♥ KB - Mr. Backbone. He's always there supporting you. I noticed that when he comes up with his great ideas, it usually involves other people and bringing them together, like his secret santa program and even coming up with the concept of SP's (sound providers). I think he's got a broad base of friends and I bet he makes each one of them feel like they are his primary focus at any given moment. Not everyone can do that. Not only does he have impeccable music tastes, but he writes the sweetest things about his wife and kids. Some months ago I stumbled upon his site with his Questlove layout and Prince radio.blog and I'm glad I did. He is actually the first person I met in the following group and the person who got me connected with other music lovers like EJ.
♥ EJ - Mr. Popularity. He knows everybody and everybody knows him...and loves him. He's just genuine sweetness! He's one of those people that makes you feel good simply by being in his presence. Sometimes I actually IM him just to say hi so I can smile at what he says back. Silly but true, LOL. Anyone who knows him, knows he's got music in his soul. His music knowledge is boundless and his musical tastes are wonderfully eclectic. He's actually the reason I even started doing the radio.blogs. Just being inspired by his world famous music blogs and talking to him about music gave me the confidence to try it for myself. I don't know if I ever thanked him for that. So thank you EJ! And if you have ever liked any one of my radio.blogs, you should thank him too.
♥ Todd - Mr. Heavyweight. First of all, he's a newlywed (aww that's so cute!). I first heard about Todd thru EJ. I checked out his site and was amazed by 2 things. First that he hand-coded everything himself and second, his mp3 collection was like my musical wet dream, LOL. He didn't have comments at that time so we played IM tag thru EJ for a hot minute. I could probably go on and on about Todd, because he's a really good guy and he's helped me out more than once when I needed it. He consistently brings the best music to his radio.blogs and he's lightning fast. He'll hit you with the (radio.blog) combination to the gut and while you're still reeling, he'll come back with a (radio.blog) uppercut that knocks you the fugg out, LOL. He's like the Ali of radio.blogs.
♥ Mike - Mr. Brainiac. He was my first.....trackback, LOL. He doesn't do alot of radio.blogs, he's usually doing his trader thing but when he does, it's hotness (check out his current dancehall radio). He also did an awesome Mos Def radio.blog that inspired me to do mine. He's got that serious intellectual thing going on but he doesn't try to impress you with it plus he's got great taste in music. Talk about versatility. He's so well rounded and great in so many areas, he's usually my "go to guy" when I have a question about...well just about anything. He's actually hipped me to alot of good stuff for my blog. He seems to be up on everything and if I have a technical question, he'll point me in the right direction. He's an intelligent, humble guy and a real sweetheart.
♥ Lis - Ms. Creative. I remember first coming across Lis' blog right before Jill Scott released her latest CD. Lis was streaming "Golden" and I wrote to tell her about a stream of her whole album (yall know I got the links, lol). Anyway, that well meaning email turned into one the of the most meaningful relationships I've formed. She's got a huge talent for designing and she's got an even bigger heart. I could talk to her all day and literally I think sometimes we almost do, LOL. I think I'm addicted to talking to her because I miss her when she's gone. Now she tries to pretend she is not a blogging DJ but everytime she throws up radio.blog, its hot! We have a ball when we talk about music...and we really have a ball when we don't, LOL. She just "gets me" musically and otherwise...which aint easy to do. Just like when she designed this beautiful layout, she knew it was so me. She also hipped me to projectVIBE..which is so my musical taste it's not even funny. We were born 3 days apart but she's my twin in all kinds of ways and a true sistahfriend.
Happy Valentines Day to each and every one of you. I love yall!
