“a young!!!!!! i knew i fucked with you for a reason you about your shit all jokes aside my nig im being real honest when i first heard you in 05 on a track it was not plesant at all i just watched that video……nigga!!!!! some body been spring training in the winter as jay z would say no bull shit that vid was on my page all week i was like do i really want to be blown man you surpassed all my expectations a hundred times over the dream you going for is a hard one im not gon lie but if any one can do it you can because i see now your not just talk like alot of these fools out here keep grinding when no one is looking cuz when your time come you will be to bright for them to look away stay hungry my nig”
The above message came to me yesterday (February 14th no less) and made my entire day. As you all know, feedback about my creativity and my art is THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO ME IN THE UNIVERSE. I can crash my car, get dumped by my girl, have my debit card charged twice and get pulled over by a racist cop….if I come home and one person during that day said my music or my words touched them, then I’m good!
This particular gentleman went to high school with me. We were good friends. The high school I went to produced some of the most cruel and harsh human beings you would ever come across in this world. He was amongst a select few who I played my first musical recordings for (when I was using a $10 mic from Staples and recording in my moms dining room). They ridiculed me to no end. I mean people were literally rolling on the floor and laughing.
At the time I took it very personal because I thought I was great and they were just blinded, but as I grew older I realized I was trash and had they not laughed at me, I would have never had the fire that burns in me till this day to keep getting better. Over the years I’ve been approached by several of the initial “focus group” who somehow have stumbled into my newer stuff in the neighborhood, online or at friends houses and a lot of them have been kind enough to say “hey man, you really took this thing serious and it shows. I like what you’re doing. keep going”.
To them I say thanks. Positive feedback from the people who’ve seen you at your worst means everything. Like I told him in my response to this message, by no means am I a complete product. I’m just now hitting my stride. Once I make this move up North and really get focused, God help me…..we’re going to the Grammy’s!
Important Sidebar: I see a lot of people leaving comments on older posts (guess ya’ll only visit weekly now huh? haha, i’ll take it…love is love). The point I’m making is I don’t have the comments going straight to my phone anymore so it takes me a while to see comments and respond if needed but I definitely see everything. Thanks for reading this
