Today (March 15) we’ve got Ali speaking on his close friend and fellow rapper Freeway, who his daughter refers to as “Uncle Free” and when fans can expect their highly-anticipated collaborative project. Here’s a hint: it’s going to be a while.
The last time Ali spoke on the project was in early November when the MC from Minneapolis told HHDX, “The album with [Freeway] is still way too early to talk about. We’re definitely going to keep making that one but it’s way too soon to start talking about. I don’t like to start the excitement to try to get people excited about stuff way early because then it feels like, ‘Come on, you’re taking forever,’ and it’s like, ‘No, I’m just taking the time that I need to take.'”
Ali first hooked up with Freeway in 2008 on Jake One’s “The Truth” from the producer’s White Van Music, and the two MCs came together again one year later for “Best At It,” which also featured Joell Ortiz and was featured on Ali’s album Us.
A lot of time has lapsed since DMX’s 1998 debut, It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot, and frankly, it is evident when listening to the Yonkers, NY native’s new mixtape. The Weigh In, which debuted at 2PM today (May 15), is a collection of new songs and mixtape joints.
One upon a time, DMX’s scattershot frantic, staccato style was a dependable anchor that held down just about any song he appeared on. But, when he’s on songs like “Where I Wanna Be,” he really sounds like a punch-drunk version of himself. He’s got the fight, but the sharpness really isn’t there like the late ’90s and 2000s. On “Sh*t Don’t Change,” Snoop Dogg joins his fellow dog for a remake of 2009’S “Boss Life.” If you didn’t know this was a regurgitation, it would be possible to enjoy the song, but this record was an old Dr. Dre-produced hit.
All is not lost. The song “Last Hope,”which came out last year shows the depth and reaffirms why we still love DMX:
Even though “Lost Hope” is a reworking of an obscure artist named Dizzy Dao, we’ll accept it into DMX’s repertoire of music. But neither “That’s My Baby,” which features Tyrese, a scant Lil Wayne blip, or “Wright or Wrong” help salvage The Weigh In from the recycle bin, sadly enough.
Lastly, the actual audio quality of The Weigh In seems to be severely compromised and suffers from a lack of funding. The mix-down sounds as if it was done in somebody’s bedroom lined by egg crates, not Quad Studios where It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot was masterfully recorded. The music sounds dated and, honestly, terrible. DMX represents, not only a successful legacy in Hip-Hop, but an era that has seen better days. Hopefully, those of us that are fans of the dog will be blessed with a work of art in his upcoming album, Undisputed, that really reflects his past, or a rich future in music is not promised in this era.
There’s no love lost for DMX, just disappointment. At least, all dogs to go heaven, no matter what.
Los Angeles-bred R&B singer, Jhené Aiko, recently inked a deal with No I.D.’s Artium Records, a label partnership with Def Jam Recordings. Inspired by Tupac and a host of others that made California the place to be, this 24-year-old mom and former T.U.G. princess has been in the studio working on her debut album.
In 2011, Jhené released her first official mixtape, entitled Sailing Soul(s), a mixtape she reveals was her shot at the image-driven entertainment industry.
AllHipHop.com had a chance to chat with Jhené, and she dishes on her time with the Chris Stokes’ era, B2K, and her latest deal with No I.D.:
AllHipHop.com: I need to know how to pronounce your last name. I have no idea.
Jhené Aiko: It’s actually my middle name, and it’s Aiko. [I-e-ko].
AllHipHop.com: Awesome. I’ve been trying to pronounce it for like four years now.
Jhené Aiko: [laughs] I know! Everybody! They say Echo! I understand what they’re trying to say.
AllHipHop.com:Word is on the block that you signed with Def Jam. What’s happening?
Jhené Aiko: I signed with No I.D.’s label, Artium, which is a label under Def Jam. I’ve been recording just as much as possible. I write the majority of my music, so I really just like to take my time with the whole process. Just because anything forced just wouldn’t be right. I’m pretty deep into recording. I just need to get the right batch of songs together.
AllHipHop.com: How did you two link up?
Jhené Aiko: I have a friend that I’ve known for some time, and he’s worked at different labels for a while, interning and everything. Whoever he was working with, he would kind of put me in their ear. He started working with No I.D. His name is Noah Preston, and he just called me and my manager saying, “No I.D. wants to sit down with you and have a meeting.” We kind’ve thought it was about production; we didn’t really know that it was for the whole deal situation.
