BLAXLIFE & The 4FUN Crew presents: "Playing 4 Keeps" pt:1

It's going down February 10th @ Southpaw in Park Slope Brooklyn. Live performances by Skotch Davis, Curt@!n$, Adebisi, Choo Biggz, J, Ivy, Jah C & Jaison Spain with music by DJ Laser, Dj Charlie Hustle & DJ Brown Bum. Hosted by The Hood Chef & NaticusX. BlaxLife is back at it.

Music Video: Adebisi - Internet Sex

The Freshest Kids: Fresh Cut Collective performing "Never Over" .

Performing this song brings tears to my eyes. I've been feeling like getting away for a long time. Now is the time. Peep the video and leave a comment. One.


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Grinding to put my city on the Map.

Sometimes in life you look past the little things. The things that you've grown used. Then something happens to remind you that it could all not be.
I have been given the supreme opportunity to be able to present my talent to the world on a massive level. And I am genuinely thankful for all of my opportunities.
To belong to a band such as Fresh Cut Collective is an opportunity that I have always dreamed of. This is only the beginning.
To also still be relevant and rocking solo with other artists is also a blessing and an opportunity. I realize that easily my fate could change. So while the time is right and the iron is hot. I will count and appreciate the blessings because I don't want to be one of those who look back when its all said and done, have nothing and then realize all the small and beautiful things that they had. Not me.

 If your around come and check out the shows.

Sunday April 25th Fresh Cut Collective live @ Jazz Estate w/ We Are Your Father.

Friday April 30th BLAX & Music In Revolt presents the 80's Babies Concert

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Download "80's Babies HERE

What's a life without love?

Tired and a bit exhausted is how I feel at times, but never down and out. Right now I'm just chillin out after a long day.
I had the grand opportunity of participating as a chaperone for my son's kindergarten class on their feild trip to the Milwaukee Public Museum. I had a great time as I always do whenever I participate as a chaperone  in one of my children's feild trips. Those kids are something else. And my son, who's name is also Adebisi is an apt pupal. They call me Adebisi's dad and one of the students just calls me by my name...Adebisi. I love it.
We did plenty today though. I think we had the chance to see every exhibit at the Museum. I've been there so many times, so I knew where and when to go. I named my group the "All Star's". We had a good time marching through the museum. Kids are crazy, and of course getting that extra time to spend with my son is always awesome.
I love being a father to my two children Adebisi and Asabi. After the fieldtrip I went with their mother to pick up our daughter Asabi at her school. She is one amazing little girl, and I love her so much.
At times when they are asleep I watch and wonder what they will become. For they are my future. And the future looks so bright. Agoro.


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Download "80's Babies HERE

BlaxLife in the Media! Shepherd Express interviews Adebisi.

Click HERE To Read The Article on ExpressMilwaukee.Com

Adebisi partners with Mz Stylez for 80's babies Mixtape

written by

Evan Rytlewski

Hip-hop blogger and Sirius radio host Mz Stylez is a tough critic, as Milwaukee rapper Adebisi learned last year when he submitted one of his tracks to her for review. In a vicious, four-minute YouTube video rant, Stylez trashed the song and Adebisi, at one point feigning tears as she blamed him for essentially killing hip-hop.

She may be over dramatic, but you can't accuse of her of being close minded, though. Stylez had a change of heart about the rapper after hearing his mixtape Victory: The Hunger for War last year, then sought him out to work on a project together. Adebisi already had a project in mind.

"A local producer called No Gimmicks had just given me all these '80s instrumentals, so I was like, 'fuck it, let's do a mixtape with all '80s samples called 80's Babies,'" Adebisi recalls. Recorded at producer Reason's 4AR studios and featuring drops from Mz Stylez and DJ Green Lantern, the mixtape is an album-length celebration of breakdancing, box fades, jeri curls, "21 Jump Street" and the Fresh Prince, built from re-purposed classic breaks, scratches and horn blasts.

"I was born in '81, right around the time hip-hop was really coming into its own, so the album captures my early experiences with music," Adebisi says. "My older cousin was a DJ, so hip-hop music was always a big part of my life from '81 to '89, and I wanted to pay homage to that era, because it's part of my essence."

In an example of grassroots marketing at the most micro of levels, the mixtape, which is available for free download here, was released on Feb. 15—"because it was my birthday," Adebisi explains, "and I knew naturally everybody would be hitting it up on my Facebook page, so this was like a gift I gave out."

