MUSIC! WHAT MORE CAN I SAY BUT I LOVE IT. IT'S SOMETHING ABOUT CREATING A PICTURE OR PAINTING WITH A COMBINATION OF INSTRUMENTALS, MELODIES AND WORDS. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THE PAINTING OR MESSAGE IS GOOD OR BAD, BECAUSE YOU NEED BOTH TO BALANCE EACH OTHER. IT ONLY MEANS THAT YOUR HUMAN IN AN INPERFECT WORLD. GOOD VS. EVIL, YING AND YANG. I SEE THE MEDIA EXPLOIT MUCH OF THE NEGATIVE SURROUNDING HIP HOP MUCH RATHER THAN THE GOOD. EVEN OUR OWN PEOPLE TRY TO BLACK BALL US FOR THE WAY SOME ARTISTS EAT. I REMEMBER WHEN THIS SHIT WAS JUST A HOBBY TO ME. WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL AROUND 1999 I USE TO SWING WIT A BOY NAME RAYMOND. THIS BOY LOVED HIP HOP. FROM THE TAGGING TO THE SCETCHING AND FINALLY THE RHYMING. I REMEMBER HEARING HIM AND A COUPLE OF CATS BATTLING EACH OTHER IN HOME ROOM. THAT SHIT WAS CRAZY WITH SOME OF THE PUNCHLINES AND METAPHORS THEY WAS DROPPING. SOON I WAS JOTTING DOWN LINES ON LUCE LEAF. GOT IN A COUPLE BATTLES, NEXT THING YOU KNOW I WAS KILLIN TALENT SHOWS. I WAS IN LOVE EVER SINCE. THAT SUMMER I LINKED UP WITH SOME CATS AROUND THE WAY IN SOUTH PHILLY. I MET A MAN THROUGH MY MAN'S THAT WAS TRYING TO PUT A COUPLE GROUPS TOGETHER TO SEE IF HE COULD GET US SIGNED. I WAS EXCITED YA DIG BECAUSE I WAS YOUNG AND I FELT LIKE I WAS GETTING HOTTER BY THE DAY. IT WAS CRAZY THOUGH. WHEN WE FIRST STARTED WE WAS RECORDING IN MY BOY SCRUGE APARTMENT. WE WAS KNOWN AS "NFL" "NIGGAZ FLOSSIN LOVELY"(CHEESY I KNOW) THIS WAS AROUND THE TIME MAC AND THE FIGGAZ JUST SMACHED PHILLY ALONG WITH MOST WANTED. THEY WAS KILLING THE RADIOS IN PHILLY. THIS WAS THE VIBE OUR MANAGER WANTED US ON. WHEN WE STARTED RECORDING IN STUDIOS, I WAS IN A THREE MAN GROUP CALLED S-TYPE. SCOTCH,SOS,SCRUGE. THE NAME OF THE ENTIRE GROUP WAS CALLED HARDMONEY AND WE DROPPED 2 MIXTAPES AND DID A COUPLE SHOWS. I WENT AWAY TO PITT, BUT WHEN I CAME HOME I LAYED VOCALS AND TRIED TO KEEP UP TO DATE WITH THE GROUP. BUT WHEN I CAME HOME FROM PITT IN 2001 FOR GOOD(COMBINATION OF LACK OF FINANCES AND FUCKING AROUND)SHIT CHANGED WITH THE GROUP AS A WHOLE. MY MANAGER BROUGHT MORE NIGGAZ IN AND SLOWLY BUT SURELY PUSHING THE ORIGINAL NIGGAZ DOWN FROM DAY ONE AWAY. THIS MUSIC SHIT WASN'T CRACKING SO I GOTTA JOB AND HAD A WEED HUSTLE ON THE SIDE TO HELP TAKE CARE OF MY MOTHER'S HOUSEHOLD. SOME DRAMA WENT DOWN IN THE HOOD WHERE MY MANAGER FELT LIKE HE WASN'T SAFE AROUND THERE NO MORE. NEEDLESS TO SAY I GOT LEFT IN THE WIND. NO LOVE LOST IT WAS