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I KNOW I KNOW

I know yall like where was Message Monday this week and Dreadlock Tuesday...well, to answer your questions, Ive been writing like crazy..I want Writes of Passage to be that joint since it hits right at summer break for yall. im trying to give it repeat value. Anyways, I will be back blogging soon but remember WRITES OF PASSAGE drops CINCO DE MAYO....If you only listen to wackness you wont enjoy this. Yet, if you like lyricism, message in your music, and outhern twang you will enjoy this...promise....

DREADLOCK TUESDAY: Larry Fitzgerald

This dreadlock tuesday goes to my favorite wide receiver in the NFL right now, Larry Fitzgerald. Wide receiver of Arizona Cardinals who was close to being this year's Super Bowl MVP. Great hands, speed, route running...great player. Keep lockin, brotha...

Message Mondays: Be a message....

Sooo one of my fave songs right now is this gospel song that says 'I may be the only God they see'....thats how you have to live your life. You may be the only representation of something or type of person so you have to live your life responsibly to be that message....

Ice The Villain & Ricosuave "I Spit"

July 4th my DMV brethren Ice The Villain and I will drop a mixtape entitled 'The Hero & Villain'.....be prepared....

Here's a rough version of a song that will be featured:
I Spit~ Ice The Villain & Ricosuave


P.S. MY MIXTAPE 'WRITES OF PASSAGE' WILL DROP MAY 5th
I REPEAT : 'WRITES OF PASSAGE' WILL DROP MAY 5th
MAY 5th, CINCO DE MAYO, RICOSUAVE's 'WRITES OF PASSAGE'
BE PREPARED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

late Dreadlock Tuesday: Whoopi Goldberg

Sorry for the late post. Anyways, todays dreadlock tuesday goes to actress, comedian, activist, and philanthropist Whoopi Goldberg. Keep lockin sister.

MESSAGE MONDAYS: Time & Place

There's a time and place for everything. I feel Im a well rounded person because though Im known for being smart and cool laid back, Im also known for being the life of the party and funny. My well roundedness has allowed me to appreciate great music and bs music because I know theres a time and place for both. I think people should realize this and recognize entertainmnet for what it is..this goes for alot of other things also...theres a time & place...short and simple...

DREADLOCK TUESDAY: Jeff Johnson

This dreadlock tuesday goes to another celeb..(yea Ive decided to do celebs for a while.) Jeff Johnson a.k.a. Cousin Jeff of BET. He's a native of Cleveland, Ohio and graduate of the University of Toledo. He's a political motivator and speaker who's known for merging hip hop culture with political activism. He is knwn for being the politcal voice of BET as well as being the only American reporter to interview Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Africa’s first elected female head of state and Liberia’s first elected female president. He's a positive fella and great role model. Keep lockin brother...

MESSAGE MONDAYS: Progress

DONT LET ANYONE STOP YOUR PROGRESS...
Success is a group effort. Sometimes there are chains on the link that will slow progress making you cant go forward. Dont let these chains stop you. Replace them. Or find another link. Success is a group effort but you are responsible for your own unsuccessfulness. So dont let anyone or anything stop progress.

DREADLOCK TUESDAY: Alice Walker

So Ive decided to get a celeb for this dreadlock tuesday..Ms. Alice Walker. An author, poet, and polical activist. This fellow native of Georgia is best known for her novel Color Purple which was later popularized as a movie and play. Keep lockin sister...

MESSAGE MONDAYS: Never be complacent...

Im going to keep it simple, get straight to the point, and leave this monday...
NEVER BE COMPLACENT WITH YOUR SITUATION...

Thanx.

DREADLOCK TUESDAY: Hubert Smith

This week goes to the homie Hubert Smith from Columbus, GA. Good friend, who was my neighbor freshman year of college. He is currently a senior business major at Howard University. When I first met him he had braids so dreads were a natural transition...keep lockin brotha....

Late MESSAGE MONDAYS: Appreciation..

I apologize for those that was looking for a message yesterday. Ummm I hate to give excuses but my mac completely died yesterday. So im doing this from the desktop....uggghhh...

