THE GOODS BABY!

The highly anticipated mixtape from THE GOODS is finally here! Entitled This Way Up, this mixtape is just a lil taster of how talented these guys are! I'm fortunate to know them, so it's really amazing to see how far they have come and they are on a beautiful journey right now! They are VERY unique and adventurous in their sound and it shows in their music. You will NOT be disappointed! They've got the full package - they're talented, they're sexy and they're humbled.
Say nizzy.
Download the mixtape here:

Follow them on twitter, @TheGoodsBaby!
They're definitely on the road to success so ride the wave and support UK music!

Blocked By KOJO. Should I be flattered or offended?

Firstly, I wrote the following piece at the end of January, just for my daily writing journal i gotta do for
my journalism module. Didn't plan on posting. However, I thought to myself, nah. This is good blog
material, so why should I deprive the people of some good humour? So 'ere we are ladies and gents. Enjoy.

I’m sitting here laughing so hard right now. I mean, what I’m laughing at is something that happened a few days ago, but you know when you’re sitting alone and you have so much time to just sit and think, then things that happened ages ago come back to you? Yeah, that. So let's get straight to it.

Twitter is the place I really just say what I feel, without having a care in the world. Some of the things I “tweet” are probably a bit too controversial, but hey, freedom of speech and all that jazz, right? Wrong. Not according to this guy.

Kojo. I'm sure you all know him. Fresh Prince of Hackers and all that. He could be seen as a veteran, since he has been in the game for so long. Seems strange for a so-called vet's jokes to be sliding downhill at 30/31 years of age. :-/ Maybe I am being a bit unkind. He has had a lot of success in the, what, 10 years (I’m guessing) he’s been about, but I just don't think he's as funny as he used to be. I really don’t understand what’s happened. Anyway, let me move on to the actual matter at hand.

Last year some time, (I recall it being early summertime), there was an incident on twitter surrounding Kojo the comedian. At the time, I had been following him. I mean, everyone else was, so I thought why not eh? He must have some funny tweets if everyone is following him. So, I had been following him for a while, but as time went on, I became very alarmed at the fact that someone who was meant to be SO funny was so UNENTERTAINING. The main thing that was really annoying for me was the ‘trending topics’ that he would create – and it seemed to be only him partaking in them. WHAT THE ACTUAL HELL?

So at this point, I was feeling quite irritable. This guy is meant to be a comedian, but right now, I feel like I’m doing his job better than he is! So me being the person that I am, I tweeted exactly how I felt didn’t I? Now this was about nine months ago, so I can’t remember exactly what I said, but it was along the lines of “Sorry to say this, but @KojoComedian isn’t funny :/ “ I had every intention of him seeing it. Soz. After I said that, I realised a few people had been tweeting the exact same thing as me. It was obvious I wasn’t the only person who felt this way. Anyway, after all that, I thought to myself, eff this. He’s not funny, he does NOT make me laugh, why am I following him on twitter? So I unfollowed him, and that was that. Or at least I thought it was.

So as I said, that was nine months ago. It is now January and Kojo and I have gone our separate ways on Twitter. I’ve gained more followers than I have lost, and him? Well, who really knows? But what I discovered this week is that he hates losing. I happened to just stumble across one of his tweets, as someone that I follow ‘retweeted’ something he said. And so, the annoyance returned. It came back in full effect. His tweet read “Has anyone introduced @NICKIMINAJ to Nando’s? #GhettoTourOfLondon”. No. Just…no Kojo. You failed. What an epic fail. Nando’s is far from ghetto, and as far as I’m concerned Kojo, your attempts have botched. Miserably.

Anyway, after seeing that tweet, something in me told me to go to his page and follow him so I would be able to see what other claptrap-filled tweets he had been composing. Dunno what it was. So I clicked “FOLLOW”, ready to have a good old laugh - but the request to follow him bounced back. This is the message that came up on my screen: “Could not follow user: You have been blocked from following this account at the request of the user.”

Is this guy for real? Did Kojo really block me? Kojo really blocked me? HAHAHAHA. My guess was that he blocked me nine months ago when I tweeted at him saying he wasn’t funny, but I hadn’t realised at the time, because of course, I had already ‘unfollowed’ him. This is all the confirmation that I need, at this point. Any other witty, first-class comedian would have seen my tweet, laughed, and turned it into a joke.
I mean come on, lighten up b, it's just Twitter.

Old flames...blow em' out.

So I figured, I'm not very good at this updating blog thing. Maybe if I stick to once a month, we might get a good thing going. We'll see anyway.

Still, let's get straight to it boys and girls.

Subject, Old flames.
Definition, A person that somebody has had an emotional, usually passionate, relationship with, who is still looked on fondly and with affection.


I don't know what the hell is wrong with me. It seems, 'old flames' are what is actually dominating my love life right now, and it is quite frankly, a joke. I've got about two flames blowing in the wind as we speak, a flippin' third trying it's best to reignite, and a fourth that I blew out on Tuesday.

So many of my friends are telling me "Lydz, be grateful! At least you got something going on!". I guess that's true. If an old flame wants to take me out and wine and dine me, that's cool. I'm not exactly gonna reject the idea. However, at the same time, let's not forget that they are and old flame for a reason. They either fucked me over, or we severed ties for one reason or another. On the most part I got fucked over. So why am I now being so fast to run and burn my hand on the stove? I don't wanna burn my hand anymore. To be honest, I'm fed up of having to nurture the scalds. So what do I do?

Meet new people they say. Mm. Seen. Easier said than done though, Billy. You think I ain't tried that? You tink seh mi nuh want dat? Everyday I'm telling myself "strike a match and burn a new tea light", but it just doesn't seem to happen for me. I've looked outside of the box. Gone to new places and still, no luck.

Actually, fuck it. I just lied my way through that whole paragraph. Truth is, I don't want to meet anyone new. There's one old flame in particular that always has me thinking, "What if?" And the wickedest thing is, I was fine and he hadn't even crossed my mind in a long time - until I saw him this week. Now I've been fantasizing and thinking that maybe there's a chance (even if it's the smallest chance, like, ever!). But the true story is, having these thoughts in the long run eats away at you. And it's eating away at me. I'm trying my utter best to make this blog entry in every way non-moist, but I know I'm failing. Still, my blog is where I tell no lies. And this is no lie. I think I want that old flame back. #SadMuch?

I know what I should do, and it's what I should have done a long time ago. But, looking at the situation, is there even any point? I know what the outcome will be - so in the grand scheme of things, do I really wanna suffer the same hurt I did from this old flame? (As I said before, the flame is old for a reason).

The answer is, (and very annoyingly so), no.

In life, sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do, even if you don't wanna do it. And when it comes to 'old flames', I'm learning that this is exactly what you have to do. Or else you're just gonna let it burn until there's nothing left and you're in total darkness. No warning, no nothing. Unable to even find a lighter, or a match. YOU take control before it takes control of you.

Blow it out, light a new candle and hope for the best.