808's & Heartbreak......

I needed this album. I needed this cd 2 years ago. To know the definition of heart break, to feel it as much as it can be felt. I've been there and I understand. I needed to hear this album, like Ye' needed to make it. Although alot of people are sweating the auto-tune, the singing, the lack of actual rapping minus jeezy, I dig it. The words and the way in which he chooses to deliver them reveil more hurt and pain than any rap lyrics could. My girl lauren likened this transition to MJ playing baseball when his dad died, you have to find your own way to cope with loss even if that leads you onto an entirely different path. Because from there, you can find your way back. I needed to hear this music, to know that someone out there shares the same pain, the same heartbreak, the same hurt that I've experienced. While the album is 2 years late...lol, it is undoudbtley still the therapy I needed. We've all been going through alot of things, and they've taken us places we didn't know we could go, but we need to go there in order to find our way back. So, thank you again mr.west for delivering the music I needed to hear once again..

The Bug is spreading.......

Wayne on his new direction & Ozone.....Its only been a few months since The Carter 3 and already homie has reached St.Elsewhere.

"We're all in the same fight.....for individuality" -Pharrel

Fan Art.....

Dude went off. Thanx Broc for the pics. Dude also has pics of other artist on his page. Check em out....

Coming soon to my Ipod......

Its a matter of vision.....cntd.

Kanye West "Heartless"

This video is so dope. If you watch Kanye's videos there has yet to be one that looks just like the other. Hype & Ye have classics under there belt and this one is no different. I dig the animation, it reminds me of that Beatles cartoon....I can't remember the name but they had songs from Sgt. Pepper playing in it...anyway. The fact that Hype Williams is still churning out the best vidz is cold, dude DEF deserves the title Hype Warhol (dig the cambells soup pics in once seen)....Peep.

This struggle of ours......

This struggle of ours.....

The Grind.
Go hard.
Then go harder.
Is that not why we came?
& If not then why bother.
To live & die the passionate death
Never to know its cousin,
Buzzing.
Making something out of nothing.
Purveyors of possibilities
Revealing Hostilities
Words into music, thoughts into imagery
Constant imagination.
Thoughts forever moving
Outside. No boxes.

The Crazy ones, Ugly truth
The Beautiful, Ones.
The sacrificers of souls
Children of the night but the blood is our own.
Expected to starve, to fail
to win only in the epilogue
How dare we be fresh?
Meant to be.

The chance takers, unafraid.
To exist where you don't,
But so many wish to.
Life's excitement, captured
The hunters.

The unique, difficult to know
Difficult to define
Hard to understand,
& much harder to find.
The heartless, relocated to to sleeves
then to you
To you.
The mission of followers.

How dare we succeed?
Us individuals.
Us misunderstood but often never meant to be.
The celebration, the reminder to live.
To embrace. To feel. Alive.
Santi said we are the creators. Gold.

The lonely
Too rare for the well done
Snowflakes, never another the same.
The makers of meaning
Forever lasting in the moment
Doing, even when they don't condone it
The purpose. Own it.

The Flow, steady against the tide
seeping into the mainstream
Muse to the majority.
The unplugged.
Acoustic MTV.
Unplugged.
The wonders of the world. Limitless
Unchained.
Deep, pools to get lost in.
The necessary.

How Dare we exist?
We do. We will. We are.
To survive. To continue.
To create forever.

This struggle of ours.......

Peace.

Currently listening to: myspace.com/uptopjdp

Then the world lifts me right back......

Coldplay ft Jay-Z "Lost"

Even when it feels like this.....

Low Lights.......

D2G, My Dude is a monsta!!!!

D2G "Im a monsta"

Shout out to DC for producing the record.

Shout out to FilmBoi for killing the vid!

Dope.

A matter of vision.......

So what if you don't agree with me. So what if you don't think my music is any good, and so what if you think I'll never achieve anything. So what if you don't understand what all the fuss is about, and so what if you don't believe. I do, and my faith is enough to carry 100 you's. I write to capture moments, to celebrate them, to enjoy them. I write to reveal my inner most, to share with you the emotions and thoughts that I go through. My music is me, and if you don't believe that its good enough than that's fine. Because what you don't understand is that it doesn't have to fit your standards. It's not meant for standards, or boxes, or stereotypes.....just stereos. For some reason, someone decided that if you wanted to pursue this art form you had to find a type and fit into it. But that's not the case with me. I'm not trying to find the form, I want to create without limits or boundaries or perceptions about what I deliver or how I should be delivering. I get drunk, I party, I wear my heart on my sleeve, I go to school, I party some more, I live life as it surrounds me. So my bad, if my music isn't block ready 101, or electro-funk 411. All of these things inspire me so my message is this, don't hate on my vision because its different from yours. Its suppose to be different. There is no "right" or "wrong" way to do this, its only your way. Your vision. Follow it. Where ever it takes you.