At the time, I was kind of skeptical about doing any deal with any label, but because he’s a creative person, he’s a producer, so he doesn’t have the same attitude as a label executive. He’s really about being creative, and about the art of it. It just felt really good, and it still does. It feels more like a partnership than “This is my boss!” type of thing.
AllHipHop.com: Why’d you feel hesitant at first?
Jhené Aiko: I was signed when I was 12, 13 to Sony/Epic, and it was just not a good experience for me, because I was so young, too. They could tell me how to dress; they were telling me what songs to sing and what image to have, and all that. It wasn’t a pleasurable experience. I just wanted to make sure that this time they know that I know who I am. I’m not a child anymore, so I’m going to have input in all aspects of my career. Really, they have to follow my lead, because I’m not one of those people that’s okay with just doing what people tell me to do, and just go on with whatever they think is right.
AllHipHop.com: And I did want to talk about that, too – your younger years, when you first got into the game, Chris Stokes, and that whole era of when people started to first find out about who Jhene was. How did you first link up with Chris Stokes and that whole camp?
Jhené Aiko: I’m the youngest of five. My older sisters did a lot of dancing since they were like five. They’ve always been into entertainment. My oldest sister was actually in their first video, in the “Da Munchies” video.
AllHipHop.com: Munchies? Oh, Immature!
Jhené Aiko: Yeah, she was in Immature’s first video, which was “Da Munchies”.
AllHipHop.com: That’s taking it back!
Jhené Aiko: Yeah! So, since then Chris approached my mom about working with my sisters, in a group, and they started working in different groups that he had. They were actually signed to MCA when they were real young, in a group called ‘Girl’. My family was around him, I was probably five or six when I first met him. I was always around him, and I was just sing just because my older sisters were singing. I just did the same thing. Whatever they were doing, I would just copy them.
One day, he heard me sing and was like, “Okay, well, when you’re old enough, let’s work with you!” I was into school and all that, and I was just like, “Yeah, whatever.” And when he did the deal with B2K, it was like a piggy back deal, like “Okay, well he signed them, I’ll also throw in her!” It was kind of like a thing that I didn’t really have to work for. They didn’t really showcase me or anything. It was that kind of deal. They didn’t really care. It was a good experience. I’m definitely glad that I didn’t pop, because it was totally not me. I wasn’t even an artist yet. I was just a 13-year-old.
AllHipHop.com: What did you learn from that situation?
Jhené Aiko: I learned what I won’t do in a situation, as far as with the label being able to just control your life.
AllHipHop.com: You don’t like that aspect?
Jhené Aiko: Not at all. I have an authority problem. Every individual is like you’re own boss, I feel like. Especially with being creative and being an artist, it’s like how can you really call yourself an artist if you are just following directions and being told what to sing and how to dress and really not being you. I was on the “Scream Tour 3”. I hosted it, opened and all of that. That was a really good experience to just get over stage fright and get used to being in front of a lot of people.
I have a daughter, she’s three. I would tell her to wait until she’s 18 to really start pursuing a career in entertainment if she wanted to, because I just learned that being a young teenage girl, especially going through the regular teenage girl stuff while you’re trying to be an entertainment, and you have label people telling you, “You need to clear up your acne!”, stuff that you’re already going to go through. It’s magnified. And, you shouldn’t have to worry about that. You just be going to school and being a kid.
AllHipHop.com: Why’d you decide to leave T.U.G.?
Jhené Aiko: It was only really about two and a half years when I was signed. They start dragging their feet, and I just really wanted to finish school. I called my mom, and I was like I want to sit down with everybody and just tell them that I want a release. A new president came to Epic, and she was not familiar with me. She kept putting me off, and I was like is there any way we can just get released? They weren’t going to drop me or anything; they were just going to shelve me. I knew what was happening. I was like let’s just get a release from all these people so I can just be in school. I just started doing music on my own with the producers I had met while I was signed. I was actually not with T.U.G. for that long.
AllHipHop.com: You’ve developed this fan base of folks who love you! Right?
Jhené Aiko: Yeah, I guess. [laughs]
AllHipHop.com: After that situation, you started making your own music, and how were you able to connect with your fans, garner those amount of people when you didn’t put out an album?