Anyway, my message today is on appreciation. Give it. Its great to feel appreciated. This past week alone I had two examples that stood out of me feeling appreciated.

1. I was voted Employee of The Month by my co-workers. At a job I wouldnt say I dislike but, Im never exited to go to. These past months, due to my job's close relation to banks and the economy, Ive been forced to bend my schedule and adjust alot. At times, I felt like a replaceable variable in the whole process. Yet, I never complained and worked hard no matter how frustrating it got. To be appreciated for my efforts makes me feel secure in my position and want to be there just because I know Im appreciated.

2. Randomly, on twitter the homie LCD hit me up saying he had a song idea for me. Then within the next day he sent the beat with the hook already layed down. Simple you think? Not really. See, beforehand me & LCD never spoke to each other. Our connection was through Ice The Villain, fellow rapper and LCD's premier artist. When I was sent the track I noticed alot of things. LCD had heard my music and respected my talent. Not only that, he understood my message I try to put forth thru my music. I knew this because the hook, subject matter, and beat all fail in the realms of the direction Im tryna go. To completely understand a person's vision you have to appreciate them. Not only that, after sending the beat he said he knew I would kill it. Meaning he's not worried that I will spit wackness to his beat ( a fear alot of producers have when giving rappers beats.) At that moment I felt appreciated. Without knowing, LCD was showing appreciation.

Thru these two examples you can see how to give and pull out appreciation from acts....appreciation...give it....

Ice The Villain-L@Me Mixtape

Shoutout to the homie Ice The Villain for a great tape.....

You can click on either pic and itll take to the download...
So click this pic...




Or you can click this pic...



My fave joints are:
Quarter Century
Sittin Pretty
Better Go
Welcome (my fave on the whole album)
Moment


'09 is a gret musically year....

Happy bday Kenyatta

So its my little sister's 21st bday......

L@Me Mixtape on the way....

Let me say this...if I promote anyone they must be quality...so pay attention...

ohhh yea happy bday to the homie Ice The Villain...welcome to the '22 club'...his L@Me mixtape comes a day after my sister's 21 bday...maybe I'll send her that...




ohhh yea...just a teaser: Ice The Villain- Get Mine

DREADLOCK TUESDAY: Candice Iloh

This dreadlock tuesday goes to the homie Candice Iloh from Wisconsin. She's a senior at HU and a very beautiful person inside and out. She's a great writer who's greatest asset is her ability to be completely honest in her writings. I believe the locking of her hair is due to her self-awareness, cultural appreciation, and growing esteem in self...keep lockin sister...

MESSAGE MONDAYS: Dont forget to rest...

This is yet another simple message monday but yet so important. Earlier this year I stated that '09 will be the year of work, work, work. Ive been abiding by my motto of '09. Going hardddd...going hard at the job that pays the bills...going hard on this music (Writes of Passage is going to be crazy)...but I failed to do one thing that come with work.......REST....

Right now my body has physically taken a toll. Not because I havent had the opportunity to rest but because Ive taken rest for granted. This has caused me to play hard or do more work when I should be resting. In results, its effected my work. The last couple of days I havent been able to do my job at work swiftly because of being tired...I also havent been able to put my mind to writing this past weekend because Im so tired. So Ive decided to use my time away from work to rest. Sleep gives the person time to regroup. Every machine has to recharge his/her battery. So learn to rest..let your machine recharge...

JSYK

Just So ya know....
Late spring/Early summer '09....






The end of this month Im anticipating....






But in the meantime Im listening to this.....






Musically, '09 is looking good...

DREADLOCK TUESDAY: Odis Scale

Today's dreadlock tuesday goes to Odis Scale. He's a junior political science major at HU from Ohio. Very cool and fun guy. Great stepper and positive young man. I remember when his joints were at his ears....keep lockin brother..

MESSAGE MONDAYS: The Greatest Love Of All..

First of all happy bday to my father...

This bring me to my msg....you all know how I spent V-day?...well the end I spent like most of yall...lol...but the beginning I spent with the ppl I love the most, family.

