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Rhyme and Reason

At the top of the year I put it out there that I was going to drop a CD every month for 2008. I didn’t factor in the fact that I was working on a major release and an independent because when you’re on a roll and you have so much built up music and thoughts you just tend to want to get it all out. So I challenged myself with something that seems sort of insane to most folks. So far, it’s been pretty fun writing and recording songs to a particular theme or mood and getting it out there to the people. 3 weeks ago I released the 2nd CD for the year entitled Love Jones with DJ Victorious, inspired by the film and things going on in my life in the past and present. The release party was a success, shout to everyone that came out and supported and those that helped make it go down beautifully. Musaic management, The Carnegie Group, Mister Fame, DJ Kaos and the press people that came out Spate magazine, Bronxrap.com, Protégé magazine…my dude Esso and of course all the lovely ladies that showed up…I have to thank you all.

So I have to admit that I was hesitant to throw this CD on websites, not only because I’m selling it on my myspace page but I have to say that music targeted towards females or simply about relationships didn’t seem like what hardcore online hip-hop fans would be interested in downloading and analyzing. However the responses I’ve been getting from males and females have been very encouraging. People ask me where I get the inspiration for a lot of these songs and if I went through all of this stuff I’m speaking on. Well I don’t normally do the rhyme and reason thing but I’m guessing that since I’m dropping every month I want you all to know that this isn’t some fly by night bunched together recordings. So if you haven’t been fortunate enough to hear this disc but you’re wondering what the hell would the 2007 UMA best lyricist award winner have to say about love without compromising his image I can give you a brief over view. This disc can be broken up into 3 categories: 1. Trying to get her. 2. Going thru it with her 3. Staying with her?

I think we’ve all been in situations where we see someone we may want to get at whether it be for a one night stand or for eternity. So I remixed Anthony Hamilton’s “Since I Seent U” and added a sincere verse about wanting to be everything to a young lady. Then on “Bounce” I’m in another scenario where I simply ask a woman I just met if I can take her home for the evening, crack a Guinness stout and break a Guinness record. We’ve all been there. Of course my braggadocios side comes out as I explain what I can do to her attacking “Every Angle” and I even sprinkle hate on a girl who already has a significant other on “Do What It Do”

The songs I get the most questions about are the ones that deal with the core of the relationships though. “My Only Girl” produced by Just Blaze talks about the thirst to be with one woman but having the feeling that the grass may be greener on the other side. This song speaks to a woman in a situation with a man that is trying his hardest to make her “the one” although she’s not what he sees as his perfect woman. Instead of letting her go though, he holds on just because he doesn’t want to see her go somewhere else and he thinks he can keep her as “wifey” because she’s been so loyal. He leads her on all the way to the altar, well almost. These are the everyday dealings that pushed me to put this music out. “Tight Ones” deals with a variation of that same topic of having a main girl but being faced with the temptation of different women and “Up and Down” touches on an obsession with the strip club and is familiar to any dude that has ever wished he had a lady in the streets and a freak in the sheets. This is real shit ladies and gentleman. From a dude faced with getting money in the streets hustling to a dude hustling in the booth with his love waiting at home are all real instances in life.

I even break down to my current girl (hypothetically) why it’s so hard for me to commit and that explanation contains blow by blow details about someone that hurt me in the past on “I Tried.” If you haven’t copped this CD yet but you identify with the things I’m saying maybe you should check it out, no pressure. Of course after all that mushy shit there had to be a paradigm shift for the month of March. So after recording my N Word song I guess the political bug bit me a little bit. Maybe it was doing a song for KRS-1’s Stop the Violence Movement CD and actually dropping a verse on one of the new versions of Self-Destruction that got me going in this direction. That was a monumental experience by the way to even be asked to be a part of a recreation of that record. So anyway I’ve never been concerned with elections, I mentioned that before. I still am not preachy about this whole politic thing or about social issues but I’ve been given this microphone thing for a reason and before I’m done rapping as a whole I wanted to let some things out. I felt like this CD every month thing is the perfect opportunity to say something. So prepare for a disc that isn’t militant or browbeating but I would label it moving and thought-provoking. I’ll break it down more next time about my inspiration for the records and why I thought this music is coming at a perfect time.

I know I'm forgetting to plug some things. Oh I’m performing at Clara Barton high school in New York City March 14th. Check out my article in the Urban Post newspaper, I think my mtv2 freestyle is officially a commercial now. Don’t be afraid to hit me on myspace and to all those producers that want to b heard and don’t mind getting some exposure that will turn into something big down the line, holla at me. Clams Casino, I got u! Congrats to my brother and his new addition to the family, I guess that’s my family too huh? 

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