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 Gorillaz-Stylo: This song right here was on serious repeat throughout almost all of 2010, it was my going to the store music, my doing my hair music, my riding the bus music, my eating my damn breakfast music...this song followed me everywhere for a long time.

#2 FKA Twigs-Two Weeks: If you're looking to be deep inside your feelings (because let's face it, sometimes that is an absolute must), then this song is seriously for you...this artist is seriously for you. When I'm listening to her music you will often find me gazing off into the distance dramatically, lol.

#3 Ivy Levan-Hot Damn: Holy Cow!!! This song....just....this song....HOT DAMN. That is all.

#4 Selah Sue- This World: This song let alone the artist, is another in the long list of songs/artist that make me have deep feels. This is for sure rainy dayz music, and a music must-have.

#5 Portishead-Mysterons: To be honest I was having a hard time choosing which Portishead song to hit you with, there are seriously sooooo many. I figured this won't be the last to grace NCSSTERO so I should just pick one....and so I did.

#6 Nas-Ether: Ok so for a minute I was crushing super hard on Nas, I still have a thing for him...but he hasn't made me feel the way he used to in quite some time. In any event, I was rode hard for this song for the longest (I mean...just bars on bars), and I knew (still know) all of the words to it too. 

#7 Rammstein-Du Hast: All I have to say is, awesome song, awesome instrumentals, awesome language, and once you translate it you will die laughing...and think the song rules even more (that's if you have a sense of humor...otherwise I can't help you).

#8 Logic- Shine On: You know when you get sucked into the YouTube portal, from video to video, just deeper and deeper (that's what she said)...yeah....that's where this one came from, while I was searching for another song altogether.  I love when that happens! And that (ladies and gentlemen) is yet another reason why I have such a large collection of music. Amazingly, this artists stuff is phenom, and I will be adding many more of his songs to my collection.

#9 Natalia Kills: Ok so the first song I heard from her I didn't care for but it was catchy AF (Problem), but I actually like this song and surprisingly the video too. It is also catchy AF....I hate when songs trap you like that (Super Saiyan Side-Eye)

#10 Demrick-Skyscraper: This is just the song that's meant for cruising, just blasting....and cruising (top down). I really do just love the beat and how it breaks down, it makes you wish you had those dramatic slow-motion scenes built into your life, lol. 

Well, 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