At this age my peers tend to forget about family because theyre so wrapped up in their life. Yet, let me tell you that family is most important thing youll ever have...the end..

Happy V-day

First of all Happy V-day to all yall ppl...I hope that no matter if you spend it alone or with the love of your life, you spend it with someone you love....anyway, today I received some good music to get that mood right...peep game:

If you plan on getting ANY action during this Valentine's Day weekend, this is a "must-have" for your iTunes playlist...
New music from DMV and Howard University's own, Ice the Villain (Icethevillain.com)
http://www.zshare.net/audio/555708380187b474/
His solo debut mixtape "The L.@.Me Mixtape" mixed by DJ MAF is scheduled to drop later this month, but TRUE to his grind, this is a sneak peak from the following project, "THE RELATIONSHIP", which is scheduled for a spring/summer release... produced entirely by "Mr. Bout Dat Money" himself, LCD (Boutdatblog.com).

This is dedication....

My homie Avery put me up on game on this...this past weekend Mistah F.A.B. was in a car crash...at the hospital, almost half dead he still managed to push out a freestyle..thats dedication...

DREADLOCK TUESDAY: Portia W.

Portia is a native of St, Louis and a senior at Howard U. She was one of the first people I met there. Very intelligent person and also strong willed. Her locs are a symbol of self-assurance and Africana....keep lockin, sista...

MESSAGE MONDAYS: Dont forget..

Another late post...

So I admit I didnt watch the grammys...I was too busy working on being there next year a.k.a. in the studio...but I did look at performances online. One performance struck me, not because it was all that great but, because it reminded me of a disaster that hasnt been fully recovered and fixed. Katrina. Before I saw the clip of Wayne and Robin Thicke performance Katrina had completeley left my mind because I wasnt directly affected and coverage of Katrina's aftermath has been few. This so often happens and why alot of matters are left unfinished. There is a disaster and people are hyped and down for the movement of the moment and when the hype disappear, so the does the followers of the cause. Leaving its victims forgotten. Think about it...when was the last time you thought about Jena 6, Katrina, or even Sean Bell. All matters that had full support in its highest moments of hype. All matters that are still unresolved. All matters that are forgotten...Its a sad thing to its victims who feel like their matters will be resolved because they have the support of the world. Yet, they are forgotten and still struggling. I apologize Katrinians and New Orleans natives for forgetting. Also I send these apologies to Jena 6, Sean Bell, and 9/11 victims. I promise the next disaster that moves me I wont support unless I see it all the way through. Because too many times victims are forgotten...

So while yall left the Grammys concerned about the new Ike & Tina a.k.a. Chris & Rihanna...Im leaving yall with a real message they tried to give...dont forget...

The Best RAP Song Ive Heard In A While...

This is the best rap song Ive heard in a while...not that its overly lyrical..or it has the best beat Ive ever heard..but cuz it all comes together just right and its sooooo relateable...just made me want to write a song...

DREADLOCK TUESDAY: Hiram Reid

I almost forgot dreadlock tuesday....anyways, today goes to the homie Hiram Reid from ATL, who's a senior at Howard University. I think he told me he never had a haircut but I may be mistaken..anyways, I couldnt find a good pic of him that showed his hair that touches his pantsm so nevermind the silly pic above...dude is intelligent and very introspective and spiritual...I respect him alot...keep lockin brotha..

MESSAGE MONDAYS: Real life before Internet life...

So. In middle school and the beginning of High school I had a blackplanet page. Multiple. In middle school I used to use yahoo messenger. Freshman year of college I got a facebook page, myspace page, and signed on to AIM. Sophomore year I made a blogger page but didnt start to use it until last year. Earlier this year I got on Twitter. Internet life all crazy....

This past week was crazy at work. Change shifts and now all my free time is during the day..theres nothing to do during the day (if youre 22) so I spent a lot of my free time online...like all day on the mac...then I was feeling overwhelmed. So this weekend when the homies was like lets go see to Athens to the step show at UGA, I was like yea...enjoyed my time. Yesterday, I went to a female friend's house for SUperbowl party...enjoyed myself. Yet, I still got online on my phone...then I came to realize this internet thing starting to take over...cant do that...

