys my love of music. My focus will be on songs that I've been vibing to the most each week. Guys, there are so many songs I want to share with you! Now, some you may not like, some you may love, some you may remember, and some may be new to you and heading to your music device stat...either way, this is a peek into my music world and my taste. Respect it, enjoy it, and I hope I either introduce you to something or bring back fond memories. 

Disclaimer: These are not my songs and I am not claiming them.

LET'S GET STARTED!!!

#1 The Knife- Heartbeat: If I'm not mistaken, I heard this song back on the cusp of 2009/2010, it was one of those songs that quickly became an  "on constant repeat" type of jam. If I was feeling down, if I needed to edit photos, if I needed some distraction as much as I needed to refocus...this song just had the ability to do that for me. I. Love. This. Song. And. You. Should. Too!

#2 Brick Mortar- Locked In A Cage: I actually heard this song playing during my husband's "Need For Speed" video game soundtracks. When it came blaring through our television speakers I could swear i'd heard it before (quite some time ago) that's how familiar it was, and like a starved animal I went on the hunt for my prey until I found this song (let's face it, I'm being dramatic...it didn't take much for me to find it). In any event I could listen to it all day.

#3 PJ Harvey- This Is Love: What was it, circa 2008? I don't even fully remember, but PJ Harvey and a few others (whom shall be mentioned soon enough) were in heavy rotation in my auditory canal. Her music is a serious MUST, SERIOUS!

#4 Marilyn Manson- I put A Spell On You: Let me just say, it's hard not to love and/or respect the different renditions of this song, but Marilyn just knocked it out of the park for me.  Now, it was no easy task to trump the sensation I got when I first heard Nina Simone bless this Jay Hawkins original; but here comes Mr. Manson with his take on this phenomenal song.  

#5  Peaches- Boys Wanna Be Her: Though this is not only one of her more popular songs, but it's one her more lyrically tamed ones too. This whole album is the shit! If you're into electro-clash/experimental/alternative/punk-vibesque, and you like to jump all about half naked all around your home (especially when you're cleaning or just home alone) then "The teaches of Peaches" is for you. 

#6  M.I.A- 20 Dollar: While everyone was going Ape-shit over "Paper Planes", I was all about this joint right here (this one and like two or three others). Don't get me wrong, "Paper Planes" was the shit too, when it first came out, but I'm always drawn too the least popular things too...the things that don't get the play they should

#7 Madonna- Human Nature: Do I really need to go into much detail here.......? Like....if you don't get this....I just...you just....you don't get life. That is all.

#8 Alice Smith- A Fool For You: So there I am, watching "Black Girls Rock 2014", and Alice Smith is introduced. This small framed FOX of a young woman comes on the stage and decides shes going to blow my mind out of the water. I could not believe her rendition of this song, I had to watch it like twenty times (the first go-around), and from then on I was hooked! Not to mention her performance that evening was absolute fire!

#9 Lupe Fiasco- Daydreamin': Lupe was such the breathe of fresh air, his beats were dope, his lyrical content matched, and he was yet another artist I had to have in heavy rotation (not to mention the beloved Jill Scott blessed the song with her beautiful voice). It was as if I was excited to have somewhere to go just so that I'd have a reason to throw my headphones on and blast this song (not just this song of course).

 Last but not least, #10 Timberland Magoo ft. Aaliyah &Missy Elliot- Up Jumps The Boogie: There's like no better way to end this weeks NCS Stereo...there really isn't. This song is nostalgia incarnate. You can play this jam anywhere and at any time, i'm almost certain that people will be bopping and bouncing to it. There are just certain songs that never (EVER) leave your system, this is one of them.

There you have it, my top ten for this week!

Thank you for braving through that with me. Remember every Saturday I will bring you a new list of my top 10 songs of the week, in the NCS Stereo (NaughtCouture's Saturday Stereo) segment. Most times there's a focus on artists;  here I will be focusing predominately on specific songs, how they make me feel, what I like about the particular song, how I discovered them, and/or  sometimes the memories that come attached to them. 

