PRISONER EXPRESS

I love music. Anything with a pleasant beat and the words that follow the melody and tune, I'll listen to it. But, I prefer to listen to what I love most, and that's R&B, Olskool, Jazz, and Blues. From R. Kelley, Joe, Tyrese, Ginuwine, Usher, Kevin Campbell, Keith Sweat and anything else from the 80's and early 90's. That's when music was music. The words were true and the feelings were real. There's also Silk, Shai, H-Town, Jodeci, Hi-Five, Soul for Real, Mint Condition, Toni Toni Tone. And I go back in the days; I feel Luther Vandross (RIP), Teddy P. Marvin Crease, Marvin Gaye, Johnny Taylor, Lenny Williams, Maze and Frankie Beverly, Tony Terry, Freddie Jackson, Temptation, Sonny Robinson, Commodores, Patti Lavelle, Betty Wright, Anita Baker, and Barry White. When I did something wrong, like messed over my girl and got caught, I'd feel guilty and listen to my blues, B.B. King, Melvin and the Blue Notes, Johnny "Guitar" Watson. And when I'm stressed out I listen to the best jazz in the world, Kenny G. and Miles Davis. I think people should have music to fit their mood. I listen to some rap, but it's not my main thing. I listen to "Legendary" Pac, Do or Die, Crucial Conflict, UGK, ESG, Scarface, 8 ball, and M5G. I remember watching the Soul Train show late night. It used to give me a different outlook on the old school music. I know some more old school I just can't remember the names. Not only is music a form of therapy for me, it's also a class, in which I try to learn or see what the artist was feeling, and how the artist came to write that song. The way I see it every song should be able to open up somebody's eyes and ears about what's been said. It's okay to listen to the beat, but what can a person learn from hearing a beat. If I can relate to a song or feel what that person was feeling, I believe I had made contact with their soul and bearing. Music isn't hard to understand or relate to. It's all about wanting to understand it, feel it and capture it. Music is a form of therapy, that everyone knows about but many refuse to try out.