Short and simple, ppl dont let your internet life be better than your real life. Get offline and get in line to enjoy reality....my thought...

DREADLOCK TUESDAY: Jasmine Diamond

This week's dreadlock tuesday goes to the homie Jasmine from ATL who graduated high school with me. Ive known her since middle school and she's an interesting person. I believe her decision to grow locks was due to self awareness and learning to be comfortable with herself. Locks work for the soul....her bday is next tuesday..keep lockin sista...

MESSAGE MONDAYS: Cant give nothing away 'til you got yo own...

Before I went to work today I had planned on writing about something but Im glad I waited until after work to write (even if its due to laziness.) I got a new message...

Let me paint the picture. Im a teller at Brinks (money management not house security.) What we do is basically a company, for instance McDonalds, collect their money for the day and send it to their account in the bank. The bank has hired us to interfere between this transaction. We take the companys money and verify checks, bill accountability, coins, and we check for counterfeit notes before the money goes to the bank. I work day shift. Day shift works with our main customer bank, Suntrust. Suntrust's main company customer was Publix. Publix left Suntrust today. So Brinks has less work. So we had to downsize. Be it I was one of the last people to get hired I was supposed to be layed off. Yet, my job offered to let me work night shift in one of the positions that had opened. This is where my message comes in hand...

While our manager had me and three others in the office explaining the situation he ended with the offer to me. One of my now ex-coworkers started to cry. She's a mother of two, a year older than me, and has a bad situation with her baby's father. Also, I think she had predicted this would happen and had asked to move to night shift (where the situation doesnt effect them because night shift works with other banks.) All I have to take care of is myself. So immediately I considered passing on the opportunity to let this lady have the job since she has other mouths to feed. Yet, as my boss I continuously talked, I thought about it and decided not to. WHy...

Well, all I have to take care of is myself. Yet, if I gave up the opportunity I wouldnt be able to take care of myself. At this position in my life I have much of nothing except a dream. I mean Im making connects I wont speak of, but nothings set in stone. So I have nothing. Therefore, I wasnt in a position to pass it along. I realize as human we are all sensitive to others. Yet, in this moment of recession I feel we have to secure our personal situations before we can help out another. Otherwise, you will be in that same situation. When my music makes it, I will be amongst the celebrities and fortunate people volunteering and helping others. I feel thats an obligation. But now all I can do is give a homeless man a dollar....because I have a dollar. I cant give away a job if I dont have another....people share but realize you cant give anything away until you have your own....peace.

Nothing Is Original...

My friends often like my songs, facebook notes, and any other writing because it usually is off something I had a conversation with them about. Topics that, though may not be talked about lot, have been talked about for years. One person even told me, "Its not that what you say is new. You say what people are thinking but have the confidence and vocabulary to express it." They're right...nothing is original.....maybe the way I express it and the punchlines may be original but its core value..not original..nothing is...peep game:

..Black Love..

I remember 2004. The last election year. I was beginning my senior year in high school and was witnessing the Vote or Die theme of the year. I wanted to be apart of it. I wanted to vote but my 18th birthday came 3 weeks too late. I wanted to vote, not because I believed John Kerry was going to be a better president. I wanted to vote because I, like the majority of the world, believed George Bush was a bad president during his first term. So, I watched the John kerry campaign. I saw Barack Obama's speech. I remember the next day going to school saying in my southern hood languistics, 'That nigga Obama or whatever his name, his speech was fir'. He's gonna be the next president, shawty. John Kerry cool but that nigga Obama gone do it. Mark my words.' Kerry lost. But I was on the Obama bandwagon first. Years went by and I dropped the n-bomb from my everyday vocab, only to use the word when explaining its negativity. And Barack Obama...the dude that said that "fir' " speech was running for president. Now, everyone was jumping on his bandwagon. And I admit, I jumped off. I jumped off because my interest in politics had faded. I jumped off because I didnt want to be like most of my peers who I knew were only on the bandwagon because he's black. I jumped off because in his speeches that I witnessed he only spoke of hope, change, and belief and not enough about his plans. I jumped off because I didnt want to fall for another 'false hope' of politics and raise my expectations to see them crushed. I jumped off because he wass too charismatic, and too slick, and too smooth or rather in more popular terms of the day, he had tooo much swag that I didnt want to fall for. But...I started to fall back in line. Maybe, it was the fact that I was seeing him inspire people in a way Ive never seen. Maybe it was seeing his wife praise him at the DNC. So I did what I did...
November 4th when he won, I was excited but he hadnt really gotten me back all the way. I bought my mother an Obama 2009 calendar and Obama painting to hang next to the family portraits and Black Jesus paintings. But Obama didnt have me all the way. Watching him be sworn in yesterday during break at work didnt hit me either. Yet, I was hit....

