Boys in the Band

9:30 and I'm at rehearsal with my band. We're getting our shit together
for an unplugged that I'm doing on Dec 18th. The shit is gonna be fonky,
plus its the first time that I have ever performed my music with a live
band. We've been rehearsing for months now, but just finally decided to
take the worlds most awesomest show out of the rehearsal space. Props to
all the real emcee's and musicians who are expanding their art to cover
wild and undiscovered grounds. I'm out.
Adebisi
Life is what you make it......Lets make money!
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Who dressed this cat? Pt 2

In Milwaukee it's the cold season so dress warm. But apparently someone
told this brotha that it was rain season, because this dude is FLOODING!
Headed for high waters like a mutha!
I don't know maybe he was headed to the wading pool or something. All I
know is that this is classic wdtc material! Maybe I'm a fashionista or
something! I still would love to know who dressed this cat?
Life is what you make it......Lets make money!
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Everything Man (Daily Inspiration)

"Everything Man" by Talib Kweli

I can't let life take me under. I was just having a conversation by my mother about life. We were just talking about regular averyday life shit. You know bills, work, life and strugglin. I don't know if that's everyday for you, but it is for me and mine. Marvin Gaye himself said that life was taxes, death and trouble. Well not exactly...it all depends on how you view it.

Sometimes I get bogged down by trying to be everything to everyone. I know in my life I will acheive great things. Everything comes in time though. Enjoy a track from my daily inspiration.

It is what it is????????

I'm so sick of hearing niggas say "it is what it is"....no nigga! Tell
me wtf it is! What is it?
With the over use of this term....I just want to know! Maybe being wayy
up in Milwaukee leaves me completely out of the loop, because I damn fa
sho don't know what it is....when the term is used sooo loosely! Maybe
if one said "I robbed that nigga", it is what it is! Yeah dumb nigga,
you's a theif and get the fuck away from me! Or the one of the local
hoodrats walks by and your guy says "yeah I smashed", "it is what it
is"! Yeah nigga....u need to go get a check up! Anyways that's just my
rant.
The pic above is just a pic of what I'm on right now......a heine & a
black n mild! A nigga is stressed oh well......."it is what it is"!
Life is what you make it......Lets make money!
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And I wondered why my mail wasn't coming on time!

This is just hilarious! I was watching the news and I saw that one of
the Milwaukee area postal workers was caught smoking crack cocaine in
the rear portion or her mail truck! No wonder I still haven't received
my stimulus check yet! The damn postal workers is smoking em all up! The
worst part is how she got caught! She had just finished delivering crack
to her daughter who got caught while driving......and smoking crack with
her two children in the back seat! Damn! When the 51 year old postal
worker got caught all she had to say for herself is that she had been
smoking crack everyday for years! Pitiful....funny...but pitiful!
Read the whole story @

www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/34702694.html

Enjoy ur day and don't smoke crack!
Life is what you make it......Lets make money!
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Chicken Noodle Soup

Yeah it's cold here in Milwaukee. So last night I thought what better
way to ease these cold weather blues than by having some hot chicken
noodle soup. Sounds corny, huh! Oh well it was cold and I happened to
have all the ingredients to make it happen! So I did!
Yeah for all of those that don't know the man can cook! Mom dukes taught
me well.
Anyhow it's cold in the Mil and I'm on my way to a one o clock meeting.
I hope all is well with everyone checking this blog. I hope these
entries can provide you some healing and be a sort of chicken noodle
soup for your soul.
One.
Life is what you make it......Lets make money!
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Walking thru the Underground

Today as I was walking to my 4:00 meeting I walked across this monument
from the Underground Railroad. It is said that they're were some helpful
white folks in Wisconsin that helped the freed slaves during the
abolitionists movement. Milwaukee is not only black, but it's also
black history!
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618 Chambers: RIP Mr. L.C Charles

On Saturday November 8th the world lost a great man. That great man was my best friends grandfather Mr. L.C Charles.

Mr Charles will be remembered for his patience, strength, wit and cool demeanor that stayed with him even in his last days. A few months ago I stopped by the Charles' residence to check up on the old man. I askes him how he was doing? He replied "Not as good as you"! I replied to him "Ha, but I bet you're doing better than a lot of folks"! He said "Yeah", and we shared a laugh together.