On the side note: Mixtape on the way. For those who still don't know. Make it real easy to understand, ya dig.

Listening to: Kanye West ft Young Jeezy "Amazing"

The stage.....

All the worlds a stage.

"All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages. At first the infant,
Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms;
And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier,
Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon's mouth. And then the justice,
In fair round belly with good capon lin'd,
With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws and modern instances;
And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts
Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon,
With spectacles on nose and pouch on side;
His youthful hose, well sav'd, a world too wide
For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice,
Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,
That ends this strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere oblivion;
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything."

-William Shakespeare

Where to on election night.....

Freshness is.......

A permanant feeling currently. My second day waking up knowing that my future is gonna be a little brighter. I hope I catch all of you guys friday because thats gonna be a whole other type of celebration. I'm currently working on a couple mixtapes and joints with people, showing the luv that they show me and such. Grinding, somebody asked me why I haven't dropped a project yet and my response is always, I want it to be perfect. But I'm gonna keep giving you material if you keep requesting it. I dunno....it still just feels good man.

Listening to: The Cool Kids "Delivery Man(9th wonderremix)

Been there.....

Ludacris ft T-Pain "One more drink"

This video is funny as hell.

So self-concious.....

Yea, we on that. You know we gotta get back to business. Come enjoy yourselves this Friday. Self-Conciouss waddown!

Hey Champ.

Honestly, knew nothing of these guys until I heard Lupe signed them. But I liked what I found when I went to go check them out. The music is dope, especially this song which sounds just as sick live @ Angels and Kings where they and Lu were partying a few thursday's ago. Check them out for myself if you don't believe me. Peace.

Hey Champ "Cold Dust Girl"

Yes. We. Did.

Barack Obama, the next president of the United States.

Everyone in chicago was at that rally, and it was one of the most amazing feelings to be apart of it. We did it. After months of fighting for what we all believed in, we did it. The freshness I felt this morning had nothing to do with the new kicks, lol, but with the fact that I was apart of the change that's coming to our lives. We all know Obama won't be able to change things over night, I still have the same bills, and problems. But the mere fact that we chose him shows that this country and its people are ready for a difference. We're ready to make that difference. Every generation has its heroes, its JFK's, MLK's, FDR's, and so on...Barack is ours. His ability to trully inspire and evoke feelings of hope and unity is amazing. I don't recall a presidential race in my lifetime that cause millions to stand in the cold for hours, the largest voter turn out in the countries history and just a phenomenon in itself. It is one of the greatest moments in American History and my generation gets to be apart of it. We're on the right track, with the right leader to keep us there.....It feels good man.

Young Jeezy ft Nas "My President is black"

Why I choose.....

+ I was in junior high when bush won, and 17 when he did it again.

+when business began to lay off workers because of bushenomics, my mother was one of them.

+because my grandmother has diabeties and every year her medicine get increasingly harder to pay for.

+because I have friends from highschool that went overseas, I want to know I might see them again.

+because one of my neighbors of 3 years lost their home, kid on the way.

+because some of my friends can't afford to finish school and the banks can't afford to give them a loan.

+because I want to afford the car and afford to drive it

+because I want my little sister to be a better off in life than I am

+same for the child I'm bringing in this world in the future

+because his plan brings us closer to repairing our countries debt than the other guy..

+because I don't care how cute, how cool, how sexy you can wink, If ur too dumb for the job, i m not goin....

+because I see why my grandparents prefer stacking to stocks...

+because torture isn't what we should be known for.

+because I want to go to london and paris and not lose half my moneys worth once I get there.

+because I don't want to feel hopeless about the direction of my life and the lives of my people.

+because I believe in hope

+and the best in people..

+and he would be the first

+because I own a business. And I need help for it to succeed.

+because its my right, and it needs some excercise.

+because its inspiring, legendary, and important.



+why wouldn't I....

Why do you?

Go. Vote.

Back from the dead.....

Lil Wayne & Notorious B.I.G "Lost Boys"

Yea, you read that right. A classic Wayne verse, from "Cannon" and Biggie's flow is so perfect on this beat it feels like he re-recorded it. Yessir.