HAPPY 59th BIRTHDAY SWEET PRINCE. You are gone and not forgotten.

Miss you, Love you!!

There are two other NFL player, Leonard Little of the St. Louis Rams and Donte Stallworth of the Cleveland Brown both killed someone went driving drunk. Did no prison time.

Stallworth was charged with DUI and second degree manslaughter on April 1, 2009; he surrendered to police on April 2, 2009 and was released on $200,000 bail. He pleaded guilty, and received a sentence of 30 days in jail, plus 1,000 hours of community service, 2 years of house arrest, and 8 years probation. He has also received a life-time suspension of his Florida state driver’s license.

On July 10, 2009, Stallworth was released from jail after serving 24 days of a 30-day sentence.

Leonard Little, after leaving a birthday party drunk in 1998, Little crashed into and killed Susan Gutweiler in St. Louis, MO. When tested, his blood alcohol level measured 0.19 percent, a level that exceeds the statutory level of intoxication of 0.08 in the state of Missouri. Little received 90 days in jail, four years probation and 1000 hours of community service.

Six years later, in 2004, Little was again arrested for drunk driving and speeding. The probable cause statement filed by police said Little had bloodshot and watery eyes, smelled of alcohol and failed three sobriety tests. Because of Little’s 1999 guilty plea to involuntary manslaughter in his drunken-driving crash case, prosecutors charged him as a persistent offender. This made it a felony case. Little was acquitted of driving while intoxicated, but was convicted only of the misdemeanor speeding charge.

Leonard Little suspension was only eight game and received 90 days in jail, four years prabation. Three years later the Rams gave five year contract worth 17.5 million.

Leonard Little did get a second chance and I’m pretty sure Donta Stallworth will be getting a second in 2010.

I think a person who drinks and driven, killed someone do not deserve a second chance. Who is speaking for those two people, that was killed by the two NFL players that was driving drunk.

People should really be upset about this and talking about it. Someone need to talk for those two people that died. The two football players got off easy. This should not had happened. They should has paid for they crime. To me they did not.

Luther Ronzoni Vandross (April 20, 1951 – July 1, 2005) was an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter, and record producer. During his career, Vandross sold over twenty-five million albums co-written with Richard Marx. Born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City in the Smith Housing Project, Vandross began playing the piano at the age of three. He grew up in a musical family that moved to the Bronx when he was thirteen. His sister Patricia sang with vocal group The Crests Luther Vandross was in a high school group, Shades of Jade, that once played at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. Vandross attended Western Michigan University for a year before dropping out to continue pursuing a career in music. His next recording credit was on an album by Roberta Flack in 1972.

Before his breakthrough, Vandross was part of a singing quintet in the late ’70s, consisting of former Shades of Jade members Anthony Hinton and Diane Sumler, Theresa V. Reed, and Christine Wiltshire, also called Luther, signed to Cotillion Records. Vandross also wrote and sang commercials jingles during the late 1970s and early 1980s,continued his successful career as a popular session singer during the late 1970s. Luther also sang lead vocals for a disco band called Greg Diamond’s Bionic Boogie singing lead for the song titled “Hot Butterfly. ” Luther Vandross finally made his long desired career breakthrough as a featured singer with the vaunted pop-dance act Change, a studio concept created by French-Italian businessman Jacques Fred Petrus. Their 1980 hits, “A Lover’s Holiday” (by Romani and Willoughby), “The Glow of Love” (by Romani, Malavasi and Garfield) and “Searching” (by Malavasi), of which Vandross sang on all three, opened up the world for Vandross. And there was no doubt about whether Vandross liked the song “The Glow of Love”.

In an interview that Vibe Magazine did with him in 2001 Vandross said, “This is the most beautiful song I’ve ever sung in my life. ” Vandross was also originally intended to perform on the second and highly successful Change album “Miracles” in 1981, but declined the offer as Petrus didn’t pay enough money. Vandross’ decision rapidly led to a recording contract with Epic Records that same year but didn’t stop him from doing some background vocals on “Miracles” and on the new Petrus created act, NYC band, The B. B. & Q. band in 1981.

Until the 1980s Vandross, supported himself primarily by making television advertising jingles, but his recording work for music mogul Quincy Jones as well as Sister Sledge maintained his profile in the industry.

His debut solo album ‘Never Too Much’ was released in 1981 by Epic Records, setting Vandross on course for a decade of chart-topping albums and singles that made him a global star.

