Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Monday, March 29, 2010
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Friday, March 26, 2010
Sky Blue Diamonds...........
Check out my new single "Sky Blue Diamonds"
Artwork by LonDaDon of Midnight Society. I hit up Lonnie a minute ago about crafting some pieces for the project. He's the one that painted that huge mural in my apartment. Dope artist, so I definitely wanted to work with him on this project. I was hoping he'd be able to capture the energy of each song and I think we can say mission accomplished. This first piece for "Sky Blue Diamonds" is just one of many more to come.#Purple.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Doing 100 on a 65........
Doing 100 on a 65
Don't push me.
I'm too Close to the edge.
But.
Unafraid of falling,
Since I've already learned to fly.
So if you do choose to shove.
Know that I shove back.
Fighting for more than just a few minutes.
or mere moments.
No I fight for you.
For us.
For the feeling I get, with every new step.
New born.
still struggling for breath.
Hoping each day brings a small yes
When the rest of the world is telling me no.
Signs bright red.
But I've never been one to slow down
Let alone stop.
Not before I reach my destination.
Aware that it may take time.
Traveling unfamiliar roads, with the vaugest of maps.
Caught between the shade and the sun.
Young.
And of course the journey is half the fun.
Easy to get lost here.
Between knowing what you want
and having it.
In the party of life.
The best of us get stuck at the limbo table.
But I'm done playing.
Surrounded by words,
Birds who think moving forward is absurd.
But I'm tired of staying.
I need motion..
Loose emotions at the door.
At least I use to.
In pursuit of you I think I've found them again.
Keeping them on hand.
As I get use to walking on land.
So as not drown them again.
Hounded by naysayers
Who staying I'll never reach the sun.
When I'm already shining.
Tell me again how I'll never find the peak
When I'm already climbing.
Unafraid of failure.
Temporary condition.
One need merely get back into standing position.
Excuse my vision.
Might be in need of a new perscription
Because all I've ever seen.
Is you.
Before I knew if you were a person place or thing.
I knew what you meant.
Or mean.
I claimed you at the median
Before I could walk.
So what made you think I'd forget.
When I learned how to run.
or fly.
So close I can touch you.
But yet so far.
Like the closest star
still million of miles away from my grasp.
Which means I better move fast.
If I want to catch up.
Gas up the car and gun it.
Go 100 when the road says 65
When our mission is to live these lives.
In pursuit of you.
Then I'm winning.
Found me grinning, that of the chestire
Worn out tires.
Driven.
Past what you tell me is possible and what isn't.
When impossible is only that.
If we didn't.
Fight.
Don't push me.
I'm too Close to the edge.
But.
Unafraid of falling,
Since I've already learned to fly.
So if you do choose to shove.
Know that I shove back.
Fighting for more than just a few minutes.
or mere moments.
No I fight for you.
For us.
For the feeling I get, with every new step.
New born.
still struggling for breath.
Hoping each day brings a small yes
When the rest of the world is telling me no.
Signs bright red.
But I've never been one to slow down
Let alone stop.
Not before I reach my destination.
Aware that it may take time.
Traveling unfamiliar roads, with the vaugest of maps.
Caught between the shade and the sun.
Young.
And of course the journey is half the fun.
Easy to get lost here.
Between knowing what you want
and having it.
In the party of life.
The best of us get stuck at the limbo table.
But I'm done playing.
Surrounded by words,
Birds who think moving forward is absurd.
But I'm tired of staying.
I need motion..
Loose emotions at the door.
At least I use to.
In pursuit of you I think I've found them again.
Keeping them on hand.
As I get use to walking on land.
So as not drown them again.
Hounded by naysayers
Who staying I'll never reach the sun.
When I'm already shining.
Tell me again how I'll never find the peak
When I'm already climbing.
Unafraid of failure.
Temporary condition.
One need merely get back into standing position.
Excuse my vision.
Might be in need of a new perscription
Because all I've ever seen.
Is you.
Before I knew if you were a person place or thing.
I knew what you meant.
Or mean.
I claimed you at the median
Before I could walk.
So what made you think I'd forget.
When I learned how to run.
or fly.
So close I can touch you.
But yet so far.
Like the closest star
still million of miles away from my grasp.
Which means I better move fast.
If I want to catch up.
Gas up the car and gun it.
Go 100 when the road says 65
When our mission is to live these lives.
In pursuit of you.
Then I'm winning.
Found me grinning, that of the chestire
Worn out tires.