Mr. Charles was special to me, because he was one of the many father figures that I had in my life during an early age where my father was absent. I was only best friend to his grandson, but he treated me as if I was one of his own grandchildren. I recall summers when I played for basketball for the Clinton Rose Park's WARNING team where I would go eat and hang out with L.C and Corrine Charles. They didn;t have to let me in, offer me food and water and a place to chill for a minute, but they did.

Over the years I have spent holidays with the Charles', and countless days over their with my best homie Chris just shooting the breeze.

The pics above this post are a few of the pics that I took yesterday while spending time at the Charles residence helping console them during their time of need. It was special because all the family was there and I got to give Grandma Corrine a big hug and kiss as she enjoyed some quality time with all of her family. Some of the aunts (Rene mostly) were there cooking up breakfast for the family also.

What I love about the Charles family is that even though they go through up's and downs. They still remain a family unit. God Bless them all during their time of need. God Bless the life and legacy of Mr. L.C Charles, Rest In Peace.

City Lights

"The city never sleeps full of villains and creeps, that's where I learned to do my thing hustling in the streets"
- NAS

Living in a city where the stars seldom shine bright, the only thing we see shine is the cities lights at night. Not nearly as extravagant as the flashing lights of the paparazzi that Kanye spoke about, but still a sight to see. Walking downtown under the auspices of Milwaukee's city lights I can feel the pulse of the city. As the pedestrians stroll pass and the cars whiz by honking their horns the heartbeat of the city intensifies. Every beat brings new life. Beat! A homeless man hustling for change. Beat, Beat! Teenage boys tussling on the corner trying to prove their masculinity. Beat, Beat, Beat! A woman rushes attempting to beat the changing of the street light from red to green. Beat, Beat, Beat, Beat! Yesss. I silently champion her efforts as she beats the light and yells for someone to tell the bus to hold up. I stand off in obscurity breathing in the city. Respiration. Beneath the cities lights.

Hip Hop.......please save my life! (Daily Inspiration)

Hip Hop Saved My Life. Lupe Fiasco feat Nikki Jean



This song was written for cats just like me. I've been emceeing for most of my life, yet I still haven't found my way out....or so it seems. Throughout my years Hip Hop has been there to save me. No matter where I have traveled The Marine Corps, College, Jail etc. I swear I've been through it.
I remember being in Marine Corps Basic training taking my swim qualification exam (needless 2 say a brotha couldn't swim a lick....i'm off the block)! Anyhow one of the suggestions that the Drill Instructors gave us was to think of one of our favorite songs to help us relax so that we were able to float. I didn't think that shit would work a lick, but it did. As I was backstroking (no homo) the distance of the swimming pool I started to recite Black Thought's verse from "The Love of My Life" off of the Roots "Things Fall Apart" album. It seemed that those words calmed my soul to the point where I eventually forgot where i was and what I was doing. I strongly beleive that if I hadn't done that...........I would've floated to the bottom of the pool, panicked and would have had an extra weeks stay in Marine Corp Boot Camp. Which I didn't at all want to have to do. Hip Hop saved my life.
As I sit here pondering my exisence as an emcee stuck in obscurity I ask Hip Hop to come through one mo' time and relax my soul so that I can float through the wavy waters that I call my life.

Where an emcee shouldn't be.

Shhhh. Don't tell nobody, but this is a photo of my work area. Yeah I know it's messy and all but this is where I get things done! Got it! This is what I call my creative mess, my place and my space. I like it this way. However this is absolutely not the place where any self respecting emcee should be. I can name a few places I should be though.
1. The Studio
2. Touring
3. More touring
I'll tell you what the problem is, it's that to be an emcee requires me to have some money. So I takes my black ass to work. Although I dread it, this is what I have to do. Right now I'm stacking up to get my album mastered and manufactured because I haven't found anyone yet who is willing to help me do it. So I gotta get it done myself (donations are accepted through paypal on my myspace page......I'm serious about that).
In the meantime catch me grinding out this 9 to 5 until I reach my dreams. And people....if you have any other means that I can use to get this guap up...please......let a brotha know.

Some sweet poetry for ya'll

About the beauty of a woman.....

