Nobody warned me that the drive from DC to Atlanta would be so gruelling. The first 3 hours were cool, the next 2 were difficult, the last 4 were absolute hell. If you majored in math you know that means 9 hours of driving. The most annoying part is that there was no traffic, I coasted the whole way. At least if there was traffic it would kind of justify how long the trip took.

All was forgotten once I touched down though. The vibe down here is great. The NCAA tournaments are being played here so March Madness is in the air. It could just be the honeymoon phase because it’s my first time down here but I think I’m in love. That natural anger that we have up North (DC/Philly/NY) doesn’t seem to exist here.

As for what I did so far? Got in about 12am and checked into my room then headed out to Sickamore and Rich Hil’s hotel. Rich had a performance which I heard he killed, congrats to him. The Limo’s movement is catching on.

Next up was Don Cannon’s studio where Rich went to work on some Cannon tracks. If you know music you know Cannon is probably top 10 hip-hop producers right now. Lil Scrappy was in there working too. Good to see Scrap on his job, I always thought he was one of the slept on South rappers.

To pass time I decided to dust off the pool skills and show Sick why I’m Kobe Bryant on the tables. We played 7 games and the final result was 4-3, advantage me. It shouldn’t have been that close but they had these walls that kept interfering with my shots. Oh well, I brought the championship home and that’s all that matters.

After the studio it was probably like 3AM and everyone I know down here was knocked out so I decided to retire but not before eating some food that wouldn’t never fly back home. Eating healthy and being on the road don’t go together.

Day 2 should be cool too. Got a few folks that know the ins and outs of the town that have promised to show me what’s what. I’ll blog if any of it is blog worthy.

Sincerely, Bobby Phellantino