Driven.
Past what you tell me is possible and what isn't.
When impossible is only that.
If we didn't.
Fight.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
The Journey is half the fun (SXSW)..........
SXSW.
WaS.
IncrediblE.
As last minute as the thought was, capturing those 3 days and making them our own was probably one of the best experiences I've had in a while. Freedom. For the record, Austin TX is a dope city, and a perfect spot to give the music industry a vacation. I swear I ran into and everybody down there, and it was funny to find most of my hometown had decided to relocate as well. Shout out to everyone we got to link up with down there from IM KING to UNI to the big homie Tensta and all of my Chicago fam. To see all these amazingly creative people in their element was enough inspirement to continue. See time is moving faster than we give it credit for and the days are beginning to blend into one another. Maybe that's because I'm moving just as fast, trying to stay a step ahead, I don't want to slow down. Unless its for the music. -Purple- is almost finished. I think we're 2 or 3 songs away, waiting on verses from guest spots and mixing it down, to call it a finished. Tomorrow I'm putting out "Sky Blue Diamonds" I think its ready now. I'm so excited to put this thing out, it marks a new zone I feel I've entered. I don't think it sounds like anything I've done, you determine for yourself whether its good or bad but I know it feels right for me. The Bartendaz tape "-Happy Hour- is almost finished as well, every song on that thing is a hit waiting to be heard. Needless to say #Chicagoiswinning. Not only that, but on the way home from Texas, I heard that Health Care Reform was finally passed after a year of struggle. A year of watching Obama fight to bring some change to a country stuck in the same. To watch him win is always inspiring, because in a way I feel the same. Fighting to bring something new, something different to a world stuck in the same. Like pharrel said, we're all fighting the same battle, for individuality. I think we're winning. The future looks good.
Sky Blue Diamonds drops tomorrow. Hope you guys dig it.
#Purple
Push.
Monday, March 22, 2010
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Dope Video Award.........
Tron Punks.......
So Daft Punk are working on the soundtrack for the new Tron film due out in 2011.Something tells me its going to be dope. as hell.
Monday, March 15, 2010
Sunday, March 14, 2010
After Thoughts.......
"Purple is a lifestyle. With my magazine, what I want to do is personally to be more free, and I want people to be more free, to open their possibility of contact, of sex, of love. I want that. This is important to me. I consider that Purple is a free lifestyle."
Olivier Zahm Talking about Purple Magazine. Amazingly enough these are the same thoughts that fly through my head when I think of the project. Freedom.
Friday, March 12, 2010
Pop Life........
Lady Gaga ft Beyonce "Telephone"
Once again, I stand by my original proclamation. Gaga = luv. Creatively, conceptually, musically she's amazing. Continuously proving the art that lies in pop. Illy.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
A little smoke in my Happy Hour.......
"Meet me at 4:20" -YP, BigHomieDoe, and Me.............
From "Happy Hour" the debut mixtape from The Bartendaz, dropping at the end of this month. Yessir.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Coming soon........
Nanotech 210 x MYMG x UMG x Komifoto (Teaser) from Mike Maravilla on Vimeo.
Nanotech210 x MYMG x UMG x Komifoto
Dope.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Monday, March 8, 2010
Nearing Champaigne Flutes...........
Ok ok.Leaving the studio late, nearing completion of -Purple- feeling pretty good. The snow melting away and the arrival of an early spring doesn't hurt the mood either. I'm excited, about the fact that this is my last year at Columbia College Chicago, about the fact that my city is currently winning, about the fact that the music I'm working on is coming from an entire new place. It seems as of late things have been looking up for me and mine. My boy Fox just got a second lease on life, and both The Bartnedaz and C.Rich have projects either out or on the way. The movement is growing, the family is growing. Every head, hand, and idea is another step closer to the goal. Another partner on this long journey. 2009 was incredible, the year that saw me grow both as a man and as an artist. 2010, I'm taking advantage of my vantage point, ya dig. Every song I lay down off this thing is just another snapshot, of where I was or what I was going through. Just capturing the journey, that's the goal with this thing, and I'm excited because I think I'm succeeding. Of course the season doesn't go without it's disappointments, we're always going to have the lows. We need them to help balance out the highs. But they never stop us from reaching upward. We're staring rehearsal for the smoking section this week, once we get all the pieces together, its going to be dope. I want to put something together that you guys will remember. Something incredible. Something stage diving worthy (just something I'm on, leave it alone) Something to match the energy of the music. Besides the movie role I just signed up for, and the video treatments for "No Lies" plus the other dope ish we got planned for this thing, I'm excited for the music. Making songs I didn't think I'd be making, succeeding at an idea and bringing it to life. Taking chances and seeing them come to light. It's art man. I know I'm not alone this year. It's so much in the air, too much going on, and not enough time. But we're here. We're alive. We're winning. Let's go. -Purple- coming soon..........