I was hit when I saw his wife look him proudly and intensely in the eye as he fumbled over the presidential swearing..I was hit when he came out at the Neighborhood Inaugural Ball and the first thing he said was 'How good looking is my wife?'...I was hit when during the first dance they looked in each other's eyes happy...I was hit by BLACK LOVE...

On the way to the new years shindig I intended this year my friend, Simone, declared '2009 is the year of the lover.' Me, my friend Charles, and my friend Henry chuckled in the car at the thought of the ways of love changing this year....but now Obama has made me. believe...believe in BLACK LOVE. An ideal I only could see in Tyler Perry films, Cosby show and Martin reruns, and my parents bedroom. All seeming surreal. I mean, even seeing it in my parents didnt even seem real. It just seem like that was how it was with them. What was real, was what I witnessed with the relationships I had and the relationships Ive watched my peers have. A portrait of no love. A portrait I only saw within my race. A portrait where black people didnt know how to fall in love. Yet, I see that portrait becoming nothing more than a sketch that will soon be thrown away. We now have an example. In the highest office. I see the Obamas making that template. That example. And I see more and more black people tracing that sketch. This is how..

Black men recognize there is nothing more beautiful than a black woman. The one woman who almost every black man respects the most is his mother. A black woman. So it hurts my heart when I hear my black brothers say 'I wanna try a white girl..' or something along that line. Dont get me wrong, I see nothing wrong with relationships injected with jungle fever. Yet, I feel at times my peers turn their back on black woman. One of the most beautiful things about Barack was he chose not only a black wife, but a dark skinned black wife. I admit, I have been trained to view light skinned black women to be typically more attractive. Yet, I will readily say a dark skinned girl is just as beautiful. And black men stop being so picky about looks. I used to have this thing about girls got to have a big booty. Then I realized I wasnt really what they typical girl would drool over in the body department. So I had to not settle but learn to not discriminate over something so simple. Ive learned to like the small things in a black women. Take their personality and future aspirations in more consideration than their current looks. I mean looks is a factor of attraction but its the least denomination in love. So Im looking for someone who can mesh with me and inspire me regardless if they gain weight in the future, or if they have short hair. Regardless, black women are beautiful. And my black brothers should realize this..

Black women recognize there is nothing more beautiful than a black man. Ive recognize black women are less likely to taste the jungle but they dont know how to let a black man know that he is beautiful. One of the wonderful things about Michelle Obama is how willingly she praises her husband. A black man. Too often I hear black women scream 'Niggas aint shit.' Downing the black man. Its one thing for you to call him a nigga. One thing for a black man to believe he is a nigga. But an even worst thing to see his counterpart continuously knock him. This echoed in our ear makes the black man reflect what they hear. Making him careless. Praise him. Give him confidence. A confident man is the most powerful man. And black women stop being so picky. Alot of women miss out on that 'good man' because that 'good man' doesnt fit the mold they typically go for. Ive heard Michelle say that initially she wasnt going to give Barack a chance because she didnt date coworkers and because he seemed like one of those slick player type brothers. Ive read somewhere that Coretta wasnt going to give Martin a cahnce because she thought he was too short and initially she didnt find him to be that attractive. Yet, they both gave their respective men a chance. They stopped being picky and they got that good man. That good black man. Black women stop knocking a man that doesnt fit your description of a black man. So what if he isnt as gangsta as you would like. So what if he isnt as drop dead gorgeous as you feel you deserve to have. If he has real passions for real aspirations and working towards it...If he has a great and respectable personality...give him a chance. Let him know he's beautiful. Realize all black man are beautiful.