Jhené Aiko: The Internet is a crazy, amazing thing. I was home schooled, so I was always at home a lot, and just writing or staring at the wall. For me, that was just a great outlet to just write and be able to post things when MySpace got big. Then I started recording with my laptop on Garageband. Then I started experimenting with making my own beats. I would put the songs on MySpace and have them for download, and it was more of just a hobby. But there were still people there from the B2K days, and when I started really writing my own music, people were like “Oh okay. This is tight!”
I worked with a few producers that let me post their music also. It just kept people interested. I’ve always been big on the Internet, as far as just expressing myself, sharing poems, I had a blogspot where I would just post poems. I think that anytime a person is just transparent and just wants to themselves, and share what they’ve been through, then other people gravitate to it, because we all want to relate to each other and connect.
AllHipHop.com: How’d you end up linking with Kendrick Lamar?
Jhené Aiko: L.A. is a small place, especially if you do entertainment. A friend of mine ending up part of his management, and they heard the Drake, July thing that had leaked. He called me up like “I have an artist named Kendrick Lamar, he’s really dope, I think you guys are on the same tip and I think you guys should work together.” I hadn’t heard of him yet and my friend at the time had been listening to him. Then I felt blown away because I hadn’t really been listening to new music, even now I still just listen to ’90s music, or when I find an album that I love I just listen to that, I’m still stuck on things from like two, three years ago. We went in and immediately just vibed, and that song came out effortlessly, we just finished it really fast.
AllHipHop.com: Do you care about the mainstream, commercial fame?
Jhené Aiko: Honestly, I don’t. Of course, with a major label, there’s bigger outlets that I can be exposed to, but I’m just like I just don’t know if my music will translate to the people that listen to the mainstream. They’re going to want to see me do different things and more things. Even as a person, I’m just lowkey. I don’t really like going to the club, I don’t really like to do a lot. I’m lazy. [laughs] It could become mainstream, but it would have to be in a weird way. I’m not concerned with putting out this album and having it sell 10 million copies. I know that my fans are going to buy it, and they’re going to like it, and that’s all that matters.
AllHipHop.com: Who are you working with? You got No I.D., so I don’t know if you need to work with anybody else, but, are you?
Jhené Aiko: [laughs] One of the things with being with a label is I have so many more options with who I want to work with, and it’s gets a little overwhelming because I’m usually the type where it doesn’t matter whose beat it is. I got some tracks with people that work with The Weeknd, which are crazy dope. I got some beats from A$AP Rocky’s producer. Key Wayne, who is one of Big Sean’s producers. I just recorded some stuff to his track. It’s a lot. Whoever I tell them I want to work with, they’re like “Yeah! Here’s some tracks!” That part is a little overwhelming because I’m not used to having so much to work with. I’m like “Okay, wait a minute, let me get some subjects to write about!”
AllHipHop.com: Who else are you looking to work with?
Jhené Aiko: I really want to work with Pharell. I know he’s like super busy, though, so I would understand if that doesn’t happen. I think he has that sound. I really want to work with Kid Cudi. I know he produces a little bit, but he’s just so tight to me. I really want to work with with Drake’s producer, 40. He has that sound that I was always try to explain to people, and it would start off like that, and all this music would come in, and I’ll be like, “Noooo! I just want it be nice and mellow.” Now, No I.D. is going to do some stuff from scratch with me.
AllHipHop.com: When should we expect an album?
Jhené Aiko: As soon as possible. Of course, it’s different now with a label. I can’t just record a song and put it out like “New music! Download it now!”, which is killing me because I’m so spontaneous like that. I feel like when a song is hot, and I just recorded it, the momentum, I just want everybody to hear it. I understand there’s a contract involved now, so I can’t really do that. Definitely, they’re on the same page as me. They want to do everything as soon as possible, without rushing it. I’m pretty deep into the project. I feel like every song right now is a keeper. If they agree with me, then we should we done and have something released by the end of the summer, which is what I’m really pushing for, fingers crossed. If not, it’s definitely going to be worth the wait, because I really take my time with it. Not that I’m trying to compete with Sailing Souls, but I know that musically I’ve grown since then. It will be made clear in this album.
AllHipHop.com: What do you have to say to your fans?