Clap for em.......
Congratulations to Mo'Nique. I didn't get to watch, but I heard it was a good night.
Live your life now.........
As much as I disagree with the idea of Lennon as a car commercial, I so agree with what's being said.......
your world...........
Living with purpose and clear focus helps you to understand the value of being meaningfully focused. And aimlessly wandering with no clear focus can also help you to appreciate the power of a positive purpose.
Either way, life leads you surely, steadily toward your purpose. Whether you experience the pain of losing touch with that purpose, or the joy of living in harmony with it, you grow in understanding and appreciation.
No day, no experience, no encounter is really wasted. Through the ups and downs, in the good times and in times of despair, you feel more intensely the longing to express who you truly are.
The beauty of this day is not in its particulars. The beauty is that you can take it all in, whatever and however it may be, and add it to the substance of your being.
Whatever comes along, be thankful for the opportunity to pass through it. Whatever is, go with it and GROW WITH IT.
Your purpose cannot help but become stronger, as each moment passes. Feel that strength, and live it more fully, more authentically, day after day.
-- Ralph Marston
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Thinkers Thoughts............
"When you're chasing your dream, it will seem like theirs never enough time to chase your dream" -J. Sakiya
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Monday, March 1, 2010
In Between Perfect..........
In between perfect......
Half empty champagne bottles.
Sit between us.
But then, I should be looking at them as half-full.
While I try to find the words.
To explain the unexplainable.
What was thought to be unattainable.
At least to me.
Who stopped trying to reach.
Figured these moments interchangeable.
But never changing.
I should practice what I preach.
At the very least.
If not for you than for me.
In search of some inner peace that seems to escape me.
Except when I find it in you.
Can you blame me for being a little confused.
At the idea that tonight might last until tomorrow.
When I'm still recovering from yesterday.
I, so use to the cold on some yellow brick road.
Playing the tin man. Heartless.
With memories that aren't so easy to part with.
Still sitting on my shoulder.
You'd think us being old this would be simple.
But that's what the wine is for.
6 feet thoughts, but then that's what time is for.
Find myself thinking what's mine is yours.
But I'm selfish.
Far to stuck in my ways.
To find the right words to say.
when I'm sober.
Which would explain the long nights.
When I land from a flight
With more on my mind then before I left.
Hoping its not a stretch
To wonder what's next.
If I'm allowed to enjoy it.
When life keeps flashing the red.
Its, cool.
I've never been one to follow the rules.
or a code. I hate being told.
Can't I just be.
With you.
Maybe.
If we survive what comes after the surface.
It could be.
Worth it.
To actually take a page from these verses
and hope we just land somewhere in between perfect.
and real...
Half empty champagne bottles.
Sit between us.
But then, I should be looking at them as half-full.
While I try to find the words.
To explain the unexplainable.
What was thought to be unattainable.
At least to me.
Who stopped trying to reach.
Figured these moments interchangeable.
But never changing.
I should practice what I preach.
At the very least.
If not for you than for me.
In search of some inner peace that seems to escape me.
Except when I find it in you.
Can you blame me for being a little confused.
At the idea that tonight might last until tomorrow.
When I'm still recovering from yesterday.
I, so use to the cold on some yellow brick road.
Playing the tin man. Heartless.
With memories that aren't so easy to part with.
Still sitting on my shoulder.
You'd think us being old this would be simple.
But that's what the wine is for.
6 feet thoughts, but then that's what time is for.
Find myself thinking what's mine is yours.
But I'm selfish.
Far to stuck in my ways.
To find the right words to say.
when I'm sober.
Which would explain the long nights.
When I land from a flight
With more on my mind then before I left.
Hoping its not a stretch
To wonder what's next.
If I'm allowed to enjoy it.
When life keeps flashing the red.
Its, cool.
I've never been one to follow the rules.
or a code. I hate being told.
Can't I just be.
With you.
Maybe.
If we survive what comes after the surface.
It could be.
Worth it.
To actually take a page from these verses
and hope we just land somewhere in between perfect.
and real...
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