THE BEST THING FOR ME. 01-02 I LINKED UP WITH THE ONE OF THE MOST STAND UP GUYS YOU COULD MEET IN LIFE. BUD. I KNEW HIM AS YOUNG NIGGA BECAUSE HIM AND MY BROTHA WAS CATCHING RECK BACK IN 93-95. WHEN D.L.K FIRST STARTED. HE HAD HIS RAP THANG A COUPLE YEARS BACK WITH HAAS, SHEEDA RAW AND ANOTHER GIRL NAME CHOC. DID A MIXTAPE AND ALL BUT HE DIDN'T RECORD IN YEARS. WE STARTED OFF AT MY AUNT P SPOT(RAWEEZE AND GEES MOM) PLAYING MADDEN AND LIVE. I DON'T KNOW WHO HAD THE INSTRUMENTAL CD, ALL I KNOW IS WE LAYED ONE JOINT AT A STUDIO, AND IT WAS ON AND CRACKIN EVER SINCE.A FAMILY MEMBER OF SHEEDA'S HAD A CONNECT WITH A GUY OUT CALI NAME DOC HOLIDAY. THIS BOY WAS PUTTING A PROJECT TOGETHER TO GET NIGGAZ ON. HE HAD ORIGINAL BEATS AND ALL. HAAS,SHAME,AND SHEEDA TOOK THE TRIP. I COULDN'T MAKE IT DUE TO THE FACT I WAS CARING OF SOME BUSINESS BACK AT PHILLY. WHEN BUD(SHAME) AND HAAS TOUCHED BACK DOWN WE BEGAN GOIN BACK TO WORK WITH THE ORIGINAL BEATS THEY BROUGHT BACK FROM CALI. DOC WANTED US TO PUT A MIXTAPE AND ALBUM TOGETHER SO HE COULD NETWORK WITH OUR MUSIC OUT CALI. NEEDLESS TO SAY I NEVER THE LIKED THE SITUATION. YOU CAN TELL BULLSHIT WHEN YOU SMELL BULLSHIT. IN 2003 WE LOST HASSAN HUSSEIN TO THE FEDS. FOR ALLEGED DRUG OPERATIONS IN CHAMBLERSBURG. DIG THIS RIGHT. IF YOU AIN'T IN THE GAME, AND SOMETHING HAPPENS TO YOU OR A LOVED ONE. I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU DON'T SNITCH. YOU AIN'T APART OF THE GAME. THE RULES DON'T APPLY TO YOU. BUT FOR ALL YOU NIGGAZ THAT BE GETTING YOUR HANDS DIRTY. SOONER OR LATER AUTHORITIES IS GOING TO CLEAN YOUR SHIT UP. SO WHEN YOU GET PINCHED. STOP TRYIN TO BRING OTHER NIGGAZ DOWN BECAUSE YOU FINNA GET PUT DOWN. MY NIGGA AND BY BROTHER GOT NUMBERS BECAUSE OF ANOTHER GRIMEY NIGGAZ STATEMENTS. NIGGAZ BE HAVING CHOIR REHEARSALS BEHIND CLOSE DOORS. SO 03-04 ME AND SHAME BEEN PUTTING A PROJECT TOGETHER FOR DOC. WE RECORDED 90% OF OUR MATERIAL AT PLATINUM BOUND STUDIOS WITH THE BOY JI. WE PUT ALL THE VOCALS AD LIBS ON A HARD DRIVE TO BE SENT TO CALI TO BE MIX AND MASTERED. NOTHING HAPPENED NO HOLLA OR NOTHING. WE TOOK IT FOR WHAT IT WAS.05-06 ME AND SHAME TOOK THE ORIGINAL SHIT WE RECORDED AND DECIDED TO PUT A UNDERGROUND ALBUM OUT JUST TO LET PEOPLE HEAR OUR SHIT. I STARTED A MYSPACE PAGE, MADE A PAYPAL ACCOUNT, SENT OUR SHIT TO CDBABY. AUGUST 2006 "ONCE UPON A TIME IN PHILADELPHIA" WAS RELEASED. WITH NO PROMOTION, THE ALBUM SOLD OVER 5000 DOWNLOADS VIA INTERNET. ME AND SHAME WAS LIKE FUCK IT LET'S GO HARD WITH IT