Jhené Aiko: Right now, I would like to say thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for just connecting with the music and for having an open mind. I know I’m not the mainstream girl, I’m not the video vixen looking. There’s a lot of things that are not what you’re seeing now. I find it brave of my fans to stick up for me. It’s like a cult following, and sometimes I have to tell people on Twitter, “Don’t attack someone because they say they’re not a fan of me. That’s just their opinion of me.” I appreciate that because that means that they’re real true fans, and that they really are connected to me and my music.
I also want to thank everyone for being patient, especially in the internet age everybody wants everything fast. They want even the R&B singers to put out stuff like they’re rappers. I think a lot of my fans do understand that I like to take my time and make it right and all that. I definitely will stay on this path that I’m on. They don’t have to worry about me coming with a techno. I might be able to put something smooth on a techno beat, but it will still be me. I’ll never compromise. They’re always going to see me.
Roc Nation artist J.Cole recently did an interview with Bootleg Kev of Las Vegas’ Hot 97.5, and has spoken out about his dislike for rappers over-sharing and “fighting for attention” on Twitter. Check out what he said below:
“I’m not on Twitter no more, I’m not doing it and I’m not going to. I’m sitting and on watching all these artists who I respect — some of them are big artists — on Twitter fighting for attention. Every tweet is like, I’m looking for attention. Retweet me! It comes from this place of fear, like I don’t want people to forget about me. But really your body of work speaks for you, so it’s doing work even when you’re not knowing it. But because people ain’t talking about you on Twitter or your mixtape ain’t trending, you feel a certain kind of way. But when it’s my time, I’m gonna load up all my clips and I’m gonna empty ‘em out.”
Get ready to see Kanye West on reality TV this season. E! Online has confirmed that Yeezy will make several appearances on both “Keeping Up With The Kardashians” (KUWTK) and “Kourtney & Kim Take New York”, and has already been featured in a TV spot for KUWTK.
Kim, who has been very outspoken about her relationship with Kanye, has said that she wants to show her life and Kanye is now a big part of it and so he will be on the show. “If we are having dinner and he does show up, I’m sure we’re not going to go, ‘Stop the cameras!” said Kim.
“I’m not going to be taking a bubble bath and drinking champagne or on a sex swing like Khloé [Kardashian Odom] and Lamar [Odom] do,” Kim added. “It’s not going to be like that.”
“Keeping Up With The Kardashians” premieres this Sunday, May 20 at 9 p.m. on E!. So, keep an eye out for Yeezy!
“Eminem is the reason I rap,” was one of many revelations that Bizzy Crook proclaimed when he stopped by the AllHipHop.com offices recently. In addition to telling us about his background and come-up as a lover of all things Hip-Hop thanks to Mr. Mathers, the man with many homes spoke on his work with Jim Jones and AraabMUZIK, snatching a hook from Demi Lovato, and much more.
With the June release of his new mixtape, P.S. I’m Sorry 2, on the horizon, Bizzy is rapidly putting the finish touches on what he believes will be something that fans both old and new will always remember from the Good Luckrapper.
Check out our exclusive interview with Bizzy below:
If you are from Detroit and are in your mid-40s or younger, it was probably the first slang phrase you ever learned:
“What Up Doe?!”
If you are from outside of the Land of Mile Roads, you have probably heard the expression somewhere before. Ever wonder where it came from?
“What Up Doe?” is recognized on the website, www.UrbanDictionary.com, and defined as “a greeting amongst people in an urban setting. It can be used in several ways; it can express friendship, anger, or be used as a question. It is used extensively in the upper east of the Midwest, especially Detroit.”
A twist on the common “What’s Up?”, “What Up Doe?” became popular in the mid-’80s. Detroit transplant, Jae Barber, manager of rapper elZhi and producer Karriem Riggins, currently resides in Los Angeles traces it back: “’What Up Doe?’ initially was the way that drug dealers greeted each other because “dough” meant money, and they were making a lot of it. It’s a phrase my older cousins used a lot back then. Younger kids like me, took it, and ran with it.”
Detroit-based rapper, actor, and film director, Al Nuke, explains, “To my knowledge, ‘What Up Doe?’ emerged in 1983, and it had a lot to do with the Pony Down gang. AWOL was the first Detroit rap group to have a single called “What Up Doe?” which did well on the radio. It was a street code at first and then they burst it as Detroit lingo on a record. They made it a cool thing to say for everybody. Now, it is just the standard Detroit greeting.”
