It's been a good year................

I gotta say it's been a good year for the kid........My single, "Here Now" hit #3 on college/mixtape charts, a TV appearance, random internet reviews and now the Boston Herald! I can't believe this. I want to say thanks to everyone who's been checkin in and supporting my music. And I also wanna ask yall to come out to a show............October 30th. Check the flier below!!!

so please continue to support the movement!!!!!!!!

TALENT album download

Herald Interview

ya heard it on the radio, seen it on the tv show........

I got chance to perform and give a quick interview on NECN this past friday. My trusty dj, retrospect, had my back and we tried to rep the best we could......It was crazy! Real fun and a new experience. I didn't have an external speaker in studio, so i had to use a secret service headphone. The beat was mad low, but i got it together. If you pay close attention, you can see me get way more comfortable from verse 2 - on. Latoya Edwards was mad cool too!! She was crackin jokes with us during commercial breaks about rapping in a news studio and how she's 6'0". Totally unexpected sense of humor from a newscaster.

I put some photos up and the link to the broadcast.............

been a while goons......

What's up people? I know i suck at keeping up with this blog. I just got a new laptop so hopefully i can update more often. My old computer took 4 minute minimums on loading any website with flash. tonight i've been learning how to promote my music better, hence the facebook box to your right. I guess after you make the music, you're supposed to find fans........so here goes.

BECOME A FAN OF MY MUSIC! and/or
BUY MY MUSIC

BIGGER NEWS

I got the call to be on NECN this Friday! They host a segment called coffeehouse where local musicians are spotlighted. I'll be the first hip-hop act appearing on this show, so i'm lovin it! Check your listings and tune in this Friday 9/25 at 9:40 am.

SMALLER NEWS

Football is back and I'm 1-1 in my fantasy league. I'm infamous for bad trades and forgetting to set my roster, but this year is different, I'm gonna come in at least 5th place...........just watched a super dope movie called "On the Road With Judas" It was a cool format and it had the dude who played Kip in Napoleon Dynamite. He played a cool role instead of uber-nerd. I think only nerds use the uber prefix so i guess I'm up there too. But check out the flick.......really cool..................been back into comics lately too. If you live near rte 495, you should check out my friend Ernie's shop. Friendly Neighborhood Comics. He took the time to explain what I've missed in the last 12 years of Marvel Universe and wasn't all condescending about it. Thanks Ernie! A lot of comic guys i meet tend to come off like un-appreciated scholars and therefore flex on you because its a rare opportunity.

till next time
God Bless....................................................

"ya wonder where I been/ I been workin" - Erik Sermon-Headbanger

Peace yall. Been working on mad music lately!!! I got my album TALENT doing it's thing. I cannot figure out the paypal store stuff yet, but hopefully you'll be able to buy my stuff here and on myspace soon.

Just finished recording a mixtape that's on a cd. hahahaha......still don't get that whole thing. I hooked up with Matteo Getz again and he blessed me with some goodie-goodies. I'm in the process of mixing now, so no official release date. I never come close to the deadlines any way.

speaking of Matteo, his single "HERE WE GO AGAIN" feat. KRS-ONE and our boy HELLAFAKTZ from Canada just finished charting. It spent 6 weeks on the college charts and peaked at 3!!!

and we just got my joint "HERE NOW" on there too. It was the second most added track in the country. Big up Papa D promo!!!........... so check it out and call WERS and request it.....they hate me so it should be fun.......if your bored between 10p and 2a dial 617-482-8890. Tell em play J.D.O. 'HERE NOW" hahaha....good looks.

on the horizon is a self-produced EP which is tentavely titled "THE AIR" it's gonna be a little weird and maybe a more experimental. Also coming together in it's extremely infantile stage is an album produced solely by my man S-GRACE. In my head, its gonna be my Illmatic, but we'll see what happens.

