Happy Friday, my beings of action and creatures of excellence! First and foremost, give thanks for this great week that just passed, and the great one that is coming! Start getting into the attitude of gratitude and see how much your life changes for the better! Today's Daily Word is dedicated to making it happen!
Pretend that life is like a boxing match! Your opponent is a professional and is known to be one of the best boxers in the game. Knowing this, you do everything in your power to train and prepare yourself for this fight of a lifetime. Fight night comes and you get in the ring, and once the ref rings the bell, you just stand there!! What will happen???? Without a doubt your opponent will knock you off your feet, and you will lose the fight!!
Now stop pretending and realize that this is exactly how life is!!!! Everything you do everyday is preparing you for your battle with life! Every trial and tribulation is getting you ready for your big fight!! When it comes, make sure that you are not just standing there because life will knock you out!! Make it happen!! Right now where you stand, you are blessed with a life that can change for the better at the very moment you decide to! Stop waiting around thinking that someone will give you anything!! You must work for everything you want in life and realize that its already yours if you want it!!
Don't take your blessings for granted!! Put them to use and enjoy life!! -Ash'Cash
“There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.” -Denis Waitley
“You can't just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream. You've got to get out there and make it happen for yourself.” -Diana Ross
“Anybody with a little guts and the desire to apply himself can make it, he can make anything he wants to make of himself.” -Willie Shoemaker
“Don't make excuses. Make things happen. Make changes. Then make history.” -Doug Hall
“Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be.” -Grandma Moses
“Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.” Michael Jordan
“Make every thought, every fact, that comes into your mind pay you a profit. Make it work and produce for you. Think of things not as they are but as they might be. Don't merely dream - but create!” -Robert Collier
“Map out your future - but do it in pencil. The road ahead is as long as you make it. Make it worth the trip.” -Jon Bon Jovi
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Ash’Cash is a Business Consultant, Motivational Speaker, Financial Expert and the author of Mind Right, Money Right: 10 Laws of Financial Freedom. For more information, please visit his website, www.IamAshCash.com.
Now I don’t want to sound like an instigator, BUT it sounds like to me that Drake took a shot at Memphis’s own Don Trip, who has the hit song entitled “Letter To My Son.”
A couple of months back, Don Trip was on set of DJ Khaled’s ‘I’m On One” video shoot on the same day he recorded his own YouTube video for his freestyle of “I’m On One.” One of Don Trip’s most noticeable lines on the record was ” I bet I can sell paint/While it’s drying.” Now, notice on Drake’s song “Over My Dead Body,” he says, “Man all of your flows/ Bore me like paint drying/ And I don’t never be TRIPPIN/ Off of what ain’t mine.”
We all know Drake’s family roots can be traced back to Memphis from his father. Don Trip, being from Memphis, has been spending a lot of time in Drake’s new adopted city Miami because he signed to Cool-n-Dre’s new label. Who knows the relationship between Don Trip and Drake, if any at all, but there were definitely shots taken if you pay attention. Here’s a link below of Don Trip’s “I’m On One” freestyle:
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony can be a very difficult group to keep up with as members are constantly quitting and coming back, or in the case of Flesh-n-Bone, face trouble with the law. Flesh, whose run-ins with the law have been quite public, seems to have finally gotten a grip on his troubled ways and even recently released his first solo album in 11 years titled Blaze of Glory.
The new album released in September, reunites Flesh with longtime Bone Thugs producer DJ Uneek and even contains two songs with all of the members of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony – and who knows when we’ll see that again? AllHipHop.com caught up with Flesh-n-Bone for a post-release interview to talk about the new album and some interesting details about his incarceration. We also try to find out the current status of the group but it seems that even Flesh doesn’t know!
AllHipHop.com: You released your first solo album in 11 years this past September.
Flesh-n-Bone: Blaze of Glory is my first solo effort in over 11 years. My last one was 5th Dog Let Loose in 2000 right before I had to go and do a little time. I’ve been home for a few years, and I’ve spent it working on this new project. It’s one of those all well-rounded projects. I haven’t seen one negative review, and you know that critics can be hard. Critics are mean! They are no-holds barred and they will not bite their tongues [laughter].
