Scribbler's "Get Out of My Brain!" Countdown of the Month (May 2016)

So in yet another attempt to expand my blog and include as many facets of myself as you can stand, I thought about how songs frequently get stuck in our heads for hours, days, weeks and even months.  There are some that we absolutely love, some that we are in like with and nails scratching on a chalkboard might pale in comparison to the rest.  Most times, they're renting out brain space because we associate them with a memory, a place or a person; other times, it's completely inexplicable.  Hence, I bring to you all a new monthly posting series: "Scribbler's 'Get Out of My Brain!' Countdown of the Month."  Now before we begin, two things.  First, I don't have an ASCAP or BMI representative in my head tracking every single spin in my own head, so these are totally metric-less estimations.  Second, y'all know that I can't kick off the inaugural post of a series like this without naming the songs that got bumped out like "Grateful" by Hezekiah Walker & LFC, "Hold On (Change Is Comin')" by Sounds of Blackness, "5 Steps" by Dru Hill (which almost came back into the countdown), "Truffle Butter" by Nicki Minaj and "Splackavellie" by Pressha (which some of y'all either don't remember, have never heard or haven't heard since it was out, so that would've need a nice throwback to '98).  It would've been nice to include those songs--all of which I fool with--but they didn't flood my brain as much as these ten little numbers...

In Heavy Rotation (April 2016)

The beauty of a being a perfectionist is that you're always figuring out ways to produce a better product while fine tuning it along the way.  Originally, the intent of "In Heavy Rotation" was less about a standard album review and more about sharing what I was listening to within a given month.  However, I have decided to tweak the format just a wee bit to make it one part sharing, one part specific showcasing and all parts dope music, and I wholeheartedly believe that the new structure will guide this series in a direction closer to who I am as a person and an avid lover of music.  Without too much rambling as I'm prone to do occasionally, time to roll out the new-and-hopefully-improved "In Heavy Rotation"...