In the 1980s, Detroit gained notoriety as a murder capital and a major drug market, with criminal organizations like The Chambers Brothers, Young Boys, Inc., and later Black Mafia Family (BMF). Through their presence in Atlanta in the ’90s, BMF unknowingly introduced the signature phrase to mainstream rappers like Young Jeezy, whose usage has helped make the phrase universal.
Detroit rapper Tone-Tone memorialized the phrase on record – his song, “What Up Doe?” became a local classic. The film, 8 Mile, which is nearing its decade anniversary, further propelled the universality of the phrase as nearly every character used it incessantly.
Artist manager and AllHipHop.com contributor, Hexmurda sums it up best. “What up doe can mean a few different things. It can be a greeting, a challenge, or a phrase used to determine one’s origin or residency,” says Hexmurda. “It depends on the situation and voice inflection. Whenever a Detroiter hears that, wherever they may be, they know home isn’t that far away.”
Biba Adams is a Senior Staff Writer for AllHipHop.com, and a native Detroiter living in Atlanta. Tell her “What Up Doe,” on Twitter (@BibatheDiva), and send her your “Local to Universal” phrases from your hometown – it might make the site.
Is there more than one Toccara in the world? You know the model chick? The TV chick? The big-b####, sexy woman?
I’m just asking, because there is a new song with Lil Scrappy that features somebody named “Toccara.” Now this the Toccara I know (Rumor continues after pictures):
Now, the singer sounds really good and that’s why its hard to believe its THE Toccara! I’m going to have to get one of the interviewer people here to get at her. Did I miss something here?
TOCCARRA, WE LOVE YOU!
They keep us talking, but if we stop talking about them then they should worry!
-illseed
WHO: illseed
WHAT: Rumors
WHERE: AllHipHop.com, illseed.com, and Twitter.com/illseed/
HOW: Send your rumors and ill pics to illseed at kingillseed [at] gmail.com
(AllHipHop News) The second day in the trial of Hip-Hop mogul James “Jimmy Henchman” Rosemond got underway today, but not without some controversy.
prosecution presented several witnesses to bolster their case against Rosemond, who is accused of running a $10 million-per-year cocaine operation.
Rosemond has pleaded not guilty to the charges and claims he is the victim of a smear campaign, allegedly started in part by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, Chuck Philips.
Part of Rosemond’s defense centers around several articles written by Philips, as well as his actions after he was laid off by the Los Angeles Times.
The article claimed Rosemond was behind the 1994 shooting of Tupac Shakur at Quad Recording Studios in Manhattan.
The Los Angeles Times eventually published a retraction, laid off Philips and paid Rosemond a $250,000 settlement.
Philips then sent documents to associates of Rosemond’s in prison around the country, further repeating the claims that he was a “snitch.”
Today (May 15), the two men finally met face-to-face for the first time in court.
Yesterday (May 14), as Philips was leaving court, he was handed a subpoena to testify in the case, since Rosemond unexpectedly made Philips’ articles a centerpiece of his defense.
After Rosemond attorney Gerald Shargel spotted Philips in the court room today, he called a sidebar and requested the judge to order Phillips to leave the court.
“[Gerald] Shargel used me as a red herring for the jury in his opening argument,” Philps told AllHipHop.com in an exclusive interview. “He subpoenaed me as witness not for my testimony, but so he could keep me out of the courtroom and stop me from covering the trial.”
After Philips identified himself Judge Gleeson politely asked Philips to excuse himself from court.
Philips promptly left, allowing the rest of the testimony in the case to continue for today.
(AllHipHop News) After a nearly six-year absence from the music scene, multi-platinum recording artist DMX has unleashed a brand new EP, titled The Weigh In, today (May 15) for his fans who anxiously await the dog’s seventh studio album, Undisputed, which is set for release on June 26.
The Weigh In EP, which includes 11 brand new tracks from DMX, also features Lil Wayne, Big Stan, and Andreena Mills. In addition to Dr. Dre, DMX has assembled a team of producers such as Rich Kid, Niam Son, and Wayno.
Is having a nice rear end worth giving up your legs? Unfortunately for April Brown, those were exactly the consequences she had to endure after she received botched butt injections at an unlicensed facility.
Brown had to have both of her legs amputated to save her life after her butt injections led to several life-threatening infections.
“I got the butt implants five years ago,” said Brown. “For five years, I lived in pain. Excruciating pain.”
