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Motown

Posted on May 23, 2011 by phella| Comments Off

Unreal. I don’t forget anything but even if I did, I wouldn’t forget this day.

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Lately…

Posted on August 1, 2010 by phella| 3 Comments

Lately….

Been in a good groove and I ain’t trynna mess my thing up.

Reacquainting myself with spirituality and all things holy and clean. Entertainment business and business in general is filled with so much “dirty stuff”, for lack of a better phrase. Cheating, gossiping, greed, etc… If you don’t take time to step out of the box, you could easily get caught up and begin to accept these things as the norm. As most of us usually find out though, the norm is rarely the way to go.

Gotten more focused than ever on my reading and running….two things that will make you great in this world.

Been studying sounds. I’m a thousand billion percent sure that before it’s all said and done, I’ll have a hand in contributing life changing music to the world; whether it’s me or someone I work with remains to be seen. Either way, gotta stay prepared.

Not feeling too many people. I was telling a friend of mine the other day how I feel I know 3 or 4 truly real people. Not that everyone else is fake, but I mean 3 or 4 people who truly know who they are and find comfort in it. Everyone else just seems lost. Like they’re searching…searching for riches, searching for cool, searching for acceptance, searching for sex, searching for love, searching for attention, searching for whatever. I’m no one to judge because I once used to search too, but then I found that all I really need in this world is myself. Work on myself and all the rest will come.

Spent some quality time with my team and extended team. It feels good to be around people who know in their heart of hearts that they’re going to win. They trust you, you trust them, and things seem to work out for the best. Hope it stays this way.

Thinking it’s best I stay single forever. These girls man………………

Getting my basketball game up. I’m like THIS close to dunking.

Awaiting the return of Fall/Winter. Summer is cool but I’m sick of sweating and sick of t-shirts. I wanna break out my sweater and jacket game.

Appreciating New York City. When I first moved to New Jersey back in April, I hated NYC with a passion. I was trying to do things my way and it wasn’t working. Parking wherever I felt like, not wearing seat belts, running lights, etc… I quickly found out that it was either get used to the way things work here or go to jail. I opted to adapt and things have been going smooth. Johnny Law aside, New York is truly a great place and has some good people amidst all the fast walking and reckless driving.

Till next time,

Peace + Love

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Deaf Poetry Jam (Wake’s Hearing Aid Rebuild)

Posted on July 18, 2010 by phella| Comments Off

Shout out to the D town holding us down lately. I was going about my day last week when I got in my inbox this rebuild of my “Deaf Poetry Jam Part 1″. It was from Wake, a very talented producer and artistic mind who also happens to be the owner of The Blonde Collective. A rebuild is basically taking acapella vocals and building a track around them. It even came with artwork. Needless to say I was excited and couldn’t wait to share.

The Video: Exclusive footage and photos that most of you have probably never seen unless you’ve been with me since day one.

The track: Produced by Wake.
Download Here

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Shhhhh Part 2

Posted on July 18, 2010 by phella| 3 Comments

More quiet time. I’m sure you guys know the old saying about “if you aint got nothin’ good to say then don’t say anything at all” — I’m about to exercise that. Thanks to all my supporters, friends, and family. I’ll keep working for you. Wish I could share some encouraging words real quick but I’m in a serious learning and observing phase right now. Once I’ve learned and observed to the point that I’m sure of what’s what and who’s who, then I’ll be able to share. In the meantime, here’s some visual stuff.

Da Fam Inc x Blonde Collective Photo Shoot in Washington D.C. on the 4th of July.

Decided to film my basketball routine one of these past mornings. More so for my sake so I know what to work on but I decided to share. The soundtrack to it might also be of some interest. Two remixes of DC artists songs (one official and one unofficial) that I think most of you probably never heard.

Sidebar: I wanna hate The-Dream for his actions towards Christina Milian but I feel like that’s a situation we as the public shouldn’t even know about. It’s just unfortunate that in 2010, everything goes public. Wish them the best. His cd “Love King” has been on repeat since I bought it and it’s poor sales, I believe, can only be blamed on the fact that he’s a very disliked person.

Sidebar #2: I’ve been wanting to speak on LeBron James since “The Decision” was made but it would just be piling on at this point. The NBA season is right around the corner. There’ll be plenty of time for me to state my opinion and see if he proves it right or wrong.

Peace + Love

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June Bug

Posted on June 27, 2010 by phella| 3 Comments

It’s good to write and write honest. If this blog does nothing else, it allows me to reference back to turning points in my life; see where things went right and where things went wrong. Just doing some research I found this post from last June. It was when my car got broken into outside of my families apartment. A few days later, another break in. Several other things happened that month that made it seem like the world as I knew it was coming to an end. A few months later, my family left that apartment and moved into a house in a much safer place and all of that were distant memories.

When you pick up and move 200 miles away from every bit of support you’ve ever had in your life, you lose a lot. That’s anybody — from Bill Gates to Joe Schmoe who just moved from Idaho to Kentucky to sell light bulbs. Little money that used to help take care of this and that suddenly isn’t there. Little meals that used to get cooked for you aren’t there. Bills increase drastically. The mental and physical demands of trying to establish yourself in your new surrounding take their toll on you.

