Pete Rock (Cl Smooth) - It's a Love Thing....

That smooth ass track that you hear in the backround of this blog is a track produced by the living legend, Pete Rock. Pete Rock been around since as long as I can even remember...as a matter of fact, he's been around for longer than I can remember. The first track I heard that was produced by him was T.R.O.Y. (They Reminsce Over You), an ode to family life and the importance of it all...of course rapped by Cl Smooth, another legendary artist. So yeah. listen to it. d/l it if you like it. and as always, expand your musical horizons.

waddup world! its been a minute...a long ass minute. many things have occurred since the last minute i wrote to the xanga world. things from some crazy crazy ongoing personal shit all the way to the hyphy movement moving national instead of so local to only the bay area! There's a fuckin group called the Hyphy movement on FACEBOOK made by people from the University of Texas that come from cities like Lubbuck and other small ass hick towns! i been completely expectin this since freshman year and i heard mac dre talk about the Thizz movement, and of course e-40's album pushed shit over the top (but the roots still stay with mac dre and keak the sneak from 3xCrazy if ya didnt know), but definitely a positive step in getting some of this bay area shit a little more funding on the national level...which will definitely inspire more from that area to do their artistic thing.

Look out for the new website - www.sky-ballin.com - in Mid-August, its gonna be very interactive with lots of music to download, playlists, flyers, events, forums, giveaways, tons of stuff for everyone to check out, plus a list of spots to hit up in the ATX and other shit to look out for besides our own personal gigs, which will of course also be on there. definitely a www.rimpproductions.com productions of course, cause hes got more skills than a little bit!

the past year...been extremely stressful. its weird, several times ive had to stop myself and make sure that im on the path i want to be on...i got to actually sit down and think to myself...wait...why am i doing this again? is it helpful to the future i got set in my mind?

i remember actually sitting down with my dad a long time back, like freshman year, and talking to him 'bout just that, just sitting back and reassessing shit to make sure you're not going wrong...he said, whenever i do that, i should think of my heros and how i want to be like them, what i need to do to be like them...

my response caught him a bit off-guard, especially since our relationship was never one you could say was real deep...with us, it was mostly full of mutual understanding...but anyways back to the point...i said i dont look for heros, but instead i look to inspirational music...because that shit aint going nowhere, its already been made, and its already inspiring, whether its the lyrics that hit me or the beat is just so smooth it thumps to my soul...while on the other hand...an actual hero in the physical sense will do things to destruct their image...noone is perfect...and when any of us look at what we actually want to be...it shouldn't be imperfect by any means. it should be perfect in whatever way perfect is to you, cause obviously, just like beauty, perfection is in the eye of the beholder.

so yeah, i dunno if this means a xanga comeback, im pretty sure its taken a large hit with the influx of blogspots and other connection accounts like facebook, friendster, myspace, hi5, and the list goes on to what seems like infinity.

but if i do, expect insanity, nothing less would be perfect in my fucked up mind.

still deejayin. still grinding. still studying. still somewhat focused. still loyal. still strong!

oh yeah, and by the way, i renounced my faith once again, and once again, regained it...and then once again lost it...and now im in a weird ass place with the G, since if he does exist, he just keeps fuckin with me! guess im even attempting to live without that dependence; instead of looking for it...just put it out your mind and pretend its not there even if you think it is. that pushes me to do things that i want to do instead of things i feel like i have to do.

hope everyone is doing good, since ive been out the mix for a long minute, ive been out of touch with a lot of peoples so hit me up if you still out there.

peace.

along the lines of my previous post, you damn right nothing goes as planned, an you cant predict the future at all...you can jus do your best to work with what you got naaamean...another eye opener of a weekend...don't it jus feel like you bein tested at every step of your life to see if youre worthy to move on to another stage or somethin? like a fuckin super mario brothers video game an shit, fuckin crazy...

tired tired tired.

Knockin:  Zion-i - Bird's Eye View....feelin this track for a couple reasons, gotta hate on it a little bit too...im feein it cause the production by Amp on it is harrd! especially for something comin outta the bay, its good to hear some shit that can infiltrate any market around the world. another reason, the lyrics slide out nice from  Zion....biggest problem im havin with the track is that it feels like a rip off of "I used to love her" by common...where he kills it with his metaphorical track about hip-hop...haven't heard it? go d/l it, its dope.

another track to knock is the new anthony hamilton - can't let go track...if you like r&b, this track is definitely gonna hit ya, im feelin it like crazy thats for sure. ill upload it on the site in my next entry.

This week has been a tough one. been studyin like crazy, had to hit the doc up for my belly! shit was killin one mornin, dunno even why...jus a lotta stress i guess. whats scary is that this week is a perfect projection for the rest of the semester...gonna be a trippy one. semester definitely not goin the way i planned, but shit does anything ever go as planned? I think we plan certain shit...for absolutely no reason...its like we tryin to predict what is gonna happen...but i guess its aright to plan it out so at least you got somethin to aim at.

babble babble babble! i hate the way shit is right now!!!! AHHH!!!!

for anyone interested, valentine's day party goin down Feb. 17th here in the ATX, peep the flyer, www.rimpproductions.com/vday

I also got some real tight updates for FOI coming your way at the end of the week...for those of you that dunno, FOI is here in the ATX hosted by Delta Epsilon Psi and will be on April 13th - April 16th. shit is gonna be bigger than its ever been before...just get ready for it, cause its going to be nuts!

guess thats all for now...phones been quiet for a while, feels kinda good, kinda bad, kinda whatever ya kno! Quote of the month: "if you stressin bout somethin, you gotta have some kinda love for it"

Motto for the semester: "I switched my motto, instead of sayin fuck tomorrow, that buck that bought a bottle could've struck the lotto..." Nas - Life's a bitch....aint it a bitch?

peace.

ps...fucka vikash

Knockin: Mastah Ace - Born to Roll...some old school for you kids, i think this from back in the mid 90's, thats like what, 10 years ago? lol crazy shit, i was 12 years old back then and i remember this shit. the beat hits real hard, definitely a bass banger in cali, dunno bout out here in texas, but niggas used to slap this shit in their trunk everywhere they went! brings back crazy memories

number one on my agenda, congratulations to Lahia Yamene, you pimped it girl! Southwestern gonna have fun with you! forreal though, you worked hard and pulled through all the bullshit and STILL graduatin in 4 years. live this last semester up like you aint never lived before, just dont get pregnant!

dont know why i said number one on my agenda, i got nothin else on the agenda haha, anyways, been studyin a lot, tryin to keep my head up, tryin to chill off listenin to fake peoples, tryin to chill off givin a shit anymore, tryin to at least ya know. some people make it real hard to be real in this world, but imma still on, been like this for 22 years, why the fuck would i ever change right? aint like i did shit wrong...

ill have some food for thought in my next entry, but for now....

PEACE!

excellent beginning to the new semester! made some cash, threw a dope party, all in all, an eye opener.

thanks for everybody that came out, sorry to everyone that came out and couldnt get in, i might be a little MIA for the rest of the semester depending upon the next couple weeks, we see wassup....

sometimes so hard to figure out whose on your team and whose just on the bench praying they dont gotta step up to the plate....i guess you gotta rotate em all in and out the field to make sure...crazy

lower your expectations, people really arent inherently good. everyone is bad, the "good" ones are just trying harder.

peace.