Focused on the future

Been in the Army nearly four years now, spent 3 1/2 of which overseas (Germany, Iraq, Afghanistan). I'm focused on what's ahead I must admit. If I decide to get out at my ETS (20 OCT 2013) I'll be nearly 27 years old, should have my Bachelor's completed and a G.I. Bill ready to be used for a Masters Degree or Music Production school. I don't know where life will end up taking me and if I'll be satisfied if the life I lived when I'm on my death bed but for now my future looks bright.

Here in the Stan I've been writing my ass off. Some of my best writing has come from my fingertips and I can't wait to work on my next solo project "Divine Right", as well as a project I have with Mac Tre called "Enuff Maccin" and the debut Axes project (currently unnamed). Afghanistan has brought many ups and downs, mostly due to bullshit and politics within my career. It is what it is though and I've learned a lot about myself and how I deal with things. Life is too short to be unhappy and I do not plan on having too many bad days in my life so I'm focused... on the future. Stay tuned Ima get back into my blog shit.

Thoughts in my head

As a kid I remember I had a few dreams of what I wanted to be when I grew up. I remember around the age of 6 to 9 my dream was to be the fifth member of Boyz II Men, then I later realized I was white and couldn't harmonize on their level. Around the age of 10 to 11 I remember wanting to be a professional baseball player and later a professional BMX racer. At the age of 12 to 15 is when I really started to focus on music, when I worked at a local radio station and that's when my goal was to be a professional disc jockey. This later fueled my desire to be a sports journalist, print or visual media it didn't matter.

I mention my dreams from my youth for a reason, did I achieve what I had hoped to? I can understand that at the age of 6 my dreams were pretty farfetched and surely unattainable. The likelihood of me achieving my goals at in my pre-teen years were also pretty minimal, it takes a hard working and dedicated person to become a professional athlete. I've always loved sports, but to be honest with myself I'm not a naturally gifted athlete. My dreams in my teen years were very achievable, I just think that I lost interest as I grew up. I saw that it was hard to become a Howard Stern type, with mass syndication, and I didn't want to be stuck in some run down radio station working Midnight to 4 am for the people of beautiful Pahrump, Nevada. Journalism has always been something that has been of interest to me. I've always had a passion for writing in any form, in fact that's what started me out in making music in the first place. As a child I would write all the time and became an extremely fast typist, due to my mother's keen understanding the power of the computer and the future it would have on the world. I question myself often though. I ask myself almost weekly if this is where I saw myself at 24 years old. Did I think I'd be in the Army, living in Germany? Did I think I would've ever gone to war and then be preparing to try my luck in a second? Honestly the answers are no to all of those questions. There are plenty of days that I hate the Army, for many reasons. The Army has a backwards way of doing things and sick way of treating grown men and women. As good as the Army has been to me personally I have also seen in wrong many others. The inferior practices and outdated tactics are crippling the military today, but that's a subject for a different day. My point is this: when I ask myself if I'm where I want to be in life, my answer is no. I don't want to be some run down old man telling war stories to his grandchildren and living off of his VA benefits. I'm a proud member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, but I will not let my military service define me. I am too damn smart to be just another warm body. I have way too much to offer this world, to offer myself, to continue to be treated like an insignicant number. I know my mother objects to my decision, but I don't plan on making a career out of the Army. I just can't see myself doing this for 20 years. It's not even hard, it's fucking easy actually. It's just retarded in so many ways. I honestly hate being disrespected and being spoken to in a condescending manner and that is all the Army is. So this is my statement, hold me to it please, I will not be in this damn Army past my six year obligation. Sorry Mom.

The point to this blog was for me to explain what goes through my head on a daily basis, I promise I'll start creating some happy posts lol!

Reverse Racism

Except for the select few whom have had success in Hip Hop, most white artists that I know definitely are victims of reverse racism. I'm all for equality and was raised to be understanding of others, tolerance was never enough... equality was enough. I've experienced, in my six years of rapping, many run-ins with reverse racism. I often get that I cannot rap because I am of white skin complexion, or that my music isn't my own but stolen from a Black artist. It's such an absurd thing to say about someone. I've actually been told before that I'm not Enuff Said and that I tattooed Enuff Said on my arms to pass off as someone else, that definitely made me laugh. What can I say though? Can I honestly bitch and complain that there is not a level playing field in Hip Hop? It's humorous to me that people say that because I'm from a nice family, from a nice neighborhood, that I could not be included in Hip Hop. It's funny because well, if many people actually did their research they would see that a lot Hip Hop Artists/ Rappers have College Degrees or are even from well-off families. Hip Hop, in it's basic form, is an expressive outlet. From the get go artists used Hip Hop to express happiness, sadness, political views and social commentary. Forgive the Pop Artists who pretend to be Rappers right now, they are shameless gimmicks using the art form to make a quick buck. I have striven to make music with a purpose; angry, social, political or just fun club music, I always want my sound to be genuine and clever. I do not see that because of my skin color I receive the oohs and ahhs, the quick jokes and the relentless bullshit because I "think I'm black". Hmm I'm just saying it's 2011, if a black man can be president... more than one white guy can be a prominent Rapper. That's all I'm gonna say now...


Enuff Said
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Method to the Madness

First off I must welcome you, my readers, to my blog. I've always had a hunger for writing music, stories, essays, poetry and words in general. I hope that this blog can open a window into my head, or at the very least entertain a few people.

For the past month I've been working on my third project, my first full length LP titled "Method to the Madness". So far every song I've made for this project has blown me away. It's amazing to see how much my music has grown as a writer, performer and creative mind. A few years ago I was just standing in front of the microphone and spitting my lyrics. In recent years I've been focusing more on making my purposeful music have more purpose. I've done my best to make every song better than the songs that preceded it. I must say though, this LP is going to be great. My aggressive flow has gotten better, my soft more relaxed flow has come out of left field and my story telling has made it's way into my music. "Method to the Madness" will undoubtedly be my official entry into serious music. The King of Palm Springs is still here and will never leave.


Enuff Said
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