Let me break out my Choppy Writing Style for this next paragraph to give you a glimpse at my month. CWS, which I invented and want 1000% everytime it’s used, is simply listing words and phrases to allow the reader to draw their own conclusion. It saves time, space, and energy.

Girl. Gone. Father. Coma. Almost. Dead. Mother. Worried. Me. Calm. Pulled Over. Several Times. License. Suspended. Tags. Suspended. Insurance. Suspended. Fines. Heavy. Life Savings. Withdrawn. Rent. Late. Bills. Plenty. Funds. Insufficient. Mother. Worried. Girl. Still Gone. Father. Alive Again. Me. Too Busy Surviving. Can’t Call. Weather. Very Hot. Me. Still Smiling. Working Out. Three Times A Day. Eating. Not At All. Sleeping. Few Hours. Trying To Make It. In America. Business. Not Great. “I’m doing great”. Lying. Quit? Never. Go Harder. Went Harder. Got Dizzy. Got Dizzier. Quit? Never. Go Harder. Went Harder. Got Dizzier. Got Headaches. Got Summoned To Come Home. Went Home.

I watched The Karate Kid yesterday with my little brother and it was a great film. It had so many lessons in it and most of them are things that I’ve thought of or written about recently. One of the biggest things I gained from it was when Mr. Han said to Dre, “life will knock us down, but we can choose whether or not to get back up.” Furthermore, the movie showed that getting back up usually isn’t done alone, not even for the strongest fighter.

Dre Parker had to retreat back to Mr. Han and whatever that girls name was. Muhammad Ali had Angelo Dundee. Rocky had Mickey and Adrian as his support system. We all need to be reminded how great we are, who and what we’re fighting for, then get back up. For me, it’s been my true friends and family. They’ve really been in my corner and gotten me back and ready to fight again.

I was almost reluctant to write this because I didn’t want it to come off as complaining, self-pity, or anything like that. It’s none of the above. I just know that we’re all human and we all go through it — for me it just happens to be every June. Someone, somewhere, at some time, will read this and hopefully they’ll be reminded that they need to get back up and fight.

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My Barber Retired….

Posted on June 21, 2010 by phella| Comments Off

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Jada – Tupac

Posted on June 11, 2010 by phella| Comments Off

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Note To Self…

Posted on May 31, 2010 by phella| Comments Off

It’s 5 in the morning, I just ate my Cheerios, waiting for the gym to open up, and my mind is racing. Figure I’d write out some basic notes to keep in mind this Summer in case I get off track. They’re mine but they’re yours too if you want them.

1. The best resource I have is myself.

2. Time is my friend as well as my enemy.

3. No one should ever outwork me. Do more, maybe. Say more, probably. Outwork me, never.

4. Distractions are distractions.

5. I’m not the best; therefore I must continue to strive to be.

6. NEED is a strong word. It should be used wisely.

7. Highlight clips usually consist of made shots. Misses mean nothing in the long run.

8. Never stop fighting. Fight self, fight temptation, fight something.

9. Remember not just the goal, remember the importance of achieving it.

10. Laugh, then make others laugh. Think, then make others think. Don’t cry; don’t make others cry.

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I Like These People: The Smiths

Posted on May 18, 2010 by phella| Comments Off

I like these people. It’s no secret that I’m one of the biggest Will Smith fans/students on the planet. I think the guy is one of our greats and as far as I can see, he has a great family life to match. I’ve always seen his wife Jada as the ultimate ‘hold you down chick’; the type that will cuss you out and tell you she loves you in the same breath. We all need those.

I’m yet to watch this interview but I’m sure it’s worth the time. Enjoy.

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Revelation: I Can’t Slow Down

Posted on March 31, 2010 by phella| 2 Comments

Woke up at 6:30am this morning on my “vacation”. When nature tells you something, you can try to run and hide from it, at the end of the day, it’s still there. Nature has told me in so many ways that I’m not meant to rest. Each moment of my day and night is to be spent building….building myself, building people, building legacies, etc. That’s what I’ll continue doing till I’m told to do something else.

I came to this revelation after trying to do some resting for the past 12 hours in the most quiet place I could find and failing miserably. All I ended up doing was watching Sportscenter, reading, listening to one particular song 19 times, working out in the hotel gym, and thinking up more ways to help my people (all of you + me) progress.

If you know me, you know I never stop. My bbm is like a movie; I’m constantly changing my screen names and pictures. Half of the time I don’t even know why but I know someone is watching and my presumed craziness to some might make all the sense in the world to another. My cd’s are movies; real life, but movies nonetheless. If you listened to ‘Winter Wonderland’, you know what that’s about. At home I bounce around from exercise to music to kitchen to reading; all in the span of about an hour. I spend more hours on the road than most truck drivers and not even my mother nor my closest friends know exactly why. Truth is, I don’t know why either. I just know that there’s nothing wrong with me. Societal norms say you should be still or they’ll diagnose you with ADD. You should “settle down” or else you’re a rolling stone. Societal norms have never done anything good for me so to follow them now would be insanity.

When the writing is on the wall, you can either read it or ignore it. I chose to read mine a while ago and do exactly as it said. What did it say? It said “GO!!!!!!”. So I’m going, and I’ll go forever if that’s what it takes.

Thanks for your understanding on this matter.

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