‘Never Too Much’ stressed his romantic style, and the single of the title track quickly reached the number 1 slot on the R and B charts. The album would eventually earn double platinum sales status.

From there, Luther sang with Chic & was credited as a “Special Guest Artist” on 1978′s “Ces’t Chic” LP. After that, he was credited as lead vocalist with Change on “The Glow Of Love” & “Searching”. Luther wouldn’t record another LP under his own name until 1981′s, “Never Too Much”.

I could go on & on with superlatives about Luther. I won’t do that, as his accomplishments & status as a legend, is etched in stone. I’d rather reflect on what I appreciated about Luther.

Luther indeed possessed one of the most original voices in Soul music history. Hell, in MUSIC history. The pureness of his tonality, the timbre of his voice & his enunciation, was & is, second to none. His voice was a combination of satin & silk, with a touch of filet mignon added for spice. Luther’s voice was smooth like that.

Luther’s music served as the liaison to many a romantic interlude. If a brother couldn’t connect romantically with Luther supplying the mood….Well, either he was totally inept & beyond any earthly help, the lady didn’t like him very much, or, he simply wasn’t trying. If you had a cozy atmosphere, a little wine & Luther singing sweetly in the background, how could a guy go wrong?

What I appreciated most about Luther though, is that he was a throwback to the days of classy lyrics & the power of subtlety. Luther made songs that were so sexy & romantic, without being blatantly sexual in nature. Luther didn’t sing about sex, he sang about LOVE…love lost, love found & the quest to find it. Luther managed to convey an aura of romance, that while lending itself to sex, never dwelt or fixated on it.

In this day & age where almost anything goes lyrically, that is no small feat. Luther never resorted to crassness. Luther’s music had class, a certain sophistication, if you will. Luther treated his songs & by extension, us, his fans with the utmost respect.

Luther didn’t make false promises. He didn’t promise the object of his affection the moon & the stars, of a bunch of expensive trinkets. The former is simply an exercise in verbiage, impossible to do & the latter might be beyond the means of some. What Luther wrote & sang of is something that is within the ability of almost every human being & that is……TO LOVE!

To me, that is the essence of Luther & his music. Luther was a departure to the days when women weren’t so many “B****hes” & “Hoes”. In Luther’s world of music, that type of disrespect just didn’t exist. His music was a journey back to the days when men had respect for their women & love seemed to be so much more attainable than it does in these crazy times.

With Luther’s passing, the music world will be just a little less romantic, the songs just a little less sweeter & we’ll all be the worse for it. Fortunately, Luther WILL continue to live on in our hearts & minds, thanks to the wonderful body of work that he has left behind. For certain, wherever there are lovers & wherever there’s a sweet love song being sung, Luther’s spirit will reside there as well.

I think today,  we should remember Luther Vandross!!

On Monday, April 20, 2009 Luther Vandross would had been 58th years old. I writing this as a fan and a person who really miss him, and in my own way want to keep him alive.

I became a fan the first time I heard his first hit “Never Too Much” which came out in 1981, I was hook. It was his voice, also it was a voice that I has never heard before. Do not get me wrong, I grownup in the 60′s, all I listen to was R & B which had so many very great groups and singer, and are still great today.

Before Luther Vandross came a long I really did not have a favorite singer, that I would listen all the time and could not wait for a new CD to come out so I could buy it. Luther Vandross change all of that. When I heard him it was his voice and the kind of songs he was singing. I guess about 96% of Luther Vandross songs are about love. That something that we cannot get enough of.

Most people are going to remember Luther Vandross from his first Hit, “Never Too Much”, Here And Now” he won his first Grammy, “Power Of Love” was say he cross over to Pop (that’s not the way Luther Vandross saw it) and “Dance With My Father” which he won four Grammys and his last big selling CD. Luther Vandross wrote the song in remember of his father. He will also be remember for remaking songs, like “Love Won’t Let Me Wait”, “Superstar”, “A House Is Not A Home”, “Creepin”, “Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now”, “Going In Circles”, “knocks Me Off My Feet”, And “Killing Me Softly”.

Luther Vandross came from a very loving family. He was the younger of four children. He had two sisters and one brother. He was name after his father , who died went he was only eight years old. Luther Vandross did not have lots of time with his father, but he do remember special times with him. The song “Dance With My Father” came from special time with his father.

Luther Vandross, received over 28 music awards over the years.

