Flashback Post | Marsha Ambrosius' Say Yes (Live) 6:12:00 PM

This is definitely on of my favorite songs, but the way she sings this is so soulful. One thing I noticed is she did sound ALOT like Jill Scott. I have to say though I am impressed by the way she squeezes the emotion into the song without over doing it unlike Alicia Keys sometimes, or how Ashanti did the song 'The Way That I Love You'. Marsha Ambrosius used to be apart of the now broken up duo, Floetry. And is now working on her solo album due for release sometime at the end of this year.

Summer Nights 10:30:00 PM

Ight so like the past couple of nights I kept telling myself I should make a new post and finally I have decided to make one tonight. Since it's been like a week and a half I don't think I review much of last week, probably friday to today.

Ok so on friday I didn't feel like hanging out with Addison and didn't feel like getting to know any one so I decided I should go to a movie with old friends which was mad fun. I went to see Death at a Funeral at 34th street with Thomas, Liam, Kameron, Dav (David), Leon (who I really am mad at for destroying my facebook lmao), and Atlas called me cause he heard we were going but, I forgot to call him back about that (sorry). That was one of the funniest movies I have seen in a long time, I don't think I've laughed that hard since the summer of 08. That movie was hilarious, after the movies we all headed back to Thomas' house in the Penthouse of Irving Place which is like DUMB nice and relaxing. Like whenever I'm up at his house there is a whole view of Manhattan, I'll take pictures next time I go but, I love that house so much. Then everyone left one by one, and Thomas tried to make me sleep over but, I was really tired and didn't feel like being a buzzkill by falling alseep early, and by that time it was like 11:20 pm so it was either I go home or get jacked on the train for taking it to late. So I left and as soon as I hit my bed I was GONE. Like I fell asleep in my clothes that's how tired I was.

So next morning Cassidy (my cuzzo) wakes me up for fencing at 6:00 am and I just immediatley fall right back to sleep for another hour then I finally take a nice ass shower which felt really relaxing. And I felt at ease until I hear my mom's voice yelling at me telling to get out the shower. Which pretty much made my relax meter go from 94% to 21%. I have no idea but like I noticed, whenever my mom is in my sight I feel like a 75 pound weight of stress is added to all the stress that I already deal with, mad annoying. Anyways we leave, and get there on time surprisingly cause the trains are ridcuoulously messed up on weekends. But, after the fencing class, I talk to one of my friends' dad and he knows that I'm a music person so he talks to me about that, then tells me the Vice President of Sony Entertainment's son goes to the fencing class that I go to, and his son is absoutely a beast at fencing for a 7-year old. So, I was surprised and we prepared a little speech for this weekend when I see The VP again about an intership this summer. After waiting for my cuzzo and my sister to be done with their private lesson I took them home then they went to a party and I stayed home cause I felt so tired again and watched Sherlock Holmes on MOD and fell asleep until like 8pm and still no one was home so I enjoyed the peace and fell asleep again until the morning (I felt reallty tired this weekend IDK why though).

In the morning (Sunday), woke up, went to Church with my mom, saw my other cousins, got a Ice Tea at Dunkin' Donuts, in the car contemplated about how I love summers so much and why then I thought of all the good times I've had in the summers. So relaxing, barely any homework, time to spend thinking about how your going to tackle next year, girls, etc. Very nice stuff. Got home got the letter from "Universal" researched it, turned out the showcase was fake, didn't reallt mind, went to my room and made a REALLY good playlist with most of my favorite songs. Some of them are:

Pretty Wings - Maxwell
Inhale - Common
Hi-Definition - Lupe Fiasco
Let's Rick - Chrisette Michele
Throw It In The Bag (Remix) - Fabolous & Drake
Luv U Better - LL Cool J
Ain't no Sunshine - Theophilus London
She's So ATL/ Love My Outerspace - Hollyweerd
That Girl (feat. Snoop Dogg) - Pharrell
T.G.I.F. (feat. Chip Tha Ripper) - Kid Cudi
and approx. like 7-10 more songs.

Today was mad cool though, I feel like I aced my Spanish test cause for once I actually studied. Like it was a good day (and also someone was lookin' good today to, ask me if you want to know ;-). Finally, Addison came to my house in Brooklyn today I was legit proud of him lmao. So yeah, that was the last couple of days in SUM, haha.

"They just wanna see why
All they girlfriends be wanting pictures
I be flyer then a hundred navs
Worth a hundred hundrend stacks" - Chip Tha Ripper off of Kid Cudi's T.G.I.F.

Beer Money, Champagne Taste 9:00:00 PM

...is what my cousin warned me about people in life. And it's sort of true...

As of the previous date of April 19,  I am now presently 15 years old. I feel no different haha, just more responsibilities given and more pressure to achieve my goals now before I am 21 or something. Speaking of accomplishing goals I have been thinking a lot about money lately. Like my mom says I can advertise to be an assistant for one of the other brokers (she's a real estate) at her job which is really cool cause I get mad money. Last time I went it was like 2 months ago and worked for like 3 hours and made $50 which is a lot for 3 hours and helping one broker... I mean some people only make $10 an hour having part-time jobs but like they have to spend what they make on bills so that got me thinking. If I start working as an assistant every weekend and work for two brokers... that's $100 a weekend. Plus, I'm starting to build a recording studio in my room (I have a piano, a computer, and a D-20 Roland right now), so that can help me complete that for all the mics and acoustic padding I need. Also I need new clothes which the money will definitely help... and keep some on the side for food, or look side money for a future date or whatever happens (who knows what can happen!?). I was also thinking I should starting saving for a car... in like 10th grade though after I get new clothes and mandatory stuff.

