There are some things you JUST DON'T DO!

Hello Patrons..

As we prepare for the New Year and as we ALL make lists of things we want to do with our lives do me ONE small favor.. PLEASE be realistic! I've found that the best way to achieve a goal is to set a series of small ones (the ones we are MOST scared to set because we KNOW they're easy enough to ACTUALLY do, therefore making us feel guilty when we don't accomplish them... think about it...). Instead of setting that BIG goal everyone in the world knows you can't REALLY pull off in the year.. (don't say you're going to cure cancer this year unless your goal last year was to continue your life-long research finding a cure.. Be real man..).

Setting SMALL goals and consistently reaching them gives you a ton of confidence and enables you to eventually do the things you NEVER thought possible. Sure.. I want to sell platinum.. All MC's do.. But, instead, I'll just concentrate on laying the ground work this year by recording platinum quality tracks and setting up a platinum fan base with a more aggressive internet promotional strategy.. The big goal will come if I pull off the small ones... right? So THIS year I am NOT setting unreachable goals (at least ones I can't reach this year...)

And this being said, there are certain things YOU JUST DON'T DO!

1. You don't take a knife to a gun fight...
2. You NEVER tell your mother her greens aren't as good as your wife's. Conversely, you don't tell your wife here greens aren't as good as your mother's.
3. You ALSO NEVER sing a DUET with Patty Labelle! I mean really... have you heard her?!

Kevin Nottingham - Some people just do things right...

Happy Holidays Patrons. I hope everyone is enjoying Christmas Day. I'm chilling in Knoxvegas with the family, Nada, and some close friends. Golden. If the gifts are open and you're looking for something to do, hit up this site.

www.kevinnottingham.com

Kevin just did it right. A quality site that is ACTUALLY about the music. go figure. Thanks for the "Get on the Elevator" Vol. 1 review Kev! If you love music, if you love hip-hop then you'll want to visit this site often. Check it out patrons and Merry Christmas.

The Management

OPEN MIKE NIGHT BLOG

Happy Holidays! Don't be a Grinch! Please...

Oooo! I forgot to post this... My favorite holiday movie... Listen to the bass vocals on the track... Is it that dude from Color Me Bad? lol! Just playing... The Grinch is a mean dude.. I mean really, "Your heart is full of unwashed socks?" Wow... That ain't even natural! I ain't never met a person deserving of that description (well... maybe once or twice...). But despite what the dope bass singer said about the Grinch's personality, even he was able to turn it around and make the holiday season great. Can you?

Momma's Cookin' Chicken and Collard Greens!

Ah.. yes patrons. It's that time of year! I hope you're excited. I hope you have family, friends, loved ones, your girl, your guy, a church, a dog... SOMEONE to be with this holiday! That's what this is ALL about. It's crazy too, because the economy has us in a situation were there aren't many gifts under the tree. So we are forced to treat THIS Christmas in a way that is about more than just Best Buy gift cards, Black Friday, or trampling somebody to death in Wal-Mart just so you can grab one of the last Tickle Me Elmo Dolls (people are crazy...)! So enjoy your holiday, make THIS Christmas about MORE than just the gifts, and please find someone (who REALLY loves you..) to enjoy it with. Who needs credit card debt REALLY? Not me! Enjoy this CLASSIC! We should learn a very serious lesson from Joe, DMC, and Jay... All one REALLY needs to be happy this Christmas is some fresh ADIDAS!

Shae'Lyda! Hello America!

Most of ya'll have seen this.. But hey! Watch it again! She's the future people! How many dope female MC's you know out there? How many dope 17 year old MC's you know out there? How many dope female, 17 year old, MC's you know out there?.... You ALL know the answer... So that being said, take a little look at the future. We don't know WHEN Shae'lyda will be big, but she WILL be big! Kinda inevitable in my book! She might even beat the Elements to big time success. But who DOESN'T want there little sis to do greater things than them? Mean people... Dat about it... Be good patrons!

First things first...

Written at 4:30 AM on 12/11/08...

Okay... really. It's late, it's early, and I have NO idea how to blog! It's kinda crazy too because I have a pretty decent knowledge of computers and I can even cut and past a mean HTML code.. but for some reason I NEVER learned how to blog! I really should too because I KEEP hearing and I'm starting to believe that no one should waste their dope thoughts, musings, etc... on the same 10 people you see EVERY day! I do believe that there are FAR more people than that out there that will gladly say things like, "I hear you B.." or, "Fo' real?!" or, "Man I wish this dude would shut up!" So this is for all of those people! As long as I get a little feedback, get people talking a bit, and have something to do, it'll be good! So enjoy! Oh.. and first things first, go check out my boy Midimarc's blog Diary of a Mad Black Beatmaker. Good stuff...