To make matters worse, Brown refuses to tell authorities who gave her the injections or where the procedure took place, putting possibly hundreds of other people in danger. All that for some cakes?
The Next 48 Hours With B.o.B is an original 2 part web series that goes behind the scenes during the album release week of “Strange Clouds”.
Part 1 follows B.o.B during the day before his album release. B.o.B visits “The View”, BET’s 106 & Park, Associated Press, Power 105.1 with DJ Clue and Hot 97’s Funkmaster Flex.
(AllHipHop News) Outspoken and politically charged Atlanta rapper Killer Mike releases his sixth full length project today (May 15).
The project’s name, R.A.P. Music, is an acronym for Rebellious African People Music, and it exclusively utilizes the production talents of indie Hip-Hop legend El-P, founder of Def Jux.
While many critics have taken note of the varying styles that El-P and Killer Mike bring to the table for this effort, some have also recognized how Killer Mike’s Southern draw and strong political presence on tracks mixes well with the transient and gritty New York production of El-P.
Last summer, the Outkast-protege, Killer Mike, recorded the whole project in New York on the Lower East Side, writing down very little and knocking out the project in a matter of four or five weeks.
The 12-track project is blessed with lyrics and features from Bun B, T.I., Trouble, Scar, El-P and Emily Panic, and features a collection of freestyles and socio-political commentaries from the eyes of a politically conscious and socially reverent African-Amerian man.
Below is a tracklisting for R.A.P. Music, along with a list of tour dates that Killer Mike has set up with El-P, Mr. Muthaf*ckin’ eXquire, and Despot starting June 19 in Atlanta, Georgia.
1 Big Beast [ft. Bun B, T.I., and Trouble]
2 Untitled [ft. Scar]
3 Go!
4 Southern Fried
5 Jo Jo’s Chillin
6 Reagan
7 Don’t Die
8 Ghetto Gospel
9 Butane (Champion’s Anthem) [ft. El-P]
10 Anywhere But Here [ft. Emily Panic]
11 Willie Burke Sherwood
12 R.A.P. Music
Killer Mike Tour Dates: with El-P, Mr. Muthaf*ckin’ eXquire, and Despot:
June 19 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
June 20 – New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues
June 21 – Dallas, TX @ Granada
June 22 – Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live
June 23 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk
June 25 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent
June 26 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah
June 28 – Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex
June 29 – San Francisco, CA @ Regency
June 30 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne
July 1 – Seattle, WA @ Neumo’s
July 2 – Vancouver, British Columbia @ Fortune
July 5 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fineline
July 6 – Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge
July 7 – Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
July 8 – Ann Arbor, MI @ Blind Pig
July 9 – Toronto, Ontario @ Hoxton
July 11 – Boston, MA @ Paradise
July 12 – Providence, RI @ The Met
July 14 – Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero
July 15 – Washington, DC @ Rock and Roll Hotel
Welcome to the day that you begin to do your absolute best in everything you do! Today’s Daily
Word is dedicated to Being Extra!! It is a known fact that most people never truly reach their goals because they only do just enough to try to reach them! What most people don’t realize is that in order to accomplish anything in life, they must be willing to go the extra mile!
Doing just enough will win some victories, but not enough to make winning a habit! Every single day, you must vow to do your absolute best, and do what needs to be done to reach your goals! Be Extra!! Just getting by is for the mediocre, and there’s no way on God’s Green Earth that you were put here to be Mediocre!! Give it all you got, then give it some more!! The Only person that can stop you is you!! THE WORLD IS YOURS!!
-Ash’Cash
“On the road of life, there are no roadblocks when you go the extra mile.” -Unknown
“The extra energy required to make another effort or try another approach is the secret of winning.” -Denis Waitley
“The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.” -Jimmy Johnson
“Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more.” -A. Lou Vickery
“If you do things well, do them better. Be daring, be first, be different, be just.” -Anita Roddick
“Challenge yourself to think on a higher level. Go above and beyond the standard of what is expected and strive for the most extraordinary accomplishments.” -Donald Trump
“Do your best every day and your life will gradually expand into satisfying fullness.” -Unknown
“The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.” -Arthur C. Clarke
“When you reach the top, keep climbing.” -Proverb
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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.
prosecution presented several witnesses to bolster their case against Rosemond, who is accused of running a $10 million-per-year cocaine operation.