Yo! Last Thursday me and Henna decided to go to see The Wailers performing downtown last minute, and SURPRISINGLY we made it b4 the show was over. We had a lot of fun, and decided to make a video to chronicle a few of the Bob Marley classics in front of a packed out, mostly high Nashville crowd lol. Plus I wanted to put my Flip camera to more use. Check it out. Oh and my iMovie skills shall improve in time. Actually... i take that back, they won't
So the party's tonight. Its gonna be poppin. You just know it. And the crew is comin over to your spot before hand for some pre party buffoonery. Drinks are ready, more on the way, and u made the itunes playlist yesterday to get crunk to (aka take shots to lol). Hell, you even made a mix cd for the ride there.
Before you know it, its the next day and u got a mammoth sized headache, and texts conversations with ppl u dont even remember hahaha, but the AWESOMENESS of the night before still lingers in the odor on ur breath and whatever fuzzy memories that ur brain manages to recall.
DOPENESS
To be honest, this weekend was (technically) the first time in 2010 that I indulged in nightlife activities, and me and the fam really lived it up. I've been so wrapped up in the creative and recording process for the new project that I had been COMPLETELY neglecting my social life. I dont really mind at all, I could care less. However, lately Ive just been TOO reclusive.. after all im tryna spread myself thin, not DISAPPEAR! So of course it was non other than Sir Lazenby that got me and Henna out to the club for a change
So shout out to Daysha, Colin, the Woodruff Bros and Lazenby once again for an amazing time Friday night at Varsity Grille. Shout out to DJ Hawaii who convinced me to get on the mic a few times to hype the crowd up haha (#superstatus). And thanks to everybody there that was showing ya boi so much love the entire night. I needed that encouragement. Its an amazing feeling to be embraced like that after not being out for so long. I cant wait for yall to hear my new stuff cuz Ive been workin sooooo hard on it and its soooooo gooood.
In a way, this weekend was one big pre game for spring break. Oh i didnt tell yall? well for the first time EVER (!!!), im doin sumthin for SB.... Ill be goin to Panama City Beach for all the madness that Ive always heard of hahaha. Im too hype, the fams gonna be with me of course, and I already know the whole week we all gon be on teeeennn!!!
SORRY I AINT BLOGGED IN A WHILE YALL!! (photos courtesy of Daysha McGrath, peep her dope blog! http://dayshamcgrath.tumblr.com/)
There is so much going thru my mind.... well actually theres been alotta goin thru my mind this entire holiday season. The next 6 months for me will be the moment of truth concerning my music career. Why? I mean theres no way to really explain it, it just is. I know it.... i feel it. And the one thing that has never failed me is my gut feeling.
So, the past few weeks since school let out for the semester, I've just been, what i call, hibernating. I dont mean Ive been sleeping in a bunch or being lazy, but i really just been in this whole "perfect my craft" mood. (Ideally I wuld have flown to another country and told everybody not to call me haha but its the holidays) So Ive been writing my butt off. Ive been exercising my butt off. Lol. Why? Cuz i have to be ready. Every single aspect of my artistry and image has to get where it needs to be really soon. So, i really aint wanted to see nobody unless it deals with music, and I aint been in the mood to be out really
So when my girlfriend and I went downtown Nashville last night to bring in the New Year with all the other TEN FREAKIN THOUSAND PEOPLE, i cheered, i yelled (the fireworks were dope lol). But in my gut I felt anxious, nervous, and excited all at the same time, cuz 2010 is really here. And this year has more significance than I realize yet. I dont know... things like this are hard to blog. Hell, my life is hard to blog, but I have to say this
How did I come to this conclusion about 2010? For once everything in my life is where it needs to be (or pretty darn close). Like the people around me... Robb 'Sir' Lazenby (and Dad Lazenby haha), Grady Woodruff, Henna Jurca, and my publicist Miji are all on the same goal path with me. I finally have that ultimate network of support that encourages, motivates, and challenges me. My TEAM. My own PARENTS are now SET on the fact that this is what Im meant to do. Back in high school my mom wasn't even cool with me goin to a music college lol
In addition to that, theres SO much else goin on. I dont feel like wasting time to explain, because I really just want to DELIVER on it. Like I said this is my hibernation period. Yall just gon have to wait... cuz my plans HAVE to be executed perfectly from here on out.
Thanks to everybody for ur help, support, hate, criticism, tweets, messages, money, etc etc. I just think its funny how I always keep forgetting that God has been guiding my life since before I was born and has been blessing along the way. But lucky for Him he knows whats next lol. Im still waiting. But the good thing is that its sooooo close.
So yea. 2010. I didnt wanna do sum cheesy resolution blog post, because this year is so much more
This is the beginning of the new greatest year of my life...
The Overnight Mixtape Series has become more a movement now than anything. I look forward to it every Thursday night, headin over to Sir Lazenby's apartment, Grady firing up Pro Tools, and us goin at it for literally the ENTIRE night and all of Friday. Usually we dont even get adequate rest until Saturday or Sunday night because... well... ITS THE WEEKEND. And we're NEVER too tired to pass on good weekend plans haha. I dont care how many mixtapes we do...
I would say no introduction is necessary, but actually it is. Because Vol. 5 marks a new higher standard we have raised our music to. This mixtape is dedicated to DJ Screw and I must say I think we did him proud.
The genius of the Vol. 5 tho is the amount that we experimented on my sound and just with track selection. We tried alotta new stuff and as usual, it turned out dope. I always find out something new about myself every mixtape, whether it be a style of flow I didnt know I had or just sometine HUUUGE like.... ok look.... I dont wanna give the shock factor of the mixtape away. Make your own opinion. DOWNLOAD IT NOW
Features Miss B and my girlfriend Henna Jurca (ay my baby flow is RIDICULOUS)
We are definitely on some other stuff..... We are much bigger than our download numbers say. And its bout time we started gettin recognition for it. So bow down. Suck these. (lol jk but it sounded cool to say at the end)