ON THE NEXT JOINT. ON JULY 8TH, 2007 SHAME WAS GUNNED DOWN BY PHILADELPHIA POLICE OFFICERS. HE WAS HIGH OFF WET AND WAS WALKING AROUND WITH A HK 40 CALIBER PISTOL. HE WAS UNDERGOING A LOT OF STRESS FROM A RELATIONSHIP AND WITH NIGGAZ IN THE HOOD. THE REASON HE WAS IN MILITANT MODE. HE MADE A MISTAKE BY USING AN HALLUCINOGENIC AS A SCAPE GOAT FOR HIS PROBLEMS. THE POLICE FIRED OVER 100 ROUNDS AT HIM, STRIKING HIM OVER ATLEAST 21 TIMES. REPORTS FROM WITNESSES SAID THAT HE WAS FIRED UPON EVEN WHEN THE WEAPON WAS NOT IN HIS HAND. IT WAS A MESSAGE SENT THAT DAY BY THE PHILADELPHIA POLICE. WE CATCH ANY OF YOU LIL NIGGAZ WITH A GUN, THIS WILL BE THE OUTCOME. I LOST A BROTHER THAT DAY. HE WASN'T THE BRIGHTEST OF PEOPLE BUT THE BRAVEST OF PEOPLE. FRONTLINE IF ANYTHING JUMPED OFF. HE WAS BEAUTIFUL THOUGH AND IT SHOWED IN HIS ART. HE HAD MUSIC THAT EXPRESSED ALL OF HIS EMOTIONS. THE GOOD AND THE FLAWED. SHAME MUST HAVE KNEW HIS TIME WAS COMING BECAUSE HE KEPT SAYING CRAZY SHIT LIKE "NO MATTER WHAT JUST KEEP UP WITH THE MUSIC." YOU CAN HEAR IT IN HIS SONGS. HE STARTED GETTING DEEPER, MORE APOLOGETIC ABOUT PAST SINS THAT HE HOPED HIS GOD WOULD FORGIVE HIM FOR. WHEN I SEEN HIM ASLEEP IN THE COFFIN. I NEVER SEEN HIM LOOK MORE PEACEFUL AND SERENE IN THE 10+ YEARS I'VE KNOWN HIM. WHEN I BURIED HIM I KNEW I DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY BECAUSE HE WAS GOING TO BE WITH HIS GOD. I STILL HAVE THE DIRT ON MY SHOES. "THE RENAISSANCE" IT MEANS THE REBIRTH, THE REVIVAL THE RENEWAL. BEFORE THE 14TH CENTURY THE WORLD WAS GOING THROUGH WHAT WE KNOW AS THE DARK AGES. A PRIMITIVE TIME. MUCH LIKE THE RAP INDUSTRY RIGHT NOW. PEOPLE ARE STUCK ON THE SAME THING WAITING FOR A CHANGE. WHEN THE RENAISSANCE ARRIVED. IT OPENED UP PEOPLE'S MINDS WITH A WHOLE NEW WAY OF THINKING. FROM ART, LITERATURE, MUSIC AND SCIENCE. I INTEND TO DO THE SAME WITH MY ALBUM. IT WILL BE A COLLECTION OF AT LEAST 15 OF MY BEST SONGS PUT TOGETHER TO MAKE AN IMPACT. NO BIG BUDGET JUST EXTREME GRINDING. THE FIRST SINGLE WILL BE "WAR OF THA ROSES" FEAT. SMOKE E DIGGLERA FORMERLY OF THE R&B SENSATION PLAYA. THIS PROJECT WILL TOUCH EVERYONE. WHETHER YOU HAVE A 9 TO 5 OR YOU GRINDING DIMES. IF YOU PREFER TO LAY BACK, OR YOU LOVE TO GO OUT. THIS ALBUM WILL EXPRESS EXPERIENCES I'VE HAD. MY BEAUTY AND FLAWS. SO GET READY PEOPLE. I'M JUST GETTING STARTED. MY NIGGAZ STAY SAFE! MY LADIES STAY UP AND STAY BEAUTIFUL!SCOTCH(DLK) AKA THE VENTRILIKWIST
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