Black men realize that a pimp is not a respectable man. Barack is probably admired by every black woman I know. He could probably get every last one of their drawls....lol. He probably knows this. Yet, almost every time I see Barack he finds a way to mention Michelle. He doesnt care about having every woman, he cares about having that one woman. That is enough...I remember watching Martin back in the day and notice how Martin loved the attention he got from female admirers but would readily announce his love for Gina in the face of temptation. I admired that. My father was tall, athletic, chocolate and I would oftentimes notice women looking at him with 'the eye.' I remember at times my mother's cousins and some of friends saying to my mother how attractive they thought he was. Yet, at the same time I would watch my father somehow mention his wife in every conversation he had. Letting it be known. If my father ever craved for another women I can only see him having imaginative sex with the women on those porno movies I stole from his drawer back in the day...lol...I admired that. I admired faithfulness. I was weird growing up because unlike my male peers I never felt the need to try to get every girl in sight. I never felt having sex with tis girl and that girl was a means to brag. I always felt like dating was to find your wife. Your one. Your only one. Last week, I witnessed my 16 year old cousin tease my 17 year old brother because my 17 year old brother is attached to one girl. My 16 yr old cousin told my 17 yr old brother that he was too young too be a one woman man. You gotta experience life. I was sadden by this thought. I believe we as black men need to learn to be one woman men.

Black women realize a black man is not superman. There is no such thing as the perfect man. Even Barack has his faults...I believe alot of women build these expectations for a man because they are afraid of being in a relationship. Thats the only reason I can think of why women make out of the world expectations for men they will date. Don't get me wrong, there should be some expectations. Some standards. But dont make them unreachable. I believe a woman's standards should be either parallel to where they are in are life or just a tad above where they are. Dont put your standards at a place where no one can reach because you know what...no one will. So if youre in college living on your parents money, you cant expect a dude to be balling out this world regardless of what youre used to. You can only expect your mate to be working towards his future like you are. If you dont have a car you cant knock off every man with no car. If youre not this you cant expect him to be that either. Also, you have to realize that a man doesnt know what you expect him to do. All men werent taught to pull out chairs, open every door, or spend a hour on the phone with you. If thats what you want let him know dont just expect it. Dont call him trifling because of it. And dont compare him to your friend's boyfriend who does what you expect. Every man has faults. Black women love black men for their faults. And bring the standards down to reasonable levels.

Black people promote relationships. The number one song that igs the fuck out of me right now is Beyonce's 'Single Ladies.' I hate that song. I hate it with a passion. You know why? Because outside of the annoying screaming, the wack azz chorus, and the irritating beat, I hate the fact that the singer makes women run around praising the fact that theyre single while the singer is...may I say it...MARRIED. I hate when people in relationships say 'I wish I was single.' I hate when single people say 'Im just enjoying the single life.'In actuality, life is not a thing to be enjoyed by yourself. Thats why God always put people to frequent your days in different stages of your life. As a baby you have your mother, your childhood you have your siblings, your teenage years and young adult years its your friends, transstional years its friends and co-workers, adult life its wife/husband and children, old life its husband/wife and eventually grandchildren....Always someone there. Yet the cycle of someone being there will end if you dont get married. You see the older you get the more people get cut out of your life. If you look at your parent social life, alot of you will realize that outside of you and your siblings the only real friends your parents have are each other. So its not meant for us to be single. Its meant for us to find that one. Black people should stop talking just for the purpose of talking. You should talk to find a girl/boyfriend. And date to find a wife/husband.

