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I am so tired of entertainers coming out when they are 16-- dropping their sophomore album when they are 18 -- and all of a sudden they are getting their “grown and sexy” on. Let me explain something real quick: Nas, Jay-z, Busta Rhymes, that guy from Aerosmith--god bless his soul-- are getting their grown and sexy on. I am not sure why no one has defined it yet, but it might be because the concept sells more albums. So I am going to define it-- because I officially became a grown ass woman this year.

So here are the tell tale signs that you are too grown for the dumb sh*t:

1. If you have had a major relationship that has either, seen kids, marriage, divorce or the point where you really contemplated killing a person for eating all the peanut butter and leaving you with a full jar of jelly.
2. You have had a period of success and then lost something significant. I am not talking about loosing your wallet, but something that would never be funny no matter how much time passed. Yet, you pull your sh*t together and come through it like a soldier.
3. You have gotten pass the stage of being embarrassed over dumb sh*t. You dance, dress and drink what you want because you are too damn old for peer pressure.

Now, I love Chris Brown--featured in Khaki his latest Gap ad above. I think it is cute that he can dance, flip, sing, and not even break a sweat--that’s that young boy sh*t. I like that he has that pre-drama twinkle in his eye, and he still has his zest for life. I applaud it, and might I add, I could watch that all day. But just the fact that I can catch a case even looking at him any type of sexual way makes him a boy. Therefore his sophomore album-- though I am sure he has seen a lot in his 18 year of age--can not be considered grown.

*Check out his latest song “Poppin” from his up-and-coming sophomore.

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*Originally Published in Jil Mag: February- Love Bug issue; 2/17/07

Labels: Music