It should be the first of several releases Adebisi puts out this year. His live band, Fresh Cut Collective, is planning on finishing an album this spring, and Adebisi is looking to release a solo album before the end of summer. He'll play a CD release show for 80's Babies on Friday, April 30 at the Stonefly Brewery, donating a portion of the proceeds from that show to the South Division High School music program.

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Download "80's Babies HERE

Greetings from Planet B.L.A.X

What it do world? These last few weeks have been something else, so sorry for negelecting the blog and not leaving you with some actual thought provoking content. I have been busy creating. I hope you all have enjoyed the many videos that i have been posting. If I don't have time to write I always like to at lease leave you with something unique for your mind. Good I have alot of friends and connections as to where I can bring you something from what you see on every other blog all the time. Minus a few things...that i see and just happen to like.
i am happy to announce that the 80's Babies mixtape is vastly approaching 1,000 downloads and has been recieved well by the public. Not on a huge scale but enough to let me know to continue on the path which I am on. We are about to be almost completely done recording the Fresh Cut Collective project and my solo project should also be out and finished within the next few months. I need to get that burden off my back and give it to the people
The present is hum drum at times, but the future is bright. I had a conversation with one of my favorite people on earth earlier yesterday and we got through some intense issues in a most kind way. More on that later..however I thank that person for being so kind patient and understanding.
Tomorrow is the Fresh Cut and Constellations show which will be dope. I hope to see you out at Mad Planet if you are in the area.
I gotta go now..I have a few more post's to put up and then i'm out the door headed to South Division to get it in with the teens! Holla back.

OneLove & BlaxLife
Download "80's Babies HERE

Life Is Like 7 Days: What a week (80's Babies acknowledgments)

I apologoze for not posting over the last week. I have been busy online promoting the "80's Babies" project.
The good news is that the "80's Babies" project is looking to exceed 800 downloads over the last 7 days. That is a major accomplishment for me,  as well as everyone else on the BLAX team and our affiliates.
Let me take a moment to recognize everyone involved in the success of the "80's Babies" project.

- Ren aka No Gimmicks: For producing the original track "80's Babies" that not only inspired me to make this mixtape, but helped catapault the music coming from Milwaukee to national heights.

- Reason @ 4AR Studios: The silent assassin for recording, mixing, mastering and arranging the project. For having the vision of what to do with a creative mess.
- Mz Stylez @ Sirius XM Radio: C'mon son! For all the work and dedication to the project. Lending her voice and talents to the whole project. We put in months of work...it has paid off!

- DJ Big Jeff @ Sirius XM Radio: For stepping in and assisting Mz Stylez with the blends. That shit sounds dooooope!

- J Nut & B Tweezy: These cats nudged, begged and pleaded me to get this project out. I had gotten to a point where I was dragging my feet. The final steps to completing this project I owe to them.

Thanks to everyone else involved in the retweeting, posting links, word of mouth and every other way of support. There is no way I can list everyone. Just know that I thank you for making the project a success.
Asides from promoting thie project I also had a gang of other stuff going on over the past 7 days. I got fired form one of my three jobs (who cares). Had a day long studio/video session with Fresh Cut Collective. We recorded a great song and have the video to prove (coming soon). I spents a gang of time with my kids...and ih my birthday was also Monday....so I drank a ton of whiskey this week! Most of it's a blur...Life of a Rock Star.
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Simply Stylez & BLAX presents 80's BABIES: The Mixtape INSTANT DIRECT DOWNLOAD!!!!!

BlaxLife Proudly Presents:

THIS IS A DIRECT LINK TO DOWNLOAD THIS PROJECT! NO SPAM, NO ADDS.

CLICK HERE FOR INSTANT DOWNLOAD

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80's Babies: Official Artwork and tracklist. The Return Of The Real (Only A Customer Free MP3 Download).

I am proud to finally bring this "80's Babies" project to you all. This is a project that I have been wanting to put together and put out for sometime now.
I first had the idea about two years ago when i was discussing a new mixtape project to put together with my homie Ren aka No Gimmicks. At that time he had told me that he just got hold to a bunch of dope instrumentals from the 80's. I was like cool. However at that time I had planned on doing a citywide mixtape and concert where artists from around the city would rock to their favorite 80's joints and we do a dope concert. I was thinking to big. i hollered at a few cats but no one was really serious. So for a long time, I just sat on the instrumentals.
Fast forward to a year later. By this time I had been putting music up online and at least had been getting a response. Then I dropped the "Victory" mixtape online....that got what I thought was a great response. The Internet is crazy.
Anyhow I got my tape to Stylez and after hearing it she asked if I wanted to do a project. I obliged and from that point we started working on the project. I told her i had a bunch of 80's Instrumentals and she was down to do an 80's inspired tape.
I started recording. The recording process wasn't easy as i only could go record with Reason at 4AR Studio's on Thursday nights. Eventually we finished our parts and sent them to Mz Stylez in NYC.
Throughout the process of recording this project I was going through alot of different things that in some ways delated the project, but i kept on pushing and the project that i am bringing to you is premium material. I sincerely hope you enjoy it. Availabe for Free Download Monday!

