What a ride. Feels pretty good to make it through the year and create an album that's this versatile. I gotta say I'm happy with each and every record I put out and equally pleased with this final release. I had a lot of fun making this track, and decided to end off with a fun hip-hop record... basically showcasing how i'm better than the rest of the game, humbley of course :) '09 is gonne be a big year.

here's my new music video. thanks to everyone involved in making it happen.

Directed by: Will Coss
Produced by: Michael McManus
Edited by: Stephen Conca

Recently my boy Bruno Beats and I started a production duo called the Sonic Boyz and we've been building up a sick catalogue of hip-hop, r&b, and electronic beats. Basically we're super producers. The best that ever lived... and equally humble about it :)

Anyway, the stuff we've been doing is pretty unique so we figured it would be a good idea to make a track for the yearbook album. Long story short, we got in the studio and made a hot record. Bruno played some guitar, I started singing A Night to Remember... and the rest is history. Not sure where the idea came from, but music is a vibe and I've learned to just roll with it.

Sonic Booooooyyyyyyyz!

btw add us... we need friends http://www.myspace.com/sonicboyz

-oz

Over the past year I've been through a lot. Going through a number of different trials, my faith has been tested in many ways, but it has ultimately strengthened my relationship with God and given me a better understanding of the world.

There's no doubt I have a much clearer perspective on things and a fresh outlook on life. Having gotten to know the true message of Jesus, I felt compelled to make this song. This track wasn't made for Christians [although I'm sure they'll dig it :)] but rather those who haven't come to know Christ yet or understand everything He has to offer.

This joint is definitely soulful and I wanted to make sure I grabbed people's attention. To do so, I hired actor Michael McManus to read some very powerful scripture right from the Bible before each of my verses... and it sounds amazing. Many people have their own thoughts and opinions about the Bible, but have never actually picked it up and read it for themselves. With that being said, I felt compelled to share the Word of God with people and blessed to be able to do it through music. Enjoy.

-oz

This was a fun record to make. I got in touch with my old friend David Veslocki from West Hartford (who I've known since the 4th grade) and it turns out after all these years, he's still playing the guitar. Dave plays like Jimi Hendrix with a masters from Yale in guitar.

Anyway, I got him in the studio and it was a blast... with all the guitar on this record it had a very American vibe to it, so I decided to roll with it and write about, well, the American Dream.

I guess the timing is pretty good with the election coming up and all, and I am very proud to be an American regardless of how the rest of the world may view us. Who knows, maybe this will get a little American pride pumpin' through our veins again and encourage some patriotism.

Anyway, enjoy the record.

-oz

So, everyone has been asking me where the July record is... Last month my song "Electrofly" reached 2 on the college radio charts and drew some attention from some established producers. I usually (actually, always) produce all the beats on my albums.... but when the Kickdrums reached out to me, I felt this would be a great opportunity to get a fresh sound and work with some talented cats.



Also, right around the same time the Kickdrums got at me, my man Rick Steel over at The Inc. got in touch and we decided to do a collab as well. Rick has taught me a lot and helped me step my production game up a few notches over the last year and I feel blessed to get a track from him. Rick, I killed this one, you'll be happy with it.



Anyway I really feel blessed to get production from such established producers in the game and release two, ridiculous records for you all... both VERY different in sound. Thanks for your patience, I know it took me a while to get these out, but we're back on track now :)

Thanks for the suport everyone!!

-oz

About a month ago I was talking to my friend Arielle online, and she sent me a picture of herself wearing glasses. Now, she looks good no matter what she's wearing but in this particular picture she commented on how this was her "nerdy girl" look. Immediately I started singing nerdyyyy girllll in my head and thought that would be a dope concept for a song. Everyone is always talking about dirty girls... me personally, I like a nerdy girl... with a wild side :)

Anyway, when I got into the studio to record I started laying down the vocals for the hook. "Nerdy girl, I need a nerdy girl" etc... The odd thing was, every time we listened back to what I recorded, it didn't sound like I was saying nerdy girl at all, it sounded like I was saying dirty girl. We tried for about an hour to find a way to make it sound less like "dirty" and more like "nerdy" but, to no avail.

So, at this point I just said what the F, rewrote the song and made it about a dirty girl. After all, like I said before... I like a nerdy girl with a wild side :)

PS: shout out to Bruno Sutter for laying down some sick guitar.

This joint is a banger right here. Staright up rocks the club.

It's interesting how this song came to be though... I initially had an entire different record in mind for the May Release...

Basically, I had produced a really hot joint for the summer and I had a certain female vocalist (who shall remain nameless) that was gonna do the hook. Unfortunately, like most people... she talked a good game and was completely unreliable.

I had studio time booked for Wed, Thurs, Fri and a couple hours on Saturday before my engineer bounced back to Miami. I gave her the record nearly 2 weeks in advance to get her part done...

When Wednesday and Thursday rolled around, she gave me the complete runaround, no vocals, and never showed up... And now I had no record... I'm not sure whether it was her fault or her managers but it was completely unprofessional and I don't do business like that.

Anyway, so now it's Friday... 2am, and I have no record at all... I got home, turned on my equipment at my studio and made a hot ass beat and just ran with it. Woke up early the next morning, finished the beat and wrote the song on the bus out to the studio. Last minute, but damn it came out hot.

I was thinking about electricity for whatever reason and the the word electrify... then it just came to me. Someone in my situation who was damn near screwed out of completing a record... was fly enough to manage the whole situation... Hence I came up with the word, "Electrofly". I actually like this record a lot more than the original idea I had for the May release... so whenever things don't seem to be working out the way you planned, keep moving forward cause God has something else in mind for you.

Enjoy.

Well, this song is about a girl... hence the title. Actually, this is more about a relationship than it is the girl... so I think anyone who has been in a relationship can relate to this joint right here. I wanted to do something fun and different so this song isn't really a hip-hop record. The whole "single every month" thing gives me the freedom to do what I want and try new things.

Enjoy.

Oh yea, shout out to Bruno Sutter for playing the guitar.