AllHipHop.com: Well, that’s true. On top of the critics, you also have the fans throwing their two cents in on comments sections and message boards.
Flesh-n-Bone: Yes, you’ve got the fans telling you how they feel, too. The response to the album has been positive. I’m really happy and thankful for that.
AllHipHop.com: Did it take a while to shake the dust off and get back in to the groove of being a recording artist after being in jail for so long?
Flesh-n-Bone: You’re right. I had to get back in to the swing of things after being away for so long. I’m grateful that I had opportunities waiting for me as soon as I got out – that’s not always promised. I was concerned about making that transition in terms of handling business and re-establishing my career.
AllHipHop.com: Were you rusty on the mic at first?
Flesh-n-Bone: No. I was never rusty. There was no outdatedness or problems with coming up with lyrics that were intelligent and savvy. That’s never been an issue with me. I don’t get writer’s block. Even when I was in prison, I stayed writing. I’m an artist, and I know that I was put on this Earth to be one. After I hit the prison yard mainline, there were musical programs available. I took some music theory classes and learned how to play musical instruments like the piano and keyboard. I converted my jail cell in to a studio [laughter].
AllHipHop.com: No way! You were able to do that?
Flesh-n-Bone: Literally! For four years, my cell was a studio. I was in there studying, writing, producing, and making beats.
AllHipHop.com: They allowed that? I sometimes hear about inmates getting in trouble for just having an iPod.
Flesh-n-Bone: It wasn’t legal because a lot of electronics are considered contraband. That’s a no-no. Some of the CO’s knew what was going on and let me do my thing. Others would come in and smash the radio, smash the tapes, and smash the microphone [laughter]. It went both ways.
AllHipHop.com: Were the other inmates cool to kick it with?
Flesh-n-Bone: Being a member of Bone Thugs had its pros and cons. I had to have my fights and scuffles. I had my allies in there who were fans of the group. I was able to be good friends with a lot of great individuals. There were haters that didn’t like that. I had supporters and I had several squabs because of that.
AllHipHop.com: How quickly were you tested by other inmates?
Flesh-n-Bone: My first battle was at the reception yard. That’s like when you first get in there. My first scuffle was right there – at the place before you even get shipped off to the penitentiary. People try to do some hoe sh*t, trying to treat you like a sucker. I don’t know you! What did I do to make you want to test my manhood – I don’t know you. You don’t know what you’re getting in to when you do stuff like that. I done beat the sh*t out of dudes much larger than me and dudes my size. I’m a skinny dude that’s blessed to know how to protect myself.
Yeah, I had to walk that motherf*cker with a shank when I felt that I needed to strap the f*ck up. I armed myself with something that was sharp enough to poke a motherf*cker or slice them up – thank God I never had to do that. My two fists were all that I had to use. I’m just saying, if you feel lucky, then you better knock me out. I’ve got a hard head. When I was young, I got jumped by a gang of dudes and some of them had to use two-by-fours just to stop me. I’m serious!
But yeah, I was tested quickly. It’s gladiator stuff for real. You’re going to get caught up in some type of sh*t in there, but you can also go to school, learn a trade, and all types of other stuff in there. Those are places of rehabilitation, but the rehabilitation has to come from within the individual. It’s not going to happen because that’s the kind of place that they call it. You have to be willing to do the things that are necessary to do more than rehabilitate.
AllHipHop.com: It’s hard to keep up with the status of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. One day this person is not in, next you are all back together, and then someone leaves again. Where are you guys at right now?
Flesh-n-Bone: I understand where you’re coming from. To an extent, I feel exactly the same way. I can’t keep up with it [laughter]. There’s a lot going on in the group, but then you’ve got to understand that there are subsidiaries to the group. We’ve all each become brands ourselves, too – and we have to take care of that as businessmen. Since I’ve been home, we’ve been able to put out one record together as one whole group. We’ve had a few bad decisions here and there but there’s always something that’s potentially in the mix for Bone Thugs-n-Harmony as a whole.
AllHipHop.com: Why is it that the group has had such a hard time trying to stay together?