Simply Stylez & BLAX presents:
80's Babies ft Adebisi, Mz Stylez & DJ Big Jeff
AVAILABLE HERE ON BLAXLIFE.COM FOR FREE DOWNLOAD MONDAY 2/15/10!


01. Mz Stylez Intro/Paper Money
02. Only A Customer <--- click to download
03. Slow Down
04. Number One
05. Cocaine Rap
06. Candy
07. Domination
08. Dope Beat
09. Paid In Full
10. Roll, Bounce, Skate
11. Blasphemy (Blast-4-Me)
12. U Could Be The One
13. DJ Green Lantern Speaks
14. Boy Meets World.
15. Its My World
16. Warm It Up
17. Mz Stylez Outro
18. 80's Babies

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Come aboard....Xperience BlaxLife

I don't necessarily consider myself a blogger. I'm more of a thinking man whom uses this form of media to express myself. I consider myself an artist before anything else. My initial reason for even starting to blog was because I couldn't get any site to take notice of my art. And since I couldn't get any online media source to cover me. I just started my own media source. If you can't beat em...join em.
I have had the sincere opportunity to actually look into the content that I see on other sites and all you see is the same thing. Sites are just reposting popular links from the same source as every other site. No thought, no commentary, no opinions. Just that.
What's the point?
BlaxLife promises to bring you thought provoking content.
Come Aboard Xperience BlaxLife.
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People don't dance no mo....all they do is this

Fred Sanford busts a move. He was gettin it in wasn't he? LOL!



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If life is like 5 days, then today has been one long second...

Today has been a day. I'm just writing this now as I wait for my homie Luc of S&P Design to finish my order of cd inserts so that I have product to take down to Chicago tonight.
I've been running around in circles all day today. First i woke up and walked to Fuel Cafe to have some quick breakfast, then after I that me and my homegirl walked to S&P Design so that I could initiate the order of  my cd inserts. I had to search all over for the jpeg file of my older mixtape, but I found it. After I got my order in and paid the balance in full I had to leave their to go get with my homeboy MP3 so that he could duplicate the cd's for me. Tonight I'm taking both copies of my new project with Mz Stylez and my last mixtape project down to Chicago with me. Why not?
Oh..so tonight I'm gonna be doing a few songs at Reggies Rock Lounge for my homeboy Mikkey Halsted's mixtape releaxse party. This should be fun and I know there are gonna be a ton of people down there. Gotta have that product wrapped tight and in order for sale ya digggg!
I'm supposed to leave at 8:30....three hours and I still have a grip of things to do. Just wanted to check in with you all. I hope the world is giving you....exactly what you give it.

OneLove & BlaxLife

The People I Know: Pimpin Ken (dropping game directed by MP3dia)

On a sunny day in Milwaukee you can catch Pimpin Ken right off of MLK and North by the parking lot of Playmakers clothing store choppin up game with the younger guys and selling one of his latest projects. Last summer I ran into him right before I was going to get a haircut from Gee's Clippers on MLK.
The ever charismatic Pimpin Ken is always willing to share some game and advice with anyone. Here he sat down with my homeboy Mind Pimp of MP3dia with aome little advice for the big homie.


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Ode to my ex wife - OutKast - Ms. Jackson