-CHEERS

NCS STEREO {YOUR SATURDAY LINEUP}

If you know me then you know how important music is to me, how life isn't  complete without it, and how everything I do has a soundtrack to it. Over the course of my life I have made sure to be an open vessel when it's come to music and different lifestyles. Growing up in the L.E.S made it easy for me to intermingle with all walks of life, cultures, subcultures, belief systems, etc... I will forever be grateful for that. Those experiences fueled my thirst and love for music and it's many different genres (among other things), I spent many afternoons after school (and let's face it...sometimes instead of school) in Virgin Record stores at every open booth consuming every album I could. I frequented  Generation Records, Norms Records, etc... and in places like these I was able to talk music and link up with like-minded music-craving individuals. And though I am in no way considering myself a super nova music buff, my playlist is vast and it varies from such extremes as Ramzet (Death metal opera)- to Throw that ass in a circle by Lil Ronny Motha F...., to Circumstances by Buju Banton, to unravel by Bjork, and everything in between. So today while listening to some of my most favorite tunes, it hit me....I want to share with you guys my love of music. My focus will be on songs that I've been vibing to the most each week. Guys, there are so many songs I want to share with you! Now, some you may not like, some you may love, some you may remember, and some may be new to you and heading to your music device stat...either way, this is a peek into my music world and my taste. Respect it, enjoy it, and I hope I either introduce you to something or bring back fond memories. 

Disclaimer: These are not my songs and I am not claiming them. 

If you read it this far... You're the real MVP.

LET'S GET STARTED!!!

 #1: Muse- Uprising. This song is amazing, and as amazing as it is blaring through your house while you clean... It's even more superb pumping through your headphones while you're walking to your destination. If you have any inkling of "Fuck The System" in you this song is for you. 

#2: System Of A Down (ft. #WuTang)- Shame (Cover). I love and grew up with the original, but when I heard this version....SoGood! 

#3: VV Brown- Back In Time This song was a morning bus commute repeat, when I worked for the city. It isn't a happy go lucky song but the rhythm and soulful nature did help me to de-funk my mind for a few moments before I had to deal with the masses. It also happens to be an amazing song, one of her less popular ones...which I don't understand because it's just GREAT!

#4: Sefyu- Molotov 4. This sexy man and his Moroccan-french rap... I have no clue what he is saying but the flow and his beats are undeniably dope! I think I have like every song he's ever done....and I've been listening to him for YEARS, you will see more of him on future NCSSTERO lineups.

#5: System Of A Down-Chop Suey. This is an "Oldie But A Goodie", this just brings on soooo many feelings of nostalgia. Every time it comes on I can't help but to sing along. 

#6: Q Lazzarus- Goodbye Horses This song right here Oh so many memories are tied to it. If for some sad reason you've never heard this song I suggest you stop everything you're doing and get right on it, it's a music must-have! 

#7: Nas-Shoot Em Up First can I say that I love Nas...? OK, soooooo the juxtaposition between lyrical content and origin of beat....yea... I'm here for it.

#8: Nneka-Africans  her voice is just effortlessly beautiful and her lyrical content is everything you could ask for as it pertains to political and spiritual awakening and#awareness.  #NCSSTEREO

#9: Fka Twigs-Pacify❤️ Fka Twigs gets me. I have a serious weakness for the marriage of the strange, unusual, sadness, beauty, and sensuality of this artist. I've been listening to her for a while and appreciate artists alike; those who experiment with the blending of voice and instrument, and atypical lyrical content. This is my kind of music, and is a music must-have.

Last but not least for tonight, #10: #KRS One-  Step Into A World (Raptures Delight) THIS ! He is one of my ALL time favs, this album is one of my ALL time favs, and what better note to end on...? There is none. 

Thank you for braving through that with me. This is the first of many and I plan to find a better way to present it to you weekly. My goal, essentially, is to kind of let you into  pretty much what had a hand in making Jamila who she is today. Music is something I value very much so every Saturday I will bring you a new list of my top 10 songs of the week, in a segment I'm calling "NCS Stereo"(NaughtCouture's Saturday Stereo). Most times there's a focus on artists;  here I will be focusing predominately on specific songs, how they make me feel, what I like about the particular song, how I discovered them, and/or  sometimes the memories that come attached to them. 

-CHEERS