Spread the idea of good black love to our younger siblings or for those parents to our children. Show your mate love so younger people get the idea. I saw Michelle Obama in an interviewing replying that she and Barack were shocked when one day Malia told them she loved to see them hold hands. I remember as a youngin I would walk in on my young parents showing each other love. I thought it was nasty but it excited me. I loved to see my parents happy with each other. Somehow it always made me happy and want what they want. It influenced me to find my one.

Ands last but not least communicate. I think alot of black love fail because the lack of communication. Stop going on dates to the movies. Go somewhere where you can have fun and TALK. Tell each other how you feel. Alot of miscommunication happen because of the lack of communication. Alot of black love is then lost...

With that said I believe we can have black love. Lets make it popular. Barack and Michelle Obama is black love. Shawn and Beyonce Carter is black love. Heathcliff and Claire Huxtable is black love. Martin and Gina Payne is black love. You know what...those two 16 year olds from Atlanta who gave birth to their first son in 1986. Who had 4 more children together. Who got married in August 1990. Who beat the odds of poverty, teenage parenthood, childhood love and are still together. Michael and Patricia Harper is black love.....

I didnt write this note to gain any popularity amongst the ladies. Know that. I wrote this because I believe in black love. And of all the notes Ive written on facebook, all the messages Ive given, I think the most important message I can give right now can be borrowed from our first family. Black love.
Fin.

Congrats Barack Obama...

p.s. I got some heat on the way.....like Jigga said 'I WAS HOT BEFORE BARACK, NOW IMAGINE WHAT IM GON DO!!!!!'

...no more excuses...work, work, work...

DREADLOCK TUESDAY: Stephen Warner

I wasnt going to post because its inauguration day but hey....Dreadlocks are a black thing...and its a black inauguration...so lets go...this my homie Stephen Small-Warner from Long Island, NY. Flyyy fella. Young Esstar (as we call him) is a senior at HU..he did it to add to his flyyness....keep lockin brotha.....

President Is Black remix....

So Jay put a twist to the new black anthem...


Jay-Z My President is black Remix LIVE 1-18-09 from pleasedontstare on Vimeo.

My president is black, in fact he's half white
So even in a racist mind he's half right
So if you got a racist mind it's alright
My president is black but his house is all white
Rosa Parks sat so Martin Luther could walk
Martin Luther walked so Barack Obama could run
Barack Obama ran so all the children could fly
So Ima spread my wings, you can meet me in the sky
I already got my own clothes, already got my own shoes
I was hot before Barack imagine WHAT IM GON DO
Hello Ms. America, hey pretty lady
Red, white and blue flag wave for me baby
Never thought I say this shit, baby Im good
You can keep your puss, I dont want no more Bush
No more war, No more Iraq
No more white lies, MY PRESIDENT IS BLACK!!!!!!

MESSAGE MONDAYS: Do it with style...

First of all happy MLK day to yall...

This message is going to be short and simple...something I learned from MLK and our next president, Barack Obama..WHATEVER you do...whatever it is..when you do it...do it with style...

peep this pic of MLK getting arrested and still looking FLYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!

clean suit, gold watch, and the hat...flyyyy.....

Notorious B.U.M.

THIS SHIT IS FUNNY!!!! But its jamming....

HONESTY

This
is
honesty.
'Terico, so why you aint in school?'
I cant answer...
Not because I dont know but because I know they wont understand.
See Im smart.
1310 SAT. Honor student. Advid reader. Big vocabulary.
Too smart.
Scholarship to one of the most prestigious HBCUs in the land.
But I lost it.
Not that college work is hard....its VERY easy...
Its just that I didnt want to be there.
See, I was the smart kid in the hood, who OGs wouldnt let get in the streets.
Because they wanted to see me make it.
I was the hope of my family. The example for everyone else.
Not that Im saying that was too much of a burden.
Im saying the burden blocked my view of what I wanted and made me focus on what they wanted.
See Im smart. Was smart. Will be smart.
I was multi talented and excelled (drawing.writing.basketball.etc.)
I have a great personality, alot of confidence, and am self aware.
I was set.
College is the golden ticket. And I had it.
But I didnt want to be there.
I mean I miss the social aspects.
The friendships. The intellectual convos. Meeting ppl from different backgrounds. Trying new things.
But what I payed for...
The academics...I had no interest.
The sex. girls. 'guaranteed' money and etc. cant motivate me.
See I NEVER had a real aspiration to become 'average' or do a 'safe job'.
You know..a job where you get your degree and youre set.
NEVER.
I always dreamed big.
And it took for me to go to school to remove the burdens.
And see what I really want.
So if I fail. Its my fault for taking too long.
I know what I want.
And I dont want a backup plan...because no backup plan can hold my interest.
So Ima go full throttle doing what I do to get to my dream.
And I dont understand anyone who wont do the same.
But you dont understand that.
And
thats
honesty.

