YOUTUBE BEAUTY GURUS

Don’t know how to apply concealer? Or where to find the cutest pigmented eye shadows? Maybe you just want tips on how to put your accessories together with an outfit or how to manage your hair better. Since the creation of Youtube finding out all this is only a 5minute video away. All over YouTube you can find thousands of people subscribed to “Beauty Gurus” channels. A Makeup Guru is someone who is passionate and knowledgeable about all things related to fashion, Make-up, and hair. Being one requires no formal education all you need is a camera and some personal style. Some videos have over a million views on how to apply make-up looks or how to create a certain hairstyle. Some of these Guru's have become so popular that they even receive perks for their love of things beauty related such as receiving free products from different companies to promote on their YouTube Videos as well as giving out their tips in some of today's most popular magazines including Seventeen Magazine and Marie Claire magazine. Among the most popular Beauty Guru's are DulceCandy87, fafinettex3, and MakeupDOLL, just to name a few. They usually have blogs, twitters, and use other social networks to answer further questions and even sell some of their personal items. These Guru's vary in age, ethnicity, and size want to become one or interested in watching their videos? Listed below are links of some of our favorite Guru's as well as a make-up tutorial by MakeupDOLL enjoy :-)

On October 31 2010 Khidd P’s long awaited mixtape The Transition: Reloaded was released. Prior to its release Khidd P’s previous projects included: The Transition and The Abandoned Tracks. This mixtape however was on a different level than the first two, hosted by not only Khidd P but by DJ Streetzz as well. The transition reloaded featured 16 tracks of well mixed and mastered content and was basically broken down into three sections. The first section of the mixtape serves as an introduction to those who are unfamiliar with Khidd P’s music with tracks like “No Going Back” highlighting Khidd’s lyrical ability and punch lines. Tracks like “Ain’t Nuttin Changed”, and “Beamer, Benz, or Bentley” introduce you to the other members of Phly Guyy Entertainment which include Big Mike and Bennie Sav who both have upcoming projects in the works. The Mixtape then transitions into a few tracks for female fans with Khidd P even stating this himself “You gotta have tracks for the ladies.” The tracks featured in this section showed a different style of rapping for the Phly Guyy with a more sped up flow in “OMG-PGmix” and a slowed down flow in “There Goes My Baby”. The last section of the mixtape was a collection of amplified versions of the first two really showcasing Khidd P’s skill level in tracks like “Ignorant thoughts” and the heartfelt “It’s Been a Pleasure”. TT Reloaded even included a few songs from Khalil's previous mixtape The Abandoned Tracks such as "Who Dat", "Unthinkable", and "Light Up". Overall The Transition: Reloaded allowed you a great overview of what type of artist Khidd P is developing into, with clever word play, well thought out hooks, and a personality that shines through wax. He manages to take a playful approach while speaking truth and has a natural charisma and relate ability with his audience making you feel as though the tracks are a series of conversations with you the listener. But the mixtape doesn't come without flaws. Tracks like “Acapella” fell short in lyricism, flow, and showed how premature Khidd is as an artist and some of the features were questionable, specifically the two artist not on PGE that where featured on “There Goes My Baby”. Epiphaniesand808s gives The Transition: Reloaded 3 ½ out of 5 stars. We do recommend you download The Transition Reloaded but hope to see even more progression in Khidd P's upcoming mixtapes The Problem Child, and the much anticipated Lonely Nights In Paradise. Below is the Link where you can here TT Reloaded and a list of our favorite tracks. Enjoy :-)

R&B MUSIC BECOMING RARE?

Hip-Hop is at the head of the class. It’s continuing to become more mainstream and has countless new artist emerging almost daily. With different rappers of different styles collaborating and touring together on a regular basis. It seems as though an R&B artist is lucky to find themselves singing a hook. A few years ago everyone was saying Hip-Hop was dead but the real question is what direction is R&B music going?

With Auto-tunes growing in popularity some artist don’t even need to feature singers on their tracks, and it’s become harder and harder for new R&B artists to be introduced. Alicia Keys, Trey Songz, Beyonce, Monica, and Usher are a few artists who have maintained their popularity but all of these artists have at least three albums already. So what about those new artist? They’re still out their but they aren’t getting the same exposure that new R&B artist were getting a few years ago. “Jasmine Sullivan is one of the most under-rated artist she is phenomenal.” A fan tweeted via twitter. Is she under-rated because people aren’t paying attention to this genre of music like they were before? Even artist like Ginuwine, who had three successful albums, was hardly heard on the radio before his sales began to slow down in the last five years. It seems as though the Rhythm and Blues is becoming lost. None-the-less an artist or two have managed to muster their way to stardom. Keri Hilson who released “In A Perfect World” at the beginning of 2009 experienced major success, but even in writing this article I found it almost impossible to think of a male counter part who is new and had experienced equal success.
It’s clear that to preserve the melodies of songs about love, pain, and personal experiences something has to be done. Someone has to bring R&B back to the for-front or at least create an avenue for it to co-exist with the well oiled machine that is Hip-Hop. Now the only question that remains is whose going to make it happen?