What is it about the beauty of a woman?
That keeps a man comin…….
Back to that which is...?
Maybe sweet black kisses….
Or the chance to dance in heaven

About the beauty of a woman
Which where her true beauty lies
Within that which is her intellectual side
Not that which is her back side

About the beauty of a woman
Whose warmth consoles man’s cold soul
A true friend by a brothas side
Until these days grow grey and old

About the sun’s most brightest ray
That made the weeks most beautiful day
For a virtuous lady there are no words to say
About the beauty of a woman.

Flagship Label

Flagship Label aka too fly for ya muthafuckin azz is in the building! I had to give my boy a quick spot on the blog to talk his shit! We out here grinding fam! We on a mission to take over the whole music and fashion industry. Anyway Listen to the kid mannnnnnnnn! Shout out to all the haters overFLOWing the game with petty lies and drama trying to take us down.

Give Back To The Hood

It is my strong beleif that each and everyone of us has a responsibility to hold those accountable who have come before us, and to also hold those up who will come behind us.
In my 27 years on earth I have done my fair share to help destroy the community where I come from. So in the past few years I have taken it apon myself to give back to my hood.
Today was a good day because i spent the latter part of my day volunteering with some young men in one of the area group homes for boys. This to me is important, because most of these boys have no positive male influence in their lives. I don't know why most of these boys were placed in this group home. I only know that these still were some of the brightest kids that I have met in a long time. Watching them open up was something amazing, these guys had so much to say and so much to talk about. The problem is that no one ever takes time to listen. For too long our black youth have been shut out, knocked down and hung out to dry. It's about time that we all start taking back the hood in our own hoods. We have to take ownership of not only our block, but the people who reside on those blocks. It's time to start doing some nation building so that we can heal our communities.

More Inspiration

Cappadonna "Don't Turn Around"

This makes me feel good about the struggle. Take a listen

Daily Inspiration

Daily Inspiration. Last night me and my lady got to talking and the subject of our concersation was polygamy. She was explaining to me the situation one of her boys in Dallas was going through with these three women he was dealing with. Basically dude was smashing three chicks and loved em all and didn't want to have to let any of them go. So i told her that he should introduce them all and see if they can work it out! Have one big happy family! You know my lady gave me the third degree after I said that though! I told her how in Africa my grandfather had five wives....and you know she tripped out after that. I assured her that I wouldn't be bringing any extra ladies home....without her approval!!! Just kidding. As I was searching for some daily inspiration to post I ran across this not sooo new video by Illa J and friends. Its a song called "won't do" produced and written by the late, great J Dilla. It's talkin about how one woman just won't do for the kid! Check it out.Sidenote: for that special lady who inspired this post...know that you are my daily inspiration, and this song is a continuation of our conversation.

J Dilla starring Illa J "Won't Do"

Feilds of Dreams

Dreams get lost in my city every single day. Sons die, mothers cry and communities are constantly left mourning. We long for change, but ain't got enough change to catch a ride on the city bus. With too much pride to beg for a transfare we just wait with the hope that someone might pass us who knows us and give us a ride.

Milwaukee little city of dreams. People outside the city don't know the city. This city ain't no punk! The only other city with worse conditions than Milwaukee that I have been to was Detroit. Not to down the D, becuz I got plenty of love for all my Michigan peeps. I'm just making the comparison. The rust belt affect of the whole midwest region is still to this day affecting us.

Not only is their a lack of industry, but there is a lack of hope in the people. Desperation and degradation plauge the ghettoes so badly that the people wear the expressions of hopelessness on their faces.

I appreciate this ghetto living for all that it has given to me. Though it has taken much away from me. It has made me strong.

Late Night Feind

"A late night fiend for the mic like Hard white"

- Adebisi

I'm sitting here watching the Houston Rockets beat the shit out of the Phoenix Suns. A feat which I admit I wouldn't see in the forthcoming year.

Another day another dollar though. Living the daily grind of working and living for my dreams.

Emcee Dunde 2 ILL

I know the video is sideways...but this is classic regardless. Check out my son Dunde getting his raps on!

Who dressed this cat?

As I was on my way to work this morning I ran apon this guy. As I spotted him walking across the street something in my mind told me that I just had to take a picture of this cat. So with my sidekick in tow I found the perfect opportunity to take a few snap shots of this dude. I had to be discreet though. Eventually I think he found out I was on to him, because he just started to move in back of me. Still......who told this nigga that he could wear shorts with running pants under them. LOL!!!!!!! I'm a fuckin fool!