My life musically has been going great. I finished writing my first album and going to name it "The Grand Exit" (I'll probably say why it's the grand exit in another post one day), and now were just working on Jake's (JR/I-CON) album, "The Man Behind The Mask" due to be released late this summer if we get the time in the studio with Dr. Kim (our producer/engineer, basically our version of Drake's 40). What's the great thing about my album though is I have great support from all my fellow artists and am really excited about this song called "Who, What, Where, When, Why?" with Harlem Bugz, Suave Bucks, JR, and Julio-G all on one song... with me. Shows mad love, shout out to all them by the way. Lastly what's really great is we got a couple of label A&R's asking me to send me our albums and demos to them once where done which is sick, and were going to get AIRPLAY (radio) in Long Island and word of mouth is one hell of a machine so that might send us far and in a easy path to fame. Mad excited.

Socially, I feel satisfied although I do want to meet someone that I should of met in the beginning of the year but I won't say names cause I do know some that read this blog with bad intents (ask me in person and I might tell you). Like, My relationship with Shantell has been rocky since we stopped talking since the beginning of the year but it's getting better now so I happy about that. In this school though everyday I'm making a new friend so I can't say I'm a loner anymore like in the beginning of the year. Though in the beginning of the year, my head was in a darker, more stand in the shadows and let others handle the situation type of place. Now, I feel freer due to the music coming into my life, and pulling my thoughts onto music instead of my social life and shadowing out.

Though I do want to give a shout out to someone. Michele thanks for being such a good acquaintance/friend to me. You and Alisa have held me down this year. Muchas gracias.

I think that's it. I've never typed so much in a post before, guess there's a first for everything though.

For more information on the album and their progress check up on the east coast action website.

Ebony and Ivory 9:27:00 AM

I honestly can't tell if this is going to be good or not. I mean I can't imagine Common and Queen Latifah. She's more man than he is, hahaha. Hit the jump for the synopsis.

March Madness? 12:26:00 AM

What up?

Well I have A LOT on my mind. The past couple of days have been really productive music wise but, it feels weird cause everything I am doing now feels so adult. Honestly, I'm glad I noticed that I don't want to be the kid who sits at home on weekends and plays video games all the time. But, at the same time it feels weird to be growing into the person that I want to be in this world. Like knowing that Jake (my signee) might get signed to Universal Republic Records/Young Money Entertainment and me leading the way since I've been his manager/mentor for the past 4 months it's already great progress for a 14 year old.

Socially my world has been up and down like one of those heartbeat sensor thingy. One day at school I'll feel like everyone knows me as a person who is a cool guy just like them, and the next day I'll feel invisible with people looking at me in weird ways all because they made their first impression of me before I even met them. Most of the time I'll shake it off but it's still rotating in my queue of thoughts everyday when I pass the one's that judge me in the halls.

Right now currently though life just feels mediocre, not anything to get to excited about, I just feel like me, and my social life and friend expansion is straining to expand at this point cause we ARE more than halfway through the year so everyone already feels like they know who they should know and that's it. Left out? Maybe.

I am happy for one thing though. I met this girl named Tsiann I knew from waaay back in pre-school and we were like best friends and I really wanted (notice the past tense) until after a while she stopped responding to the messages on Facebook. Maybe I talked to much. But, who's knows... as Jay-Z says, "Got to learn to live with regrets."

On Other News... 8:34:00 PM

"Though no working title has been confirmed for the album, it is said that the set will be released on November 23rd. Details are still sketchy regarding Rihanna’s new album, but a new confirmation has just been brought forth by Play.com that the set is slated to be made available in stores on November 23rd later this year. Notwithstanding the release date, working title for the record remains in question. Rihanna, who has had a rough year after she was assaulted by ex-boyfriend Chris Brown during an argument in February, has been working on her new studio album for quite sometime. She keeps things related to the record under tight wraps, but it is widely believed that she has enlisted the help from some top notch musicians for the set.

The All-American Rejects’ vocalist Tyson Ritter, record producers Stargate, James Fauntleroy, Christopher “Tricky” Stewart, The-Dream, Justin Timberlake, Jay-Z, Kanye West, OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder, Soulja Boy, Shontelle and Pharrell Williams are all rumored to make contribution to the album. Most recently, Ne-Yo shared with E! News during 2009 MTV Video Music Awards on September 13th that he and Rihanna had been in a songwriting session. “Expect an edgier, almost angrier Rihanna on this one. Rihanna says some things on this album that you’ve never heard her say before,” he revealed. Fellow music star Akon also uttered some words about Rihanna’s upcoming album, saying “I’m going to lighten her up. I don’t want an angry Rihanna.”"

-- Aceshowbiz.com

Speaking of Rihanna and Chris Brown... Ghostface Killah was on Hot97 (NEW YORK STAND UP!) talking about it, check it out below. Ghostdini: Wizard of Poetry in stores now.