I was going to title this post "Ode to my baby mama", but since i married the lady who had my two kids she isn't my baby mama, but my ex wife.
Alot of you following this blog probably wouldn't know or even believe that I was married from the age of 20-25. Yea i got it in while I was alot younger. back then I..we thought that we knew everything. Little did we know that e didn't know shit and had no idea what we had gotten ourselves into.
I'm not at all knocking marriage, because I feel it is a good and healthy institution that more people need not to be afraid to take that leap into. However I think it is a good idea to wait and find out who you are as a person before you commit to take that next step with someone. I can't say i was ready for marriage at twenty. My first thought should have been that I wasn't ready to have a child. However finding myself in a situation where I had impregnated a woman I felt it was my duty to marry the woman. i didn't want to leave her hanging nor did I want my child to be born into this world a bastard. Just my take on things, I'm not the best man but I do live my life by a set of morals and principles. So one day in the months before our son was born we took our gddy asses to the courthouse and got married. Funny thing was right after the ceremony I had to go to work....go figure.
We had our ups and downs, good times and bad times and down the line had another child a beautiful baby girl. However I think our immaturity and not knowing how to deal with our own issues, let alone raise a family and maintain a relationship eventually split us apart.
Overall it was a good learning experience. When we were together we were best friends at times and i think we taught each other alot.
I was listening to Outkast's album "Stankonia" when this track came on. It made me think about what we had, and how it went down. I'm sorry Ms. Thompson, i am for real, never meant to make your daughter cry, i apologize a million times.





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World View: The Triumph Of The Human Spirit (Man Found Alive In Haiti after 4 Weeks)

The souls of black folk. The triumph of the human spirit. The strength of those of African descent.
As I was watching CNN and heard the story of how this man from Haiti had survived four weeks under rubble I was touched.
It made it very clear to me that will, fortune and destiny are all alligned with the mind.




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My God time is flying...

"So what I tend to do now is think of today as the past, it's funny when your coming in first you just hope that you last"

I can't lie. Sometimes I get emotional. Just in general. Sometimes I have felt that I wasn't getting my just do in life and i have gotten angry. I have a certain lust for life so what would you expect. Things are going quite well though, even when I think they aren't. I sometimes have to remind myself that they are. And they are. As an artist I deal with some slight issues of depression when i am not engaged in my art or feel that I am not having the opportunity to properly express myself. Expression is my life's blood. I need that. I've learned that I also need patience. This lofty goal that I have of reaching a certain point in my music career and attaining my goals takes time.
Again i can't complain. Twelve months ago i embarked on what seems like the second phase at my attempt to breakthrough into the music industry. that second phase would be forming Fresh Cut Collective. I had done all i could do by myself thus far as a solo emcee, and I had always longed on having a band. So coincidentally i met Kiran who is the music behind the band as well as one of the band's keyboardist's and we went from there. It trips me out because we are packing shows in Milwaukee and making some real good moves and it's only been a year. I mean i my mind it's all according to plan, but how often do things go as smoothly as you envision them in your mind. Hardly never.
In one years time we have opened up for more than a handful of national acts (Rhymefest, The Cool Kids, Movits!, Curimin), and we are now recording our debut album with help from Milwaukee independant record label UniFi Records. We are still booking shows also. Hopefully by the time spring/summer rolls around we should be done with the album and touring. i know that the album is gonna do some major things. I;m not expecting to sell a million, but I know we can at least push 10,000 by ourselves off fans and touring. I don't see the first 1,000 cd's not selling out in a few weeks in Milwaukee alone. Why not?
The world around me is changing, even though my immediate world may not be changing so drastically. People see something in me..in us that we don't even see ourselves. What we are doing gives them a feeling that they hold on to and adore. So now i am learning to embrace that energy so that i can harness it and give it back.


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Fresh Cut Collective/Movits! Show Re-cap.

MAN! Last Saturday's show was so crazy that I couldn't even write about it till today! I feel real sorry for anyone who was not in attendance because if you missed the show you missed a hot one.
I arrived at the venue at around 9:30 and their was already a substantial amount of people already at the venue. By the time 10:00 rolled around the venue was damn near packed! It was crazy because this was at least an hour and a half before anyone was set to hit the stage! The energy was crazy! There were so many new faces...and beautiful ladies in the place that I felt as if I was in some big club in the UK. Thats partially because Dj Tarik was spinning alot of Swedish hip hop and pop music as well as mixing in some other eurocentric music. It provided great atmosphere for the show and showed some appreciation for the touring Movits!
We took the stage at around 11:30ish and by the time I walked up from the basement of Stonefly Brewery the place was PACKED and off the chain! The crowd was screaming "We want Fresh Cut" and it was pretty amazing!
To make a long story short, we rocked out for about 45 minutes to a packed house of fans and new fans who were singing along with us to our songs! These fans are loyal because they know most of our material that we perform and we don't even have a record out! When we finally drop it the record is gonna be KILLER!
Movits! hit the stage after us and also gave the people a pleasing show! After the show the two bands as well as about 30-40 people who attended the show partied at my house till about 5am! Rockstar nights! I love the life!