At all of him concerts he put on good show. Each one of his concert you go away with a show that you will never forget. He was a class act.

Luther Vandross is gone, he left us much to soon. But, he left behind so many wonderful songs. Luther Vandross is going to be with us forever.

Here are my ten top songs:
(1) The Time I’m Right
(2) Give Me the Reason
(3) So Amazing
(4) Never Too Much
(5) Love Me Again
(6) I’d Rather
(7) Stop To Love
(8) Shine
(9) Got You Home
(10) Dance With My Father

Luther Vandross is up there, he is the star singer. Luther Vandross you are miss.

Drunk driver are the most self center people in the world. They do not think of anybody but what that want, most of the time they end up killing someone.

When you drink and drive and if the only person that get hurt or killed was you, who would care. But we all know that’s not the way it happened. Most of the time an innocent person will get killed or hurt.

The laws need to be change when it comes to DUI. Driving is a privilege not a right. If you do not know that, you do not need to be driving. Take the bus, train, or call someone to pick you up. The last place you need to be is behind the wheel of a car.

A person who driven drunk, I have no feeling for then at all, I cannot force myself to feel anything. Because this person knowing chosen to drive drunk. It’s a crime that did not has to happened. A person who driven drunk destroy family and lives.

You know 1 in 3 DUI are repeat offenders. That tell me that, they did not learn and do not deserve another chance.

People says everybody deserve a second chance, maybe that’s true in some cases. Maybe in the case of a person who get mad and tell they boss off or a person who is going 45 in a 35 zone. But, getting behind the wheel of a car knowing that you been drinking, you do not deserve a second chance.

This is the way I feel about it. I have so much respect for MADD, and what they been doing for years trying to stop people for drinking and driving.

Both of my sons has iPhones my younger son has the first one that came out in 2007 and my older son has iPhone 3G. Both of sons said that the iPhone is that best cell phone ever. I did not believe then, to me it was just talk.

The iPhone is so many different things in one. When I go to the gym, I would bring my cell phone and my iPod. Now, I has both of then in one.

I used my iPhone lots more then I use my computer. I check my email, I used it to go on the Internet, I used it to check my Twitter, and Facebook. The iPhoneapps. for just about anything you can think of. Some of the apps that I has is yhe Note app, it’s great for writing things down, I used it all the time for my shopping list, it’s great no paper, I has a Twitter app I do 95% of my Twitter on my iPhone. I also has Wallpad it’s an app that you can download 1000′s of books and read for free, went you done reading the book, you just delete then. I’m reading four different books, and YouTube app I can bookmark any videos. The iPhone has more then 25,000 apps.

To me the phone is a very small part of the iPhone. The iPhone has Visual Voice mail. Most cell phone went you listen, you have to listen to all of the messages with visual voice mail you get to pick the message that you want to listen too.

I cannot see a cell phone coming out the near future being better then the iPhone, maybe just as good as the iPhone, but not any better. I do know that cell phone are only going to improve in the future. I know the maker of the iPhone, did not come up with this overnight it took years.

The price of the iPhone and the and what you have paid each month is nothing , conceding what you are getting.

I’m very happy with my iPhone.

This one is real easy for me, because I do not think that we need a guns in every home. Over the last three weeks 30 people had died in about three different shooting(there was seven police officers).

Then there the 2nd Amendment and lots of people thinks we should fight to keep, and there rights to bare arms. Why are we fighting for something that was passed over 200 years went times was different. Today, we has things in place, like police officers and other law enforcement.

The government never really want to deal with this. In the 80′s and and the 90′s most of the killing with guns was done by gangs. I believe that the government really did not cared about what was really happened to the people we live in those neighborhood. It was not happening in middle American, so why care (that’s another story).

Now, it’s not the same, you have people from middle American who got they gun legal, you know the background check and the waiting period. People has guns in there home, and the minutes something happened that, they cannot deal with, they go for there guns. The government are say that most of of the people in those shooting had problems or something went wrong. In other word maybe they should not had passed the background check. I do not know how true this is. On the other hand they could had been normal until something happened, they could not deal with. So, they went for there gun. What the children that finds there parent gun.

We really need to take good look at what the price of the right to bare arm, is doing/done to our country. The government need to revisit the guns laws.

I do not believe anything going to ever change. There are over 200 million legal guns in this country, the door is open and it’s never going to closed.

I do not need a gun in my home to feel safe.