I've also been in talks with my boy CAS-UNO aka the head honcho at LABELESS ILLTELLIGENCE. I'm trying to release a project with these dudes!!! they still make music that's inspiring and relevant.....check em out ASAP.

Also been seeking coverage in a Brazilian hip-hop magazine, it's long ways away but i got a hook up with my boy RAPHA MC. one of the most talented rappers i've known........he raps in porteguese and it's dope!

which brings me to the video. Enough audio news........since last summer i've been involved with 3 videos. One was mine, one was Rapha MC's and the latest was with Jaxn, the godfather of Framingham Hip Hop.

check em.............peace!

KG Corleone

Remember in Godfather 2 when Frank Pentangeli was gonna rat out Michael and the rest of the Corleone family? They couldn't get to him and make him stop. He was being guarded on an army base by the FBI. They really had no options........until they had his brother come from Sicily. His older brother sat in the back with Michael and Tom Hagen. It reminded Frank of what honor was and it made him ashamed of his actions.

K.G. should have suited up for game 7!!! He didn't even have to play. He could have just been there like the elder Pentangeli to remind the young of how important this thing really is!!! It would have scared Orlando and pumped up La familia de Celtics!!!



The only good thing coming from this season's end is the weeding out of the band wagoner's.

peace till next time people

cd's ruined everything

When Hip-hop became marketable it was on wax. Soon it was on cassette. The thing about these mediums is that you generally play them through. It's not too easy to skip tracks.......not as easy as a cd anyway.

so what's your point?

My point is that in the era of the cassette (in my opinion, when hip-hop ruled), you had to make a good album......EPMD had to make great albums.......Show & AG had to make a good album. These people had to make something that could be played straight through! If you remember back to the early 90's, playability was a huge selling point. We judged albums......whole albums...singles could be dope but if the album sucked, no point in picking it up.

With the dawn of the disc, we saw a single being placed in the middle of 12 other fluffy, fraudulent so-called songs. And people were buying it! HUH? That album is terrible, people still copp it for the 2 jams they wanna hear. Why is this all possible? Because you can skip tracks so easily that the masses don't mind paying $15 for an inflated single!!!

Now there's mp3's and it kinda takes care of the other tracks on a so-called album that stink, but it further kills the art!!!

THE ART OF THE ALBUM IS DEAD!!!!!!!!!!!

turning 30........fine with me

so yeah, i turned 30 on the 13th.....people are always askin "do you feel old?". Let me explain something.......3o is young!!! ask anyone in a nursing home, cardiac unit or your parents if they felt old at 30. I bet they laugh and/or backhand you. so just to reiterate, I do not feel old........30 is not old, 80 is old..... But my girl and my two closest friends set up a surprise b-day jam on sunday........totally blind sided. Mad fam and friends came to take part in some good brew and a huge cake. Sold a few albums too. So THANKS TO ALL WHO CAME OUT AND SHOWED LOVE! pics to come soon

but i got my first 2 mixtapes available for free download. Hit these links
The worst mixtape you ever heard VOL 1

Beat Dreams

and check out my myspace to get a preview of my new album Talent

thanks people

everybody in the house..............

Yeah yeah...... whats going on people? welcome to the Blog.....never thought i would use that phrase.....technology is off the hook now........i can let everyone know exactly what i think at any given time. Think about that..........it's weird.

This will be updated monthly or maybe more but i get lazy with this type of thing.....haven't checked myspace in a ill minute.....

but it's to keep yall in the loop as far as shows, release dates and anything i feel like waxin' about. like the celts in OT with the heat right now......59.3 left up by 6!!!

any way...My first Full length album, Talent is here. been a long time coming but you can get it from me personally (cash only....no food stamps) i will arm wrestle you for one though.....(over the top punks!) Or come to Perfect Style barber shop in Malden, Ma. get a shape up and a dope cd for $15

check out a sample on myspace.com/neweast

And the C's pulled it out 112-108

peace