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Relationships: 5 ways to keep a man (by Adebisi for the ladies)

There are way more woman in the world than men. I don't know the exact ratio to numbers, but it is a fact. With that said there are always women racing to be with, have sex or lock down a man (even though a huge percentage of women are choosing the lesbian route).
Well today I will switch my hat up, as I sometimes do and play the role of the hood Dr. Ruth for all of you ladies struggling to keep a man within your grasps. So listen carefully as i won't repeat any of this good game that i am dropping.
Okay here are the five sure ways to keeping your man...ladies listen up.

Number 1. F-ck him. Sorry to put it so bluntly, but I guess that's just the way you have to come at it. Most men hate women that are too sexually passive. Don't be so aggressive either, but definitely be assertive when it comes to matters of the bedroom. Don't be shy either! Like the homegirl Missy Elliot said "Get Your Freak On". Because ladies...you really can't get mad if your dude is getting what he can't get from you...from somewhere else. Maybe you should have jumped the gun and got to gettin a little sooner. One essential rule is to never confuse sex with emotions though. A man's head and his heart are operating on two different planes..if you know what I mean.

Number 2. Feed him. I think every woman already knows that one of the best ways to get to a man's heart is through his stomach. Every man loves to eat! If a woman tells me that she can't cook then I'm certainly looking at her like "what"? My mama taught me how to cook, so I don't need a woman to cook for me. However if you can bring it in the kitchen like Julia Child that just may drive him wild! Don't be lazy! Always wanting to eat at restaurants and stuff..acting like you classy!. Get your trifling tail up and cook a meal! Lol!

Number 3. Leave him. Sounds funny, but when a man is sexually satisfied and full he wants to be left the hell alone..for a while. Depending on the domestic situation depends on how long you should leave your man alone. If this is a live in situation then you should feed the man, f-ck the man and let that man take his ass to sleep. He will wake to love you more while not only having the scent of your love on his body, but the taste of your...food in his mouth! Trust me!
However if this is a dating situation "leave him" takes on a slightly different twist. A dating situation has a totally different commitment than a live in situation. If a guy chooses to just date a woman and not fully commit to her then that means that he still appreciates his space. So after enjoying steps one and two leave him with some time alone. You don't have to worry about calling him or if he's gonna come and see you. He knows whats good and will come when he is ready. And if you understand that and be patient things may just be okay.

Number 4. Befriend him. Now ladies, just because you really like a man doesn't mean that you have to get all silly and clingy. A guy likes a girl who can look him straight in the eye's and give him her honest opinion. Don't just sit back and be a "yes girl", because you like the guy. Be real with him. Any guy with some game can see straight through a female who is just along for the ride. Don't be stupid.

Number 5. Believe in him. This post goes beyond the fact of what it may take for you ladies to find a good man to believe in. While having a recent conversation with my homegirl I have come to see how difficult that may be. Anyhow ladies when you do find a man that you can get to this level with. Make sure you always have his back and you believe in his dreams. How is he gonna hold you down for what you want and need if you can't hold him down for what he wants and needs?

Heed this good game and ye shall go far!


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Throwback: Jay Z featuring Kid Capri "It's like that" (My senior year of highschool)

1999 was my senior year of highschool. At that time I felt like the world was my oyster. The previous year I had just moved to Racine, WI from Milwaukee and started attending J.I Case Highschool. By the time my senior year rolled around I had it made. I had good friends, I was popular with the ladies, my clothes were on point and hell...I was just pretty popular all around! Life had it's rough patches, but all around it was good.
I remember working at The Finish Line (a shoe store located within the mall) the night before the Jay Z "Vol 2..Hard Knock Life" album dropped and wondering how I was gonna be one of the first to get a copy of the album when I had school the next day. In 99 there was no itunes so if you really wanted an album you had to get it yourself. I had made up in my mind that after fourth hour or so I was just gonna skip class and go to the mall to get the album. Well, while I was on my way out I ran into a girl who had just come from getting the Jay Z album and she said that she didn't like it! So instead of skipping school and going to get the album I just bought her copy off of her right there in the hallway. So actually SHE was the first person to have the album, but seeing that she sold it to me...I was! This was a BIG deal! Anyhow, I took the album home and had my time with it. Even though I didn't have the satisfaction of opening the plastic and taking in the scent of a new cd I still enjoyed every bit of the album. This cut "It's Like That" was always one of my favorite cuts! Jigga's flow was razor sharp! Take a listen. If your from where I'm from maybe it'll take you back to a much more innocent time also.

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