A Salute to the Master Rapper

"Life is too short to waste for worries.
Let's live, laugh, love, forgive, move on and celebrate the beauty of life!"

This is the first thing I have realized after receiving a text from a friend earlier that the Master Rapper, Francis "Kiko" Magalona has passed away at the age of 44 after a long battle with leukemia. The first time I read the text message I wasn’t convinced at all, I am thinking it’s another bogus text message until I checked the web news and sadly confirmed- “Master Rapper Francis Magalona, 44, passed away Friday..”

I am a big fan of Francis M and I feel so bad that we lost a great man with such a great talent. Rapper, songwriter, actor, photographer, director, patriot - that is Kiko. Am sure his music won’t stop here, because his songs will continue to hum in our hearts and his legacy to the music industry will live on forever! A high salute for you Master Rapper! We’ll surely miss The Man from Manila!

*Check out Francis M's blogs: FrancisM's Happy Battle and a Free Mind

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Richard Poon, the romantic crooner

I am a music lover but I am not a big fan of very old-school music. But my mom is! Every Sunday at exactly 6:00 in the morning, mom will surely hit the FM radio and listened to her favorite singers of nineteen-forgotten. Mom rules the house so I don't have a choice but to lock myself in my room and play my own music hehehe..

One day while watching MYX music video, I heard a song from Richard Poon, "Kahit Maputi Na Ang Buhok Ko". The song is very relaxing and gave me an idea that this kind of songs will stop mom from listening on her old era music. hehehe.. To cut the story short, i bought the album and BINGO! mom loves it! (and so do I!) ;)

I never thought that someone like Richard Poon can set a new trend for Filipino music by making his own rendition and melody of the old era music and bridging the gaps between ages.

Poon, is a former lead singer of acoustic band U-turn and now made his own turn as a romantic crooner by releasing his own album with 13 tracks entitled "I'll Take Care of You". Here are the cuts on his album (I'll Take Care Of You; Moon River; Way Back Into Love; Somewhere (Over The Rainbow); More; Kahit Maputi Na Ang Buhok Ko; Goodbye; Let's Call The Whole Thing Off; Fallen; My Kind Of Girl; All Of Me; Naalaala; The Last Time) No stir guys, the album is cool and I highly recommend it! :)

*picture from the net

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