Flesh-n-Bone: There’s always conflicts and differences of opinions on how business should be conducted. There has to be a certain level of compromise. The business should be no-nonsense, period. It’s got to make sense for everybody at the table.
AllHipHop.com: Is Krayzie Bone in the group or out?
Flesh-n-Bone: Bone Thugs-n-Harmony is always Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. I talk to these brothers on a daily basis – all of them. They talk to each other on the regular, too.
AllHipHop.com: I’ve always loved the group’s signature fast flowing harmony style. Who introduced that to the group?
Flesh-n-Bone: I would have to say that Krayzie Bone was the first one that took it to that wicked lightning-speed level. You have to keep in mind that Krayzie spent two years in the penitentiary when he was a youngster. When he got out he was spitting some sh*t that was like a Mac-11 or a Tech-N9ne. There were artists who were doing that dizzy fast flow like Das EFX, and I tip my hat off to them, but it wasn’t like how I heard Krayzie doing when he came home from the pen. A lot of artists were doing the tongue-twisting style, but we added the harmony to it. I can sing and blow you a melody that’s doper and sweeter than a 16-rhyme bar. I can sing, homie.
(AllHipHop News)
Chicago rapper Lupe Fiasco ran into some issues with authorities at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) yesterday (November 17).
While details are emerging, the outspoken artist took to his Twitter account to vent about the incident.
“WOW…Fresh outta handcuffs @ LAX,” Lupe tweeted before a show in Rhode Island last night.
According to sources close to Lupe, the issue was a piece of technical equipment that the rapper was not allowed to bring on the plane.
Lupe, who was not charged and was eventually freed, said he was the victim of over zealous TSA agents.
“Airport PD officer was just doing way too much,” Lupe tweeted. “Even OD’d on TSA…let the arrest get before the CHARGES. We good tho…#TimeForPrivateJets.”
Lupe left the incident in relatively good spirits and even shouted out other police officers.
“Shout to all the good airport cops and TSA folks…don’t let the bad apples spoil the bunch!!” Lupe said.
Despite his brief detention, Lupe Fiasco made it to his show last night at the Ryan Center in Kingston, Rhode Island.
AllHipHop would like to invite you to BB King’s on Nov. 22nd in NYC at 9 PM for the Mobb Deep EP Release Party forBlack Cocaine! This is the first time in 5 years Mobb Deep will perform new music on stage!If you can not make the show, watch it LIVE via webcast on AllHipHop.com at 9 PM!
Did you hear “Sweet” from Common? Common was, at one point, called soft. Now people like me knew better. But, on this new song, he’s going in somethingcrazy.
Yeah, man, y’all ni**as man, you soft muthfuckers
Yeah my man, muthafcker
Then come around my crib
You know where I’m from
Some hoes ass ni**as
Singing all around me man, la la la
You aint muthaf-cking Frank Sinatra
Now, if you listen it sounds like he’s talking to somebody. He refers to rappers that sing and he also continuously speaks on somebody being soft. By the way, Drake did some form of Frank Sinatra promo for MTV. Sooooo…No disrespect, but he sounds like his talking to Drake. But, people are talking. Is this over Serena? Common and Serena broke up, and now Drake and Serena are so much good friends or whatever Drake says.
Common didn’t use this much venon when he shut Ice Cube up. He’s really mad! What do you think?
I like this dude. This new Common.
BUT, I would be suicidal if I lost this a$$!!!!!!!
I know Diddy has a thing for the Latinas, but Cameron Diaz? US Weekly is reporting just that…a “new couple alert.” Man, this is definitely weird to me. The paper/mag is saying these guys are basically friends with benefits and they have been booty calling since 2008. They first met at the Oscars. Here is what US’s sources are saying:
“Since then, when she’s single, she’ll booty call him.”
At a restaurant in NYC, the pair were “inseparable – they had their hands all over each other.” They were also seen with each other at some event out there in Beverly Hills.
I have to wonder what Cassie thinks of this? Anyway, There’s not much more to be said. They are calling Diddy a “rebound” from A-Rod. She needed A new Rod. PAUSE!