ATL Rap Superhero...

Sooo...I get home from getting a much needed retwist...check my email and see this...shouts out to the homie V. Rowe for this and everyone doing the graphics to make performing artists visuals look amazing...he understands...I am and will be ATL rap's SUPERhero....

p.s. I saw B.O.B.'s 'I Live In The Sky' video on MTV Jam as the Jam of The Week and was excited...the shifting of rap guard is coming...its going back to that REAL music baby...

...Now back to 'Writes of Passage'....

DREADLOCK TUESDAY: Morgan L. Thomas

This dreadlock tuesday goes to the gorgeous Morgan L. Thomas of Washington, DC. She is a junior at Howard U studying Political Science and History. I believe her decision to lock is due to her growing love of Africana and self awareness. She's the triple threat..smart, beautiful, and goal-oriented....Keep lockin sista....

MESSAGE MONDAYS: Showing Interest Increases Interest In You

okay...I always believed that you learn alot of life lessons thru love relations...okay, one lesson is showing interest. Ive learned thru my years that just by showing interest to a girl makes you appear more attractive to her. makes sense??? The thing is, alot of girls may overlook you unknowingly.Not because youre unattractive. Yet, when you show attraction to her, she will look at you and find a way to become attracted to you because she likes the feeling of holding someones attraction...this can be used in everyday life...Alot of times ppl miss out on job advancements or opportunities because they were overlooked unknowingly. Yet, you can be considered for partner at your law firm if only you let it be known that you were interested in being at that level..Then the powers that be will show interest (not all the time but more than likely) and evaluate you...As a rapper I cant hide my abilities and love for the music..Whenever possible I have to show interest and express my talent...let it be known that this is what I do...eventually they will take notice....

How To Open A Record

First off let me say in '09 I plan on going back to BUYING music...like from the store not off Itunes...I miss that feeling.....

Secondly, let me say I love Killer Mike...he's my favorite rapper from the westside of ATL...like seriously if youre not on to him I suggest you go through his underground catalog...and he the homie..what up Mike!!

...now peep this PSA from him....

DREADLOCK TUESDAY: Coleman Lynn-Felton

This dreadlock tuesday goes to the homie Coleman who I graduated from high school with...Todays his 22nd birthday so he gets it...he's a senior at Kent State and a member of Phi Beta Sigma...I respect dude alot because he went through alot in his life (that I wont share) but I dont know if I couldve made it..and he did...so yea.....

keep lockin brother...

MESSAGE MONDAYS: Study...

Soooo, this girl and I was talking...really about nothing but thats what man and woman in the meantime before they you know...lol...anyways we were talking and somehow the coversation got to the first group Diddy made on Making of The Band...and homegirl was like she didnt understand why Diddy made them learn Biggies 'Juicy'...well this brings me back to a component of my '09 philosophy 'work, work, work'...STUDY...thats right...Bad Boys was was a label that blew up off Biggie Smalls career..and one of his initial joints was Juicy...so as a Bad Boys artist Biggie felt you should know this...its equivalent to going to an inteview for Merill Lynch and not knowing its numbers from last year...study...if youre passionate about something study it to the fullest so you kno what you gettin into, what worked for the company in the past, the direction the company is going, and how you can bring whats missing to the company...this even goes for artists...